The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-04-30
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The battling brethren

IN
the lniycrsaliSts join IN their parade They mr.. now
lighting By means Of commune atoms"
The Roy. Brooke Hereford rcsipns tho
charge Of the Unitarian Church of the Messiah in Chi
cafo aud accepts c call Of the Arlington Church pos
ton Thus two lending Unitarian churche. In Chic.ro
arc now looking for pastors with a probability of M,
being easily suited
--anumbcr OIL prominent and wealthy Epis-
copalahs in PHILADELPHIA have signed ali address to
hsn"P war" % th' H'ohrsra diocese expressing their
sympathy for hin, for his dcCcn, il, tn. ,,,,,on ,.,,h
Brother t'innniL Tney 20 tar ~ to saw finn, ,h,v
cOnsher the verdict " the Jury AN unjust IN. a, IN,
case has been appealed, there is telling what s nra,
result may be, but from tho attitude OF these ucu..m.
there is reason to believe that IL Bishop Hare should
eventually have to pay Brother Iinman $1,000 or any
other sum- they would mako the amount and present
1t to him Bishop Hare is connected with several old
and wealthy Episcopal families in Philadelphia
While the most celebrated Morayian
missions are among the Grcenanders and others In high
northern latitudes the Moravians hay. not pevle,sa
the heather Of the tropics On the Mosquito coast tn.
missionaries have long been at WORK and have Mccain,
plised great resu among the Indians Of that region
Their two principal mission stations Ephraa and
Ksratah At both OF these there have recently been To-
vivas which have extended into the Spanish domsin
adjacent. At karRtah about 20 new converts hav.
profcssed their faith II 10 said that in Ephrata Their.
are only two persons left who have not become Chris
tsns, and the missionaries have hopes or these This
success is proportonstely the greatest on record
Brother John Milton is an exhorter and
an orator Of considerable force connected with tue
Berean Baptist Church Crow Hill, Brooklyn. The
Rev. Joshua Ice Ia pastor of the Free Union Baptist
Church Sumpter street In the same city. Brother
Lee has caused the arrest Of Brother Milton the
ground of assault with commit person dam
The brethren had met in the engaged In
discussion about mission work Loud angry words
spoken, and blows followed them The coiorsd
population NJ Crow Hill much mix ed as which Of
the brethren Is the more TO blame. Tho matter II 10 be
adjudcated in court during the present week. Its
thought in the neighborhood that odays ministrations
OF both OF these Eyangess will attract large crowd
Of their sympathzing adherents.
The new st. Patrick's Roman Catholic
Church in savannah, Georgia, is building Of rare
beauty. stands West Broad street. and 10 built Of
brick with trimmings Of Alabama stone The bell tower
rises to height Of lbs feet The interior s finished in
ash and cherry The roof supported by eight ornate
iron columns above which spring semicircuar arches
The main altar stands about fifteen feet high and in
semcircular approached by marble steps 1t IL
OF Italian marble inlaid with Mexican onyx and
cireed with columns OF Tennessee and Sienna marble.
The cost of this altar about 5000 the donation Of
of the church members. Other members have do
mated windows OF stained glass, some Of which
much oo each In elegance all its appoint
ments this church has superior in the South.
The Rev. DIR. Willis was rebuked by the
Central Presbytery for delivering secular lecture"
Sunday in Cincinnati and receiving pay for It, the
sion being when there exercises of public
worship" Dr. Willis makes his defence by calling
the brethren OF the Presbytery to they heard
the lecture, and IL how secular 1t He says
that he received compensation for the lecture but
merely the reimbursement Of his travelling and hotel
expenses. And as to the exercises of worship" he
asks them to show what exercises OF worship" IL any.
were observed the occasion OF the delivery OF tho
| Sermon OH the Mount. The issue between DR.. Willis
and the Presbytery is direct one. and he will insist
that the brethren shall the they have in
nlcel The Presbytery will hold q regular meeting
Philadelphia tomorrow. but as DR.. Willis ia absent
in the West it certain this matter will be pre-
scented for action until the next meeting.
While it is customary to send mission
abroad to convert the distant heather, should DO
remembered that there golden opportunities for
those who want to in missionary effort without
the Inconvenience OF u long voyage to foreign
shores Since the first OF the several thousand
Italians have landed in this city. or other immigrants
majority go West Not with these children OF
sunny Italy They pack themselves into the already
overcrowded Italian quarter" sample OF which may
seen by passing along Crosby street between Grand
and Beecker. These people not only in the depths
of squaiid poverty, but IS irrsligious - they
poor. Romantic young ladies' who have been
stricken with longing to be foreign missionaries and
aspiring theological students who are dreaming Of post
ble missionary triumphs in faraway Pacific islands, win
do well to make q beginning in Crosby street
One OF the difficulties which the Rev. Mr.
McA hnds in his religious meetings in Paris 10 that
frencnmen reluctant TO prayer IN pubic
The Offering OF prayer either voluntarily In response
to invitation from the desk is such promnen feature
of meetings conducted wherever the English language
spoken, that to Mr. McAn and his fellow laborers the
French meetings barren wIthoutit In this
try much overdone great relief would
follow in many quarters IL American Christians could
take the same position the French. There many
prayer meetings which reduced to mere handful Of
people by the wearsome exercises OF of the breth
who take part in prayer and exhoraton There
! hat hah hah al
ways praying the same prayer and speaking the same
exhortaton, nearly the that the utterances
are al recognized by the hearers old friends
which have done duty till they nearly out 1!
the praying and speaking could generally be done either
by ali Intelligent clergyman by some well qualified
and specially prepared for the expected service interest
and instruction would take the place OF WEAKNESS
y The New York Church Missionary Society
/, enters tomorrow plan OF doing business. IL
will conduct its affairs the voluntary principle that
is to say without paid secretaries agents As its re
cepts amount to $4,000 1t is in such comfortable
pecuniary condition that 1t would seem TO need NJ
collections for the present The Rev MIR Newbod wh'
has for number of years been its Financial Secretary
" goes into other labors. and devoes grauitousy
part Of his time the AFFAIRS or the society The q
rectors trying to plan by which the cAus
will be presented in various pulpits. This plan VII
y probably work well long the directors can keel
the recors of the churches stirred up to do their par
" This can be done only by frequent reminders, which II
" time weary the rectors, who naturally grow slack II
" their efforts to aid the work number OF the benevc
lent societies have tried thus to get rid OF agents an
" secretaries and have found tina, in tho long run III
sures way to Keep their societies before the pubic an
" the most economical way to collect money for them
u to have man who makes his business both to preae
the subject and by personal EFFORT with the minister
~ in charge OF the churches to secure their cooperation
II. The controversy over the election OF TN
is Rev. Dr Smyth professor OF theology at Ando'e
"A seminary has last reached crisis The BoAru .