The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-07-16
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a widower has been made CHEEKY and happy 10 hi,
afiction by marrying his deceased wifes sister,
"A Sunday school missionary found a
woman in Texas who told him she had . new B,ble n.
was pleased 10 md that the woman had provided herself
with what he intended to Civ. her On looking at the
volume he found that copy OF the life Of one OF
the army Generals. Tho woman was 90 ignorant thai
she had not perceived the difference.
The venerable Mr.. j. O. Lanphier, who
has for twenty Ave years had charge OF the Fulton street
MONDAY prayer meeting now within few weshs Of
his seventy NTH birthday. lie shows marks OF adyApo
Ing ago, but Is AZ full Of yigor Mr. Lanpher IN
former years was choir leader in the church hhet
street OF which the Rev. DR. Cuyler was pastor.
In Cairo, Egypt, there Is O Mohammedan
theological seminary. Tho Rev Mr. Mansasarian are
turned missionary recently made tho very large state
ment that In this seminary 10000 students are from san
rise to sunset studying tho Koran says that every
year vast numbers Of missionaries from this
school through Africa and eastern Asia king converts
Some Of the Hebrews Of the tribe Of Cad
have been heard from They have migrated from
southern Arabia to Jerusalem and are in quite "a dest
tute and dependent a condition the refugees who
have recently swarmed upon shores from Russia
There about 100 Of these Gades In the party with
promise Of In southern Arabia yet to be heard
from. They cay that their ancestors fed to Arabia
before the destruction Of soiomon's Temple.
Some Of the ministers OF Philadelphia
have beon orcisns tho Mayor Of that city for his re-
u they suppose they going to entsngle him in any
controversy they much mistaken for he has
desire for thus gratifying their longing for notory He
further that these gentlemen do not know what
they talking about when they undertake to be critics
In the matter OF legislation and the law The Mayor
sards 1t public misfortune that every tom.ht Of
divine wants to attract attention a. denounc.r Of on
cias and OF political policies" He says that he goesto
Quaker meeting whore he s glad to say that there
none Of these political hArangues.
- xI,a tvl,i n I,Ia
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church" says the Metaod
among the things not to be done the reading
those books and singing those which do not eDd
to the knowledge and glory Of Cod As piece Of church
law To be enforced by pains and penalties that rule wh
many others of its kind has long since become obsolete
The In which the cultured inhdey of tho age
embodied In its literature 10 treated among has
had It's effect very largely encouraging the use Of ust
that kind Of books which were most earnestly con-
demncd by Methodist fathers, Dickens and Thack.
cray George Eliot and that class Of writer's the
great teachers Of thousands of Mehodsts-chieny the
young and susceptible who necessarily assimate what
they read"
The Rev. o. L. Thompson, d. D., was
making fehcitous OF his pastoral work In the
Third Presby Church. Pittsburgh, Pa but hes
signed in accept call TO Kansas Pittsburgh 70
becoming much of machine shop that most of tie
old families who attended the churches within its hms
have moved ont OF town This takes much OF the mem
bershp the suburban churches to the great dsayan,
ta8e OF those in tho city AHhough the ihru fresby-
terrain Church has wealthy membership and stately
OF worship which cost 100000 there Ia general
feeling that like certain other Pittsburgh churches
has it's best days The pleasures OF working In the
growing which Kansas affords far greater than
those incident struggling along with church whoee
people moving away.
Candidates for baptism are not generally
escorted to the water by armed guard in order
keep them from running away. An exception TO the
usual custom recently made at Frankfort, Ky. IN
the case Of about thirty inmates OF the pemtcnnary
who had been led BY the eShortauohs OF EVahfeh'
Barnes to see the error OF ana 10 repent Ihese
converts rode in wagons TO the river the guards accom-
psnying them with loaded rifles ana READY 10 pour aVo
ley OF cold lead int any oeheVer VINO shouo TAKE m
ton either 10 swim away or TO run Ihe was
performed in safety, and In as decoroue manner 90
was CONSISTENT Win me EXTRAORDINARY crcuistahoeh
The baptized brethen were duy returned 70 the places
within the prison walls and the pententiary echoeo
with the SOUNDS OF praise az du the jan a. rhhpp''
where raul ana sAas sang hymns ~ hght eighteen CEN
turtles ago
| The OLD game OF pussy wants n corner
played by hsie girls who stand in corners of room
each eager occupy the vacated by other
| one They with great alacrity and as soon as .
place opc of them bosnces into it. Pussy wante
corner " sometimes played with great effect among
the pulps Fov instance, the Rev Dr. Hastings OF tho
Presbyter chsreh In Forty second street. WAS called
70 professorship In tho Theological Seminary To MI
he place tho Row John Paxton was called from wash
ngton, d. " Ibs ief' an important asmhgton chureh
| vacant, to m which the Rev W. A. Bartlett DID, was
called from the seconh ohuroh OF Indian
Apohs Tho indanapohs brethren nave now hllea .'er
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