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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-12-04
Philadelphia "Takes .he Cake"

PHILADELPHIA, December 3d.-A reap.
tured deserter from the amy, handcuffed and
pinned to an iron bedstead with a thick.
heavy chain, escaped from the third story of
building at Twentieth and Market streets
Friday evening. The fugitive carried the
large bedstead with him, and reached the
ground in two leap, Of fourteen and twenty
feet. No trace of him has been found. The
bedstead and letters also escaped His name
his Candy Royle. residence Allenstown. He
showed great skill and daring in planning bis
escape. He had difficult wooden wall
eleven feet high to scale after his jumps
something few men would have been able to
do unincumbered
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-12-04
POLITICAL.

Bv order of the Republican City Central Committee.
~ FRANK MILLER, Chairman.
A. ], RHoADs, Secretary. u: VI ne
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-05-17
PUBLICATTON NORK


The Christian Obse,ye, of the 10th inst,
after noticing the statement made in this
paper that " the debt which has been for
five years hanging over the Committee of
Publication has at length been extin-
guished," goes on to say:
1--WE presume that this refers to the aoat;ng
debt. The mortgage on the publishing house
ESQ TAR as announced still remains, with the ex
pectatlon that it VIII be extinguished bv the
sale OF the house. But until extnguished, the
interest, etc, on 1t is exceeding the income bv
about $500 year, and the building is deprecla
ting by age, etc, more than $500 year 1t is
probably costing our Church a thousand dollars
year to hold it."
1T the Observer had been better in
formed it would not have made such a
statement. All the facts and the whole
truth In regard to the receipts and ex-
penditures of the Publication Committee
will be presented to the General Assem-
bly,, and it would be well to suspend
Judgment until this exhibit is made, or
at least until accurate information is OBJ
tanned. We wish, however, to say that
for the year Just ended the income from
the house, so far from falling short of the
interest by $500, has exceeded the inter
est, insurance, cost of repairs on the house
and all other expenses. Moreover the
building is not depreciating by age, but
has been kept in thorough repair, and is
worth more than it was several years
ago, and is not costing the Church any
thing to hold it, until such time as shall
be considered best to sell it. 1t is a pro-
perty that will appreciate every year.
The Observer, looking also to the fu-
ture, suggests that there are three courses
before us. We present the third as quite
novel, and which ought certainly to be
adopted if it be the wish of the Church
to abandon the work of Publication, and
still more if it be the purpose to give up
all our Church enterprises and disorgan-
Use the Church.
"3. For us to cease, for awhile, from any
special efforts in this direction, and for the pre-
sent appoint an editor for our Sabbath School
publications. This labor could be undertaken
by the pastor of some one of our churches, and
need not cost the church more than from FIVE
hundred to a thousand dollars year. Under
present arrangements, this can be paid from the
royalties on publications Then, at some future
time, the church can start anew, and undertake
the work with flesh zeal and prospects of sue
cess.
Such plans as these will occur to those who
must Cat Atlanta,) shape the future plans
for this work. The subject will need careful
consideration; for an error, just at this juno
ture, will influence the success of the work for
years to come. We must take care that 1gheu
erer the new start be made, it be made at
time, and under circumstances to insure success"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-05-17

How LITTLE one part of the world
knows of another how different the OBJ
Jects which engage the attention in one
country from those which constitute the
environment in another Says writer
IN the Presbyterian, writing April 5th
from Jerusalem: Jerusalem is now
crowded to its utmost capacity" And
what will one imagine to have been the
occasion of this excitement? "The grand
procession of the Moslem pilgrims to the
reputed tomb of Moses, in the Jordan
Valley, says this letter, took place last
Saturday" There was no doubt busy
throng of humanity on Broadway, and
another on the Strand, on the same dav.
but they were not occupied with any
thoughts about Moses or Mohammed
On the next day" proceeds the cores
pondent, which was Palm Sunday, the
various sects of Christians took part in
the procession to the Holy Sepulchre
There are at this time from ten TO
fifteen thousand pilgrims in Jerusalem
Greek, Latin, Armenian, Copt, Syrian,
besides the crowds of Moslem pilgrims.
the majority of the Christian pilgrims
come from Russia"
On next Friday" we are told. "the
scene of the apprehension, trial, and cru
cihxion is to be enacted" and con Sat
urday there will be the grand miracle
play of the "Holy Fire, manipulated by
the Patriarch Of the Greek Church
After this the pilgrims, with their bath
lng-suits, proceed to the Jordan, where
they are baptized-the bathing-suit being
taken home, and preserved as ga wind
ing sheet"
Here the Jew, the Moslem, and the
so-called Christian meet, each in his own
way enaoting his empty pageant in the
name OF religion. A marvel of intricate
impulses is the human heart A melt
ing spectacle is the long-drawn-out his
tory of human folly
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-05-17

MONEY is power. How much power
the rich man has If, instead of spend
ing hundreds and thousands of dollars in
selfish indulgences, the money of the rich
was used to spread the everlasting Cos
pei, what an impulse would be given to
Christian missions There are some no.
bic men-indeed many-who do use their
wealth in their Masters cause. For ex-
ample, we note Mr.. Stevenson and Mr..
Arlington (the former, English, we be-
lieve; the latter, Scotch) have given large
sums Of money for a road and steamer
to create highway in the heart of Africa
Mr.. Stevenson contributes to the con-
struction of road from Lake Nyassa (near
the mouth of the Zambesi River) to Lake
Tanganyika in Eastern Africa, Just south
of the Equator. On the latter lake Mr.,
Arlington will put his new steamer, and
complete the connection by water with
Ujiji and the intermediate stations &C.
cupied by the London Missionary Society.
The missions of the Free and the Estab-
hshed Church of Scotland are on Lake
Nyassa, which, with the zambesi, is al
ready navigated by steamer. Now,
how much more satisfactory it is to a
right-minded man to spend his money in
this way than in building a cottage by
the sea at the cost of 100000 or giving
his wife diamonds and laces to the same
amount? We all spend too much money
on ourselves.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-05-17
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,


1t is at last settled that the General
Assembly meets (to morrow in
Georgia
One of the topics which will come be-
fore the body is the subject of the Ola
conate, brought up at the last Assembly
by paper of DR.. Girardeau. The mat
ter has been fully discussed especially in
the pages of the Southern Presbyterian
ReO'ero, and we hope, therefore, that del
egates will go to the Assembly with their
views. matured on the subject, so as
promptly and finally to dispose of it.
The Directory for Worship comes up
again, as it has done for number of
years. From the diversity of opinion in
regard to it, it is questionable whether
the matter can be settled at this meeting.
We have already mentioned that the
debt which for some years has hung over
the Committee of Publication has been
finally settled. Overtures have been sent
to the Assembly from several Presbyte-
ries requesting that the contract between
the Committee and the Presbyterian Pub
fishing Company shall be terminated, and
that the whole work of publication be
taken charge of by the Committee. We
think the sooner this is done the better.
The present arrangement leads to many
complications and Misunderstanding, for
the public cannot discriminate between
the Presbyterian Publishing Compo,a0
(Which has bookstore of its own) and
the Presbyterian Publishing Committee.
We believe that there is a growing senti-
ment in the Church in favor not only OF
maintaining the Committee, but of put
ting it on better footing. The import
ance of the work of the Committee is
deeply felt throughout the Church. For
some years the Committee has labored
under great disadvantages; its relief from
debt will, we hope mark new era.
The overtures from the Presbyteries
of Maryland and Holston will neces-
sarily bring UP again the subject of
fraternal relations with the Northern
Church. We trust that the subject Will
be considered in that calm, judicious,
and Christian spirit which becomes the
Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian
Church.
The committee on the Revised Version
of the New Testament (of which DIR.
Armstrong, of Norfolk, is chairman) will
report on that subject. We are not in
formed of the character Of this report.
The Park case will bring up before
the Assembly an expression of its views
as to the ecclesiastical status of colored
ministers and elders in the Church.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-05-17

WHAT has become of Darwin? Does
the evolution go on? Or is he dissipated
and gone out forever? Professor Heckel
would say, DEAD-dead in the full sense
OF the term. Mr.. Huxley would proba-
bly, consider it mere case of the break
ing up of cluster of fortuitously asso-
olated ideas. Mr.. Spencer would answer,
| do not know-agnostic.
But they say that Darwin himself be-
heved in God then, transmitted into
some new organic shape, what has become
of him? Did some sudden change over
take him, or is he still undergoing some
slow process of modification Where is
his MIND? Where is his SOUL? Has it
leaped into a new environment? and if
so, can modern scientific theories tell us
anything about eOhat has happened, and
h0~ it happened? If, perchance, Science
must recoil from the task of expounding
what has become of Mr.. Darwin in going
out OF the world, may it not be that it is
equally impotent to tell us anything about
that equally unexplored realm which lay
behind his coming into the world?
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-05-17

The Atlanta Constitution of the 18th,
says: Many regrets are expressed be-
cause the Presbyterian General Assem-
bly, will not meet in Atlanta this year as
was intended" 1t also states on the au-
thority of DR.. Baird, Secretary of the
Board of Health, THAT no city in the
United States is so thoroughly protected
against smallpox to-day as Atlanta. For
months we have been vaccinating steadily,
until now the great bulk Of our people
are proof against the disease. We have
had, since the first case, less than sixty
new ceases. These are confined almost
entirely to the lower class of negroes
there being less than half dozen whites.
The disease is thoroughly confined to one
class, and the city is protected against
the possibility of an epidemic"
1t was considerate in the people of
Atlanta to advise the Moderator of the
General Assembly of the prevalence of
the disease in the city, but it would be
unfortunate that any exaggerated rumors
should go abroad thing most likely
to occur.
2. S. A telegraphic dispatch from At
lanta in the daily papers of yesterday,
states that the Assembly tgU meet in
Atlanta after all. Nous veyrons.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-05-17

WE have long believed that disease in
most of its forms is occasioned by the pre-
sence of certain living microscopic animal
or vegetable germs in the system. It has
been demonstrated, we believe, that this
is the fact with typhoid fever, diphtheria,
and smallpox, and it is claimed that it
is now ascertained to be true of malarial
fever and Of leprosy.
Prof Koch has taken another great
step in demonstrating that consumption
is due to the same cause.-the presence OF
a minute, rod-shaped parasite in the tu-
bercle cells. This discovery will pro-
badly lead to the most important results.
The microscope is the modern key which
is opening the way into the most secret
chambers Of nature.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-05-17

NOTHING has given us deeper reali-
satlon OF the great change which has come
over this country in the matter of the OBJ
servance of the Sabbath than the state
ment which we see in an exchange that
the First and Second Presbyterian
churches of Chicago have only one SER
vice each on the Sabbath. Certainly the
banner of the Lord trails in the dust
when the Presbyterian Church has come
to this
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-05-17

Doctor Oliver Wendell Holmes, explains the
tact that none Of Longfellow's songs got into the
hymn books by saying: They are too broadly
human to suit the specialized tastes of the sects
which often think more of their differences from
each other than of the common ground on which
they can agree. Exchange "
He knows.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-05-17

A SHANGHAI telegram states that the
haiPing coal mines have been closed in
Difference to the opinion expressed by the
Censor that the continued working of
them would release the earth dragon, dis
turb the mind of the Empress, and bring
trouble upon the Imperial family.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-05-17

The UNITED PREsBYrER1AN CHURCH
OF the United States agrees entirely with
the great body of Presbyterians in the
country except that they are opposed to
secret societies; they hold to close com
munion; they object to the use of instru-
ments In church worship; and they refuse
to make use of any uninspired hymns.
We are told that the position with re-
gard to secret societies is practically
abandoned" and that close communion
Is regarded as scarcely tenable"; and
by the recent vote in the Presbyteries of
the Church a majority has declared in
favor of repeating the law forbidding the
use OF instruments. There remains, there
fore, only the point of the Psalms, which
are used to the exclusion of all other
hymns in the United Presbyterian Church.
Surely for a great denomination to
split on such point is about as absurd
as the discussion in the Episcopal Church
whether man ought to look to the East
or to the West in repeating the creed.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-05-17

The Irish Episcopal Church is agitated
somewhat justnow by thequestion wheth-
er the worshifper should face East dur
ing the repetition of the creed. 1t is GER
family grave question. We can imagine
the anxiety of mind distracted by such
an issue.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-05-17

SELF-1NDULGENCE-that is the great
overlooked sin with most of US. Falstaf
was not the only one who cherished the
feeling, " May I not take mine ease in
mine inn?'
Laziness, while it is one Of the most
common of the vices is the last that
troubles the conscience Laziness is a
negative form Of wrong-doing. 1t lies at
the base Of the great catalogue Of our sins
of omission. There are many forms Of
laziness. The men who make their way
in the world are the men who ,oorL.
But self-indulgence, Of course, does not
lie exclusively in the abstinence from
work. We may indulge ourselves too
much in eating, in drinking, in reading,
in amusements, in social intercourse.
The Christian is called to life of hard
7'es8-that is Christian virtue. Look at
st. Paul, look at Livingstone.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-05-17

THERE is no more widely-prevalent
sophism, and more mischievous error, in
our day than the sentiment that dogma
or doctrine is of little Importance, pro-
vided there is kindness, and earnestness,
and liberation, and belief in the gospel
in general way 1t is the habit to
sheer at the sects, and "creeds," and
confessions" and "hide- bound the
ology," and the like. 1t is on this basis
that we have the BROAD CHURCH, which
is by no means peculiar to the parties in
the Church of England. There is a
Broad Church in the Scottish churches,
in the Lutheran connection, among the
Congregationaists, the Baptists, the Meth
odists. 1t was represented in England
by F. W. Robertson, Kingsley, and Stan
ley; it is represented in the Established
Church of Scotland by the authors of
" Scotch Sermons" in the Free Church
by Robertson Smith; it is represented in
this country by DR.. Swing, Henry Ward
Beecher, Phillips Brooks, the Rev. Heber
Newton.
So far from its being true that doctrine
is not important, the truth is that one of
the main sources of mischief, even in
many of our evangelical pulpits, is that
there is too little instruction in doctrine.
1t is astonishing how ignorant church
members often are of the simplest prin-
ciples of religion; how incapable many
of them are to explain in the most meagre
way the plan of salvation. Out of one
hundred church members in any church
where doctrinal preaching is not faith
fully practised, how many, for example,
could tell you what is meant by the i'm
putation of the righteousness of Christ :?
or who have any idea of what is the value
and significance of the obedience of
Christ?
In the Bible we do not find it that
small Importance is attached to doctrine
on the contrary, the very meaning of the
gospel is that 1t is doctrine Issuing ne
cessarily in certain form of life). But
the doctrine is the foundation; without
it the rest has no value. In fact there
can be no true life which does not rest
on belief
Paul is preaching doctrine all the time
(by no means of course excluding good
works.. And he uses language in his let
ter to the Galatians which our Broad
Church friends would do well to ponder
seriously: But though we, or an angel
from heaven, preach any other gospel
unto you than that we have preached
unto you, let him be accmSed." That is
to say, if any man give you Galatians any
other doctrine than what 1 have taught
let him be accm'sed. 1t did make diff
ference, therefore, in 'Paul's opinion, what
these Galatians believed They were to
believe his gospel; that, and nothing else
1t was important, therefore, that they
should know what that gospel was.
A Broad Churchman would not have
written that letter.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-05-17

New YORK city spent 100000 last
year on education. But the same stats,
tics show that the city paid during the
year 100000 for its amusements and
S6O,OO0,O00 for its wines and liquors.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-05-17

The Edinburgh Free Presbytery dis
cussed the Disestablishment question at a
recent meeting, and by 81 votes to Is
dopted Principal Rainys amendment de-
Ginning to transmit to the Assembly an
overture urging a readiustment in the
relations between Church and State. on
the ground that it was expedient to have
the Church severed altogether from the
State.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-05-17

THERE is only one cure for Ireland,
and that is Christianity. If the spirit Of
Romanism could be exercised from that
unhappy land, why should not Dublin be
as orderly as Belfast?
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-05-17

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has built eight cars to run between New
York and Chicago, four Of which are
dining cars, and four smoking cars. The
dining cars" are to be occupied by pas
sengers only while eating
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-05-17

DR. SoMERv1LLE who has just closed
a most gratifying and successful evange-
listic tour in Germany, is now seventy
years OF age, and has made similar mis-
sionary tours through Spain, Portugal,
India, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, and
the British Provinces of America. He is
described as man of intense earnestness
fine imagination, profound learning,
and great fervor.
He has just spent nearly four months
and half in Germany, holding three OF
four meetings daily. He is now earnest
ly urged in letter signed by ministers
and laymen of the Episcopal, Presbyte-
rian, Dutch Reformed, Congregational
and Wesleyan churches to visit South
Africa.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-05-17

proceeds from laziness, or more frequent
ly from an aversion to the truth. The
human heart does not like the whole of
the gospel; men do not like to be told
that it is their duty to set up a high
standard and make progress in the Chris
tian life. The feeling is, We have enough,
let us alone.
If man under these circumstances
makes a mistake, can he expect not to
suffer for it? If he has false views of
Christ, or insufficient views about regen-
GRAFTON, sanctifcation, and the like, shall
he wonder if he falls into the ditch?
This is the distinctive value of the
Presbyterian Church it seeks to know
the whole truth, and it seeks to teach the
whole of that truth to the people. This
practice of doctIinal preaching is the rea-
son why there is a higher standard in the
Presbyterian Church, and why members
Of this Church are better informed, theo-
logically, than those in other churches
And yet even here there is often lamen-
table ignorance.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-05-17

THERE are only twenty-four Presby-
terrain churches in New England. That
is New England's mistake.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-05-17

There Is an entire analogy here be-
tween the world of Nature and the world
OF Revelation. If, ignorant of the topo-
graphy of the country, I set out on
dark night here in Richmond and march
due South, will walk into the canal,
and my belief that there was no canal in
front of me would not prevent me from
landing in the water. If I go into drug
store and swallow vial of colorless and
harmless looking liquid, my belief that it
was innocent would not save me from
being poisoned. Precisely so, if man
embraces a false opinion in religion, il
will prove mischievous and may be fatal
The REIGN OF LAW is co-extensive with
the universe, and prevails alike in the
physical and moral world. Any disre-
gard of this law results disastrously.
What, we may ask, was the object Of
Revelation? It was obviously to point
out to US the path of safety; its very pur-
pose was to lay down for us the objects
OF our belief. 1t reveals to man certain
fundamental truths, and is there any
sense in stigmatising these revealed truths
as DOGMA? Did the Romans of the age
Of Tiberius Caesar need no such revela-
ton? And if they were under a cloud and
needed that the realm Of human thought
In that day should be lit up, shall we say
that the lamps which were hung out by
the inspired men Of that period afforded
no help provided only the darkling null
titudes would grope their way with hon
est hearts in their old beliefs To Sen
eca, to Gamaliel, to Philo, the Resurrec-
ton Of Christ from the dead was DOGMA;
were they wise in ignoring it on that ac-
count? Did their heather philosophy or
their Jewish traditions save them
A CHRISTIAN, therefore, has to believe
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-05-17
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The Presbyterian Cot.

Since our last report the following contribu-
tiOns have been received for the Presbyterian
Cot in the Retreat for the Sick:
From Odds and Ends" a society formed
for the benefit of the Presbyterian Cot s so
Anne G. Harrison, Secretary of odds
and Ends of Petersburg Va, so
Mary Walker, I'd church, Richmond. 30
Infant class Of I'd church, for March, 2 90
From Pollard, 80
Mrs. Berkeley's Little Helpers, Farm
vile, Va, So
Maury Caldwell of Waynesboro Va,
earned by saving orange seeds in Fla, 25
Infant class of I'd church, for April PAL
Mrs. Stokeley's three children, Union
Springs, Ala, note and picture cards.
Mary and Will. Cooke, Orleans, Fauquier
county, Va, 20
Cash, O5
Odds and Ends" Society Petersburg. 90
A lady Of I'd church, Richmond 90
Infant class Of I'd church, for MAY, 50
Everett knight, Nottoway Va 10
Total, S15 90
Mrs II HAwFs