The National tribune., 1882-12-14
FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
A Little Something About What is Going On in the
Religious World.

Little Something About What is Going On in the
Religious World.
Thirteen new theatres have been built in
Berlin in ten years ard in the same time only
two churches.
The Rev Charles T. Stowe, son OF. Mrs. Har
r,et Bcccher Stowe, has resigned the pastorltc
Of the Congregational Church al Saco, Ne
1t is proposed to have the Castle Church of
Wittcnhurg, upon the door Of which the famous
ninety-fvc theses or Luther were nailol, in
thorough repair on the i0Oth. anniversary of
the great refcrmcrs birth, November 10 1888
The prospects Of the success Of the crusade
AGAINST Sunday liquor-seling in England are
good. Over 5000 petitions have been sent to
Parliament with G19,O0O signatures in favor of
the SUNDAY Closing bill. In 100 towns in Eng
land and Wales there were 8 to 1 in favor of it.
The Cbrietion BltcEgeuccr thinks that the
increased duty performed by church members
in Sabbath-school and mission work, together
with the greater need of seventh-day reDosc in
this intense and eEhausting life Of ours, fur
nishcs a strong argument for a modification of
the second service, if not a relaxation of the
obligation to attend it.
1t is announced that Canterbury Cathedral
is to be lighted with the electric light during
the winter months The project seems neither
more nor less than proclamation. That an edi-
fee so venerable in years and so rich in histor-
ical incidents should have the dim religious
light which accords with the sanctity OF a
cathedral displaced for the glaring and trying
light Of the electric lamp is, indeed, enough to
make one doubt if the aesthetics have done any
thing to hurl Philistinism from its throne.
4 Perthshire minister more sl,llful as an
angler than popular as a preacher, was once
giving adYice to a parlshoner on the benefits
of early rising, and mentioned as an instance
that he had, few mornings before, composed a
sermon and killed salmon before breakfast.
" In fact sir" said he, with sef-satisfaction,
d" il is faco on which plume myself greatly. -
"Awccl, SIR was the pointed reply, Il wud
much rather hae had yer saumon than yer Ser
mon
Toronto keeps Sunday in a more rigidIy
quiet way than any other city of its size on
this continent. The street cars do not run, the
boot-black boys are not on duty, and all the
telegraph offices are closed except the central
one, where one man remains all day to attend
to important messages The cab stands are
deserted, and anybody who wants vehicle
and team must 20 to a livery stable. The drug
stores are open at certain hours, and that only
for the sale of medicines. The liquor shops
close at seven on Saturday evening and remain
closed until five Oh Monday morning
The Rev. DR.. Hately Waddell, of GLASGOW,
recently selected for his text the well-known
verses in the twentieth chapter Of Revelation
And ] saw an angel come down from Heaven,
having the key of the bottOmless pit and a
great chain in his hand And he lay hold on
the dragon and bound him a thousand years
and cast him into the bottomless pit" and said
that, % if ever an angel came down from Hea-
ven to earth for work like this, it was the
angel of electrical science. 1t came direct from
Heaven. If such an angel brought chain in
his hand, it was the telegraph wire and the
electric cable coiIed up and carried on his arm
fever such an angel had such key as spoken
of in the text, it was the submarine telegraph
Just in proportion as electricity circled the
earth, just in that proportion would the devil
be defeated"
A novel case was decided in the Cincinnati
Common Pleas Court. Elizabeth Patterson and
Nicholas Patterson, her husband, brought suit
against the Board Of Education of Symme5
Township to restrain the defendants from using
their school house in that district for Sunday
school purposes. 1t appeared from the tcsti-
mony that permission Of the School Board for
the use of the school-house for Sunday school
purposes was granted, and that such permis-