New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-03

come down with the coil and the KEY and is
enclrcling the world with chain lightning
The preacher saith that in exactly tho pro-
portion that ole ctricity circles the world evil
VIII be defeated AMI the regeneration of man
KIND will progress. In this view telegraph
wire Stretchrrs and telegraph operators will
supplaut preachers and the electric light is
beacon of paradise.
The Springfield Union of Massachusetts,, does
not believe IN Sunday papers; but thinks that
the people who demand them, and not the jou-
nalIsts who publish them, are mainly RESPONSE
Die. 1t may be pleasant" 1t says, FOL GER
tam part OF the community to spend Its sunday
over Its Sunday paper hut it must be borne IN
NINA that every additional secularZatlon OF
Sunday tends to defeat the physical and moral
purposes for which the weekly rest day was IN
slltuted The laws of nature and of God may
sometimes be evaded for time, but sooner or
later they have to he met. and those who trans
gress them, whether communities or lndlvId-
uaIs, must pay the penalty"
The death Of the Rev. Edward Hawkins
ID. d., was announced IN London on November
20 lio was bonn in 1889 and WAS graduated
at oxford in 1911. He vas elected soon after
10 fellowship in Oriel, and III 1S2S became
Provost of that college. In 1917 he was ap-
pointed Dean lreland's Professor OF the Exc
geSis OF the Holy Scripture at Oxioid, ana re-
signed the position III 1861. tie was great
friend OF DR.. Arnold of Rugby, aud was the
author OF the hampton Lectures tor $40, OF
Discourses on the Historical Scriptures OF the
Old Testament" and Of various sermons. lie
was also an editor OF Alton's Poetical Works
lhe PoH NAL gazette says that the Rev.
Jack " Russell, the wcll-knOwn octOgeuarlan
sportsman, Is lying dangerously I'll at the Rec
tory House Black Torrington. The reverend
gentleman mp to within the last week or so, has
been as ardent rs ever in his pursuit OF the
chase. The venerable gentleman year ago
wa- invited by the Prince and Princess OF W ales
to SaDdrlngham, where he remained some time
on visit. The Prince has now telegraphed his
sympathy, aud requested to he kept informed oi
the reverend gentlcman's condition. The an
nnal meet of the SevcnstOne hounds has been
postponed on account Of his illness.
A japanese paper having learned of the craze
among Europeans and Americans for works OF
art from Japan, including the buddhist ana
Shlnto Images, suspects that the missionaries
sent to that country decry the use Of images for
the purpose of bearing" the market. The
cunning foreigners send the missionaries to de-
cry the popular religion, and when faith in 1t Is
duly shaken, the people are ready to part WIN
their relics. In this way the missionaries ana
their employers are supposed to make Il great
deal OF money 10y buying at low and selling at
high prices. The explanation Is an ingenious
one, and may possibly he specimen OF Japan
csc hunor or Satsuma joke.
According to the existing Russian law ,apostasy
from the State religion entails seyerer penal
ties than theft or murder 4 Russian subject
who abandOus the Orthodox faith for any other
whatever Is deprived of his children, his estate
Is handed over TO guardians appointed by thC
State, and he himself is liable to prosecution by
the Holy Synod until he abiuIcs. The GOios
now remarks that this severity defeats It's own
object, and il advises that this antiquated
legislation should be abolished in favor of full
religious tolerance and liberty of conscience,
after the example of tie States OF Western
Europe.
The London Echo says that sundry fossils
have protested against the removal of the
Church of st. Oave, Jewry, to some crowded
locality where the clergy and the building Will
be of real use to the living, because long ii ne
ago certain citizens were buried under the
church. The dead hand grasps us tightly still.
We deny the right of a few worthy old citizens
to occupy; to all some time hundreds of yards Of
lana in "A locality where land is worth something
like a guinea the square foot. The worthy citl
zens will be quite as comfortable at lltord or
WOkng."
Over the grave Of Springfield, Mass, man
in the old Methodist grounds, who died from
the kick of a horse, Is the following quaint
epitaph cut in cold marble: Blame not the
beast who sent me to dust For the God OF
nature said he must"
An amusing typographical error occurs in The
Chuyeh Union. Speaking oil the Centre COngre-
gational Church of New Haven, it says that Il
moral tablet to his memory mas recently been
erected there, meaning, of course, mural
tablet