Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-05

Philadelphia, a member brought forward a
resolution that hereafter water should be
used in the communion instead Of wine.
It was properly voted down.
The Church of England, as a whole, is
the largest land owner in the kingdom,
and Count Wilberforce has called alton.
ton to the fact that it is also the largest
owner of public houses, and pronounced it
"a grievous scandal"
Sunday week will be an interesting day
at the Keyser, w. Va, NJ. E. Church-the
reception of probationers, all the result of
the revival among the railroad men few
months ago, and 80 per cent of all tho pro.
bationers will be received.
The Baltimore Methodist devotes con-
siderable space to commenting on re-.
mark of Rev. DR.. Newman contained in a
recent letter: 81 believe God will give all
chance for salvation, if not in this life,
then in the next, even though the process
takes millions of years."
It is stated by authority that the Rev.
Joseph Cook is not to be the editor.in-
chief of the new Congregational newspa-
per which is to be started in Boston. One
of the incorporators, when nc heard the
run,or, said irreverently, that they had no
use for ''glittering generality joe"
The second Sunday in November is set
apart by the Young Mems Christian as
ISOLATION as day of prayer for young
men. A day of prayer for young women
ought now to be set apart. 1t is stated
that there are now 175 college associations
in active operation, with membership of
s,491 students.
II is quite certain that twenty years ago
the appointment of DR.. Jewett, the present
master of Balliel, to the vice. chancellor
ship of Oxford university, would have been
impossible. He would have been defeat
ed by tho strong popular prejudice against
him on account of his supposed heresy
But heresy is not feared as much as it was
formerly. and the aYowed nationalist is
now vice chancellor of Oxford.
Mr.. Emory Storrs, tho well known Chi
cago lawyer, who has Just returned from
England, speaks in most complimentary
terms of Minister Lowell. He says: ''Mr.
Lowell is immensely popular, and is re-
spected very much personally, so much so
that he receives even more attention as a
man than as United States minister. He
is not only thorough American, but he is
intelligently so, which is tho keynote of
his conduct
The London Echo says that the unctious
talk which has recently been heard as to
the part played by Providence in the late
Egyptian campaign recalls an incident in
the life of President Lincoln. A delega-
ton of clergymen once waited on him, the
spokesman of which said, 'We hope the
Lord is on our side.' Lincoln replied, II
am not so much concerned as to whether
the Lord is on our side as that we are on
the Lords side.'
Bishop Simpson. of the Methodist
church, in an address at the laying of the
corner stone of new church the other
day, made the following point: "Our an
swer to those who assert that Christianity
is dying out is simply this-we build more
churches. The line of argument cannot
hold against the line of action. Infdelity
builds no churches, POUNDS no asylums, en-.
dows no universities. Unbelief provides
no refuge for the in6rm and poor, nor fur.
nishes help nor comfort for those who
weep
Some of the Methodists and others of
Tennessee and Georgia have determined
to have s'Chautauqua" Of their own. The
committee appointed to locate it met in
Atlanta last week and decided on Mount
Eagle Springs. The place selected is on
the top of the Cumberland plateau, eighty
seven miles from Nashville and sixty -four
miles from Chattanooga. The University
of tho South is six miles distant and Fair.
mount Female college is only half mile
away.
The way in which the Rev. Mr.. Sullivan,
of Salem, Ohio, set about making love to a
nice young married lady was as clumsy as
it was ridiculous. Instead of going direct
ly to her and kissing her, he wrote her a
gushing letter, in which he spoke of hum
gering to press her pointing, pretty, per-
simmon-like lips to his own. Somehow or
other the letter got abroad, with the result
of making things SO hot for Brother Sulli.
van that he had to resign the passionate of
the Methodist church of Salem.
The career of Count Campello since his
reuunciation of papacy has disappointed
the sanguine expectations of those who
hailed his accession, as they thought, to