The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1882-11-15

to the following effect: l was converted
under the preaching of Mr. Moody when
he last visited Belfast. / gave up the
occupation 1 was then engaged in, set
myself to study, went to college, and am
now licentiate of the Irish Presbyterian
Church" Well for that young man that
the American evangelists visited Belfast
They are again coming. According to
present arrangements they are to be in
Belfast in February. Their visit is to
extend from the 9th to the 18th. Ar
rangements are being made to accommo-
date them. The church-going public Of
Ulster, and specially of Belfast, are in
state of great excitement over this forth
coming engagement.
The Bishop of Liverpool on Presby-
terianism.
Some time ago the Bishop of Liver
pool happening to be in Scotland, he
preached in a Presbyterian church. For
this he was subjected to violent attacks
at the Church Congress and elsewhere.
Speaking at Waterloo on late occasion,
the Bishop referred to the coarse asper-
sions heaped upon him. His explanation
of his conduct was the following: "The
clergyman asked him to take the service
and to preach, and he did it. He was
not aware of any law that he had broken.
There was no Church of England place
to go to, and he had a perfect right to
worship in a Church where the Queen
worshipped while in Scotland" The re-
ference is to Crathie Presby terian church,
where the Queen worships when she is
j IL
example of this Bishop. 1t is worthy of
imitation. Conduct like this is a grand
comment on the words of the PsaImist,
Behold how good and how pleasant it is
for brethren to dwell together in unity"
No persons on this side the water call
out so loudly for Protestant union as do
Episcopalians. The union they desire is,
however, we fear, a one-sided union. If
it means anything it means that Episco-
pacy should swallow up Presbyterianism,
Methodism, and all and every other Pro
testant ism. 1t means that you are to be
nothing and they are to be everything.
1t means that they are to emphasize their
distinctive principles and that you are to
sink yours 1t means that you are to do
their bidding at the peril of being throt-
tied, ostracised, cut up with the scalping
knife of ecclesiastical censure. Strange
union.
The man that halls you Tom or Jack,
And proves by thumps upon your back
How he esteems your merit,
Is such friend, that one had need
BE very much his friend indeed
To pardon or to bear it,"
Presbyterians do not believe in the union
har i i
confined to a few glowing statements by
some church dignitary from the platform
of an Evangelical Alliance.
Death of Rev. William McGranaghan of
Westbourne Presbyterian Church,
Belfast.
1t is with sincere regret we announce
the death Of the above named minister.
He was seized by typhoid fever a few
days since and died on Saturday night,
the 28th inst, leaving widowed mother
and an attached flock to mourn his early
removal. He was the last ordained min
lister In the Presbytery. Reference was
made yesterday to Mr.. McGranaghan
death in the majority Of the Presbyterian
pulpits of Belfast. While the pastorate
of this young minister was unhappily
short, still it was long enough to leave
behind him reputation for ministerial
work and Christian enterprise which will
not soon be forgotten.
Communion Season.
This is the season when what is called
the autumn communion is observed in
the congregations of the Irish Presbyte-
rian Church. With us generally com
munion is observed half-yearly. There
are few churches where the ordinance
is observed quarterly. These, however,
are the exceptions. The customary SER
vices connected with communion in an
Irish Presbyterian church are: Public
worship on the Thursday and Saturday
preceding communion Sabbath. There
is then usually Thanksgiving service on
the Monday succeeding the communion.
These weekday services are being dis
continued unhappily in some Of our
churches. The reason assigned being
that they were poorly attended. That
the attendance is small on such occasions
is lamentable fact. Still this scarcely
warrants their abandonment; yet things
are tending rapidly in that direction.
This is sign Of the times, and very
bad sign we think too
Here / close what will likely prove to
be an uninteresting letter. Accept my
thanks for your paper which / duly re-