The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-07-15


was never IN bold II 10 today" and that "tbs chufch
has Kept back the millennium" lie believes howsves
that Christianity 10 largely on the increase and thas
nifty years hence there will be 2ooooo native converts
In China. Japan, and Persia.
Some OF the Prcsbyterians OF the South
are ~ much In favor Of camp meetings asthe Methodsts
arc but II 10 pity that the Texas brethren who are
about to hold one Of these gatherings did MOTT
fancy to locality with more attractive name thaa
Alligator Greet. Last year meeting was held with
marked success At Hog Island which mot very lovely
nane u OF the Hog fslanders were Converted
Bishop Clarkson has been Missionary
Bishop Of the Protestant Episcopal Church In Dakota
since 1895. lie now resigns owing to the pressure on
his health the work being entirely too much Tor any
one man. The missionary Jurisdiction Of Dakota e.
tends over field moro than twice ~ large ~ Ohio
Enormous additions to the population have recently
been made A proposition 10 now under considsratios
to divide the heid aud keep two Missionary Bishops
work In IT,
Emmanuel Protestant Episcopal Church
In Baltimore 10 to 10 deliberately decorated during the
summer holiday. An accomplished dec orativs architect
artist has charge OF the work and he promises TO PFC
sent some very remsrkabl well attractive desgna
In ecclesiastical ornamentation The Chnrchmdn says
that the church when thus decorated will he decidedly
the most effective In the diocese" 10 elaborate will OS
the work that the summer holiday will be prolonged
until the hrst Of October In order 70 allow ample time
for the artists to do their work without being hurried
The expense OF the Identifying will bo about 5000
A missionary Of the Church Missionary
Society has translated Paicv'a Evidences" into the
Telugu Language in order TO AFFORD Wholesome instr,lo
ton to the Telugu theological students who prepAr
ing for the Episcopal ministry These students but
poorly supplied with this clsss Of theological al literature
but tsko pleasure In making the most Of what they have
Some Of them do their study In their homca twenty
or thirty miles from their tutors aud come at stated
times for personal instruction and examination Some
OF them have committed large portions Of Paeys Xvi
dences" to memory and have recned to the tutors.
is believed that theological students In this country
not in the habit Of surprising the seminary professors
with any suoh evidences either Of the power Of memory
or Of patient devotion to verbatim exercises
Among tho hot weather topics for to-
days sermons in this city will he THE Modern Sub
sttute for the Medieval Saint" by Dr. James NJ Pull
man. Pastor Chambers In Calvary Presby Church
will discuss The Gospel According to tho Holidays"
and Brother Darwood will tell the Bedford Street Moth
odsts about Tho Cause aud Cure Of Divorce" Thoss
who want to know How Churches Killed" cas-
hear what Mr.. Mngins has to say about II. while
those who desire TO know something about In
tolerance" can cit under the ministry Of Mr. Lghbourn
The trumpet tones Of the voice OF the Widow Van Cote
will DO heard In the Thirty seventh Street Methodist
Church. The Glorious Gospel Of the Blessed God and
No Collection Taken IL the attraction held out to thoN
who want to hear Brother Kramer preach In Brooklyn
Hanson Place Baptist Church, Brooklyn,
excluded from fellowship Of it's members. . welt
known business man. He commended that he had done
exclusion, furthermore,
act Of exclusion was not performed in proper manner
So he made application to Of the civil
pel Hanson Place Church to take him back into
bership The Court declined 10 do this aud tho I'm
happy exrother Is still out In the cold and likely
continue So just like any unconverted sinner Foi
churches thus to put members out 10 to brighten great
many people of who otherwise might like to join the
church and make profession OF religion. The outside
sinner reasons that II he remains outsider par
icular odium attaches itself to him. But he knows this
IL he should become church member. and DO turned
out questions are raised rs to his moral character which
may cause him considerable embarrassment
The sign "NO Trade Dollars Taken"
has not yet been put the church collection boxes and
probably will not be- People who have in their posses
sion these unpopular coins, which they have been
able to pass off the grocer the milkman the vege
table vender at liberty to drop them to-day into the
collection boxes and they may be that the deacons
who pass these money recepaces through the congre
CATION will gratefully receive the coins asking lues
tons and presenting objections In OF mission
collections taken for the benet Of the far away
heathen there be objection to contributing trade
dollars for In order to help traffic with heAthel
China that these dollars wero originally coined. Be
sides it is not likely that the mind of the average
heather in foreign lands compass the very nice dis
tnction between the 42ogran trade dollar Of 81 cent?
and the 4l2 buzzard dollar at 100 cents Should thu
uncovered heather raise the question to the rea
tive advantages and Of these dollars and
demand that the missionaries shall explain why Chris
snouu repWuldte the dollars coined AZ III
own mint and stamped with its own name, these mis-
sonaries will have as tough Job hand to expiai
to the inquircrs how original sin entered the world.
An able attack was made on Sunday
school library books fow days ago by Prof Kirk. IL
his address before the Congregational Club OF Chicago
lie said that most OF the books put into Sunday schOo
libraries for children are trashy that they ought
be burned These books not, they should be- tn
works OF cultured men, but. for the most part wsy
washy stories containing little or nothing which is o.
advantage to the Juvenile readers to anybody els
except the people who make a living by writing ant
publishing them. lie advocated reading room in con
nection with sunday school. furnished with the
hest standard works in history biography and poetry
The difficulty with the library that It Ia subject tc
the censorship Of the church pastors Of comnees
Of persons Of sound Judgment who should be appointed
to reul the books Pastors aud committees are some
times induced to take up for little while the work OF
reading and crtcisns the books which given the
sunday school children to read. 1t generally hsppen
that after short term Of service they grow weary
reading such stupid stun most Of the library books
are made OF. Then they turn the work over to some
body else and soon it is neglected by everybody By
proper censorship and prudent management the library
might be made great power for good. As now found
In connection with most Of the Sunday schools 1t IL
little better than 30 much waste paper.
This week the Rev. Stephen H. Tying, D
D.. and his wife will celebrate their golden wedding
The venerable Doctor In his sit year and although
laid aside by the infrmes Of advance life is enjoynt
golden old age Of quiet felicity Or. Tying entered thu
Episcopal ministry In 1921 His first settlement was 4,
Georgetown d. C. In 1929 he became rector OF st Paul
Church, Philadelphia. few years later some of til,
ST. Pauls people, with Dr. Tying their head built tn,
Church OF the Epiphany In what was then suburban
locality but which is now in the heart Of the business
centre OF Philadelphia Tile Doctor did a nienorabl,
work at the Epiphany until 1915. when he left tina
church with large and solid member ship and came Il
this city to take charge OF St Georges which the,
in Beekman street In building the present ST. George
he encountered much opposition principally from PEG
pie who thought that Stuyvosant square far
OF town that nobody would ever want to live there
Being Of strong and positive temperament, he rathe,
liked opposition and always prospered on it. His worn
In st. Georges was majestic success lie Resigned his
position few years ago. but not until failing health
compelled him. As pulpit orator DR.. Tying was aiway
attractive, and lie drew large congregations Hs
eschowed sensstonalsn. and has never hesitated to
show his contempt for men who practise it in THEN
ministerial work. Both in this city and throughout tho
country Dr. Tying has large circle Of lifelong friends
who have In past sat under his ministry and whs
regard him with esteem and affection.
Tho Sunday school lessons Oh Joshua
are very popular Todays passage for study is Joslus
W. ioi5 and W. 10 the subject being Tile Plains Of
Jericho" The valley OF the Jordan Ia wide and al