The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-04-22
SUNBEAMa.

Newman Halls church, in London, has
io7l members. Its thirteen Sunday schools have $500
children and 400 teachers.
Francis Murphy, the temperance man,
had such success at Carlisle England that 1000 persons
were persuaded to join his Blue Ribbon Society.
Shall no wear silk HAITI" was the sub.
ject Of lecture recently delivered the Rev Emory j.
Haynes. d. D., Of Brooklyn, to the young people.
Moody and Sankey are now supposed to
be on their way to this country they were announc.
ed to sail on the 10th They coming to visit old
friends and to rest and probably return to England
after few weeks.
At the recent anniversary OF the Chicago
Young Mems Christian Association all the ex Presidents
except Mr. Moody were on the platform, There
twelve Of them. The association Is quarter of
fury old, and has nearly 5000 members
Tho pious Norwegians are trying to con-
vert the Zuus and the inhabitants OF Madagascar They
have two mission stations in Madagascar and fifteen in
Zuuland The society which does this good forty
years old and has income from donations Of about
$4,000 year.
The fact is now brought to light that tho
lady who wrote the famous widow Bedott Papers"
had other gifts besides those Of mere hunor She wrote
. number of exceedingly beautiful hymns, Her name
was Mrs whcher and she the wife OF an Episcopal
clergyman. She died about thirty years ago.
Yale College Is experiencing revival OF
religion which is said to be greater than any which
awakened Its students in twenty five years The
hpuc VI Lafayette promoters OF hiinisto-
rial education are anxously inlurng how many Of tho
young men now converted at these institutions intend
to devote themselves to the ministry.
Bishop Schercschewsky of China has
been for many close observer OF Buddhism and
the Buddhiss. He has visited Buddhist temple. aud
converscd freely with Buddhist priests As the result OF
his experience he says there il not on the earth
gigantic system Of fraud superstition and idoatry lilo
considers Confucianism preferable to Buddhism and
says that whatever there is in Chinese doctrines that 10
good IL from COnfucian doctrines
Tho Rev. Melville Smith of Newburyport,
Mass has instituted a suit against q theatre in that
place for presenting to the public play which he
sders demoralizng to the young of the place The
religious people Of NewbuypOrt have so greatly exered
themselves to improve the morals Of place that they
have succeeded In making the newsdeaers stop selling
the pestent publications which are considered to 10
mischievous and evil In their tendency.
Professors OF Hebrew are generally dry
old gentlemen who can put congregation to sleep by
giving out text or reading verse Of hymn, Ando.
yer Seminary has departed from the old which
dictated the selection OF such dried persons to teach
young men Hebrew. 1t has elected tho Rev George r.
Moore OF GAINESVILLE Ohio who Is live young OF
thirytwo, nn accomplished scholar, and genial and
magnetic preacher. For about i've years Mr. Moore has
been the pastor of prosperous church at GAINESVILLE
which he leaves for Andover to the great regret Of
those who have enjoyed lis pastoral services. lie 10
the son OF the Rev William f. Moore, D., ofcolumbus.
Ohio who Is widely known Of the abest writer's
and preachers in the Presbyterian communion Andover
Ia now happy in having all its vacant chairs Allied.
Peace shd harmony prevail in the institution. with
promise Of such prosperity as shall cause recent un'
pleasantnesses to be forgotten
Having last Sunday studied about the
conversion Of saul the Sunday schools will to-day give
attention to the beginning Of the work Of that exraor
binary preacher Of the Gospel recorded in
Acts ix 1881, The question which he had asked when
arrested by Divine power on his way to Damascus.
wi W mn do he kew
Of his new life Instead OF being enemy and psrse-
cutor he devoted helper OF the OF Chris
his fellowship with the Damascus Jews whom he had
intended to join lie united himself with the disciples
OF Christ, keeping company with tlom for while. we
know exactly how long before opening his mouth Ia
public Soon the time for him to begin his active
labors Then In the most public manner, he declared
his faith in Christ the Of God and the saviour OF
the world His course eXhsperst,d the Jews who
formed plot to Kill him This oil indication that
his work at Damascus was done The disciples helped
him away from the reach OF those who would destroy
him. Next we hear Of Saul at Jerusalem, previous 70
which he to have spent considerable time IN re-
trement In Arabia The Jerusalem Christians at
nrst afraid Of him. but Barnabas who knew him. took
him In charge and assured the ovhers that he was
friend and fellow helper. From this time the gc.No
work OF Paul became OF the most important agtn
Giles In the spread the Church His Zeal the
Of more plots for his destruction From these he IS
caped by being taken to CGsarea and thence Tarus
his old home. There and elsewhere In Asia Mnnf 10
preached the Gospel to oil who would hear him T'r
Christians were greatly increased In numbers. amt 10
spite Of many prosecutions and bitter opposition, ~
joysd large prosperity.
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