The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-01-03

same track, aud the Prince of Peace would
extend his benefcent rule over the king
dorns of the earth. :
An open-air mission has lately been
formed for Liverpool. of which the bishop
of Liverpool is president The bishop says:
tsWe must not wait To build fine church.
We must send man who can preach any
where, in a garrett coach house, an alley
or even in the street.
The Jin-riki-sha, the popular car so gen
orally used in Japan, over $40 900 being in
use in Toxic alone, giving employment to
that number of men and bringing in an
annual revenue of SIS. 900 from that single
city. was invented by missionary of the
American Baptist union
MN Morse is trying to p-p-put on the
Pr Passion PIP Play, said an uptown man
to his doting wife, and the p-people are
in PIP perfect pp-passion over it.
In fact, my p p-pet, they are MN making
the man suf-suf-snffer from re-m-m morse
before his sins"
Horace Fairbanks, President of the ST.
Johnsbury and Lake Champlain Railroad
Vermont, says: Il believe the business
interests of the country. as well as the
best interests of the railroad corporations.
would be subserved by suspending the
running of railroad trains on the Loro's
day
The Rev. Alfred J. Bray, pastor of the
Second Congregational church of Montreal,
has followed Mr.. Beecher's example by
making formal declaration of the dis
belief in the Trinity, as it was explained in
the Athanaisian creed or as laid down in
the Westminster Confession, and in eter-
nal punishment.
The Rev. Mr. Barnes, the Kentucky
evangelist, writes to the Journal, of STAN
ford, XIV. which is his home, that his ex
perience inWaterford. n. Twas not pleas
ant. II may say" he writes, that Water
ford kicked us out-bowed and frowned at
US, and then kicked us out. The bow, the
frown, the kick-all came from the powers
that be.
Voltaire, 100 years ago, said that ''be-
fore the beginning of the nineteenth cen.
fury Christianity will have disappeared
from earth" In 1880, the date appointed
for the determination of Christianity, there
were "a, 100000 English speaking people,
and of these 100000 were Protestant
5, 100000 Romanists and $4,000, O00 pro-
fessed no religious belief.
In the library of Stepney College, Eng
land IS preserved little sign-board, on
which was printed:
BOOTS AND SHOES
MADE AND MENDED HERE BY
w. CAREY.
The sign belongs to the poor and humble
man who began modern mission.
The corner stone of new building of
the University of New Mexico has been
laid at Santa Fe. and is the first incorpo
rated Christian college in that territory.
The charter requires a majority of its trus-
tees to be members of Congregational
churches and by the deed of trust the land
and property of the university are secured |
absolutely to evangelical Christian educa-
ton. 1T already has sixty students.
The British and Foreign Bible Society |
has issued during the past year of bibles, |
testaments and portions, about 1O, 900 /
day; a total of 2, 93S 600; and from its or |
ganization in 1904, "a ,053 900. Add to |
this the Hibernian Society's issues, 65.6 |
the issues of the National Society of Scot
land, 46S, rs, and those of the American
Bible Society, 1874, 773, and we have a
total issue for the past year, by fouI great |
societies, of 4, 969, a24 copies.
The Pope las ordered a collection to be
made from the public and the secret arch
ives of the Vatican of all the diplomatic |
relations and other documents concerning
the first separation of England from the
Church of Rome and everything relating
TO fhat ''5chlSm from that time to the
present 1t is believed that certain impor-
tant documents may be found calculated
to facilitate those negotiations for the re
of diplomatic intercourse which
were initiated two years ago, but have
hitherto failed to overcome the difficulties
n the way.
In the middle of his sermon on a recent
Sunday pastor at SMYRNA, Ga, uttered
he phrase 81 LET us praise him )" A mem |
per of the congregation, innocently or 9th
erwise, understood him to say Let us
pray" and Immediately knelt for the final
prayer. The movement was naturally con-
.agious, and in moment all were on their
knees. The clergymeu had a rare chance
10 show tact by responding to the expecta-
ion of his hearers, but he was not equal to
5he crisis, and exclaimed instead Il did
net say Let us pray;'I am not through
yet-we will pray directly"
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