The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-06-24
SUNBEAsfS.

mcnt on Friday at ST. Stephens College Caxenovia
Tho Missionary Repiep Is a very linda.
pendent cstion, issued BY a wealthy ciersvu6a
named Wilder. who Is returned missionary n srseI,
criticiss the missions and the missionaries In all i..A
just now Its special criticism Is against the
Board OF Foreign Missions which It intin,ates IN ~
covered with AN enormous growth Of something vor,,
than barnaces II that the officers Of some Of the
Boards exercise irresponsible and damaging power; ana
II suggests that both Boards aud officers need To ~
"hauled on the dry dock and scraped"
Tho Rev. Waldo Mcssaros, the eccentrIs
and eloquent Greek who has greatly vcxed thu Prss
bytcrian brethren Of Philadelphia. has now been or
dained by a Free Baptist association committee hsy
ing been sent all the from Massachusetts, to con-
duct tho ceremony lie IL now regular minister free
to organize his congregation he pieases Ills follow
ers were at the outset nomnally alista
Then they became Presbyterlans for while hopus n
receive the substantial aid in the upbuding Of their
church which Congregationslism had proved uns,e a,
unwilling to AFFORD them. Now they free to believe
what they please and to adopt such form OF church
government a. may seem good to them. The future Of
this church affords for conjecture as to the MOI
phenomenal ecclesiastical possibilities.
Tho Rev. Arthur Richie enjoys the dls.
tinction Of being the most advanced rituast in thu
Protestant Episcopal Church In the West. For soms
time his eccentrcities in conducting the services at thu
Church Of the Ascension In Chicago have kopt him |.
hot water Bishop McLaren has from the beg ol
about them At the recent Convention the Bishop de-
ivcrcd address the subject which Mr. Richie CON
sdered personal and at which he took offence Chiefly
this resigned the charge OF his church
His congregation 10 greatly attached to him. and de-
cares that lie has built up the most prosperous church
In Chicago Even his ecclesiastical enemies give him
credit for great energy and industry and the sue
cessfu carrying out Of many charitable operations COO
nectcd with his church.
Tho Sanford street cOlorcd Copprcoa.
tional church in Springfield Mass is in trouble owing
to disagreement as to the ownership of the propertv
real estae agent took possession of the building with
gang OF laborers who tore the carpets and carried
away the stoves crockery hymn books and other mort
able adjuncts OF worship They about to rim out
the pews when tho colored brethren in sufficient
force to prevent the further of their sanc,u
The colored folks far victorious a. to COM
pei the return Of their property by those who had
red II away They mounted Rusrd to prevent further
attempts at spoliation, and successfully hold
ing the fort" They are happy and proud the expecta
ton Of being able to damages from the peopls
who annoyed them.
The Rev. DR.. Hurlbut OF LyndonyilIa
VT. wanted the principal livery stable keeper in thai
place to to church. The livery stable man said bs
could not because SUNDAY his busiest day But ia
said that IL DR. Hurlbut would come to the stable ON
Sunday afternoon and talk Gospel to the people who
gather there, he would be of an attentive crowd
The Doctor thought would be good idea and on tina
whera Ia
found large company assembled to hear him. They
not only gave respectful attention to his
address, but Insisted on taking up collection for the
purpose Of identifying tho church ground, The sum
raised WAS about three dollars DR. lrDu said he would
come again and bring his deacons with him Some OF
the freQuenters of the stable said thee would like to hear
the parson as often as he would they feared
the deacons were dry old lot and wished he would
leave them at home.
Tho Rev. James NJ. Sherwood, d. D.. has
written book in which he says that many Of the hymns
with which Sunday schools and PRAYER meetings are
afflicted "pious slip slop" He that the tunes
mixture OF Scotch reels and plantation melodea
and that the words hardly above the doggee sunS
by the Salvation Army their language often describing
the heavenly inheritance a OF picnic on the
banks OF a stream lined with innumerable orches,rss
and continually throwing up silver spray DR. Sherwood
says that when he listens to the popular hymn Along
lie River Of Time We Glide" it produces no spi..
itual emotions in his mind to witness the antics q
man swimming. lie claims that the hymns OF Toplady
CowpsrW Wesley Watts. and Palmer Bible inspired"
and are consequently the proper things be sung In
church But 1t must be remembered that of these
eminent authors. especially Watts many allied
hymns which are but little better than the spslopo Of
some OF the more modern hymn manufacturers
Although the Gospel has been well re-
ceved In Madagascar the missionaries find that there
one subject on which they open their mouths
That subject is slavery ad the rule Is used
slave power, when minister denouncing slavery asa
sin for its abolition considered here
cal disurber OF the peace and hidden to so away.
Formerly Madagascar the chief market slaves
on the east coast Of Africa The traffic several years
ago prohibited by law but the law is constantly evaded
The welltodo people in Madagascar all keep slavea
many Of whom are church members as well as their
masters Wealth is to great extent represented by the
number Of slaves n man owns or claims to own much
a. used to be in our slave states There frequent
auction sales of slaves, In which families separated.
in the old way The slaves general thing
badly treated made to work very hard Their slavery
is as light slavery be. Still it is slavery and ~
such is great hindrance to the progress Of the Gospel
and Of the highest civilization.
--Babu Kali Charam Bancrjee of Calcutta
vigorously combats the position taken by mission.
that the work for educated nndoos is to be done
in special way by specially trained He says that
these specall.A trained sometimes become pnhed
up that they above pren thing low class ndoo
congregation He pleads FOR simple gospel services or
the most educated Of his lie would have these
services made interesting Hs possible with music.
Babu Ram Chandra Basu OF Lucknow insists that the
missionary to educated natives should ob'erae the 10
cIa distinctions between himself and those whom he
wishes to reach and that he should preach fearessy
the essential truths OF Christianity leaving out irrels
want matter and side issues Nathura Nath Basu says
that the greatest success In conversational preaching
and that all the conversions at Gopalsunge have taken
place in consequence Of this Bsbu Gagnn chandra
Data Of Khuva says that missionaries make bad blum
der In teaching the natives foreign tunes which they do
not understand Brother Mukerj of Calcutta SAYS that
the missionaries do not consult the native workers End
native churches as much rs they ought.
While some OF the old Dutch churches 10
this city between two and three hundred wears DID,
1t seems strange to read that thu oldest Presbyterian
church In Chicago to-day celebrates its fitch annirer'
sary Half century aso the Rev. jeremiah Porter or
gaiZed this church with about two dozen members