The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1883-02-21
GENERAL ITEMS.

The enterprise of Rev. Edward Jud-
son. D. D. of New York city, never was so full
of hope and gracious fruit now. The con-
gregatons are larger and there have been bap-
tisms every Sunday since the first Sunday in
October Sixteen were baptized the last Sun
day in January. DR.. Judson says The fruit
is ripe and hangs low" On the invitation of
Dr. Macarthur, DIR. Judson, as Secretary of the
Baptist City Mission, preached in the Calvary
pulpit on Sunday morning on behalf of the
work of evangelizaton in this city, and the col
lection that followed was Sl4. 200
The first Jewish marriage which has
taken place in Madrid since the expulsion of the
Jews from Spain, two centuries ago, was cele-
brated few days since. The bride. who
welded to her first cousin was the daughter of
foreign merchant long established in the Span
ish capital. More than fifty persons, including
members of the very best society in Madrid,
were present at the ceremony.
The Detroit Ministerial Union, COM
posed of members of the various Protestant
denominations of the city. after full discussion
have voted, % to l, that the so-called Apostles
Creed is not sufficient declaration of faith on
which to admit members to that body.
One of the noblest workers of the
age is Miss Leigh, known as the English
woman's good angel in Paris" Ten years ago
young women {; from this has grown an orphan
age, a church and parsonage a mission hall a
Young Womens Christian Association, Young
Mems Institute, free registry kindergarten
and infant school, and sanitarium.
THE BRITISH Royal FAMILY
Queen Alexandria Victoria (only child of Ed
ward, Duke of Kent who died January 23d,
1920, born May oath, is 8 proclaimed June
q, 1887; crowned June %, 1898; married
February 10, 1910, to her cousin the late
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, born
August &C. 1919. Children a. Victoria AIDE
laide Maria Louisa, born November 81, 1910;
married January %, 1858, to Prince Frederick
William of Germany. (2) Albert Edward,
Prince of Wales Duke of Saxony, Duke of Corn
wall Duke of Rothesay, Earl of Carrick, Ches.
ter and Dublin, Baron Renfrew Lord of the
Isles born November g. 184l, married to Prin
cess Alexandra of Denmark March 10, 1853
They have five children, the eldest Albert Vic
tor Christian Edward. was born January s,
1854 (3). Alice Maud Mary, born April %
1843; married July l, 1852. to Prince Louis of
Hesse Darmstadt; died December IA 1878. a.
Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh, born
August 6, 1874 married to the Grand Duchess
Marie Alexandrovna of Russia January %
1874. (5) Helena Augusta Victoria, born May
%, 1885, married to Prince Christian of Au
gustenberg. Co., Louisa Carolina Alberta born
March Is, 184S; married to the MARQUIS of
Lorne, March 81, 1871. q Arthur William
Patrick, Duke of Connaught, born May l, 1850 ::
married to the Princess Louise Margaretha OF
Prussia, March Is, 1879. (8) Leopold George
Duncan Frederick, Duke of Albany, born April
2, 1853; married to the Princess Helen of Wal
deck, April 81 1882. o. Beatrice Mary Vic
toria Feodorer born April IA, 1857.
Joseph Cook, in one of his Monday
lectures in Boston, says :" Walking alorg the
bank of the Rhine with German Professor
whose name is known throughout Christendom
and not seeking nor expecting any such disclos-
ure, was told that tits believed that more than
few theological pupils in Holland are immoral
men. Nobody pretends to doubt that some of
the theological schools in the Netherlands and
especially in the hall at the head of which
Kuenen stands, morality is not indispensable to
like this only whisper can be uttered. said
to my informant: If the facts were known in
the United States that theological students in
certain schools are believed on credible in
huence to be immoral men, we should no more
take our theology from that style of schools
than we should take drinking waters from
these CUTTERS There is not little of theologi-
cal discussion in Europe conducted by immoral
men. 1t is a fact that men sometimes come cut
OF semi-rationalistic theological courses in
France and Holland with the filth of the pit
upon them, and go into State churches as preach
ers or into certain universities as professors and
when books are published by them we must
forsooth, sit down and pick them to pieces and
study them with painstaking candor for if we
do not liberalism will criticise us for narrow
ness. Let us send forth from America breath
OF New England moral dignity to sweep out of
sight all theology that does not come from
pure heart az well as clear head "
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