Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-20
SUNDAY GLOBELETS.


Three of Arab Bey's children, aged re-
spectively eight, ten and twelve years, are
In the United Presbyterian church at CAIRO,
Egypt.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee added over $4,000 to
the funds of the Southern Historical So
clety by his recent lecturing tour through
out the South.
The Buddhist priests of Japan have COM
menced an agitation against the obligation
both of celibacy and of an exclusively
vegetarian diet.
Miss Eunice Campbell, who was 'cured"
at Quincy, Michigan, of consumption by
prayer and faith, about two months ago,
has just died of that disease.
Scion being asked why, among his per-
sonal laws was not one against personal
affronts, answered he could not believe the
world so fanatical as to require them.
Elder Stratton, Baptist preacher who
recently died in Cincinnati, went to that
city when it was a village of 800 inhabi-
tants. In the course of his ministry he
joined in marriage nearly 1000 couples.
Sir Philip Sidney left this as his fare
well among his acquaintance: Govern
your will and your affections by the will
and word of your Creator: In me behold
the end of the world, and all its vanities.
statement is abroad to the effect that
President Arthur has pronounced the
paregoric of Savannah to be superior in
flavor and prompt action to that of any
other city in which he has ever Iunched.
1t was a good saying of Seneca: Solve
with mon as if God saw you; so speak to
God as if men heard you; regulate your
actions by the golden rule-then shall you
acqRit yourself to God nd men, and here
by comply with both, either out of fear or
shame.
According to the Rev. DR.. Robinson of
Brown university, the Baptists have made
wonderful progress since 1880. There are
now 2,350,0OO communicates, two-thirds of
whom are in the southern states. Accord
ing to the same authority the Baptists in
the northern states number 775O00.
For twenty-nine years there has been
Tow society connected with the Baptist
church at Memet, East Prussia. 1t buys
worn out cables and ropes OF vessels, picks
them to pieces and sells the tow to ship
repairers for calkipg purposes. Thousands
of dollars have been received in this way.
A recent visitor in Maine has succeeded
in getting drink of whisky. The bar
was the vest pocket of a hotel keeper, and
the liquor was poured out for him in
secret room. After drinking it he made
rush for the hotel prongs to put out the
fire.
An English clergyman recently preached
a sermon from the text, "God forbid that
l should glory save in the cross of our
Lord Jesus Christ" and defended the use
of the crucifx as an aid to devotion. The
bishop of the diocese CHANGED to be pres
ent, and before the audience was dismissed
rose and made an earnest and public pro-
test against what he claimed to be ''bold
perversion" of the text.
A Denver gentleman of artistic taste in
church going gives his impressions of the
several Protestant societies of that robust,
fast, wealthy, young city. He says: "The
st. Johns Cathedral is famous for wealth
and fine dresses, the First Congregational
for culture, Evans Chapel for music, the
Central Presbyterian for old-fashioned or
Theology, Unity church for hberaIity, the
Capital Avenue Presbyterian for stalwart
morality, the Lawrence street Methodist
for pretty girls and the first Baptist church
for sociability.'
The English Sunday So ciety has resolved
To h I
ton of opening the public galleries and
museums on Sundays. Early in May a
resolution will be offered in that august
body reciting that, whereas success has
attended the action of the government in
opening on Sundays the national museums
and galleries in the suburban districts of
London and in Dublin, and whereas no op-
position to Sunday opening has come be-
fore the House, the House lis of opinion
that the time has arrived for extending
the policy of Sunday opening to all muse
ums and galleries supported by national
funds"
The Catholic church has trebled its
churches in Great Britain in forty years
The Jewish Chronicle says: "The Jews
OF the past we're EngIlsh Jews, the Jews of
the present have become Jewish English
men. Greater tolerance within the COM
munity has led to greater communism out
side it. Education at the public schools
has toned down the characteristic self-con-
idence of Jews of the earlier period. We
are beginning to recognize that the differ
snce between ourselves and our neighbors
is not so great as our pride in Judaism
used to lead US to think. We mix more
with them, imbibe their ideas more freely
and impart our own with no less readiness.
The situation has its dangers as we'll as
lis advantage, but it has to be recognized
in contrasting the past and present of
English Judaism
Mamma" said a little Sunday schoo,
scholar, 'do we all go to Abraham's bosom
when we die, if we are real good?"
eyes, my child, so we are taught"
GAIL of US, mamma; all the little boys
and girls, and the grown up people too?''
eyes, darling, everybody"
"MY eve. mamma, what a great big hotel