The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1883-03-07
FOREIGN CHURCH NEWS.

compared with the growth OF Presby terlanism a
few years since. The London Presbytery has
resolved to break new ground in Highgate,
Tulse-hill and Moulsey. The year has again
been rather one of consolidation
The Synod of the PRESBYTERIAN
Church of England is about to start Church
Building and Debt Extinction Fund, and pro-
poses by means of it to raise $l25, 900 during
the next five years OF this sum 800. 900 will
be employed to aid the erection of new churches
IN important positions by grants of $3 500 each.
The Methodist Church is achieving
marked results in their evangelization work in
Cevennes district and the Methodist pastor.
Andrieu, of Paris, has been called to assist in
evangelistic work in the Reformed parish of
Batignolles, under the auspices of the Reformed
Church authorities.
|. AT Berlin, Mr.. Won Schluembach has
been enabled to hire a comfortable hall, capable
of holding about 1000 persons, and might
after night it is filled to the remotest corner.
One German gentleman has given 10000 marks
to provide In part for the growing wants of the
Evangelistic work. The correspondent of The
Christian, London, writes: Many changes of
heart might be mentioned; heaps of letters tes.
THY to this; but it is not our German way to
speak of such things publicly"
The United Presbyterian Mission
week has Just been observed in Edinburgh
DIR. Young Moderator of Synod, presiding at
one of the gatherings, remarked that in Scot
land the Established Church itself gave for mis-
sions e25,o00 annually, the Free Church e46,-
600, and their own Church $4,000. The U P.
Church was the smallest of the three, but stood
first In liberality to Christian missions in pr :
portion to her membership.-The income of the
Ladies Zenana Mission last year was e3 $685.
Mr.. Spurgeon has very high es-
innate of DIR. Dykes (of London) as a preacher
Reviewing the doctors last volume of sermons
Mr.. Spurgeon says: There is quite as much
polish as power. as much finish as force The
sermon on Consider the Lilies is a prose poem
"a mosaic. every piece of which is painted
under mlscroscope, and then polished
"A German pamphlet on Russian
Sectaries," which has recently been published
gives some details which will greatly surprise
many English people, 1t is wonderful that
these, Sectaries form so large proportion of the
population. Their number is estimated at so
high figure as fourteen millions, divided in the
following manner: Sects with priests. three
millions; those wthouta priesthood, eight mil
lions; Spirituaistlc Christians, one million and
two other small sects, 5000. Another million
cannot for some reason or another be exactly
defined 1t appears that the dissent began more
than 200 years back, and arose in connection
with some revisions of religious books and
works Of ritual, which were thought to be ne
cessary. These revisions were sternly opposed
and the Reformers were prosecuted. The Re-
formers, therefore, in this instance were those
who from within the Church desired improve
ment. The seets are, more or less the enemies
OF Improvement; they cling obstinately to the
old forms The statement is positively made
that the number of the Sectaries increased about
four millions during the reign of Alexander the
Second.
DIR. Ziemann, an M. D., an Evange-
list from England, in Westphalia, GERMANY is
gathering large harvest Westphallan pa
per of January Goth, says "A remarkable
event IN the religious life Of our province is the
meetings held by DR.. Ziemann from England.
The largest hall holding $500 people, has been
ercises have is not caused by any unusual
ability In oratory, but from the depth of his
inner LIE, and the fact that the people are re-
minded through an earthly physician of the
Great Physician If those who listen to the
Doctors words wish to reap real blessing they
Will have to take in hand again the old Bible,
and to use it as their fathers did" Mr.. Sea-
gram, who has exhibited lively interest in the
work, writes " l have never seen audiences
listen with such attention as l see them here :;
the people come miles to attend the meetings"
Or. Llemanns own account, of January 18th
Is: God is moving the people in this country
as only He can do It, Wonders are really hap
Pening Think of clergyman offering me his
church en- and allowing me to go into the pulpit
This is a great step in Germany. The meetings
are crowded. About 1000 were present last
night. Amongst them we heard were some
fourteen clergymen, who came FROM the country
and the high officials and judges of the town
The clergymen here told us yesterday that the
wife OF the President of the country put off a
grand party yesterday on account of the Gospel
meetings. The Public Prosecutor sent notices
TO his ottlcials about the meetings, which he
himself attended. He also sent me a message
to-day to speak to the prisoners, which hope
to do on Saturday"
-PREsBYTERIANIsM IN CAMBRIDGE,
ENeLAND.-The Cambridge Express of last
week gives a column to a report of the evening
sermon preached on the previous Sunday by the
Rev. j. w Rodgers, of Wolverhampton, to the
new Presbyterian congregation there. At the
close, the reverend gentleman spoke as follows 4:
Do you wish to build Presbyterian church
In Cambridge Certainly there is great op-
portunity before you, and in proportion as you
realize 1t, so will your success be. The two
gatherings in this Guildhall to-day are more
| than enough to convince the least sanguine that
the time is ripe for special effort. have seen
two causes succeed in far less favorable crcum-
stances with less than the half of the nucleus.
Do you know that the colleges have more than
so Presbyterian students, and are you aware
| that one large institution in the neighborhood
has 40 Presbyterian pupils Think of the
power and influence and wealth that that one
statement involves, and depend upon IL the
| right minister would soon bring these to bear
upon the interests Of the cause There is room
and need for Presbyterian church. Presbyte-
rianism loves the Church of England for her
/ works but considers that abe has not snHcient