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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1883-03-14


The TROUBLE IN IRELAND. The Bel
fast Witness, reviewing the letter of the
Pope to Cardinal McCabe on the state of
Ireland, has the following pungent re-
marks
Will Pope Leo please to inform us what is the
oppression" that afflicts Ireand2 In this pre-
vince of Ulster we occupy good fourth of the
Emerald Isle. If oppression distressed the
country we would likely have some experience
of the fact. But we don't know of any such
oppression. Mistakes have no doubt been CON-
mitted by the British Government but greater
mistakes have been committed by the Irish pee
pie. The people of Ireland have for the most
part been the authors of their own misfortune.
AT this very moment their folly is equalled only
by the wickedness of their agitation And there
is not head in Europe on which so much re-
sponsibility rests for the past and existing Ills
of Ireland, as the head of Pope Leo himself
The Papal influence has been the curse of Ire
land, overhanging the land like dense mala-
rial cloud, and blighting its history for eight
hundred years. Let Pope Leo send the gospel,
or allow it to be sent, to Munster and Con-
naught. 1t will bring gracious influence to
bear on the minds of the people. 1t will confer
on those districts of Ireland the blessings with
which Ulster has been enriched and Ireland
throughout all her borders will soon attain to
peace and prosperity.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1883-03-14

MOODY AND SANKEY IN BELFAST
The staid Presbyterians of Belfast have
been stirred up into quite an enthusiasm
about Moody and Sankey. Says the
Rev. DR.. Knox, writing editorially in the
Witness Of February %:
These eminent evangelists have come and
gone: 1t is too soon to pronounce absolutely
on the permaaence of their work. That that
work was marvellous in its outward aspect is
beyond all question. Within the limits of a
week they moved-or rather, as we feel inclined
to say, God by them moved-Belfast as it never
was moved before. We remember the great
awakening of "ffty-nine." We remember the
former visit OF these brethren, and very recently,
the visit of White and MGranahan On none
of these occasions was this great community so
stirred as during the past week No doubt there
was intense interest awakened before these
brethren arrived. The spirit of expectation
took hold of the more earnest of the community.
There was much prayer, private and public.
But the impression. so far as we can gauge its
visible manifestations, tar transcribed all an
ticipation. The first meeting was for Chris
ttdns, and was announced to be held on Sa 1bath
morning at eight o'clock. Before seven o'clock
one of our largest churches was crowded, and
the overflow completely filed an adjoining
church. From that preliminary service the in
terest was intensified day by day till the closing
scene when 300 men met at nine at night in
St. Enoch's, the overflow filling two adjoin-
ing churches, and still the streets was crowded
by men who could find no admission"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1883-03-14

THE great churches in every denomi-
nation in ali parts of the world have con-
gregational singing Spurgeon from the
first refused the help of choir or organ.
He says, The people come to church to
hear the preaching, and to hear and do
their own singing, and thus they worship
God" The songs of those who crowd
Talmage's Tabernacle can be heard
through the whole neighborhood, as the
voice of great multitude" In Ply
mouth church, though a grand choir
sings the anthems, all the people sing the
hymns. In Scotland the people all sing
in Germany they all sing; in the Moody
meetings they all sing. 1t would, per-
haps, be possible to have revival with
out any singing but if there be singing
at although the solos and the duets,
and, perhaps, the q artets may assist
the people must sing, and will sing the
choruses, the standard hymns, and the
doxologies.--N. Y Christian AdUocate,
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1883-03-14

The April number of Frank Leslie s
Sunday Magazine opens with an article
entitled "What is Presbyterianism2" by
the Rev. DR.. M. D. Hoge of this city.
The Sunday Magazine is publishing a
series of articles by representative men
of each denomination on the Religious
Denominations of the United States. The
Congregational Church and the Dutch
Reformed Church have been noticed in
previous numbers. The object of these
articles is to give concise and adequate
statement of the history, polity, and doc
trines of each Church. The idea is an
exceedingly happy one, and if all the
writer's shall do their work with the con-
ciseness, clearness, candor, and modera-
ton of DIR. Hoge, we shall have series
of valuable papers.
This magazine is now under the editor
ship of the Rev. DR.. 7. De Witt Talmage.
and is, in our judgment the most agree
able and instructive of all our monthlies.
The illustrations are inferior in an arts
tic respect to those in some other maya
zines, but they are exceedingly numerous,
and the selection of topics is exceedingly
felicitous. We know nothing (without
undertaking, of course, to endorse all the
pieces and sentiments) in the periodical
line that would prove so popular and
helpful in a family. Each number is al
most volume of reading matter. Price
So year.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1883-03-14

AT the recent Missionary Conference
in India one of the speakers was native
Hindu, Mr.. K. G. BanGerji, who is evil
IDENTIFY a man of talents and distinction.
He is pleader in the High Court at Cal
cutta. His speech was the feature of the
Conference" equal" it was remarked,
Z" to all the rest put together" A cor
respondent of the Independent from In
dia makes striking statement as to the
character Of his discourse before the Con-
ference. His plea was, we are told,
that it is mistake to treat these edu-
Gated Hindus as higher class, needing
methods of approach through logic and
philosophy, because that simply made
them feel proud and desire to meet such
approaches with their own logic and
philosophy, whereas he (BannerjD would
treat them as sinners, like any other men,
and take them the simple gospel"
Now this is equally true in America
The way to reach men on this subject is
not so much through argument or phil
osophy. Men who dispute about Chris
tianity are as a.rule not serious about it.
If they want to be saved, the simple
truth is the most potent weapon.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1883-03-14

IT is stated that the Rev. Henry Mont
gomery, Of Belfast, Ireland, the Presby-
terrain secretary Of the committee which
had the management Of the visit Of
Moody and Sankey to Belfast, was in
business when these two evangelists Wis
tied that town before. He was then con.
verted, left business, studied for the min.
istry, and is now the pastor Of Albert
Street Presbyterian church.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1883-03-14

II HAVE heard, says Joseph Cook in
his last weeks lecture, of Church in
New York City that lost large part of
its membership by people emigrating up
the island, and, finally, the population
around it became so bad that, according
to DR.. Pentecost's admirable statement,
the Church itself emigrated. There were
no longer any people around it which its
members cared to associate with"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1883-03-14

THE late Professor Clerk Maxwell, one
Of the first scientific men Of England,
Gays: "The rate of change Of scientific
hypothesis is naturally much more rapid
than that Of biblical interpretations, 50
that if an Interpretation is founded on
such hypothesis, it may help to keep
the hypothesis above ground long after
it ought to be buried and forgotten"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1883-03-14

PERSONS who receive newspapers now
are apt to forget that by the old law they
used to have to pay the postage on them.
The existing law requires this postage to
be paid in advance, and it falls heavily
on the publishers, by whom it is now paid.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1883-03-14

IT is little queer that while Amer-
leans are trying to introduce the Sunday
Of Continental Europe into our American
cities, there is a movement on foot in
Europe for a more quiet Sunday. 1t is
stated that petition signed by six thou
sand citizens Of Berlin was recently pre-
sented to the German Parliament, asking
for the passage and enforcement of law
prohibiting secular business on Sundays
and holidays
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1883-03-14

The Rev. HEBER NEwToN's CHURCH
Tnis gentleman seems, at least, to possess
the quality of frau kness Some one has
described his church as "a social club,
one of whose amusemeuts is satirising
Orthodoxy" The Rev. gentleman goes
more into detail in letter to the New
Haven Morning Ne,OS, in which he says
my church may be described in the
language of the Prayer Book, as com
posed of all sorts and conditions of men,
x of independent-minded Protes-
tants of all Orthodox Denominations, OF
Unitarians, Swedenborgians, Free Reli-
gionists, and Agnostics. x x Cor as
one Of the collects might frame it, is COM
posed of Jews and Turks, infdels and
heretics." He says that "such a con.
gregation might naturally need pabu-
lum which to the more conservative Or
thodox would be noxious indeed" and
that he prepared his famous sermons to
suit them.
Is there no remedy for this sort Of
thing? 1.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1883-03-14

The CHURCH FOR THE TIMEs.-The
following is from Joseph Cook, and applies
mainly to city life; but it is true, very
true.
The church for the times will reach the whole
population.
John Wesley said once: Beware how you
entice rich men into your churches until you are
sure they are Christian. Beware how you man
age your church IS in such a way that rich men
will become necessity to you. If your church
buildings are so luxurious that you need an enor
nous income, wealthy men will be necessary to
you and they will rule you, and then you must
soon bid farewell to Methodist discipline and
perhaps, to Methodist doctrine" A wiser thing
was never said. A more unpopular thing per-
haps, could hardly be repeated at this hour ;
but the Truth is, and, as l am not a pastor or
preacher and as nobody suppose that am
making oblique personal references here, l ven
ture to say-that even in Republican America
and especially in the wealthy and fashionable
society of cities, there are great many luxuri-
GUS churches, that do not want poor men as
members When revival occurs. the question
concerning many converts is, not " Are they
soundly Christian ?" but How much are they
worth ?" Laughter What is their social
standingw "Am l willing to have one Of
these converts next me in pew p " Are they
likely to add anything important to the fnan-
cial and social strength of our society ?" Under
the voluntary system we must have money and
must draw rich men into the churches but, if
they stand there on their money bags, and ask
to be measured not according to the height of
their Christian character, but according to the
height Of these pedestals Of worldlness wealth
social position, hereditary rank, connection
with public affairs--then ] say the time has
come for us TO cast abroad Gods truths as
scythes to NOW down all these unnatural
growths On the floor Of Gods house he is
tallest who is nearest to God. Loud applause ]
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1883-03-14

DR. JOHN HALL says the great secret
of getting money for missions is to 81 in
form the people"
Do you want liberal contributions in
your church to Home Missions? Inform
the people. Do you want liberal contri-
buttons to Foreign Missions7 Inform the
people. Do you want to help the Publ.
cation cause? Inform the people. Do
you want liberal contributions for the
Cause of educating young men for the
ministry? Inform the people.
Do you want to awaken revival spirit
among your people? Let your people
read of what is going on in other parts
Of the world. Do you want to interest
your people in all Church work? Get
them to reading about it. Keep them
informed.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1883-03-14

CAN our bright and well-informed con-
temporary Of the Presbyterian Journal
tell us anything about the late Arch
bishop Tate?
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1883-03-14

EXAMINE Your LABELs.-Our sub
scribers are requested to examine their
labels, and remit where the year has ex-
pired.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

We have received at this Office SO for the
church at Uvslde Texas, from Mrs F. M. H.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1883-03-14

A COOP TH1EG.-The salary of DR..
Benson, Archbishop Of Canterbury, is
$4,000. If we remember correctly, the
salary Of Wesley was about $3.50 in his
earlier ministry and 800 or $500 after
wards but he had learned, he says, to
live on the $3.50, and he continued to do
it all his life.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14
BLEW His Own Horn.

Mike was arrested for disturbing the
quiet hours of the night 1T is this
way, sor,'' he said to the Judge. Il
asked lyer Yesterday how he could get
along so well an me git along SO bad,
an sah, seq re, it, by blowing me own
horn An must I blow me own horn,
SEE I. An the same, seq he, an got
a horn, yer honor, an whit out on the
street an blowed it, an policeman
arrested me. You can't fine me, sor.
for it was the lawyers advice / was
takin'. ?"
Were you under the influence of liq-
uor at that time2"
II was, sor.
well, I'll discharge you on the charge
of blowing your horn
Your a gintleman, livery inch av
yer
But I'll fine you ten dollars for be-
ing drunk. p"
s.But man wild no sinse entoirly. -
Arkd9aSuaU I4dUe{er.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14
TIE DAILY AEGUs.
Catching The Colt

with forehead star aid silver tail
- a nd three white feet to match,
The gay, half-broken sorrel colt,
W hich one Of us could catch2
II can, said Dick. I'm good for that"
He slowly shook his empty hat
She 1t think It's flill OF corn" said he.
stand back, aud she VIII come to me-
Her hesad the shy. proud creature raised
As ma the daisy flowers she rrazed.
Ihsan down the fii across the brook
Delaying off, her way she took:
Then changed her pace, and moving quick
she hurried on and came to Dick
.Ha, hal he cried, I've caught you Beck,
Ana put the halter round her neck
But soon there came another day,
And, eager for a ride
II go and catch the colt again;
car, said Dick with pride
So mp the stony pasture lane
And up the hill, he frudged again;
A I'D when he saw the colt, as slow
TIC shook his old hat 10 and fro,
she Ii think It's full of corn, he thought,
ana Shaii nave her quickly caught"
BECK, Beck. he called; and at the sound
The restless Eeauty looked around
I hen nude quick, impatient turn.
And gsliored Off among the fern.
And when beneath tree she stopped
And leisurely some clover cropped.
Dlek followed after, but in vain:
hts hand was Just upon her name,
v men of she flew as flies the wind,
And, painting, he pressed on behind
Down th4 oac h the brake, fhe brook across.
y ef bushes, fhstles, mounds of moss
found ami around the place they passed,
IN, GREATNESS, Dick sank down at last;
Threw by, provoked, his empty hat
The colt, he said, remembers that
There's always trouble from deceit
III never try again to cheat.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14
Striking Head Lines

Are used call attention to the fact that this Is an
advertisements OF the CHICAGO. MILWAUKEE
& ST PAUL r RAILWAY.
Its EIGHF Trunk Lines traverse the best por-
tions of Northern Illinois, WIscoNsIN, MINNESOTA,
DAKorA and Iowa
LOCATED directly its Ines age the cities of Chi
eago, Milwaukee La Crosse, Winona ST Paul,
Minneapolis Madison, Prairie du Chen, Mason
City. Sioux city, Yankton, Albert Lea, Aberdeen,
Dubuque. Rock Island, Cedar Rapids and Council
Bluffs as well innumerable other principal busl-
ness centres and favorite resorts, and passengers
going West, North, South East are able TO use
the CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE d ST. PAUL RAILWAY to
the best advantage.
Ticket offices everywhere are supplied with
maps and Time Tables which detail the merits of
the line and agents stand ready to furnish infor
nation, and sell tickets at cheapest rates over the
Chicago. Milwaukee & ST. Paul Railway
s. MERRILL. a Y H CARPENTER,
General Manager Gen. Pass. & 1kt a ct.
J. T CLARK, GEO. H. HEAFfofD,
GEM. Snp't. Asst Gen Pass Agt
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14
False Weather Prophets.

Surely the press and public should
not allow themselves to be fooled by
humbugs like Virgins and Vennor.-
Their predictions have turned out to be
worthless, as might have been known,
as they had no facilities for making
weather forecasts at all comparable with
the weather bureau at Washington. The
latter has signal stations all over the
country, They can tell where storm Is
raging, and generally, can predict its
course. thus anticipating local condi-
tions of weather. But Virgins and
yennor have no such machinery attheir
command, and vet their absurd fore
casts are published by the press far and
wide. The manner in which they de-
ceive the public is very simple. Storms
are constantly raging over different
parts of the eart1iss surface 1t has
been found for instance that IN the Feb
ruary of every year there is an average
of nineteen storms or more. 1t is quite
safe, therefore, to predict that on GER
tain day ssblizzard, or some unusual
weather disturbance, viii take place.
If. at the appointed time it should De
pleasant weather on the Atlantic Coast,
there is pretty sure to be a tempest OF
rain and wind i'm the Mississippi Valley
or west of the Rocky Mountains. IheA
these bogus weather prophets claim
that the forecasts were verified. Wig
gins it will be remembered. predicted q
phenomenal disturbance on the ninth OF
February. and later ON the eleventh OF
March. but. as If TO discredit him and
his kind, the weather was exceptionally
and unusually fine nearly all over the
continent His excuse was that he
meant that there would be storm rag
inc on the Pacific. instead OF here in
the East. Let us hear no more OF these
humbugs.-De naorest's Mosatbig.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14
Farmers as Business Men.

There are few real business men
among farmers. How many farmers
keep a cash account, and know at the
end of each month how much money
they have received, from whom they
have receiYedit; or how much, to whom
and for what the money was paid out?
LII a farmer wishes to understand his
business, he must treat the business part
OF his profession in a business manner,
and he cannot do this unless he keeps q
book, pen, some ink, and is careful to
write down correctly all his business
transactions.
Ihave been in. farm houses where it
took about half an hour to find the pen
and ink with which to do little writ
ing. l have known men actually who
have to go to nefgEbor's house for pen
and ink. 1t is an easy matter TO keep a
purchase account in addition to the
cash account, and everything which is
bought can be written down, and if
paid for it can be marked paid, and the
same entered in the cash account. BY
referring to the purchase account we
always know what bills have not been
paid, and we can make our calculations
to meet them, and thus avoid unpleas-
ant duns. We can also keep an account
of our sales, and when anything is sold,
write it down in the sales account, and
if we receive the cash we mark it paid,
and enter it on the cash account as be-
fore. 1t would no doubt be worth many
times the trouble, and every farmer
would have the satisfaction of knowing
at the end of the year just how his money
came, where it went and what his years
woTk brought him. 1t would open up
new fields OF thought, induce him to make
greater exertions and make him more
frugal, more Intelligent. less penurious,
and greatly improve his manner of
transacting business
The merchant makes good his bad
debts off the sy-going, careless farm
er, by sklllful management of the book
account. The farmer may know that he
got SO much for his cattle, his wood,
his grain, his hogs, or whatever il may
be, and he may know that he paid his
taxes, his store bills and his many doc
tor bills, but he will be likely to feel
that his money slipped away and did
him very little good, and, OF course, he
becomes stingy and mean. | once knew
a man of whom it was said that when
he paid anybody money he always held
it out and looked in the opposite direc-
tion-he hated to see the money go.
Let the farmers wife keep her ac-+
count also, and thus add dignity to la
Dor, and we will not hear the growing
husband ask her what has become of the
money he condescended to give her
She win take a just pride in keeping an
accurate account of her affairs; and the
handling of the funds necessary in the
management of the household will make
her position dignified and respectable,
instead of an endless routine of drudgery.
full. The time of putting in crops has
been noted, and the observations made
on the seasons, the weather, the crops,
the stock and farm work are SO vaIua-
BILE for reference that | would not do
without it for many times. the trouble
of keeping it.-Anaericaa2 Farmer.
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14
Remarkable Change in Boston Woman 8
Hair.

Many remarkable tales have been told
of persons who by reason of fright or
other causes, have found that their hair
has turned white in single night. But
there is not, we believe, anywhere on
record case where a person went to
bed at night in a calm state OF mind.
rested soundly until daylight, and
awoke in the morning to find that DUR
ing sleep his or her hair had changed
from ebony to silver. That is to say.
there never was such a case until recent.
ly,when just this sort of an incident ee=
Cured in Boston. The subject was Q
lady, who retired at her usual hour,
taking with her to her room another
and an elderly lady. a visitor. who had
arrived late in the day, and for whom
no other accommodation could be ar
ranged The subject of this incident
was noted for the. fineness and beauty
Of her hair, which was said by good
iudCes-people who had been abroad
and were acquainted with the appear
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14

anov "a Iasens-Eo rIv,sI tle raven 5
wing in blackness and iustre. Being
blessed with good Conscience and hav-
ing eaten nothing indigestible at supper,
the lady slept peacefully during the
night and awoke refreshed in the morn
ing.
But on looking toward the mirror
she saw that her hair, instead of being
block, as when she went to bed, was
plentifully streaked with gray She
sprang up at once to assure herself by a
nearer survey, and had just become
convinced that her first view was cor
rect, when at that moment her elderly
companion, who had already dressed
and gone down stairs, entered the room
and, with the words, lit was SO dark
when | got up | put on the wrong
switch, = replaced upon the bureau q
block and. glossy coil Catching up
then the gray tresses that had for mo-
ment SO alarmed the younger lady, she
deity arranged them in their appropri-
ate place, and again quietly withdrew.
Boston Journal
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-14

Prof. Palmer, who was murdered by
the Arabs in Upper Egypt. was given q
choice of the means of death. Holding
the old belief that falling from great
height produces asphyxiation, he pre-
ferred to jump from II preeipice, but it
is thought that the height was not suf-
fleient to prevent him from dying mis-
cradle death. For one must fall /. very
great height, in the opinion of La No
tire, to produce asphyxiation. La Ma
tire mentions the case of man who
fell thousand feet without material
harm.