The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-04-29
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ceued from 'hsir church In sburs Ohio And
formed Congregational church. They have ms. A.
shed an eight thousaDd dollar stone house NJ xo,.h,
with all the modern improvements and eou.,d.r ,h.,
selves far better on than when with ~.
old establishment WV
"A Vermont thief broke into n countrv
church and carried away the musical instrument, A..
10 ono OF those self acting melodeon o,,.
which work by means OF crank handle and sr,nJ a.,
only religious tunes the thief found the marx f,r IA
sale very narrow lie says that IL he had knoxn
1t was that kind Of organ he would not bay, tai
the trouble to steal IT,
Leo Avenue Church Of Christian I'm.
desvor. In Brooklyn. enters era OF us.fun...
under the guidance of Pastor Powell Mr. Pow.u 4.
steady going man, and combines acceptable puni, or.
tory with high degree of both legal and theolov,c.,
culture. Some Of the disanectsd members who fou,d
religious rest under previous pasorates are r,,p,
to the church with zeal to labor and with good hone Tor
the future. The congregations are increasing
"A European merchant at Mandalay. Tn.
da. imported thousand glass images OF Gautam, an.
sold them to the heather. One native bou sht the Who'll,
lot and made money by peddling them out The ip,.,
had blue eyes. by mistake Of the manufacture T,
mistake had TO be rectihed which neccs,i,at,d A., few
touches Of hand painting each image The ido,tro,,
Images made In Birmingham England and .,,y.d
the purposes OF Hindoo devotion well as 10 mnt.,
Benares. whence they were supposed to have come
Tho American Sunday School Union has
had the reputation OF being OF the sow.s OF ALL M
benevolent societies Its managers are excellent man
but have for many years been noted rather tor their
trene conservatism than for advancing to the from,
rank In matters Of enterprise and progress new lea,
has now been turned in the election Of the Jane,
NJ Croweli D. D.. rs Secretary Of Missions Dr Crcv.n
Ia we'll known "a man of experience aud en,erpr,.s
who will push things. There about ninety m ous
rss in the service OF the society and Dr. Crowc who
has already entered his work il their
chief. The Doctor has served as pastor OF OF IN.
principal churches in Philadelphia and genial Chris
tian as well as dilgent and successful worker
Some months ago Joseph Cook said that
1t would be necessary to employ missionary for every
$1,000 unevangezed heathen In order to give the he,
then fair show with the Gospel This e.tmat Of m,,
sonary needs severely criticised by some Of the re-
lgious papers, which said that large force would
undermine the usefulness Of the native preachers who
ought to be put in the field The Missionary Rsrep now
makes q louder call 1t says that instead Of one mil,
sionary for every 5000 heathen there call for sew
enty times that many. The Reriew estimates that thes
about billion Of the benighted yet be convert
ed 1t hopes to see large portion OF this accom-.
Plished within the next twenty years Exactly where
the contemplated army Of missionary minister, shall
come from is not explained. The present sources Of
supply cannot furnish them in such quantity
Waldo Messaros the Greek preacher in
Philadelphia, scores victory over those who tried to
drive him away from the Northwestern Presbyterian
Church. The people almost unanimously adhere
to him as their pastor, even though he cannot obtain
ordination at the hands OF the Presby and viii
hsve to seek 1t from the Freewill Baptiss who licensed
him to preach 1t 10 probable that the next thing in
order in the controversy which has arisen over this
brother will be fight for the church property The
other Presbyerans in the city that church was
built with Presbyterian money and that 1t remain
Presbyterian church. The followers OF Mes.aros say
that they do not much for that the fact
that they want church building to worship in and
that they believe this to be theirs M.ssar0s
poeticalookng person with fine flow OF Language and
. lofty Imagination. His enemies call him all sorts of
names, including pirate and "brigand." They also
| say that he is wofully unsonnd in doctrine.
The latest story Of prayer cure" comes
| from Bentleysville, Pa Richard Huffman had bren q
cripple for three years. and was pronounced by ply
sicians to be ncurable a. his spine had become alo.
inhexible He wrote to Miss Judd OF Buffalo who has
had great experience In prayer and faith cures She
agreed to pray for him at her weekly prayer meeting
with the understanding that he also should pray
same hour He also went TO awOodsed in order pray
this woodshed being nine miles from his home Whether
there some specially favoring influence in the wood
shed itself In something In its immediate neighbour
hood 10 not stated But the remarkable statement 10
made that after visiting this woodshed for week hs
one night fell into . stupor and the morning he
was mach better that like the crippled beggar whom
Peter and John healed at the gate Of the Jerusalem
pie, he leaped and walked and praised God. With the
multiplication Of accounts Of this kind OF religious
and scientific people are earnestly wanting to know
than they do about the pathology OF such
far this method Of cure be made generally applea
BILE. There many skeptcal inqurers and investss
tors who would like to be better Informed than they
as to where the line should be drawn between the
ulous and the empirical.
Believers In alleged miracles of the pres.
ent day may take . wholesome hint from what old Mr..
Buck OF SusquehRnna Pa says about Joseph Smith the
| originator of the Mormon Church. Mr.. Buck. who 10
now very aged man, was in his early DAYS well ac.
| quainted with the dongs of the Mormon leader In
order that Smith might keep up the mposturc which hs
. ufnus
power. The method by which he chose to humbus the
| public in this direction TO walk upon the wa,er
Having tried this before . large multitude he mades
great success OF it, The applause Of the people induced
him to tell them that he would another iay repeat
the miracle Had II not been for the malicious prank Of
some maevolent unbeliever. he might have made an
other But this unbeliever found out that smith
| had in the night preceding the day Of the miracle
erected a platform. the top OF which few inches
below the surface Of the water, and which wasu
easy to walk as pavement. The unbelicyer proved
his ability to be as sly as Smith had been Watching hn
opportunity in the night he quietly removed section
OF the platform. The crowd came TO see Smith walk the
water, and saw the impostor, after proceeding shon
distance. tumble heels head into the river Nj.
Buck vouches for the fact that Smith hshe gu, Of
the water in a halfdrowned condition and that the
people after that had great contempt for his powered
working miracles
The Baptist Missionary Union is com.
PEELED to close its fiscal year with shortage Of sS"a
The Home Missionary Society ia short about $500
| The Publication Society has made both ends meet o.
nearly so. l: would seem to ordinary mortas that the
relation of receipts to expenditures might be more caro-
fully calculated than make these shortages the monet
onous cause Of bewailing year after another.
There is a commendable zeal for doing large WORK.
which leads those who charge OF the work TO an
tcipate the receipts from expected donations and to
run In debt for missionary expenditures 10 the full eN
tent of their banking facilities. The floating debt scar
ried in the banks by the aid OF the endorsements g" ra