The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-05-13

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Three church members at Stanton. Neh
fell from seasoldins In the church
and badly broke their bones.
In the New England Conference Of tho
Methodist Episcopal Church there only one r,n,.,,
who receives ss high salary ss a There are oIy
hve who receive more than u ooo each The av.,,s,
| salary 10 about t5eo
| -Four Brooklyn churches will have to Il,
leveled to the ground tho proposed risbu.h avenue
| extension 10 made Two Roman Catholic one II
Baptist and the other 10 Methodist Neither OF then
| 10 very new OF very beautiful
Spring Lake, N. j., Ii this summer to h.
the resort OF N many eminent eiersymen that twiln
sort OF homo OF the ssinta" Professor pastor,
college Presidents and clerical editors will mar.h,
there In large force The pretty little church n,st,
finished and will be model combination Of the aesthetic
| and the scciesiasticsl
| Tho ministers Of Chicago discussed the
moral quality Of the daily newspapers Of that wicked
city They came to the conclusion that the quaty was
BY means moral ought but that II tended
| largely to immortality. Thsrsupon they appointed
committee 70 with the newspaper men and s,h
them to be more moral
The missionaries in the Sandwich Islands
having Chrisansed nearly all the old inhabitants. IRE
turning their attention to the Chinese who hs,s
settled there In large numbsrs They nnd the C.leas
willing scholars although. like many Of their cousin.
who have made their homes In this city they are uu,
to be Taught religion principally that they may learn the
English language.
Tho Gaboon mission In West Africa has
been one of the most prosperous stations among tho
| heather Of the Dark Continent From the church AZ
Benita which within the bounds Of this mission two
| Independent churches went out some time ago and
third Ia now going out The total membership OF these
three churches 10 about 800 the members being all Der.
sons who formerly were heathsns.
| Connecticut Baptists have bought thirty
acres Of land ut Crescent Beach, with = view TO the
establishment of denomn watering place there
tabernacle 10 to be erected 10 time for the opening
the summer season It " understood that the name Of
camp meeting will not be used In connection with
enterprise as is thought by some to have degrading
| sound and chsApening effect
| Brother A. b. Simpson, who loft his Pres
byerisn pastOrats because he wanted to preach hail
rather than In church. and because he did in
baptism by sprinkng now wants to build sanctuary,
instead Of having to hire rooms In the Grand Opera
House He asks for SO OOO toward which about $500
has already been subscribed. During the summer h,
will preach in . Gospel tent hoping to have his sanc,u
| ary ready by November.
The Southern Baptist Convention In ses.
sion at Waco Texas raised sS 100 which 10 down as
being for the erection Of houses Of worship in Mexico
Considering what IL costa TO build stone and stecpcI
houses Of worship In this latitude would seem that
5000 would not DO Of much account toward the
ton Of many Of these structures But for the style o
| dolby" buildngs needed among come Of the poorer
localities in Maxico o. oOO will build several churches
"A sixteen thousand-dollar pastoral salary
ought TO be enough 70 keep the wolf from the minis
terai door The Old South Church. Boston. is taking
to the Rev DR.. Coo Of this city about becoming IL
pastor. oas Of tho Inducements is Si8ooo a year
There ere many cergymen who would be glad to take
the position for less money. say e5dOD thereabouA
But for some reason other they not the men
the Old South wants. No formal call has ns yet been
made to DR.. Coe
The statement Ia made by those who
claim TO know that the Rev Dr. Crosby believes that
the Jewish Ark of the Covenant containing the original
tablets Of stone hich the Ten Comm antuens
written viii Of these days be found in the
tons under Jerusalem. 1t 10 known that there
ense vaults below the city and II 10 supposed BY mhny
archeoloRiss that much Of the stone used in building
the Temple taken from them As yet no eX plora.
tons have been made with the liberal aid Of the electric
light When the subterrsneAn caverns shall be lu.
minated by electricity the Chriatsn public may prepare
for astounding discoveries.
The Sunday School interests OF Brook
lyn suffering badly from til. work OF the amateur
| hymnologists and tune manufacturers Of that city
These industrious persons consider II their duty with
each returning spring TO provide rhymes and music
to be used by the great army Of sunday School children
in the meetings connected with the May parade Ths
year tho parade will take place Wednesday the 23
or that should be stormy the first clear day after
ward The leatlet containing the tunes and rhymes has
been ssusd and In the hands OF the sunday School
people for practice and criticism. Friends Of the
divided ~ to whether the present lot Is little
little better than that which served up for last
years parade There 10 nothing very attractive about
it, is there anything which 10 positively outrageous
As whole. IL may be set down a. common place
teral which will be laid aside and forgotten
the parade day is pity that committee. viii
persist in considering themselves bound to provide
something in this line each year. when they lave
repeatedly made proof Of their inability to lay hold
Of novelties which worth the cost and trouble o:
printing them.
The anniversaries OF the religious and
benev oent societies have dragged heavily this season.
Tie old time enthusiasm 10 gone The spasnodc efforts
which three or four years made toward res w.
ing decayed interest in the anniversaries had the ci
OF producing appearance OF temporary life but moth
ing moro. There are some societies which have sub
stantia constituencies of wealthy friends and
quently income enough to support their salArti Ulcers
and to do fair amount Of work. 10 show 10 the
benevolent public valid reason for their existence
Many Of these societes embarrassed by finding Thar
rich friend after another dies there lack Of
r friends with wealth TO take the pace OF The de-
parted Que OF the consequences Of this is st TIE sec
rctsries and directors have TO make friends with tie
living and secure egscies fsom them before their Ills
hnsy made out In fact. lexacies are now the ce
reliance OF many Of the societies The basket collection
the anniversary meeting used to yield heavily undei
powerful appeals from eloquent speakers Now had,
pays for the trouble Of carrying around snd al no
Of the annivesAry meetings il altogether omitted
The dsnonnstioual societies fare much better u.at
those which voluntary and undenoininAtionsl
for they have the churches to back them up wherea
the Others have to depend largely upon the random
charity OF the Christian public vt large.
" Ono OF the items Of business which the
: Southern Presbyterian Assembly has hand in re
gard to the proper standing Of coiored brother wh'
u time ago ordained to the ministry by one Of
their PresDyteries 1t was the intention OF the white
brethren to ordain this man Just enough to enable Nr