The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-02-04

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speciality 4 ecclesiastical arithmetic say thss the
insssass kssps tAis rass there viii 10 ninety pears
b q many chrssians In InAis there Of al
people Of every variety.
BY some paragrapher's blunder the state
mont hes been going the rounds that the First Freshly.
terrain Church Of Cincinnati has been destroyed BY nrs
The building stands unframed in oil the glory Of s ae
customed statsline There was no nre except In the
big furnace In the cellar.
The Legislature Of Arizona is looking on
its chaplain costly luxury and asking what 10 the
Of keeping him. It's probable that the chsplancy
viii BE- abolished In which the members Of the Leg.
isatsrs will ioss pretty much oil the religious privileges
they are In the way Of enjoying.
"A sharp controversy 10 rigging between
three Of the most respectable religious papers - to
whether 10 right under any circumstances TO
tell s One Of these papers have carried the
discussion far TO each other Of unfairly
twisting each others statements, and almost ofyins
"A Pittsburgh lawyer became o clergy.
man and tried his hand At preaching for WHILE but as
last found failure. He looked around for some sphere
Of usefulness In which his talents might nnd fair Geld
for their exercise After making several msn he pro
cured position baggage smather at railroad sta-
ton In this he 10 said to magnify his ONCE and conduct
himself with becoming aud acceptable energy.
The Register, which is Unitarian paper.
says that the Rev. Heber Newton may be called upon
TO fight with the beasts at Ephesus The Nero Fork o.
server says: "Not biz Of IT, Tie beasts Of Ephesus
proceeds 70 intimate that Brother Newton sort Of
carpet knight" who has the enemy and IL trying
to run away.
Somebody has started a statement con.
corning the Rev Dr. white to the effect that his Pres
bytsry suspended him for lecturns to the Unarans In
. Cincinnati theatre. This 10 contrary to fact The
Presbytery aid suspend him. but only passed mild
him. II was not In theatre. but In hall.
that he ectured; and It not to the Untarians bus
to all who would come to hear him.
The precise spot Of the source Of the Mis-
sissipppl River has always been matter Of some uncer
tainty and dispute Lake Itascs has generally been ad
mitted to be the thing In this respect but
--latest improvement" 10 announced. little lake some
distance beyond Itasca 10 thought by to DO the
rising place. This has been named Lake whippls In
honor Of Bishop whippls OF the Episcopal Church.
whose missionary diocese covers all that region.
About two years ago one native China
man In the village Of Kokoi China the solitary fol-
lower Of the Christian religion among the jewellers in
that place Through his influence and that Of the mis-
sionsries neat little chapel has been built which now
has thirty church members and over nifty regular At
tsndants worship The native Christians have con-
tributed twothirds Of what the building cost They
now carry their Sunday services themselves and pro
vide for the sxpsnsss
The managers Of the American COLOMBIA.
ton Society that Liberia 10 more prosperous than
Last year was . healthy one among the ssttls-
msnts and the Of rice and coffee were good King
lpreneml bltel OF tUo Aeuluh country Wunts W opou
communications with the Government and prepare the
way for trafc. The Colonization Society hAs exported
n Africa This has involved ITO voyages
there. 1t 10 remarkable fact that Of the
sells carrying emgrants to Liberia has been wrecked
AT Madura and other cities In India the
missionaries. when they want to gather crowds adopt
the sxpsdent OF erecting white canvas and throwing
magic lantern pictures upon it. The pictures chiefly
illustrative Of events In scripturs history. and
greeted with great delight BY the crowds As An
adjunct Of the pictures cabinet wheeled along
platform cart drawn by The missionaries
sing hymns to tunes which played on the organ In
Of these the natives join with much earnestness.
-" Was the election OF Matthias justifla-
bic " 10 the question raised by the correspondent Of
prominent religious paper. A. Matthias was elected
about 1880 To take the place Of Judas Iscarot In the
company Of Apostles IL rather late to 90 back on the
returns Of the election. weuknown Doctor Of Divn
ty Of this city characterized the choice Of Matthias
| - 1.-THE foolish election Of unauthorized Apostle"
But the matter cannot be mended now. A. mention
ismade Of Matthias after the record Of his election We
| have means Of knowing whether he performed the
duties Of his once In credtabs manner or otherwise
| Some time agoit was reported that many
Of the Telugu in the OngOls mission ned in
India had proved such unreliable that they had
to Be turned out Of church. 1t now seems that these
reports greatly exaggerated The Rev Dr. Billiard
writes from Ongole with detailed account Of the
pery Of the churches and their mission work. He
that In 1854 the bsptisms averaged 200 month. Four
hundred native teachers and missionaries work.
under circumstances Of great encouragement There
are than 600 church members. DR.. Billiard
makes especially strong point Of the way in which
the converts live to their profession Of Christianity
in a scmi-rural church only eight miles
from Chicago the pastor to the prayer meeting .
few evenings ago In state of apparent abseutmnded.
In taking of his overcoat he dragged on the
der coat with 1t and laid the two down together on
| the pulpit sofa, not noticing that the transaction
l>ft him viii an Ia eeede m
sleeves to hymn and to conduct the usual
religious exercsss Some of the brethren stared and
others smiled but the brave pastor pushed without
embarrassment Being fervent preacher. he aroused
both himself and his congregation to state Of loud and
earnest enthusiasm 1t was not until the exhortaton
and the services that the pastor discovered
the scautiness Of apparel in which he had mnstered
Lent begins on Wednesday next, that day
being kept Ash Wednesday. Among the churches
which observe this season Of fasting and humiliation.
there each year disposition to make less and
less Of IT, The number OF those who observe the prsc.
tics Of fasting BY actual abstinence from food IL
taiply not the increase. II 10 found by most prac
ticsi Christians that whatever may have been the
perience In the early days Of the Church fasting
modern habits aud surroundings not such ~ to
make II . means Of grace. II wss believed In former
days that people would abstain from food and secuds
themselves for season. devoting their time and effort
to holy thought they would be much better Christians
for It, The demand Of the present day Is rather fof
ocuve WOsk tneu TOT tuot OF noIy WHICH
shuts itself apart from the world and 10 be lonely
1t 10 very rare thing for clergyman even in the
churches which most devoedy observe Lent to preach
sermons intoxicating the duty Of severe fasting.
Recently some Of the Baptist papers con.
tainsd statements about manners and morals In Lead
VILE which represented that place somewhat worse
II possible, than SodOm GomOrrah and all the cities OF
the Plain rolled into But now Baptist brother
writes from Lesdvie putting 1t In Nh altogether differ
light He says that the decences Of life are o. well
observed In Lesdviile - In Eastern cities, and that
church life and social life well maintained. The
Methodist church has 40 members, the Presbyterian
i5o the Baptist iOO and the Congregational So There
Episcopal church, but the rector 10 sick and alb
sent and the Baptist brother sends account Of III
membership The Young Mems Christian Association
has IFS menbers and holds regular Sunday services al
the jail The Baptist church has not had very good luck
with its pastors although they faithful and
men, who did the best they could Four pastors In sue
cesson became Ill., aud had to resign account Of In
arm health Possibly this may have led them TO take