The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-09-11
CHURCH CHIMES.

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,er has been refused the lease of res
dence, on the ground of a clause in
eases air ady granted, that no Jewish
amlly shall be allowed to occupy any
house in the row.
A prayer hospital is to be opened in
Erie, Pa, with great religious cere-
nony. A large building has been Sc
cured by number of ladies who pre-
fer prayer to Yhysic, and it is fitted up
for the reception of citizens given mp
to death by physicians.
Bishop H. NJ. Turner, of the NJ. E.
church, south, is said to be the first
colored man who ever received the
degree OF ID. d. and LII. d. He edu-
Gated himself at night among the
cotton fields of South Carolina, and
was the first colored chaplain in the
United States army. commissioned by
President Lincoln.
The United Presbyterian tells of a
minister, who said: HE would not
peddle the Gospel to anybody; if men
wanted to hear it from him, they
must come to the church." But he
found that pastoral visitation was a
necessity to success in his work, has |
confessed himself failure, and given |
himself to other employment.
Some of the newspapers are greatly
exercised concerning a Presbyterian
church In Missouri that has recently
appointed woman a sexton, notWith-
standing that she gives perfect salts
faction in sweeping, busting, ringing
the church bell and showing stran-
gers to vacant seats. This is a COM
mon thing in England, and excites no
remark there, except among Ameri-
can tourists.
The Papal consistory has been offic-
tally fixed to meet in september.
L robably twelve cardinals will be Gre
ated. The superior of the Franciscan
Brothers of Brooklyn is making tour
of Ireland, obtaining recruits for the
mission in America. Father Hogan,
president of the College of st. Sulpice,
in Paris, will sail for Boston, where he
will found seminary.
On back street in Saratoga is a
flat, mean little meeting house for
Free Methodists, who aim to be ex-
tremely primitive, and who have
undertaken to reform the frivolities
OF fashion as displayed by the summer
residents. Every afternoon a small
company Of women, plainly clad,
kneel solemnly in prayer for their
sisters who delight in more elaborate
clothes. There is thus far no percept-
ible effect.
In recent sermon in Birmingham,
Cardinal Manning said that men were
laboring to efface from the law of the
land the very name of God. Politics
were goddess. Philosophy was god
less. Science was goddess. 1t was
the same with education. There was
no true education without religion.
What had made England great? Not
warfare, not conquest, not politics, nor
legislation. 1t was the one faith
and the love of God and the neighbor.
In an interview with DIR. SpuTgeon,
recently published by the Pail Mall
Gazette, the eminent London preacher
is represented as saying: 81 could no
more doubt the efficacy of prayer than
l could disbeiieye in the law of gray
itation. l do not regard it as
miraculous; it is part and parcel of
the established order of the universe
that the shadow of a coming event
should fall in advance upon some be-
lieving soul in the shape of a prayer
for its realization. The prayer of
faith is divine decree commencin g
its operation"
The Catholic archbishop, Elder, of
Cincinnati, the successor to Arch
bishop Purcell, has written letter to
the clergy and laity under his charge
with regard to the enormous debt of
the late archbishop. He has decided
| that the diocese is not morally nor
legally under obligation to hquidate
the debt; but at the same time he
urges all, out of charity and zeal for
religion, to contribute according to
their ability to pay it, and declares
that when all has been done that can
be toward meeting just claims in the
diocese, he will appeal to outsiders for
help.
| The Baptist state convention of
Texas will meet in Waxahachie, Texas,
| Saturday, October 5, 1884. Every Bap-
fist church in the state is entitled to
representation in this body. Its mis-
sion work entends from the Red river
to the Rio Grande, and from the Sa-
bine to New Mexico. Delegates from
the west will be furnished with free
transportation from Midlothian, on
the Santa Fe road. to Waxahachie and
return. Every Baptist church in the
state is invited to send up delegates
and take part in this great state wide
work. a grand meeting is expected,
with distinguished visiting ministers
from other. states.
Pere Hyacinthe, who is back in
Paris, proposes to repeat his visit to
the United States very soon, perhaps
within the next year. He was greatly
pleased with his experiences in Amer
| lea. His visit to the Pacific coast was
perhaps the most enjoyable of all his
trips. At Los Angeles, in southern
California, he found French colony
which seemed very homelike. Its
members begged him to abandon his
| work in Paris and remain as their
J pastor for the rest OF his life. They
offered him every inducement. One
of them was an old schoolmate, and
ali of them became endeared to him,
but he told them he could not think
of leaving France voluntarily. "When
they turn me out of France" he said
to console them, Il will come to YOU.
Rev. J. B. Still, pastor of Hill street
Methodist Episcopal chur Oh, Balti-
more, preached Sunday night upon
the subject: "WaS Judas Iscariot a
Curse or Benefactor Among the
points made was that Judas was per-
sonally prepared for his particular
mission by the absence of restraining
grace and the work assigned him as
financial agent; that his exclusion
from all religious services qualified
him for his task; that he was divinely
ordained for the work and had TO do
it. The preacher regarded Judas as a
benefactor because he did that which
was indispensable flor the accomplish.
ment of the drama of the worlds re-
demption. He thought Judas was
saved if Samson was saved, and if
suicide was not a crime which debar-
red salvation.