The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-03-06
SUNDAY NOTES AND CHIMES.

MI. Beecher says 1t Is better to burn
down church than to quarrel in it.
All great men, great in the sight OF
Coo, great because of their usefulness, |
are men who first were faithful in |
little things, who diligently used their |
present.
The increase of clergy of the Epis- |
copal church in this country, for the
past nine years, has been twenty-one
per cent.
Jap.n has nineteen Christian
church $ established by the American
Board, with an average of nearly
fifty members each.
The Bishop of Paris intends to build
a floating cathedral, to be propelled
by steam and to be used for Romish
service OF the river Amazon.
The Evangelical United Mennonite
church and the Brethren in Christ
have united under the name of the
Mennonite Brethren in Christ.
The Sunday school army of the
world is estimated at about l3,4OO,OOO
pupils and 100000 officers and teach
ers, making total of 100000.
There are said to be no fewer than
5000 Scotch Highlanders in Chicago
who still use the Gaelic speech. a
church is to be organized for their
benefit, with preaching in Gaelic.
,, Eighty years ago there were about
seventy missionary schools; now there
are more than twelve thousand. with
upwards OF forty thousand pupils, all
: receiving instructions in the worship
? of God.
g An Ohio pastor, whose church has
/ been enjoying a powerful revival, Is
e quoted as saying; THE work has
: convinced me more than ever of the
: power of the simple gospel. Doubt
q or an attitude of doubt will convert
e no one"
S 1t is becoming more and more prob
+ able that the maintenance, indeed thu
Il very preservation, of Scriptural OBJ
II servance of Sunday will soon be main
s ", if not exclusively, dependent upoI
81 the convictions and practices of Chris
7. tan families.
!, A good old mar up in Epping, New
10 Hampshire, went to a prayer meeting
!: the other night and unwittingly fel
i asleep. He was called up to offe
n prayer, and, being dutfully punches
Is by his better half, beloved out
e "Gol-darn 1t, Betsy, kindle it yourself.
h A religious paper, the Baptist Elk
q aminer, answers the question: 81
II there any harm or hnrt in a churcl
q member playing or hearing the violil
h. plsyed?" as follows: at depends o.
" the quality of the violin and of tn
n quality of the playing. Nothing il
4 the way OF music is better worth hear
% ing than a frst-class violin in tn
hands of a master, and few things ar
harder to bear than poor violin bao
k ly played"
re An old minister in Ohio SCENE
r rather opposed to an educated minis
ID try. Said he: "Why, my 'brethering
v every young man who is going t.
fe preach thinks that he must be off +
i some college and study lot of Gree
a. and Latin. All nonsense Al
" wrong What did Peter and Pau
know about Greek -? Why, not on
# word my 'brethering.' No Pete
n and Paul preached in plain old Eng
/, lish, and soil L..
b The Christian Union sees no TeaSol
j. why churches should not sell reserve
st seats for single Sundays, inasmuch a
ar they sell reserved seats for the season
n She notion was suggested by the WI
E. ter's experience in tIking his famil
to hear popular preacher, whe
Y they had to wait until all the Lehold
l. ers were seated before they could ge
II seats. even when the ushers knew
= that the seats were to be occupied.