The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-10-14
GENERA ITEMS.


For the past fifteen years the av-
erage yearly increase of the Presbyterian
Church has been within a small fraction of three
per cent, and of the Sabbath School enrolment
over four per cent.
The Charleston NeaOs and Courier
is authority for the statement that in the last
hve years the assessed valuation of property in
the Southern States has risen from So. 1S4 0OO,-
600 0S0o to IS ,oo0,0o a gain of $S92, 100000
This is ascribed to improved systems in agricul.
ture and to labor saving machinery
The Freshman Glass entering Yale
College this year is the largest on record, one
hundred and sixty entering the Academic and
ninety the Scientific departments This is
great surprise, as 1t was thought that Harvard
by dropping Greek as a required study, would
profit at the expense of Yale, which retains it.
"A collection was taken up in one of
our churches recently and when the hat reach
ed the seat occupied by a lady, her daughter and
little son, the two ladies found themselves with
out cent of money, but Young America reach
ed over and deposited cent in the hat and
then whispered to his sister, There, 1 have lust
saved this family from being whitewashed."
"A new Presbyterian church for the
CoInplanter Indians" in Warren county, Pa.
has been dedicated to the worship of God. 1t
has been built chiefly through the exertions of
Rev W. A. Rankin, of Warren, Pa. About one
hundred of the Indians are left here of the
Seneca tribe.
The National Baptist thus forcibly
and wittily shows why liberality is relative and
not absolute "Our Lord commended the widow:
but suppose that the next day the widow had
struck oil, suppose that she had married a mil |
honaire, suppose that she had found among the
papers of her husband whole sheaf of bonds of
| the Jerusalem and Jericho Railroad, would her
gitt OF two mites at the next collection have
been commended" 2"
The attitude of Roumania, Austria,
hungary, Germany, Bulgaria and Morocco to
ward the Jews is such as to force them back to
Palestine. 1t is estimated that 10000 Jews are
now In Palestine, and refugees from Europe Asia
and Africa are pouring in. Meanwhile i'm
provements are going on in that land. In Jam
nary bridge was opened across the Jordan near
jericho, to further trade with countries to the
eastward $4,000 will be spent on the road from
Jafa to Jerusalem this year, and the road to
Hebron begun in 1881, will be pushed rapidly
to completion
Among the saddening things of athe
past week In Philadelphia is the death of Gene
ral Ruff, of the United States army, who has
ed In the city for a number of years. His
II the army was a noble one, and he |
he church t. which he was attached
= OF the Building Com
oks - Presbyteriaa church.
-,fa4 cit deep interest in
ssis sa'latuary Which Is now approach
Its complexion He llss gone TO 4 better
sanctuary to "'be house not made with hands. |
eternal in the heavens"
DIR. Cuyler tells the following story
of Father Hunt" the famous temperance ora
tor On one occasion he suspected that rabble |
OF roughs In Wllkesbarre intended to mob him
He did not wait for their fire. " l suspect" "
cried the old hero, with droll twist of his |
countenance, that some of you mean to mob |
me. An hundred or more able bodied men are |
going to attack little old hump-backed minis !
ter of the Lord That Is a rumsellers courage
an hundred to one. hear that you are going |
to throw eggs at me. If So pray 20 over to nv |
farm and get good eggs and don't perfume this !
air with such unmarketable eggs as you will |
md at t---'s rumselling grocery" This sally |
convulsed the crowd and disarmed his oppo- |
nents.
The Presbytery of Fort Dodge, in
Western Iowa, has patiently carried out a
scheme by which the establishment of a Cole
giate Institute in Fort Dodge has been secured !
The trustees have secured a building worth $lO-
600, and the new school has been opened Pro !
fessor Kenyon is at the head of the new institu- |
tion of whom the Congregationahst thus speaks: |
Rev. F. l.. Kenyon, for the past seven years
the BILE and greatly loved pastor of the church |
in Iowa City, accepts the Presidency of the new |
Presbyterian College in Fort Dodge. He carries
to his responsible work the warmest esteem of his |
brethren, and is believed to possess eombina-
ton Of qualities eminently fitting him for his |
new position"
The Pope has confirmed the DEGREES
of the Plenary Council at Baltimore These
provide that hereafter in the new dioceses no !
such things as parishes and parish priests in the |
old canonical sense shall exist in the United |
States in future the bishops will have a coun- |
sci or board which will assembly every year to |
hear appeals from the decisions of particular /
bishops before they are sent to Rome the sub /
ect OF secret societies is referred to board con-
sisting of all the archbishops OF the United |
States the sapctity of the marriage relation is |
to be preserved each bishop is to determine the
best method for holding property in his diocese.
These DEGREES indicate purpose to change the |
law OF the Church to such extent a. may be /
necessary to meet the requirements Of the inst- |
tutions OF this country and of other lands 1t /
IS said that these DEGREES will form the basis of /
the action of the Councils about to be held in .
Australia and Ireland.-Pr Presbyterian Banner.
DR. Tying lived to see his party al. |
most obliterated in this diocese, and surpliced /
choir which sang ut his funeral installed in hls /
own church. He had an incisive way of his /
own, and spoke his mind freely on all occasions
What do call cigars p he asked Of his Sun
day School children. The devils sugar-plums /
sir" And playing cards p The devils pic /
ture book" At one time it was necessary for /
the oldest clergyman in the diocese the Rev 7
DR.. Moore, Of Richmond, Staten Island to open \