The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1885-10-17
Things in the Quaker City.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. l4th, 1885.

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The religious world has been turned |
up side down of late over two waves Of
thought, from two different standpoints
The advent of Canon Farrar was pleas
ure to all who love something original in
the pulpit, not of the silly platitudes and
sophistries which many run after, but
the solid reasoning of IL student of religi-
Gus light and doctrine. His words of
sense, although not in accordance with
ideas of Il score of years ago, were drank
| in by thousands who went to hear him,
and people came away knowing better
where they stood in reference to their
condition, than ever they knew before.
| His reasoning powers are capable of great
expansion, and his incessive points sink
deep whenever uttered. His audience
last Sunday numbered over three thou
sand, AMI the large church Of the Holy
Trinity at 10Th and Walnut could easily
have been filled twice over so eager was
the desire of the people of this city to
see him. He will be seen here several
times yet before he goes back, during
which time he will be the guest of many
of our prominent citizens, and is having
Farrar time generally.
The other ripple is caused by the with
drawal of the promising young preacher
of foreign birth, Rev. NJ. Mangasaian,
from the Presbyterian fold in which
creed he has been lionized for year or
two and the way in which his valedic-
tory was pronounced has stirred up Cal
vanism to its very centre. His sermon
of withdrawal was perhaps the most
scathing attack of the economy of the
Presbyterian Church which has been
listened to for a generation. What the
Calvantes don't like is the way he left.
The idea of his using a Presbyterian pull
pit to defame Presbyterianism is sufficient
allront to cause his expulsion for herisay,
as they claim his belief is Universaism.
lie is now hiring Il hall, and on last Sun
day had an overlooking service. The
church which he has been minstering
in is the Spring Garden Presbyterian
Church, on Eleventh street, and through
his popularity he raised congregation
which could be counted on the ends of
your fingers to the goodly number of 700
The Presbytery has finally decided not
to do such rash thing in the face of
public opinion as try him and degrade
him before the world; they have let him
go with Il few hot words.
The return of fall has increased the
business of the retail houses wonder
fully. | was talking to one of the cleri-
cal force of Sharpless Il Sons, and he in
formed me'that a rainy day made a diff
ference of two or three thousand dollars
in the total sales He said the fall was
/ dull time in October there could be no
Catching up" subsequently. The gen
| eral depression is still felt, yet there is
signs of returning bouyancy, There is
: not so many fifty cent shirts bought, but
disposition is shown to get better
, quality. This is Encouraging to the wash
, erwoman, as | believe Il poor quality
shirt is 10 them quite heart-rending
+ source of annoyance, as their lot is sure
to be cast among the "tares"
/. The Wissahickon mystery, Of which
;. wrote some months ago, is about to be
; cleared up, if the confession of one viii
l, town Jail, can be proven to be true
d one Remorse has done more than al
h the detective work of this city to fine
e out the crime, for the murderer says h,
was continually harrassed by the ghos
;. of his victim. The man he murdered
y; was his former employer, who lived OF
the outskirts of Chestnut Hill, by tn,
n. name of DAILY, whom he for II trivia
cause dispatched with a butchers clever
re and finally cut the body to pieces ant
m drove in sleigh to the brink of tn
ID Wissahickons' secluded course and Their
sank them in bags, weighed down will
), stones, in the water Although this ma.
If clear up the mystery of finding the sack
1, and the naturalization of the manglet
remains, which puzzled the police som
II months ago. There is still the body q
s. the butcher Stahl, who disappeare,
e, about that time and which was general
r supposed to be this one, to be accounte,
for.
N The Ohio election has had this effect
that before the vote was cast the Demo
r, Gratis spelled it with Il big o, but nON
Id they say no capital can be made out c
that State politically.
IS. Fall overcoats have been brought on
and if you get into a car now-a-dayt
lie where half dozen of them are on tn
+; backs of the passengers, it is questio
if the party don't want to smell cac
others coats to find where the campho
e. comes from.
$ The tower of our new City Hall is nO'
nearly 300 feet high. yet the peopl
ri here don't seem to get any better IL
NJ matter how near we get to Heaven.
st SPHINX.
NJ Recovery Of a Lost Timepiece.