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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-11-06

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Petition of John Charles and
others for sidewalk on North side
of Washington street was on motion
granted and the city attorney re-
uuested to draw up an ordinance
therefor.
c. Spensley, Esq, then presented
Il petition of $50 signers, all tax
payers asking the council to accept
the late Treasurer Robert Sharp's
claim against Henry's bank and re-
lieve him and his bondsmen from
the amount due the city from said
Treasurer and his bondsmen, and
addressed the council in its favor
and after further consideration the
matter was laid over until the next
meeting of the council.
L. Scott Ansley, city attorney,
then presented an ordinance for a
sidewalk on the south side of lots
7, s, 8, 10, IL, II, block Z, Lots ), G,
and 7, block s and lots 5 and 6, block
8 on the north side of Washington
street, in Strong and others addi-
ton which was then passed and
ordered printed, all of the aldermen
voting therefor.
The city attorney then presented
TO the council reports ON the petition
for the removal of the old building
at the cornor of High and Chestnut
street on lot So Nliets survey and
for the removal of Hadtield's
rendering establishment, which were
then read and on motion accepted
and committee discharged.
The council then adjourned.
!. NJ. SMITH, Mayor.
/ At4,-t W. LII CI.nnA. O.. Clnrl-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-11-06
A FAMILY AFFAIR
BY HUGH CONWAY,
CHATTER X-CnNr,xrr,.

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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-11-06
TUFTS HAIR DYE.

GRAY HAIR CIR WHISPERS changed to q
GLOSSY BLACK by a single application of
this DYE. 1t imparts a natural color. acts
instantaneously. Sold by Druggists. or
Onice, - Murray ST., New York.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-04-29
The New Theology.

Rev. A. A. Hodge, D. D., has no high opinion
of he New Theology" of which Rev. Drs.
Horace Bushnell, Newman Smyth, Phillips
Brooks, Theodore Munger and Bishop Hunting.
ton are the most known representatives. He
says in the Presbyterian ReUietO of this new
system:
'' 1t rests solely upon a passing speculative
philosophy of the day, in connection with the
present phase of physical science 1t conspicu-
ously ls not based upon any connected and criti-
cal Interpretation of Scripture and is as obvious
ly opposed to Its plain meaning and its most
clearly revealed doctrines. 1t would be swept
away by deep conviction of the vileness and
guilt of sin in the eyes of the holy and Just God.
1t is no less opposed and that confessedly, to
the consensus of the creeds liturges, and hymns
of the whole historic Church of Christ f)r fifteen
hundred years. 1t appeals to humanitarian
and skeptlcal Jurisprudence prevalent among
modern nations, and ignores the best modern
Christian science in this department 1t pro-
fesses to be founded on the supreme testimony
OF the religious consciousness and confessedly
contradcts the testimony of the religious CON
seriousness of the historic Church of the past and
of the great majority of protesting Christians of
the present. So it amounts to an assertion of
the ecumenical authority of the religious con-
seriousness of the cultured We as over against
the Bible and all other saints"
The less we have of this " New Theology"
the better.-PreSbyteriG Banner
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-04-29

WE have not received any official
statement of the action of Augusta
Presbytery in the case of DR.. Wood
row, who asked to be tried for heresy,
but learn from telegram published in
the secular papers that the Presbytery
passed the following resolutions:
RESOLVED, l. That we find nothing that war
rants a trial for heresy.
2. That as no one appears or offers to make
out charges no process can be instituted. (See
Book of Discipline. Chap. VI, par. 2.)
3. That our action in this matter is not to be
understood as calling in question the action OF
the Synod of Georgia held at Marietta in 1884.
DIR. Woodrow was present at the
meeting, and notified the Moderator of
the Presbytery that he would com
plain of their action to the Synod OF
Georgia.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-04-29

WE have received from the Rev. DR..
Philip Slaughter "Memoir of the Life
of the Rt. Rev. William Meade, D. D."
"a bishop that was every inch a
bishop" A brave, true man, full of
faith and the Holy Ghost. The Epis-
copal Church in Virginia has been sim
gularly blessed in its bishops-all, as
far back as we know of them, evan
gelical men; and we have now two as
genuine and unaffected men as ever
adorned this exalted office. What a
splendid body our Episcopal brethren
would be if there were no ritualistic
childishness and no broadness-but all
were OF the type of Bishop Meade or
his venerable historiographer. The
evangelical wing Of the Episcopal
Church is equal to any body of Chris
tians in the world.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-04-29
Richmond, Va, Wednesday, April %.


WE WISH to remind our subscribers
that the price Of the paper is reduced
to $3.50 to those who pay in adcance.
We can be justified in this reduction
only by receiving prompt payment and
also large increase in our subscription
list.
We ask those who are in arrears
Qook at your labeD to settle for the
past as soon as possible, and enter the
next year with the advance payment,
at the reduced rates $3.50. 1t will be
best for them as well as for us.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-04-29

GERMANY AND AUSTRIA are the nat
ural enemies of the Cossack. 1t is
these two great powers that are men
aced by the growth of the Colossus Of
the North. 1t will not do for Prince
Bismarck to allow Russia to triumph
over England-for what does that
mean but the advance of the Russian
eagles to Constantinople? and the in
definite expansion Of Russia in Asia p?
Will Austria and Germany permit this
On the other hand, this makes France
the natural ally of Russia; and SO al
ready France is showing her teeth be-
fore Alexandria.
We do not, therefore, see how this
war cloud can fail to spread over all
Europe, if England and Russia do not
come to terms.
We expressed our sympathy re-
Gently with England on the ground
that England is the great civilising
power of Europe. But there is an ele-
iAASiO III Lhlo COuICSU GudU VIC ulu nOI
take account of at that moment, and
which may modify our feeling about
this matter. The real controversy be-.
tween these two powers is the right of
way for Russia from the Black Sea
through the Dardanelles (Which she is
entitled to have), and the driving of
the Turk from Constantinople. Eng
land resists both of these points, and if
England defeats Russia, the Turkish
Empire remains, and the Black Sea
continues barred at the Golden Horn.
1t is not to be forgotten either that
the advance of Russia in Central Asia,
will ultimately carry European civilisa-
ton into the heart Of that continent.
The Russian government is detesta
BILE; the Greek Church is little better
than the Turkish mosques; but still
there is hope of progress on one line
which does not exist at all on the other
The defeat Of England, on the other
hand, would be a great blow to English
power.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-04-29

A writer in The Evangelist urges that when
ever person makes a real matter of conscience
of immersion, such person should Join the
Baptist Church, and the Presbyterlans should
firmly and kindly say so to such applicants.
The Central Presbyterian delivers as its ludp-
ment IN the premises that an effort should be
made to relieve the conscience of such a trouble.
Should this prove unsuccessful, then The Central
Presbyterian would certainly advise such one
to unite with the Baptist Church, rather than to
seek admission into the Presbyterian Church
by immersion. Such a rule would have cut off
from Presbyterianism more than one of its most
valued and liberal members, among them the
late E. P Prentiss, OF Albany. In one instance
that came to the writer's knowledge the would
be immersonist was advised to unite with the
Baptist Church; but he declared himself so
strongly against being compelled to take up
with close communion, that the pastor Welded
and Immersed him. AS a result Presbyterian
missions eventually became $50 600 richer bv
the decision. We would not draw the concl1-
sion from the premises which to some would
seem to follow, but we venture the opinion that
perhaps in this neither Presbyterianism nor the
course of Difference to the conscience of another
suffered by that Presby terian immersion. And
we venture the opinion that an optional form of
baptism would not be at all out of place in
Presby terlansm.-CbriS at Work.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-04-29

AN ORGANISATION has been formed in
Japan known as the Nippon SeiSho no
tomo Friends of the Bible). 1t was
formed in 1888, and now numbers about
eighteen hundred members, of whom
about four hundred are from Toxic,
the rest being scattered through many
towns and villages of the empire. Its
object is to promote the study of the
Bible, and the only qualification for
membership is an application, accom-
panied by promise to read daily a
fixed portion of the Scriptures. The
list of readings is prepared, and thus
large number of the japanese are united
in the daily study of a particular por-
ton of the Holy Scriptures.
All the news received from Japan in
dicates an intense ferment in that en-
pire with regard to Christianity.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-04-29

AMONG the fruits of the recent re.
vival at Kalgan, North China, says the
Missionary Herald, reported on another
page, is Mongol, who is probably the
only individual of his race who is a
communicate in a Protestant church.
The Mongols number two millions, and
occupy a region larger by one-half than
all the United States east of the Mis-.
sissippi River. In our joy over what
has been accomplished by Christian
missions let us not forget the myriads
Of people and the vastness of the re-
gions yet unreached.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-04-29
THE British and Foreign Bible 81

The British and Foreign Bible So
ciety issue an edition of the Bible called
The Shilling Bible. A letter from
Antananarivo, in the island of Mad
agascar, states that 1000 of these
Bibles had arrived there, and adds /:
" These are as nothing to the demand
which exists for this very popular
Bible" Notwithstanding the appre-
hension that the French would not al
low them to pass the blockade, the
committee of the British and Foreign
Society have ordered further supplies
to be sent out.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-04-29

The Missionary Herald reports that
between January 18th and February
LIST there were organised, in connection
with the mission of the American
Board in japan, four selfsupporting
churches, two Of them, Matsuyama and
Komatsu, being on the island Of Sbi
koku. These new churches start with
an aggregate membership Of 1915, an
average Of forty mine each. It should
be remembered that in our japan Mis-
sion. says the Herald, it is now regard
ed as pre- requisite to the organise
ton of church that the community
not only have a man ready to become
pastor, but are themselves ready to
support him.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-04-29

AT the recent opening of new wing
of the Church Missionary Society head
quarters in Salisbury-square, London
it was stated that whereas fifty
years ago there were in connection
with the Society's operations Ga mis-
sionary districts, there are now about
$50; 889 communicates then, now 49,
757; and the native clergy have grown
from to 246. In the new wing there
is gathering for prayer every Thurs
day from 4 to 5 2. NJ.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-04-29

The Jewish reformer in Southern
Russia, Joseph Rabinowitz, to whom
we have referred on several occasions,
is now experiencing bitter persecu
ton on the part of the Jews. He has
been compelled to leave his residence
and has lost all his clients as lawyer,
and his means Of subsistence are gone.
His letters are full of expressions indi-
eating love of the truth and devotion
to Jesus Christ as the Messiah.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-04-29

THE ROMAN CHURCH sails with the
wind. 1t out Pauls Paul in being call
things to all men," The late Plenary
Council in Baltimore declared warmly
in favor of giving the Bible to the
masses. And yet in Ireland, Austria,
Spain, Portugal, it is discouraged, and
can only be read under priestly regu
lation. In fact, box of New Tesla
ments, or portions thereof, was only last
year confscated in Spain, and burned.
But it wouldn't do to work on that
line here. The patient here is sub
jected to a different regimen. And,
practically, even with this declaration
of the Council, it is still very easy to
throw cold water on the whole thing.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-04-29

fine clothes. 1t takes all of ones in
come, sometimes part of his principal,
and not unfrequently other peoples
money too, to hold his own and keep
things moving and his family up to the
mark demanded by his social status.
Many protesting Christians are up to
the chin in this turbulent current of
fashionable society. They wish they
could change the social usages, that
their circle would come down to q
palmer style of dressing and living, and
would give up card-parties, and the
German, etc., but they can't reform the
times and change the customs and row
alone against the current. Oh we do
wish things were diferent-but neces-
sity is laid upon us-sorry, very sorry,
exceeding sorry; yet for their sakes
who sit with him." bring John the
Baptist's head in charger.
How absurd, in all these and like
cases of compliance with the world, to
plead, as a justification, necessity. Was
one ever placed in such circumstances
that nothing is left him but to sin
against his conscience? He has always,
at least, the alternative of the three He
brew children and Daniel.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-04-29

Nj. HYACINTHE LoYsoN has been Civ
ing two lectures at Nismes, "Republi-
canism and Atheism" and France
and America" lie ChriStidniSme and
EErdngeltste speak very highly of the
thoughts enunciated, and of the direct
ness with which religious questions
were treated. The audiences were
electrified by his marvellous elo-
quence, noble intelligence, and power
full imagination"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-04-29

OUR esteemed neighbor of the South
ern Churchman has at last walked up to
"The Teaching of the Twelve Apos-
ties" 1t certainly is a curious illustra-
ton of the different lights in which
human eyes see the same object, that
the Churchman finds in the Bryennios
manuscript new prop to Episcopacy
especially when Bishop Lightfoot
(and everybody else) reads it the other
way.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-04-29

The Oldest, says the Philadelphia
Presbyterian, of the Presbyterian min
listers of this country has just passed
away. Rev. Oliver S. Taylor, senior
member of the Presbytery of Cayuga,
died at his home in Auburn, N. Y, on
Sunday, April 10Th, in the one hundred
and first gear of his age. His centen-
NAL birthday was celebrated in Decem-
Der of the past year. He graduated in
Dartmouth College in 1909, seventy
six years ago. His long life was given
to the service of Christ, in which he
wrought well, and his last days were
full of peace.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-04-29
LIE london C1risttan remarks:

In an article on 1.-THE Book of Daniel in the
Light Of Recent Research" in The Erpositor for
March, there is a remarkable reference to the
image Of gold set up by Nebuchadnezzar on the
Plain of Dura. The objection felt to the nara
tive on account Of the gigantic size Of this image
has been made much of by Rationaists and
sceptics Recent excavations at San (Tanis-
zoan), in Egypt, have disnterred a stupendous
colossal image of Rameses H., which weighed
1900 tons. The statue including the pedestal,
was ll5 feet high, and must have lowered sixty
FIVE feet above surrounding obelisks The gold
en- image of Nebuchadnezzar was about 100 feet
high, and evidence is adduced that the Babylo
nisn monarch erected 70 after bis Egyptian vic
tories, and after he had seen that Of Rameses.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-04-29

WE thought the control of church civ
ings" by lay patrons was confined to
countries where the State and the Church
were united bat we live and learn. New
England is q museum where the curiosi-
ties Of the whole realm Of thought are re-
produced. In Connecticut, as we learn
from the Christian Union, manufacture
ing firm recently bought a whole village,
including not only factories and houses,
but pretty little church, with the right
to present the rector.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-04-29

tend church at all-which was bad-and
Mhen at last he did GO, it was to one of
the Presbyterian persuasion-which was
worse"
Better have no religion at all than
be Presbyterian" that is the sentiment
OF the Examiner. The judgment day
will show which were the sheep and
which were the goats.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-04-29

A correspondent of an English reli-
gious paper writes Perhaps the great
est attraction to some at the Baptist
chapel on a recent Sunday evening was
the immersion of gentleman Of immense
size. He weighed, some short time since,
"a stone, or 1856 pounds. Many thought
it would have been matter OF utter i'm
possibility for one man to raise such a
ponderous weight out of the water, but
your correspondent experienced only a
slight difficulty"
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-04-29

The catalogue of Columbia Theolog-
ical Seminary shows total of forty
one students for the current year
Thirteen of these are in the Senior
class; ten in the Middle class; fifteen
in the Junior class, and three are spe-
cial students. Fifteen are from the
State of South Carolina; fve each,
from North Carolina and Tennessee !;
four from Georgia; three, each, from
Alabama, Arkansas, and Mississippi;
two from Texas, and one from Louisi-
ana.
Davidson College, N. c., furnishes
more of the students (twelve) than any
other institution, and the Southwest
ern Presbyterian University the next
highest number-seven.
The Board OF Directors will meet in
Columbia, S. c., Tuesday, May 18th, at
s P. NJ.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-04-29

In the University of Berlin schol-
arship has been established, open to all
theological students only on condition
that they go as missionaries to the
East Indies, or to accept professor
ship at the European missionary
schools in Calcutta or Madras.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-04-29

No two systems could be much more
radically opposed than Presbyterianism
and Romanism. This is felt by both
parties The Roman Catholic feeling on
the subject is well indicated in the fol-
lowing from the Catholjc Examiner 4:
" For several weeks after his assumption
of Office President Cleveland did not at
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-04-29

WE have received printed copy of
the Minutes of the Synod of North
Carolina, seventy-frs annual session,
held at Winston, N. c., October 1st-
4th, 1884. The Stated Clerk, in note,
explains the cause of delay in printing
the Minutes. Attached to the Minutes
of the daily proceedings is an Appen-
dix giving much valuable information
of matters connected with the work of
the Synod. There is a roll of all the
Moderators from the organisation of
the Synod in 1913; of all the Stated
Clerks; and roll of all the ministers
now in connection with the Synod, ar
ranged according to Presbyteries.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-04-29

The New York Times calling attention to the
dismissal of Professor Woodrow from his pro-
fessorship in the Theological Seminary at Col
umba for teaching evolution, contrasts this
dismissal with the fact that Dr. McCosh long ago
said that there was no necessary conflict be-
tween Christianity and the hypothesis of evolu-
ton. But" says The Times no one dreams
Of accusing DR.. McCosh of heresy, while DR..
Woodrow has never given as unreserved an
apology for evolution as this, and yet he is to
be tried as a hereto" Our neighbor fails TO
discriminate. Dr. McCosh said IN substance
that an evolution postulatiug God behind 1t. and
which stopped short Of man was not antagonis-
TIC TO Ch-lsiianity-and so say all. DR. Wood
row declares man to have been evolved from the
lower brutes, and woman to have been especial
ly created by the divine Aat-and this form of
evolution is no more acceptable TO the Northern
Presbyterian Church than to the Southern.
Still Dr.. Woodrow's view was whimsical. and
we think iorbiddng him to teach that view
would have been sufficient. His position does
notexcude God-no one believes more thorough
ly in Divine Being-but it is believed to be
illogical, and to lead to a false psychology and
false philosophy was well.-Chrtstian at Work.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-04-29

In Madagascar, where as late as 1857
nearly 1000 people we're put to death
for adhering to the Christian faith,
there are now 1900 churches and H.
585 communicates. The native church
es during the past ten years have given
nearly 100000 for the spread of the
gospel.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-04-29

The Society for the Spread of Chris
tan Literature sent out, in honor OF
the Emperor Of Germanys birthday,
100000 copies of evangelical sermons
and journals, being 1922 600 beyond the
average number. These were distrib-
uted in all parts of the Fatherland,
Russia, Switzerland, and North Amer
lea.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-04-29

THERE are in New York and Brook
Ign eighteen Chinese Sunday Schools,
with an average attendance of 622 out
of a population of about 1000.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-04-29

The sixty-6rst anniversary Of the
American Sunday School Union viii be
held on Sabbath evening, May 18th, in
the Clinton Avenue Reformed Church,
at Newark, NJ.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-04-29

1t costs over 81, 900 year, it is said,
to keep and clean the crown jewels Of England.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1885-04-29

SEE elsewhere, railroad rates, ETC., to
the General Assembly.