The Republican journal., 1885-08-27
Religious Reading.
THE CHURCH IN SIAM.

Christianity has found warm and Jealous
! friend III the King OF Siam. The Pre>byrrian>
/ it appears, have acquired great influence over
/ Ills Majesty, and the King delights in the
tnrtherng OF their work. At Lakon he has
| donated the land for i new station. and he has
subscribed $1,000 for the erection of hospital
A BIBLE 10 BEATRICE.
Among the presents given to the Princess
Beatrice was a Bible. 1t was gift from the
madcns of the United Kingdoms gift In
! which 10000 participated. 1t has been the
custom to make such a present at each royal
/ wedding. In no previous instance. however,
/ have 50 many subscribed. A splendidv carved
/ OAK casket accompanied the Bible. also a copy
Of "Daiy Light for Morning and Evening"
/ ne clasps and mono@ram> of the Bible are Of
gold
4 HEBREW RELIC.
An Interesting discovery has recently been
made IN Palestine, near the place called Zorah.
where. the Bible tells us, was the home of
Sdmson'> father, Manoah. and where pres UNI
| born. 1t is a rock altar, with steps battered
and Wtather-worn. 1t bears evidence of being
very old. and it is coniectured that it may have
! been one OF the high places where the Hebrews
Wor>hlpped other gods than Jehovah. 1t was
/ probably sacred place long before the founda-
| tlons OF Solomon's Temple were laid.
sPURGEoN IN SCOTLAND.
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| every summer in Scotland, where he is the
guest of hi, friend Mr.. Duncan, of Kenmore.
/ ArgyieShlre. a couple of Sundays ago thi.
/ famous divine addressed some four thousand
! people on the lawn in front of Kenmore House
/ lie made pointed reference to the London
! scandals, and said that such state of things
i could be explained only on the principle that
| men had ceased to discern between good and
| evil. Some men," he said, mad 50 polluted
/ their minds that things which il was not posi-
BILE to speak of were done by them in secret
| WESLEYAN CONFERENCE.
The We>eyans held their annual meeting
| this year in Newcastle-upon-Tyne The re-
/ ports showed that the denomination was in il
healthy and prosperous condition. One of the
results of the Conference is an arrangement by
which 1t Is proposed TO follow the example of
| the Church of England ana organize home
| mission work in the east and south Of London.
A distinguishing feature of the Conference was
| the reception of deputation of Nonconformist
ministers. headed by the Rev. H. Bachelor,
who read, IN the name of his brethren and of
| the Church which they represented. an address
| of congratulations 1t was regretted that no
such friendly action was taken by the Church
| of Eng land.
THE POPE AND POLITICS.
Some little excitement has been created by
| the announcement that the Roman Church, bv
| advice of the Pope, is about to take a more
active part than hitherto in general politics.
| Ii is said that the cardinals We're much surprised
when they heard the Pope say the moment had
come for permitting the intervention of Cath
| olIcs at political elections The utterance was
sudden and unexpected. Pope Leo, it appears,
| cut the matter short by the words, 1--WE will
talk of this very soon" The general opinion is
that the Holy Father is much exercised over
the coming elections in France and the probable
fate of the Concordat. An epcyclical on the
| subject is looked for at an early day.