Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-04-11
|IGIouS GLEANINGS-
team the Mountain Heights
's,,and ihe sordId Scenes
:" Of Earth.
ch,tatian worIs--Bisn'arck's
jon o. s,r ohristlanity ? Mission
woriS--Hotes'
-. rnrncH NorIoEs.

.cat. CHURCH NOTIFIES
corner st Louis and Annie
sll sasv school at 3'3Op. ~.
snnuay on college sabbath school
Weses@nt O'clock In college chapel.
.afieissyyVit ~ college orchestra iapiie
insl,eu .oelioal, ST. Johns church,
h. bVannesihnnn streets. Rev. tn. J..
"A ana unlay.schpol at y n m
~ = .rrch corner OF sixth ana ihrock
Iian CIV Ni,,eachtng 4 a M ana p m.
\ suree,, oakley. sunday sch lol V'3O a.
n 4, " ~ attend these serVices'
inyl'Su ,,terian church, Jones street,
NJ Presp5 nnv ID. NJ. Moore pastor.
seconll' N a. m. and 7.l5 p. m. sun
sctglre AZ y, n M, II. y. ArmstIong, su'
Iool ~ ' iil are made welcome.
Rnutps "a soolety OF the First Baptist
sadies ~ on Tu6sday aftern on, April
Iwiu niss' al the r. sidenca OF Hr. >. X.
4 oclovsJ lamar and Third streets. y
c otnv. 4 urgently requested.
tn ohue1 ..,o,ninq at Broadway Prasbyte-
pcs tnls W, ~ nielock a. m, and 1880 y. M,
Hreh ney DR.. Mitchell. sabbath.
\ pnsiol' = jamts G.. Roc, supcrintend'
Wy smeeiing every wednesday even
y Y, ", p.,ea church, corner OF Broad
n STAG ny MIA avenue, j. ). gillespie,
81 ~ 'sebool at $3.50 a. m.i j. ID.
sunea; srlslendent Preaching, by the
4 ier slr No services at night. Praycr-
"a wednssday night
VI .d pres6yterlan church, corner OF
N fllnu XXI streets. Rev. Il. NJ. Tlnnon,
"A d lal,i W. school at $3.50 a. m, w. T.
III ous.,nn;ondent. sermon at II a. m
salpac,ss,oelslon and Baptism, ~ $40 p.
a o1,ys ~ Young men All are invited to
ebureh. corner Risk and East
oISss me 1ith trassiOn) sunday IN
~ co,nmunl0n az $50 M sunday.
4 ,soam. Morning prayer, litany end
|stiia m evening prayer ana sermon
m During the week, lenteh services
.7g IN. tlas,ing only hitten hlinl1tss(
N oycept On wednesday ana friday
A Win lecture or address.
3nisM a. Oh rcn, corner OF Main and
streets, Rev H. j. Crlst,, pastor
ssbSolat 9SOa m, Prof. 7 NJ. WHITE,
(, endeot. : rylces ~ III a. IN anu ?.
.ging and bihle study Tor Young people
mig peoples meeting az p,
m rs,,honI church. home or strangers
5,lstlv Invited to any of these services.
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,.p.NEsE CHRISTIANITY.
In. G. NJrthorp, who for the past
.ars has been Interested in mission
|tor Japan, gave some interesting
. h regard to that people, IN DR..
" church in New Orleans. He
IN recent proyidential movements
realty facilitated the work OF the
.pares, such as the abolition OF the
hd teudsl systems of government,
4 renunciatlon OF all claims to di-
,by the mlkado. Formerly he was a
peFsonage. Reverence for him
intensified by the sanction of over
liars. The approaches to his palace
.rnardsd aud marked by signs OF
Id homage. Now he forbids pros
4 to his person, aud mingles freely
HE people. The old caste System
fnshed, which would have been a
4 hlndauce to the Introduction OF
2auity. The new calendar pro-
4 the Christian Sabbath Gs the ma
4 dAy Of rest, and it. is so observed
. mint, custom house, postoillce and
Rernment departments, and the old
Of wearing two swords by the
4 classes Is abolished ID view Of the
II to a passion t. people OF carrying
weapons, The barbarous usage
fl.ksrl IS prohibited.
old custom of trampllug on the
/ has ceased, and the edict, "Death
4 Christian found on all the prom
6rOads, has been taken down. Free
ID worship and freedom of the press
Established ami over 500 papers are
Sustained.
I llicado Normally accepted beau
copy Of the bible, presented by the
tcan Bible society. He has provided
fnslional parliament, to be estab-
In lS9o-so n as the people can be
sted and prepared for it; 29,0Sl
rs have already been established,
fs the Imperial university and va
technical and professional schools
are soon to be organized.
education Of Japan is facilitated by
tOplion Of the Roman text, in which
+. Of their papers and school books are
printed.
Emperor William recently sent a
ssge to the mikado through Ito Hiro-
then minister At Berlin, urging the
pom OF Christianity as the religion OF
palm Said Minister Ito to Bismarck
purse you mean this as q matter OF
pratt" "No," said Bismarck,
'stiauity is the gem of modern civil,
1t has formed our institutions and
source of our intellectual life, oul
4 and prosperity. We propose Chris
\ tnr Japan because it has been the
eYllIzer aud educator of man,
same Ito Hirobuma is to-day the
minister of Japan, the leader of thu
Fressists" in that progressive land
fukuzawa, editor of the leadin;
formerly bitterly opposed to Chris
y now advocates It's formal AM
|al adoption. Before the end of thi
||iy II Will be formally proclaimed a
flglon Of Japan.
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