The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-10-04
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World Over.

1t takes a great deal of grace TO be able
to hear praise.
The highest exercise of charity is
charity toward the uncharitable.
There is no limit to the age at which
man may make fool of himself.
The roses of pleasure seldom last long
enough to adorn the brows of those who
pluck them.
Last Thursday Bishop Ireland was in
vested with the pallium in the cathedral
at st. Paul, MINI.
Victor Hugo said that God created
woman the coquette as soon as he had
made man the fool.
loving confidence in God we have
offended is the key to his heart, the key
which unloks the treasury of his grace.
The sixth annual conference of clergy
engaged in work among the colored peo-
pie was held in Norfolk Va, Thursday and
Friday.
Mr.. Geo. John Stevenson, a noted
Methodist literateur, the friend and liter
AIRY executor of DIR. Adam Clarke, died
recently i'll England.
You will find that the mere resolve not
to be useless, and the honest desire to
help other people, will, in the quickest and
delicatest ways, improve yourself.
The life of Billy Bray, has, it is stated,
been used of God to the conversion of at
least 600 persons in all parts of the world,
amongst them notorious infidel.
The true Christian is like the sun
which pursues its noiseless track, and
everywhere leaves the effect of his
beams in blessing upon the world around
him.
Tho Oldest Catholic priest in the United
States is the Reverend John Carroll, of
st. Mary's church, Chicago, who was
born in Ireland in 1897 and ordained in
1920.
More than fifty Presbyterian ministers
in the United States and Canada, and q
large number of the Methodist and Epis-
copal clergy we're once Roman Catholic
priests.
Whichever you may be sure of, be sure
at least of this, that you are dreadfully
like other PEOPLE. Human nature has a
much greater genius for sameness than
for originality.
Opposition is sometimes the greatest
assistance. What seems to us to be
hindrance to the furtherance of our pur-
poses frequently falls out TO be a means
of success.
marked superiority of Christianity
over other religions is manifested in its
power of appropriation. The religions
that are of human origin always wane be-
fore the light of increased knowledge.
We never know through what divine
mysteries of compensation the great
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out his sublime plan; bat the words,
, "God is love-" ought to contain to every
doubling soul the solution of all things.
! Presby terianism hourishes in South
Africa, According to statistics just pub
lished, there are in that region 223 Pres
byterian congregations, with 54,320 COM
municants. Connected with these churches
aud under their control are FIVE colleges
r one at Cape Town, one at Wellington,
one at Burghersdorf, in Cape Colony, and
two at Blomfontein, in the Free Orange
a state.
: The French government is preparing to
abrogate what Is known as the decree of
Messidon-a decree which regulates the
precedence of functionares. This decree
gives the church higher place than the
civil power. The bishopric of Gap is to
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o Of Oambray is to be reduced to simple
n bishopric. Neither of these sees was,
a recognized in the Concordate.
D Martini's italian edition of the
scriptures, recently published in parts at
l cent each part has been put upon the
market and upon the news stands. The
experiment has been successful beyond
: expectation. About 10000 copies are sold
ha Ia ual1 inf
and each part has been reduced to the
easily readable bulk of eight pages. Sug
pestions have been made that the expert
ment be tried with the English version
nearer home.
Arrangements have been made for the
Rev. DR.. Maclaren, of Massachusetts,, a
shining light in the Baptist communion,
and admittedly one of the most eloquent,
thoughtful and scholarly preachers in
England, to deliver the next course OF
Grocer lectures in Philadelphia. These
lectures have become an annual attraction
in the Quaker City. The first lecturer was
Principal Dawson, of Montreal. Among
subsequent lecturers have been DR.. Rob-
inson, OF Brown university, and DR..
Thomas, of Newton. DIR. Maclaren is at
present off on visit to the Antipodes.
"Ihe duty OF American cltizenb III re-
gard to the school question is not so com
plex as it is sometimes made. We need
good schools, good books and good teach,
ere, and as means of bringing this about
we need good men and women on the
school committee, without regard to party
OF sect. Beyond this the observance OF
one simple political idea will preserve our
public schools from dangers that threaten
them. This idea is that public school
funds shall not be divided for sectarian
purposes. Nor should the curse OF sec
tarianism appear anywhere else" This is
the advice of the Boston Christian Regis
ter.
In defense OF Professionalism Bishop
Coke has been publishing in the papers OF
his diooese-Boffalo- refutation OF
statements made in recently published
work by Father Muller-"Familiar expla-
nation of Christian Doc,rine"-in which
he asserts that "Potestants have never had
any faith in Christ, and have, therefore
no claim for salvation" with other kindred
Misrepresentation. In contradiction Il
Father Muller, two other Catholic priests
Faith Elliot and Paulist, Father Younf
n.aart thron0h tho rraaa that Eatho