The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-28
RELIGIOUS GLeANlNGS.


| nah and India.
George |. Seney has recently given 10 th
urooklyn Y. NJ c. 4. 200 volumes from
| bis own library.
There ore 2f6 city missionaries in New
! York city alone, who make daily visit.
among the poor AID sick Of all deuomina
| tions
One hundred Of the over four hundred
young men ia attendance at the recent Bble
conference az Mortified, Mas are pledged
to foreign mission work.
4 Christian - the best commentary o.
the New Testament. But there are moi
enough commentaries to send out. The eli
ton Is small H " Deecher
COnci'eness is not Necessarily question o.
long or short Some sermons not half al
hour long are prolx; others twice as Ion.
sententous Christian Advocate.
When look at the congregation said d
London preacher Il say. Where are th,
poorf When / count the oiiert,ry 10 IL,
vestry say Where are the rcnf
Vast preparations are beng made IN Rus
sia, under the authority Of the car FIR the
celebration next JUL OF the ninth c-utenli.
Of the advent 4 the Greek church On his ,m
pire
The king Of Corea has ordered the Protest
ant and Catholic mis-i0narIe. ii his kingdom
to cease teaching tue doctrines OF Christi
antv Missionary authorities consider the
check to be only temporary
TIE Congregational Year Book for lS,,
will give tine following statistics: Whole
number Of churches. fiJ4 members. 4j'.J>l.
being an actual gain ot -L-JJ; SUNDAY
school scholars, 5jl0'l. u gain OF 80, iof
The Christian Union ba. changed It's motto
from "Our part is o. con,prs with the new
works ot new days" Emel onto "Wr
know no truth that Is not tine Guild of love
and tle parent Of duty'-adlptei from
Phillips Brooks
Tn. Chau,auluan says thai Bishop J. II
Vincent viii bc secu AMI heard 40 Chau,auqua
somewhat as in other years. notw.tlstaud
ing hi, new duties a, bishop and asserts that
he will retain general supervision ot the
Chautauqua university
The ll9ih anniversary conference OF the
Methodist church in ireland has just corr
pleici its s.tmes ih Centenary chapel
Dublin There We're present liO members
The Rer John Walton. of Else British COM
ference occupied the chair. The reports
Showed that Metuoli-u .s hoid.u. a. own
In Ireland
Toronto Mr,hoii-m is spreading senator
Mcdonald recently lili tle clr.e. Stone .t
new church boz the northwest part of the city
10 cost $500 UJ The corner stone Ha, aln
recently aI of new church bob ~nan1
avenue t. cost $4,000 Four clureAe, aro
now .u course Of erection ,R that city
Mr. Lawrence Olphant of literary fame
bur ai so noted for his advocacy oi iaie> in
ian colonization. SAYS that Baron Edmund
Rotu,cmid, pet colony cost him $4,000
Mr. Oiphant- advice D.: send nothing "a
Palestine. but save AMI collect money for tile
mur, and It's great changes - contingency
which may Use more immediate than IS gen
orally supposed
Tie total membership Of tho Methodist
church i'm the thnty-hvc districts boz Great
Britain D., 4i5;syS Last year it was ll2'4s.
showing an increase Of 3.5lO. In twenty
district, there /, au increase ot t6s4 aud 10
fifteen other districts there is decrease of
l2!, There are a4.i6i members on trial.
5G2l1 Young persons in society Glasses, ana
% So ceased o. be members
Few know how much they are dependent
apon th. influence OF Christian orgauIn
tious and associations for the regulation Of
their thoughts No one man Ia q million
couli think out system and adhere 70 D.
consistently The CONSENSUS OF faith IN the
church. embodied in IL, hymns prayers and
services. without eu,.avIn- ,teadles tie men
tai processes Christian advocate.
Thenext atceap, t. rsuaid Jerusalem is
10 be made by Dr Syartna, OF Chicago
lie /. said 10 haze already worked out extern
sive plans for tine rebuilding Of Jerusalem,
tor is temples, etc. ia harmony w..u the
prophetic description OF the Bible Accord.
inc TO his idea, tue N.w Jerusalem is 20 be %
center Of learning. Of political influence and
. religious capital Who Is DR. Svartha
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