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Extracts from Christian Neighbor

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The Pope has prohibited a book which
he formerly commended. His infalli.
bility does not prevent mistakes. The
book, once approved but now condemn.
ed, is translation of the Gospels by
M. Lassarre, of France. 1t has run
through more than twenty editions,
and its popularity has alarmed the
Jcsuits. In the preface sentence
was found urging "the reading OF
sacred history instead of the pious
manuals prepared by priests, which Of
ten contain more OF the sugar or devo-
ton than the salt of wisdom" So the
book which was formerly pronounced
very good has been entered in the in
dex az very bad, and infallibility seems
to have suffered no qualms.-Pres6y.
tcriCt1.
A member of one of the struggling
Protestant churches of Paris said to a
friend: at is rule in our church
that when one brother is converted, he
must 60 and bring another brother;
and when sister is converted. she
must go and bring another sister.
That is the way $50 of us have been
brought from atheism and popery to
simple faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Is not this just what is needed in the
Church now to make it the power fol-
good it ought to be-a loving, personal
service of each one brought to Christ,
to seek out and lead to Him the un-
saved?
They disappeared in the arms
of the blizzard. Fifty more were
sent in to dig the first fifty out.
The second fifty disappeared, presum-
ably in the embrrce of the blizzard.
Still fifty more were dispatched as a
relief expedition to the first two fifties.
The same power soon had.all these in
stallments in its clutches. Then, as a
last desperate resort, fifty more Ital-
ians were thrust into the tunnel to dig
the one hundred and fifty out. They
The two hundred came
out alive and all together. Then the
two hundred struck"
Portugal knows aud tolerates no
other religion beside the Roman Cath
olic, except among foreign residents,
who may worship privately in their
own houses, but not in a church,
Foreign Paper. And yet we ore told
that the Constitution of the United
States, which proclaims religious liber-
ty, is document which is just after
the Pope's heart. If they had the
power, we should have Portugal here.
Exchange.
The One Hundredth General Assem-
bly, of the Presbyterian Church in the
United States of America will meet
according to appointment in the First
Presbyterian church, Philadelphia,
Pa, Thursday, May the 18th, 1888,
at II a. m., and will be opened with a
sermon by the Moderator of the last
General Assembly, the Rev. Joseph
II. Smith, d. d., of the Presbytery
Of Baltimore.
Taking the royal family together, il
is found that the present sovereign, the
good Queen Victoria, with her aunts
and her numerous progeny, has cost
the British nation e35, 100000, or in
the neigborhood of SITS, 100000. In
the hundred years of their national
life, closing with the present admin
the American people have
paid their Presidents as salaries 81
100000.
Wit is sometimes shown in analysis,
whether exhaustive or not. The min
istry of the Church of England is de-
scribed by not unfriendly writer as
consisting of Latitudinarians, Attitu-
and Platitudinarians. A
writer in the atlantic Monthly spoke of
the Church under three aspects: The
Church Militant, the Church Con-
structant, and the Church Terma-
CANT.
A canonized saint, who has been
dead more than fourteen centuries, but
still continues to draw an annual salary
for services rendered, is certainly an
extraordinary phenomenon. The
saint is Saint Anthony, and his pay
master is the State of Brazil. So at
least, says the AUgemcine Deutsche
Zeit,tng, the organ Of the German col
ony in Rio.-tS. James Gazette.
The present population of the En-
pire of Japan is 80, 900, 900; the number
Of Japanese Christians is $4,000, which
is number large enough considering
the fact that the Gospel was first
preached in Japan only thirty years
ago. These $4,000 are a powerful
Ieaven, and its working is felt all over
Tie Islands, and in every part of so
,iety.
Wire laths are said to be taking the
place of wood laths in the erection Of
new buildings. 1t is claimed that a
building in which they are used is alb
fireprool, so far as taking fire
from inside is concerned, and that no
building can be considered fire proof
in which wood lath are used, no mat
ter how else constructed.
1t seems that the Church of England
IS being pressed for money. The SAL
,ry of the Archbishop of Canterbury
has been reduced from $4,000 a year
10 $50, 900, and that Of the Archbishop
Of York from $4,000 to $4,000. Bad
IS the case is it appears to an outsider
hat those bretheren may yet be able to
make ends meet.
A writer in Science comes to the
conclusion that it seems idle to discuss
further the influence Of forest upon
rainfall from the economic point of
view, as it is evidently too slight to be
Of the least practical Importance.
Mr.. w. J. Craig, Acting General
Freight and Passenger Agent of the
Port Royal & Western Carolina Rail
way Company has issued circular in
which he says:
"The Augusta National Exposition,
10 be held in the City of Augusta, Oc-
.ober 10th to November 18th, 1888, Of
Fers the following Liberal Premiums
for County Exhibits