The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-07-05
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Rev. D. Straight, of Bath, England, has
cnrate named Crooked.
When we are willing to be eomforted
wine comfort is not far away.
n Men are not won so much by being
NAMED as by being encompassed with
i Eco TO God with all your little cares and
Hones and sins and sorrows as freely and
,Honfdeutially as you come to your
Il mother.
II Professor Felix Adler protests against
the erection of the proposed Episcopal
cathedral in New York as piece of I'M
timely medi@valism.
The Arkansas Methodists are in earnest
About building the Galloway female col
sge at Searcy. Plans and specifications
~ on exhibition at Searcy and bids are
y1ing received.
DR.. j. W. Lee said in sermon a few
Sundays ago that the reason the lions
llidn't eat Daniel when he was cast into
their den was that he was two-thirds back
bone and the rest pure grit.
Bishop William Taylor has had $4,000
placed to his account by Secretary Hunt
fhe amount due for his salary during the
four years of his African mission work.
NaIt is said that several of the churches
In Illinois have not single male mem
per.
To be silent, to suffer, to pray, when
there is no room for outward action, Is an
acceptable Offering to God. A disappoint
hnent, contradiction, an injury received
aud endured for Gods sake, is of as much
value as long prayer; and time is not lost
[ which is spent in the practice of meekness
( and patti noe.
When you make mistake, don't look
Slsack at it long. Take the reason of the
into your mind, and then look for
ward. Mistakes are lessons of reason.
The past cannot be changed. The future
lis yet in your power.
Queen Victoria has become the patron
of the Gibraltar mission to British and
American seaman in the Mediterranean
and neighboring seas, and has contributed
$3.50 in aid of the mission.
The collections last year in the Metho-
dist Episcopal church, south, for our con-
Nference claimants amounted to $102,022.16
Ian increase over the preceding year of
$7 1892. 65-the most creditable showing in
the history Of our church.
The election of the Rev. DR.. Edward
Judson and Mr.. John d. Rockefeller to
the board of trustees of Vassar college
restored the Baptist majority to the board.
President Taylor is also a Clergyman of
the same denomination. He hopes to
raise an endowment fund of 100000 by
fall, and he's already received large
amount toward that sum.
N g. G. Shut, June 10: It is now settled
that Dallas is to have another Methodist
church, the same to be known as the West
4 Dallas NJ. e. church, south. The deed
has been made-a donation from Arm
strong and Stephens.
The Anglican church of New South
Wales has resolved to raise $1,000,000 in |
4 five years to commemorate centennial
year, and has made start with $250,000. |
The Wesleyans in the same colony pro-
Spose to raise $250000 in five years.
Other colonies and other sections of the
church are similarly marking the year,
and jubilee funds are in high favor.
A medical college, under Roman Catho-
lie management, is to be established IN
Brooklyn.
General Sherman's son graduated with |
honors two or three years ago from Wood
stock, in the Baltimore diocese, the high
est American theological college for the
study of Jesuit scholastics, and determ-
I1ned to devote his life to teaching in the
west. His mother has received public
recognition from the pope for her religi-
GUS efforts among the Catholics and In
dian missions OF the west.
Bishop Hendrix has changed the date
of meeting of Northwest Texas confer
ence from November to November IA. |
By this change the Northwest and the
North Texas will meet on the same date. |
Trouble still ahead for the correctional
officers.
n Rev. Canev1n of the Catholic church
says: "Ghe evil of intemperance is the
only sin that can destroy mans nature.
1t is the only sin that can get into his
blood. The assassin or the robber when
dying retain their senses and call upon
God to forgive them; but drunkard, dy-
ing in his sin, cannot. He has lost all his
senses and answers his summons in a
drunken stupor. st. Paul tells US in
language that cannot be mistaken that
jno drunkard shall inherit the kingdom of
heaven"
There was scene in the Brooklny |
tabernacle Sunday morning, the 10th ult,
which was noteworthy. DIR. Talmage |
rose ia his pulpit and remarked that the
world famous singer, Miss Emma Abbott,
was In the audience, and invited her to
sing. The actress res ponded by singing
Nearer my God to Thee" and after the
sermon she sang, "Guide me, Oh Thou
.Sfeat Jehovah" in the presence OF tAe
aud ence of 5000 persons.
somewhat singular legacy has been
left by lady to the municipal council of |
Paris-$36, 0O0-on condition that every |
year the council shall see to it that a mass
Is said on her behalf. All the world
knows that the municipal council of Paris
mas not much of weakness for masses,
or, indeed, for anything religious; yet, as
10 has been wittily put, following tho eG-
9mple of Henry ", who thought Paris
was worth a mass, the council has not
hesltated to accept the money.
In the province of Boston, which in
Guides the New England States, there ar
according to present statistics, 906 priests,
233 seminaries, 602 churches, 1873 chapels
and stations, colleges, 80 academies,
ZO5 paroohial schools, 69,1O5 pupils, 36
charitable institutions and a Catholic
population of 1,1S5,OOO.
ELKINS INTERVIEWED.