Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-01-22
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ArchdeacOn Farrar, rector OF st. Mar
garet's, London, has offered reward OF
9l0O for proof of any case in which
drunkenness has been cured without
total abstinence.
The New York Observer thinks thai
"much good has been done since the
meeting OF the Evangelical Alliance il
conference, at Washington, by ministers
who have made the conference the text
of sermon TO their own people"
There are said TO be in India 135. O0C
lepers, and a society is deyoting itself
exclusively to relieving their suhering'
and proclaiming to them the Gospel.
Hospitals are provided in which the VIC
/ Tins Of this dreadful disease can find
shelter, and in one asylum there are
ninety inmates, and in another sixty.
The key to the way ont of denomina-
tionalism, as stated by Professor Gould,
is given in these memorable words
"N hat needs to be done is to create the
desire for unity and given the desire for
that, all practical difficulties would van
ish, not suddenly, TO he sure, but by the
continual pressure of minds really III
earnest in solving "A problem"
The Jewish Messenger referring to
the reception TO DIR. Shaw, Presbyterian,
of Rochester, at which Bishop McQuaid,
Roman Catholic, and DR.. Landsberg, a
Jewish rabbi, spoke, says it likes to give
prominence to such incidents" and
adds 1T is about time that ministers
were men of peace and harmony, what
ever the fashion OF their crook"
In an article on "Practical Temper
ance Work the lutheran Observer de-
clares that "to change the social and
drinking habits of hundreds Of thou
sands of persons suddenly by law is
practically impossible under our popular
government, and II is the part of wis
dom for all the friends Of temperance TO
consider the best means OF meeting the
demands of the cause in all stages of its
progress.
The Caiho'jc Standard has this to say
on a much discussed subject "In the
first place tine necessities of the person
taking food or clothing or fuel to save
him from starvation or from freezing
must be extreme. He must be in danger
of perishing. In the second place he
must be unable to obtain relief in any
other way. In the third place he must
take no more than his actual necessities
require. In the fourth place he must
make restitution as soon as and when
ever he can do 50. All this IS in perfect
accordance with common sense ana
sound reason, and is the law alike of ma
ture and divine revelation"
A native merchant in Foo Chow, who
has in his employment one thousand
Cinnamon, was converted. \ total ces
sation from Sunday trade being insisted
upon by the missionaries as a test of
church fellowship, Mr. Ahok gladly
complied. Although his non-Christian
partners in business naturally objected,
lie went SO far as to offer on his own ac-
count full seven days wages to all who
would abstain from Sabbath toll and who
would give attention to the religion that
he had learned to prize 50 much.
Invite your friend to church with
You" suggests the CHited Presbyterian,
"give him good seat, and show him all
other proper courtesies. All this Is due
him, and if it be done honestly and
without affectation it will not fail to
make its impression. There is, indeed,
a way of OVERRIDING even SO good Il
thing as religious cordially, hut the ex-
amples of it are so rare that they need
hardly be mentioned. The fault with
most churches is that they think too lit
tie of what they owe in the way of gen
erous hospitality. United Presbyterian
churches are as faulty in this respect as
any others"