Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-06-30
RELIGIOUS WORK AND WORKERS,
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO MINISTERS
ANB LAYMEN.
Talking to the Point-The Church Fair
Lottery-General Notes From
Many Sources.

Lottery-General Notes From
Many Sources.
While the General Synod Of the Re-
formed Dutch Church was sitting in New
York, in 1914, venerable and quaint
looking old man, with his broad -brimmed.
round-crowned hat in his hand, walked
1 calmly up the aisle towards the Presidents
seat, bowling as he came up, and said:
Mr.. President, want to talk" Nobody
knew him, and the President asked: are
you member of this body, sig?' NO,
sir" was the reply, "but ] want to talk"
/ The President remarked that none but
members had a right 10 speak, when an
aged minister, who had just come in. re-
| cognized him, and said 81 move that the
! Rev. Elias Van Benschooten have leave 10
talk" 1t was carried, and then the old
/ patriarch went up to the Presidents table,
drew from his pocket large rol, of bank
bills and counted them-SS00. Then he took
another package of bligationS-amountins
| to SlS,S+0-and counted this out. and in
few well chosen words donated them to
| the aStonished synod, and asked commit
tee of reference 10 arrange the conditions.
Subsequently, by will, he added other
sums, the whole being allowed 10 accumu-
late until 1t reached 100000. Such was
the history of this endowment, which was,
so far rs known, the first one made in our
country, and certainly the first made in
the Reformed Church, for theological edu-
cation. Not dollar of il has been lost.
The interest has educated more than one
| hundred and twenty-five young men for
! the ministry, some Of whom have been
! among the most eminent and useful in the
/ service Of the church at home and in for
eign lands And by it he, being dead,
yet speaketh,' by many voices, in many
lands, through many ageS.-Bjsbop V0r-
| rem.
But you insist that there is something
! inCoherent in having that which is bad in
the paper right beside the gospel of Jesus
! Christ. | answer give the gospel and sin
fair fight and the gospel will always
| come ont ahead. Sin is an old bag and
gets all out of breath, while righteousness
| has stout lungs and Swarthy arms and the
step of morning coming out OF the sky.
put the column of gospel in any news
paper against the column Of sin. With
| the poison send the autidote Besides that.
! it gives two Sundays every week. What
! chance have we with six secular DAYS
masSed in battle against the one sacred
day? This Monday publication of ser
mons surrenders another day TO the church
! of God, and II comes over TO our side, and
so We have more prospect of the worlds
! evangelizatiuu. Instead of one against
| SIX, II is two against five. Besides that it
| helps 10 make ministers of religion more
honest in their preparation Of sermons.
| Plagiarism will curse any pulpit. 1t is rs
dishonest to steal sermon as il is to steal
4 ham.-E DeWH Talmaqa in tho Nas
| York OdsTrer.
"Now, l tell YOU this lottery business in
( the church fairs is all wrong, every bit Of
I il, said 4 business man to-day. 81 amuOt
| stralght-laced, as the saying goes, but ]
know it's bad. 1t commenced, the rage
here did, through the desire Of our citi-
zons to help certain church. Then all
the churches and societies held fairs, and
| it was chances and books and grabs
here, there and all over What will the
man do who drew the $1,000 prize the
other day? Put it in bank? Not much
He will go and have 4 big blow of, and be
poorer in months time than TODAY. !
consider II would be great misfortune for
one Otmy boys to take a prize at a church fair.
I'd far sooner give MIN s. and tell him to
buy gimcracks with it like little man
than to have him gamble it away on
chances even if he got the biggest prize of
| the lot, for that would unsettle him COM
pletely. "--Ai6any Journal
Less than fifty years ago the Lutheran
| church of our country numbered 200 pas
tors and 900 congregations. At present it
numbers 4, 200 pastors and 7,A00 congre-
cations, and upwards Of 100000 COM
municant members among whom the Cos
pei is preached in eight different Ian
guages. The Lutheran church has 81 the
illogical seminaries, % colleges, 81 acade-
mics and other high schools, - orphans
homes, s hospitals 3 deaconesses institu-
lions, l deaf and dumb asylum and 4 i'm
migrant homes. 1t publishes 90 periodi-
Gals.
The Sunday-school and Tract Societies
are treated often as though they did not
deserve to be supported, and yet they are
both most excellent, benefCent effective
institutions, and are doing constantly
great work for the church. The Sunday
school Union helps needy Sunday-schools
all over the country. The Tract Society
gives away large amount of choice read
ing matter every year.
Bishop Paret confirmed recently, at St.
Johns Chapel, Washington, class which
was unique. 1t consisted of nine colored
candidates and the sister-in-law of Post
master-General Wanamaker the daughter
of the late Justice Matthew's of the SUI
preme Court; the daughter of Secretary
of State James G. Blaine; and Justice
Gray, of the United States Supreme Court.
A gentleman in New England has given
100000, and Japanese gentlemen have
subscribed about $4,000, to found Chris
tian University IN Japan, according to a
plan proposed by the Rev. Joseph Neesima,
of the American Board The collegiate
institutions which Mr.. Neesima has been
building up for several years contain
more than 800 students.
The American Institute of Civics COM
posed of large number of distinguished,
patriotic citizens, sends out request that
ministers of all churches make the Fourth
of July an occasion for enforcing "the
necessity of developing right character as
the only sure basis of good citizenship and
good government"
The First Methodist Church, Oakland,
Rev E. r. Ollie, D. d., pastor, has raised
the $4,000 necessary for the contemplated
Improvements, and the work will 90 on as
fast as practicable, Rev. w. A Spencer,
d. D., of the Church Extension Board,
will preach at the church July 14th.
Miss Russell and Miss Everding Of
Nagaski, Japan, arrived on the Oceanic on
the 18th and left for the Fast. Miss Rus
! sell has done a noble work in Japan. 1t
is ten years since she went ont. Miss
Everding has been six years at work and
returns much broken in health
The Pope has offered large prize to
whoever will publish the best book on the
rights of the church in Rome and the ne
cessities of the temporal power The book
is to be translated into every language.
Miss Mary Wilcox, daughter Of James
NJ. Wilcox retired manufacturer OF Gov
eminent paper of Philadelphia, is about to
enter a convent. She is 90 years Of age
and heiress to a large fortune.
Baker University, Rev H. A. Goblin,
A. NJ, D. D., President, is situated at