The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-03
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
TIE nsw Lord Mayor OF London V
HEBREW.

TIE nsw Lord Mayor oil London "
HEBREW.
No NJ tbodis. Church in New Eng
land has been closed this summer exc
,pt for repairs.
The food does not seem TO have bcnes
fitted the morals Of Johnstown; II now
has thirty-,ix grocery stores AID hny
one saloons.
ACosR- sro,D ,ST ofthe Jerish Mes
senqer urges ealhy Jews to make up
purse AMI buy jerusalem from the
Turks.
ELEVEN TATTiis $, four Of them We
men, represented their islands at the
Paris Exposition. These arc all Pro-
test lnts.
a VERY beautiful reference Bible In
Japanese, with maps and all the refer
ences usual to our EaglIsh reference
Biole, can now be procured for sixty
cents.
The Salvation Army began less than
twenty five years ago. and is now at
work in thirty-two different countries
inthirtyfive languages. Other bodies
might we'll initiate the zeal Of this
Army, If not some Of its 9TH r features.
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The Rev. j. Il. Cummings. writing
from Burmah. says he is convinced that
most Burmans are Buddhists simply by
force Of custom, rather than because Of
serious conviction. Their Buddhism is
mere Journalism. Heather custom has
usurped the place of intelligent reason.
They are good subjects for evangelical
ton.
fr will surprise most people 10 learn
that tho Icelanders are numerous
enough in this country and CInada to
maintain distinct and vigorous re-
ligious organization of their own. IL
is called the IcelaDdic Lutheran Church
of America, consists of twenty-five
congregations, and has just held its
fifth annual conference at Argyle. in
Manitoba.
1T is reported that the sale OF women
aud children has become regular &C.
currence. in the famine stricken dis
twenty to thirty years is sold fora price
varying from iide to ten dollars. A
child under ten years for dollar.
Some maintain that the famished peo-
pie have resorted to cannib'liSm.
PETER DELATrRE. the renowned arch
e )logist, has discovered On the cite of
ancient Carthage. not far from Tunls, "a
Jewish cemetery. This burial place
dates from the ancient Roman period,
and appears to be very well preserved.
This discovery is Of ogreat interest that
Peter Dclattrc intends to begin excava-
tions for further discoveries.
TX PRESIDENT WoOLsEy justly says
in regard to sin :-"Sintends to destroy
even those qualities which 10 bru'e
awaken our deep interest, and to put
into their place lead colorel monoton-
Gus seilshness, which is not properly
human nature. but its wreck and over
throw This is well and forcibly said.
Selfishness is the essence OF all sin and
when il becomes the supreme h.w its
tendency is TO kill everything that is
generous and noble in human nature.
THE Rev. Charles Spurgeon. Jr.. has
been spending the summer in America.
He expresses himself ~ surprised aud
exceedingly pleased by the elegance aud
comfort of American churches. He
says "Our edifices can not be- COM
pared in architectural beauty to yours.
You make your buildings more COM
Portable. more homelike, III many cases
more luxurious DIR. SpWgcon 10
right in commenting such things, 70
long as they are kept this side Of ex-
trayagance. The day of freIess. store
box churches is past. Let the house OK
God BE- homelike.
IN reference 10 Paul's motto Of
speaking the truth in love, Rev. Al
bert Barnes well says:
HE has done about half his work in
convincing another of error, who first
convinces him that he ioves him; and
if he does not do that, he may argue to
the hour Of his death and make no pro-
gress in convincing him"
Very true. There is an amazing
power in the simple affection Of love;
and it is by this power that Col wins
souls 10 himself.
A LADY essayist il convinced, says
contemporary, that at least one quarter
of the work performed by women is
unnecessary, and that the world would
get on quite as well without it. 1t is
like the ottoman cover she once saw
lady work. The lady was all bent up,
and was putting her eyes out counting
stitches. II don't get any time for
reading. she said, p!aintiyely, as she
picked up some Deeds on a needle;
you must have great deal Of leisure."
And yet she had spent more time en-
broldering ridiculous dog on piece
OF cloth than would have sufiiced 70
read twenty good books Exchange.