The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-06
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

the Propagation Of tho Gospel. says
THE extent of idolatry - something
fearful. aud custom has welded It
tight together with all the intcuis and
purposes. thoughts and actions Of the
Chinese. Everywhere We are con
frontcI by this gigantic evil From
the palace down To the bcggirs mud
hut. over $50 600 600 soul, OF them are
eusayed in ilolatry. Every family
poorly fed and poorly clad. every
family richly feb aud richly clld. all
have their idols in their homes, which
are their chief concc.n. which must be
ted. worshipp,d AMI guaideL
Idolairy is am enormous expense to
these people already stricken ~ pover-
is. Beside all the money that Is spcat
on temples and shriues. fortunes aie
wasted by burning make belieyemoney,
miniature paper houses. horses. men
and women. trunks. band boxes and
furniture. and also by providing pfo'
visions for the poos departed souls IN
the other world Twenty lhouanidoi-
lars are SPENT. in certain m)ath OF the
wear. on one temple alone IN tho Can
ton province The Gum spent for idola'
try throughout the empire IN a year "a
estimated to b. the maguiii.snt sum OF
SOD. 100000 o, the very lowest.
WHAT WAS DoNa is A SUMNER VA
CATION. The rector OF -. Paul )
Church. Wilmington. y c.. spent q
vacation OF three weeks at a noighbor-
inc seaport town called Southport Il
Is "A village of about one thousand IN
habnants. Twenty miles distant from
Wilmington There is in thIs pl-cea
little church e1iI.ca built many years
ago and which has been cl scl for a
few years past. e1cop. on occasions,
when at long intervals some one Of
our city clergy or the bishop
went down snl held services.
Tue R.v. Sir Arnold went down
60 combine pleasure and work.
During tho three weeks stay he held
services .wice on Sunday aud also on
Wednesday evening. lie organized
,unda, school. which Is now IN success-
ful operation under the -upcriotendonco
OF a very onorgsti. ard intelligent lag
man. Toe ladies also have been organ
lz.d int1a lllits' ain society and ara
zsalou., assisting every ,iIoit q tho
I yestry. The hue chilire7, too, are
b hard at work Ali ,his has been and IL
4 being done in q parish regarded as dead
,. and buried one month ago. Inc little
j church Is now in search Of rector.
" ACCORDING 20 reports pIe-cniel by
= the London City Mission, an immerse
= amount OF work Ua- performed by the
agent. OF this unsecnritn society last
year. Nearly three and half million
a." visits were made ~ ihe missionaries,
and ~ 600 visits were made on the sicki
y more than 81 600 p.i-ons in factories
were c0nyefscl with. and JDV',ouO
tracts distributed: 500 out door meet
. ipgs were held. 1919 drankards re-
claimed. aud upwards Of . 600 commu-
- nicants were aided 20 the membership
q" of various churcAes: 300 persons "efo
g induced to attend church and 500 iami-
o." lies induced to commence family
- prayer.
L DR.. G.. ". KNOX believes that Japan
y vail We. become the centre of ibo Caris-
j. tan agencies that are 20 royolulionize
d the East. Last year the Japauese con-
yerts gave FOR Church and Missionary
u, purposes sum equivalent to 100000
h from . coo Christians in the tui.ed
le States. "a standard that no dcaomina-
ton has yet reached.
- THE Jews in New York City haya
forty.nine synagogue, ana constitute a
49, larger population than in Jerusalem
!. itself. numbering nearly 10000. They
=, form an influential element. many Of
- them being bankers. merchants. editors
/, aud politicians. Although composing
ten per cent. Of The population, they
contribute less than one per cent. Of The
-, criminal classes.
a., THERE is little church at Bonita,
- Africa, where on SIrdly mornings a
=. number of boys aud girls are to be- seen
=. with states in their hands taking notes
- OF the sermon: and some II the elder
- ones copy their notes on paper AMI sis'
= them to other native Christians that
49, they may use them at meetings they
oo hold in the towns near.
- THE Rev. Charles Ray Palmer, son o.
80 the author of that grand hymn, Near
er. Nv God, to Thee. is 10 rerresen
80 Yale University at the dedication o
:, the new Congregational College at Ok
ford. Eneland. Tho dedication viii b
Oclober l6.h.ls.h. and DR.. Palmer Is L
preach one of the sermons of the open
- ing days.
-" or the seven hundred and ninety
- nine men who have been educated
-. Surgeons Pastors College during tn
>, :, thirty-six years Of its history, six hun
bred are active pastors.
iios
WmrErIELD's old Tabernacle in Tel
tingham Court.road, London. has bee
declared dangerous. aud IL 20 com
tue dawn This will remove one OF til
4. ost interesting relics Of the day.
ora WHAT we do Of ourselves is not IN
best we can do we must for the be-