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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-19
10 RELIGIOUS WORLD.
Questions Of Interest to Many Church
Bodies.

Questions Of Interest TO Many Church
Bodies.
Nr. Robert g. Ingersoll, in the Janu-
AIRY Arena. thus defines the position OF
the secularisis, whose prophet and
apostle be is:
"The government of the United States
is secular. 1t derives it's power from
the consent Of man. 1t is a govern
ment with which God has nothing
whatever 10 do, and all forms and GUS
toms inconsistent with tho funda-
mental fact that the people are the
source Of authority should be aban.
doned.
This doctrine preached here is aleady
accepted by the anarchists Of New York
aud Chicago. How il operates in their
cases IS little indication Of how it
would operate if it should become the
general faith Of the common people Of
the United States. What bonds will
bind this great heterogeneous American
population together when the religious
bonds are dissolved? What basis will
be left for brotherhood when Father
hood Is denedY What restraint
for animal appetites and pas
sions. II men come thoroughly
90 believe that they are only
higher kind of animals Let
the 100000 Of negroes in the South,
for example. be thoroughly persuaded
that there is no Color, at all events,
none who has anything to do with
human government and no hereafter
none, az an events, which has any rela.
ton TO character and conduct here-and
how long will life or property or the
honor OF women be safe in the Southern
cities?
To is said that the State has nothing
90 DO with religion, nor religion with
the State. What. then. are the func-
lions Of the State? The administration
Of justice. Is justice not an element in
religion The education Of the masses.
For that the Republic should educate its
own children is fundamental to Ameri-
can institutions. Aud education is
character building; aud character build
ing-is that not a function Of religion ?
The State has thousands Of criminals 10
deal With il is no longer content to shut
them up in prisons and forget them;
Dc is undertaking now TO reform them.
The reclamation OF criminals ia what
theology calls redemption. Is not re-
demption the very highest Office Of re-
ligiou The threefold function Of the
s,ate-iustice, character building, re-
demption-this is all religious func-
ton. If the secularist means that the
State ought not to have creed. rit'
ual. OF a hierarchy. we shall agree
with him. But thess are not religion;
these are the mere instruments Of re-
ligion-or sometimes Of irreligion. Re-
hgion is Justice, righteousness, mercy;
aud a State without these is already
dissolved, and has no justification for
the semblance and pretense Of being.
Christian Union.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-19

OF stone upon which the cathedral rests
its massive walls and columns, exist
only to support the world o
lovely detail for which the structure il
designed. The great forces Of nature
are seldom called into requisition
Cyclones are furled, earthquake
sleep, and fires shoulder through long
seasons Of rest. They are needed only
now and then, but the vital forces,
those that the world cannotdo without'
are the tempered sunlight that usually
falls unnoted, the soft atmosphere OF
whose presence we are unconscious,
and the unseen vapors that rise to
Heaven and desct I'd TO earth with I'M
told blessings.
Without the performance Of constant,
minute duties there can be no desir-
able results. Only God can estimate
the value of the so-called trifles that
make up The ordinary life. How few
are the great things given us to do.
1t is our faithfulness in the dull, tedi-
GUS routine of our work that is to make
us rulers over great things by and by.
We have not time to stop and dream Of
what those great things shall be;it is
enough to know that when we awake"
we "shall be satisfied" This is the
Alpha and the Omega Of all desire.
While still at our earthly tasks, what
comfort is to be found in the kDowl-
edge that the work we are doing is the
exact work that God thinks we can do
better than any one else in all the
world. He has made no mistake about
it, and he does not wish to employ a
substitute in our place. Our hands are
fitted for our duties. as no other hands
are, OF can be. II we fail to fulfill our
mission, will something Of infinite
worth be lost forever out Of the grand
economy Of the eternal planY Who
shall answer
God has always used the little things
with which to work his wondrous will.
The weak are made to confound the
strong, and the wisdom Of this world is
foolishness in his sight. We. his serv-
ants, act mot by might, nor by power,
but by his spirit" II there is any
might it is Gods, not ours.
The smallest, most unfavorable place
in which we can find ourselves is yet
large enough and slightly enough for
the building Of a character-temple
worthy to be the dwelling Of the Lord
Of Glory. What higher distinction can
we cravep Dare We ask for more than
thisr"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-19

The Rev. DR.. c. II. Parkhurst writes
% the Christian Union az follows: The
interest just now 80 deeply felt, not only
by our own communion, but through
out the Church at large, in the matter
Of worded statement Of Christian
truth, suggests the general enquiry;
What part is it that statement Of truth
be il an uninspired one OF an Inspired
one, really plays IN the great matter Of
Christian being and Christian living :
Are words tho core Of the natter or
what are theyY What IS the pith OF
this that We call Christianity 1t
seems ike threshing over old
wheat % 20 back to question 90
elementary. IL would be thought
puerilo for mathematician,
Standing before body Of mathemati-
clans, 10 come back on to primary
ground and make an argument about
the,nature Of matL .masics. The cases
however, are hardly parallel. 1t is an
observed fact with regard 70 all rsli-
gions that they tend in course OF tune
10 part with much Of their originsry
character. aud to make change Of
base; and this change re can say, In
general way is not q change for the
bslter. II is not the cosrsess iogredi'
cuts that are generally eliminated from
srsligion, but the finest, Nothing II
made more clear by the comparative
study ofIeligion than thatreligious dets
Tiorste. II men are not brought up "a
q level with their religion. their re-
ligion they will bring down 70 levsl
with themselves. The truest, deepest
things IN any system impose 3 tax upor
us, assert an expensive imperialism
over US. Tnir makes them irksonac. and
we % quietly about TO devise some
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-19
CHE ANGEluS."
ny xRs. MERRILL n. oArEs.

Far. far away,
Tho bells peal, Pray
"rmy az the dying Of tho day"
O'cr levels dim
Tho sweet sounds swim,
The cadence OF a seraph's hymn.
vibrant and low.
More tonuous. slow.
Down the horizons verge they 20.
Heavy with care,
Iu burrows bare.
Two Toncrs hear and bow IN prayer.
The bells sing. Cease,
Rest and release
Come with the nightfals blessed peace r.
The music rare
Ilrohs through the air.
sanuslng 10 with faith and prayer.
Asnngeis sing
Tie hlcst bells ring
And DOB tho Tollcrs sec tho King.
Thcv hear him say:
.Como. rest and pray:
b. 600. was weary IN the way"
Owe chat mol,
Yokcd 90 tho soil.
srI arcyo nobler than your toll
uyo that plod,
turning the sod.
Your worship hts you upto God
Not Of the earth
Had yc your birth:
Others are ye. OF better worth
spirits. not clay;
children Of day;
Not beasts Of burdc souls that prayi
o. toiling men.
10 rings again g.
Tho Augelus'soundeth now a. then.
World-t0iicrs. hear,
How. far and near
"pmy." "PmT."it ringeth sweet and clear
The Independent.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-19

Mr. George G. Carter writes in the
Churchman: perhaps the full bear
ing Of the Bishop of Peterborough 3
reply to his critics cannot be under
stood except by reading the context;
but certain quotations lately made from
it, in the peculiar discussion Of this
subject, suggest some inquiry. Do not
betting and gambling necessarily in
vOlve the attempt to obtain the prop
erty Of another without giving an
equivalent If so, ought they not
to be treated as evil in them
selves, even in their apparently
innocent beginnings, and not merely
where we see them resulting in
serious loss and suffering? With all
Difference. submit that we ought to be
exceedingly careful in drawing such
analogies as are now offered US in this
connection. For example, the taking
OF stimulants is indeed attended by
special risks; but it is no more essen
TALLY evil than the takiug Of food is.
Again, in the competitive examinations,
games and athletic contests for prizes,
and the like, to which the Bishop
refers, the only property right OF
each contestant seems to lie in bis
having an equal chance with his com
petitors, and in every fair contest he
keeps and uses this chance as a valuable
vested right. Is there not radical diff
ference in principle here which makes
it unsafe to draw a parallel, or even an
analogy, between such different mat
tiers / have not the temerity to criti-
cize here the general position Of Bishop
Magee. upon such subjects. The church
owes him much for his large-hearted
and fearless handling Of many difficult
Questions. simply venture to com
ment upon what seems to follow from
the reading Of detached quotations.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-19

Julia IL. Thayer writes in the Ad-
vance: The fine, finishing touches, that
none can see, redeem the statue from
crudensss, and give it the desired per-
lection. The atmospheric quality that
covers the artist picture imparts to It
: reality. and distinguishes it from the
hard work of the novice. The delicate
shad nxof the musician 5 touch separates
him from the amateur. The huge blocks
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-19

The Rev DR.. f. +. Hale writes in the
New England Magazine: And here We
are at Hawihorne's house. Fortunately
for US. and Tor all pilgrims, Mr. ard
Mrs. Lolhrop live there now-Nr
Lothrop. without whom there would BIO
no Wide Awake, and Mrs. Lothrop,
without whom there would be no Little
Peppers. And Mrs. Loihrop. though
We Interrupt. her and must bother
her. is as kind as kindness
m showing US everything in the
house which brings up the memory Of
the Hawthornes. She has made il, one
would say, a matter OF religion to
change nothing. We can sc where he
wrote. where he sat. how he altered the
house and gradually improved upon it
as he found it. do not know whether
his life tells the story, but one OF tho
anecdotes Of the day was that his wife
was SO ingenious that she made a wash
stand out of a bludbox yes, with the
same hand that had painted the rising
If the dawn on the foot-board OF the
beisteaj. The Alcotts lived here be.
fore y, y moved into tins other house.
where DR.. Harris. our new commits
sioner Of education, now lives. Aud
we have chance to walk up through
the pine treets, past the larches which
the Hawthornes themselves planted.
and which are now grown-up trees.
We can imagine to ourselves everything
that we have read in either biography.
aud il we do not imagine il quite right,
there is nobody to crilicise or make US
afraid
Some day will tell you Of the frt
visit which l made to Mr.. Alcotts
school, OF which there may or may not
be an account in the biography Of his
charming daughter used 90 tell her
that sat at her feet for shc won the
first prize OF hundred dollars in
the FIRST competition for stories where |
ever tried my maiden hand. and | won
one Of the second. Let US thank Mrs.
Frank Leslie for the encouragement she
gave US. l think that Miss Alcott's story
has never been reproduced, hut an ex-
cellent story it was, with plenty OF
preciplces aud tremendous falls aud SUI
pernatural reviyals. well fitted for the
readers Of the Frank Leslie's Of that
day. Yes. and | knew her at the front.
when she was on that noble enterprise
Of hers for the soldiers. You girls Of
to DAY do not have those chances for
showing what is in you
For Hawthorne. | remember the
silent, handsome man, who said 20 little
il you met him anywhere in public, but
whom, gfrom the very first moment
when we knew his name, we honored
and priced so highly. Indeed, fancy
priced him before I knew his name,
for used to read every syllable OF the
queer illustrated American Magazine
which he edited almost as boy. Copies
of it are now among tho rarities on
people book-shelves, aud then il was
the cheap. and wanted 10 be the popu-
lar, magazine Of the day.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-19

LEAVES.

NE hath ncrcr fed Of the daimler that are
bred IN a book; he han NOT ate paper az Il ,cere;
Ne Aafh not drunk ink his sn,eiiecf 10 not rcpten-
shed; ne "a only scnsible sn me duiier parfs. p
Lows Labor Losf
What % frtes read - better remembered Than
phaf 70 franfcribed.-Sdmusf Johnson.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-19
RELIGIOUS
OPINIONS

HAoisoercr thiuvs arc trse. sehafseerer nfnoa
are honest. 'osafsOcrer fAinos are Just. ,chofso-
stfr nbl0s arc pare. tchotsooer things are
orslU ,rhaisoerer mia0s are Of good repert; u
there b. auv rirfue and Y there BE- any PRAISE
ihi1l on these 0.inos.--Phii 4ih. sth.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-19

Haverford College, Pennsylvania,
has purchased the library Of the cele-
brated German theologian, the Rev.
DR.. Gustave Blur, OF Leipzig. There
are eight thousand volumes in this Ii
brary, and 1t is one Of the finest libra
rles of ecclesiastical literature, Hebrew,
Syriac, and Oriental manuscripts in the
country.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-19
Notes and Comment.

Daniel Ayres, NJ. D., Ii. D., Of
Brooklyn, has given $780, 900 to Yves
Ieyan University, Middletown, Conn.
The Rev, DR.. Ayres spent two years at
the Wesleyan University, com
Dieting his course at Princeton,
class of AZ, being led to the change
OF almae matres by the lack Of
facilities at Middleton for special
scientific study. His endowment Of the
chair Of Biology had preceded by only
a few months this latter and larger
gift. which is also to be used for scien
tific purposes. The trustees at their
semi.annual meeting determined also to
add to the endowment an additional
quarter Of a million. Of which $50 OOO
have already been subscribed. There is
also a movement on foot among the
alumni and undergraduates to raise
$40. 600 for a new gymnasium. Such
vigor and activity in the affairs Of this
Oldest and greateat Methodist college
will doubtless encourage the Rev. DR..
RAYMOND, the new president, and the
faculty now associated with him TO
broaden the scope of the curriculum
until facilities for postgraduate study
and original investigation shall entirely
Justify the name Of university"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-19
Literary Notes.

Il is proposed to collect aud publish
by the Johns Hopkins University, in
limited edition, the principal literary
essays and studies Of Professor Glider
sleeve. They will make q volume Of
between three hundred and four hun
bred pages aud will Include: Limits
Of Culture, - "Classics and Colleges, y
University Work in America, '"Gram-
mar and Aesthetics" Legend Of
Venus" "Xanthippe and Socrates, "
"Apolloniui OF Tyana. n"Lucian. ""1hs
Emperor Julian" "Platen's Poems
Macmillan. Emperor Of Mexico"
Occasional Addresses.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-19

Bishop Pelter, Of the diocese Of New
York. wrote this letter to the Countess
OF Meath:
To educate children to think Of others
and to make sacrifices for them is to do
more for their happiness and welfare
than anything else can do, unless 1t be
the religion of Jesus Christ. am glad
to think that you have not failed to
fad on this side Of the Atlantic taose
who sympathire with you in this en-
deavor, as it has taken shape in the
"Ministering Children's League" AMI
am very sure that no good work
among children, whatever may be the
1 anne il bears, can DO otherwise than
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-19

Under the title Of The Nursery
Alice, - Messrs. Macmillan have in
the press quarto containing twenty
colored enlargements Of Mr. Tenniels
original illustrations 10 "Alice's Adyen.
lures ia Wonderland, with text
adapted to nursery readers by the
author. There will also be an sppro
pirate design on the cover by another
hand.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-19
MISS MARGIe x BELL.


Miss Margie Key Bells a young poet
ess, who through her verses in The Con-
stitution, has won much praise. Her
personality is sweet. wOmanly and at
tractiye. She has fair hair and com
plexion. blue eyes, mouth firm and
sweet and face full Of gentleness and
character. She has only been q con-
tributor to the paper this year, yet her
lines are full Of feeling, smoothness
and grace. She writes from a deep nat
ure, full of tenderness and sympathy.
MRS. LOLA NJ. DEAN
Mrs. Lola Marshall Deau has been for
the last three years a contributor to the
Constitution, and her verses are marked
by deep intense human feeling, while
her ideas are original. direct and well
expressed. Her poems are mostly those
Of sentiment and human affection. They
are home, heart poems that people love
and remember, and her verses on love
and sorrow are among her bes. work
She has a great deal Of human sympa-
thy and feeling in all she writes.
In person she is OF medium height,
rather SLENDER with a face clear cut and
expressive. The complexion and hair
are dark. The dark eyes by being
deep set. beneath a fine brow, are made
intensely expressive; her complexion is
Of that smooth, clear olive which al.
ways has bright color in the cheeks.
MRS. Lillian 5. WEBSTER.
Though Mrs. Lillian Stiles Webster
has been but few months a contFibu.
tor to the Constitution, her poems, by
their graceful fancy, their musical
sweetness and fine sentiment, have re-
ceived marked and complimentary no.
tice. Mr.. Joel Chandler Harris deem'
her work among the best contribution.
to The Taper's poetical department, snt
thinks her talent a rare and origina
one.
In appearance she is tall and slender
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-19

The moment a human being arrives
at that point where he feels the object
Of life is to give rather than TO get,
when he prefers the place where he
may be able to do the most for others,
rather than to receive the most that
others may do for him. that moment
marks the transition into another and
higher phase of life.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-19

How grand is the Bible 1t is the
wreath into which are twisted all gar
lands; it is the song into which are
struck all harmonies; it is the river into
which are poured all the great tides Of
hallelujah; tits the armament in which
suns and moons and stars aud constolla
tons aud universe and eternities wheel
aud blaze and triumph.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-19

In the statistics Of the Protestant
Episcopal Church in the United States
there is an increase in the number Of
Sunday-school scholars for the year
1sss-s9 amounting nearly to $4,000.
nearly a quarter Of the increase being
in the diocese Of Pennsylvania.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-19

DR.. and Mrs. II. N. Schudder, at
Niigata, Japan, have been compelled,
on account Of the illness of their
daughter and their own age aud infrm-
tiles, to retire from their work.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-19

Thus far forty-six Of the 2ll Presby-
teries Of the Presbyterian Church have
been reported as voting % the overture
on revision of the Westminster stand
ards,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-19

OVER 100000 copies OF the Moody
and Sankey gospel hymn'books have
been issued ia this country and Eng
land. Tais tlncs. equils the record OF
Webster's spellipg-bcok.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-19

The Scottish Art Review having been
acquired by Mr. Walter Scott. will now
be merged in the Art Review, the first
number OF which appears January 4ih.
Its prospectus states that the magazine
will aim especially to record the cur
rent tendencies in art, IN music. and in
literature. while its illustrations vail
form a special feature.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-19

IL is reported from Florence that The
Laurentian Library has recently recent
ly received from various suppressed
monasteries about 2 600 manuscripts.
As yet, OF course, these have not been
catalogued, or even carefully examined.
but Professor Cesare Paolo has found
among them at least one written by an
ancient Irish hand.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-19

The numbers Of cloisters and monks
in Spain have increased with astound-
ing rapidity Of late years. Spain now
has 20 ,220 monks and $4,000 nuns. in
1880 cloisters and 179 orders. In Bar
celona alone there are 1863 cloisters for
women. In the last fourteen years the
number of monks in Spain has been
sextupled and the number Of nuns has
been doubled.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-19

Maude Andrews writes in the At
lanta Constitution as follows:
ATLANTA has every reason to be
proud Of the woman poets. and those
who have admired their writings in the
Constitution will doubtless be interest
ed in nearer view Of their work and
personality.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-19

The Rev. DR.. Edmund d. Cooper, Of
the Church of the Redeemer. Astoria,
L. l., has been rector Of the parish
since its organization, twenty-three
years ago.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-19

Princess Arisugawa, Of japan, who
is at present in Berlin, has paid long
visits to the various charitable institu-
tons Of that city, and has shown the
deepest interest in learning all the de-
tails of management. Princess Arisu-
gawa intendss founding similar institu-
tions in her native country.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-19

Mr. Montsgu Williams, Z c.. follow
ing the example Of Sergeant Ballantine
and Sergeant Robinson, has written his
memoirs, which will not. it is an,ici-
patsd, be confined entirely 70 forensic
"reminiscences. Tbey will be published
shortly by Messrs. Macmillan. in two
volumes, under the title OF Leaves Of
Iife.n
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-19

The Field Club, a new magazine q
general natural history for scientific
aud unscientific readers, makes iis ap-
peaIance in January. The Res. Thso-
dore Wood is the editor, and Nc. Eliot
Stock the publisher.
The December number Of the Johns
Hopkins University circulars, contains
reports of recent lectures. addresses aud
publications and news notice.
The next volume in the series OF
The Story OF the Nations" will DO
The BaIbary Corsairs." written by
Mr.. s anley Lane-poole.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-01-19

x-PRKsTDEST X. B. HAYES is at the
head Of the National Prison Reform
Association.