The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-05-18
NOTES AND COMMENT.

NOTES AND COMMENT.
Under the influence of Western
Christianity, the Orthodox Church OF
Greece. according to the Sunday
School Times. has. in recent years, de-
veloped a noteworthy literary activity.
Owing partly to the absence of publ
cation houses after the manner of other
nations, and partly in the Turkish dis
tricts TO the TigOrs of the censorship.
this movement finds its expression
more IN periodicals and journals than
| i'm the ordinary book trade. The most
influential periodical evinciDg this new
spirit is the Aletheia Ecclesiastike, form
erly monthly. but how "A weekly pub
llshed as the official paper of the patri-
archaic at COnstantinOple, and edi-
ted by the most prolific of mod
ern Greek theologians, DIR. &c
deon. Its contents are most varied.
consisting chiefly of thorough discus
sions of exegetical and OTHER Biblical
problems. and of originel contributions,
mostly from manuscript sources, on the
history Of the Greek Church. III
Athens. also, number OF excellent
church journals are published, the prin-
cipal ones among them being the Aion
or Age. of which the gifted Georgiades
is the leading contributor, and the
Softer. which recently brought the first
| Intelligence of the w-discredlted
manuscript in the Damascus Library
resembling the CodeX Snaitiaus. One
| feature these joul mails have IN common.
namely: that they aim at revival OF
genuine Gospel life in the venerable
Orthodox Church Of the Orient.
One of the twelve apostles of the new
dispensation of India. Kali Sankar by
name, is dead. lie is said to have been
one of the first Brahmos who broke the
laws Of caste in the matter of marriage
He believed that it was sin to hoard
money. and punished his wife for saw
ing 900 RUPEES out of the money that
passed through her hands, by refusing
| for eighteen days TO eat food from her
hands. The Brahmossomaj is on the de-
cline in India.
The United Presbyterian Church has
a most nourishing mission in Egypt. In
the last ten years the number OF ITS
stations and churches has increased
from fOrty-three TO one hundred and
twelve: the number of organized con-
gregations from eleven to twenty nine:
| the Dumber of native pastors from five
to twelve. and the number of commun-
| jcants from 9S5 to , OIL. 1t is interest
ing to notice that 2,1j0 women are
taught in the harems. The number Of
female communicates is given as l.loj.
The Rev. J. S. Stone, who has been a
missionary in India, and Is now a ms
sionary in New York city, says that he
has been in the blacklist holes of sin IN
Calcutta and Bombay, where the de
pravitv of the Orient shows its darkest
side: but he never saw degradation
more hopeless, nor barbarians more I'm
romantic, than in the city of New
York.
The Finnish Missionary Society, whose
mission in Gwamba land. IN Southwest
ern Africa, dates back twenty years.
labored there twelve and half years
before being able to report baptism.
A wear ago the number of baptized
Christians was eighty. Since then, by
the blessing Of God, il has more than
doubled. being now one hundred and
sixty-five.
Adam Clark. in abiding to the diff
ferent effects of Christian truth on DIFF
| ferent minds, says: The same sun that
hardans the clay softens the wax. p"
The truth itself Is always the same: yet
while one mind is softened and bene-
flied by it, another Is hardened and
made still more obdurate and persistent
in the way of evil.
Its stated that between the years 1865
and 1880 the Italian government sup
pressed 4,244 religious houses, 2,l'9
religious corporations, 1921 secular
clergy foundations, and 50.973 other
foundations, and that the income Of
real and movable property seized by
Government is about 80, OOO,OOO
At the regular quarterly Injecting Of
the executive committee OF the Ameri'
can Sabbath Union held in New York,
satisfactory reports of progress IN the
work of Sabbath reform during the
last quarter were presented, showing
that this national society Is steadily
growing in influence.
The Triennial session of the General
SYNOD OF tine Reformed Church in the
United States lGerman) will be held in
Lebanon. Penn. beginning May 2Sth.
The question of union with the Reform
ed Church in America (DGtchl Will be
considered at this meeting of the Synod
While the Rev. DR.. Thwing, of
BROOKLYN. New York, is continuing his
tour in India, Mrs. Thwing is tarryine
IN Canton. studying the Chinese lan-
auage. with The object of using this
aco uirement in laboring among the
Chinese of New York ana Brooklyn.
Professor James Woodrow, whose
case has been SO long before the South
ern Presbyterian Church. has removed
his membership from the Augu TIA Pres
bytery to the Charleston Presbytery
simply because his work is in the
bounds of the latter.
The Bible Society issued from the
Bible House during March $500 vol
umes. and for the year ending March
3lst the issues were l,006.S22 volumes
This does not include those issued in
foreign lands.
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