Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-19

drift" as he expresses it, has at length
driven him from its ranks 'for Conscience
sake"
Religious newspapers are rapidly null
tiplying, both in number and extent Of
circulation. Religious books are issuing
from the press in unexampled quantities
Religious essays never filed 50 large q
space in periodicals.-Bostoa A9reriiser.
I'VE are confident" say the Bishops of
the Protestant Episcopal Church in their
pastoral letter, 'that it is fallacy in social
economies, as well as Christian thinking,
to look upon the labor OF men and women
and children as mere commercial COM
modify to be bough; and sold as an ina1-
innate and irresponsible thing"
At the quarterly meeting of the Trus-
tees of the Methodist Episcopal Orphan
age in Philadelphia, Colonel James NJ.
Bennett, who has already made large gifts
to the orphanage, offered to give an addi-
tional $4,000 on condition that a similar
amount be raised for the endowment of the
institution. The offer was accepted.
A writer in periodical doesn't like it
because DR.. John Hall, of FIfth-avenue
church, draws salary of $4,000 a year,
and also makes handsome sum by writ
ing for the New York Ledger. Such fault
finding is contemptibe In any other line
of life Dr. Hall brains would net him an
income far in excess Of what he now re-
ceives.
The story is being told in Presbyterian
circles that at the last meeting of the
American Board brother who had been
sat down on by the presiding officer was
asked later on to lead in prayer. lie ac-
cepted the invitation gladly, and in very
feryent way prayed: Lord, bestow good
sense upon our Moderator, for ne stands
badly in need of some p
The Boston Transcript noies that "there
are many signs that the young people in
the Catholic Church in New England are
becoming quite rebellious with respect to
the regulation of their balls, parties, etc,
by the clergy" And these ar, by no
means the only signs that the Catholic
laity in this country remember that Amer
ica is the land Of the free.
In description Of the new and stately
edifc eof the First Presbyterian Churcn of
ST. Louis, the GIobe-Dem0crdt says: "The
main auditorium is Aanked by cosy retreats
opening on and within sight and hearing
of the pulpit, designed as a resting place
for the aged, infirm and sick who are in
need of additional comforts to those pro-
vided for the other members of the congro-
CATION"
The growth Of the organization known
as the Christian Endeavor Society is phe-
nomenal. Three years ago last July there
were l,400 members in New York State,
and about $4,000 in the world; a year age
there were in all 0,000 members cf
whom $4,000 lived in New York today
there are 100000 Christian Eudeavorers,
and New York heads the list with S0000
names, three-fourths OF whom are church
members.
The lines of our lives are all in Gods
hands. What shall befall us we shall net
know. What is expedient we cannot tell.
Only this we know, that God would shape
us to himself, whether it he by the disCip-
line of JOY or the discipline of sorrow. To
make US perfect as he is perfect, this is the
choice of our heavenly father, this is the
end of all his revelations while every
thing not helpful TO this he hides away
out of sight-Dr Ro8lgeli D. Hitchcock.
One cannot succeed always. There
must be reverses and disappointments, ard
the funerals and burirls of dead hopes.
But the man who looks at the bright ide
of things is Inc man who sees many Of
these dead honfs sying their fesuf
tions, and coming out OF their graves to
live larger and better lives; and il not
this, who see new hopes being horne g.
take their places and GO their works, and
perhaps Eli better places and Go bette.
works. illustrated C1uistiaa Fcetiy