The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-11-22
GENERAL CHURCH NOTES.
Early Ambitions and Reaiizations-Pope
Leo XIII.

Early Ambitions and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Leo XIII.
At an experience meeting held at New
York the various speakers told what had
been the objects of their ambition in
early life. One of them had wanted to
be President of the United States, another
to get rich, another TO be q
military dictator like Napoleon,
another to own a pony, another
to be a preacher, another q lawyer, an
other a blacksmith, another 8 naval com
mander. Only two of all the speakers
had attained the object of their early am
bition.
The constitution of the Christian En-
deavor Society has now been translated
into German. French, Swedish, Nor
wegian. Spanish, Chinese. Tamil and
Fiji, and it is being rendered into Armen-
ian, Turkish and other languages with
which American missionaries are con
versaut. Specimen COPIES in any of the
languages commonly spoken in this
country can be had of the u. S. G. E. of
Boston.
Mr.. D. L. Moody has gone with his
family to meet his partner Sankey in
London. They have q great plan before
them. 1t is to go to India and get up a
revival caravan of native converts to
traverse the heart of the country, from
sea to jungle and out again. They have
had this in contemplation for several
years. Mr.. Moody said before sailing
tnat they might be compelled to go to
Scotland first, as the Scotch churchmen
are very urgent for them to come. A
petition was sent to them from Scotland
with 5000 names on it. including every
Protestant minister IN the country.
The fourth annual dinner of the Pre- shy
terrain Union Of New York will occur on
Monday evening. November 80, at half
past six O'Clock. in the assembly rooms
of the Metropolitan Opera House. The
Literary Committee are arranging for the
presence or a number or prominent gen
tlemen, by whom short addresses IN ap-
propriate topics will be delivered at the
conclusion of the dinner.
A parish clerk apologized to a church
dignity who a been summoned to tax e
a service at a small village church Il
am sorry, sir, to have brought such a
gen tleman as you to this poor little place.
A worse gentleman would have done if
we had only known where to find him."
Mr.. Sturgeon, who is recovering from
a long and serious sickness. is now at
E~astbourne, a watering place on the
coast of Sussex, the air of which town is
Invariably of much beneEt to him.. Mr..
Sturgeon seems confident of ultimate
complete recovery.
The Peace Congress, which has been in
| session at Rome, has adjourned. The
next convention will be held in Berne-
Or the late Bishop AmeS the following
anecdote is told:-While presiding over a
certain conference in the West, a member
began q TRADE against universities and
education, thanking God that he had
never been corrupted by contact with a
college. After proceeding thus for a few
minutes, the Bishop interrupted with the
| question. 'iDo / understand that the
brother thanks God for his ~ignorance?'
well, yes" was the answer, you can
put it that way if you want O." "Well,
all Ihave to, say" said the Bishop in his
sweetest tone, "all ! have TO say is that the
brother has a good deal to thank God
for"
A Sunday school teacher endeavored t o
make his pupils understand the parable
about that good shepherd. He said,
"now, little children, suppose you were
all little sheep. What would l be-" He
expected them to say that he would
be the good shepherd, but much to his
disgust one of them replied. IF we we're
little sheep you would be a big Sheep"
whereupon the teacher looked very sheep
ish indeed.
1t is announced that the Pope is suffer-
ing from cerebral anRmia, due to old
age. His Holiness recently remarked to
Cardinal LangenieuX, Archbishop of
Rheims, TIA. he thought the end of his
| life was near.