The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-11-15
fourth OF a course OF sermons tonight on
.The Prose and Poetry of Christian
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GENERAL CHURCH NOTES.

Miss booth to Succeed General Booth
Disunion in the Christian Church.
Salvation Army women have been for
hidden to wear ear rings.
General Booth has begun to provide for
the future of the Salvation Army. He
has nominated his daughter, Mareschal
Booth, to succeed himself in command of
the religious hosts. In SO doing he passes
over Lieutenant General Branwell, who
naturally expected to succeed Booth
very briefly. "Woman are the best
rulers" he says. III you refer to the cap
acity shown on several critical occasions
by Queen Victoria you will agree with
me that she acted while her advisers
were seeking nov to act. | am arrang-
ing hat the work of human souls may
go on after my death. All title deeds
will be transferred to my daughters
name" Miss Mareschal Booth may
prove another Joan dare in the field of
piety, but her executive ability has never
yet been demonstrated.
A petition has been addressed TO the
Pope to hold at the Vatican an universal
Congress of astronomy, to which scient-
lists from all parts of the world willfbe
invited.
The Rev. DR.. Rocker, of the American
College in Rome. has left Rome for the
United States, taking with him he
Pope's present to the Most Rev. Peter
Kenrick, DID,, Archbishop Of st. Louis.
The good old minister of Blairmally Is
no stickler for etiquette, aud likes his
visit to the members of his flock to be as
informal and as hOmely as possible, but
he has a great regard for truth, and is in
variably down on those he detects in any
deviation therefrom. Recently calling
Unexpectedly on Il widow who lives in u
-t%.-. - IH- IL s.f, 80 4ta rA 1a
surprised her in the midst of washing q
lot of clothes. She hurriedly hid behind
u c~lotheshorse and told her little boy to
say she was out. The visitor knocked at
the door. We'll. jamie" he said, land
where is you mother?" my mothers
mo- in; she's doom the street on a mes
sage" replied the lad with prom otnsss-
"Indeed," replied the minister with a
glance at the bottom of the screen.
"Well, tell her 1 called; and say that the
next time she goes down to the village
she might take her feet with her."
The following notice Is on an Irish
church door:-"This is to give notice that
no person is to be buried in this church
yard but those living in the parish.
Those who wish to be buried are desired
to apply to me. Ephraim Grub, parish
clerk" Here is another kindred speci-
men:-"N otice-The church wardens will
hold their quarterly meetings once in six
weeks luSIeau OIL nalI quarterly as lot
merly." In the April of 1900 the follow
ing bill was stuck up:-''This house is to be
let for ever or longer if required" Such
a house would quite match a gown mem
toned by Miss Edgeworth, which would
veal for ever. and might be converted
into a petticoat afterward Another
peculiar garment Is described in one of
Lady Morgan's earlier novels as being
composed of an apparent tissue Of woven
air.
In an able article written by the Rev.
Hugh Price Hughes, M. A., for the
Christian Union occurs the following
striking paragraph:-''At one time, not
very long ago. we heard a good deal
about the blessedness of disunion and
the immense advantages which arose
from the divisions of Christendom. The
utter absurdity of that sentiment, once
very popular i'll certain dissenting quar-
tiers, was first brought home to me, when
/ was a mere boy, by reading, in the
pages, / think, OF the Westminster Re
pietU, an article upon the subject OF the
reunion of Christendom. The writer of
that article, regarding the proposal from
the standpoint of those who have rejected
Christianity, offered the strongest oppo-
sition to all proposals of reunion, because,
he said. if these Christians reunite,
What's to become of us?' He declared
that if the Christians of Europe once
stood shoulder to shoulder their power
would be irresistible. and there would be
no room for the enemies of the Christian
faith. | realized in a moment that the
disunion of Christendem WAS the oppor-
tDpitv of afhpiQD,