The record-union., 1891-08-22

a gift TO such an object. Wealready have
practically a telegraphic girdle around
the earth; we may also yet be able to send
telephone message by way of the Cir
cumference of the world. As we see how
science can be and is used for the further
ance of the Kingdom of Heaven, we can
the better realize the truth, that, while
men may seek new inventions for mans
convenience, Almighty God reveals to
them the knowledge which they apply
for His own glorification in the evangeh-
zation OF all the nations of the earth."
A correspondent of the Cd1SStian Id
Uocdte (Meth.) asks: 'Can druggist be
consistent member of the Methodist
Episcopal church," The AdCOcate says:
''What question this Isl 0fcourse he
can. We suppose you mean: Can q
druggist who sells ardent spirits TO be
drunk by people as a beverage be a con-
siStent member of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church? OF course he cannot. But
a druggist who does that is not a druggist
merely: he is a grog-seller. He may be q
druggist and sell liquor under medical
prescription, as he sells other medicines,
and be a consistent member of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church. A druggist who
| sells anything besides medicines on Sun
| day cannot be consistent member Of the
| Methodist Episcopal Church. A drug
| gist who sells cigars, soda water, per-
fumery and other things on that day is
! inconsistent, in the same sense that he
would be if he opened dry-Goods store.
| If we did not suppose that this was the
idea in the mind of the queStioner, we
should consider the question evidence OF
Pharisaic spirit"
On the proposed Religious Exhibit''
at the Worlds Fair the FrceD2a21s s
| JO1tTWcL Or. Co. says: 1.-The Catholic
! Church must, in her integrity, make her
| own exhibit She will not be invited by
! the Presbyterian Committee. OF this
! there is no possible chance. In religi-
| GUS exhibit she will stand pre-eminently
at the head, and it viii be extremely ap-
! propriate for her to ask for and take the
! place of showing the history of Christian
! ity in its truth and fulness, as exemph-
| fed by its progress from its first tOothOld
on the shores of tho New World, and de-
void of all bigotry, chicanery and fraud.
| What q beautiful series of pictures it
| could present.
| ITO accomplish this, there must be no
! rotten harness Of denominationalism; no
! bucking mustangs of antagonistic beliefs;
no setting back in the traces of balky
religious jealOusies; no pandering to a
| political pull, or Judas purse.
! The Catholic Church is the grandest
-church on the Western Hemisphere, and
! as such can make the grandest showing
| of its work in all the three Americas"
The CongreqationoIjst says: "Any
| movement in the direction Of STRENGTHEN
! ing tho Protestant forces among the
! French Canadian population of New
| England deserves consideration and pro-
| pulsiOn from all who feel that our liber-
! ties are threatened by this large and in
creasing influx of foreigners from over
! the Canadian border. The call for
meeting at Lakeview, South Fra
mingham, September 7th, of French
! Protestants OF whatever denomination,
should find a general and hearty re-
| sponse. 1t is no new thing for French
! citizens to meet in convention, and past
| years have witnessed great gatherings in
! different cities which State and munich
| pal officials have often indorsed by their
! presence, but from these convocations
! the Protestant French are excluded, for
! the reason plainly given that they are
! considered apostateS and renegades,
/ while Free MasOnS are allowed to par
| tlcipate, for their sin is only that of in
vincible ignorance So the Protestant
| element was forced to stand by itself
! Last year a French Protestant Union was
| formed, with the Rev. Joshua Colt OF
! Boston as honorary President and Bishop
| MalIalieu as Nice-President. The pro-
| posed convention, II properly managed,
! ought to SOlidify and cheer the persons
who are standing out so bravely for the
! evangelical faith and exposing them
| selves to persecution in so many in
! Stances -