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

Early Ambitions aud keailzations--Pop
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
military dictator like Napoleon,
another to own a pony, another
to be preacher, another q lawyer, an
other blacksmith, another 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
Eli, and it is being rendered into Armen-
ian, Turkish and other languages with
winch American missionaries are con-
versant. Specimen copies in any of the
languages commonly spoken In tn is
Boston.
Mr.. D. L. Moody has gone with his
family to meet his partner Sankey in
London. They have a great plan before
them. 1t is to 60 to India and get up a
revival caravan of native converts to
traverse the heart OF the country, from
sea 20 Jungle and out again. They have
had this in contemplation for several
years. Mr.. Moody said before sailing
that they might be compelled to go to
Scotland first, as the Scotch churchmen
are very urgent Tor them TO come. A
petition was sent to them from Scotland
with 5000 names on il, 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 OF a number of prominent gem
tlenlen, by whom short addresses on APP
propriate topics will be delivered at the
conclusion of the dinner.
parish clerk apologized to a church
dignity who had been summoned to take
a service at small village church. Il
am sorry, sir, TO have brought such a
gen tieman as you to this poor little place.
A worse gentleman would have done if
we had only known where to find him."
Mr.. Spurgeon, who is recovering from
long and serious sickness, is now at
Eastbourne, q watering place on the
coast OF Sussex. the air of which town Is
invariably of much beneEt to him. Mr..
Spurgeon 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
OF the laSe Bishop Ames the following
anecu0Je Is tOlu:-W nile presiding over
certain conference in tire West, a member
began TRADE against universities and
education, thanking God that he had
never been corrupted by contact with a
college After proceeding thus for few
minutes, the Bishop interrupted with the
question. sDo | understand that the
brother thanks God for his ignorance?"
sWell, yes" was the answer. you can
put it that way il you want fo' 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.n
A Sunday school teacher endeavored
make his pupils understand the parable
about that good shepherd. He said,
NOV, little children. suppose you were
all little sheep. What would be?p He
expected them to say that he would
be the good shepherd, but much to his
disgust one of them replied. "ff we were
little sheep you would be big Sheep"
whereupon the teacher looked very Sheep
ish indeed.
1t is announced that the Pope is suffer-
ing from cerebral anBmia, due TO old
age. His Holiness recently remarked to
Cardinal Langenieux, Arch bishop of
Rheims that he thought the end of his
life was near.