The Sunday morning news., 1891-11-15
GENERAL. CHURCH N0RgS.


Miss Booth to Succeed General Booth
Disunion in the Christian Church.
Salvation Army women have been for
bidden 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 Bramwell, who
naturally expected to succeed Booth
some day. the General gives his reason
very briefly. Woman are the best
rulers, be says III you refer to the cap
acity shown on several critical occasions
by Queen Victoria you viii agree with
me chat she acted while her advisers
were seeking how to act. l am arrang-
ing that the work of human souls may
90 on after my death. All title deeds
will be transferred to my daughters
name." Miss Mareschal Booth may
prove another Joan d'Arc 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 will be
Invited
The Rev. DR.. Rocker, of the American
ttOAitAC III INOLlcs HIS 15iD iOE bit6
United States, taking with him the
Pope's present to the Most Rev. Peter
Kenrick, d. d., Archbishop of ST. Louis.
The good old minister OF Blairmaily is
no stickler for etiquette, and likes his
visit to the members OF his flock to be as
informal and as homelY as possible, but
he has q great regard for truth, and is in
variably down on those he detects In any
deviation therefrom. Recently calling
unexpectedly on a widow who lives in a
cottage on the outskirts of the village he
surprised hersin the midst Of washing a
lot of clothes. She hurriedlY hid behind
clotheshorse aud told her little boy TO
say she was ont. The visitor knocked at
the door. We'll. jamie," be said, '.and
where is your mother?' MY mothers
mo- in; she's doom the street on mes
sage" replied the lad with prom otness-
Indeed replied the miuister with q
glance at the bottom of the screen.
"WeIi, tell her called; and say that the
next time sne goes down to the village
she might take her feet with her.
The following notice is on an Irish
church door:-''This is 20 give notice that
no person is TO be buried in this church
yard but those living in the parish.
Those who wish TO he buried are desired
to apply to me. Ephraim Grub, parish
clerk" Here is another kindred speei-
men:-"N otice-The church wardens will
weeks instead Of half quarterly AS for
merly." In the April of 1900 the follow
ing bill was stuck up:--"Ihis house is to BIZ
let for ever or longer il required" Such
a house would quite match gown men
toned by Miss Eagewortn, which would
wear for ever. and might be converted
into petticoat afterward y Another
peculiar garment is described IN one oil
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, NJ. A., for tht
Christian Union occurs the following
striking paragraph:-" At one time. not
very long ago, we heard a good deal
the immense advantages which arose
utter absurdlty of that sentiment. once
ters, was first brought home to me, when
pages, l think, OF the Westminster Re
reunion of Christendom. The writer OF
that article, regarding the proposal from
the standpoint of those who have rejected
sitfon to all proposals of reunion, because
What's to become of usp 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-
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