New-York tribune., 1891-05-16
WHATA PASTOR SEES AND HEARS

ITEMS OF INTEREST TO Chu NJ" - yo-b
Many Of the Presbyterian clergymen OF Nv~ 49,,
- ,ro I ,,,or,pe, cttios had a rare treat on MonaAS
After listening in the morning 10 a calm TO- M
Martlneaus Seat Of the Authority OF hchs"'
DR. c. L. Thompson at their private mooe' -
went TO the public meeting OF the Presb1Uels, -
the question of DR.. Briggs's orthodoxy WIS TN
In the evening they gathered again TO hear aoou.
Ideal Denominatlonallsm." from Dr. Allsoi VI
burg and DR.. Buckley, Of this ciV'
Naturally all eyes turn now toward Detro.' VIZ
the General Assembly Is 10 meet next lhursu'v CIV
Inc is wise prophet Who dares 70 p1e'li.S ertng
The action OF the NewYork Presbytery III o'ueiIns
s,, i,vestIoatgoa some say, viii block any move
,ncnt in the Assembly against DIR. Bress' ouU ~
ossort with equal emphasis that tlo AsSemop "'' ~
inAcrendently Of the Prcsbytery, since ohce"V 4a'
,one are before the two bodies. Inc freSpSWN' =
concerned with the minister; tiie ASSonioS "" -. -
nrofessor The Assembly may be called upon 10 Pas'
o t1o presbyterys action, but 1t cannot TINS year.
IL question IS this Shall the annual report VI
A. Trnion Seminary directors be accepted' III "H-|i
tbcv announce among other things, inc ee. .ou ~
vaD Dvke 10 succeed Dr. Shedd, the ua'si0i VI
nr Briggs from the Hebrew chair 10 the h'~ nv n~
n"..h,,sbed nv Mr. Butler, and the transfer OF VI
prowp from the associate professorsinp VI h''''" "
tbo chair formerly filled by Dr. Briggs
aue IS bogus to the backbone Is the description
that Dr Robert colyer is said to have given oil man
,-. bs hncp testing Unitarian charity. Some OF tle
" cosees that come under the eye OF the chai.Ao"
a,srosod seem 20 lack the very element that III
colIyers beggar possessed. They nave no oaM an,
hone one may help them up to-day ana 'noS wiz
ho as low tomorrow; they never seem 10 DC aOio "
stand alone.
aAt rroscnt. saws Dr. r. S. Macarthur, biology is
one Of the most speculative of sciences. IL Is sun m W
nebulous state Men searching for inc oils'n =,
life Perhaps It will be discovered; II IL pe so. wv
u-n bo its author 1t seems to bc setuea 50 iar %
ANYTHING in science be settled, tnae oi a''ep''
get life out Of death have failed
Tho cornerstone of the chapel In second-ave., near
soventh-st which IS being erected by the Cohesao
Church. Is to be laid tomorrow afternoon !ho DVA
which will be deposited IS tho one tHat was u,t io
the old church at lafayette Place and fourtiFsV' WIN"
church the new chapel is TO replace
oro ~ +he most forcible arguments for foreign
missions published in recent years mas luSO -. ~,
nv the Woman's Board of Foreign MISSIONS VI ~,o
preshvterian Church 1t was delivered IN inc brlcA
Church by Dr. Henry van Dyke, anu Is o"''i'N "
Brief for Foreign Missions
1noA Study Of .IgnatIus,' DR.. j. NJ Buckley OF
! " The Christian Advocate" dlsposes OF mm LII MS
vell-known STYLE Here is characteristic parue dpi
- We define him u be specimen oil all edued~"
fanatic As perfect as modern times can SHOW ln.o
his composition enter enthusiasm when oVerHea's
| btC a
verge OF malice vanity 50 great as to prevent sen &
criticism haste bordering upon 1rszy, anu t az
inward rush OF feeling, fancy aud Language "nrr a
whe the sources of his eloquence, lheVllaoJ carry
him away
DR. Francis f. Clark the president Of the Christian
Endeavcr Society," IS in Europe for rev wcehs, t ae
~ ~ s y shout ocean travelling: There are certain
varieties OF tho genus passenger mat ohe a%ays INNS na
on oCa n an u 9Tanps her black eyes at cvey young
man seeing unlimited possibilities for nitauSn ~ I
%ee1 NnoS S' uter and steamer cap with double VISOR
who is glad to get away from snch 2easSy nnnS U1 S
american, who is twice As ridiculous as the young
Englishman, simply because lie IS INC r yhor m is
fool instead Of being one az lSo o. s WHO spends
ali Of his days and large part Of Ms nh!s III ' to
smokng with little pile OF silver DeiPIo nn ,nn" i
| am sorry to say that he IS very ht.oa, , Un sho,e
transatlantic steamers and the mas Eer aDS sn shS
of him. Then there Is the anxious mIIner G anu 1otier
ntie cLerub' who Will persist In keeping ms ,io.iSi n
in GuttCr by numerous abortve attempts % ta over
board Besides all these varlcu&eS & oi , naS with tho
bano we will not fall into the common @ ~
Of the day ard call them the kodaK ne be @ no don6
5n %' n course there are ever many other pleasant
neopie on board but they are nat 50 easy 70 ne
have tSS t%ts Hed taif iff e'Sp{ % talk
hat IS one way 10 describe perfect lazy OF gerSe ry
| little TO gossip about
various views OF temperance has been Issued @ ir Staten
annual temperance congress 70 pe a, na m % the one
held last year in the Broadway Ianernac&S. & et con-
SAYS says we IN nve Sc the representative temperance people
fo assemble together in convention to ooR '1 % 0o tbc
bSo 0neFS roTnd Of our agreement and to enlarge tho
ground II possible, by candid and frenzy o5no
on or more aggressive and destructive than t9ay
n Is true now 1t was when Tho New ort les
~ tbe centre Of all political and social mischief para
iTzes energies in every direction II neutfzS a
nonal agencies Il silences the voice 81 reiElOp ~