The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-07-26
GEN ERAL CHURCH MOVES.

Use of Bells at Public worship-A
Princeton Student ON Eternity.
General Armstrong, the founder Of the
Hampton School for Indians and negr oes,
Is the son of missionary. and was born
In the Sandwich Islands. where his father
was stationed. He proposes to visit his
birthplace this summer
1t is related of the late DR.. Hodge of
Princeton Theological Seminary that he
once asked a student for the definition Of
eternity. The student after some hesita-
tion replied that he used to know the
definition but had forgotten IL. "Oh. my.
my, myiv exclaimed DR.. Hodge, bringing
his hand down forcibly upon the table,
what calamity The only man in the
universe that ever knew what eternity
Is has forgotten"
The Little Sisters of the Poor in France
originated with poor priest, two seam
stresses. and q former serving maid. who
set to work to succor the aged poor in a
little town of Brittany, st. Servan, close
to st. Malo, abont fifty years ago. Tney
now number 4.500 members. own 262 in
stitutions, aud support IS, 900 aged poor
The Rev. j. H. Russell, pastor Of the
A. Al. &. Church Society of Babylon, who
is accused of resorting TO ways that are
dark ana tricks that are mean TO raise
funds for the erection of church edifice,
has disappeared. Previous to taking his
departure he gave barbecue for his ow n
benefit A Mr.. Jones, one of The con gre
cation, says there wasn't no OK killed,
but lot Of chickens filed the bill, and
the faithful at once began q general in
spection of their hen roosts."
The Christian Union, the fortT-fourth
volume OF which commenced two weeks
ago, has been supplied with a new font OF
type and greatly al tered and undeniably
improved in its makeup.
One out Of every sixty Moravians be-
comes n missionary, and the converts
from abroad ontnumber the memb beers OF
the parent church by nearly three TO
one.
or Norway's two millions OF population
only about one thousand are Roman
Catholics, the whole population nearly
being members of the National, or Luz
tneran, Church.
There IL to be centenary edition OF
John Wesley's hymn book, with notes,
scripture references, appendices and an
Introductory essay.
The SocIety OF Friends in England
number 1851, as against 1885 IN the
previous year There are S16 meetings..
aud 148 women ministers and 206 men
ministers. In Ireland the registered
members are 1850. rs against 2,6S7 III the
previous year.
the new Presbyterian Theological
| Seminary, which the General Asse mbly
!
opened at Omaha, Neb., on September l.,
with public exercises in the First Pres
byterian Church. The examination will
be on the following day. and the inau-
guration of the professors will be in con-
neetion with the meeting of the synod OF
Nebraska. on October 10.
W. ID. G. Pattys0u is serving n thirty
day sentence of imprisonment in Norfolk.
Mass, County Jail on account of his fer
vor at prayer meetings. Members Of the
church say he took up all the time at
| prayer meetings, found fault with them
and dictated too much. He had been re
| peatedly required to desist, and he mad
refused, ana the only way in which the
meetings could be quietly conducted was
/ to causa his arrest.
The use Of bells in places devoted to re-
| ligious purposes Is very ancient, dating
many centuries before the Christian era.
! Ia China, long before the time of Christ
] bells were hung at the temple gate and
the worshiper on entering rung them In
| order to attract the attention OF the deity
! he was about to honor. Bells were COM
| mon in Iudia at the time of Pliny.
The Daughters OF Israel is n society re-
Gently organized IN Baltimore, modelled
after the Kings Daughters. Several hum
dred young ladies have been formed into
bands OF ten for the purpose of 'doing
little deeds of kindness" at home aud in
the neighborhood. Each member will
wear n medallion or decoration with
'sLove thy neighbor as thyself" inscribed
in Hebrew letters.