The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-09-13


| on tongues and merrlment but quietly retire
| from the sacred precincts Of the Lords House.
IL you are tempted to criticise the services
the sermon, the singers, or any of your fellow
worshipers, FIRST turn your thoughts inward
and criticise yoursef.-Oklshoma Church
man.
Religious Notes.
The Southern Presbyterian Church now has
three colored Presbyteries.
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During 1s90the Baptists sent out the largest
missionary force they ever put into the field
in any one year.
One special feature of the English Church
| Congress this year will be the large number
Of lay speakers.
| The Earl and Countess of Aberdeen. who
| are now in this country, have been to North
field 70 see what Mr.. Moody is doing.
Excellent mission work has been accom-
| plished during the past year by the members
of the American Church OF the Holy Trinity.
Paris. France.
| Property TO the value of $4,000 in the city
| of Elizabeth n j., has been given by the
owner, an English churchwoman. TO Grace
church. Elizabeth.
|
| Rabinowitz. the converted Jewish lawyer Of
| Bessarsbia. says that the latter has become a
| prominent leader among the 5000, 600 Jews in
Russia. He Is now preaching TO thousands
| of Jews ,.who hear from him the message Of
! life ia Christ.
The learned and ELOQUENT DR.. Alexander,
! Bishop of Derry. Ireland. has accepted an in
| yitation from the trustees Of Columbia Col
| lege 20 deliver a course of lectures on Christ
ian Evidences during the Lent of 1892.
Stockport. England claims 10 have the
| largest Sunday school in the world. 1t now
| contains 5000 children and teachers. Since
its organization in 1904 over 6O00 teachers
have been trained In the school and over
100000 scholars have passed through it.
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The Presbyterian Committee on Consensus
| Greed has been holding meetings 10 carry on
its work. The committee is also charged 10
report whether any changes are necessary in
the Apostles Creed, particularly in the
phrases He descended into hell. -" and the
Holy Catholic Church"
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The following is said to represent the views
Of the Congregatonalists of Connecticut con-
corning Sunday opening at the Worlds Fair:
AS a Christian nation. showing wholly the
religious convictions Of its founders. we be-
nations whose representatives will be present
with us. TO be true to our faith in this matter
of keeping the Sabbath in our American way
rather than the continental"
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Bishop Potter. in a recent sermon in behalf
of New York city missions, said that the
church he represented was preaching the Cos
pei il that city. mot only in almost all the
tongues of Europe. but those of China, Ar
menia. Turkey ami Persia" A certain parish
has promised him % 600 a year. and the
daughter-in-law of Robert Browning has
promised 30 build $4,000 chapel. But
what are one or two" said the Bishop,
"amOng so manyY"
Professor Elect Worcester, OF Union Theo-
logical Seminary, says:
II have no policy to announce My duty
will be TO seek the truth revealed in Gods
Word. availing myself of all the light shed
upon it by earnest students in al ages and 10
present 10 to young mon IN q systemRtzed
form. No doubt | shall learn much from
such scholar as DR.. Briggs. as ] shall from
Dr. Shedd. DR.. H. B. Smith, Or. Hodge and
other eminent teachers in our own and other
churches. But must mark out my own path
by my own study. and do not expect to follow
blndlv in the footsteps Of any uninspired
man..
Testimonies in favor Of missions are multi
plying. Stanley has spoken with charac-
teristic warmth in praise Of Nackay and
others. aud as We write an eye lights on the
high eulogium which Mr.. Johnston, in the
New Review. pronOunces on the dOings Of
Dr. Laws Of Nyassaland. Mr.. Johnston says
Dr. Laws learned 10 make bricks in order
that no might teach others. He has become
q practicsl!engineer, carpenter, joiner. print
err. photographer, farrier boat-bulder and
druggist, so that he might instruct his own
savage people in these erts and trades"
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While Inass-rneeting of Jewish workmen
in this city ID protesting against the lnporta-
ton Of Russian Jews TO compete with labor
The Jewish Messenger has remarkable
article entitled Our Ghetto" describing the
squelOr and filth OF the crowded Russian
quarter in Essex street iii this CITY. The
article concludes: These people have a Just
claim upon our purses and sympathies. but 1t
must rest with us 90 decide upon the manner
Of expressing our feelings and displaying
our interest in their behalf. They must be
Americanized IN spite OF themselves. III the
mode TO be described by their friends and
benefactors They must besaved from them
selves. The means of the generous citizens
Of New York are not adequate TO the task of
carrying these unfortunate people through
epidemics of sickness which must result from
the over-crowded condition Of the tenement
district"
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The Independent says: We cannot really
say that tho Louisiana religious papers are
wrong on the subject of the lottery Their
position is all right, and yet il lacks ON
emphasis in many cases. There is an
appearance as if The papers wers
rather satisfied with putting themselves on
record and didn't wish TO do too much hurt or
too much good by hammering away at the
lottery May We suggest TO them that if their
bettor men are AS we know. combined and earn
est and have sent their agents North 70 secure
sympathy. it would be well for them TO remem-
Der that line upon line, precept upon precept,
blow upon blow is the rule for them at home.
We don't like 20 take up copy of Pres
byterIan, OF Methodist. or Baptist paper,
printed in New Orleans, and find not one
word in it on the most important moral ques-
ton that can come before their people. We
know very well what tremendously strong
hold the lottery has upon those who ought
to be the best people in Louisiana. We know
how the smost distinguished lawyers have
been subsidized. those belonging To the best
families and the best churches We know
how the lottery gives money 10 churches and
to benevolent purposes. We know how
shrewdly and dovlishly it works. how i.
puts on the gerb of on angel OF light;
but that is Just the reason why it should be