The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-01-24

tutiIrn DclAtl lutI iNNltN selected.
Religious Notcs.
In Paris. min e.y-three religious PERIODICALS
are published. OF these siXiy-sr ven are
Roman taiuOiic, tweuty-thrre Protestant and
farce jewish. PfOpOrtOnally. Professionalism
has tne largest number OF th sc papers.
Among the most attractive characteristics
OFT Do late Emperor Dom Pedro. ofBraz ], was
his love for tine Bible. lleread u every day.
and expressed his wonder that there could be
ANY people who did II love it,.
A committee has been appointed 10 attend
The Baltimore PlenaIy Council in order 20 al
RANGE for the holding oi am International
Catholic Congress in Chicago. sept mD.r
3ln 90 stn, 1898, in connection VITA the Worlds
FAIR.
The work OF the Salvation Army In France
is conducted az DIG stations and 0atpo,t-, in
twerty-iuree Of the departments OF France
ana Ia ol the swiss c|aHt0ns. There are 43V
French and Swiss OH ;crs, aided by 800 local
officers. Three Salvation papers. two in
French, and one IN German for North swift
eIidni. are ISSUED. and 2lOJO copies are
weekly SET before the people m eyeiy pos~. Die
way. The nlmn boob. recently published,
bas reached "a sale OfS q 900 copies in the year.
The revival Of hook swinging in Southern
India is detailed in "a letter tgOm the Rev.
John =. Chandler, OF Madura. and I!usirat d
hy two photographs, in the Missionary Herald
tol January. Application was made 10 the
Eulli-E authorities 10 prevent the blrblrOus
exhibition, but they declined 70 ito more than
10 discourage It,. What that announce 10 is
evident fr0I the fact taaI the pl8H was car
Tied out IN the presence OF more than 10000
people.
The Rev. j.. T.. Clough. ID. d, tine veteran
missionary of Inc American Baptist Mir
slOnaIy mon among the Ielugi- In India,
who has been engaged in collecting tine sum Of
sJO. 1000 for tine work among that people. has
completed his task. He was just about start
ing for bis station al Ongole, but. iu accord
auce with "a request sent from the mission. be
has decided To- remain and secure an add
tiOual SJO,00I for the partial endowment OF a
collegiate school IN That section.
The Rev. Jarvis Wordcn, formerly pastor
Of the Civ Irmple church ~ TIE / nitel
PIesbytcridns in New I0ik city. who resigned
h's pastCrdtn several we ks ago. has Z hcu
orders in the Protestant Episcopal Church
a large number Of has congregation have also
followed him. While others % ave UnlteI with
Methodist churches. The immediate occasion
fof me change was the i0fb.Jding by he
church authorities OF tie singing of ANY thug
else than Psalms i'm the service and The dis
continuance Of the use Of musical Instruments
Alta recent meeting Df the African Society
at Cologne, a number OF letters were present.
cd rom missionaries giYihg irghffui details
concerning The c|rueltles If the horde carry
inc on the slave trade. Those who were too
weak 10 march were killed. The number OF
tnose thus pDrlshing rising - nigh as thy "a
oty. Ina spite Of thi, The party arrived at
LAI AA- HNA A -A go H-
e|anyika, December f5 o. with heary 1000
slaves. lh s newr Strengthens the appeal 100
Ihe English Government for the STRENGTHENING
,f its colonies as Tho only means OF tleciually
oyerinrOwing the business.
According to the Rappel the Catholic
Clergy OF France nov number Jj.j4n men.
These aIe The figures upon " hich tho budget
+ p 1892 is based. lhere are Is lrcnbi~hop-,
go bishops, 8 40 pastors OF 6tiI0u, ranks, IS
general Wears, 81 2j5 assistants, 7.lO9 wears.
1UlO other ecclcriasucs. At present here ARE
1856 pastors deprived Of their incomes on ac-
count Of some conflict with toe state au-
thOrities. The foreign clergy who near mass
I'M aLy other Language than the French ale
not paid out OF tb' State treasury. The Re
formed and Other Protestant clergy number
~; while 10 France and Algiers There are 90
rabbits. The tultus or religious budget Tor
1892 Is 40 Oj1, ljl francs, Or about 10000 francs
lto1 llan Inc llece0lhg year.
A new Greek churca was opened in New
i rk CITY January JOIN. The services were
TENDED bt about i've hundred persons and
were conducted DF the priest, T.. Ftfcndin1s.
who Eas the rank Il Archlm8nd1t-. and il lu
iull charge of The church. naYing o. en- ap
ointed by the Metropolitan Of the Greek
church IN Athens. the place Ofwcr,hpi in
the basement room of he Germdu-oNiss
HrtA p-l1e4 A. .NtlnYI NJ OH trU.f gfFrf-fU.r MI
O. rect, which has ben f. fitted fer this special
need. The services. alter Inc rii's Of me
1rthod * Greek Church. were conducted me
treit in The Greek laHgH tge. AuO0s those
present were the C0nsuis-General- Oi Greece,
Russia and Turkey aud Two of the well
known merchant firm OF Rtlli Brothers. Ser-
wees Will be- heId there regularly.
The struggles Of chi dhood with long words
often as patAei G a> they are drolt; but 20
is 6 e u my side vii b - apt t. i'm nitss their
deis. \ lady went MT long siuce 20 call
upon Cd nelghbOr IB The country and found The
iVC-l ear-Old ION az the house PLAYING upon
TIE lawn. How do yOu 90, Ge0reieF' she
s id: is Your mamma at hOmeI' mo,
Dirs. Gray. -" he answered, with the most a.
proved pOlitoness. Il am sorry for that
e caller said. "Wil she be- gone longy'
don't know the little fellow answered,
lOubttuliy. 'Sue's gone 10 a Christian and
l meeting "6One 10 ~hN' - the lady
excl ined H. a,tOnishment. "I0 a Christian
and Devil meeting in the vestry," Wa The re-
ply. Ard 10 suddenly Ii shed across tin
callers remembrance that for thar a~fternaO
haa been tPpointed at the vestry OF the church
a meeting of The Society OF Christian En-
d~eayor.-Boston Courier.
Nr. Gladstone, who Is now taking a yaca-
at B%itrritz, has written Il letter On
mOdcrn crit cism OF the Bible, IN which he
SAYS that, not being an expert, he cannot To-
nOunce a positive criticism on the higher /
erin cism. Alter expressing som misgivlnss
regarding the negative spe uiat.ons Of he
be sals:
Il consider that the ancient record has uu.
ler.One a certain amount Of revival in credit /
md authority. ! recommend those VINO are
spprO ching the question 10 cOn-ider: First, |
must be on our guard against drawing
warmth Of affection into the h-ld as having
,hr force Of argument. We should rather en-
10 defend che Scriptures upon The
principles Of evidence ana reasonable
ness governing our mental processes IN other
Second, when the arguments OF
specialists point 10 negative cohc,u-
we should beware Of haste. We
-hOuld reserve our judgment, even
Welding provisional assent, until we
know the specialists have said their last word
and we have tad an opportunity to compare