The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-30
Religious Notes.

Religious Notes.
Zululand now has a monthly Church
paper. One hundred and fifty thousand
copies Of the leafet, 1.-THE Church and
Ter Ways" have been printed and cir
culated.
George c. Stetbins, one Of Mr.. Moody's
singers, has been summoned to Ireland
TO assist Mr.. Moody and Major White
In their work. Mr.. Moody says he has
never seen a place better fitted for sue
cessful evangelistic work than Ireland.
The death is announced OF the Rev.
Israel Perkins Warren. D.. D., editor Of
The Christian Union, Portland, Me. DR..
Warren was born in Bethany, Conn, in
1914, and was graduated from Yale COL
lege and Seminary. He was for many
years connected with the American Tract
Society.
AS a father in a garden stoops down TO
kiss a child the shadow OF his body falls
upon it.. So, many Of the dark misfor-
tunes of our life are not God going away
from us, but our Heavenly Father stoop-
ing down to give us the kiss Of His in
finite and everlasting love.
A crowd of rufians in Wyandotte.
Mich, attacked a band Of Salvation Army
people on the streets last Sunday even
ing, i~njuring three of the Salvationists.
The leader, Lieutenant Lowe, a woman.
was probably fatally hurt. There has
been ill-feeling among the roughs toward
the Salvation Army for some time.
The Rev. II. c. Knox, of China, says
that Chinese converts are governed by the
law Of self-sacrifce. In illustration he
refers to a native bookseller, who had
been taken up and beaten for reading
Christian books, and who, when he heard
that the Rev. II. S. Phillips was alone
and in danger, walked forty miles in
order to stand by him. He had heard
this bookseller, after a weary days
labor, pleading with souls for hours until
the near morning.
The Working Women's Society Of Phila-
delphia has reO~rganized under the title Of
THE Women's Union in the Interests OF
Labor" The former name appears to
have been often COMPOUNDED with the
usual working girls societies, therefore
the change has been made. The Women's
Union hopes In time TO increase its OPP
~portunities of usefulness by means Of
lectures, classes. debates and talks. a
class is planned for the studyof economics
among the mill girls OF KensingtOn. and,
If his proves successful, other classes
will be in operation during the winter.
Steps are being taken to form in Phila-
delphia a Consumers League, after the
pattern of those already existing in New
York and London.
German and Swiss book concerns are
combining 10 combat the spread Of inn
moral literature. Nearly all the Leipzig
Establishments have formed a union TO
this effect, and recently they lave been
joined by e%ighty-ope Swiss houses. Com
plants loud and long are heard from all
sides Of the dire work done by the
"schund" productions Of the press with
which Germany and Switzerland are lit
orally being flooded.
The Vatican has received unexnected
information regarding the Alsatian pill
grimage, which was to open the concert
CT fluctuations 10 the Pope upon the Occa-
sion Of his jubilee. The directing COM
mittee of the pilgrimage, seeing some
difficulty in entering Italy by way OF
Switzerland, decided to proceed through
France. The German Government has
taken umbrage at the proposal. fearing
patriotic manifestations along the route.
The Bishop OF Strasburg has interfered
and prohibited the pilgrimage.
Miss Kate Marsden has completed the
book in which she will describe her work
amongst the lepers OF. Siberia. Miss
Marsden is now devoting all her ener-
gies 10 the collecting of funds for her
philanthropic scheme. and with this OBJ
ject in view she is about TO set out upon
a lecturing tour I'm the United States.
New York will be her first destination:
thence she will 20 to California. and
afterwards travel northwards to KAN
schatka, making Yakutsk (the home OF
the leper colony her ultimate goal Miss
Marsden wishes it TO be known that her
work Will be carried on amongst the
lepers irrespective of nationality or
creed; and. indeed, she has received help
from persons Of all "persuasions. in
Guiding the Bishop Meletic of Yakutsk.
who has presented her with the blessing
of the Greek Church, beautifully in
scribed. Miss Marsden, before leaving
Russia, had a long interview with the en-
press. who expressed once more the deep
interest she takes in Miss Marsden's
efforts on behalf Of these afflicted beings.
The persecution Of the Lutheran Church
in the Baltic provinces by the Russian
authorities knows no bounds. OF the
lao Protestant pastors III the Province Of
Livonia. no fewer than ninety nave been
arrested on the preteXt that they have
violated the p%rerogatives of the Greek
Orthodox Church. In order 10 cover the
other cases the governor OF the province.
Sinowjew, has determined TO make tah,la
rasa, and has charged the entire clergy
with having practiced mercantile busi-
ness-namely. the book ~trade-because
they have acted as agents OF. Bible and
tract societies, and have supplied their
Pensioners with Bibles. hymnals and
ether religious literature. Since January
or the present year all Of the Protestant
churches must keep their records In the
Russian language. The schools have
nearly all been Russihed, also those
maintained from private means. with
the exception Of the theological facuItv
the famous Protestant University OF Dor
pat has also been compelled to submit 10
the inevitable.