The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-28
ReIIgious Notes.

tranquility, OF restoration and OF soft plea
sure and peace which. declare to you hav,
not exaggerated.
Religious Notes.
The proposal to open the Castle Museum, II
London, on Sunday has been defeated by al
overwhelming majority.
The gross revenue OF the gaming tables
Monte Carlo has risen by regular stages since
1863 from $4,000 20 $4,2OO,OOO year. W.
want nothing Of the sort on this continent
neither in New Orleans nor on an island OF
the California coast.
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Cardinals Manning and simeoni were ele
waited 10 the rank Of Cardinal on the same day
and died on the same day. Cardinal Man
ning's last letter was addressed TO his Vatican
brother.
The New York Churchman says: BishoI
WhIttle is now able to sit up, and he ha.
transacted a little important business; bu
he il still very weak and there is no prOba
bilitv Of his taking any active part i'm Inc
affairs of the diocese for a long time. BishOr
Randolph is very hard worked, butts CALAMITY
filling all appointments, and winning, as he
always does, golden opinions from all sorts
Of people"
Paris eniOjning the immediate withdrawal OF
catechisms. and declaring that any political
exbortatiOns on the part Of the clergy are a
distinct encroachment on the provinces Of the
civil power, whether mOnarchical or repub.
lican.
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Tee New York Herald mentions a curiosity
Of literature produced by the Rev. John
Wentworth SanbOrn, Methodist preacher, at
sixteen years Mr.. Sanborn has been compiling,
translatng, and with ais own hands 'settlng
up and printing volume OF Christian
HYMNS for what Is left Of the Seneca nation OF
Indians.
The CONSERVATION which the grip is causing
i'm England is shown by the fact that many
bishops have ordered that a solemn form OF
prayer TO be used lin the time OF any common
plague or sickness" be said in the churches
Of their diOceses. The spread OF the epidemic
i'm oxford has postponed the opening Of term
for fortnight-a thing almost Unprecedented.
Ii is stated that there are more priests,
monks and nuns in Jerusalem, in proportion
TO the population, than in any other city IN the
world. They belong every nation Of Europe
and many of ASIA and are OF every creed,
form Of worship and Of Oress. The Roman
Catholic nuns attract a great deal Of atten-
ton, and receive the respect OF all classes by
their modest department and the general
service that they render TO all; but there are
also quite a number Of Protestant sisters,
earnest. devoted Christian women from Eng
land and Germany, engaged on every hand IN
doing good
The question Of praying for the dead has
been brought into public notice IN England
by the chaplain OF Davenport dockl ard, who,
at a memorial service held recently, read the
following prayer:
"Remember thy servant, Albert Victor
Christian Edward, who has departed hence
in the Lord; give him eternal rest and peace
in thy heavenly kingdom, aud 10 us such a
measure OF communion with thy saints as
thou knOwest to be best for US"
The Rock, in commenting upon 1t, says:
"There is, doubtless, consciousness, but
when conscience can advance beyond ortho-
dOx limits, then let IL 80 a step further and
take leave OF the Church. in whose Book OF
Common Prayer no place has been found for
a prayer for the dead.'
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Miss Hapgood has collected some $1,000,
which she sends to TOlstoi, for the relief of
the sufferers from the Russian famine. A
more extensive movement is that which has
been started by the Russian Famine Relief
Committee. with headquarters at No. 1872
Fourteenth street, w ashingtOn. An appeal is
signed by Nice-President Morton, Chief
Justice Fuller, Cardinal Gibbons, Miss VIII
lard. Senator Sherman, Bishop Hurst, and
many others, asking for subscriptions in
churches and from individuals. The help
will be given through the agency OF the Red
Cross, OF which there Is branch IN Russia;
and contributions can be sent 20 Clara Bar
ton. at W ashingtOn, president OF the Amel i
can branch, or % the bankers Riggs ~ Co., Of
Washington. The famine covers a territory
Of twenty millions Of people, and the suffer
ing is terrible and increasing Too much
cannot be done, and it is we'll to ask every
church TO take up some contribution for this
purpose. A steamer will sail from New York
March 18th, carrying two thousand tons Of
food.
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Nearly all the Presbyterian papers last
week called attention to an article by the
Rev. Burt Estes Howard, assistant pastor Of
the First Presbyterian church Of Cleveland,
o. The article appears in The Arena, and is
devoted 10 a discussion of the AtOnement.
The Presbyterian papers generally take strong
exceptions TO its position and its tone. They
publish liberal quotations from it, from which
il appears that Mr.. Howard rejects the sub
stitutiOn theory, denying that Christ suffered
the penalty for our sins" He also holds that
the doctrine Of Precipitation, so far as 1t IS
made 10 mean the pltcdlng OF goa, Is not
found in Christs words and the notion Of
sacrifice as ordinarily held in the substitution
theory has not the sanction Of Christs Ian
guage save in a preiudiced Interpretation Of
it. The coming of Christ. he says, was not 10
save people from hell or from the issue of sin
in punishment, but to save them from their
sins, from evil character. His own view Of
the AtOnement is summed up i'm the following
quotation:
"The sinner draws near 10 God by new
and living way Living way? Yes, not by
Offering up a dead sacrifice. as representing
him, but by presenting himself, quickened by
the spirit of Jesus. as a living sacrifice, holy,
acceptable to God, which is his reasonable
service. IT is not a substitution Of Jesus on
the cross, dying in our stead-Jesus taught
no such doctrine-but a substitution Of Jesus
i'm us living in our stead"
The Herald and Presbyter remarks that this
is not the doctrine of the Bible, nor the doe
trine OF the Westminster Standards. The
Observer calls attention 10 an article by the
Rev. James II. Ecob, ID. ID, # Albany. deny
ing the truth OF the statement that 1.-THE
Bible is the only infallible rule of faith and
practice" The Observer thinks that DIR.
Ecob has dstanced Professor Briggs.