The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-07-31

and | am Tree, j was an enemy u uOu, auu
love him. Behold the miracle! Ana II
God has been able to work that one, there
are none OF which be is not capable"
Here we find an argument for fun salvation.
God has wrought the work, ana the soul
knows it.-Selected.
Religious Sotes.
Mr.. Allan, of the Allan steamship Dne'
has given s., 800 to begin Christian mission
in the Loo Choo islands.
The English Society for the Propagation
of the Gospel recently declined 10 receive
the profits of church fair.
In A certain London church, services and
meetings are held in English, French, Ger
man, Scandinavian, and Yiddish.
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In a choir Of sixteen little girls at st.
James Mission, New York, eight nationali-
ties are represented: Poles. swedes, Danes,
Bohemians, Hungarians, Germans, French
and English.
The number Of blind persons in the East
is quite large. There are mission schools
for them at Beirut, Damascus and Tyre.
Blind Scripture-resders have the entree Ct
Moslem homes, privilege which blindness
confers.
The Christian EndeaYor constitution has
now been translated into all the important
languages OF the world. There IS chapter
among the Zulus and one in Samoa. -Four
hundred recruits are added to the move
ment every day.
A motion to substitute the dove for the
serpent on the seal presented for adoption
AT the Presbyterian General Assembly was
lost. The question was regarded as light
skirmish between the conservatives and the
liberals.
The Massachusetts diocesan convention
asks the General Convention 10 allow the
discretionary use Of the Revised Version in
public worship.
Land and money 10 the amount Of $4,000
nave been pledged for the proposed calhe-
dral in the city OF Washington.
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In his twenty.fourth annual report as
principal of the Hampton Institute, General
Armstrong says that in all its history ne
sees ''results that are due to the wonderful
blessing and help of Almighty God, who,
hope and believe, will ever be praised and
looked TO at this school as the author Of all
good who never fails to care for his people
and TO help those who trust him."
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At banquet recently given in China by
Ii Hung Chang, at which many foreigners
were present, the statesman's son, speaking
in English for his father, praised western
civilization, and especially western medical
science, stating that foreign phys stefan had
recently saved Ii Hung Changes life.
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Statistics show that in the last class
graduated from Amherst, the Don-smokers,
during their college course, gained over the
smokers, in weight, "A per cent; in height,
| 81 per cent; in chest girth, A. per cent, and
in lung capacity, S.S6 cubic inches.
Since st. Peters, Brooklyn, was made a
| free church in 1887, the number of families
| has increased from 1913 TO $50; OF communal
cants, from 40l 10 9S9; of individuals, from
| 127 TO 1860. The parochiai income has in
creased from $4,000 to $4,000.
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| Archbishop Benson has been asked TO
convene a private conference TO consider
in view of the approaching general election,
| the subject OF private morals and public
life with view TO influence electors in
choosing between candidates. To this re-
| QUESTION of cranks he replied: What does
! seem 10 me Infinitely more effective than
| any conceivable result Of conference is
| that all religious people should, by their
action and influence in the choice OF repre-
sentatyes, and in the tasks they would
impose upon them, assert the already exist
ent common understanding. When this
seems 20 be defective, preachers should do
their plain duty of endeayorng TO restore or
raise the sense that morals are life 10 the
community"
Joseph Kirkland, in his article on "The
Poor OF Chicago" in the July Scribner's,
says: "Chicago's plague-sp0ts are rather
red than black; bl0tcnes marking excess
rather than insufiiciency. Vice aud crime
are more characteristic Of a new, young,
busy, careless, prosperous city than is any
compulsory, inevitable misery. An English
| philanthrOpiSt who lately visited Hull
House remarked, in taking his leave, that
the prevalent dirt and Migrant vice in
Chicago exceeded anything in London, but
that he had seen scarce any evidence OF
actual want"
William Carey, on May 81, 1892, preached
before the Baptist association Of ministers
| in Nottingham, England, a sermon on
| Foreign Missions which struck the keynote
for the missionary spirit that was TO develop
in this missionary century. His was a
noble ambition and a grand devotion
Heroic faith, lnvincible purpose and mighty
love enabled him 10 accomplish great things
tor India. His translation OF the sacred
Scriptures into some twenty-four Indian
languages made that precious Word ac-
beings. Such blessed work as that enti.
Ties a man TO rank among the worlds great
beneiactors.