The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-08-21

Religious Notes.
Messrs. Eyre and spottswOode have
issued their Nariorum Reference Bible, in-
GLIDING the ApOcrypha, bound In one vol
ume. Paper, type and binding leave little
20 be desired.
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The Empress Frederick Is the patroness
Of the Society for Children's Hospitals on
the German coast. It's last report gives
the total number Of children received at its
four hospitals as 1,l75. OF these, 6l0 were
improved and 4S0 entirely cured.
DR.. Thomas Arnold, who is a great philo-
lOgue and one Of the best authorities on
Angio-Saxon, enjoys the dOubly reflected
fame of being the son Of the great DR..
Arnold, of Rugby, and the father OF Mrs.
Humphry Ward. He is one Of Cardinal
Newman's converts TO Roman Catholicism.
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A good many folks worship God as a
household idol, They serve him well
enough 50 long as they stay at home, but
when they 20 abroad they leave him behind I.
y little girl, on the eve Of the summer
bTeaking-up, said her prayers as usual and
then added, "Dood-bye, bod Yves doin' OIL
to the spwings"
The general idea appears TO be that the
Pope's golden rose is an article for personal
adOrnment. AS matter Of fact the rOce,
with its bud, leaves and branches, is
placed in a superbly chased vase of silver
gilt and the whole affair stands about
three feet in height,
Odd Minute Societies are common in
England, the members undertaking 10 knit
or work fifteen minutes day, or one hour
and half each week, and to make some
useful articles of clothing. In this way
much help is given 10 mothers meetings,
medical missions, orphans homes, ragged
schools, and other charities.
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Mr.. Walter Besant, whose novel, "Aii
Sorts and Condition Of Men," really ORR
ginated the peoples Palace" in London,
has given us in recent number Of Serb
neTs Monthly an admirable account OF
London Riverside parish, his paper being
one of the series on "Ihe Poor in Great
Cities" Mr.. Besant says, in reference TO
the church and the poor IN this place:
Those who live in the dens and witness
these things done daily must be stocks and
stones if they were not moved by them.
They are not stocks and stones; they are
actually, though slowly, moved By them; the
old hatred Of the church-you may find 1t
expressed in the wOrkingman's papers OF
fifty years ago-is dying out rapidly in our
great townsD These words are especially
timely in giving justice to the often unos-
tentatious work of the caurch in slums
which have not yet become "fashionable,"
but which are none the less deadenIng and
deadly.
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The Margherita di Savoja Blind Asylum
in Rome was founded in 1873 by Queen
Margaret, when she was still crown prin-
cess. Like all schools Of charities under
the immediate supervision OF the Queen, 1t
derives an advantage from the unan-
nOunced and unexpected visits Of It's patro-
ness. 1t is her practical habit thus to
visit the schools, asylums, and hospitals.
Sometimes she will appear, attended only
by one lady, at s O'Clock in the morning,
OF on her return from her afternoon drive.
Nothing escapes her eyes, and IT is the
most wholesome influence 10 know that
her keen vet benevolent inspection may
come at any moment. On one occasion
when visiting the blind asylum and hear
ing some musical exercises there, Queen
Margeret wrote in the album: 1.-The scrip
lures say that angels sing the praises OF
God. Teach music TO the blind, for the
music offered TO God by the unfortunate
ones of this earth must be as acceptable in
heaven as the songs Of the angels them
selves"
A Puritan divine named Sibbs wrote a
booklet called "The Bruised Reed" a
copy Of this was given by a humble layman
10 a little boy at whose fathers house he
had been entertained over night That
boy was Richard Baxter, and the book
was the means of his conversion. Baxter
wrote his "Call TO the UDconverted" and
among the mulutudes led to Christ by 1t
was Philip Doddridge. D0ddridge wrote
the "Rise and Progress Of Religion In the
Soul" and "the time would fail 10 tell" lls
blessed influence. BY 1t WHEREFORE was
converted, and Of his life aud labors
volumes could be written. WilberfOrce
wrote his practical View OF Christianity"
and this led not only DR.. Chalmers into the
truth, but Leigh Richmond 70 Christ.
Richmond wrote ''Ihe Dairyman's Daugh-
teri which has been published in hum
bred languages and many million copies
nave been sold.
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Women in Greece, according to writer
in BlackwOOd, devote much thought 10 the
moral regeneration of criminals, and there
are Christian sisters who make this their
special mission. The Queen of Greece her
self is at the head OF the association, not as
a mere ornamental patron, but as a direct
ing force aud an interchangeable sharer IN
the labOrs Of the ssterhood. All the In
mates Of the Athenian prisons, as well as
the condemned. are constantly visited by
the Queen herself and her associates.
Alter religious instruction is over, each
lady retires % the room set apart for her
use, and the men are brought to her. one
by one, for private conversation, which
may be continued as long as she nnds IL
necessary. She sees them quite alone,
pOint on which great stress is laid, as II IS
held that no prisoner Is likely 20 open his
heart or speak the truth IN the presence OF
an officer to whose fixed authority he is
entirely subject.
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The late and deeply lamented Miss
Amelia h. Edwards regarded, and IN her
spharaohs. Fellahs and Explorers" idenIl-
fed the ancient Egyptian term ka as one
with the Hebrew khai, signitying "llie."
We ourselves, with all our science have
never vet solved the physical problem OF
vitality. The Greeks conceived OF IL as
snark of divine fire, stolen by PrometheuS
from Heaven. Probably the Egyptians De-
iiovcd II 10 be an emanatiOn from Ia, the
1'root solar god, from whom their Pharaohs
cisimed direct descent. IL may be taat the
r reeks borrowed this vital spark as tney
horro,ved so much else, from the Egyptians:
and 40 not doubt that the heoreWs-wno
carried away even more intellectual spolls
man snolI Of silver ana gold ana raimeh,
oIit Of the Land Of Bondage-were lndeDIc1
~ tbair task-masters for their doctrine oi
H. LII or life They in fact borrowed |