New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-30
WHATAPASTOR SEES AND HEARS
ITEMS OF PERSONAL INTEREST I'd RELIC
lois PEOPLE


.ttentoo wa called in The Tribune la,t Monday to
the new tbeo,octcol .omirarv at omaha. Neb.. which
was adopted by the Presbyterian Genera Assembly, IA
NAV. Although not yet affiliated WIKI inc university
At omaha. which l. now bene e-tiO!'" " '''c Ile'u
4 education in the West, i IS part .! me seher''
movement 10 make that CITY gFa' euu'"'o"'' oc"'e'
Then. are already established Bellevue College, which
1, the COLLEGIATE department Il the university an" tc
Omaha Medical College, while friends nave urged ue
establishment Of a law department. After this = done
and tie seminary i, brought into closer ie'a'ioS WIN
the university, the department VIII theh D. com
plete. The Rev Dr. David Il. Kerr, the president OF
the college Is in the city ct present. seeking 10 OBTAIN
an endowment fund There IS no other PTe-by'ellan
college within 10 miles. and 10 other Protestant col
lege In Omaha or it, vicinity. The Board OF Ald Tor
Coeges heartily commeuds This Institution, aud prom
.es helm In case the money asked for j. secuted There
are sevcnyve students in attendance now, and no one
worthy /, turned away because he has 10 money lHo
friends of the Omaha institution do not desire money
de gned FOR the older colleges 10 Ire diverted frO telf
proper channels. but II any one has Sloo or Sio'oo'
Or $500 600 not already booked for OF the Eastern
college. or Summaries there Is seemingly no better
place for immediate returns than IN this CITY oil the
Central West.
Auhousn Dr.. Do.m,. pastor Of the Church Of the
STRANGERS is now living on borrowed time. having
passed three score years and ten, he says that h; has
made and preached more sermons in the last three
months than during the period In tie last I'VE or
ten years lie do II because he likes to, although
he has a barrel" which II would take long time 10
dcplcte Besides the sermOn-maling and tn editing
Of Christian Thought" the magazine OF the American
Institute Of Christian Philosophy, which he fonnd.d and
Of which he IS the president, he doc, vast amount oil
literary work lie Is IN great demand as speaker
ko Int his hobby if lie have one. is the Institute "r
Philosophy for which he has secured q coisiasi'oi'
endowment Monthly meetings are held during Ho
winter at Columbia College. and papers rad o' rep
respntave scholars. The subject next lncSday even
Ing. will l. science aud Faith"; the paper Is 10 be
read By Professor Dubois, of the Sheffield sdentihc
school Of Yale University
Dr. James Il. Patterson began the Passionate oil the
East Harlem Presbyterian Church last week. ING
call from the people lad been unanimous ana enI"us
astic and they came together In large hnhihers 10
welcome their pastorelect. DR.. John 1. Bliss inc
Moderator OF the Presbytery. presided DE- 9PHh"s
preached Dr. sample addressed the incoming
nos,or DIR Ramslcy told the people that in lmion
j. strength and in vigilance safety ana the Kew
J. H. Edwards also estcd In the service INV
church i'm East one hundred and slXtcenthst. Is Fe
building. and Will be ready for occupancy III cary
spring. The outlook fIr the coneegntioh III 'ni' "a
ccent neghborhoOd Is promising.
A. ,he nble has had such a controlling Influence
g., h.r,,c ,Ie mora. character Of The Nation. II =
proner that The society which has done - much 70
Give II to the people Of the United states III All inc
language, which are spoken by its cuhehS' s"ouiu
have a part in the Columbian Exposition IL l7o'' !"
is pleasant TO learn that the managers oil the amer
c,r nhlc Society have resolved Ia make an eAhlpt'
which Will IN many respects be similar 10 that VINO"
II roade AT the Centennial Exposition al Philadelphia"
-, Ia The, il made - wonderful, exhibit OF the
scrintures printed FL nearly 200 different language
and II course the number has been considerably ~
creased since thon. II was noble monument
not merely TO the society when me- pup
u,hed the scripture, in thcso diverse laneras3s,
I'M ol,o to the ssincth'd scIolhrNMp VI ".
missionaries bv whom these transalloii, "e'p "uo,
Along with this exhibit, there VIII d"nb'cs' " ' ,
fr,e distribution u tho scripture. as we sot n'.
be furnished with the mean, Tor tha 2uIo, AN rnc
csnecioy among the visitors from foreign IH!ds' tI.cc
may ,lSJ lc provision made for the are OF mo 'II
,mres i'm many language, 50 that thc Nislpia loI'
f|rirn countries may carry back a. their ul'tsht Nun
me hook which has been at the foundation oi Ailcr
nro.ncrity some liberal gifts have ALREADY b'ch mlus
Tor his specific object, but many iholc arr ~
IN cnnlle the society 20 dcffnv Inc cNpt'Nc " .c
cybiit and provide for a free d,ttbnnon OF tho
Scriptures among the foreign vlsltOTs