The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-08-28


health. recreation. and happiness 10 many
women workers whose arduous hNes are
so well deserving of reward. The Misses
skinner. OF BabbacOmbe. and Miss Roberts,
the authoress, Of Torcuay. constitute the
committee Of this good work
Religious Notes.
Mr. Charles / Goth estimates that IN Lon
don. thirty out Of every hundred OF the
population are poor or criminal.
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A FIVE cent piece pays for bath; with
soap and towel, at the Old Epiphany House,
New York.
Services in the Slsyonian language have
recently been started at 81. Marks chapel,
New York.
Bishop Morris, of Oregon, has announced
his intention to resign.
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Anpao Kin is the title Of Church paper
in the Sioux language published at Sioux
Falls, 5. D. Three dialects, oantee, Iank-
ton, and Teeton, are used in its pages
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During the last seven years more than
four hundred Jews have been baptized IN
single parish of the English Church.
The Queen Regent OF Spain is endeayorlng
10 accomplish a noble reform in bringing
her influence 10 bear against bull lighting.
However, her earnestness has apparently
done little so far, for every Sunday the arena
at Madrid, accommodating $1,000 people, ID
patrOnlzed as much as ever.
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a Roman Catholic clergyman says that
in every parish of his Church where con.
gregational singing has been introduced,
the attendance at evening service has IN
creased twofold and sometimes threelold
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-Four young men Of Chicago have started
out to hold religious meetings in tents at
the popular resorts near the CITY.
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About five million dollars worth of intoxi-
eating liquor is sent to Africa every week
TO keep it from becoming civilized and
Christianized.
Not long ago the Sultan of Turkey was
taken to see a fresc0 Of our Lord uncovered
in the old church and present mosque OF
81. Sophia. He gazed at it for moment
and then solemnly ordered: "Coyer it up.
His time is not vet come" This expresses
the conviction OF the more thoughtful Mo-
hommedans that Islam is perisning cause.
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The progress OF the oxford Summer School
has been most gratifying, the attendance at
lectures aud conferences untiagging, and
punctuality universal. Everywhere there
has been enthusiasm over the addresses,
especially over that OF Professor Francis
Brown, OF Union Seminary, on The HistO-
rical Writings OF the Old Testament" with
special reference to their structure, historl-
cal value, and the supernatural element in
them. Professor falrDaun followed Oh
The Law Of Development in Theology"
and Professor A. b. Bruce on "Ihe Chris
tian Origins"
The session Of the Free Methodist AS
sembly in England closed the last week IN
July. The report on the Theological lnst-
tute showed that there were fourteen stu
dents, including one from Sierra Leone.
Twenty evangelists had done good work for
the Connection. A special feature had been
made of Temperance work. The Assembly
adopted a resolution on the labor question
greatly deploring the present unsettled
state Of affairs, urging the establishments
Boards Of Cancellation and Arbitration,
and the general application of the Christian
principle OF mutual service.
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Several hundred blcyclists recentle rode
in Church parade in Rochester, England,
and attended service in the Cathedral.
Dean Holes sermon 10 them advised the
opening of museums and picture galleries
on sunday, and commended bicycling as
genuine recreation.
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Never lose a Chance Of saying a Kind
word. AS Collingwood never saw vacant
place in his estate but he took an acorn out
of his pocket and popped it III, so deal with
| your compliments through life. An acorn
costs nothing, but it may sprOut into a
! prodigOus bit Of timber.-W. NJ. Thackeray.
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| An anonymous writer in the Atlantic
Monthly makes an Impressive "Plea for
| Seriousness" largely called forth By the
! glorihcatiOn of jest and laughter which the
| bright Miss Agnes Repplier and the authori-
tatlye Mr.. Andrew Lang have put into
| print. The Atlantic writer asserts that we
| are suffering, not from too much sombreness,
but from an il-timed leyity that is con-
| Eliminating our language with slang, and is
| fostering exaggeration, cynicism and
| mOckery at the expense Of trutbfulness.
| kiudliness, and yenerati0n. "Virtue, honor
| public fidelity and purity, commercial pro-
/ bity, the dignity Of Office, the sanctity Of
/ home. have become subjects Of Jest; men
and women who uphold them are called
| fOgies, or, by faVonte locutiOn Of the day.
| are said 10 take themselves too seriously"
| This champion OF sObrlety in thought and
word further complains that we turn of our
/ political. our parental and moral social
/ duties with joke, TO take care Of them
| selves" As 10 literature he afiirms that
1--WE are oyerrun by host OF little books,
native and foreign. witty and graceful as
| you please, to tell US how little there is in
/ "a oh
| few people still write, but nobody reads In
| poetry. fugitive pieces ard yers de societe
are the Order OF the day; IN fiction, the short
story is BUSTING the novel;"
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The twenty-seVenth anniversary OF the
Salvation Army was celebrated by a mass
meeting in Exeter Hall, London, July 18th.
when the recent criticism and defenseof the
army probably had II share in bringing to-
gether an audience even more enthusiastic
than usual General Booth made an earnes I
speech, being very careful in his terms
used. With regard 10 the criticisms he said
that he welcomed any investigation that
could be made. While il was not the Occa-
sion for the annual balance sheet, he gave
BIRDS eye view Of the Army, showing
that they had nearly l1.000 officers, 6,0OO
abroad and 1900 at home; that since Au-
/ gust last there had been AN increase OF
nearly 1000 societies; that they had thirty
two weekly papers and six monthly maga-
zines with a circulation Of over 1900, OOj;
the number Of languages in which there
was preaching done by the officers was
twsnty-four, and In every department their
, work had gone forward. lie admitted that
the movement had its SHORTCOMINGS and
/ fnperlections, and welcomed the suggestion
OF The Times "a 10 the formation Of con-
sulting committee, provided that the CON-