The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1893-11-08
FOREIGN CHURCH NEWS.

-IRELAND.-The Pro tie s ant
Archbishop of Armagh, DR.. r. B. Knox,
died rather suddenly on October 23d, from
heart disease. He presided at the meeting
of the Diocesan Synod on the 10th inst,
and on Saturday drove out with several
members of his family. He was born at
DungaE non Park, the seat of his grand.
father, the Earl of Ranfurly, in 1908, and
educated at Trinity College, Dublin He
was Bishop of Down, Connor, and Dro
more from 1S49 to 1876, since which time
he has been Archbishop of Armagh, and
primate of all Ireland.
HOLLAND HOLLAND has sus-
tanned double loss in the death. first of
Baron van Doom van Westcapelle and
fen days afterwards ofJonkheer Elout van
Soeterwoude. The first named Chamber.
lain to the late King William III, was al
most the only lay preacher belonging to
the Dutch nobility, and gave all his time
and strength to holding up Christ before
needy sinners Five years after his con
version in 1867, be left active service at
Court to devote himself more entirely to
Christs work, and became very popular
preacher, beloved by high and low jonk
heer Elout was converted about 1925, and
ever since held up the banner of the Cross.
During long political career at the Court
OF William H., in Parliament, in the Law
Courts, and in the Council of State. de
voted to his country and to the House of
Orange, he was never ashamed of Christ
and Him crucified; and although q strong
antiTevolutionary in politics, he was al
ways in the first place Christian and as
uch won the respect and reverent Of his
opponents, His chief JOY, consisted in
following the progress Of the Redeemer's
Kingdom all over the world
SOUTH AFRICA "A movement
has been set on foot for the purpose of
forming a Presbytery Of Cape Town.
South Africa, TO include the PRESBYTERIAN
churches that already exist, and such as
may be formed in the future
E GLAND The anniversary of
the death of Henry Martyr was. as usual
commemorsted by an impressive service
held in Truro Cathedral on Monday, Oct
ober 23d. An able sermon was preached
by Rev. & II. Chase, vicar of St Minyer,
Cornwall, who paid a touching tribute to
the memory of the sanity missionary.
-SCoTLAND.-A commendable
practice is gro wing up in connec ion with
the half yearly meetings of Church SYNOD.
at which the business is often of a very
dry and routine nature, namely, to have a
conference on some subject bearing on
Christian life and work Last week at
the close of the Free Church SYNOD of
Dumfries, Mr. Thompson, of Lochend.
read paper, introducing the subject,
The spiritual condition OF the Church at
the Disruption and the present time"
"A series of papers on aggressive
work in Glasgow, which are appearing In
me ScOtttsh Weekly, are attracting consid
cradle attention, and giving rise to much
comment among Christian workers Last
week the revelations regarding the work
OF the Gospel away in the east end of the
city under Mr. Evans have made q deem
impression. He has bought the Globe
Theatre there, and from that centre car.
rie' on active eVangelislic work all the
week through among the masses OF the
non church going that surround linn
-Twenty-six years ago a Presby-
terrain clergyman of Nova Scotia Rev
John Morton while on a search for health
visited the island of Trinidad, and seeipg
the needs of the coolies there, when he
went home he persuaded his church TO
send him to The place as a missionary
There are about eighty thousand of these
coolies. They are Hindus who are en-
gagged for term of five years to work on
the sugar Plantations. Another mission
arY followed DR.. Morton, and now Trini- !
dad is most interesting mission station.
AT present the Church there has five mis-
sionaries, besides natives teachers and
preachers. There is also a college for
training such men. About three thousand
dollars was given asst year by The native
church, which numbers about six hundred
members
The chief mosque of Damascus. which
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month, was one of the most famous at RI i'm
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