El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-11-13

ference. The page will be the expon-
emit Of no creed, but will try tominister
to all.
The King of Siam has subsidized the
sacred books of the Buddhists that are
being translated by various oriental
scholars under the supervision of Max
Muller.
The state Baptis. convention is being
held at San Antonio and is attended by
many clergyman from all over the
state and out of the state. Tue attend
ance was 1000.
The chorus choir of the People IS
church in New York OF which Rev.
Thomas Dixon, Jr., is pastor, consist
ing of about forty singers, refused to
sing Sunday out of sympathy with
Prof. Agramonte, their leader, because
the pastor last Sunday advocated the
election of Seth Low for ma gor
Agramonte is Cuban and Low op-
poses Cuban autonomy.
The Moravian church, with mem
bership of but %, GA during 1896, gave
for foreign missions S404 ,2S2. 80. AT
the end of the present fiscal year there
was found to be deficit of 800. OO9 o..
j. L. Morton. a wealthy Quaker mer-
chant OF London, England, offered to
pay the entire debt on condition that
no retrenchment be made at any point
in the mission field" The offer was
accepted.
The archbishop of Canterbury told
an assemblage of workingmen a. Not
tingham, the other day, that he was
also a worker, for he had toilet 60 wears
with his brain, and he had known
penury and cold and privat on. He
hal gone hungry and worn patched
clothes and boots, and be added thai
the hardships he had experienced en-
able him to sympathize with the word-
ingmen of his country.
Brooklyn has fled a curious but i'm
pressive protest against profau it
Over 5000 men joined in a demonstrs-
tlon against the use of profane and
blasphemous language by marching
through the streets with banners and
flags flying, aud par iciD atiug in re
belongs the honor of initiating this
crusade against the superi1uous words
in our flexible language.
Bishop John P. Newman (Metbo1isr
has returned to Saratoga Springs from
MS extendea trip across the continent
Since he left, the latter part of the
summer. he has travelled more than
seven tn ,usaod miles, and has
presided over five conferences of the
Methodist church. Beginning Dc
tooer u, he attended an Episcopal CON
ference OF eighteen bishops of the
church held at Baltimore.
1t Is related of Bishop Potter. of
New YORK, the friend of labor and a
temperance man, tnat he was accus-
t)ned 10 take glass of " inc at dinner,
until former comrade at college be.
ca ne victim of alcoholic DRINKS and
Des9eo the bishop to help him by be-
Ing himself t. tai abstainer To Thu
he agreed and it is creoibly reuorted
that since then he Ia, never used
intoxicating Ii Iuors as beve; age.
The Women's Foreign Missionary
society OF the M. +. church at Its session
just closed In Denver, has made the
following appropriation for the fur.
therance OF the work during the COM
ing year: New England, SS3, $40: New
YORK, Sol ,266; Philadelphia, S37 900:
baltimore, ST., $40; Cincinnati, $50. 600:
Northwestern, SsU,0OO; Des Moines.
go, 600; Minneapolis, SlI,OUO; Topeka,
Si5, 800; Pacific 81, 800; Columbia river.
%, $50.
The Rev. Mr.. Fay Mills, who has
made flying leap from the "old Or
tLodoxy' into something which is nom
oescrlp5 but not agnostic, now SAYS
LA 81 faul was oIgOt. The great
doctrinal apostle was a man of intellect
ana convlctlons, preacher of incom-
parable eloquence and responsiveness.
IL was not Tiny incandescent IightIh
Illuminated his understanding when
ne was on his way to Damascus
Herald.
by their crusade against profanity
and lmpurIty of speech the Holy Name
societies oil the Roman Catholic diocese
OF Brooklyn have aroused wide spread
Interest among the clergy of all demo-
limitations in New YOrx City. All
clergymen, OF course, oppose impure
or profane language, but many of them
nave gone furJner than this by inGors-
Ing the efforts of the Brooklyn Roman
Catholics. Hebrews, as we'll AS pro.
testants, unite in wishing success to
the crusade.
The Phoenix Herald says: Work
was commenced On the Flors nee Crit
leioen rescue home today. The bt ard
OF directors, who have the matter in
nand, have met with much ENCOURAGE
ment In pres, n ing the claims of this
work TO our people, out it is largely
tnrough the generous gift of Mr.. Crit
tenden that it has bee II made possible
Inc benevolent orders L ave RESPONDED
10 the pie for aid demo -tratiug there
pysthe11> desire to help all worthy
easri liable enterprises. Many a poor
waa0erer will doubtless be glad
through all eternity that this Chit
IKE charity has been located in
Phoenix.