The herald., 1898-02-27

The date of the worlds conference of the
Y. NJ. C. A.. to be held at Basle, Switzer-
land, has been changed from August to
July to 10.
The Catholics of Portland Ore, are
making preparations to celebrate the silver
episcopal jubilee of Archbishop Gross,
which will occur April 9th.
The late Mrs. Matthew Simpson. widow
of Bishop Simpson of the Methodist Epis-
copal church. left $500 each to the Meth
odist old folks home and to the orphanage
in Philadelphia.
The Right Rev. Father Conaty successor
of Father Keene as director of the Uni
versity of America at Washington. is max
ing a tour of the country raising funds for
that institution.
The decision of Missouri's attorney gem
eral regarding the reading of the Bible in
public schools has started movement in
Kansas to insist upon Bible reading in all
the schools of the state.
The home mission board of the Presby-
ter.an church has issued an earnest appeal
for increased donations. IL is stated that
since october the receipts have fallen off
synods.
Mr.. Lincoln once said to Joshua Speed,
his intimate personal friend: Il am
profitably engaged reading the Bible. Take
all of this book upon reason that you can
| find, and the balance on faith, and you
| will live and die better man."
A movement has been started in New
] Snrlx t'ifv IN lessen the DnOnDt of SllQla V
labor due to the increasing tendency to
| open shops on that day. Many prorrietors
say that they would be glad to close, but
are forced to keep open by their customers,
many OF them church people.
A special service will be held in ST. Paul's
cathedral. London. Tuesday, March Sth,
TO celebrate the two llundredth anniversary
of the founding of the Society for the
Propagation of the Gospel. The arch
bishop of Canterbury will preach. 1t is eX-
pected that similar services will be held
all over the world by the Episcopal
churches.
\ man only understands what is akin
to something already existing in himself
We are all visionaries. and what we see is
our soul in things. We reward ourselves
and punish ourselves without knowing it.
so that all appears to change when we
change. Every soul has its cli-
mate, or rather is a climate.-Amiers Jour
| nal.
DIR. Lyman Abbott in commenting in a
recent speech on the remark which Daniel
Webster once made in the United States
senate, that it is not worth while to re-
enact the laws of God Almighty, OBJ
served that it is never worth while to en-
act any others The only thing we can
do" he said. ''is to know what are the
laws of right and truth and Righteousness
and then incorporate them in your ma
ton"
| 1t is stated that at a recent evangelistic
| meeting at Providence, r. l., Rev Henry
| Varley. the English evangelist, declared
| that the American republic was going 10
ruin. because it is not founded on Scrip
| tural principles, since the Bible teaches
that a monarchy is the true form of gov
ornment The Watchman of Boston
commenting on this, says: This is pretty
strong doctrine Cor an Englishman to
preach to an American audience"
| Early last year the pope appointed two
bishops to certain vacant sees in Russian
Poland and the bishops Immediately took
the oath of feaity to his holiness. But or
their arrival in the cars dominions they
! were mi formed lndl, as tHeN Hdu taken
this oath to the pope before they had sworn
allegiance to the car they would not be
permitted to enter on their offices. Russia
will not hear of any compromise until tbs
pope withdraWs these two bishops and per.
mits their SUCCESSORS to swear allegiance tC
the czar and his government before they
kiss the popes hand 1t is stated that Lee
at present refuses.
THE point is often overlooked" says Th
Watchman. (BaptsO of Boston. 'tha
Baptsts. by virtue of their cardinal doc
trines. are not only called in a pecula
way to defend the Scriptures from hostil
assaults. but that they are under specia
obligations to stand for legitimate inter
pretations of the Scriptures. There is n,
class, of men who are doing more to weaker
faith in the Bible than those persons who
while contenGing for an extremely higl
theory of verbal inspiration, assume tha
, their allegorical. fanciful, and unscientif
interpretations of the Bible are clothe,
with the authority Of the word of God"
William Baker, prominent citizen o
PaXico is leading this movement, and in
statement says: Let every Christian
make it a solemn religious duty to be a
{ the annual school board meeting in Aprj
= and vote clearly and constantly for n
least a few verses of the Bible to be rea
once day without note or comment TIL
one great thing that might be done is 70
= all Christians to make it a religious dut
to demand of our school boards through
out the length and breadth of the Ian
that some portion of the Bible shall b
read daily in our schools and that at leas
the ten commandments shall be taught t
, every child
The supreme court of Georgia has decid
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aged can be truthfully applied to him. N
limit has been fixed as to Woman