The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-24
General Rerigfou. Ne,x.

D cordially invited.
 General Religious News. Several courts in Indiana, Texas and elsewhere have decided that the union l between the Presbyterian and Cumber- land Presbyterian Churches is legal and effective, and that therefore all
 the property of the latter must go into the united body
 | The different Baptist churches of | Atlanta will hold simultaneous meet ings during the month of April. The Board of Home Missions and Church Extension of the Methodist
 Episcopal Church Is calling loudly for help to rebuild the ruined churches
 of San Francisco. April 2i has been set apart for "San Francisco reha- Utilization day."
 The first Tract Society was lestab- lished in England in 1898, and was called the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. The first In America was founded in Boston in 1903.
 The traditional names of the two
 thieves who were crucifled with Jesus
 are Dismas and Gestas. the first-naned
 being the penitent one. The Young Mems Christian Associa- ton of New York city holds shop
 meet,nrs in nineteen different shops.
 Great good has been done in these
 services.
 The first Methodist quarterly meet ing ever held in France was held by
 the presiding elder, Dr. N. Waiiing
 Clark. in Paris. on Sunday. January 13.
 The First Congregational Church of
 Ridgeway. Penn. has gone over bodily to the Presbyterians.
 A saying of Seneca may apply to the present great demand for indus trial education. 'It is not the office of philosophy to teach men to use
 their hands It is the object of her
 lessons to form the soul" pr. John watson Clan Maclareny,
 who is now visiting America. has
 been nominated to the principalship
 of Westminster College, Cambridge.
 and also for the presidency of the
 National Free Church Council of Eng
 land.
 1n6 C1dplhlu OA the NOiUTduO LC3 iS" lature, which lately elected Simon Guggenheim to the United States Sem
 ate. and had several other Jews as
 members, was asked by the Israelite contingent to omit the Eavior's name in his official prayers. E The British Blue Book. Just pub lished, shows that drunkenness. Ire- lands greatest curse, is steadily di- minishing. The Blue Book also as- serts that indictable offenses are in less proportion in Ireland than in England and Wales.
 The Brooklyn Eagle. on the death of miserly millionaire. says He died spiritually and morally no larger than the incapabilities with which he was born. The grave in which we are buried Is no larger than the cradle in which we are rocked unless under the grace of God our natures are enlarg- ed
 The Supreme Court of Massachu- setts has decided that Jews who keep Saturday as the Sabbath must also though the shop Is closed to the pulp lic.
 Bishop Mats has ordered that no priest in his diocese shall perform the marriage ceremony of a Roman Cath olic man with a Protestant woman, but may marry a Catholic woman to a Protestant man. The point is that the Catholic mother will bring up the children in her faith.
 The State Board of Education in Virginia has authorized the State ex- aminers to grant certificates to teach to graduates of denominational col- cepted by the university. as a prelim- mary degree for 6 graduate course.
 Conscience cuts deep. Byron Is said to have often wished for insani- ty, "anything to quell conscience, that ver-dying worm."
 Rev, !. c. Addency. the son of a nobleman urges the bishop of London to start a mission in the West End for the wealthy. He says that his expe- rience teaches him that the working class know more about religious ques- tions than the rich.
 Ben Greet the we'll known actor and playwright, says concerning the | of young girls at indis- l criminate matinee performances. "it | ia shocking to see row after row of | young girls witnessing 6 play like 1 zaza."
 The Salvation Army held at Carne- 1 Rie Hall, New York city, memorial 1 services for the ten officers lost on ]