The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-05-26
General Religious Netos

There is a Methodist Church of 2b0 members in Vienna, but the pastor, Rev. Otto Hanel, has been prohibited from holding services. even the Sun day School. The judge declared that "it would be better for the children to grow up rascals' than to attend Methodist worship.
 Two cowboys recently attempted to make Rev. John McVey. a missionary in the Bad River country. South Da- kota drink a bottle of whiskey. MT. McVey. once a college athlete, whipped both cowboys. who apologized and went with the minister to his meet ing. y
 The Ministerial Alliance of Denver recently threw stereopticon pictures of Tissot's Bible painting on an outdoor screen, twenty feet square. using a megaphone in explanation, and fifteen thousand people for six nights looked and heard with respectful attention. Invitations were given to attend the services. and on Sunday more people attended church than ever before.
 Rev. George |. Stuart. the Southern evangelist. says: "Decoy Christians with every semblance of the genuine, except the true life. Many a young man and woman would never have been captured by Satan without the aid of one of these decoys. If you want to know what curses the world, it's insincere Christianity"
 Rev. c. F. Aked. formerly of Liver pool the new pastor of Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, New York, which John D. Rockefeller attends, says of the immense number of immigrants coming to this country: The quickest way, the most economical and most perma- nent way of making these people good Americans and good patriots is to make them good Christians"
 Sir William Dawson. the eminent English scientist. in an address to the ological students, commenting on the higher criticism" in its discussions re- specting the supposed limitations of the knowledge of Jesus Christ. said. Our Lords knowledge is altogether beyond our science and philosophy, transcend ing them as much as the vision of an astronomer, armed with one of the great telescopes of our times, transcends the unaided vision of q gnat."
 While in this country Gypsy Smith visited the blind singer, Ira D. Sankey, at his Brooklyn home and told this story: While Moody and Sankey were holding revival meetings in London, they drove into the country to look at a Gypsy camp. MT Sankey sang, and a little Gypsy boy climbed on the wheel of the carriage and asked him to sing again. Laying his hand on the lads head, he said, God make preacher of this boy" The boy was afterwards converted, worked under William Booth. founder of the Saliva tion Army, and developed into the world famous evangelist.
 The Utah Gospel Mission. with head quarters at Cleveland. Ohio, sends three gospel wagons with two or three mis- sionaries in each through Mormon ter ritory. Last year the wagons travelled 4,500 miles in Utah and Idaho, made 11,6S9 calls in ITO settlements, and held 223 meetings with 16.000 persons fin attendance.
 Samuel Taylor Coleridge remarking on the fullness of the Scriptures and their adaptation to every want of hu- man nature. said. The Bible is the only book that always finds me"
 Four denominations in New Hamp- shire have appointed an inter-denomi- national commission to promote coop eration and prevent waste. especially in missionary work in the State
 Methodist papers have criticized Dr. Levi Gilbert. who In his book, The Hereafter and Heaven" gently suggests that prayer may be offered for the pious dead, for their progress in the heavenly life" Catholic papers see in this speculation an indication that the Methodists are returning to the older standards of faith.