Year: 1879

Last week we gave an extract from of our
lgious exchanges half apologetic for DR.. Talmages
eocentricites the ground of his convictions. The
Methodist now comes forward with Alaska case,
which, the late Artemus Ward would say, is
slightly sarcastical." Our contemporary says:-"A
powerful Alaskan took to the pulpit of his native
province, resolved to be notorious. When this
preacher had achieved notoriety Of his
pew holders retired, saying. 4 don't want
pew in . church where I cannot take my
family It being suggested that this Alaskan
preacher had convictions. the said pew holder ex
pressed the opinion that he had three of them:-
First that he needed and ought to have great deal
of money; second, that he was the biggest man on
the globe and. third that everybody in Alaska read
his sermons. The pew holder objects. however Tor
did when the steamer lett there, to several things in
the conduct of his Alaskan pastor that was and says
that honesty and truthfulness still the jewels of
the true ministry in that cold country Perhaps it's
the climate that ails this pew holder he is making
trouble in the church, you know" Apropos of the
reneatedly published specimens ~ Of the homilitic
enormities which "that man Talmage" perpetrates
from Sabbath to Sabbath. and gives another in its


last issue. saying edtoriay with keen sarcasm, that
man 'who has no more respect for the sensitive
moral feelings of great men like Mr. Crosby, who
preach great cities little congregations than
preach such sermons, deserves to be stoned, sawn
asunder and then thrust through with dart-two
darts. one to each piece OF him! One form of mar
tyrdom would only be beginning toward doing
him justice.


LIE OOSlC11 AMI 1CION.


Bishop Coke. of Western New York. has written
letter Bible revision which to reflect upon
the constitutional integrity of the venerable Amer+
can Bible Society That society, it will be remem-
bered is constitutionay prohibited from circulating
any the common English Bible without note
comment. And because of this prohibition all
evangelical denominations Except Baptists, who have
. revision society OF their own.) represented in
the management of the American Bible Society But
Bishop Coke intimates that the society will alter
and amend its constitution to enable it to
circulate the newly revised Bible the New Testament
OF which will be ready for publication next year. n
this statement of the Bishop were true 1t would be
equivalent TO the breaking up of this valuable and
venerable society," because those who contribute
to its work undenominational grounds would
then withdraw. Hence the officers OF the society
here hastencd to correct the false Impressions the
Bishop made in his letter. They deny that the
question of Bible revision has officially
before the Biblo society, and that consequently,
IL impossible for that society act upon that
the Bible lewiston Committee is totally distinct from
the American Bible Society. and its action entirely
independent thereof II the British Parliament
which has among its upper House the bishops the
Established Church shall adopt and have the
Bible printed, then there will be something tor the
Bible society here to act upon; but Is they
nothing before them, and tho officers justly complain
the attempts to fastcn the responsibility revision
upon the American Bible Society to its injury.