JOTTINGS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 526, 5 June 1909, Page 9

JOTTINGS.

Dr. Archibald Scott, one of the foremost the Church of Scotland, died on June 18. Dr. Scott gavo invaluable Befvicea to Scottish Prosbyterianism in tho direction of union,. and great hopce centred in him with ••. regard ,to further developments along that line.- Ho was tho mover at last Assembly\ of tho Chuhih of Scotland overture ■ on uniou to the United Free Church which has been cbnsiderjxl during the year, and will bo reported on by the latter body at the forthcoming Assembly.'' Dr. -Scott "was one of'the most distinguished of the Church'a administrators.(says tho "Christian World"). In various crises ho stood in the breach to 3erve'its agencies,- with tlio happiest results. Hisindustry and devotion to the interests . of tho'Church have been ; maintained in the . face' of warning from;phyeician and.friends / and have materially shortened a valuable life. Dr'/ Scott,'was born in 1837 at Cadder,: in Lanarkshire, where his father was a farmer. Ho was ; a-Btudont at Glasgow University, and, ; after being licensed to preach at tho ace of-. tweiity-twb,. held. .pastorates , at Perth, (kpvan;Linlithgow, and Edinburgh. Hβ was a-Baird Trustee- and Lecturer, Croall Lecturer,; Qiairman of the Edinburgh: School Board for four arid a half years, , and Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church bf Scotland for the.year 1896-7. In additioa to tho Lectures mentioned, he published a number of volumes on ecclesiastical subjects, and he received the degree of Doctor of Divinity, from tho University of Glasgow ae long ago as J876.;-'- . ■ . ' Prcsbyterianism and evangelism of tho extreriie, emotional type are not usually connected, but they are running togother in! America. Only it : is claijnejT.tq, be eano, dignified evangelism. ; This was "the pqiui ; made at a,meeting of tho Melbourne Presbytery last :week by Dr. Ottoman, one. of the visiting evangelists.from the United States, who said thatjfor many jeare one .of the pressing needs of the PresbytcrianChureU in. his country was & consecrated) earnest, digni-, fiodj.and sane evangelism, such as Dr. Chapman and his party ; represented.; The church there had been overran with professional, unendorsed evangelists, than whom thore could bo nothing more destructive to life. Now thoy had a, consecrated evangelism. They must expect that an ungodly press which knew; nothing 6£'snch thiugs shonld ! say something against evangelism. In the United- States tho Prosbyterians' used to be as. dignified as tho Church of England— which was saying a good deal, for that Church was nearly as dignified as: a court. But they appointed an cvangeh'stio cVmmittee, and now they were recognised throughout tho States as holding the leadership, in-the evangelising of the world. H« advised tho assembly to follow tho sam« oourse, "'-..• ' : ■. '• , ' ■ ■ The Rev. Frederic C. Spurr, who Bucoeedi Rev. S. Pcarce Carey as pastor of the CoV. lins Street Baptist.Church, Melbourno; at his recent welcome meeting, said that one of the reasons "bf his leaving London was'to get as far away as possible from the fog, whicli had a serious ett'ect on his throat, and another was because ho felt than another voice was needed in the Maze Pond Church to bring the people who lived contiguous to tho church to Christ. He understood be had a difßcalt task in front of him in Melbourne, but he felt equal to tho occasion, aid hoped to attract large congregations, especially at % hie Sunday evening services, which would bo carried out on evangelistic principles. ;Ho controlled a large Bible class for tho study of tho Bible in Melbourne. Mr. Spurr is a cousin of tho late Mel. 13. Spurr, elocutionist and clever ontertainer. A special service will bo held in • tho Church of the Holy Cross; Crediton, on June 9, to , commemorate the Consecration of tho first Bishop of Crediton with six othor Bishop 3 for Wessox, which was performed by Archbishop Plegmund in Canterbury Cathedral in 909. Should the Archbishop of Canterbury's engagements permit, it is the intention of ,his Grace to bo present. The Bishops of Winchester, Bath, and Wells, Exeter, and: Salisbury, as successors of the Bishops who were consecrated in 909, and the Bishops of Truro, Crediton, St.- Germans, rnd Marlborough (Dean of Exeter) will also, it is hoped, attend the service. Tho sermon on the occasion will bo preached by tho Bishop of Bristol. Mr. Joseph Hocking, who recently drew attention to himself by a vehement attack. on certain Roman Catholic institutions, has been suffering for sonio timo past from severe neuralgia. Ho has handed his rosignatidn to tho deacons of Woodford Green Church—to'tako effect in eighteen months' time, when he will have hold tho pastorate for ten years. General Booth's programme for tho 81st year of his life will include tho following: — Fivo great "war councils" in tho principal cities of England, arid a fivo weeks' motor oampaign through tho centre of tho country j a tour in the United States and Cajiada, concluding with great meetings in Now York; .and, to finish the year, a tour in Germany, during which ho hopes to address two great meetings, in, Berlin, ; -A venerable arid beloved figure has passed away in the person of the aged Bishop of Hexham' and Newcastle (Dtv 'Wilkinson), states the English "Tablet." Hie passing is mournod'not only by thoeo who owned hi> rule as tho ■successor of St, Cuthbort in tho old Bishoprio, but by tho far-flung lino of the eons of St.' Cuthhcrt's College, over which ho presided for so many yeans with a father's care, and by many outsido the Church'in.the counties of tho North. Tlie proceeds of tho Salvation' Army selfdenial week'(statae an English paper) nmount to, £69,174, being £8509 loss than last year. Tho.ouortß of tho.collectors that week wcro greatly hindorcd, and in Bomo cases cohipletely frustrated, by tho viokneo of the weathor. The voteran loador of tho.Salvation Army professes himself not discouraged by tho amount of tho contribution, but rather gratifiod by tiie rostilt attainod, undor thoadvorso oircnmetanooa, Tho Eov. Brother-Clomont, dircetor of the Marist Brothers' OoUego at Hunter's Hill Sydney, hai boon appointed director of the Sacred Heart,_,Collj'EO i .JP i piieoabj;.