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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 639, 16 October 1909, Page 11

hearers that Westb'oume Tark was opened orl* ginally with a dobt of .COOOO. At tho firtt ecr- ; vice ,£GOO 'was [iroinihod, ■: He: oslted that the . - : gifts.of. that (lay should not bo less than .£3OO. Both morning.and evening, Dr. Clifford, who .:•»< is looking, fit and strong after, his ■ holiday; in , Devon, preached with, greo.t; power/, (a coii^re-' : : Rations which: taxed cnrc-cKy of ■ tho. ; building. In the wormus he took for ais leiit" the words, "For from you hath eourdwl forth , the Word of tho Lord, his subject Win,-? ; the 'v l -; pattern chnrchi What,was it,: hc'f.t'.zedi'wlKch j:; gave such far-sounding lahif to tiie ohnrch at. • ! ■ ThessalouieaNot;iiv.wealtii,: for it had ii'mo| v . ; J not i its,. social dignityi. for ij., waß - v ; of working people: not' 'its' leaders, for these : •: were not. remarkable) not-it*'ilitd!tc'.ua!;WeH ; . new,' for it made no • striLi:.;; contributions. to theology;.not even becsute' ;!-was"a church : "in God. the Father and Jesus Christ," for thia - .0 mark was common to all, the oUurchcs, hut tin quantity, and 'quality of, its scrv.'ce, its-'abound- /'•;]■> ing: solf-sacl'ifioo. 'It'was: o'mracferised -by-im-inense eiithusiasm.-iiiiiiier.vevtoi 1 .. immense-; do--termination) 'its .faith r.-it.,i/dynamic. force. How did this church at 'Thcsraloiiica become # pattern ohiirchJ. Bocaiise.it had oopicd:pattern men,- men who were pattern meh bccaueo thoy < had copied the pattern- man; Christ Jesus;- ft . copied. Paul,/'Silas,\ and.. Timothy, men whe ■ had not only given a-messapvliut'a life, «hfl were "rcplicas of tho onogroat original,. JesiM ; y i Christ the Lord. - It: possresed what ererj! church that is.worthy-the.najiie must ' :: ':; light, warmth, and strength l and it mediated . ■these gifts .to men.. >.■/ /„•'/ \- \-s ~ ■. .-,*■■ •>'■■■. LONDON, PfIEACHERS. NONCONFOBMIST AND, ANGLICAN. • Tho "Glasgow.' Herald " ' referring to ' thl • i great London' preachers,- states:— n; \ ."The question is Raised, as: to whether tit* Anglican' or-the/Nonconlonnist pnlpit m LonJ don.justnow.is;the more popular attraction, **1 it ,says f - -"It-.is- olaimcd that Nonconfbnmsfcj ministers draw .the .larger-, oongrogabons, aod( have,, therefore,. the .bettor.ipreaching talonL : But the English Church can, pro sent ft-good! case on the other sido. The sue of a oon-i gregation is not always a 'tost ofmmisierial' - ability.. At. Westminster, Chapel Dr. CampbelJ ■ Morgan, draws.many-in. his.audience from th* v, : farthest skirts?of the capital.-- At the Cits ' Temple tho Eov.< B.- J. CarppbeU can witl - magnetic force:easily fill the chapel ovon onu -- wintry: day. Dr. . llorton at . Hampstoad ■ . Dr.- Clifford >at Westbourne. Uroye, are. ahraggf .*».• assured of large-and sympathetic, congregsrf tions. WhiteSeld's Tabernfiele, under- the Ret/ ■ Silvester Home, is attractive to dissenters.;,. ,i ■ '.'On the other side, tho impartial- observe* will find at St.-.Paul's Cathedral oF- • more than, ordinary! talont- in- :Canons Scott , Holland, Nowbolt, and Alexander, when audi*, cnoos till • tho nave - on a . Sunday ' afternoon.- •■-.; -Sean - llobinsoni-at- (Westminster /Abbey/--ha» , '. St. Marwrct'v ' •close by, is always rpackedy andvCanon 'Hensoa • is, never., without.'. Nonconformist hearers. ;Father Stanton,-at:St. Albun's./Holborn; andr ■ the . llev.-.-P.: N. ■ Waggett.; •of St. "Edward's • House, . Westminstor,..v are also: preafiheta' «f----acknowledged .power." . - : •. . THE CHINESE OUTLOOK. "Arnoy .presents .one of the grandest panik. ramas in the world," 1 writes the Bov. F,^&.: Meyer in the "British- Weekly." . "It..cannot- . • bo domed that, a cloud, of anxiety is jiist now brooding over these districts.■; Eovolntion is in tho air. The ■■ deep-seated . hostility to th» Manchu dynasty is. working, like - leaven in . South China, and may at any .moment, break- v 1 out- ■ in; ■ a, ; . w.ell-ijoncerted. i Rnd 'formidable .. : ,:. : movement. : • They ; say, that the Imperial troops, ; ; wili-.be more' than. iable-: to . cope, with thfe in> evituble' strugglo .when ', it coiues.Sßut 1 betor* si the uprising, .can. bo quelled, there mustrb» ■ : ; another: time'.of awftil ■ peril and', suffering ;fpr ■|- *f* the native Church; and, as, 1 - lobk over thes«-, .., :'great audiences day , by. ;dajv I:. often - wonder. . • whether I have not been sent before to anoint and. prepare them against tiomo deeper fellow-. , 'ship in the: sufferings 'of. Christ." .

; : '( ■; DEATH; OF;a;.FAMOUSvJESUITi: vK.; ; =The ■ death;:h occurred,';.at' t}i« age', • f4, ■_'•' of;'.the VRqi*.'.Pcrc.'i;Stantslatjs d\.':. 'LaC-,, do, '.■; ~U . Fugerc,..tliei lato brilliant bead of tho'.Paris Jesuit- College, do- la ..rue* des'' Postes.••/;J?o'r.. .!:,' a of. 'over, ten.years-years; follou-iiig: the,'-;' "repulsion'-.of 1 the • bffleKfrom- France in' 1880, :? Pore' du'. Lac 'resided' p.t'.'Canterbury; where'.ho : : \';i • was i' familiar'figure;■' The "Catholic,Tinifes"•.■".':'-■ 'refers 1 to; the wide range ■'~',') |hold upon.'the'younger 'officers of --,-,'-' 'armj" , and : upon ':the;faitlilies■ o£. the''French ;,.■"■■. aristocracy; .'. As .tUe'.'.Gbuht'tlo ;Mun,. who -Was: ~'•' his life-long' fricnd;i-raid of I him,; he ; was.va'i,■'■'. born" ruler; of; nieh,','«iid' ono.of'.' the liiost win- ':■,•" ;ning ,of(characters.' 'Ho,was'ntUhe"head, of a' -.•>[; great '-.s'chciolS'which'.-. pi-epp.frd./'pupils-'-.with?;;; ; .singblor,' success'for; the;' State, institutions,* ;' which'.was, a serious ' rival.-bf '.ho''StV.s/lycces.' ■[':,;' Pcre.vdu Lac was .often' heard, in ''.be.'.Paris -I:' pulpits,, and he, published a certain number ,: of books "hV the; intervals .pf leisure -which', he..-.. : . j :was able'to secure froii.-.-his.-'jibsorbin'g, occupa-''..';.: tions"as, ! priest;.and,iteaclier,"i;-i t-'-./ : --r ,•■;;■.■-■;.--,,

; THE C,I.M.(AND PRAYER.;'. :'.:, ; '-y.;vi-:\ Writing in the; "British; Weekly," on the '■;' t China Inland Mission, the Itev.-.'l'. B. Meyer -. records, ivhat- he- describes 'as ono: of tho' tnost ,-..; startling': facts\'of .our' time,-, belonging "to■■;»', '.'.i- ; : realm.'which is' lieeply'exercising.many- earnest-, ; people at tho. present crisis'."'-' j'ln'. When missionary exchequers-are deplcted;^ : ana'-.': . missionary boards .'arVdiscussing'Tctrc'nchiiientV- ■'~? here is .'a-sdeiety which;-' ; ln'its. first; >>.: received froni'Groat Britain.alone unsolicited: ■,•■?• feifts -ti> the amount, which :in; -.::.:- 1908 received' £51,159,155: id., 'the' income from ';': Breatj.Britaiii'alone for.the;entire, period.na>. ; . v .j ing amounted :to' .no'less a 'sum than' JC1,054,2«'' •■'•■■;.' S6. Wd;',;,' ;'i;,'- ;■ '.. VJ :';. : .:^ : ;•"'/■ ;</'.' .;V ,'r. ;'S "There .■has : ;.riever:"-be'6h;'an:'>ppßar-/«WML , ;-- i .'i'..■only- the facts -stated.;'in';:the',: liibnthly.; record . :.,:J .'of :the, society's jopera'tiohsj .'nevof.a"- farthinj ..':.: of'debt inb'urred; 'an'd:.lleyer : a dbfitit:. All..has;., >' ; ' come in answer to; continued, 'jij 1 I have been assured on the distinct amrinatioii v- ~ of;Mr..D.'.E. , ;H6ste, who has taken Hud.' ; ;.: son Taylor's-place as general .director; of (Mr.,' • J...iW. Stevenson,V.who-for.twenty-three years ,>S---b'iis .been .deputy:.director.;. v and ,of; the troas- •:,,•■ urcrsj.that ot.no period!-BinSe the mission'-haa'■■■: .'.- ;cieii£ !t fbr''c6Mfbrtable hs'tlie mis'. 'sidnarieiv-for-'whom tlio o.l.M;r:i6'directljX W . : .;\ sponsible" . ,;;■ 'scattered' in all'parts'of"inland.China:, .many-',.;,,-; ; .at; a-distance'of 'three months", journey '.from,-;-.:):... the cbasL it is -'evident that'we are'confrbnfcea '.-■.; ■■■;,■'.■ i by. rone ; of 'the' ihigbtiest ficts' in .the: religious' :.;; vwprldlof-'to-dJßj:*;--v-:v.- - r V-iO;":-^/-;^^.^'.. ■>^^~:'- :^?'-r. i'i, :, 't';fiave no'-tito'e'.fbr'poople.'who*are-'alwaya . ; ' : -:, , putting their-'.miserablei hands-on" their : ; miser-;-.';' ablb- I spiritU'ar''pulsCv<lTttnd,!who,: , in'.'the'. guise ;..'.,.: of,-foligi'on,''indulge •ah'\cmasciilated,':subjeotiv»-,ij 1 :; iAiicfc.:; V; land: (Dr..-Noligan);!; :i '■■,pl:'i ,;':>' ! '; ; .■ .TheVannual''/scssibh';' of.,\the ''Cbligregatiotiali .:':':;'. Union' of,' New. ,South ;.Wales"will 'open>t;.-Pitt.''.'■■ ;~;S Street Chur'chron'Monday^.October-. 18,;ahd,.b.s: .;.','> '.cbntiriued';':fcr.;a:;;,v;eeki. J the Rev.'.Gebrge.-.Canipbell-wiU'prea'oh .the_an ; ; •,;:.'.: nuaL-sermon,".and', adinihiater ''■- the'.'Communion*!.,--.•'-: ;On the. 1 following-;day,-,thc'.Bev.-;N.:.'J.;Cpcks,'. ! ..:'.; iM.A.j.'will., begin'.'a'' diScus9iah'.,bn:-.' , Spiritual,;.:..:.: awakening-iniou'r. Cburches ? and •hbw'',,to'j6ectirV.-v.v.'-- 1 'if .''".'The. Hcvi! .-David .Morgan, the, riewv.chair-;.-'-; •'; ■•; man, ; : of'tlio. .uriib'n,'..will' dcHver: his'address : ' ; . : ;:' isaine.evening. :Other,*iihpprtiint thenles - ot l ~;; c'ussibh' are: ■ "The, eipeMehcb''bf ■:rebbhoiliatibi! ■-.;: v : the foundation of 'doctrine",and.."Th©,Church,-; ! frbin' .the-pongrega'tibnal;.pbiht.of :.vio.W;".; There';.';,,:, will'also,'bo a public 'raeoting : iii''tho interest^:,"'. .;> of. temperance .'and' morals; |,:;.','-i,.rt ' f-,[''• '■'■}!: f - :': ; :- : ' ■ ,'A.'.young ibrpther. of, ; Processor.; Hugh..: Black,; '■!/■?} .now.a student'nt.'Union.Seminary, .ISow Vbrk,,' ,-■; : has co'mej.with,tw6:'fellow>students,.Undor.' 6us<..; : -.)i pieiou of iheresy,. and- on I applying ';,.■.■' i cense.to..preach.was ; deferred'for.examination. ;■■:■.. -.: ; The points.bf : .difficulty.were v itha.-bistoricity.',pf: '■;.; ;■' the.Genesis stories,'; the: virgin :birth ofjesns,; . :::; and the-flesh and-blood resurrectioh.'-r-The New-!"■'-,.. V-; : York.Presbytery :settlcd:-'the -issue.by an..!nteS:'.:,;; uretatioh' of the ,Cbi;fcs(.ibu of faith that "be-;; ';■■■«. lief-in; tho tniMi-:of;.fac.ti.'st9tfd.;by.'_the , Scrip- v ■,:',! ture -writers'as facts—such', as' the fail;'of;uiani : '.-"■:■:•!'.: the .virginity of Maryland,tho flesh; and blood' ;,::'; reality, of-the ; ,resnri'e6ti,oh,-.body, of, Christ—is: ■•■:.■;% riot' ~forbiddeiu.: to;. Presbyterian. !' teaching 'and,'-: ::.; ; Tulirig. elders; but. neither' is\it r'equired.'v-Soi; ':' Mr; •Arohibald;Block. : has ;feot,(his license, 'and'.': ■;.•'■' is .tp .'setpb hear.-;Nc'w;;YprK; : : ,':,,- ' K.J-:, ]:■::','.;[ ' '•,''.:: ,-■- A.prominent'-'nKure.iri'.the'.vPresbyicriaivGen-;:-':'•'* 'etalfiAssembly'uof'Australia; rbccntlj;'held in'' : ':-; Melbourne;, .was- J>r. ■ -David ', Bruce.v 7 who,' although,)ill '.his, Bith- year; was abloi to.v: ; '; ;: : piake'' the. jourrte'y from Sydney;, to Melbourne,.:- ::". ■' ,and' attend iitarlv'all 'the.:si(tings;; both during. '-:'.'; the'-'day/and' in"the;'e^•el^ing.^;^^'r•'•^;-'^'^..,'^•.■':i■■■l.^•'.■' , '''•' 1 -^

'Commissioner' -, ,HaiH'on;;,of-: the-- Salvation';' , ■Army,.has been .spending a,Useful,- inppthi'cam--.-•':-' ' pn'igning, -in the .'..North' of,' 'Knidaiid.-''■■ He: hns. '•'■'-.; bHjn-;.niueh.idipr.essed.by,the..evident liveliness ''',;, ofU:bb'.Sarvation,V > Army'6,:hoid''on(..flie.' 'IS-ne-::':-'; siders. .He, tells, -for, iustaiij e,; how-one old-, lady ' ■', of nin6r>-'at.Blyth wears her hallclii;'ah bonnet" indoors:.because, she caiino.t..Bet..outi.-.while-: a' '; vouhg captain .whp/h'ad charge ;of: two corns iti Snnderlnnd',:clea'rcd,'.t.h'e,dobt; olf; both.nf. theui.:' / .bv.givip^.4';tea,',at'.which':sso.-'pkple' sat',d6iVa: - : ' after payuig:a shilling,each.fortickots and givv , ini?i>tne-v i : 6ioner is:at.preobut-.visiting.a.nuniboi-:of;coi-bai' -: ; '.-'■ itv. B.qlgitniv v whi>re;things'jtte-'lwl-'qiiitc' so bo*',:•'"•'■■ '• terp'us-as in'the 'h6Hh\' r .' .'.•'-. • •-,','.';.> ; : : .; :