IN BRIEF.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1198, 5 August 1911, Page 9

IN BRIEF.

Dr C F. Wisliart, a Professor in tbo ' Allegheny Theological Seminary, lias <lc- ; clined a call to tho First Presbyterian : Church of Evanston, one. of tho largest . and wealthiest congregations in the e.ntiro ! -\v ei ;-. }]c is a minister of one of 110 smaller Presbyterian denominations, the ' United Presbyterian, which bo would i have had to leave if ho bad accented this ' invitation. In refusing, ho has boon l;ir<-elv influenced by his sense of obligat"ion to the Allegheny Seminary am by i tho belief that the training of candidates, : for .the ministry in his own Church offers , liim as useful a sphere as oven a pulpit 'in tho mest fashionablo suburb of . Chicago. I » Itaiia Garibaldi, a granddaughter, of , the Liberator, lias been clicsen by the 1 1 Hiian Conference as on© of its representatives to tho General Conference cf the denomination, which is to meet at Minneapolis in -May of next car. \n unusually large crowd around a 3 platform on that part of Hampstead " Heath whore open-air orators hold lorUi, 1 and the strange neglect, of other smfakcrs ' ami platforms, puzzled those taking an 3 after-service walk on a recent 5-<iiula.v " evening, until they discovered that tho ■ speaker attracting this exceptional at- " tention was none other than Dr. Horton. 3 The platform was that of a free-thinker " whose criticisms of Christianity led Dr. 1 Horton to ask to lie allowed to reply. Penni-sion was readily and courteously riven and Dr. Horton wound up lus address bv inviting those present to attend at Lvudliurst Road Church, when lie will • preach on "The Divinity of Christ, and 5 at tho close of the sermon answer any questions tljjit may be put to liiin.

The Bishon of London, presiding at a meeting in support of the Community of tho .licsurrcctioiv, Mil-field, said he to in tbo position of one of tho great tradesmen who had enormous shops 111 London, but who were dependent oil Iho tnno upon the far-away factory. He believed the faetorv ill tiie North at Mirfield was tnrnin? out splendid men for the scrvice of tho'Church. They wanted morallytrained men. A clergyman s life was not a sheltered life, but involved a greater moral strain upon a man s character than any work in Hie world.

Periodically the principal thoroughfares of Paris («a.vs the "Daily Chronicle correspondent),'notably the Champs Elysces, are covered with a coating of tar, on the supposition that it helps to allay the dust ami preserve the road way paved with wood blocks. Numerous complaints against this practice have been lodgcu with the municipal authorities. The tar coating, it is asserted, plays havoc with pneumatic lyres, and in warm weather it exudes a poisonous vapour, whicli seriously attacks Clio growth of street trees and*plants, when it does not kill them outright. The Prefect of the Seine has appointed a commission, whose duty it ■will be to study very carefully tho pros aiid cons of' tho ■ whole tmostiow This body has been empowered to make tho necessary practical experiments.