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Show Queen Pleasurea Carnival. All tho Protestant churches acknowledge acknowl-edge tho contlnunl diminution ot their congrrgntlons nnd aro enrnestly en-dravorlng en-dravorlng to discover why tho great majority nbstaln from public worship, says a Sydney, N. B. W dispatch to tho London Times. Several novel schemes hnvo been propounded to mnko fcervlccs moro attractive, but tho clergy Hindi from any startling Innovations. Inno-vations. Recently Rev. O. Black at a meeting of tho Baptist union declared that "Queen Plcnsuro holds high carnival," carni-val," and continued s "Tho churches nro unheeded by tho mass of pleasuro trippers, who patter by with feet tingling with tho torch of tho tango, cars utlngle with tho Jlnglo of tho Jars, nml hearts allumo with riotous passion." |