Show SABBATH DAY TOPICS I 1 I 1 the rupture that is now threatening the tile presbyterian church through the proposed revision of the westminster confession will make the subject an interesting one for bume sume time to come of the tile eleven prominent organs of presbyterianism four the evangelist the interior the herald aull a presbyter and the esteen presbyterian alq in favor of revision the Thel observer the presbyterian the presbyterian journal the presbyterian ranner the tile central west the occident oci n and the mid continent are vigorously opposing the change cl iange we have already given in substance BubB tance the tile revision prop proposed olied by those agitating the question following is the text in full of those paragraphs over which the contro controversy veray la Is hottest by the decree of bod oil for the manifestation fe of ills his glory some meu men and a 1 1 d angeli angels are unto everlasting everl A S t life and others foreordained ordained fore to oe rl asting death these the angola angels and men thus and foreordained fore ordained are particularly par dicu ticu larl y and unchangeably changeably uti designed desi gnedin iiii I 1 their number is s so certain and ded nite that it cannot be either iLes eased or dimini hed died I 1 he rest 0 of mankind the non elect god was pleased according to the colotel cou of liia its own will ill whereby toe exten deth or withhold aih et h mercy me Y as a he lie ples seth for the tile glory ot of his S sovereign tove L ose reign power over hia ilia creatures to by und and to ordain them to dishonor and wrather wr wrath for their sial to the praise of bis his glorious justice j elect i elect lect infanta infants dying in infancy are regenerated reg enervated ene rated aud alid saved by christ ch through the tile spirit who wor r t when and where and how be he pleon etli eth so aleo are all oilier other elect per eon who are incapable of being outwardly ward I 1 y called by the ministry of the tile word others not elected although they may be called by the ministry of the word and may have some common OP operations Orations of the spirit yet they never truly come onto unto christ and arid therefore cannot be saved much less can men not maing the christian religion be saved in any other way whatsoever be bo thy they never go diligent to ther lives according cordin g to the tile light of nature and the law of that religion that they do profess and to assort and maintain that the they may Is i very pernicious and to be detested I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 le q 1 i 0 q r 7 I 1 1 tho theo thoe e passages are as th ee se drawn up by the no embly of 0 divines in 1843 7 tiie the charges cli angea ou alt are re a virtual rever sio gioi of 0 the gi here bete prescribed sue doc dowries r liea aa as the damnation of children ct cl ond others of likes like guin cauce aal tto hialit also al say repugnance to modern modem christianity are to be wiped from the confusion Con bonfe fasion sion in fine the doctrine is a to be made conformable conf reable to the present teachings of the church d doctrinarians doctrin arians the british and foreign bible society ha daring during the eighty one keirs of ite its existence wiled from its london lonion bouse bonse alone 2900 1000 of com pl te bips nearly of new testaments and portions of the bible this makes a total of books issued from the london headquarters this dos do s not indicate for the bible an unpopularity that should rive give the devout believer any special alarm following are eoma of the rge regulations a of lent as enforced by tile catholic ca holic church the fast of lent 1 abl obliges ives all who have attained attan ed twenty one years of ae age cirl ch 1 fren ren over bevon are bound by the law of abstinence every day in in lent except sunday is is a FL fast day on which it is forbid den to eat more than one in al at and to eat hesh flesh meat A plight in w however permitted in the eveni evening ngat at which the tile equal u bial kinds f food may he be used but buto v 0 flesh meat and a cup of tea or coffee in the tile m aning fleshm 1 lush mat m at in permitted auevery at every meal on Stin days and bv dispels I 1 tion onto ow e a day on mondays tuesdays and anti except the tire second and last SA ys of lent the following persons are dispensed from buth witt fast and V t e suk sick su k the convalesce fit delicata 0 women who are regnant pregnant or nursing persons engled in in hard manual or bodily lalor labor of any exhausting exha ustine nature persons of delicate deli cale constitution and all chwe who are over sixty years Y ear ted of age A and ud by despen dispensation so tion N granted august 3 1887 those exema exempted t ad from fasting on dis days when meat eggs and lactic ima are allowed to all can partake of them as on sunday the use of lard or dripping is permitted in cooking every day by a special dispensation of pope rive IX united states soldiers are exempted from the law of abtin abstinence ence deiy day in the tear year except M sh which are designated in the regulations A few weeks ago dr R 0 cabe pastor of the central christian church st louis created a sensation by delivering a sermon in in which he denied the divinity of christ and the inspiration of the bible the congregation was divided in in opinion upon the sermon and dr cave resigned half t the he congregation which supported him refused to accept the resignation and pledged to build a new church they withdrew from the central christian church and held meetings at mahlers Mab lers hall meanwhile the religious papers and christian ministers attacked dr cave and today to day he announced from the pulpit that he had been read out of the church he ile said he wag vias not a christian but believed in a god not the god of the tile bible with these thess words ho he again tendered his resignation the congregation many of whom were heretofore among the best beet grown christians in st louis louie then adopted a resolution setting forth that their belief was v AS in in line with that of dr caa cages els and thac that they no longer wanted to be known as christians an independent church wag organized with dr cave as pastor the orthodox ortho lox are having a desperate time vindicating their title to respectability in the estimation cf of the orthodox an example which will convey convoy a fait fair idea of what is going on in in this thin respect cornea comes to us from washington pennsylvania a prohibition stronghold A few sundays ago the rev reginald lle Kinald cayley astounded altoun led bis his congregation with the assertion aa that the moderate ate use of wine wine was not mr cayley was temporarily oc occupy cupy ing ll 11 the id pulpit the permanent tee rector for being the kev rev F 0 cowper the latter approved the tle sermon and this has produced a tremendous sensation and be ft vi ill probably be asked to resign it is charged that two years ago he refused to sign sign a remonstrance against an application for a liquor I 1 license the town is in intensely presbyterian and prohibition all I 1 liquor I 1 q I 1 or licenses being refused bv by the county judge although there is ft a large jug trade by ex press from pittsburg mr bir cowper faye of mr cayley that bad had he preached his sermon to a city congregation gre gation it would not have caused such excitement al mr r cayley I 1 is a highbred english gentleman and ft was as very much surprised at amer cau restrictions strict ions on the use of liquor the subject of his sermon was the tile marriage feast of oana cana ot of galileo galilee jihan the tile lord performed pei formed hia tile first miracle that of changing water into wine it la is not the use of wino wine that Is a sinful but its abuse way wals mr Ca calebs leys argument and bin his sermon was strictly scriptural he ile endeavored to show allow that tho the wine wina used at the foist feast was ai alcoholic and that the governor of the feast WAS evidently a judge of wine tor for he knew the good gool from the bad an example which partakes somewhat of the ludicrous as well as the serious sen oui was re pirtel in tho the di dr patches from north dakota touching the tile legislature of that state the tito latter it will ha be remembered took up tho the question of prohibition upon a constitutional basis and were not long in tit agreeing upon a teetotal prohibition niease nie awe after the provision vision wai adopted it appeared to the E episcopal P clergy of the coming state that something was out of joint with the use of spirituous spirit ious liquor a statutory crime and no exceptions allowed it was very clear that the tile ordinance of lie the L lords ads supper according to the forms of lite church was a thing of the pant past in that state it I 1 is e sufficient to say that a reconsideration was ordered and tha episcopate 0 of f north dakota can call proceed with tit e 1 r worship in the usual avay ft ay 1 I wish cosay to say to the tile congregation said the minister that the pulpit is not aible for the tile error of th the e printer on tho tile tickets for the concert in the sunday school room the con ce cert r t is is for the benefit of the arch fund not the arch fiend wa we will now sing hymn sf six to err ill i human to forgive jorgl ye divine 11 I 1 aga 1 aa |