Christian Nation Vol. 18 1893 - Rparchives.org

April 19, 1893.A FAMILY PAPEE.has been captured by a British cruiser. It seems theFrench flagis often used on the East African coast asa cover for the slave trafflo. The sUve ti ade is stillcarried on in Africa, and much havoo is done there byslave hunters.—Col. Shepard's will has been filed. He leaves tothe New York Presbytery, $100,000, and to the 7th^Presbyterian ohurch $50,000, as well as to theSl. PaulInstitute at Tarsus, Asia Minor, $100,000. He desiredhis trustees to retain his interest in the Mail and Expressso long as said corporation shall not operate onSabbath, aud rtquests the Trustees if they sell to imposethe condition that Sabbath shall be kept.THE COURTS AND STRIKES.The decisious in the Ann Arbor and LakeShore Eailroad case are interesting. The casesare different but the conclusion is practicallythe same It, is decided that while men havea rii^ht to strike, or rather as the judge put it,eign corporation whose object is to federalizemay not be enjoined from leaving the employevery thing in the direction of Eome. Weof the companies, they cannot refuse to handlelabor and pray for spiritual and civil independenceas a God created empire.freight whioh may be offered under the Statutes,an 1 such refusal constitutes a violationof the Inter State Commerce Law, and renders COVENANTERISM IN SCOTLAND.the men liable to the penalties of that Act.Boycotting is specifically condemned as an unlawfulconspiracy and may be punished bylaw. It has not yet been decided when railwaymen may strike, whether they mnst give noticeof intention, or can stop at a moment's notice.It has been decided that men cannot quit anengine or train at an intermediate place, butmust take the train to its destination. InLouisiana boycotting has been condemned asin opposition to the Anti-Trust Law and entailsthe p nal ties of that Act. It is true thatmen should see that there is a moral as well asa legal question in boycotting and strikes. Toooften employers are blameworthy, but theblame attaching to employers does not freelaborers from moral and legal guilt, when theymake themselves disturbers of the public peaceand damage the interests of the community atlarge. Too often strikes are the work of professionalagitators who are paid by the hardworking laborers whom they themselves deceiveinto acts at variance with right and law.CHURCH AND STATE.Eecently at a Catholic club dinner in Philadelphia,Cardinal Gibbons in replying to thetoast of Church and State said : " I am firmlypersuaded, both by study and observation, thatthe church is more steady in her growth, andis more prosperous in her career, when she isfree to pursue her divine mission without anyinterference on the part of the state." Thesewords are true, but there is another side of thequestion. We would like to add, " the stateis more steady in her growth and more prosperouswhen she is free from any interferenceon the part of the church." We do not anticipateany meddling on the part of the statewith the Church ; but at the same time wemust carefully avoid the opposite extreme.Eome has always tried to gain control of thestate. Medieval history is brimfoll of attemptsto lord over the action on the part ofarrogant Popes, whose claims are willingly acknowledgedby servile theologians—claimswhich make the church the universal power,while states are but creatures to do her bidding.Ecclesiasticism and State Churcbismare equally pernicious. Each has an independentsphere and independent organization, divinelygiven, placed under the control of theworld-authority of Jesus Christ. In this countrythe tendency of Eomanism is to assert herchurch superiority over the national organizations.This tendency is seen in the sub-Popeestablished in our midst, in the policy of interferencewith the American institutions and inthe fightfor precedence over every secular dignitary,the Cardinal princes claiming priority.If the policy of the Italian hierarchy is carriedout, then statehood will become a tool of a for­The Covenanter Church in Scotland has issueda statement relative to the proposed reconstructionof the Scottish churches. PresbyterianismID Scotland is greatly divided.There is the Established Church which representsthe State Church of the Eevolution Settlement,founded on the basis of the First Eeformation,and Ignoring the attainments of theSecond Eefor mation.exercising Erastian claimsunder the Headship of the Queen of GreatBritain. There is next the Free Church whichrepresents the (jiisruption party that in 1843quitted the old church on account of the evilsof patronage. Then there is the United PresbyterianChurch formed by the union of theearlier Secession churches and their successors.There is the United Original Secession claimingto represent the true descendants of thefirst secession from the Eevolution Church,and now practically agreed with the Covenanterssave on the question of the use of theelective franchise. Last aud sole true representativeof the Eeformed Church in Scotlandin the days of Knox and Henderson, is the HeformedPresbyterian Church. She maintainsthe doctrines, rights and liberties of the martyrchurch, in vindicating the exclusive Headshipof Jesus Christ, the infallible authority ofthe Word of God, and the scriptural principleof qualification for the office of ruler in thestate as well as in the church. Declining toenter the Eevolution Church, which disownedtht claims of Christ's* kingship, the independenceof the church, and the attainments ofcivil and religious liberty, she continued herexistence as a dissenting church in historicalline from the Covenanters and martyrs of the17th century. She claims that in any effort tore-organize Presbyterianism in Scotland, sbeshould be acknowledged as the true representativeof the church of the Eeformation ; recognizingthe many valuable qualities of theother churches in defence of Christ and histruth st home and abroad, she calls them toreturn to the truth of Covenanter purity andliberty.THE EIGHTH ST. PITTSBURGH R. P. CHI­NESE MISSION.The anniversary of the superintendency under elderD. Chesnut of the Ohinese Mission of the Eighth streetchurch, Pittsburgh, was celebrated by the Ohinesegiving to the teachers, officers of the congregation andother friends a supper in connection with religiousand literary exercises, showing theprogress they havemade thus far in religious and secular knowledge.As many of our readers especially in the large citieswhere this kind of work may be engaged in by othercongregations are interested in this kind of work wegive the following account taken partly from thePittsburgh papers of April 4th, corrected in minordetails, with additions thereto by our correspondent."The sturdy Covenanters of Rev. Dr. McAllister'schuroh fired a broadside in favor of the Chinese lastevening at a meeting held in the Eighth street church,the echo of which it is hoped will reach the utmostparts ot the land. Stirring addresses were made byDr. McAllister, pastor of the church, Mr. D. Chesnut,superintendent of the mission; Rev. E. R. Donahue,who had just returned from Washington on atrip made in the interest of the celestials, and by Rev.D. O. Martin a warm supporter of the cause," andwho spoke in no uncertain way in reference to thepresent sinful and unfair attitude displayed by ourgovernment toward the Chinese in this country.The superintendent presided over the meeting andannounced that the exercises would consist of twoparts; First, Religous or devotional Read by services Fong to Gun. beconducted by the Chinese to beByfollowedRev. D.bytheMcAllister.Secondpart consisting of social, literary and other exercises.Read by Le» Fong.The following was the programe:beligious,1 Psalm 100: 1-5.Tune, Beulah Land2.Prayer3 Psalm 23: 1-6.Tune, Portuguese Hymn.4 An account of the work By D. Chesnut, Supi,5 Psalm 67:1-7. Bead and sang alone byTune, Welcome Voice. Lee You.6 Concluding Prayer, g j^^^ ^j^Ln Chmese.Part Second.1 Address of Welcome By Lok Wing Yun.By Ho Hin.2 Specimens of progress By Lok Yip.in reading the Scriptures. By Lok Soon.By Lok Fong.^ wt°!° *v.By Ho Hin.Whiter than snow.S weeping through the Gates. ^^ ^^^ ^^^S-Lok Wing Yun presided at the organ during thesinging of Ho Hin and Lee Gin, and Lee Gin duringthe singing of Lok Wing Yun.The audience was a large one and much enthusiasmwas manifested in the proceedings, and especially sobeginning with Mr. Martin's address and the followingresolutions which he presented at the close of hisaddress and whioh were unanimously adopted, by astanding vote:stikring resolutions.Whereas, The government of these United Stateswas founded for the maintenance and exhibition ofcivil and religious liberty, andWhereas, Unrighteous legislation works againsi thebest interests ot Christianity in this and other lands.and also against the highest interest of the nation;Whereas, Certain acts have been passed by the Congressof the United States excluding and imposingpeculiar pains and penalties upon the Chinese whohave come to our shores; thereforeResolved, First, that the Chinese exclusion acts areunjust, inhuman, un-American and unChristian;Resolved, Second, that the Christian people of thisand every other land should lift up their voice like atrumpet against the iniquity of such enactments ;Resolved, Third, that a speedy repeal of said actsis the only proper thing for congress to do;Resolved, Fourth, that these resolutions be givenas wide publicity as possible.Dr. McAllister in seconding the resolutions, said inpart that: "Trying times are ahead; let the Covenanters,let the Christian people, ths young people ofpicture trample show the Chinamen. nation as whioh we land forth requires trampled we taken, the prepare Stand the Indian. trampling is the (Concluded Ohristian those to most Chinaman by do Let iniquitous."of earnest them their there on colors. page young negro rights battle regisier be 8.) ana The under and in uprising behalf and are Geary old. foot, trying have of As aot, and just hia the to a