The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-05-16
RELIGIOUS Intelligence.

CALENDAR FOR MAY-l6th, Sunday after Ascension,
whitsun Week 10Th, Tuesday in Whitsun Week; a6tb,
asth and goth, Embsr Days; sOth, Trinity Sunday
The sacrament of confirmation will be administered,
by the Rt Rev Bishop Hughes in st Coumba's church,
this morning at o'clock The Rt. Rev. Bishop will
preach at half-past ten O'Clock.
1t appears that, in about twenty years. Calvin preach
ty been printed while of the remainder the texts
only have been preserved And, OF truth, with two,
and only two barely possible exceptions these texts are
remarkable. They follow old Testament: Ge-
nosis, l23 Deuteronomy 200; job So Psalms "a; Isa
ah, 34s; jeremiah, sl Lamentations, %; Ezekiel la
Jonah, 6; Micah, %; Zephanish, l7-Total from the
Old Testament, 1897 New Testament Acts, 1885, St
49, do Thessalonians 46; do LIST Timothy so; do I'd do
sl do Titus, 4sTotal from the New Testament, 5ss-
making grand total Of nineteen hundred and twenty
five sermons, and not Of them from either of the
Gospels
The Rev Robert Gray the Vicar of Stockton has 40.
cepted the new Bhhoprick Of the Cape Of Good Hope
Mr. Gray the of the late venerable and veneratod
Bishop Of Bristol author Of the Key to the Old Testa
ment and many other most valuable and useful works
He was well known amongus.
In tho month of March, ls46, NJ Ronge was con.
demned to a months imprisonment for having preached
at Magdeburg without the permission Of the authorities
1t thought that the execution Of this condemn
ton had been abandoned by the Government but such
IS not the fact Ronge received the first instant,
sentence against him and Yesterday he sur
rendered himself prisoner. Upwards of 1000 persons
RELIGIOUS nn Oh b st crying hkongs for
stration gave rise to no disturbance
There s report in circulation which deserve. the
more credit because the Prussian papers subjected to
censre speak very infinitely about It, and the best In
formed people do Mt least not contradict or douht
that the King of Prussia has engaged for the
month In drawing law for the purpose as far as
possible, to settle the certainly somewhat threatening
religious differences wi hin his dominions
An effort Is making TO test the legality Of tho Simeon
Trust Subscriptions voluntarily offered to defav
the expenses OF the suit Tho Simeon Tust Is n plau
Tor buying up livngs and filing them with Evangelical
ny letters from Rome learn that the statement
iatsy maze In the public prints, relative Mr. New
mans Intended return to England as the head Of A
mousse OF the Order OF the Oraory is true 1t is to be
established in Of the largo manufacturing towns
with the design Of aiding in the of converting the
people OF England to Popery Tho Pope said to have
given the measure his sanction
The Society for Promoting Christian knowledge mo-
poses to vote $500 for the Diocese Melbourne COO
for New Zealand or the college and $500 for the Ma
dras Diocesan Committee
The clergy Of the archdcaconry of Exeter have
to petition Parliament against the union of the See of
Kildare with that Of Dublin.
CLERICAL CHANGEs.-The Rev. VIM Stauntop from
st Peters Church, Morrstown, N J. to New York citv
The Rev. Samuel Durborow from Philadelphia to Ran
gor Me- The Rev. w. L. Suddards from Phiadelnha
to the rectorship of Bangor Church Churchtown Lam
caster county, Pa. The Rev. John Claxton from Char
iotte HAL TO Oakvile, St Marys county Md The Rev
Henry Egnton Mon merry having been ordained
priest on tho fifth Sun in Lent has been elected rec
church Mr. Montgomery had been regularly oficiatng
during his diaconate he Rev. Charles Mason Of sa.
lem, Mass has been called to the rcctorship of race
Church, Boston.