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Religious Intelligence.

upon the occasion of his recent withdrawal
from the pastorship of the Congrega tional
Church in Brandon, rendered him q purse
containing s205, as a substantial mark Of
their regard. The presentation and accep-
lance we're accompanied by suitable speeches.
BY Il. N. Briggs, for the Donors, and by Mr.
Wheeler.
Rev. j. A. Bent was installed pastor of the
Congregational Church of Cornwall, Addison
Co., w., Oct. 18th. At the same time and
place, Mr.. Geo. N. Boardman, of Middleburv
College, was ordained to tho Gospel Ministry.
The Pope, in an sncyclical letter of Aug.
l, proclaims jubilee, and offers three month.
of indulgence TO all the faithful who shall
perform . stipulated amount of prayer fo,
certain objects, including the bestowment OF
80 much of the Holy Spirit upon the Pope as
may be essential to his correct conception of
the doctrine Of the Immaculate Conception.
which doctrine is to be fully defined and per-
manently settled by him on or before Decem
Der 9th, ensuing.
The benefits Of this indulgence, ACCORDING
70 the rope letter, arc given ITO all and
each OF tho faithful. Of both sexes. who,
within aspace Of three months, shall bave
examined their sins with humility, and shall
have confessed them with a sincere dets.,..
tion, and. purified by sacramental ab,olution,
shall have reveren.ly received the sacramen.
OF the eucharist, and devoutly visited three
churches, or one of them at three different
times, praying with devotion for some time.
according to our intention, and who besid.s
IN the same interval, shall have tasted once
and given Aims to the poor, as their piety die.
tates.''
riot in colored church, at St. Louis.
took place lately. Tho congregation were
incensed At their pastor for habitually ad.
dressing to them all manner Of offensive epi-
thets' and on given evening they all collect
ed, armed with pistols, sticks, DC, and inter.
rupted ono of hisharangues by general riot
The next. day the parson and 4. number of
bis flock were arrested.
Wesley Chapel, one of the Msthodi.t
Churches of Columbus, Ohio, has adopted 4
rule by which all the mslo and female mem.
bers Of family may sit together in the same
pew. One Of the class leaders, who had lust
oeen married too, refused to vote for this in
novation upon one of the cherished rules of
ancient Methodism.
The following is from a letter addressed
some weeks since, by Rev. Dr. Baird, tho
distinguished Secretary of the American and
Foreign Christian Union, to the Editor of the
Irish American -
Up to this time Of excitement, | have
never heard the idea of Protestants cophnips
their charities or their employments 10 those
Of their own faith. The provisions made in
this city and elsewhere in our country, for
the poor, whatever the form of the orgsnisa-
tion which the case demands, have been jus,
as faithfully and literally carried out for the
beneht OF the Romanist as the Protestant
The poor Irish laborer or mechanic has hith-
erto met with little difficulty in finding EN-.
ployment in Protestant establishments. Ia
there no danger, would ask, that very
different state of things may be seen before
long. at least in some parts Of the country
And much OF this antagonism to foreigners
| especially those Of the Roman Catholic faith
has been called forth by tho shameful conduc,
OF political demagogues, and the not les.
sn"melul course OF portion of tho Catholic
hierarchy and press. To this must be added
! am sorry TO say-especislly of late-the
indiscreet and improper conduct Of som.
Protestants, many Of whom are themselve,
of foreign origin.
But the hsort Of this nation 10 sound, and
though it can be made to abhor and reject all
attempts to bring the country under an in,
huence which is un-American, I trust in God
| that II will never be made to turn avav from
the poor foreigner who comes to our shores
Whatever his religious faith may be. car
answer for the Society in whose services
have long labored that whilst it will moi
cease TO endeavor to counteract what il deemI
to be the dangerous errors of Rome, snd
withstand the arrogant claims of her hierar.
chy, it will ever inculcate and maintain thai
Roman Catholics should be treated with kind
ness and neither molested nor hindered ir
the enjoyment of all tho rights which tn,
Constitution and the Laws guarantee &c
them. Whatever the members ofthat Soeict,
may think of the doctrines of the Roman
Catholic Church-howerer much they ma,
deem some of them to be contrary to the wore
Of God-and whatever they think of the hi
erarchy of that Church, am confident tha
none OF them are guilty of the bigotry of be
lieving that there are not, among the PEorLl
who are connected with that Church, thos,
who truly love the Savior, and are endeavcr
ing to walk in his footsteps.