New-York daily tribune., 1856-03-22
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who had been warmly approved otherwise, because be
was in favor Of the Baptist Missionary Uaos, which
was denounced and is now growingly regarded as .
ProSlavery institution, after the type Of the Ameri
can Tract Society.
METHODIST Book CoScERS-A controversy 6 gong
on in the Methodist papers respecting the policy and
management Of the Methodist Book Couccn, which
hss been colossal institution with threefourths Of
million capital. One party takes the ground tha. lay:
men should manage it instead OF ministers, while the
other insists that whatever profit may be made from the
sales of the establishment they ought to be devoted
only 10 esseuing the price Of the books.
TRAssLArIoSs INTO LowLASD ScorcH.-Prinsc
Louis Lucien Bonsparte has caused translation Of
the Gospel Of St. Matthew in the Lowland Scotch 10
be executed and printed at his own expense. IL Is
stated however that only the small number OF eight
cen copies have been struck of.
CLERICAL CONTEMPT OF LKST.-The CkHrcAssas
OF this city says under the caption OF Clerical Con-
"tempt of Lent" 1.-The insincerty OF the ultra Prot
estant school Of clergy as respects even 80 SOL
emn season of their Church as Lent, receiving
signal illustration here now. The city is placasded
with advertisements OF grand Complimentary
:" Entert snment' 'of most attractive character,
at Niblos Saloon, in honor of some great zealot OF
"'Temperance, at which the world is tempted to 60
and revel by the promise Of Widespread tables aud
"'sweet music'-ay, and such rich speaking, too,
as Dr. Tyng on such occasions is addicted 20 the In
diligence of in order that in the words OF the prayer
which il is the reverend doctors duty to offer up
his church every day this week. by using such assi-
nence, our flesh being subdued 70 the Spsit, we may
"'ever obey Gods holy motions in righteousness and
"'true holiness" And then The Charehmas lugu-
briously adds: "What the Church, what can even
the world, think of dupliety and chariatsnry such
"as this" We recommend to The CAgrchRas-St.
Matthew VII 1918.
REVISION OF THE AUrHoRrzED VERSION or THE
SCRIPTURES IN EsGLAND.-In the English Lower
House of COnvocation, Canon Selwyn has gwen no.
tice of motion to propose petition to the upper
House requesting his grace and their take
into their consideration the subject of an address to
the Crown, praying that her most gracious Msjesv
may be pleased to appoint body OF learned men, wen
skilled in the original language of the Holy Scriptures,
to consider of such amendments Of the authorized ver
sion as have been already proposed, and to receive
suggestions from all persons who may be willing to
offer them; to communicate with foreign scholars on
difficult passages when il may be deemed advisable;
to examine the marginal readings which appear to
have been introduced into some editions since 1911;
and to point out such words and phrases as have either
changed their meaning become obsolete in the lapse
of time.
BIBLES AMONG THE ARMENrASs. Within two
years upward Of million copies of bibles, tracts,
and similar publications, have been circulated among
the Amenans. Near nine millions OF pages were
issued during last year from the prntngpress at Con.
stantinope. Bible schools have also been established
in hundred different places in Turkey, and the mis-
sion staff comprises in all u.s.
SEcTs IN GERnASY.--The German sects may
be divided at present into three classes the Evan
g,lical, the Mystic, and the Rstionalstic' 10
the first belong the Moravans, the modern Baptsts
the Mehodiss; to the second the Swedenborgans and
the Irvingtes; to the third the SociAass, the Light
friends and the German Catholics. The Rationalists
generally are not Sect but theological school and
party in the Established Churches, which wasonce
stronger than the Catholic party, but is now rapidly
diminishing.
VINO NEXT "A writer in The Clerical Journal
English says: "In a sermon corrected by the au-
thor, the Rev. Francis Close preached at st Mays,
Cheltenhsm and publishedb Thomas Arnold, Pater-
"noster Row. London, we find the doctrines Of Arius,
"Nestonus and Socnus there eoquently set fortk As
if God could have mother! As If God could be
"borD; could live and die No such confusion Of sub
"sance is to be found in Scripture; Christ thst
"died, not Godl Where is the Bishop Of Gloucester"
LAST PROTESTANT IN MADEIRA.-Some years ago
there were a considerable number Of people in Ma
deira who contrary to the command OF the priests,
were readers Of the Bible. That heresy, as il was
called, appears to be now quite suppressed. The
transgre,sors mostly emgrated TO America, impeied
partly perhaps, by the general distress in the Island
from the failure of the vines but much more by asys
tenn Of ipcessant annoyance to which they were sub
ected. One Of them remsned on the Isand-a Sehor
dc Refs, Of considerable property. This man is
lately dead.
UsIos OF THE RoNAs AND ARNEsIAy CHURCHES
"A new movement for a union with the Roman
Church has lately been started by Boghas Dad-
an, Director General Of the Turkish powder man
ufactories, and member Of one of the first Ame-
Man families. He has just returned from journey
through Europe, undertaken for this purpose, aad "
said to have met, in particular, with sympathy from the
French Emperor A pamphlet has been written BY
him Oh this subject in the form of letter 10 the Ar
meDien Patriarch.
The CHURCH AND FREExAsoSRY IN PRussIA.-
The Upper Ecclesiastical Board of Prussia has refused
to interfere, a. desired by many Lutheran Cergymen
in official capacity, with the participation Of cler-
gyuen in the Order of Freemasons, but left It free TO
the Superinendent-Genera Of every Province 10 ex
ercse his personal influence for this purpose. in other
parts Of Germany the reviviDg old Lutheran party
foments the agitation;-thus, in the Kingdom Of
ssxopy, all officers Of the army have been required by
the Government to leave the Order In the Lutheran
Church in Sweden, however, the King and almost
every clergyman of higher rank belongs to Lodge.
UsTERsALIsr VIEW oF BIBLE REvIsIoN.-IA
Christian Freeman CUniyersalst) favon revision
of the English Bible, by a Convention Of Delegates
from all denominations Of Christians, to be selected
from their learned scholars By the denominations re-
rpectiyey. In respect to those words on which are