New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-01-18
MORAL AND RELIGIOUS.

kcRTAsE OF misunderstanding to work re-
Getty issued, treating of the history, principles and
pyress Of the Baptists It appears that IN 1872 there
w but one Baptist communicate in the United States
20 every y ak inhabitants, while in 1854 there was
on to every thirty inhabitants and the sect has more
TIN one quarter Of the whole church accommodation
nAis country The work referred TO also notices the
gndusl decline of infant baptism, and Gays that more
TIM twelve infants are born to one baptized by all
examinations the country through.
Tx LAIN RTv. DIR. CHouLEs.-A writer IN Bos-
To paper, in some obituary lines the recent demise
dthi well known preacher, says: Il have seen him
walking to his church smoking cigar, which he
threw away only at the entrance. One summer
afternoon entered late, much heated by my walk.
He made telegraphic signals from the pulpit to the
occupant of neighboring pew to hand me fan-an
vet which, though il provoked smile, was truly an
~" of Christian courtesy, and one which gratefully
appreciated"
MAcAuLAr's Description OF Penn, THE QUAKER
RlFoRNfR.-Quakers have by this time become quite
u~d to Mr.. Macaulay's attacks upon them and their
gnst founder In the volume of his history just
ised the historien thus sketches Penn, At the time
VIXEN his faculties rpening, Epscopaans, Pres
bNsrians. Independents Baptists, We're striving for
Nnsifry. ana Wtfe, III every OVtHeA Va NAN Ae"' ~
frsag and revilng each other. He wandered from
aggregation TO congregations ne heard priests har-
Sngue against Puritans; he heard Purtans harangue
agnst priests, and he in vain applied for spiritual
erection and consolation 10 doctors of both parties
On Jolly old clergyman of the Anglican Communion
toahim to smoke tobacco and sing psalms; another
sdpsed him TO 20 and lose some blood, The young
h9arer turned in disgust from these advisers to the
DSenters, and found them also blind guides,
ATHoroHTfUL ACT oF BESEvoLRScE.-Dr. Law
retce Editor Of The Memoirs of Amos Lawrence, has
spPopriated the profits accrung to himself from the
Copyright Of that work to various benevolent objects
nong others he has given $500 to the Young Mems
hrstian Union and $500 to the Young Mems Christian
Association II was at the request Of these Societies,
injunction with Others, that the memoir was first
p'bSshed. aud now, without seeking, they have their
/ tesrd.
NoHAxsTDAS REPRoos .-Abd-el-Kader, Mo-
Asanedan Emir now in Paris, has written a book to
P'ts that Judaism, Christianity and MoAammedan-
sa are only one religion, differing merely in details
heays that If Mususmans aud Christians would be-
we've him, they might agree, and treat each other as
"'eAren In this work also, the reverental Arab
1pans that Christian scholars arc not in the habit
nlsng their minds toward God, the author Of al
Ass ashley ought and administers sharp rebuke,
VI tbs point, to mea Of science.
NARpisAL WisEsAs AND TINE LAwYERs.-The
s'3 Catholic organ, The Tablet, reports progress in
suar OF the Naturalization Of the Cardinal against
-. enormous expenses incurred in his late low sui:
wa @e Rev. Ms. Boyie-fa,ls1. Toward this