New-York daily tribune., 1856-04-26

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IL It's circulation.
Ms NURFAT's OPINIONS oY THE RrV. II. W.
IEIcHER-Mi.s Murray Gays, n Rer recently p1o-
nshed wo'k on this country: " "a Sunday went -
clsp-l in Brooklyn 20 hear the brother u Ms.
Beecler Stove preaoh TO a vety croEied cengreGs-
ton. lis sermon was one Of srea, clcqueace ani
originality; style snd manrer too familiar TO SUIT
Epcl h idea. but II; eminentiy practical, an
% much Of truth and wisdom 20 De cu'lci Ori OF
-olne- lat rugged and informal cham OF s-suneni
tAst no eye sumbered and no persons attentios
Jagged during very long discourse"
BLISD FEIAcHERs-The Rev. DR.. Spring hss. IN
coDsequence Of bis protraced application to books and
writing +. ed in = eye-ight The Rev. Dr.. B4rae-
o. Philsderbis can s,e but very impcrfectly; yet he
narsgts 20 10 considerable writing The Rev hr.
MlbuIu the bILd preacher ard lecturer, whose e'o'
quence las delighted many in yaTIou, parts OF the
land il publishing a work entitled Axe, Ri-,, and
Ssddlebac-." The Rev DR. Waa-kridge OF Spencer
,ewr. " Y. who has been blind from the commence
melt of his ministry said be engaged a; present
IN preparing Reooliections Of his own Tme-
Rxcy>r DTrISITIoS oF 4 CaLvASIsTIc PoSr."-
A. Erg'i,h clergyman hss just published a sermon
entitled AL the Counsel Of God an Addres to my
Congregation, II which he says: Sovereign election
"Lasaways been rePreseuted to you to be the first
'lnk IN the chain of God counses, g'Onhcaon Is
",hc let This golden chain will hold forever and
"on whonsoeyer the fir- Ink has taken hold 1t will
'nfsllbly brirg him up TO the lsSt-eternd glory
Men art not elected for their belief or for their merit or
.h.irworks but sre elected a. Jacob elected, ere
"tley come from thiwomb snd this, too not for any
thing that Sod did iorsee tney would DO or would be
Enabled to 60, but because Tie wi.led It..
CHRIs1IAn UsIoS In the English ConvOoaton.
the Rev Mr.. Msssneberd gave notice OF petition t
tie Upper House. as follows: That sppears 10 this
House 70 be subject which might htly occupy the
attention Of this Convention WI, taer any and what
,teps n isht DO taken toward the reunion of the
DIV ijed members of Chriss body in our country, and
with this view, whether some communication might
not be made to the Werlyans. on the subject
A J,,UIT az DIsGUIST.-Ths National NdSa-'7f
L..ly called attention to the following singular fact
with reference to of the rectons OF St Georges
Church New-York as recorded in the Life of the
Rev. Dr. Minor, by the Rev. Dr.. Stone, published by
the American Tract Society in lsis. At page 3iG OF
u at volume il an extract from DR. Minors journal
while IN England. Of which the following = copy
In IL" Of conversation curious fact was
"developed IL relation to Dr. kewley, my predecessor
" in s., Georges Mr. Mayer Said that BE- Lad seen
d" him IN Italy, and was well acquainted with him
" He passes there by the name of Father hewiey but
Mr. Mayer says that he knows bis true name to be
lawson He has no doubt that Dr. h. was a jesuit
during h- whole residence in America. II the
whole history Of this matter could be got access TO- II
would doubtless present some most remarkable reYe-
at'rs.
pkt1cIors PRoGRrSs At rHr WTsr-In Ohio, in
l-27 there were l2i Presbyterian ministers 27'
churches. and lO, ,653 COMMITMENTS. in 1893, 500
Minister, go churches and i2659 communicate
beside $50 Congregational ministers, 2ls churches,
and l2, a., cCmmunioants In Indiana, there were In
l-e7 Il Preby ieran ministers, - churche and ,532
coumunicsnts; in 1850. 22- ministers, J7S churches
and Il ets c,rnmunicants. In Michigan in l527 there
were but Presbyterian churches and ministers no"
there are 81 ministers and 90 churches beside ~ Con-
gregatona ministers and iO4 churches In Illinois, in
1ea there were % Presbyterian Minister'S % churches
and III communicates; new there ljo Ministers 27O
churches. and - s3O communicates. This shows
very rnpid progress in the denominations named and
doubtlss other Christian bodies have increased at
similar rate.
ProrrsrAsrs ASD CATHOLICS IN PRussIA.-Prussia
Of Catholics. while the Kingdom OF Saxony the saxon
P,irc;teities and Mecklenburg almost entirely
Lutheran. In Hanover, Wurtemburg. Baden. the
two Hcssas Nassau, Oldenburg, and the four free
cities. the "Evangehcal Confession" has likewise the
preponderalc c. But there hardly single State IN
GERMANY where the two churches are not mixed
MIssloss o, 1HK METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
SouTH.-This body has published the Tenth Annual
it, care there are 36s MISSIONS 3ll missionaries l29
churches, 70 $50 church members, ls5 Sunday schools
as oa4 children under religious instruction, manual
labor .chools and AS Indian pupils. The contribu-
tion, for the year amounted to slGi.33e, Of which
s.2772, the largest amount, was received iron the
South Carolina Conference 2Os7o, the next in size,
from tie Alabama Conference; and sl9,Os3 Il, rOm
the United States Government.
ROME rs ROME "A new Romsn Catholic paper,
LOJ.rratear Cotholque las been established ia
France TO oppose Unirers, the organ Of the jesuit
Ul,ranon,ane party. late number OF the new paper
holds tie following language respecting the ne" dog
ma: The pride Of the Ulnamontane faction had
reached such hight, that Providence has permitted
the fall of him whom il aims to defy. Do not the
Uhramontansts persist in representing tie rope as
"Lcalble7 Iis al the very moment when III sc e1a5
SeThllens hIt Eraltu ~ Sa'l''y "
who, acting from interested motives, account It a.
nothing to i1ure the Church, that Plus TX, al their
solicitation. defines the new dogma sbures, al al
once. the ancient universal unanimous doctrine OF
1.-The whole Catholic Church. and suathematizes all
the Fathers Of the Church and all his own prede
cessors The bull OF Plus TX IS a judgment of God
upon Ult!amo ntansm. Providence has wisely Ndled
" that tho Pope himself should prove to the Cath
Ole world tha; Is pretended infallbilty Is only