New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-06-28
MORAL AND RELIGIOUS.

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between FIVE and Fix Thousand dollars to the American
Unitarian Association; has printed editors of sixty
different denominstional tracts ard vclurss and has
purchased and distributed five six thousend PRAYER.
| books, discourses, treaties, &c.
| THEOLOGY IN GIRAAST.-Ait.r long period OF
orthodox rtagpaton and rstions-c destruction, Ger
many said to have produced in the preseu. century
larger number of commentators, chur N historians,
and speculative theeLgians distinguished for learning
and g.nius, than any other country during the same
tine Some thirty fifty years ago, the principal dis.
til ction was between Rs,onaists and Supernsuross
those who detied and those who main aimed sup.r-
paiural revelation the inspiration and auho,y of the
Bible the fundamental doctrines Of tue church. &C.
The former had the aseendahcy ana were led BY such
men as Wecseheider and Gesenius of Halle Paulcs II
Heidelberg Rochr Of einsr Bretschneider of Gotts
The most ting uished sup naturslsts Of the older
school were Reinhardt of Wittenberg, aerward court
preach er in Dire sden Storr, Fatt Stesde and Knapp.
| A yLslRABLR PREsBITERY The Presbytery of
| New brunswick was organized one hundred and
eighteen yeaIs tines, and though now confined to
con parativ.y small territory, numbers fly ministers
AID about thirty churches, with some 900 communi
eants. The contributions to various religious and
benevolent objects for The year ending in April last,
| amounted to more than SO 600.
| BIslr vERsIos IN EssIAsD.-M the late annual
meeting Of the British and Foreign Bible Society the
Chairman, the Earl Of ShaftesOury. took occasion TO
advert with marked severity, to the motion before the
| House Of Commons, favorisg new version OF the
Englnh Scriptures. Lei the CON non consent, said
bis Lordship, which existed with regard to the
| Scriptures be destroyed and deedly wound would
be inflicted on the of the propagation of the
"huih among all nations that spoke the English
"topgue Moreover, the many millions of copies of
"the Scriptures which are already in circulation,
| would at become dscredhed and lose their
Z" value, ard they would have TO begin their work
| over again. He admitted that the authorized yer
sion of the Scriptures had some defects bat, not
withstandipg these defects il WAS admitted by CON-
mon consent 10 be the best trensaton of the Scrip
| " tures made into any language
| MORALS OF SAN FRAscIsco.--A letter from the
| editor OF I've Oregon Ckrtstidn Advocate writing
fro m Francisco, says that the morals Of that cit y
are far superior now to those OF 1851. There is not
| gambling establishment to be all the city, tho
stores end shops generally closed upoo the Sab
| hath; ard the churches are well attended and in
prosperous condition. Convention of all the Sab
bath School SupeIin, ndents and Teachers OF Caor
Liza has been called to meet in the City OF San Fran
cisco the obt 81 being to communicate etatistics and
other Information iu relation to the progress and
general condition of every S,bbath-Schoo Of the
State and Territory.
| PhiNITIyH METHoDIsIs The third annual session
| of the Primitive Methodist Conference in Canda was
held last month and from the reports made the state
! of the Church in Canada was found to be highly en-
cour,gpg The fiinds ale in tolerably good state,
end there has been al increase Of Hembers and adj
dition Of young n.en to the ranks OF the Clergy.
| YorsG MlS's CHRISTIAN SOCIETIES IL FRAScE -
| Tie Young Mems Christian Union held Its fourth an
riversary recently in the city of Paris. 1t appears
| fiom The Report that the General Union for France
has city five sections in different places, numbering
some six hundred young men. The Paris Union has
had ninety .hne members during the four years has
Bible classes in French English and German. The
reading room Is much frequeGted IL moufIs the re-
moval Of Of its warnest friends IN Pastor Adoiphe
Monod; and the less Of Of its first members,
IN NJ Monods nephew, Henri Barbut who had gone
| 10 tie Crmea as missionary few mouths ago, out
| died.
| A PROHERoUs CHuRcH.-Calyary Presbyterian
Church in San Francisco Of which the Rev Dr. Scott
is Pastor has raised s27 900 mostly by the congregs
ton TO pay of all membranes, leaving the church
entirely free from debt and in peseeabe possession Oh
fire proof edlfce costing over siO,OoO.
| SUNDAY rs EsGLasD The :" Sunday Band nave
| been stopped by Lord Palners CD, o~'ou'o'! Ia '
plisnee with -rvng letter written to him on the SUD-
iect by the Archbishop Of Canterbury; but Feauy, 80
they saw because the Scotch members threatened 10
abandon him. if he DID not put sn end to an noVaoa
~ utterly obboIicus to Pre-byterian sotano' io'u
Pslmtrs,on, while iekipg, however, keeps e0e 'oo'
on the other side Of the fence, by declaring that
sgaips, the convictions Of his own ladsuem, ins'e
is great rejoicing amoDg all the iriebds u '"e
| Sunday, on account Of this result
| Tx MAsGER IL BErHLEHEN.-Ihe manse', VI
stone where he infant Ctris, laid, Is no" shown
in texn ero,to deep under the grou1d, an0 The pre-
else spot where he vs.. bonn Is marked oy shYer
star, directly over which stood the star 10 the I,'
A,ourd the star Is q Latin inscription mere was
BON Jesus Cbrst of the Virgin Mar; and man! -'e,
lsup- are Constantly burning both Ii ths pace ana
over the marger, asi tac or three .ALuf". "''.. Pr
urer BY Murilo aie also to BE- sesn Inc eu"f' ani
sdioiripg buildings are - DIVIDED up ana parl'ons'
If TO keep asunce the behgerent Greeks and oa'n'
| res q. 20 spcil AL the harmony Of proportion snd
beauty # architecture.
B,pIr Issrr-re total number Of volumes s'ae
rom the Bible H,uss m this city las, year was aooss
SEQ oc0: and since II. fr. operations ID isi' 'Ase
,isn 10 coo Geo 4 has slso been caretaly es'AAied
that. since lsO4-the date Of the nsos1tion Vi ths
Br,-h and Fcreipu Bible Seety-tbe total Asgregs's
.. comic. of,he Scriptures ssusd Trough us mediu
-. Bitl Soeie,. Alone hs, b'ea more than sooo'O 900
e Which ruub.r proPctio' OF .bl III ons ~ nS'
| b.. pub .hed BY the Az reao Sc'''T, ''a s'oU