The Washington union., 1858-02-28
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from a weekly to daily paper ms, "hei e,se''u,
viii be the rt instance believe, of the publication OF
strictly Christian daily journal either in this country OF
anywhere else and will therefore mark new era Ia the
history OF the religious press
Tie Cahoic Ioaag Mas Soay OF St. Louis IN 10 a very
no~rishing condition At recent meeting very beau
tful letter was read from the sodality OF 81 Mary
Church, Boston The latter Is presided over py ,he Well
known Father MEloy and the epstle bfeaes ms chai-
y and iervent zeal, indicating thai IL was his
else he has most happily succeeded IN infsng Into his
flock the sweet genteness and loving charity which en-
dear him 10 all who know him
DeI of Dr. C7slgnd We notice 10y the papers received
from Kentucky that Rev Thomas cieland. ID. ID, died
recently AT his residence Mercer county Kentucky. He
had passed his years, lived long and usefuy
For more than fifty years be had been minister Of the
Presbyterian Church. regarded an able writer,
useful preacher and faithful Christian
Eeen Rsproof DIR Harris a former president Of Co
Iumbia College in the habit of criticisng briefly,
the compositions OF the senior class One day. oandi
date for Bacalaureate honors read remarkably beauti
full essay which his classmates listened with rapt at
tenon 50 did the president. When the young man
had finished and the momenary hum of applause in the
room had ceased and all anxousy waiting 10 hear
the criticisms OF the president the old gentleman, in his
blanest tones said He who steals his goods al
ways mersel the fair trader. let us hear the next"
Rnnaortd Resignation II hs Pqpe.-A rumor has been
aoat the last few days in Paris of anticipated change
in the temporal government of Rome which win create
surprise in the mind of every people ia Europe Some
talk Of the approaching abdioaton Of the Pope
thing and already has Father Ventura been spoken
Of as his The nomination Of the latter to
Cadinalae in preparation for this event, has frequently
been announced As general of the powerful Order OF
Ignat,, Father Venturas position would enable him to
accept the Papal Crown without probation -C5ut Jour
nal We must say, in the language OF the telegmphs,
This wants confirmation.
4 Le9de "A letter from Rome to the Star Of the West
among other things, says There conservation here
lately of Prince Hohenloe first cousin to Queen Victoria
and to Prince Albert for, You know, the Queen and
her husband cousins to each other He is arch
bishop and grand anoner to his holiness He will
be raised 10 the dignity Of cardinal and will go to
England red cap rcd stockings, and all to his cou
sins He will, presume, be t Cardinal Wise
man, but will visit the Palace anil wetk through the
streets of London object Of interest to gaping Cock
neys 1t is whispered that he will be clothed with dplo
matte powers, an ambassador from ST. Peters to st
Jamess
Protestant SmI1y School Tsacheys who may be in want
of suggestions and facts to aid them in interesting the
children at the sabbath School concert, will find yaa
ble aid in two volumes published by the Massachusetts,
Sabbath School society viz Sabbath School Results
and Sabbath School Geanipgs" More than thirty
pages in these books occupied with brief accounts OF
the various modes Of conducting the concert and the
various plans adopted to awaken an interest in this meet
ing by different schools They contain also mass of
suggestions and facts relating 10 the lbos pastors and
the duties of the church, of parents snperntendents
teachers young men, and scplars in reference the
Sabbath school
C5aseratoa Of he BsLy If Charleston The consccraton
Of the Right Rev. Bishop Elect Rev. DR. Lynch says
the Charleston Miscellany VIII take place the lith
oonsecating pIelatc will be the Rev Archbishop
Kenrick OF B,ltmorc, who, in consenng to
city for the purpose has kindly fulfilled the prayers and
wishes of all our clergy and people The other bishops
who expected lie present have yet been def
nitely heard from When all the arrangements shall have
been positively concluded readers will De informed of
the result
81 Aaa.s Parish, MlLletown Delaware. has lust OBJ
taincd new rector in the person Of the Icy Robert
Lloyd Golishorougb, late of Trinity church, Eikton
Maryland, Mr.. Goldsborough scarcely fail to be
great acquisitions to this parish. His late vestry at
Elkton understand passed. unanimously fatcring
resolutions Of regard towards him regret
their pastor while the children his day school,
and those of his catecism classes presented him with
handsome copies Of the Bible and prayer book tokens
of their esteem Mr. GoIdsboroush, understand, has
been inicatieabe in his missionary operations in Mary
land, evidently goying in the privilege of spending
and being spent for Christ and his churchs sake
As Jf,destooi "A few years ago, eloquent and
learned doctor Of divinity deceased preaching
in down church in the city OF New York (whcre
the poor kindly allowed to occupy Of the back
seats his well studied, carefully written,
and delivered in gool style The doctor had occasion
many times in the delivery of his excellent discourse, to
speak Of the prucmartyr After the sermon old lay
entered the vesy and thus addressed the preach
Doctor, that a good sermon, but part
did not understand You spoke times of the pro
martyr; who the pro 10 martyr The doctor,
who was noted for his condcscensor gacorsly cnght-
ened the darkeped understanding Of the poor old lady,
telling her poomartyr the first maryr in the Chris
tan church Then, said the old lady '',chy did you
's say So doctor ~
7tad Disf1bat,oa.-Ibe New York Christian Advocate
and Journal there 400 900 people in that
city who do not attend divine worship for whom there
churches and whose spiritual give them the
least The New York City Tract Society by their
thirty agents who go into the lanes y-roas and alleys
dispense the Word of God wherever they find hear
hold over q 900 religious meetings annually Through
their 900 visitors, who make monthly visits to the
homes of the poor, IL 600 such visits annually
made and these visitors not only furnish the needy with
Int Inv pf
for Improving the Condition of the Poor supply them
SICK console the downst and soohc the dying To the
haun of crime, the homes Of wechedness, where dark
ness and disease abide these good Samaritns go without
fear This society distributes annually million
evangelical tracts They annually induce over 900 per
sons TO attend divine worship than 900 children
yearly gathered into sabbath and
persons lel to unite with the church of God. Since
this society began its work 5000 persons been
induced 10 join the Christian church. 1t is said that
the society bad directly and indirectly brought
$4,000 into fellowship with Christ.
Lgs qf Bishop Gadden has been written by Rev.
John ~ Norton, of Kentucky. Bishop tiadsden n
native Of South Carolina his ancestors having been dis
'ngushed persons in their day and of them well
known among the patriotic Of that State. The flu
tue bishop received his carly education in Charleston
which completed at Yale College, New Haven,
where after successful collegiate course he took
his degree of A. b in 1904 Three years afterwards,
when little more than twenty years Of age, he
ordained deacon by Bishop Moore, Of New York. and
soon after entered upon the active duties Of the ministry
In parisb situated among the rice plantations of Cooper
rlvrr Here he remained about two years, and then
moved to Charleston where he became the assistant min