Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-07-21

The family Of the late Marshal sonlt have
been deeply agitated by the fact Of the grand
daughter of the old hero having become a nun
against their wishes, md her death, which oc-
Cured Immediately afterwards They had en-
deavored TO dssuade her from her determine
ton 10 enter the convent, and brilliant ball
was given mt the truileries with that object.
When ordered TO dress for the same, she went
up stai's and cut OF All her flowing tresses,
asking her mo her, "Can | go to the ball as l
amp 5ll sL Nr ~ -
The following anecdote is told of Henry
Ward Beecher and Park Benjamin, though Il
is probable not true; On one of their lectu-
ring expeditions, they were riding in the same
railway car. Getting into conversation abent
preaching, Beecher was so courteous rs TO ask
Benjamin to come over TO Brooklyn some
Sabbath morning, and hear him. 81 do not
know where your Westinghouse is, said Ben
jamin show shall find itY "0h,' replied
Beecher, "all you have to do is to come over
one of the ferries, and follow the crowd" ~
would come, continued Benjamin, "but for
one reason" "And what is that p asked
Beecher Because" said Benjamin, with a
merry look out of his eyes, 81 make il an in
variable rule never 10 go 10 any place Of
amuselnent on Sunday .tNaEl.iGy
The three great phases of Christianity are
seen in the Protestant Church, with its 100000
600 Of souls, the Roman Catholic with 20O,-
00O,000, according to the Pope, endorsed by
our own Archbishop Hughes, and the Oriental
Church with $4,000, 600 In ALL there are 365-
900, 600 of people who are, in an important
sense, Christi0ns, in contradistinction TO Jews,
Mohammendans aud Pagans If we should
say that there, are as many millions of nomi-
nal Christians in the world as there are days
in the year we would not be very far from the
mark. If the population of the globe be one
thousand millions, as NJ Balbi, the distinguish
ed French geographer, supposes, then the one
third part and more are nominal Christians
and not Jews Mohammedan or Pagan. y.
This triple dvisionlof the Christian world
has its counterpart in the great natohalities
of the civilized world-the Latin, the Teuto-
mic, and the Slavenic The Latin nations are
almost entirely Roman Catholic They are
the Italians, French Spanish and Portuguese.
The Teutonic nations give to Professionalism
its strength, both in the old world and the new,
whilst the Slavic race constitute the strength
of the Oriental Church, as is seen in Russia
Turkey and Hungary.
A METHODIST DivNE's OprNoN.-The fol-
lowing are the concluding sentences of n
speech made by Rev, DIR. Kingsley, at the
General Conference of the NJ f. Church ut
Buffalo:
We are informed that there is rejoicing in
heaven over one sinner that repents. ] veri-
ly believe, when it shall be proclaimed in
heaven, that through the blessed principles of
the Gospel of peace, oppression has ceased in
all the earth, heaven itself will be in perfect
uproar of rejoicing
PERFECTION OF GOODNESS. you hear
of a father sacrificing his own life for his chill
dren when you hear Of soldier diving for his
country, when you hear of n olergynna'a or
phyaioian killing himself By his work. while
he is laboring to save the souls or bodies ofhis
feow-creatures, then you feel there is good
ness in its highest shape, To give up our lives
for others is one Of the most beautiful, and no.
BILE, and glorious things on earth But to give
up our lives willingly, joyfully, for men who
misunderstood us, hate us, despite us, is, if
possible, a more glorious action STILL and the
very perfection of perfect virtue. Then, look
ing at Christ's GROSS, we see that, and even
more-ay, far more than that The cross was
the perfect token of the perfect greatness Of
God, and of the perfect glory of God.
CLERICAL PLAGIARISM IN ENGIAND.-Every
body has heard of the Scotch clergyman,
whose sermons were so excellent that one of
his congregation asked him why he did not
print them 81 am afraid" was the confden-
tial answer, ''that it will be found out that they
have already been printed A good story is
told Of IN obscure English Clergyman, who
preached TO country congregation, a dis
course originally delivered in London, by
famous divine, during the time that the plague
ragged in the metropolis. The rustics were
greatly alarmed upon being informed from the
sacred desk Of the terrible pestilence that pre-
vailed among them Some years ago, a cele.
brated English clergyman preached against
theaters, and was unwise enough TO publish
the sermon. 1t was wholly copied from
well known work, and printed without the
slightest acknowledgment Mr. Alfred Bum,
the theatrical manager, detected the larceny
and published both productions in parallel
columns simply asking what faith could be
reposed in the reverend pilferer2 Within
few years, youthful preachers In England
have been rash enough to repeat disoourses
from such famous serm0nizers as Melville and
Maslon.
English preachers are less liable TO expo
sure, however, when they take the produc-
tons Of American clergymen, as the British
public ARE not familiar with the published
works of transatlantic diyines. Some years
ago we printed an account Of noted London
preacher who delivered in the presence of a
party of Americans a discourse written by the
Rev. DIR. Bartol, Of Boston. 1t seems, Il we
believe the London critic, that an English
clergyman obtained a great reputation as a
sermonizer5 on the strength of repeating the
sermons of DR. Bushnell on the New Life
Unfortunately for him the latter volume has
now been reprinted in England 1854