Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1860-03-04

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The Tennessee annual conference Sunday
eehool convention viii be he'd on the 10th O.
: April next, in Nashville.
AfsE years ago, Leopold, Duke Of Tuscany
Imprisoned the Madiai, for circulating q few
: copies OF the word Of God. To-day the dukI
b a fugitive from bis kingdom and the Nadia
are busiiy engaged In circulating the Scrip
= tures, the provisional government Of TUSCANY
having proclaimed freedom Of eonscisncs.
Al correspondent OF the PTssbytcriaa BaHAo
saws that IN the Arkansas Synod the old diiapi
idsted leg church with slab benches is In manJ
instances giving way to new and comfortable
churches. A. Fayetteville a church Of thirty
eight members has been organized and a new
and elegant building for worship erected. Thl
writer says Fayetteville Is apretty town, anc
pleasantly situated, and It needs only a rail-
road communicating with s.. Louis or Mem
phis, to render It an Important point
Many papers Of the Christian religious press
publish at length the prayer offered up IN Con
eress BY he Jewish Rabbi DR.. Raphael, on
the day Congress was organized. II was the
first time Congress had ever been opened in
that way bya person Of The Hebrew faith
The Veksburg SuH states that The Rev. Mr..
Jones, late ofJackson, has been eahed 20 me
pastoral charge Of the Baptist ehurehAn this
city, the Rsv. Mr.. SnodgTass having resigned
The Memphis Presbyterian Ssntnd informs
ne that The Prssbytery Of the western district
will hold It's annual spring session al The Union
church. felght miles east Of BroHnsvilie) on the
THURSDAY before the second sabbath Of April,
20 at Z O'Clock, P. n.
The English correspondent Of the Western
Grisifan Afr0cdfe says "There have been or
late some disrrseefui disclosures Of immoral
ftv among the clergy Of the Established Church.
For the most part these cases have been unfit
! 49, r. l. - - - E
rope, the Tmes-a Journal which has been re-
markable for its high church preiudiees-bes
pat forth a stirring and terrible leader on this
subject. i~nquiring how L is that there i 90
alarming a proportion OF disgraeeful ofenses
among the Established clergy. The evil is
traced to the root, the want OF due care is the
licensing and ordination Of candidates. "Col-
lege eertifcates,' says the Ttmes, " are come
70 be a farce, and bishops examinations are
little better.D
The Vieksburg Wig Of Wednesday last says
that the Rev. DR.. Geo. c. Light, Of Canton
Methodist church, died suddenly.in that city on
Tuesday, Of disease Of the heart The dayWas
hissevsntV-ffth birthday. He had been a use
ful minister over fifty years.
The hremen Of New Orleans this day hold
their grand annual celebration with procession
and music. The Tree Delta OF that city has
the following upon the subject: The streets
viii be thronged, and every window and BAL
eony adorned with beauty and fashion, cheer
ing with bright eyes and sunny smiles our gal
liant and humane fremen along their route
through the city.
The Ere department, discardiug that sort Of
anti-sonthern, and, at all times and In all
places, ridiculous puTitanism which urges
journalistic opposition 10 the commemoration
Of an anniversary on a sunday, because ID
happens to come on Sunday, wisely adopted
the plan Of celebrating the right day. In ad-
ditionsl reason, and one Of much moment to
the honest sons Of toll Is. that BY thus esle-
brating the occasion on Sunday, bur one day
i%siost. Il is an very well sor the do-no-hings,
or do-httles % society, 70 talk Of the loss Of
Two days from necessary labor on the part OF
hose who worship Godwhiie supporting them
selves and their families. -
The Hannibal, No., Nessenger, says; The
revival at the Baptist church IN this city, is
stll progressing. There we're tEentJfour
conversions last week. fourteen # whom were
bsptised in the Mississippi river in the fore
noon Of Sunday. Although the morning was
extremely inelement and threatening, and the
stTeeisan sidewalks damp and muddy, long
before the time set for Administering the ordi-
nance, crowds might have been seen vending
their way on foot, horseback, IN carriages, and
IN almost every conceivable vehicle TO the
ieTee, and BY the time the candidates arrived
there could not have been less than 1900 or
ZOO persons present.
he Roman Catholic missions estasIshea in
the northern part Of Norway seen to make no
progress. Neither TIE Roman Catholic papers,
which built so great hopes on the first estab-
hshmsnt OF these missions, nor the Protestant
papers Of Norway, bring any report on their
condition, except that they are active in dis
tubudng Roman Catholic tracts. Denmark
has been visited, fer the first time since the in
PRODUCTION Of the Information, BY a Roman
Catholic Bishop, (the Bishop OF Osnabuek,
Germany who is at the same time Vicar
Apostolic Of the Northern missions Of the Ro-
mish Church. He has found a very friendly
reception with the King, the Crown Prince,
and the Ministers, has been invited BY the
King 70 dinner, and received from him the
promise that the R. c. Church in Denmark
shall enjoy the same amount OF civil liberty
with the other religious deHominstions
The avsrage length Of life among the Alum
nj Of Andover Theoi5gi-aI Srminarv-2SShav
ing died out Of 1920 IN fifty years-is given by
the Congregational QIar.erly at52 years. The
State report o. the deaths Of 500 clsrgvmen in
Massachusetts,, gives an average Of 81 years
One thing is certain scarcely any class Of
persons are as long-liyed as e~lergymen
A {" Protestant p calls attention 10 The fol-
lowing announcement, made at the RomIsh
cathedral in St. Georges road, under the head
ing Of "St. Thomas Of Canterbury, martyr. A
relic Of the saint win b. carried in procession,
and afterwards exposed Tor the veneration OF
the faithful"
The Tempe notices the late Bible burning In
begotiai as f0li0wss "Ihe Archbishop a.
clergy attracted a crowd of the curious, va,
instead Of hanging Their heads in shame, hslP&
him to burn, in front Of bis palace, 500 vol
ums Of books, which they said were prohibited,
probably because they contained the truth.
They were Bibles without notes, as they we're
from the original: aiso, the works
OF Gibbon, and Of Guizot, Of Dumas and Sue,
and we DO not know what other authors. How
anxious some folks are that We should return
to the epoch OF the ferocious inquisitoni Il
is a shame that such an outrage should occur 1
among the people Of the continent, and this
it Is claimed that we are advancing in
intelligence and civilization. Superstition has
a point here in certain circles humil-
20 the country. We learn that these
sane elcrgY, with sticks in hand, stirred Up
the IRE, and that a guard, furnished By the
authorities, kept a space clear for their opera
tons. To Characterize acts Ike these, Ian
guage is at fault"
The London correspondent ofthe Baansr and
6drocats writes The evangelical alliance has
announced special prayer each Friday, 10 Exc
ter Hall, in continuation Of the daily (morn-
ing and EVENING" dsTotions Of last week The
Earl Of Roden presides over the first meeting
Afternoon in Freemason's Hall There
a united celebration OF the Lords supper
Lords day IN the afternoon Baptist No
q, Jas. Hamilton, and Mr. LstF0be, the nora
Tian superintendent minister, were among
hose Eh0 took part. II Is described as hav-
-ng been very solemn and sweet. The Episco-
pal elergy1eu coald not officially attend TIE
Of Uniformity and the laws Of the estab-
would interfere with their admins
ration atlszst, Of the Lords supper in an uu.
licensed and uncousecrated building. The re- s
condemns the holding Of the communion
lervice. Certainly it becomes Us to be very !
ender and considerate toward e~Fangelie al !
.;lergymen, but there seems no Just reason why, {
{ others agree to meet in holy fellowship at :
be table " our eommon master, that they {
hould be rebuked for il.
The Cleveland PlaindsGIsT relates that re- e
narkable religious revival Is going on in the y
Ierman Methodist Church, corner Of Eagle '
nd Prospect streets. We spent a short time D
bere the other evening, and never before wife :
.essed such high-strung enthusiasm IN our life.
be hymns are very lively and the whole con-
Join in singing them. During the
inging several OF the converted usually get
THAT is called the "powsr,7 and under the in
uenee thereof they perform strange acts. Il
BOX three able-bodied women 70 hold one fra
lie girl, who was wildly endeavoring to Jump
p 70 the ceiling, shouting hallelujah the while.
me old lady, her eyes closed and her long gray ,
air streaming wildly, perforaet the most [
rotesqus dance We ever saw during the singing
Z The hymns, Atlength the power" became
rety generally distributed among the congre-
alton. Some were jumping up and down,
me- were lying fat on the floor, meaning
others were screaming hsllelujsh, c
hers laughing, while the pastor, the Rev.Nfr. =
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