New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-11-01
Church and State.


- One Of the beet utterances Of ecclesiastcal as
semblies on our National Sin," which we have
SEEM is the following minute, which was adopted by
the CONGREGATIONAL Association Of Western Penn
sylvana:
We believe that while there many violations Of Gods
law aud much hat Is evil and only evil continually lrovoA
inr he Almighty to jealousy and yet still tho great
crowning evil and that for which God poured his 1ds
msns upon in 80 terrible mauner IL our system oil oisv-
.v As Christian and democratic nation, have 50 lar
departed rom principles s to bold tour million, 81 our
fsowbeing, property We have made the ase', ciii.in
he nation slave , where voices Of the suctionser Of
frng for money the souls aud bedss OF men, Is most con-
We have m.de whole State. slsve-bresdiug and slave
sci ing sse 10 consequence Of which the sisns ana sas
caused by u. separation Of families aud kindred ties have
never be heard flow We have positued our
civil principle, 70 this b.rbai'o. prac'sc We Fave Sssa
dc,s hrown whole n.yond the pale Of govern
protection We hav. d.ndh. .oyereisn,y Of God ia he
huye chased he poor fuv, snd delivered bin to he nhu
man mater IN direct cont Of the VOID Of God the
violation Of v Pa,Ps 81 f v.I,. OF sgss Of Of
color and have gained political influence by the crushing out
Of the African mind the Lost ray Of hope o. protection BY the
the nation g.a, whole has either participated In ihs
inh unian worn. or stood by consent!ng
Tile Church Journal Of this city makes some
very interesting disclosures on the history Of the
Pastoral address which was read at the close OF the
Triennial Episcopal Convention, and which attracted
considerable attention by tho strong ground 1t took
agans. the Rebellion, calling 1t q "sin' and "a
crime against divine and human law" The address,
- was generally known, was drawn up by Bishop
McIvaine Of Ohio. 1. was not, however, Bishop
McIvaine who had been originally charged with
this tack, but Bishop Hopkins OF Vermont. The
draft prepared by this New England prelate ignored
the rebellion against the lawful Government in
State and Church al ogeiher. Bishop Hopkins laid
bis draft before committee Of the i've Bishops,
which had been appointed for this purpose by the
former General Convention, and which consisted,
bo,ide HIMSELF of the Bishops Of Kentucky, Ohio,
Wisconsin and Michigan. On motion of the Bishop
Of Ohio il was resolved to report the letter to the
House Us the pastoral letter Of the House Of
Bishops. But within q few days the Bishop
II Ohio requested the Bishop of Vermont 70
call another meeting Of the Committee. The re.
quest was complied WITH and in this second meet.
ing the Bishop Of Ohio presented another draft, pre-
pared by himself and moved that il lie reported 10
the House Of Bishops conformity with th'S Of Bishop
Hopkins. For this motion voted the Bishops Of
Ohio and Kentucky; against II, those Of Wisconsin
and Michigan, aud Bishop Hopkins abstsined from
voting. Tie matter being thus undecided, both
drafts came before the House Of Bishops. When
resd to the House, the Bishop of Maryland moved
that the letter written by the Bishop Of Ohio be the
Pastoral Letter Of the House Of Bishops, which mo-
ton prevailed. The Bishop Of Vermont, greatly
di.pleased with this result drew up ard presented
in the House protest against the political character
Of the Pastoral Letter, requesting leave TO have il
entered on the journals. Leave was, however, re-
fused and tho record was, by vote of the House.
altered TO conceal the fact that any other draft of
a Pastoral had been before them for consideration.
Tho Protestant Episcopal Leroy now stationed
a, New Orleans consl-is Of two Englishmen, DR..
Ieacock and DR. Goodrich, both Of whom desire, Of
course consequence Of early prejudice, the dsso-
Iu.ion Of the Union; Of two natives Of New.York,
Mr.. Mccoy and Mr.. Jessup; and the Rev. M.
Hedges, who has son in tho celebrated Washing
ton Artillery. Another clergyman, the Rev. DR..
Ilawley was recently compelled TO leave being
suspected of being too loyal. During the reign of
Secession, tho whole service was said, and the
President Of the Rebel States was of course,
for instead Of the Prest. Of the United States
Amer Gen. Butler took possession OF the city and
forbade the praying for JEFF. Davis the service has
been muiilated by emitting all before the Litany,
evaded.
The Free Churches are still power In England
The Memorial Fund raised this year by the Congre-
gatonal Union Of England for oommemorstipg, by
the erection Of Memorial Halls chspes, schools,
etc.. tie bicentenary year on NoncoRiormity has
reached fl3O000, and it is expected TO reach
goo, 600 when all the returns will have come in.
Freedom Of Interrogation is now carry ing large
numbers Of both Protestant and Catholics into coun-
tries, which for several centuries have striven to
maintain an external uniformity Of creed by means
Of bloody persecution. Thus, Sweden, Norway and
Denmark witness the rise Of Catholic Churches, and
Belgium, Portugal, Spain aud Italy get rapidly in-
creaSing number Of Protestant congregations. The
greatest stronghold Of exclusive Catholicism, the
Tyrol, has recently been ordered by the Austrian
Government, to eease It's opposition to Me settle
mcnt Of Professionals and already the first Protestant
Church has been reared. Tho nations which belong
10 tho Crock Church, arc STILL for the greater part
loo deeply sunk into lethargy to send out emgraats
But Professionals and Catholics begin to move in largo
numbers into their border Provinces. Thus the
Danubian Municipalities, Selyia, Nallachin, and
Moldavia are fast filling up with congregations of
German a1d Hungarian Protsetan,s The preachers
Of these congregations held ths year their second
annual Conference, which they intend soon To en-.
large, by tho admission of lay delegates, into Synod
Of tho Protestant Churches oil tho Municipalities.
No religious denomination VI Europe Sympa-