The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-11-08
RELIGIOUS REFORMATION.
The Greed of John Calyin--The Apos
tolie Creed-HnteFesting News MS

ton" las it is calIed) of his own views.
An old newspaper reader furnishes it
to one of our exchanges, as follows:
'Predestination we call the eternal de-
cree of God, by which he hath deter
mined, in himself, what he would have
to become OF every individual of man
kind. For they are not all created with
similar destiny; but eternal life, is
toreordained for some, and eternal dam
nation for others. Every man, there
fore, being created for one or the other
of these ends, we say he is predestina-
ted either to life or to death. Election
is the immutable purpose of God; by
which, before the foundations of the
earth were laid, he chose, out Of the
whole human race, a certain number OF
men to salvation in Christ This same
election is not made from any foreseen
faith, obedience of faith, holiness or any
other good quality and disposition, as
prerequisite cause or condition, in the
man who should be elected"
The New York Express asks, show
many people know the origin of the
Apostolic creed2" 1t then follows the
question with the following informa-
ton:
The precise origin of this simplest
and most ancient of all the creeds, is
involved In some uncertainty, and has
long been matter OF dispute among
learned theologians. It is at last GER
tain that It's universal use in the Church
may be traced back, II not to the Apos-
tolic age itself, yet to that Immediately
succeeding; and there is a very old ira
ditton TINT each of the twelve articles of
thecree was composed by an Apos-
tolic author. It is said the Twelve as
sembled in council before dispensing
themselves to preach the Gospel
throughout the word, to franc the
symbol or wRtchword of the Christian
Church; and it will be interesting to
many of our readers to know the Apos-
tie to whom each article is ascribed.
The tradition Is as follows:
ST. PETER-tI believe in God tho
Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and
ST. ANDREw-"And in Jesus Christ
his only Son our Lord :"
ST. JAMES THE GRRAT-''Who was
conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born OF
the Virgin BIary:''
ST. JoHN-"Suffered under Poutius
Plate was crucifed, dead, and
ST. TnoMAs-"He descended into
hell" Tor, ''He went into the pIace NJ
departed spirits" which are considered
MS words of the same meAning,l "the
third day he rose from the dead:D
ST. JAMES THE LEss-"He assembled
INTO INTO heaven, and sitteth on the right
hand OF God tho Father Almighty:S
ST. PHILIP-"From thence 6e shall
come to Judge the quick and the dead :"
81. BARTHOLoMEw-'sI believe in the
Holy Ghosts"
ST.. MATTHEw-''The Holv Catholic
church. the Communion of Saints:U
ST. SIMoN-"Tho Forgiveness of
SIR TTrD.S Tu.rr, tIrD,
recEon of the Body:''
ST. MATTHIAsS"And tho Life ever
lasting. Amen:"
A writer in the Times and Witness,
who seems to have been behind the
scenes, showing how the title ofD. d. is
often obtained, relates the followinR;-
"A friend of mine approached a COL
lege president on the subject of conferr-
ing the two Dis on an excellent brother
IN another State, n gentleman every HRv
worthy OF such token of respect. The
PRESIDENTS hrSt question was will it
PhyF w hat do you mean p was asked
IN reply, VIII he work for our insti-
tnlon To which was responded.
probably there will not be much that
nc can do, so far away Then we cam
not consider the case,' was the summa-
ry retoinder. And so the brother In
question WINS not doctored, the honor
Delng reserved for some one who could
I'm another case It was remarked bv
president that they had made mis-
take In making n certain mInisterD, D.,
since, instead of working for them. he
was throwing his influence in favor of
another institution. He also intimntefl
that they must be more careful in the
If they would"
The Augusta cOnstitutionaltst of Geor-
gia says:
MANY of the leading Methodist d.
vines of our State have, with the an
proval of their congreSations made
oyertures to the Protestant EpIscopaI
ShurGh OF GeorgfR, and some of the cier-
icAl officers Ofthe Triennial Convention
10 unite with the Episcopal Church,
Iheir hostility to Northern Methodisrn
anu It's Incidental hatred of the South in
tive of the act"
The Jews of San Francisco are build
ing two new synagOges. In both of them
tho arrangement is such that families
sit together in pews as in our churches.
Those who compose one of these socie-
ties call themselves Reformed He
brews," and have given up looking for
a Messiah yet to come.
Bishop Kingsly, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, has recently been on
a visit to his distant diocese of CALI
fornia, where he presided at the thir-
tenth annual conference. A cores
pondent OF the cHristiGn Advocate and
Journal says:
Our Bishop leaves us again, much
TO the regret of nll who understand our
economy. If he could be induced to
i've nv! anu labor among us, at least until |
our episcopal tteneraCy should ex-
change him for another, It would be
most agreeable and encouraging"
Tho American Union Commission.
for the relief of Southern refugees. Of
which Rev. Joseph p. Thompson. ID.
D., of New York, is President, makes
Its appeal to the American churches,
asking for a contribution on Thanks
giving Day, such MS was made last wear.
OF this agency It is said:
SIT has given assistance to not less
than twenty Thousand suffering poor
IN Middle Tennessee, and to an incal-
culable number In East Tennessee.
through the New England branch: has
given food and clothing to fifteen thou
sand In Richmond; through the Balti-
more branch has distributed nearly,
two thousand school books and bibles.
ana over three thousand dollars worth
Of supplies, chiefly in the valley Of the
shenandoah; and has sent in less
Quantities to various points, nom Little
Rock In the West to Fernandina in the
Sonth.n - '.-s
From an article in the Christian VoRIsi
written by a native Greek, we have an
interesting account of what is going on
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