The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-03-15
RELIGIOUS ITEMS.

= Bishop Colenso has addressed long letter
10 the Archbishop of Canterbury, complaining
the way in which he has been treated. The
Archbishop replied: 81 have no hesitation in
@yowinC that according TO my belief you have
been duly and economically deposed from your
Epiritual office, according to the common law Of
4he Church OF Christ, as set forth in the conclud-
ing paragraph of the twenty-sixth article of the
Church of England; and | must decline TO hold
Myself responsible to you tor entertaining such a
Belief"
The Northwestern Christian Advocate of
February 2S, reports one thousand one hundred
ind thirry-six conversions and nearly as many
&ccesslons within the bounds OF its circulation.
Besides this number there are two hundred and
&brty accessions reported rom Fort Wayne, Ind,
= &ince last November.
a Tho London Presbytery of the English Pres
Byterian Church has resolved to raise i've thou
ysnd pounds sterling, during the next five years
Nor the purpose OF aiding new congregations in
] he metropolis in securing the services of able
ministers
b The Right Rev. John w. williams, Bishop
4 1ect of the Catholic diocese OF Boston, was
8pnsecrated last Sunday, in the Church OF st.
Names Albany street, the Most Rev. Archbishop
NcCloskey officiating
4 "A recent arrival announced the death
- Lord uckland, Bishop OF Bath and Wells,
Is well as that OF Or. Hogarth, Roman Catholic
Bishop of HeXam and Newcastle.
Dean Ramsay, of Edinburgh, estimates that
.2utIc seNEI' l-llNC buOuSAuu ECIIOlS pIeaCleu
IA England and Scotland every Sunday, or about
Rour mniions every year.
IMPRISONED MISSIONARIES IN ABYssINIA.
Z The King of Abyssinia has for long time i'm
)Tisoned two agents Of the English Church MIS-
ionary Society-Rev. III. A. Stern and II. Rosen-
khal-1ora purely constructive and uniutentional
b1ense. They are confined in q loathsome place.
+ md loaded with letters OF a peculiar and cruel
bonstIuction The last royal message sent to
IheE, in response to their protestations of limo
ence and appeals for relief was, II know you
re not afraid to die but shall not kill you; on
Ahe contrary shall at regular intervals torture
on till the flesh falls in rotten pieces from your
body" DIR. Beke, as this representative OF their
felatives, and Mr.. RassaE, as a representative oil
khe British Government, have probably by this
ine reached the Ably ssnian court.
THE AMERICAN UNITARIAN ASSOCIATION.
The executive committee have issued an appeal
10 the chulches OF that faith for fresh contribu-
lions. More than three-fourths Of the year for
(which one hundred thousand dollars was so
generously given has passed, and plans have
bken entered upon by the executive board OF the
8 ASSOCIATION, in accom- mplishing which the entire
|ltnount will be exhausted before the year shall
Nave closed" Since the lst Of May, more thar
eyenty-fye thousand dollars have been eX
bended. one Of the results has been "a new Goa
NSidence, and earnestness, and vigor, in every
feature of our organized entirety" But the rea
tesult Will not be seen until the seed sown shall
have begun to grow" They earnestly ask tina
X The contributions shall all be closed by Apfll 3u
the end of the financial year.
THE BIBLE IN RUSSIA.
a More than two hundred thousand copies c
.Ahe New Testament, in the Russian vernaculaI
are sad TO have been sold in that empire in tn
l. bOurse OF the last two years.
ITALY.
The Bible Society's agent in Italy reports ths
huring three months more than one thousan
bopies of the Scriptures have been disposed {
hmong Italian soldiers in the northern part {
Ithe kingdom.