The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-07-27

| going on among some of the people of
st. Matthew's EpIscopal;Church. to re-
call Rev. Mr.. Perkins, the former pas
tor, who left here about the time of the
breaking ont of the war. The church
is not unanimous in the effort to rein
state him. and there is some feeling
aroused in the matter.
"A new free Episcopal chapel is to be
built Immediately in Boston, at an e1-
pense of $50, 900, the funds being sup
piled by The members OF DR.. Hunting
toms congregation.
"A recent attempt to form Young
Mems Christian Association at Bridge
port, Connecticut, proved failure.
Some of the pastors are opposed to
movement of the kind, preferring to
have their young men labor through
and for their particular churches. This
kind of Jealousy, or rather selfshness,
is a standing obstacle to the formation
| of Young Mems Christian Associations.
| But clergymen will withdraw their op-
position and regard the Associations
! as helps in place of hindrances, when
they are more fully enlightened.
The minister of the Baptist Church
in New London, Ct, Rev. Mr.. Bell, is
undergoing an ecclesiastical court
martial. He is charged with fraudu-
lently collecting and appropriating
money, of stealing sermons, of falsely
representing himself as the graduate of
| a theological seminary In Rochester,
and OF not getting married when he
| agreed to. Mr.. Bell denies or explains
away all the charges to his own salts
faction, and the question is whether he
can satisfy the tribunal before which he
Is arraigned.
-"Believe and accept this our doc
trine and be savedi disbelieve and yon
go straight to the devil, :" were the sooth-
ing words that Boston clergyman on
| Sunday last poured into the ears of his
congregation.
For seventy years, with one excep-
ton, the librarian of Harvard College
has led the closing hymn at commence
ment, which is always sung to the good
old tune of st. Martins.
AT one OF the fashionable churches
in Pittsfield, Mass, strangers are seated
according to dress. II elegantly dress
ed, they are shown up the broad aisle
near the pulpit; If we'll dressed they
| will secure sitting about halfway up
the broad aisle; if ordinarily dressed,
| they are disposed ofin some one of the
side pews under the gallery, and rs
near the door as possible. Verify, "to
the poor the Gospel is preached" but at
a distance.
The following is from the last number
of the Cincinnati Christian Advocate:
"We heard said DR.. Poe, address
ing Bishop Ames as he walked into the
Book Concern last Thursday evening,
that you had been taken by the In
dians.' Yes, 1 heard the same re-
piled the Bishop, but knew the report
was false as soon as heard it, The
Bishop is direct from Colorado City.
He had with him a huge stick resem-
bling the solidest hickory, but really
only pawpaw, which he carried with
him from Wheeling, w. Va, all the
way. Rocky kyMountainward and back. 1t
was companion and solace in the
cars, on the boats, in the stages, and at
stations. The Bishops health Is excel
lent. He attends, as his next Confer
ence, the Cincinnati, which meets at
Urbana, August 2S."
1t has been estimated that the num-
ber of Catholics in the United States in
1880 was $50, 600; in 1910 it was $50, 900,
and 100000 in 1860. According to
these estimates the Catholics double in
number every ten years, and in 1870
nearly One-fifth of the whole populR-
| tion. Seventy-tive years ago the uni
ted States did not have single Catholic
bishop. The first bishOpric was estab-
lished at Baltimore in 1893; and now
they have arch hbfshops, 80 bishops, 81
arch priests. 8, ,s3S priests, Il seminaries,
400 schools, 5000 churches, besides
other institutions and property estima-
ted at S37,O0O,0OO.
There are men so thickly eucrusted
and cased with old prejudices and
ways of thinking on religious and re-
formatory questions, that they must
change altogether if they change at all.
They seem TO bear on their faces, as ad-
dressed TO all new ideas, the inscription
which is sometimes posted on the doors
of offices, positively no admittance,"
without even the qualifying condition,
"except on business;" for what busi-
ness" say they,"have new ideas here2"
One of the best of our extempore
preachers atfirms that he sometimes, in
his best hours. loses all conscious hold
upon his mind and speech, and while
perfectly sure that all Is going on well
in his attic, 1t seems to him that some
body is talking up there; and he
the sun that fellow is who is driving on
| at such rate.
SuFPERINa.-There is great want
about christians who have not suffered.
Some flowers must be broken or
bruised before they emit any fragrance.
| All the wounds of Christ sent out sweet
| ness: all the sorrows of christians do
the same. Commend me to a bruised
mother-a broken reed-one like the
| Son of Man To me there is something
| sacred and sweet in all suffering; II is
SO much akin to the "Man of sorrows."
Go TO CHURcH.-There is no one
| thing which helps to esta blish mans
character and standing in society, more
than a steady attendance ut church. and
a proper regard for the first day of the
/ week. Every head of a family should
go to church as an example. LOung-
| ing in the streets and 'bar-rooms.on the
Sabbath, is abomfnable, and deserves
censure, because it lays the foundation
| OF habits which ruin both body and
soul. Many man can date the COM
mencement of his dissipation which
made him burden to himself and his
friends, and an object of pity in the
sight of his enemies, to his Sunday de-
bauchery.
RELIGIOUS SECTs IN EURoPE.-From
a table recently published giving the
numerical strength OF the different re-
Iigious sects of Europe we learn that
there are 1877, 800 900 Roman Catholics,
65, 400, 600 Protestants, "A 100000 Greek
Catholics, 354, 900 Dissenters, $500, 600
Jews and 4,s0O,OO0 Mobammedans.
There are more Roman Catholics in
France than in any other county, /. e.,
35, 200, 900, Austria comes next with
%, 500, 600, Italy next with "a, ,923, 900,