Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1867-07-16
Turkish Theology.

During the last four or five hun
bred years there has been a rule or
law which compels the Pope, upon his
election, to take sort Of iron clad |
oath that he will never abandon or
yield the temporal sovereignty which |
he holds; consequently every Pope,
whether his judgement or tastes in>
| cline that way or not, is bound by his
oath to keep Church and state united
in his own person. The Moslems,
however, have y far more stringent
law upon the successor Of their proph
ct than that which binds the Chris
tain Prince. They have it written
i'll the Koran tiat he Sultan must not
tread upon soil not consccrated to Ma
| homct, must not consort with Chris
tain dogs, nor impair his faith BY
breathing any other air than that
which the great prophet brcathed on
earth i he Koran is absolute upou
this point. The Sultan wanted 10 20
10 Paris, but Paris was ia France, and
not in Turkey Paris cuuld not be
J Ifti4ON ga " L "a 49, bbN 1ltt on JtOb
lem Of Mahomet and the mountain
was literally revived, with this differ
euce-- that the Sultan was forbidden
under the penalty Of Il curse 70 DISC
hey the prohibition Of thc Koran
Under these circumstances, il was
resolved to hold an Ecclesiastical
Council, composed OF the theologians
Of his dominions. 70 them was sub
mitted the question of how the Sultan
could visit Paris without violating
the Koran The decision was made;
the grand Mufti decided that the En-
peror Of France, having Invited the
Sultan to Paris-knowing that the
lattercould otdwell anywhere where
be was not supreme-must have in
tended, aud did intend, to make
present of the city of Paris to the
Grand Signor during his stay there,
in which case the city would be q
Turkish possession to an extent sutli-
Gent to satisfy the demand Of the Ko-
ran. The same Council which made
this decision accompanied it with q
recommendation intended doubtless
to aliay the apprehensions Of the
French Emperor and people, that his
Serene Highness, upon leaving Paris,
should formally restore the city to
Napoleon! Having thus satisfied his
conscience by the solemn decision Of
the highest authority in the Church,
the Sultan's next trouble was to raise
the means to travel. If he could trav-
ell alone it would not be 50 expensive,
but it appears that 10 Turkey it is re-
garded as being unsafe for the Sultan
to quit his capital and leave behind
him any person who might by any
possibility set up claim to the
throne. Consequently he had to car.
ry with him all his officers of State,
all the members of the harem and
} their guards, and ali their children
To do this will cost considerable
sum, and we suppose his Sultanship
has made the loan, as the latest adj
) vices are that he is on his way to Pa
ris. Had not the Grand Council dis.
covered the ingenious way Of lodging
the command OF the Koran, we doubt
whether the Turl, eonid have borrow
ed the money for his journey. AS it
is, the decision is looked on as ''pro>
gressive," and the Koran as it was"
party are mortified at the sacrileee of
the departure of their Chief from the
land OF the Faithful.
aeA. The Archbishop Of Canterbury,
who is the Primate Of the English
Protestant Episcopal Church in all
the world, has called General Coun.
Gil Of the Bishops OF the Church to
meet in London, on tho oath of Sep
TENDER next. The whole number Of
Bishops is $50 1t is supposed that
the main subjec,s of the Conference
Will be three, to wit
(a) The Colenso Detection.
90 The Ritualistic Question.
(c) The Missionary Interests of the
Church.
There are about forty five Bishops
of the Protestant Episcopal Church in
the United States, and it is supposed
that nearly all of them will be pres
ent at the Council. Among those who
will probably 90 arc the Bishops Of
Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, New York, Western
New York, Maryland, Alabama,
North Carolina Louisiana, Tennes-
see, Pittsburgh, Ohio, Indiana, Hi
nois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa,
Nebraska, Colorado, California, New
Jersey, Kentucky and Florida.
The Council will sit about two
weeks, and will hold It's public meet
ings in Canterbury Cathedral and in
West Minister Abbey, aud its private
sessions at Lambeth Palace Bishops
of the Swedish Church and OF the
Greek Church viii also be present and
participate in the proceedings. Asst
is the first general assembly since the
Reformation, it will be meeting OF
great interest and importance.
ARTIFICIAL SroNE.-Artificial stone
is in greater favor with the French |
than with any other people. They |
are even using it in enormous blocks |
Of over 100 tons weight, in building
4 the pew works in the harbor Of Brest, |
called the port Napoleon. The |
material consists of rubble stouo, |
Portland cement, and sand. The |
blocks are lowered into position as
foundations in the water, being con-
structed with wooden blocks in the !
interior, near the four corners of the /
upper face, into which iron suspension |
pivots are inserted. Artificial litho>
graphic stones are also made Tor press
es which require cylindrical stones OF