The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-12-28
Religious Intelligence

"A weekly Catholic journal is TO DC S'ai'ou
in New Orleans, with capital OF nity 'nou,
sand dollars. This publication VIII DC ea'ieo
the Nforr;no s+or and will be under tie su-
,,or,;s;o e .,,ree nriests and two laymen, ap-
pointed by the Archpishop'
Tho annual meeting of the Massachusetts
Association of Spiritualists, takes place at Mer-
camille Hall, in Boston, on Tuesday, January
9TH. and continuing the following day.
The Evangelical Alliance has issued Its
circular, Inviting attention to the week OF
PRAYER, and suggesting tobics suitable to its
successive meetings. The week commences on
Sunday, the fifth of January next
Some little commotion has been excited
in the religious world by powerfully written
article on the Jewish Talmud, which appears
in the last London Quarterly Review. Inc
article is said to be the production OF learned
Jew; and the excitement arises from the TACT
that its claims in behalf of the Talmudc au-
thorities detract from the claims of the New
Testament Prof G. e. Stowe is delivering a
course of lectures in Boston the aim of which
IS to controvert the points made by this and
other Jewish writers on this question of con-
fictine authorities. f0 a-t M
Rev. N. f. Garter was ordained to the min
istly, at North Yarmouth, by a council Of
churches which met at the Congregational
vestry, Thursday, Dec. 10. .....-+ .
Rev. DIR. James Hamilton, of London, is
dead. He was among the most usefnl and be-
loved of ministers, and author of several very
popular religious books. He was pastor of the
National Scotch Church, Regent Square, Lon
don, and succeeded the celebrated Edward
Irving. a o1 a- ea @
Six hundred gentlemen, from various parts
of Great Britain, met in London, the 18th and
9th of November, under the auspices OF the
Church Association, to take measures for the
repression of Ritualism and Romanising ten
denotes. 1t was resolved to raise e5O,O0O to re-
sist these tendencies in the Courts
The Dover Morning Star, in an article de.
nouncing modern church music, says: "We
incline to believe, that the opinion held by
many of the fathers in our denomination, that
none but pious persons should be allowed to
sing in choirs. is substantially correct" Who
is to be the judge as 10 the degree of piety that
should be demanded of candidates the Stal
does not say. To debar people from singing
the praise of God because they do not come up
to some standard of ours, would seem to be q
little hard. s.- ...
The Church Union is deeply disturbed by
the short comings of the recent Pan-Anglcan
Synod. 1t says: ut did not hold prayer
meeting. 1t did not condemn infdelity. II
did not condemn anything. 1t did not lift up
its eyes to the harvest of souls. 1t did not in
vite all Gods people to unite, amid faith in
Christ, in church unity. 1t did not lift pray
er to evargclize the world, 1t did not do any
thing for humanity or for freedom. 1t ate
drank marched, and mutually admired" ..f-
-Rumors OF rather vague character have
been in circulation as to the tenor of an auto
graph letter addressed to the Pope by the EN-
peror of Austria. The substance of this i'm
portant document-which of course has refer
ence to the Concordat-is said to be as follows
The Emperor tells the Pontiff that at the time
when the Concordat was concluded between
Rome and Austria, the position held by The
Emperor as Regent of the Empire was very
different from that which he now occupies
The progress of events in Europe, and especial
ly in Austria, has seriously modified the re-
lations between church and state. Moreover
the Emperor has had new duties imposed up.
on him; he has accepted those duties will
frankness and sincerity; and they are iucom
patible with the maintenance of convention
struction vested in any one class or sect
Hence the Imperial correspondent invites HI,
! ally to relieve him from the Concordat.