New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-12-26
RELIGIOUS.

C0l. James of Urbana is writing a History of
! The New Church In America
The Third Quarterly Conference of the Bur
ngton Circuit the NJ T. Church is to be held at Mount
holy, n. j., on Saturday next.
| A correspondent at Mddetown corrects an
erroneous paragraph and three Of the olergymen OF
that city received more than ST. 300 each last year
Mr.. Jay Cooke has built beautiful meeting
house for the Methodiss at Grardvile, Pa, and the
Rev. ID. ID. Hudson has been appointed Its pastor.
The Rev. T.. s. Hebbard's new NJ +. meeting
Dr. J. Porter and the Rev. H. f. Pease will oficlae.
Bishop Simpson lectured in Wesley Chapel,
Cincinnati Monday evening, upon the The Life and
Character Of Abraham Lincoln
The Rev. Mr.. Fuller gave the 800 which he
received for his lecture before the Hartford Institute 10
the widow Of an Episcopal clergyman.
The new NJ. Z. Westinghouse at Canton.
dedicated the 9th OF January. The Row Dr. Mattsou
Of Jersey City will preach.
The Treasurer of the General Convention of
The New-Jerusalem in the United states mas received
1927 50. toward $4,000 fund publishing Sweden
hogs works and keeping the same for sale in the deposit
tory in tits city
During the last six years % Congregational
and Independent churches baye been organized IN
Northern Illinois, and - houses Of worship have been
erected all but eight by missionary churches Nineteen
have become self-supportlng
At the recent dedication of the new Mission
Chapel IN secondst, 100 women VINO had been addicted
the of Intoxicating drinks, marched into the chapel
bearing banner proclaming themselves members Of the
New-NOrk WOmen's Temperance Society.
BIslOD MOTIFS, senior BlcnOp OF the NJ. T..
Church, is in his seyenyfourth year He was born IN
NauawbH County, Virginia April g. l7li, and Joined the
W. T. ShurCh IN Auss, isi5 "A 9t lSli, ne was IL
~ 50 years when an attack Of paralysis incapacitaod
Im.
The programme for the union services of the
VI f. churches this city during tine Week OF Prayer
Is as follows seyenti-st Church Monday; Fonrthst
Church (WashiugOn-squgre Tuesday Auenst Church.
enth-st, Friday st. Paul's Saturday
L., &c tIn = Al.
FOR the synod or governing body OF the Moravan church
America. True TO It's ancient history this church IL
congregations They are 10 visit places where Moravan
there travelling expenses only being paid
The unfinished church ediices in New-Yorll
are: Collegiate Reformed Church. Ifhaye. aud Forty
rghtlstS the H. c. Cathedral Fifthave aud Ftieth.si;
". Thomass Protestant Episcopal Church. Efthayc.
and Fifty hrd-sti Resurrection, Protestant Episcopal
Church, MadisonaVe. and Forty-seyenth-st; h. G.
Church, INXugt0niye. aud Sixty -hhs; the Unitarian
church, fMkaye and the Jewish Synagogue flfthaye.
Dr. Rice, when at the head of the Thcolog-
iCal seminary IN Prince Edwards, Va, requested by
the people OF one OF the cut parishes % send them min
their former minister neglected that and they wanted
bring thdt mp: IheI wanted man Of very genuemanly
50 they went on describing perfect minister The last
thing they mentioned ~asey gave their last minister
II 500 Br. RICE Immediately rcplicd aiyslng them
any one on earth that would suit them.
The editor of The CAurch Union says Of the
Church OF ST. Charles B1rIomeo, 10 which he has been
lately paying visit that is the fashionable Romsh
church oi BROOKLYN ornancnted in Papstchapc style.
and situated 40 the intersection Of siducyI lace with y
performances 10 The slums which, he saws, Trinity
gins SEQ merit ia sur,oug pray cr- aud be-hrtcd de
Vooi be- shall straight 20 Rome. The editor further
ng The scapnlur. and believing THAT The Catholic Church
perfect n s eacl.Gg-. are the WORKINGS Of AntChIst
ana his agents ana lno occasions o haud yinB ana IN
nncete apology
The will Of tho late James p. Dcbcman, Of
NcV Haven, fgiyCs 10 tho American Home Mission ~
Network $4,000; American Bible society, Slco Amcri,
can aud For, gu Christian Umon sl00'g American Board
u Foreign MI'sonr. ~ Boston. $3.50; NeV-lievcn or
Missions in Nrw-llayeu: American selnas Friend So
rety OF Newlork. 5000 American Missionary Astocl-
alton 5000 and the residue OF his estate De leaves %
no Amercan Home Missionary society Of New York
lis estate amounts 90 something liOoDn partly SIT
uated in NeW-Haycn and party I'D his former home I'D
Canada.
During our residence In Ncw-York, Theophilus
Flske years ago v.iy prominent aqong our mos rlo
frequent visitor IN this Office. rs weeks Doc en-
noutory OF serious illness. lIc had suffered something
like paralysis though 10 not technically ths. AZ his
subsequent calls me appeared better yet hc hope
mi that his complaint would lead 90 no serious rcsuits
ON Friday. Dec. Is. bau hour after leaving Tie Ambas
sador office 0r Fske dropped suddenly dead before Ing
own door. the sidewalk This was Just after be had
purchased "A ticket for an ocean voyage To meet las
family VINO nave O''" III ''''' '' '''' Im ii'i
The new and incomplete church and educa
catuna eihces IN BROOKLYN are: Catholic Cathedral La
faycc and CermOnt-ayes. cost SlC0Og Church Of our
Lady ~ Mercy ~. c., Dchcyos,st st., near Dckabayc,
cosS5ooG Il C. Male orphan Asylum, Eycsol.sl ara
queer 81: 81. Peters Academy Or. c., Hionst near
Warren Public School NOS Naudcrbltave cost fl,0U0
Public School No ., Grccup0int cost Sd0OOG Public
school BowI0uyiJe, S15.OO1 Mercantile Library
Building, Moutaguc-st, Court: st. AIMS Episcopal
CInrch Joralemou-st, near Clinton, cost sJoooOU; ST.
PaUs Episcopal Church. Carroll aud CInion-s ts.' cost
Cymer-st.
The Hon. Grant Goodrich Of Chicago, in
The rr0itr, closes temperate article iu favor ~
friends Of the peace and prosperity az the Church VIII
never. no, never assent to its adoption un bya lar
shall De asccrtancd TO be the wish OF NE Church
To- do 20 would only DC uuWise but would conyulse
the Church with controversy more bitter aud deplora
IN hef pre['v ~ M C,,ii"cb rIcS cno1sfraicd
by vote. but would ever nsst 10 was forced upon the
Guit z ote IN, H.. fiv7r mt 10 silence and scenes
the acquio3Ccuce Oi cur opponents Better lel Doe dc
ayed atty years rather than iOoed upon the Chuich WIN
out u vote
The London correspondent of The Phiiddei-
phia Christian Rco0er lad hard time Of II ~ his en-
dcavors 10 hear Str. Sturgeon, the London Beecher ON
the sunday evening when that distinguishes divine wa7
90 make his first appearance Aet Us lohE Iucss au
eeucc the discovered large CROWD astCc
me hsn nor dc rofaad adnSnce by the sexton Who
i'm consequence OF the church being already phchtd rhu
rcsponden finally managed 10 rouse the compassion 81
Of party of gentlemen inside the fence tns copnS
gate the right might bo 80 fortunate as 10 gel ad
mted. lie did 30; The compassionate gentleman hePt
hi, word; and the correspondent being admitted 20 the
wrath of the excluded crowd found hardly f0orOon IN
side the cburchwalls Seven thousand souls were Wa
ing there 10 hang upon the ut'eiances oil one sicu
man,
The Christian AdrOcdte has the following pal
hating anecdOtc Of the naughty Theodore King OF Ahys
sjnia: RE had snhdued an nsurrccOn AMI Issued an
edlc whereby he commanded all thar had fought In the
rebellion 20 lay down their arms and return To the EN-
poyeut OF their fathers shortly AFTER the publication
OF the edct he waited by band OF robbers VINO
claimed the right I'm accordance with his command, 20
return 10 the calling OF their fathers And what, then
we're your fathersP asked the King, unsuspectlDgly
rnnlNI Tho KING nsaIrel Lhen TINT