The New York herald., 1868-06-07

The meeting which continued most Of two days. had
all ana
power Reports from all the churches were presented,
one sermon was preacaed and Of plans for OF
this denomination, which sixteen years ago had no
churches In the State has been one of marked pros
Roman Catholic Matters.
The Tablet publishes the following items Of ntelli-
gence:-The Most Rev. Archbishop administered the
sacrament of confirmation on Monday, May 26 In st.
AIMS church, Eighth street. to l9l persons several
Tuesday, May 26 In st. Gabrel's church, East Thirty
seventh street. to 5o4 persons. On Wednesday, May
Manhattanville, to twenty-one persons. On Thurs
day, May 2S, In the Church OF our Lady OF Mercy,
sSnaay 70 COLLECTION win be taken np IN ali ts
churches of the diocese to aid our Holy Father the
Pope. The Most Rev. Archbishop will preach on the
The Rev. Leopold B. M Moczygemba, of the Fran
cscan Order recently left this port s route to Rome,
pointed Pentenziere ApostOlco at the Vatican Basi-
lica Of st. Peters, for the English speaking Catholics
eral Of the Conventual Franciscans in the United
States. He has spent ten years In the State OF New
OF Conventuai Franciscans, and the Sisters OF the
same order In the United States by brief OF the
Holy Father, dated 1885,
The Rev. DR.. Spring Bringing Forth Fruit In
Old Age.
On Sunday morning last the venerable Dr. Spring,
senior pastor Of the Brick church, In the eighty
fourth year of his age and the tyeghth Of his pas
torate who s almost totally blind, arriving at the
sanctuary learned that his colleague, Rev. DIR. MUIR
ray had been suddenly taken ILL., DR.. Spring In
the pulpit and invited any Christian minister who
ward and conduct the services. No one responding
to the call he commenced and performed the whole
service without assistance naming and repeating the
with striking emphasis the whole OF the fOrteth
chapter OF Isaiah, without the omission Of verse
in prayer with his accustomed richness OF Scrptura
language. He prayed with great fervor for the two
General Assemblies In session, that God would bless
their deliberations and action to the reunion "of
those two tribes OF long needessy divided"
Religious Intolerance In Great Britain.
The London star Of May 10 contains the following
curious statement
An extraordinary question received more extra
ordinary answer In the House OF Commons last night.
prisoner in Mountjoy prison who declared himself
Unitarian was ordered by the Governor to select
his religion as Anglican, Roman Catholic or Presby-
tertan, and on his refusal was sentenced to the
penal cell, with bread and water diet. From the
Ear's reply we gather that the statement was SUBJ
stantally true but that Mr. Taylor had hardly put 1t
with sufficient force. 1t seems that the convict In
question: Murphy, on his admission to the Mount
ligion He was ordered to select one He refused. lie
was then put on penal diet for three days, then
ceived Tor five days into the hospital and his leav
ing the hospital put on the penal diet again. 'and then
he selected the Roman Catholic religion" What is
most charming Is that 1t required the united zeal,
wisdom and discretion Of all the high prison officials
working In concert to effect this marvellous conver-
sion. They went and told the director firstly that
Murphy was unpr0vided with faith. The director
minuted the governor. The governor applied to his
superiOrs for Instructions. The chief merit I'm the
more than m ye G9aa T no. aye GSt
we fear that the plan OF ordering man select his
religion is unseund In principle although It sue
keep every variety OF faith on tap; and suppose
Murphy had avowed preference for the doctrines OF
Buddha, how would 1t have been possible for him to
go to meeting
The Conversion Of the Hebrews.
Mr.. julius Rosenthal, well known Hebrew In Chi
cago writes to the Tribune OF that city the following
communication in regard to the work of converting
the Jews to Christianity:-"The sensible view you
have taken In Sundays Tribune In regard to the con-
version OF the Jews meets certainly the hearty ap-
proval Of any Jew or Gentle Of common sense II It
was to be simply doctrinal fight between Christians
and Jews, from the pulpit or by the pen, would
consider that to be the right OF any follower of any
religious or rrelgous orthodox or heterodox creed,
OF any believer, disbeiever infdel to make use OF
those means. II the result OF such fight should be
each other so radically like the two lions in the
well known story, that nothing be further seen
nor heard Of them, ! should be the last one to
version Of the Jews have at all times gone farther In
the selection Of means to bring about their good
infringe upon my and your rights a. citizens as hus-
bands and parents. They enter our private dwell
ings uninvited, enter into conversation with our
wives and for such purpose. watch for the time Of
our absence from our homes. II you put them out
Of your house as ntruders II 10 exactly what they
martyrdom, and on account Of their dangerous and
goodly work their salaries must be raised. II you
stand their presence once or twice this n exactly
and they become o perfect bore and nuisance. But
they report prospect for your conversion, and IL
enter our private schools, try TO work upon and
tamPer with our children wherever they can get
and thereby make themselves guilty OF most
damnabe interference with our Individual rights.
It was but short time since that one Of those mis-
Sinai congregation ct the time Of service and he'd to
be shown out. II recollect right the n9me Of the
ago that one lady ~ missionary went straight mp 70
the omctatng minister, Dr. Qhrontk during service