Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-10-04

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United States Consul, in dependence upon
Christians of America and England &c
supply the money TO pay for 1t. :
-One of the Oldest, but still, st the
same time one O: the most efficient
preachers of our country, being asked
how lie retained bis popularity, and was
SO general a favorite, replied: u have
made ID nv custom to associate much
! with the young, and to make children
my companions I engage with them
in their pastimes, welcome them to my
home, walk with them along the streets,
visit them at their schools and homes,
and endeaVor to enter into their spirit
and syrnpsthize with theirfeelirgs. This
course has kept my heart and my mind
young, and were il not for these grey
! hairs and these feeble limbs, l could
| think mysaif nothing but boy of fif'
teen.u -. ---.....--
| The Methodist tells sad story OF
! Sunday desecration at the late camp
! meetings. At Mannheim, Sunday exeur-
! sion trains ran 20 the camp ground bring
| ing vast multitudes who went from idle
curiosity. At NoFthford, huekstering
i was going on all day; at Sing Sing, so
I shocking was the desecEation of the Sab
! bath, that one of the preachers publicly
announced il as one Of the DEVILS carni-
walls. Piety and sin, Sabbath keeping
and Sabbath proclamation, the selling OF
Ice cream, and the calling OF sinners to
/ repentance, were curiously jumbled to-
/ gsther. This UnhOly traffic was partici-
I pated in by church nlembers themselves
In a secluded valley Of the Yorkshire
wOlds stands the ancient church OF
! Wharram Percy, quite apart from all
| human habitstion. Only on Sundays is
4 the church freguented, and the congre-
CATION have been somewhat surprised to
| find brood Of foxes ia possession. AD
| sir drain for ventilation from the outside,
| has been used as an "earth, (" and by this
means access hss been gained to the pull
pit, beneath which an old fox and her
litter of fine cubs, except when unssrthed
during divine service, are comfortably
domfciied.
The General Convention of Uniyer-
sslists. which lately held its session at
Providenee, r. l., decided to have 8
special observance of theeentenary year,
1870, the Convention to meet that year
at Gloucester, Mass, where the first Z nj
versslist society was founded, and reso-
luton wss adopted providing for COM
mittee of thirteen to determine the time,
objeots and methods OF observing the
centennial snniversy OF the UniverEalist
denomination iu the United States.
-Rilualism in Cansaa has received
decided marks OF dlsapproval from the
Provincial Synod OF the Church Of Eng
land, Do~ IL session in Montreal. On
Friday, the Synod adopted q resolution
forbidding the elevation of the elements,
the use of incense, the mixing of water
with wine, the use OF the water, bread,
OF lights on the communion table, and
the wearing of vestments while saying
prayers.
The first Methodist Church edifice
was erected near Bath, In Eoglsnd, one
hundred aud twenty-nine years ago. In
twenty-five days from the laying of the
first stone, the building was up, inclosed
and iilled with woTshlppers. The OPEN
ing hymn was furnished by Charles Wes-
lev, beginning :" Arm OF the Lord,
awake, awake 81 The sermon was
preached by Mr.. Wesley, from the text,
g Marvel not, If the world hate you.n
There are 1886 Old School ffesby-
tsrians, II, ,327 New School Presbyterians,
and 13, ,S96 Congregationslists in Ohio.
In Pennsyivapis the Old School Presby-
terians have y 567 commandments, being
. larger number than in any other State
In New England there are scarcely q
dozsn Presbyterian churches, and in the
South they have not been restored TO
the Presbyterian Church of America
since the close of the war.
The minutes Of the General Assem-
bly, Of the Congregational Church of
Iowa show one hundred and eighty-three
churches, of waieh twenty-five are self
sustaining, containing in ali member
- CE-l I f.fz ut
whom l22 are in the regular pastoral
work. The benevolent contributions OF
the year amounted to Sl20, 94S, or sic per
member.
Right Rev. Mr.. Boyers, Catholic
Bishop of New Brunswick, in an address
to the leity, commends the Christian
fellowship between Catholics and Pro
testants IL his diocese. He regards it as
illustrating ths true christian spirit on
the part of those who differ in their re-
ligious views, but are charitable and toll
Grant TO ali.
AN Episcopal correspondent ofS3elfsst,
Ireland, says that for forty years he hss
been observing the silent but rapid sp-
pFoXimetion OF s1s Episcopal and Pro-
testant Churches, in principle and prac-
tiee, that has been going on. He finds no
substantial differences in doctrine be-
tween them, and urges their formal re-
union.
Bishop McIlvaine, in his late ad-
dress, says: " Voluntsries should cease
the moment the clergyman rises to begin
the service, and the eontiauance OF these
performances while he waits the leisure
and pleasure of the organist to end his
strains, is mere impertinenee in divine
worship.H
Philip Phillips, now in England,
says the singing in the churches Is uni
versslly congregational, without any in
teriudes or instrumental playing between
the verses. He regards 1t as q great i'm
provemsnt, and commends it to the
American churches IS an example worthy
of imitation.
The formation Of new Episcopal
diocese In Pennsylvania il 30 far matured
that the SUCCESS Of the movement is re-
gsrded certain. The citizens of Will
Transport have offered to donate an
Il pisoopal residence worth at least $20,-
600, if that city is made the See.
-Methodists Of the Old World aud the
New differ, Mr.. Punshon writes home
I" The congregations in America gener-
ally are exceedingly lively. have heard
more responses, both IN prayer and
in two months, than heard
In two years ct hOme.p
The receipts of the American Board
of Missions, for the month of August,
were about S95, ,000 The Secretary an
nouncss that no indebtedness will be re-
ported at the next annual seting, owing
TO the great liberaIity OF the friends OF
missions.
Over forty Baptist ministers in Eng
land, within q few years, have with
drawn aud Joined the Pedo- Baptist de-
Most Of them have been
open communists, and two of them were
students FROM Rev. Mr. Spurgeon's
college. -s.s
The Protestant ChUrchnda, the low
church Episcopal organ, says: A ju-
dicious revision of the pTayer-book would !
give US q power for good Ia the United
States anequaled by any other ecelesias-
ticsl body"
"A recent visitor to the Holy Land
reports that he found on Mount Zion, Ia
J jerusalem, Sunday school Of sixty-fOur
children. They sing some of the beauti- |
iul hymns that originated in the Sunday |
schools Of America.
Australia,
The MOrayian Missionaries have pen
etrated seven hundred miles into the In |