The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-20

aniabe daughter and SON were inde,atigabe In add
ding to the enjoyment and comfort OF their iriends.
A New Zealand Bishop Of the English Church
ON the Real Presence.
The Bishop OF Duredn New Zealandl arrived az
this port from Europe few days since his return
to his diocese The Leicester (Englandl Journal re-
ports sermon delivered by him short time prior
TO his leaving England, the occasion OF ian In
augural servicen In connection with the English
Church Union at ST. Margaret's Leicester. The
| Bishop, comparing the Evangelical and Catholic
movements in the Church, said that 10 the clergy
who headed the Evangelical movement belonged the
| honor Of having revived In the English Church a
deep and true yearning after their Saviour and God
"But, he added, 'the views OF those who took part
in the Evangelical movement with regard to the
| truth were partial, sometimes even distorted.
entirely lost sight Of. The saeralnents and
Church, and, indeed alf outward forms OF
religion. were deprecated. The Evangelical move
movement teaches them where to find Christ
teaches them to find Him in the blessed sacrament
OF His own body. NO longer do we speak as 4 the
| presence OF Christ was q mere figure OF speech,
matter depending on the warmth OF our feelings or
the strength OF our conviction. We have got beyond
! that We have been taught by the Cnurch, our
mother, whose voice we have learned to respect,
what the incarnation really is, and how that won
through the media OF the sacraments. we know. as
they know who went before u.s. how that Christ sur
ago wrought, ali our hopes Of heaven depend. But
we have learned, by Gods mercy what they missed,
or any ee FOR
We know IN whose blood we were washed IN molly
baptism; we know whose pierced hands were ialu
on us at confirmation and who offered HlmselI lot
us and gives Himself to us in the holy Eucharist:
We know that 1t Is our dear Lords own personal
presence, that it IL His own work IN HIS Church
with which He has promised to be to the end OF the
world, that is producing such wondrous enect y,
around uS. All the signs or Ire tnat nave oeeh VI
late so manifestly exhibited we have learned to at
tribute to that Presence; all hopes Tor the future
we know are and must be founded on the continu-
ance Of that presence.
Important Legal Decision ON Religious
Question.
We find In the Chicago Local Nelcs the report OF a
decision by Judge Lawrence, OF the Supreme Court
of Illinois, that is of considerable Importance.
majority OF the members OF the Presbyterian Church
| in Bloomington voted to connect themselves with
| the New School body. The minority brought the
matter into court with two questions to be deter
mined-First, whether the majority were competent
TO make this change In the relations OF the church;
second, whether the right to vote upon such quei.
ton should not be confined to members OF the church
and denied to those who are simply members OF the
the first tried decided that the act OF the
majority was legal, because 'it not pcrverting
new o Doctrines p'oP but connecting Itself with
another branch Of substantially the same church.
right to vote should not be confined 10 church mem
bers but upon question affecting the property OF
the congregation, the right OF persons not members
OF the church who have largely contributed to the
erection OF the church and the support OF Its minister
| to q voice cannot reasonably be questioned This
decision OF the Circuit Court was sustained by Judge
| Lawrence
| Roman Catholic Ordination Ceremonies.
The Most Rev. John McCoskey, Archbishop Of
| New York. conferred the order OF deaconship, al
nine O'Clock yesterday morning, Revs F. A.
Spencer and Henry c. Lake, in the Church Of St
| Paul the Apostle. Both gentlemen belong to the
congregation OF ST. Paul the Aposne.n AS the
ceremony Of ordination is one Of the most impress
| sive and solemn in the Catholic Church the con
course OF people at St. Pauls on yesterday morning
| was immense. After the ''Kyreh the Archbishop
/ took seat before the tabernacle and resumed hi:
mitre and crozier. He then reminded the candI
dates Of the awful responsibility tney were about tC
assume, and exhorted them TO apply themselves
zealously to prayer and meditation, that they might
holy ' Office faithfully. lie then u Conferred e On
| them the power to preach, TO baptize and
to exercise the other oillces OF the deaconate such
! to read the gospels to the faithful &c. The
Archbishop was assisted during the mass by the Rev.
| A. Young, one OF the Paust Fathers, and the Rev.
Francis McNeirny. private secretary to the Archbsh
op. The candidates for ordination were presented,
on the previous dag, by Rev. A. I. Hewitt. There
were present in the sanctuary Fathers Bodhsh and
Deshon. with about fifteen novices belonging TO the
novice, formerly Of Pcnnsyivania, Who Is also con
vert from the Episcopal Church received the sacra.
l
OF the Archbishop. His name is Francis Xavier
Green. Thus 1t is that the Paulists, who mostly
are steadily advancing towards the conversion 81
| their fellow countrymen.
| Religious Notes.
The Christian Herald states that theatrical enter.
| tainment given in Cincinnati December g. AT
| which II. Thane Miller President Of the Young Mems
| Christian Association, was stage directors Rev. DR..
Morris, Of Lane Seminary, was star actor, and Pro-
lessor Doane, author Of "Siver Spray, led the or.
| chestra.
writer in the Boston C0ngregatono,ist speaks OF
parish up in Berkshire county 'that has not been
| ashamed to employ faithful, laborious, gody
pastor for the amazing sum OF ZOO per annum since
April. 1854, till last spring. when they decided to
turn him out to PASTURE being too old to answer
their purpose any longer. lie guilty OF the crime
o1 i've years his e
| field Republican fears there are great many
parishes around the country equally mean, and It
The Annual Meeting OF Plymouth church, Brook.
evenings is e Se
oicers shows the present number OF members to be
1797; the pew rents to have been about $4,000 and
the donations for various benevolent purposes dur.
ing the past year, $4,000. The church has built q
meeting house for Its mission school at an expense
Of $780, 775 Following the example OF the First Pres
byteran church OF Philadelphia, three deaconcsses
were chosen.
! gushed Berkshire divine, who ono Sunday had ex-
changed with not very powerful preacher The
young man attended church In he morning, but
| showing an inclination to go again, the preacher
ventured to ask him II "he was not going to meet
| ing In the afternoonY' "wen, guess not:n dryly
responded the youth; :" hear poor preaching enough
| when father Is at home"
'what is your consolation In lie and death ~ asked
| Clergyman OF young miss at Bible class that he
| was catechzing. The young lady blushed and hest
lated. "Will you not tell me ~ urged the Clergy
man. II don't want 10 tell his nnme,n said the in
| genuous girl 'but I've no OIL ection 10 telling you
| where he lives.''
The Macon lGa.) Journal learns that the Jews con-
template building temple IN that city for their
| worship. The Hebrews OF Augusta have II In view
| TO erect new synagogue
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