The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-04-25

( Tar Protestant Caarghasqp Of this
week discusses " Bishop Potter at St.
Adams in no amiable mood. and
protests against the betrayal of cur
Reformed Protestant communion to
r ,anism. It concludes with the
%. wing hard hit at the Bishop
The Christian world may well
look on with wonder when a Bishop
Of Pr0tesf1at Church admUnIshes
the Presbyter, with Uncalled for Sc
verify, because he has preached the
Gospel in a Methodist Church, and
joins another Presbyter 10 services,
that have all the puerilities and none
Of the .genuineness or solemnlty Of
ROmanlsm.
CHANGE OF NAME.-At a recent
meeting of the Church and Congre-
CATION Of Baldwin Presbyterian
Church, q resolution was unanimously
adopted TO change their name TO that
Of The Second PRESBYTERIAN Church
Of Terre iaute And the pastors
were authorized to take the necessary
steps to make the same legal. This
has been done, and hereafter the
Church viii be recognized as the
Second Presbyterlan Church OF this
city.-T II. Cypress
THE PRESBYTERIAN SPLIT N KEN
TUcKY.-The Lexington OJsercer, Of
Saturday, says
The West Lexington Presbytery
assembly, which has been in session
liz the Second Presbyterian Church IL
this city since Tuesday night. adjourn
ed yesterday Under the orders Of
the asst General Assembly, the min
listers and elders refusing to adhere
{ the Pres bsteries recognized by the
General Assembly, were given until
this Spring TO renew their member
ship with these Presbyteries or be
dropped from the rolls We are in
formed that none of the ministers be-
longing TO the other West Lexington
Presbytery appeared at the meeting
We presume the division ia the Pres
byterian Church IN Kentucky Is per
manent'
THE Jewish Church Is everywhere
noted for its kindness to its own peo-
pie 1t is against Jewish principles
to allow any of their poor TO come
upon the public. All the sick in pov-
erty are cared for, and provision IS
made for widows and orphans. Eff
cient societies, literally provided with
funds. supply the poor with food,
help the old people as they need, and
bury the dead. Some of the free hos
pitfalls IN London have Jewish wards,
but all the expenses of those wards
are paid for from the treasury of jew
ish organizations. If any able bodied
persons are out Of employment and
need help, they receive 10 gratuity,
but are accommodated with a tempo
rary loan, and the cases are said to
be rare in which these debts are not
fully repaid.
IT is asserted that the Pope ofRoa
and his counselIors are giving favor
able consideration" to the proposition
of the oYertures that have been made
to him, to abandon his temporal do
minions altogether, aud remove the
seat of his spiritual government to
the United States. What authority
there is for this we are not aware; but
the New York Sun makes the state
ment and adds the following:
The removal OF the seat of the Pa
pacy, therefore, to this country is no
visionary ehimera, but a project hav-
ing substantial merits. It's fulfill
ment, Of course, affects so many and
such complicated interests, that it can
not be expected to take place imme-
diately; but it is one of those posi-
Bile and not improbable events which
a close observer of the course of his
tory may well take into account.