The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1868-02-19
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Church Parties in Paris Paris. Jan: IL
The Presbyterian elections were held To-Day
and resulted in the triumph of the orthodox
party. NM. Delessert, Thierry, PourtaneS anC
Mettetal were elected, and the return OF I'M
Trquotil and Beigbeder was subject to Seconc
election.
This dispatch relates to the annual struggle
between the orthodox and ratlonalSuc ele'
ments in the French Protestant Church.
The Church System. The late Dr., William
Marsh, of the Church of England before hi;
death, in 1864, expressed his palntul .appre'
henSion that 1.-THE battle Of the Reformation
would have TO be fought over in the nineteenth
century" He held, with DR.. Arnold, OF Rug
by, that the Church System, or rather the
Priest System, is not to be found IN the Scrip
ture any more than the worship OF jupiter Is
to be found in the Gospel The priest Is eth
er Christ or Anti.christ. He is either our me-
diator, or he is like the man OF SIN In
Gods temple.
The Church System is either our Gospel,
and ST Johns and st. Paurs Gospel is su-
perseded by it; or it is a system OF bl9sphe-
nous falSehoods, such as st. Paul toretold was
to come. Such as st. John saw was " already
in the world"
Surgeons Brother,---The Rev. J. A. Spur
gcon, of Cornwalroad Chapel, Noting hui,
England, is TO become the colleague Of his
brother, the Rev. c. II. Spurgeon, at the lab
ernacle.
Famine.-Just now Famine seems to be stalk
ing'a6road upon the earth in It's ghastly torn.
The Swedes in Northern Europe are suffering
greatly and what is worse, Because iArther
removed from the large distributing centres OF
relief the Arabs of Algeria and the nelghbor-
ing States on the West of Morocco, are falling
by thousands. The French have voted 100, OOO
francs for the relief Of the poor Arabs, but
there are fears expressed that the Official ma,
chinery may not be sufficiently well .crsanzed
to be completely efficient. -Neao York. Eoan-
geli$t.
Romish Bishop on the Sabbath Question
While the effort is making here to turn our
nglo-American Sabbath into a French and
German holiday, it is curious to notice that
the.best class of religious men in Europe are
earnestly DESTROYS TO introduce our holy day
there. We might expect that evangelical
Protestants would have this desire. We do
not wonder much, while we are seriously glad,
that such body as the Evangelical Alliance
recently inNsession in Amsterdam. should have
passed resolution in favor OF the better OBJ
servance of the Lords Day.
But are we expecting to read on the walls
of Catholic church in France, pastoral from
the Bishop in furthcrance of this object?-
Yet, recent traveller reports that he read
such pastoral on the walls of the much ad-
mired church at Rouen, in France. The Bishop
laments as seriously and earnestly as does the
Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in
California, the dissipation and secularity OBJ
servable on the Lord sday. He even, greatly
to the praise of his candor, points the argu-
ment by referring to Protestant lands. He
declares that Englands riches and prosperity
are owing 20 the general observance OF the
Sabbath He did not hesitate to trace much
of the misery and crime in France to the neg
lect of the bbath.-PdcJfc, San Francisco.
Conflict Between the Pope and King.-The
Pope recently ordered the Catholics to have
the re Deum sung in all the churches in Italy
for the victory at Montana. King Victor Em-
manuel has issued proclamation prohibiting
the holding OF religious ceremonies for such
purposes within the kingdom.
A Degree Declined.-The Rev. William Mac
lay, Presbyterian minister of Ballymena, Ire
land having had the honorary degree of Doc
tor of Divinity conferred on him by tie
Trustees. of Lafayette College, at Easton,
Pennsylvania, has refused to receive it.