The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-07-11
SUMMARY OF RELIGIOUS NEWS.
EPISCOPAL,

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"A great effort is TO be made 70 induce the
| Upper House of Convocation IN London u take
|into consideration the Naal question at its
Forthcoming meetings. course from which it
has sbrunk in former sittings, Notwithstanding
the remonstrances OF the Lower House. Upward
of twenty thousand signatures have been ap-
Rpended to a "declaration" which is to be pre-
kented to the Arch bishop and Bishops of the
province of Canterbury assembled, and upwards
pt thirteen thousand to a memorial" The
humbels are likely 10 receive considerable in
Grease, The following Is the declaratiOD:-
ants tns CnGfGS Of GnSsnG R IN nG mat
nDr. COienso has denied That large portions of JMe
blessed ord Jesus Christ with error ana has de-
pied that be Is the proper object Of ca titan tshp
he Tepenls OF these his errors"
The following is the "memorial:'-
I'VE, the undersigned. clergy, (or lay eommuni.
eants) OF the Church OF England, feel deeply ag-
sne part OF Inc Church Of Eng ana in accepting The
spirltual validity OF the sentence OF deposition aud
the Right Rev, Metropolitan OF south Africa. We
evil snd tends 10 encourage the spread OF cism
and iDhoelny. We moreover believe that a continued
house accept ih9 said sentence OF deposition and
hS Chuioh Of Enssnd sPG viii So
10 the vay Hpd PeAee @ acs We t5srioTG
and ynOdcally The sentence of deposition ard ex-
S9o aI To- dcape ha he is not In eommuSon
with the Church of England,"
-lDe trustees OF Ine HrOLeslaQL Episcopal
General TheOlogical Seminary have received
from Miss Ludlow, of New York city Gift of
S25 000 to be named, from her departed
parents, the Charles and Elizabeth Ludow
ProiessoIship OF Ecclesiastical Polity and
Canon Law"
The recent Protestant Episcopal Diocesan
Convention OF Western Pennsylvania adopted,
by vote Of 35 to Is, a coustit Utonal amend
ment, which provides Tor the exclusion of re.
representatives. IRON parishes which taIl. for more
than year, 10 pay the assessments made upon
them.
PRESBYTERIAN.
The following basis of union was reported
on the lst OF July, by the JOINT committee OF the
Reformed and United Presby teuan churches:
"ResOlUed, J. That these churches agree To form al
organic uhiQn on toe oasis Ct the principles EN-
bTaCed in their respe tive testimonies, aud thC
other subordinate btandArdI which they hold IL
common.
Ul That these churches, when united shall M
called the Unted Presbyterian ChurCn, C1nsts sting o
the Reformed Pfesby erian Church aud the United
Presoyteran ,ChuIchi hho that the tupreme judci
airy of The United Church shall he calico the Genera
ASS mbly Of the United Presbyterian Church o
S5 that Ihe testimony Of the United PresbyterIa,
Church shall be acknowledged rs the testimony o
the Uni ed buTcb. ,,
"a that, for The present, the substantial agree
ment OF the testimonies OF these respective lhurche
being recognized congregations In the United Churc
shall be at liberty to either, as may be most con
dueiYe TO their edihcatiOn. go.
"b. That The terent boards ana lnStl utons OF th
respective Churches shall not be enected by thi
union, but shall have the control OF their funds au
retain all their corporate or other rights ana PRIV
leRes, until The Interests OF the Church shall require
All the articles were adopted unanimously
except the third. Further consideration of tn