The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-19
RELIGIOUS HIsCELk.+NY.

oi thc hneSt ana richest in Europe, cost $1,000
600 tu bIld.
M jules I.0yson, brother - i.rc llya-
cinthc, and IL Professor nj SoTEonue, Is about
to publish historical work entitled "L'ASsen,-
dtGc du CiorJd de France ca 1857
The question whether free chirchcs can lie
supported Is answered by the f;.G' nut of the
twenty-cigllt Episcopal parishes 4, .i,c diocese
Of Maine, twenty are supported ~ the offer
In l7so. there were but 5000. members of
the various monastic orders In france In
1851, there were lGS, il9 persons o. both sexes,
bound to cOnvcntual life and distributed among
la,o32 houses.
Latin will be the language oi the Ecumcn-
ical Council, 'and u uniform pronunciation is to
be fixed, in order that Ihc assembly, owing to
The diversity of accents, need net degenerate
into second Tower ot Babel.
The Beard of Visitors to the Uuiccd States
Naval Academy protest In. their fIrort against
the regulation which requires the cadets to
pursue their secular studies on Sunday, which
rule Is ''stringcniiy enforced"
THE Manchester Guardian si.:s that the
Pope is u great smoker, 'invari, y taking u
cigar after every meal" lie. was 'atcly pre-
manager of large tobacco niniiUi. ;tory.
The body of German Luthssais, formerly
known as the Missouri Synod, hps now assurn-
cd the oilica name of General German Lllthc-
ran Synod Of the United S,atcs. and Canada"
The organization embraces four particular
synods.
There are two gentlemen, cnch Of whom
will be one OF one thousand to give $1,000 each
for the cstabl shmcnt OF IL college, or university
somewhere in the West, to hc under the con-
troll Of the General Assembly, as "a memorial
OF The reunion of the two branches Of the Pres
bytcr;an Church.
in Liverpool two Low Church disnitarics,
tho Bishop and Dean or Chester, have been
giving addresses in favor of the sapponimcnt
OF fdraccncsscs-wonlcn are 10 engage IN rc-
Sions work in schools, hospitals and pcnitcn-
tiarics-only there must be no VOWS, no con-
fcssions, no peculiar costumes.
We hear from Rome, says the Pail Mall Ga
2c;tc OF November |. that ~ tho approaching
Council red, ,bluc and white balls pli he employ
cd Ia represent .hc votes in the iollowin. man.
ncr: "Thc rcd will bc affirmative, the bite
negative, the white will cXprcs.; doubt or dis
sent, hesitation or skcpicsm.'
Sir Moses MOntcliorc, the celebrated Jew
ish philaathropist, has just lnaugurated Il Beth
lInm-indrash. or house OF learning, at Rams
gate, EnGaai. II il said to bc u splendid
cdlcc, with q large lecture hall. synagogue,
AMI ten suites OF rooms. Ten thorough Tai
mlidical scholars from Russia, Bohemia ana
Poland have been appointed teachers
The Church Times halls the rracticc OF the
Invocation of saints, lately introduced among
the Hethodisls In America, IA "a step i'm the
right direction" 1t was at camp-mecting,
where Rev. ]. S. Inskip, with both hands ruis-
ed, "lnyokcd the spirits of W:SIcy, Fletcher
.and III tue redeemed slriise%@. ~ lelp thom
accep, the truth in~nll It's length and breadth,
"A writer In the Church Times {Epglish)
says that the rubric declaring the absolutIon Is
to be said by the priest alone, does not mean
that the priest alone shall say 1t, 1t only means
that the congregation arc not to Join I'm H.; and
further adds that there Is no absolnton at all
In lit Is merely an earnest prayer for for
gi7eness which layman may use rs we'll
There is, II says, no absoluuon without aurIcu-
lur confession.
A Conference OF the Free Religious socie-
ties OF Northern Germany was held ut Bruins
wick on The 10th ult., which was attended by
the representatives of twcnty-six congrega-
tions. The assembly declared their assent to
the proposition that body and soul, force and
matter, God and will, cannot exist separate
from each other. new petition TO the Prus-
sian Landtag for the separation from Church
and State was proposed, and Mr.. Jllch was
requested to attend the Council of Freethink-
ers at Naples, US delegate of the Conference.
The assembly resolved that in consideration of
Nhnclx lx,vu n Of tbo
the people the progress Of religious reform
must be moderated"
The Roman Catholics are organizing In
Philadelphia an association under the title of
"1'hc National Institute of America" It's OBJ
Jcct Is affirmed TO be ''the cultivation of cycry
species Of learning, as well as every sociul
political and financial interest which can be
rendered subscrvicnt to the cause of tho church
In America" The "Instituto" Is to be divided
into twelve schools, each giving attention to
particular branch OF study. Its object Is thus
defined in the printed prospectus: This
academy will devote itself with unremltting
zeal to the extension OF Catholic ideas In the
education OF the people. While acting with
prudence, determination and q Just respect for
national institutions, 1t will lose no opportuni-
ty OF combating the false and disastrous edu-
sational system which is OF present favored by
our authorities"
"A London letter to tho New York Times
says: "At this moment two clcrgymcn arc
being tried for hcresy-Rn advanced Rational
LIST, Mr.. Foysey, for denying the Incarnation
and Atoncmcnt, and an advanced l...ualist,
Mr.. Bennett; for teaching tho Real Objective
Presence, sacrifice offered by the priest, and
oI@. H. a..
all such cascs arc, will be carried TO the court
oi last resort. But tho decision Of that highest
court will not be, in the slightest decree, ac-
ccpted by either party. II the Queen In Coun-
ell declare these doctrines heretical, they will
be preached all the more dcnantly;if they are
declared orthodox, tho Protestant party will
all the more violently anathematizc thom; and
II her Majesty in her wisdom decides that
each party may believe as 1t likes, both
will condemn hcr decision, and pray to
Dc delivered from tha uoke nr nn bnrniiooI