The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-06-12
Religious Intelligence.

The vote on Lay Representation in
the Nj. Il. Church will be taken in
the Boouville Methodist Church to-
day (12th). In Trinity Church, in
this city, on the 24th.
AN ordination is reported by the
Bishop of Madras which IS said to
have no equal since Apostolic days.
Thirty-fOur natives were ordained to
the holy ministry. Of these twenty
two received deacon's orders and
twelve priests orders. This portion
of India contains $4,000 native Chris
tians. All of these native ministers
were trained in the schools and col
leges sustained by the venerable Eng
lish Missionary Societies.
In times OF great re ligious activity,
some extreme men and measures Will
be developed. The sign of life is
movement. Wherever there has been
great energy in the religious world,
the Church has always developed DIS
eussion. Aud the presence of an in
tensely earnest life has, from the days
of Christ, evoked deep feeling, and
aroused lively comparison OF views.
Dat of this, good has come. When
the storm passed, a healthier and
fresher life followed,
The Episcopal Church IS an Illus
tration Of this feature at this time.
That body of Christians is exhibiting
the greatest activity in all depart
ments of its corporate life. Here and
there collisions occur, and the NOV
ing forces jostle each other. a rash
or headstrOng young man will now
and then go too far. The mass gives
steaidness to the general move
ment. Some men will prophecy evil
and there have always been such.
With others, 1.-THE wish Is father to
the thought" It is the experience Of
this Church that its proceedings are
public, aud its actions excite more
general interest than any others.
Hence, its discussions and every act
of discipline fud instant publicity,
where similar bodies win no attention.
But men who see only these things
are like people who note every bubble
upon the surface of river, and pever
think of the onward flow Of the deep,
strong current beneath.#
THE Eneyclical Letter" of the
Pope condemns three things: Separ-
alton of Church and State, Liberty
of Public Worship" $ Freedom OF
the Press and Speech" as madness
Therefore our Republic must be Ue1g
mad. Liberty of conscience and OF
worship, he calls the " liberty of per-
ditiOR. Therefore, Romanism, ac-
cording to Father Hecker, is the
best religion for a Republic"
THE papers, not long since, gave an
account of an admonition pronounced
by Bishop Talbot upon kev. Lorin
Russ, of Lafayette, and contained =
series of resolutions of his vestrv
severely rejecting upon the action o.
the Bishop. The matter came before
the late Convention of the Diocese
which unanimously sustained tn
Right Rev. Father The vestrv oIs(
appeared by representatives. onf
formally withdrew their obnoxiou
resolutions.
SOME New York papers, c. q. Tn
Church Union and Evangelist. etc
are advocating the entire exclusion O
the Bible from our public schools. OF
the ground that Roman Catholics
Jews, &C., will certainly secure Stat
aid for their own schools. But sucl
exclusion viii not be enough Wha
they wish is a distinctive teaching O
their own. 1t cannot stop, therefore
short of an entire revision of tex
books, readers and histories.