The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-06
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

One hundred and fifty thousand dollars is
to be raised for a national Presbyterian Church
in Washington City.
The new Catholic Cathedral now being
built in Brooklyn, n. Y, will cost s2,oO0ooo, and
will seat $4,000 persons.
The rcctory Of Pensthorpe, in England, just
conferred on Rev. S. Dendy, is described as being
worth ESQ year. 1t comprises twelve inhabi
tants, and contains no church.
The Hebrew National, new Jewish journal
published in London. gives the statistics of the
Jews in the world. There are 6,00o,0 Jews in
the world, one-half of whom live in Europe
America contains 100000.
There was quite recently lively demand fol
tracts at Western settlement, and the Tract So
ciety felt convinced that great revivalmust be
going on there At last it leaked out that the
settlers were using the documents to paper their
log cabins With.
i'm the case OF the Rev. Colin C. Tate, Of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, arraigned on
charges preferred by Bishop McIlyaine, of Ohio
the Ecclesiastical Court SUSTAINED plea made
against its jurisdiction in the case, and on Friday
last adjourned sine die.
Half dozen cergymen of Bucyrus, Ohio
have united in protest against "promiscuoui
dancing, at any time and anywhere, as an
amusement and add the request that they bt
not hereafter invited to any place or entertain
ment where dancing will be allowed.
I'm the Punjab, the extreme northern portion
Of India, thirty years ago, there was not Chris
tian man, and where twenty years ago there were
only forty missionaries for l7,ooo eootnhabitants
or one to 100000, there are low churches With
more than 5000 Christians, and schools with over
10000 scholars.
The Bishop of Calcutta writes to the Society
for the Propagation Of the Gospel stating that he
has received into the communion Of the Church Of
England, at their own request, seven thousand OF
the disafrected native converts at Chota Nagpore,
who have been under the charge OF the Gossner's
Lutheran Mission.
The London Times in Tuesdays issue ex
presses the opinion that the Catholic Church.
must be withdrawn from undue Roman prepon.
derance, and the City Of Rome from ecclesiastical
domination. It is only by ceasing to be an
Italian sovereign, says the Times, that the Pope
can aspire to become universal Pontin
"A New York letter Of Monday says: "Amone
the arrivals from Europe to-day Is Rev. Father
Morrill,, rector Of the High tHpiscopaD Church Of
St. Adams. 1t is said he has brought with him
the newest rites and ceremonies in vogue with
churchmen Of the advanced ritual school in Eng.
land, and will soon introduce them here, on 0
very grand scale.n
Cardinal Cullen, in pastoral just issued, eX
horts all members Of societies similar to the Fe
nian organization to abandon them. He adverts
to the evils sustained by Spain and Italy through
the action of secret societies, and says the mem
bers Of such organizations win incur the penalty
OF accommodation, and cannot participate in
the jubilee which has just been published.
Rev. r. II. Benson, NJ. A., incumbent OF st.
John, the Evangelist, oxford, and prominent
RitualIst, has been holding ''retreat" at bis
monastery in Marston street, Oxford. During its
continuance, the brethren give themselves up to
fasting and prayer, maintaining the strictest
silence and reserve. The services in the monaste-
ry chapel are incessant The whole OF the breth'
rem are clothed in long black cassocks, confined
at the waist by a cord, and wear long black felt
hats
The Protestant Primate OF Ireland has delty.
cred charge which discusses all the circum-
stances of the church In that country. He OBJ
jects to wasting time in recriminations on the
conduct OF adversaries or the failngs Of friends.
He expressed an earnest hope that no alterations,
save such as may be absolutely unavoidable, may
be made in the liturgy Of the church. AS TO COM
mutation, when they saw what arrangements
were made for charter Of incorporation and
sustentation fund, they would be better judges OF
what course to pursue. The limitation to hold
land only applied TO the church body. There was
a danger in organizing voluntary churches, that
arrangements might be made as TO government
patronage and maintenance OF the clergy, by
which their independence would be impaired.
Hitherto the Austrian universities have not
admitted Jews as professors. But the disability
is at last removed. DR.. Maunther, an eminent
oculist of the school OF Stilwag and Won Graefe,
has been appointed to the chair OF optealmic sur
gerry in the University Of Innsbruck. The race
throughout the world seems to be casting of its
gabardlne-i;s robe Of sufferance-and humbly
taking on garments OF grace and honor. Its
members sit in senates and cabinets and acade-
mics, and like the diligent man spoken Of in the
Scripture, "stand before kings" They are even
tearing away the barriers which in some OF the
continental cities still separate the Ghetto, or Jew
quarter from the rest OF the town. At this rate,
they bid fair to restore the ancient renown and
glory OF their race without going back TO Jerusa-
lem and rebuilding the Temple.