The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-07-10


week before last to their mission In Brazil,
three missionaries-Re @. Nash Morton and
wife, and the Rev. f. M. Lane. They sailed
from Baltimore, In the barque Winitred, on the
22d of June.
The Irish Presbyterian General Assembly
would not discuss the Irish Church sbill. They
evidently do not object seriously to it. Returns
were received from 800 congregations, having
117,379 communicates. Each minister receives
about go from The RegiuDl Denum.
The Rev. Mr. Mutchmore, who went out
from this city, presented to the Irish Assembly
the greetings of the American Presbyterian
Church, and gave most interesting and gladden.
ing statistics as to the Old and New School
Churches, as also of mission fields among the
negroes. He was received with enthusiasm, aud
the Moderator of the Irish Assembly admirably
and powerfully conveyed the warm feelings of
the whole assembly, rendering to himself Zone
hundred thousand welcomes, and prayers for
enlarged blessings on himself and his country.
EPISCOPAL.
AT the annual meeting of the English
Church Union, june 10, DIR. Pusey, Mr.. MackO-
nochie, and the leaders of the Rltualistic party
solemnly pledged themselves afresh "to resist at
all hazards any attempt TO prohibit the teaching
of the doctrine of the Real Presence in the
Sacrament of the Altar
Rev. Samuel X. Weldon, rector of the Epis-
copal church In Putin Bay, Ohio, has sent
Bishop Mcllvaine letter of withdrawal from
the Church. on the ground of the Romanizlng
tendencies of the Prayer Book, aud the action
of the late General Convention In torbidding
brOtherly Courteses to Clcrgymen of other sects.
However, he does not go to any other denOmna-
tion but continues his labors with his people as
an independent Episcopal clergyman.
"A correspondent of the Churchmdn tells of
clergyman whose salary was made up by sub
scriptiOn. Not proving sufficient to support him.
his wife gave music lessons. When the salary
was collected, mean miser who had subscribed
$40, refused to pay over 80, because he had paid
the minister's wife 50 for a quarters instruction
of his daughter Another cut down his subscrp-
tion from $40 to $50, because the wife received
$40 for teaching his daughter music.-INde-
pendent
Under his usual nom de plume of "Angli-
canus the Dean of Westminster announces the
wonderful discovery that the Irish Church will,
after all, not to be disestablished by Mr.. Glad
| stones bill. Irish Episcopalians will be at
| liberty to build up their future Church as they
| please and because they may retain their rela-
| tionship in doctrines and formularies to the
| English Church, may go to law in the British
courts and may, if they like, ask the Queen
to appoint them Bishops-therefore, they will be
| established still.
The Bishop of London has commenced
prosecution against the Rev. G. f. Lowder the
| vicar of St. e's-in-theEast, in consequence
! of his violation of the directions laid down ON
the decision of the Judicial Committee in the
case of Martin " Mackonochie. Mr.. Lowder
objects to remove his lighted candles, or to con-
| secTate the elements otherwise than he under
| stands the Church to direct him, and for this he
is to be prosecuted in the Court of Arches, If Sir
| Robert Phillimore consents to accept the letters
| of request
DIR. Kinds, formerly Bishop of Norwich, has
| just sent out the second part of his work on the
Free Discussion of Religious Topics" Bishop
| Kinds sets out from the principle that no really
free people can consent that the Government
shall undertake to determine what is true doc
trine and what false, and that ''the existing
creed of the people alone can be recognized by
the nations rulers" But if this be so, he argues,
the embodiment of creed SO determined in
articles and other formulares requires mot
that definite decision all doctrinal points
which may be appropriate in other religious
communities, but such statement of them as
may leave room for the diversity of religious
views which exists in the nation" The rule of
clerical conformity must be limited to con
formity to the worship and rites of the Church,
leaving unrestricted freedom in discussing its
doctrines EpiscOpdlidn.
The Rev. DR.. Vaughan, of Doncaster, hay
ing been demonstrated with on his patronage
of a circus for the entertainment of the chill
dren of his parish schools, writes to the remOn-
strant:-'I have the strongest testimony from
all quarters, not only to the innocent nature of
the exhibition itself, but to the highly respect
able character of the managers and the per-
formers. Their presence In the town has been
beneficial not detrimental, to the cause of
morality and even religion. They have been
regular attendants at church, and have opened
the circus itself for special religious service.
1t appears to me that, in proportion rs a clergy
man is bound to protest against such public
amusements as are demOralizing i'm their char
acter, he is bound, on the other hand, to show
by word and act, that he rejoices in those
popular recreations which are innocent and
of good report. l cannot fear that in this in
stance / shall be found, like Samson'-to use
your own words giving my strength and the
glory of the Lord to the uncircumcised Philis-
| tines"