The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-04-16
SUMMARY OF CHURCH NEWS.
EPISCOPAL.


Bishop Staleys letter, resigning his Ha-
waiian bsbopric, denies that he was met ou his
return to the islands by deputation asking him
to leave. According to his own report, there
had been much controversy in the island as to
the deans proceedings during his absence-one
party Gncluding Queen Emma) warmly APPROX
ing them, whilst others wished to be placed
under the pastoral care of Mr.. Williamson. The
bishop sanctioned the appointment of Mr.. Will
Hanson as chaplain to the king, and at the
same time rendered his own resignation to the
archbishop partly on account of the disagree
BILE position in which the controversy placed
him and partly from his conviction that the
islands were rapidly becoming AmericanZed
and would be more properly connected with the
American Episcopal Church.
ON Tuesday evening last Bishop Stevens
visited st. Adams and ministered confirmation
the laying on of hands-to n class of twenty
two persons. This is the largest class ever con-
firmed in this parish. Two others were added
TO the communion at the same time thus
making the whole number newly added twenty
four. About twenty pews have been rented
during the last three months. These facts of
temporal and spiritual prosperity are cheering
evidence that the ''pentecostal spirit" is being
graciously shed forth upon the parish of st.
Adams.
The California correspondent of the Church
man says that the richest Episcopal parish in
San Francisco, so far as he can learn, has
never given a dollar for any missionary work
in the city. 1t has mission Sunday-School
anything to any new and struggling parish. 1t
has managed to pick out the larger part of the
rich for ITSELF and the poor, If they want
churches, must build them" 1t has built itself
100000 church, and other societies are left to
appeal to the East for aid.
DIR. Littledale, the notorious English ritual
list, says that he received "a special invitation
to attend the Vatican Council and confer with
committee on Anglican difficulties" and would
have done so had he not learned that Manning,
Cullen, and other pronounced Ultramontanes
composed the committee. This he regarded as
a declaration of war, and staid at home.
The Bishop of sodor and Man has been
condemned to pay Gl0O damages for a libel
contained in a charge delivered by the bishop.
The controversy had reference to some ritual
istc practices which his lordship was charged
with countenancing.
METHODIST.
The decision of the lay delegation question
in the Methodist Episcopal Church becomes eX-
ceedingly doubtful, and or 10 votes may carry
il either way. At present, as we learn from the
Methodist the clerical vote stands 1897 against
the measure and 4190 in favor. This gives the
friends of lay delegation the necessary three
fourths VOTE and enough over to balance about
20 more negative votes But the remaining con
ferences will not give nearly three-fourths fol
the measure. The AdcOcdte edited by DR.
Curry, the leader OF the opposition, few weeks
ago gave n ''guess how each conference woul(
, vote; the conclusion being that the question
I would be lost. Comparison of the actual vote
4 with the Ad0ooates guess shows that ther
have been cast 100 more votes for lay delegation
and 20 less against it than DR.. Curry coniectured
If the same ratio continues, the measure will b.
saved.
The failure of the New England Methods
Conference TO admit Mrs Van Cott as
preacher, her name not having been even pro
posed is apparently explained by correspOn
dent of the Methodist, who does not attempt
deny her success as an evangelist. but says tina
her sermon before the conference was not sue
"a would recommend her She is described 9
harsh and unnatural and affected In her manner
and greatly inferior in the matter of be
discourses to the popular female speakers of IL
day.
Herald, written just before his death, that
Lexington Methodist Conference, Ohio, Il