Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-03-19
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mELIGIoUs INTELLIGENCE.
The city Of London, within a
Of twelve miles from the
General PostOflce, contains $50
churches, not including the RO-
mish and Dissenting chapels. Or
this number there are 1863 church
es where the Holy Communion is
celebrated every Sunday daily
celebration ct 20 Of these church
es Saints day services a. 1873
daily service at 1872; full choral
service at 12s; surpliced choirs
al 1877; voluntary choirs, 23l
Gregorian Tones used exclusive
~ at 80; the EuCharistis vest
ments are worn at 20; incense Is
used at 7; the suFplice worn in
the pulpit at So churches open
from sunrise to sunset, daily, %
churches. OF the $50 churches
in London, FOG Cabout one. third J
are free.
The statement Is made and con.
tradicted that Archdeacon Basil
Jones has been appointed Bishop
OF St. Asaph, in Wales. Mr..
Jones is a Welshman, and has
written much on Welsh antiqui.
ties, and would for that reason be
acceptable to the Welsh. But he
is High Church, which would be
enough to cause his rejection ifthe
dean and chapter or the people
had power to refuse the congo
Fclirc. OF the $4,000 clergymen
in the English church 5000 are
evangelical but in Is nominations
to vacant sees the latter com.
plain that Gladstone has given
them not one. His Church or
Broad Church proclivities are no
bar to his favor; but the com
plant is, that he has entirely pass.
ed by the Evangelical party.
The Baptists have church ex.
tension committees in some OF our
large cities In Philadelphia il
has secured valuable lots for new
enterprises almost before there was
II prospect Of their being started,
and has in three years, expended
S3j, 900 in adding new churches, in
this and other ways. Within 4
little more than four years, the St.
Louis committee has received near.
~ 49,, 900, and the membership o.
the churches has been increased
from 500 to nearly 1900.
The Greek Archbishop OF Syrii
and Tenos was present with a re
tinue of Greek priests at the con.
secration OF the English Bishop
of Oxford in Westminster Abbey
lie has since consecrated a GreOl
church in England. Dean Stan
ley presided at an entertainment.
in his honor given by clergymer
who desire more determination
with the Oriental churches.
The Archbishop Of Canterbury
is better, but his disease, epilepsy
and paralysis, is not favorable to
complete covery. Already men
begin to speculate whether the
Queens partially to Bishop viii.
berforce, the eminent High
Church Bishop of Winchester aDt
lately Of Oxford, will not secnr,
the succession.
The Bishop of London has re.
buked an Evangelical rector in
London, for preaching in Presby
terrain pulpits when in Scotland
An Episcopal congregation il
Dundee, on the other hand, has
unanimously voted to sever rs
connection with the Bishop who
refused to allow them an Evan.
gelical and thoroughly Protesianr
rector.
The New York correspondent.
Of the EpiscOpalian says: Arch.
bishop McCloskey, Of New York
is said to stand a good chance fol
q Cardinals hat. AS the pres
ents he brought were richer thar
those from Gny other diocese, b.
will have this advantage ovel
ArchbishOps Spaulding, Purcell
and kendrick. though not so pro.
found,
Rev. VIM. II. Cooper, d. D., 0
Lockport, ILL.,, has been elected L
the ~rectOrship Of st. Michael $
Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
ABBY NINSING.