, 1870-04-03

the real substance Of Christianity. and Chris,
il the door through which wc zee and attain to
this substance. We are panied, grieved,
shocked BY every effort to rob the Infinite
Father Of His glory"
- Correspondence from Rome, published in
the French papers. states thAt the Pope, in
conversation with the Canliuai who WAS speak
ing 10 him Of the opHoeition Of the German
Bishops to the InfalioiitE dogma, replied that
the German Bishops might become ecAismatica
i they liked, as the Church would thereby be
"ruriiie4l." The Paris De'nts remarks that
publications Of this kind are not without dan
ger. and that they end By converting q great
Church into i small chapel "Tbe Roman
Church, it adds, ~ Was purified onec, and on
somewhat large scale in the time Of Luther. $
The Rev. Mr. Walsh, a recent Cong1ega-
IiFh, Of the Academy Street Bsptat Church,
Newark, n. J.. Last Monday evening.
Seuor CASTELAR,, the Spanish Liberal. recent
II spoke a. follows in the Cortes against nn ap-
preparation Of S, 00o.0 900 for the priesthood
not be imposed because their precerts are not
relf-esident- II you impose a religion, you will
make many hypocrites, but you will not have
faithful Christilnk- Coe1ciye laws have but III
tie effect upon human thought, and this sala-
ried Army Of priests can never accomp!ish any,
opinion Of all Europe. There is no Other means
Of bringing about relations between Church
and State tnan that which the American ssEtern
roints out. The pnritaua wete those who fed
from religious persecution; and r:oclAitned =
complete liberty Of Church and State. which
from that time forward hae been written on
the high mountins and IN the virgin woods Of
America"
The Hartford Post relates that clergyman n
in Connecticut. who. before the war. received \
salary Of si50. but hsd it cut down to 400. by
invitation recently attended eocal gathering
IL his parish, md opened It with rraycr At
its cloce ho was not a little surprised to hear
the fddles strike up for I dance. He VIE
asled il he did not think dancing health.ul
exercise. He replied that he fornd exercise
enough in battling with the hard and stony
fields. spiritual and physical, which he had to
cultiyAte-and left them.
The Methodist states th3t the rite Of cir
cEmcision is no longer unirersally practised
Of Vienna have published manifesto against
il.
-- The following important letter from Dr..
Newman appeared in the London SanI4rd:
'4SA: IN led to eend you theee few lines
in consequence OF the Introduction Of my nAme
in yesterdays Standard into your report Of the
Progress Of the Gcumenical Council
thank you for the courteous terms in which
you have On various occasions, "a On the pres
ent, spoken OF me: but am bound to disavo1
what ron have yester1Ay imputed to NE, VIZ,
that I hare written to my Bishop 1t Rome,
Dr. CnathoEne, stigmAti1ice the promoters OF
Papa1 infallibiIty as An msalent, Aggressive
faction That deeply deplore the policy. the
epi1it, the measured OF various persons. Lay
md ecclesiastical, who are urging the definition
OF that theological opinion, I have neither in.
tention nor wieh 10 deny; just the contrary.
But, on the other hand, I have \ firm belief,
and have had al along, that Greater Powei
than that OF any EAu or set Of men will over
rule the deliberations OF the Council to the de-
termination Of Catholic and Apostolic truth
md that what it's Fathers eventually proclaim
with one voice viii be the Word Of God.
AT IN, sir, !our obedient servant,
JoHS 81. SEwAAS.
The Oratory, March Is"
The Louisiana Bapttst tells OF IN inceudia
~ who 1ate1y set on FIRE Baptist church il
That State, but who first pioualy removed Il,