The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-10-23
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.


Services To-day.
| The annual sermon before the Board Of Missions
or the Protestant Episcopal Church Will be preached
this evening by Rev. Charles II. Hull ID. d., rector OF
the Church OF the Holy Trinity. Brooklyn.
Rev. Oscar Hugo will preach this morning on the
"Bible Question: in the Eighty sixth street Presbye-
rian church. and In the evening In the Beeknan Hin
Methodist Episcopal church.
Rev. p l.. Davies will preach this morning and
evening IN the Berean Baptist church.
Services morning and afternoon in the Church OF
the Holy Light, Seventh avenue. The rector will
preach in the morning. and Rev. DR.. w. A. Mcvickar
in the afternoon.
Rev. Abbott Brown viii preach this morning and
afternoon in the Church OF the Reformation Fiftieth
street.
AT the Forty-secOnd street Presbyterian church
Rev. DR.. Ingis, OF Hamilton, Canada, win preach
this morning, and Rev. u. v. Collins, oil Passac, N.
j., in the evening.
There WILL be memorial services In the Laighc
street Baptist church this morning and evening.
Preaching by Rev. Drs. Cox ana Evarts.
Rev. f. Q. Sweerser viii preach at Plympton
Building, Ninth street, this morning.
Rev J. M. Pullman will preach at tie Church OF
Our Saviour, sixth Universast, Thirty-atth street.
this morning and evening.
Rev. George II. Hcpworth win preach thus morn
ing and evening in the Church OF the Messiah 1.-THE
Unitarian Denomtnati0nn will be the subject of the
morning discourse.
Orat0ry or St. Observation-Disclosures to-day at
seven, ten and eleven A. NJ, ana four and eight p
M. Morning preacher, the Rev. G. X. Branard,
rector OF Quincy, Mass. Evening preacher the Rev.
A. A. Curtis rector of Mount Calvary church, Balti-
more.
Rev. w. w. Evarts d. d.. OF Chicago, will preach
in the Central Baptist church, Forty second street.
this evening.
The ST. Johns Methodist Episcopal Sabbath
School, Fftythrd street. between Broadway and
Eighth avenue, will be reopened this afternoon at
two O'Clock. Addresses Will be delivered by Revs.
G. s. Narrower, ID. l.. Marks and Mr. Andrew v.
Stout.
The Right Rev. Bishop Clark, of Long island, Will
preach at the Holy Trinity church, Harlem, this
morning
The Rev. Canon Hoosc rector OF Turnbridge Wells,
England VIII preach I'm the Church OF the Ascension,
corner OF Fifth avenue ana Tenth street, this
morning at eleven O'Clock.
Rev. L. q. Sweetser Will preach this evening in
the church corner OF Blocker and Downing streets
the first OF series of exposory sermons on the
"Unversalst Beliern Subiect-"The Unlversalist
Idea of Cod"
Rev. e. II. Keyos Will lecture in Steinway Hall this
evening on the doctrines OF Swedenborg. Subject
'Jesus Christ the Only God"
Rev. G. S. Narrower Will preach this morning and
evening in st. Luke's Methodist Episcopal church,
Forty-irst street.
Rev. J. Il. Kendrck will preach morning and
evening in the Tabernacle Baptist church, Second
avenue
REV. S. Bacon will give his second lecture in the
Broadway Tabernacle this evening. Subject. "Sepa-
ration from National Churches and the Conflict Be-
tween Separation and PurtanIsm.
Mrs. Emma Hardinge will speak this morning and
evening In Apollo Hall before the Society OF Spiritu
allsis.
The Greek ChurcI-Fathor Bjerring Never "a
Professor In tho Roman Catholic Seminary
at BaltimOre-A Card from It's Superior
Reminisrence OF Prince Demctrius dc Gull
ST.. MARY's SEMINARY OF ST. SULpIcE,)
BALTIMORE, Oct. 20, 1870. !
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
nave read the following your paper OF the 10th
inst, and under this head-"Ihe Orthodox Greek
Churchill
We have already noticed the fact of an establish
ment OF an Orthodox Greek church In this city UNI
der the auspices OF the Russian government. n
When completed 1t Will be under the Of Father
BJerrlng, formerly q professor OF theology IN the
Roman Catholic Seminary at Baltimore VINO short
time ago embraced the Greek faith
Now, dear sir, by sending out TO the world this
piece Of intelligence you nave given TO the instt-
ton under my charge, st. Marys Seminary OF st.
Sulpice rhe only one ever known IN Baltimore as
the Roman Catholic Seminary very unenviable
notoriety. ought to dscaim 1t, and TO request you
to give TO my protest the same publicity you have
given to what would resent SANDER, were it
not as suppose it, only the result OF misinforma-
ton.
No. Mr. Bjerring has never been professor OF
theology, and Is not even known in this institution,
thanks To God. The chair OF theology Of ST. Mary's
has never been occupied by an apostate to our molly
faith
st. Mary's Seminary has been connected it is true
with one once a member Of the Greek Church, but
whose record Is far dtferent-with the late Rev.
Prince Demetrus A. de GailltzIn, the Apostle OF the
Ailegnanies. Born n Prince and member Of the
Greek Church, raised, Us he said himself In preju
dices against revelation and contempt OF religion, and
although ali the male members OF his family were
to embrace the Catholic fah, which alone, upon i'm
partial inquiry, appeared to him the only pure rei-
gion OF Jesus Christ. With this conviction he visited
America, and, rellnquishlng princcly fortune
abandoning the lotiesJ rank OF nobility, ana all his
hopes OF worldly grandeur, he entered this institu
ti0Q as a student OF divinity, was subsequently or
dained as Catholic priest and devoted ali his life
as pioneer OF the true faith, TO the poor humble
where his memory is held in benedjction.
A priest true to his character cannot apostatize
from The Catholic faith; remain very sincerely,
Superior OF ST. Mary's SEMINARY OF ST. Supice Bal
tlnofe.
The Work Of Christianizing the Chinese.
To THE EDITOR or THE HERALD
The great power which is working in the mind of
the world to bring nations together so that they
shall know each other and learn to respect and ike
another 10 especially displayed in the migration
which Is beginning TO flow TO this country from
China the waed-ln-land whose exclusive policy
has kept 1t hitherto but partially influenced by the
civilized sentiment OF It's sister nations.
As this movement relates 10 The WORK Of Chris
tanizing the people Of China IL has an Importance
which the Christian mind OF our own people will
not be able fully TO estimate IL removes obstacles
10 the work such render mission labor when
carried on in China hazardous well as compare.
lively insignificant.
Amid those many millions the few missionaries
who go out the gems amid the grains OF sand
In the desert scattered afar shining and valuable,
but almost lost sight. But the hazard OF miss ION
airy enterprise in the direction Of China Is an OBJ
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