, 1870-08-14

,asrkr nronar9v ii. t.cstcd, and return the same
Ia that BODY. The Catholic clergy Wl't nns
comply with the ordinance. holding t5as nc
tsaItiaga cercmony is r.rfoE-aed according 70
H. ;itG;n'ina Of tie Church, and that the city
rsfatc government has no right to interfere
Herewith. u r.,
An Epiacopal ecu,insry in To*?eSa' Tx han-'
has recently received gift o. eN,9N;
1,s recently cl.i1ncd tho protection Of tho
new lawe, arud lafe tho convnnt, pFocsaafe
nj heretofore allowed in that empire. Ihase
Inxs ryaceed on the assumption that persons
c,nnat surrender their rights to religious
bodies 80 as not to be able 10 resume them a.
"t All The Fifth National Methodist Episcopal
c.mn.yfeetjnc. 1ately held at Oakingtoo, MI,
over ono hundred persons progressed 10 DC
DR.. Mullen, in his esesy on d nodern
Mitsions" rays Great BrasA,h employs
4a5 Amorica, SO :. and the Jews of oio various
countries, Sc making total OF N33, At an
expense q s., ,zG4 $40:
"A Cougregat,onAlist minister in the Esst,
recently, In one day, attended two Sunday
schco!s, conducted two prayer meetings, aud
preached three sermous. Somebody inquiries
Tor the Society fox the Prevention Of Cruelty
10 Animals.
bishop Huntington, Of Central New Tors,
il his annual address to the Convention. Char
| dG1tatZC1 &AG DHFaE Ill E4Ni6 III hHS Litae0pA
! churches as bad int1insicslly. absolutely. anil
hoFeleesly- He says choir }ate9S repeated
'samen" eleven times in immediate succession,
By actual count
Some time since the Spanish Government
gave notice to the bishops aud other clergy
! OF tho Roman C-s1.ol,c Church, hat in case
they did not come foruatd aud ta-o tta oath
Of fidelity 10 the new AMI Liberal constitution
before tho LIST Of Stay. tAeir t'liy:ug." would
be withdraw. Cp to the latest dates tile
priesthood have given no indication of yiell-
Ing to the requirement.
Archbishop KeadEick, Of ST. Iaais, las
Tnlllshe At Rome = pamphlet that has ualo
considerable sensation. He has heon an in
fuentisl opponent of tho dogma Of infallibili-
II. The Temps saFs le 1eft Rome without
getting permission from the Commission on
Ezcuscs, hut not b. fo1e he had published
very severe letter on tue situation.
! -Sot~ithstanding the difficulty in tho Meth
cdiss Dook Rooms, the bonds Of the Book
Concern have found ready market at par.
-Eefore leaving for the Vatican Council, the
Bishop OF l,uno, in Peru, e1comnnnicatea
portion OF bis diocese and closed tie churches,
members had submitted to his wiahes. Here
upon tho civil authority ordered tho vicar to
be arrested and sent TO Lima for trial There
is great excitement on the mltter, snlit is be-
1leved that tho result will 1e = severe blow TO
tie fauatical party, such as ther have suffered
Il
| Tho Indercrd.,.t says: ''If the Lathcrans
Of this country Be al counted a. QUO body,
they would make one OF the largest denonina-
tons We have. But they seem hope1essly d.
v;ded. The portion Of them which approach
more nearly 10 orr american evangelical
churrhee. and which believe in conversion and
accept rori%als, are connected With the Gen.
ersl Synod. A somewhat larger number, in
cluding more of tho ticru1n-speaking
churches, hold more closely to the exact habits
OF wofship OF FAtherland, and are very strenu-
ous for the old church symbols and cTeeds.
They are attached to the General Council. 4
eEnsller number, forming originally tho
Missonn Synod, protest against the ecclesissti,
cism Of the council, even As being too loose,
and insist that Lutherans must mol
exchange pulplts With members ol
other denominations. Wisconsin aud lows
have partially gone over to tho Missourians
and the latter are gaining strength By the nat
| urnl tendency to take ono or the olher OF tw
: | logical extremes. Not 90 much On the surface
bnt yet rs practical dividing forre, Ia th
question Whist position Christians must tax
on the question: OF the Sabbath aud OF ten
, | pcyance, and whether those who arc har
drinkers and patronize or keep open ealoon
! on the Sabbath thereby forfeit the rights c
'. membership. The Lutheran institutions
Wasertown, Wis, arc now in very precarior
condition. threatening to suspend unless III
churches gre immediate aid But the rnoz
, moderate intherans say the -eason Of II
coldness Of the churches toward its wants
because Missouri has got control, and t.
does not Focure tho sympathy OF the best po
:. tion Of Wisconsin Lnthcrans."