The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-04-09

against Masonry: and the AdUdNCe saws that
IN retaliation, moet of the MasUns have signed
u pledge not TO aid in support of COngregl-
uonal churches until the Conference withdrlws
its resolutions.
BAPTIST.
The Standard the Baptist paper of Chicago,
has been publishing several communications
from DR.. w. II. Ryder in explanation or de-
iense of the Universalist belief. On both sides
the discussion has been exceedingly courteous
and fraternal.
There is Freewill Baptist conference in
North Carolina which has 81 ministers, 81
churches, and 1898 members. Their numbers
have trebled in 16 years.
Rutgers College proposes to celebrate its
centennial TINS year They hope to raise money
to erecta chapel, geological hall, and to endow
two proi0ssorships
The Missionary baptist Just started in Cor
scana is the third religious paper Of Texas.
REFORMED.
The newspapers of the (Germau) Reformed
Church are somewhat disturbed by the recent
detection of Rev. John A. Wagner, of Lancaster,
Pa, 20 the Church of Rome. The anti-liturgical
party in that church charge that it represents
the natural tendency of their opponents, who
follow the lead of Dr. Nevin; while the liturgical
party reply that Mr. Wagner some time ago had
resolved to secede to the Roman Church, but was
only prevented Mt that time by the arguments of
DR.. Nevin, which then quite satisfied him to re-
main in the Reformed body.
METHODIST.
dist, is generally very bitter against the North
crn Methodists; but it defends the Book Con-
cern against the charges of DR.. Lanahan, who
happens TO be Baltimore man, for whom 1t has
no regard. 1t accounts for his action by repre-
senting him as a man of singular constitution,
whose pet hobby it is ever to be unearthing
some enormous and complicated conspiracy. 1t
mentions especially his discovery of camp
meeting massacre and spring poisoning conspi-
racy, with which he startled the public in the
early part Of the war.
LUTHERAN.
The Southern Lutheran Church has not a
single missionary nor single theological stu
dent. The Southern Methodists have u mis-
sionary or two in China, who support themselves
while the Church is trying to raise the $50, 900
which the Northern Methodist Missionary
Society was obliged to pay during the war on
! the notes which it bad endorsed. About $4,000
have been paid, and $4,000 more, which should
have been paid, was lost by the speculation OF
the treasurer of the Southern Missionary Society.
UNITARIAN.
Seven Unitarian conferences have raised
| S2O69 to aid divinity students in Cambridge.
| This is more than is Immediately needed. There
are 10 students on the roll of those aided, of
| whom are Harvard University theological
| students, that is, pursuing privately elective
studies; and 80 belong to the regular classes OF
! the Divinity School. We notice that the late
! catalogue contains the names OF thirty theo-
logical students, of whom four are college
graduates.
UNIvERsALIsT.
The Universalst Centenary offering is salts
factorlY progressing. Akron, Ohio, has pledged
| S6OOO0 for the projected State school, which il
| to be controlled by the denomination.
| CATHOLIC.
DR.. Newman, the great leader of the English
| converts to the Roman Church, denies that he
| has stigmatized the promoters of Papal infalli-
| bility as IAN insolent, aggressive facuon,' but
he adds that he deeply deplores the policy, the
| mi ln U1nn nt rin snnrsn Low nd
| ecclesiastical, who are urging the definition o
| that theological opinion" At the same time he
| has n firm belief that greater Power is over
| ruling the deliberations of the Council as that
| what its Fathers eventually proclaim will be
| the Word of God"
| There is a general impression that the Vati.
| can Council will soon be prorogued, not to meet
| again till next winter, or until the Pope shall
| ment has abandoned the idea of sending a dele
| gate as the plans for concerted action will
| Spain, Austria, and Italy have failed. 1t IL
| more and more evident that all the ntelligen
| ROmanists of Germany oppose the infallibility
dogma. The Catholic theological faculties-in
Guiding Munich, Bonn, Prague, Munster, ant
several other lnstitutions-have formally eX
| pressed their support of DR.. Dollinger in hi
| vigorous assaults on the dogma.
The Bishop of Ratisbon has addressed @
letter from Rome, in which he forbids all youn!
men from his diocese to attend the lectures o
Dr. Dollnger, lest their faith should be in juret
|
of the champion of those who oppose Papal in
fallibility.
The Papal Government has suppressed tn
OSSerUdtore Romano, the best paper in Rome
though poor and diminutive enough, for ven
turing outside of its ordinary praise of tn
Papal Government to criticse some articles il
the Exhibition of Christian Art.
Many Catholic priests, including Fathe
Hyacinthe, have attended several of the sci
vices at the Tatbout Chapel, Paris where N
Bersier, one of the pastors of the French Indo
pendent Church and one of the most eloqueI
preachers in Paris has just finished series {
discourses on The Future Life according to th
Gospel"
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