, 1870-06-12

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. | n Clio, the custodian Of defunct saints, to
crafty EodenhAms craving, and he Ana LIS
wife have accordingly bean made happy By IL,
ceiying bone, which Is said to have belonGod
to St Dunstan.
Robert Rankin, one Of she three original
founders Of Sabbath-schoofs, died on tho ash
inst in Liverpool
1T is related that when the sun fixed npon
for the salary OF the new Episcopal MthoP OF
New Hampsl,ite was announced, = great white
| rDost + flew upon the fence around the church
in which The convention was sitting and gave
lusty, vigorous CROW. Tho omen WAS COZ
sidcred good.
In Germany, certain draua called tho
"Curse OF Galilee,' aimed against tho G.:u-
menicAl Council, il received with favor.
"A religious association of Boston has dis
eoIyetl, because though the :" poor heard the
gospel gladly" they didn't feel like paying
DR. Mer1ng, m American theologiAn, was
lately received into the Greek Church at St:
Petersburg. The German language was used
in the ceremony, for the first time, on this oc-
casiun.
-Moneignor Seton, prothonotary Apostolic,
u letter to the Cathode Telegraph, opposes
the proposed appointment OF a United States
Minister Resident in Rome, for tho reason,
| among others, that such an official s'is tan
Court"
The Christian Infeliqencer represents that
among the recent converts in tho Baptist
Church, at Stockton, California, are m,n and
| his wife, both deaf muIea, who, though they
never heard q serr1ou, yet wrote out excellent
atatements Of The Ecaaons AID grouAd Of thar
hopes.
At the Diocesan Eriscopal Convention,
just held in Boston, proposition was enter
tanned looking toward division OF the diocese
Of Massachusetts,.
"A worthy missionary in India says that his
congregation had not yet experienced any
tttu
customed to sit on the ground.
The RiAhop Of the diocese OF Long Island
has formally deposed from the ministry, Rev.
A. McIlroy Wylie. who has connected
himself with the Presbyterian Synod Of
"A Jealous brother at the Plymouth Church
prayer meeting, Brooklyn. said, in his re-
mAfkB, that he had been living without sin.
He was considerably disconnected by Mr..
Beecher replying: II think you ought to have
been in heaven long ago."
The students at Harvard are divided
among the different denominations ~ follows
Unitarians, 218 Episcopalians. 1873; Congre-
Estionalists, s.; Aaptists, 80; Methodiats, l6;
Catholics, I; Presbyterians, :; Jews, 3; Qua
kers, 8; Christians, q: Lutheran, i; Dutch
Reformed, /; Adventist, I.
The Christian Standard Of Cincinnati, tho
organ Of the '.Christian" Church. takes de-
cided ground against instrumental music in
religious worship, regarding It as in conflict
with the popular melodies and simple modes
Of praise, which are the delight and inspira-
tion Of the masses.
bishop Bedcl preached q sermon in Gran
villa lately on the text, - therefore, seeing
| wa also art conpaasel about with 30 great
cloud Of Witnesses, let uA lay aside every
weight, and the Gin which doth so easify beset
| rs, and run with patience tho race that is set
before us-" In the sermon be showed that
our national game of base ball, in many re-
spects, more perfectly illustrates the Christian
warfare than the lsthminn games alluded to in
the text.
| The Rev. II. Il. Nye writes, in the Star in
aie West. that Uniyers alists in Germany, Eng
Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, as genersi
thing, believe in future punishment, and that
| the confession Of faith adopted for the Amer
ican CniversAlist Church neither af1ir1aa nor
denies future punishment, but simply mair-
tains tie fnhl holiness and happiness OF .ll
men.
| The jewish congregation IN Ebston known
Us iishkan 1sracl, are making "A eHart 70
build synagosue, and, being poor. apoeal
for ald to Christians around tEsai. Tbs :Ee.
'sh ,usssen9er ;sI condemns tl.a n..syems,,1 md
siis siisous 10 sesy ae came: Ssvct synasesue
! BE- sstisd-' o1 CHRISTIANS. than let them
,'~- II with offering up their prayers IN n .
''..,, with reading desk, look Of the
i Lord, aud few benches"
| -1lE 1NLT0UucllOU Ul q EuuEEA UEA ukV klo
Episcopal Church in Bolse City, has worked
wondefa. It is the first aud only bell brought
into idaho Territory. It has called together
full congregation, many Of them not having
attended place Of werahip for years. The
: he Is ased into church: swell, E,haye not been
into church for eighteen years, but that hsll
Bishop Kingsley wrote from China that the
great obstacle il the way Of getting that peo-
Pile into the church arose ffom the ridiculous
!, sbout the designs q 10 missionaries; les such as
| that their presence prevents rain, produces
pes.ilcdce and fah]ine that they Ednap chill
dren, eat thel., make opium OF their blood,
and thousand other absurd and f1ightful
t1,irgs.
In the City Of Mexico there s-- a.,
teen Protestant congregat;c- 80 nov u
each Sunday, yaIyin" .~~as eunyene4 on
hundred in atter NON twenty TO three
shr: r. as 4 sash Place p1ssspt'E # Ssa. Eoa
:. nme years, and a.n.. Is soon 700 ,. ~ ~ es'>
, 4sr Protestant worship. 1..s :e sany ss otne
ea,n'a.1 Churches mheh could be bongu4 1nes'
n' eoaa sa @ba 5s tgsbed Pn. s dm5 II il the
: iahed. A1A0 "sen essa0'
| ,-dtne following letter, received bv tho Ton.
aGM secretary, On the subject Of the WorId', "a,
t4nhanee, las been forwarded to Tia Inndan
Having hear, a, .s WASHINGTON, May 10.
tS y! eminent disines, learned Drofessnrs an
Heh n im Ea1 !efeign countries and our own, to be
auspices Of the EvanseIeaI Iy1jaHsc' under the
ps.snre IN expressing our Interest in t,at
anptoyai ~ 1shembage ;h Of great and good men oar
| th hhihsn h - the o'1ect5 contemplated hy II mi
sas nope that its tieberasiony NAV lend r. H. - u',' III
nrnntien - 81 cMA AID religious liberty, and he
>. Go4yyT ~ ysafs P,ad1g and good VII! among men.
2ShGfLEE it,f LEE GoLFAI, Vice President
I HAMILTON EEu, Secretary Of State,
~ y y asserted t:at the churches in the
Cn1seu states give less than % cents per mem
/ ber yearly toward the conversion Of fhe
her;hea world; While ;,.s native churches ie IN
Asia give moro than II per ;szmber per year
! 1or the same purpose.
-Ihe Established Prcsbyterv OF GT,so,rv
| nave allowed one Of their churches to 1n2rn,
duce harmonium. Aa!1o-
AT the recent Christian Anniversaries. in
Eo8ton, an attempt was made by Rev. 3IeserI
HepHcrth. Robert Collyer and Mayo to sec7rre
me adoption OF creed for the denomination.
put it was opposed, to the surprise ct many'
~ Hey Dr. Bellows, and by the whole body of
free KeliG1onsts, and defeated ignomin;onsly.
ni.oa an attempt e pnt women into the Board Of
knocked in the head, NN -'-'o
,c-ihshop thompson says that there arc now
s6 missionary societies aud 40, ,ODO missionaries
u tne aae held: the Word Of God is preached in
d5;eoo localities in the heathen world; a5.GOO,-
Mto is annually collected to gustlin ticm.
Gs7 100 converts are enrolled in Afric, and
71s, COO in Aeia- 49, 1A-1'-A ano
The independent has the following about
Aoiace d1oeiey: both countries, taken To-
getheF, cannot produce ten clereymen who
T!,3 we are so familiar with the contents OF the
bible as this same Mr. Greeley: His head
feems cyclopndia Of ali its texts. Make |
1misquotation Of any part Of the Scriptures in
Als presence, and be will probably correct ynn |
on the spot. Read to him one-half Of INV
striking and memorable verse, and he Will in
stantly reclte to you the remainder" Where
nTon the Observer retorts yiciously. 1Trv
him with the third commandment.
Mhef. Joseph Aver, at the age OF n, was in
s,alleo. May II, over the Couereeationn,
Church OF Voluntown and Sterling, Com.
The exact position OF the question OF
un'on between the Free and the United Pres
bSterians Of Scotland is this Tho friends OF
union are being bitterly opposed in their : .
proposition that the synod shaft ask the pres |
byteries to vote whether union on the basis Of =
the standards shall be considered II they
vote aftirmatively, the synods will have to :,
definite plan Of union.
The Southern Methodist Church is rapidly =
oslng its colored menbership, least, It re-
'oEts =, IT, but 1855 colored members, asainst : :
y oo5 last year, Verify likely these missing =
members are in the colorcd confcrencea thaf Z
nave just been organized
Al the session OF the Australian Confer- y
nee, iaEmen were appointed on district COM E
n1ttees On Sunday Schools, and several minis-
efs expressed themselves as favorable to such !,
prominent. and it is not improbable that lay j,
The London Tablet sayn that It 1earna IN u
* authority that the Vatican Council q,
viii sit till midsummer next year. =