The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-08-31
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
The Church Of Scotland (Preshyterian)
will ere long legin to receive the income
of the "Walker Trust an endowment for
its benefit, amounting to about s 100000.
Sturgeon, having been offered $4,000
in gold, by submarine cable to write life
Of Christ, telegraphed back that as good a
life Of Christ as could be written would be
found in the New Testament.
\ story comes from Rome that very
large and magnificent candle, sent to the
Nitican by some unknown person, with the
request that it should be used inthe Pope's
private chapel, was found to contain small
Orsini she'll
Our Methodist brethren are graroly dis
eussing the 'quadrcnization of the Episco-
pacy." This does not mean anything SAN
culinary, though it sound SO; but only the
election of the Bishops for a term OF tour
years instead Of for life.
The late j. L. Y. McMahon, a Protes-
tant, the wcll-known author of "Mclla-
hons History of Maryland" has bequeath-
ed to the ''Protectors of st. Marys Orphe-
line School, in the city of Baltimore,
property to the amount Of $4,000.
IN. Nou- II.--,,~l:--~ Ir-------:----, .l~:-
recent convention, passed resolutions con-
dcmning the practice of raising money for
religious and other purposes by means of
raftics and similar methods, as being in plain
violation of correct principles Of morality,
and also Of the laws the State concerning
lotteries
The Baptist Church was introduced into
Germany by the Rev. J. G. Oricken in the
year 1888. His first sermon was preached to
an audience of ten persons, in It room with
the door locked, for fear of disturbance,
The work has gone forward steadily until
$4,000 persons have been gathered into the
communion of that Church
Methodism is incrOaching rapidly upon
the domain of Mormondom. Utah now
boasts OF three churches of that dcnomna-
ton. The membership is not very large
yet, but they have five Sunday Schools, with
an average of 500 scholars There Is regu-
lar preaching in five places, with an atten-
dance of about 900 persons.
Rev. Mr.. Murray, Presiding Elder in the
Colorado Methodist Conference, lived and
kept house during a great part of last year
i'll his ambulance wagon, III winch lie tray
clled over the thousands of miles in his vast
district. The heroes of Methodism are not
all dead, and call is made for more Of them
in that Territory.
During the last ten years the Baptists an
Ireland have gained 400 and the Quakcrs
l39 members. llothcr denominations re-
port losses. The Roman Catholics, 3G3,-
332; Episcopalians, l0,o32: Presbyterians,
1882; Mcthodists; 3, 5S4; Independent, A:
Jews, l35. The Roman Catholics number
4,l4l, 1913; all others, l,260,626. That is
to say, the Catholics constitute IS per cent
Of tho population in 1871, while in 1861
their percentage was no.
The Rev. James Beverage, of Cincinatti
Presbytery, commenced laboring as Il mis-
sionary in Monterey, Mexico, little more
than year ago. lie reports that his little
church OF Roman converts now numbers
forty, and that two others have been organ
lied under his special charge. The Gospel
has been preached 10 thousands, and men
and women in all parts Of Mexico are read
inc the Bible and the publications of the
Tract Society. t
There are several churches Of French
Baptists in America, rs follows: In Ohio,
ut Stricken and MoWrYtown; III Michigan,
---h'----.t .-.--si n-ur1rHy5,Ur, III rLruufS, at
st. Anne, kunkakee, and Highland.
There are probably others. 1t is reported
that there are French individuals who are
Baptists IN every State Of the Union. The
Rev. Mr.. Anger, Of st. Anne, has baptizcd
eighty French converts since his settlement
at that place. The French of Ohio alone
number population Of IS, 600.
The strength Of an old superstition is IL
lnstrated by the timidity and depression Of
Victor Emanuel under the cXcommunica
ton Of the Pope. He has built an oratorv
adjoining his bedroom, at the Pitt Pal
ace, at Turin, and ut San Ross0rc, and
here he regularly attends mass every morn
ing, ut 0 clock, the service being solemn
izet for him alone by his chaplain. This
Tact Is reported to the Vatican, where it is
considered a hopeful sign; and the Jesuits
have urged the Pope TO follow up his adj
vantage, and scare the King INTO submits
sion by launching at him the major cxcom-
munlcatlon by name. But the editor Of
the Papal State paper refuses 70 incur the
responsibility Publishing the decree, and
nobody dares to nail it, according to Gus
tom, upon the doors Of the lrineipai
yet tarFies in the papal portfolio, and Vic
tor Emanuel still hopes for Heaven.
Among tie manuscripts which We're
f-'f'S145 bdTleu IN the recent cOaHar CRATIC
OF the archiepiscopal palace al Bourgcs. in
France, the most remarkable was, without
doubt, the order for the execution of Jesus
Christ, which was the personal property of
the family De Ia Tour d Auycrgne. The /
order runs thus:
jesus of Nazareth, of the Jewish tribe of
Juda, convicted of imposture and rebellion /
against the divine authority of Tiber1us {
Augustus, Emperor of the Romans. having /
Tor this sacri.ege been condemned to die on /
me cross by sentence Of the Judge. Pontius
tilate, on the prosecution of our lord. Her
Oh, Lieutenant of the Emperor in Judea
sha4 be taken tomorrow morning. the a3l
day OF the ides of March, to the usual place
OF punishment, under the escort Of a comma
ny OF the Pr@torian Guard The so-caliel
King Of the jews shall be taken out bv the
Strunean gate. Al the public officers and
The subjects Of the Emperor are directed 10
lend their aid TO the execution Of this SEN
tence.
tSlgnedl "CargL
Jerusalem, ed day Of the ides Of March,
year Of Rome 1873 =
II Is The duty Of every truc woman to
COX as beautiful as She can. II X her sIuty