, 1872-12-01

Brahmins, and 2, 500 WHO belong to no religious
sect. The population ia nearly SC, 900 less than
it was in 1866.
Some Of the churches Of New jersey have
been celebrated for retaining their pastors for =
low, Of Neshanic, celebrated his iftieth ami
versary. The Rev. DR.. Blauyelt, OF Lamington,
has passed his forty y-si1th year. Dr.. Rogers, Of
Bound Brook, the forty-sscond, and Dr.. Searsy
Of Si1-Alle-Run, tho thirty ninth Of their re-
sler has just completed his fortieth year Pas-
tor Of the First Church Of naritan, Somorville.
an interesting experiment vas recently
tried in connection with Mounts Ebal and Ge-l-
sometimes expressed as to whether the blessings
and cursipgs recorded in the 9th chapter Of
Deuteronomy con1d be heard in the valley belor.
On this point . correspondent Of the London
Sunday School Times relates the following Incl
dcut: ::0n the 22d day Of March last, stood
myself on Mount Gerizim-not on the top, but
on spur like platform, on its s;da. above tha
valley; and thero is similar platform oppo-
site, On Ebal. 4 friend stood On Ehel,
eSs t. esn bslow u.s. g Ss1a on @
first read the curses (sea Daut. xxvii), one by
one, and the people belov shouted Amen"
after each Of them. 7 followed, reading the
blessings in: the next chapter, md our friends
teloW responding to the same with their
q Amen" Then We read several verses in the
first chapter Of John, the one aud the other
reading every alternate sentence. Not only the
people IN the valley below, but myself, stand
ing on the side Of Gerizira, could he2r most
distinctly every word that my friend read On the
side OF E5al, and rice rerso- We did not meas
u1e the distance, but it was estimated BY tha
party to be nearly a mile."
The English church is alarmed by the publ
cation of recent statistics bearing on the relative
proportion Of churchmen aud dissenters in Eng
land These statistics have besn gathered from
the Il cities in England Of oyar 1000 inhab-
itants each. The total population is 4, 905, 400,
an Increase in 90 years Of ~ per cent. BsIoro
ed in all these cities, but they have been well
Eupplanted by voluntary exertions. Counting
the whole addition Of pevs occasioned by
new churches and enlargomonts, the number Of
aittings in these fourteen cities has increased "a
per cent, or faster than tho population. In six
towns the Established Church has increased the
fastest and in the other eight the dissenting.
Moreover, in only one town, the fashionable
the si:dngs. In 1851, the Established Church
provided 52.5 per cent Of a1l the religious accom-
mediation in IiTerpool it provides As per cent
in 1872; it has increased it's sittings only Is
per cent, while itho siitings Of :. other
all these fifteen towns together we
find that whereas 20 years ago the Established
Church provided 42 per cent Of the church acoEa-
mediation, it provides IN 1872 only a. per cent;
while the non-Established Churches provided in
ACVA W. ~@A@e3 4~A ~eNS-
These figures show Enthusiastically tho decay OF
the English Church IS national institution,
and will do much to hasten dises:ab1ishuent.
This CENSUS is undertaken By the -Eoncorfo'na-
istnewBpaper, therehaving bean no official census
On these points since 1851. The Noncon}o }o''nist
will issue three more comparisons covering al
towns above 20, O00 inhabitants.
"A London letter says: "a parish priest in.
toward bringing on q trial which may prove to
be Of historical importance in the annals Of Ro-
man Catholicism IN Great Britain. He brings
suit against Cardinal Cullen for suspendlng him
from the post Of parish priest IN Callan- 1he
Cardinal p1eads his right to do SO On the ground
that O'Keefe had sued his ecclesiastical superior
{Bishop Ossory) in 3 Law court. that being in
ccontravention Of canon Law. The main ques-
ton is whether, priest is deba1red
5Io@ Is asanst saas tic % S?Sa Ths Bsneh
will haT= to determine whether the law Of
Roniface VII. is in force in this country. The
precedents Of Enslish law appear to be against
the Cardinal. Similar cases have been decided
with regard to other denominations The Church
Of Scotland had it's sentence annuIled in tho
Cardross case. In Ireland, some time ago, the
Presbyterian Church tried to oust from certain
pecuniary advantages, awarded BY the Grown to
that body, number Of ministers and churches
which had taken up Unitarian opinions. Tbs
Uniterians demonstrated against solemn de-
1nand made by the Synod for their subscription
to certain dogmas. The Cou1ts sustained them,
and the Unitarian Churches receive to this day
their moiety Of the ycgiuns do,.un'- The law Of
England is that religious bodies may agree on
any terms of union they please, and they may
erect tribunals OF their own but the decisions
Of those religious tribunals will be viewed by
the civil law as ;sdecisons Of arbtrators, n and,
as such, not ultimate. No subject OF the Queen
is absolutely at the mercy Of such quasl-privata
Jurisdiction. Father O'Keefe has, BY his Bishop
(Ossory), aud Cardinal Cullen, been .evicted
from his parish, and FIVE schools Of which he
had superintendent have been taken out Of his
hands. He has been excommunicated by the