The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-17

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Let US see II 1t VIII be accepted.
: The Tablet Catholic organ) couples st.
Joseph and st. Patrick in one embrace and
In one article, and gives st. Joseph the lead
In the annexed sentence -
While Irish Catholics then, and their children,
celebrate on the 18th day OF this month OF March
ns sS SSry Of their great apostle the whole
land within her vast domain are called to com.
@emorate with joyful hearts on the lsIh the now
erfu AID on behalf OF the prosecuted Vicar OF Christ
hnd the Church ne rules so wisely and SO WELL
To avoid mistake and Misrepresentation, we
should here mention that although to-day is
S'St Patricks day in the morning" it is Spas
sion Day" and is to be religiously observed
In honor of st. Joseph.
The ErGmi'ssr and Chronicle Baptist Or
GAM descants upon sour Baptist Growth"
noting the fact that the Baptist denomination
I'm the United States has increased to the sum
of 1897 churches, with membership of
p, 489, l9l-being one to every twenty-six Of
the total population of the country. Our Bap-
Hist contemporary, with it's million and q half
supporters, suggests that
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solicitude. We cannot expect that the number OF
ministers VIII equal the number OF churches, II they
parity between eighteen Thousand churches and
Twelve thousand ministers ought to be removed
With an Increase Of numbers should be had also
higher standard OF average qualifications.
With little better pay possibly our Bap-
tlst brethren would have little better preach
ing, and the higher the preaching the higher
fhe pay.
The Freem0n's journal (Catholic) is exer-
cised about est Josephs Society's mission to
tho blacks in the South, and portrays the
heatheu African in this way, and our staid
old Methodist must laugh as it reads:-
The Methodists STIR If the coIored population Of
VIE South, or At least principal part were Metho-
,aists the well known tact Is that the great ma
1Ority OF these poor Africans unbaptZed pagans.
Where this Is so 1t is to the shame and confusion Of
their late masters. Wicked as were the means by
Wnch these unchristlanzed negroes were set loose,
those masters who did nothing to have them In.
structed IN the Christian religion have reaped the
teward OF their neglect. But the fact remains and,
now tnat the represslve hand OF their masters Is
s Of ns
psm, diabollcal lamentations and hdeous practices.
The Je,oish Times conjugates the verb ''To
sJew," and comes to the conclusion that "the
more the Jew, the more his qualities become
known, the more will that giant phantom,
prejudice, recede, and the Jew will be adj
Sudged and respected according to his merits,
ike other nationalities, or the members of
other religious denominations are. The lie
will finally have to give way to truth and
Smpartiality."
The He6rew Leader still discourses upon
sS'The Sabbath, and informs us that it intends,
In future paper, to comment upon the
legends of the Sabbath River which are in
connection with the mysterious transportation
and disappearance of the ten tribes" 1t is a
pity they had no telegraphs or newspaper
correspondents In those days; for then the
mystery would have been no mystery at all.
The Jewish Messenger remarks upon the
F"Universal Israelite Alliances grand
Idea -
The usefulness of the "Alllancer seriously threat
Hned by the FrancO-Prussian war, has again mani
be President M. Cremieux. and his coadjuiors
The Israe.ltes OF Great Britain have at length de-
snce," and have established the "AngloJewish
AssOciatlon," Designed to extend throughout the
Kingdom. and with branches at Liverpool, MancheS-
ker Birmingham and other cities, and a central
committee at London. The work OF the "Alliance -
She Agricultural School at Jaffa and Of the ordinary
schools az Bagdad' Adrianople, Tamgler and other
Africa Is reported as satisfactory.
AS the Rev. Mr.. Hepworth to-day exchanges
pulpits with the Rev. Mr.. Beecher and thus
seeks the folds of evangelism, so we will now
close this review of "our religious press
table" with quotation from the Evangelist,
one of the Presbyterian oracles in this city -
IN. B.-We do not find anything worth quot
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