, 1873-01-05

meeting. closed the doors Of Oglethosno Univcr-
sty. Three o1emain--DGridson, in North Caro-
Lima Har,1pden Sidney, in Virginia, aad Clarks-
vile, Ienneeece,
the Pope has ordered tho medals to bo pro-
pared for distribution On the eve OF the Feeta of
st. Peter in the years 1873 and 1874. That for
1878 represents on one side the interior Of the
that for 1874 the interior Of the Daailica OF St.
Maria Magsiore.
DIR. McCosh is ont again in favor OF Pan
Presbyterian Synod. 10 hollis that the Prcsby-
tcrlan interest, holding tho term in large Eeneo,
includes population OF 81, ,000, Oh. DR.. McCosh
has advocated this for ten years.
The oldest Of the Congregational Orthodox
churches in Massachusetts are: West Barnsta-
BILE, 1916; Tabernacle Church, Salem. 1929;
First Church, Charleatown, 1852. Those Of the
Church, 535 members; pittsfeld, ST. NTinniai-
met Church, Chelsea, 596 Park Street, Boston,
1857. The Oldest pastor in the State is Rev. DR..
N. Adams, Of Boston.
-si1ty-two Cong resationa1 minig:ers have died
in Massachusetts during the past year. The arcr-
age age as far as reported ia over G2, showing
that ministers, as class, are not short lived.
There have been l20 new churches organized
during the year, aud 1914 ordinations and install
lations.
Trinity Church, New York City, gives all her
assistant ministers $4,000 and houee, besides
perquisites that swell the amount to $40. 600.
But the work ia quite hard, Daily service is
held in the parcnt church twice each day aud
once in the chapels. Besides this the clergy, or
some OF them, have to bo on duty al the time at
tisn,al, funeral, or other service, night or day,
without some one TO respond.
Two Japanese priests have como to Berlin
to obtain information about the Christian re-
lgion. The Rev. DR.. Lisco ia engaged in e1--
planning to them the distinguishing features OF
the various Christian creeds, The intcrpretors
are Japanese, acquainted with the French 1an-
guage, and the sworn interpreter. DR.. GiovanoI.
It WIS at first attempted to employ ono Of the
young Japanese, at present in Berlin, GB inter-
prefer, which it was believed would greatly SIM
pity tho matter, bnt it Was soon discovered that
he was unable to translate into Japanese certain
fino theological distinctions with the requisite
accuracy.
Tho following notice Was recently posted
upon tho door Of a Wesleyan Methodist Church
inYorkahire, England:
An persons who Ieleye that they hsye totally fallen
into the bands Of tas Reys. t. ~
abonda, lazy fellows racss, rag:nutttne, villains, OF
any other possessed Of the Dert-aTe hereby called
upon to appear the 15th Of September O'Clock
il tho nfternoon, to hear Rev. J. II. Text: "Jesus
Christ cast out Devils"
"A rupture has now occurred between Romo
and the Swiss Government Its cause is, wo
presume, tho case of Bishop" Metmilod. Our
readers will recall that the priest TILED the oiIico
OF Bishop Tor q number OF years as the assistant
Of pre1ato in i'll health. The Pope, without
consultation with the Swiss Government, ap-
pointed Afermillod Bishop. There does not
seem to have been any objection to the man, but
tho dnality Of tho Pope's action in tho matter:
for fear it would be mado precedent in the fu
ture. Both parties havo held out atubbornly-
could Rome and Geneya do otherwise ?-and
tho p,pa"y eeaaes to be represented Mt another
Tho last persecution Of the Roumanians
against tho Jcws il directed against their stona-
achs. The Jews are generally Of tho mort ortl1o-
do1 school, and consequently will eat no meat
except where the animal was killed in accord
ance with their religious rites The City Of
Jassy, taking spircf1l advantage Of this fact,
have let ont tho monopoly Of butchering to con-
tractors, on tho condition that they will employ
no assistants but Roumanian citizens. As tho
zenship, they mu2t henceforth go without meat,
or emigrate.
A discovery recently made by tho Church
Commissioners IN Ireland tends to show that
although Bishops may be infelliblo authorities
on theological questions, they are liable to get
muddled IN their views OF things temporal. The
Archbishops Of Armagh and Dublin. on being
called On to mako q declaration Of their in
comes in order to have them commutci into
lump sum, under the Church Disestahishment
E12, 900. 4 reference to the tax 1ists showed,
however, TINT the same prelates had forwarded
to the Income Tax Commissioners tho solemn
declaration Of their incomes as only El0, 900 for
Armagh and 81, 600 for Dublin. Under tkcso
circumstances tho Commissioners declined to
indemnify tho 4Archbishops for any more than
the sums in which they wero last taxed. Both
If these church diguita1ies belong to noble
famllioa.
An English paper has the following advcr-
tisements:
F.J. Tringham, Draper, etc, Davcnham, Cheshire, !
dilgent in business, who would help the work Of
the Lord, preferred. State age, salary, reference,
Christian Joung man desires to obtain situation
in any capacity Of usefulness. lie would like to de-
s as e Post she oo aooa n tf
Surrey.
The New York Tribune says: As custom
ary on st. Stephens Day, services were held at
Trinity Church yesterday morning. Tho con-
Cd lady, who had coufaseously 7entured out in
the binding storm to do honor to tie Saint's
The church presented beautiful pic
turo, the walls being decorated with erergrccns |
and hollys; thousand gas jets burning brill
aisles, all to tho edldcation OF the congregation,
rho bundled herself up after time and went |
home."
The many readers Of Dean Ramsay's Justly
popular "Reminiscences OF Scottish Lifo and |
Character" will be sorry to learn that their au-
-hor is dead. He was AZ popular at homo as
abroad, for though an Epizcopa1ian in Presbyto- |
~ ~ Edinburgh, his geniaity and kindly toler--
INV o. VAS 'Y1R }R hln the favor OF representatives
y 70 years Of ag5 ~ tR tRRsnner,nan racaaa1 Ram
death, Ho was tho fourth son OF slfGt H.
scy, Baronet, was educated at Csmbriis6,
studied theology, and in 1880 was appointed
Minister Of ST. Johns Cathedral Edinburgh.
In 1871, he was promoted to the position OF
Dean Of the Diocese, aud held the. Office during
the reminder OF his Life. Besides the book
by which lo is best known in America,
Dean Ramsay wrote various works On religious
topics.
Tho Evangelical Alliance, the " "Gcunenical
Council" Of the Protestant churches. is to meet
next fall in New York. It has already held five
sessions, these meetings taking place SUCCESS
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