The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-02
RELIGIOUS ITEMS.

| 1t the angelc chOlfS ABOVE SuHeF rs mucn
from quarreling and jealousy as do the earthly
choirs below, nobody loving the ways Of peace
would care to join them.
A sleepy deacon, who sometimes engaged
in popular games, hearing the minister use
the words, ''Shuffie off this mortal coil start
ed up, rubbed his eyes, and exclaimed, "Hold
on, it is my deal y
According to the Catholic World there are at
least $50, 600 girls in schools presided over by
nuns of the Roman Catholic Church IN the
United States. and that at least 60, 600 OF these
are Door children, educated free of expense.
An English clergyman exclaimed in a COM
pany of his fellow preachers, ''Ah well, there
is only one thing i'll our ministrations more
irving to me than preaching" "Indeed,
they said, land wat may that be?' &c Hear
ing any one else preach, he replied.
| blunder in what was intended for pretty
speech was perpetrated by dignitary OF the
Episcopal Church, who, after marrying
pair, partook OF the wedding breakfast. In
the speech which he OF course would make he
said eve cannot, am sure, do better than
express desire that the result OF their union
may prove strictly analogous to that OF the
parents of the fair bride" A scene ensued,
! in the midst of which he sat down dlscom-
flied. His next-door neighbour whispered:
| .'She is not their daughter, but niece who
| came to live with them when her own father
and mother were divorced.
A striking illustration of the way in which
the world Of to-day makes fool of the world
| of Yesterday appeared in the recent dedication
of a monument to John Bunyan, presented to
| the city of Bedford by the Duke of Bedford.
The dedication took place on the two hun
dredth anniversary of the escape Of the Eng
lish tinker from Bedford Jail, where he had
been confined by order of the Anglican
Church, one Of whose most honored members
III, %1,o oIl Of no
dedication, while his wife uncovered the statue
HEBREW CONVENTION AT CLEVELAND. The
Council OF the Union OF Hebrew Congrega-
tons at Cleveland adopted resolutions de-
claring their faith in the one indivisible and
eterral God, and asserting their belief that
the righteous of all nations, without dis
tinction of creed, will enjoy eternal hfe and
everlasting happiness in the future world.
Every Hebrew congregation in the United
States is invited to join the union. and the
cooperation of the women OF Israel, is ear
nestly requested. A plan was adopted for the
establishment of Hebrew theological inst-
tute.
Concerning the degradation of churches, .
correspondent of the Boston Pilot says: In
Naples, the Church of San Martina, one of
the richest churches in the world in respect
to marble statues, mosalcs, and paintings,
has become a museum. In Perugia, one
ALTAR torn up, and pictures from converts and
monasteries and churches hung around the
walls. Another, in the same city, is used as q
hay-loft. In Foligno, the grand old Church
of the Dominicans. with its Gothic wheel
windows, is turned into stable for cavalry
horses.
The PULPIT WAR-WHooP - Please to no.
tice, it is a cry or shout. We do not here at
all refer to the pious whine with which some
liars hoxrail fbo
OF the age nor the holy nasal tone which
some men who very sensible fellows out
of the desk invariably, if unconsciously, as
sumo when they get into it; nor the sepul-
chral squawk which, now and then. some con-
scientious reprover goes down into his double
bass to emphasize; but what we have in mind
is the loud and glowing, the self-satisfed and
irrel resslble, the exuberant and ear-stunning,
the turgid and tremendous howl growl; the
sonorous, stentorian, uproarious, obstreperous
clang, clangor clamor, peal, swell, roar,
blast, racket, hubbub and hullaballoo with
which some of our great pulpit orators be-
labor an audience, under the impression that
there can be no sincere and effective preach
ing of the Gospel unless so delivered that .
deaf man with cotton wool in his ears might
be warranted to hear it ut the distance of half
a mile, or thereabouts
This is what we refer to.
We call it the pulpit whoop.
THE Congrega tionalist.
"SACRED" SoNG.-A rommon-sense listener
thus describes the performance of our popu-
ar church music, and the effect produced
upon his mind: ''The solemn worship of
God was introduced by solo, Consider the
lilies performed by the leading singer Of the
choir, and gracefully accompanied by the
org n. So far ..s the music was concerned, it
was beautifully and ultlessly rendered. The
effect upon my own mind, however, was any
thing but devotional. The singer commenced
Consider the lilies of the feel = etc., and
when she came to the application, it ran thus:
And yet say unto yOu-that even Solomon
in all his glory-was not arrayed-was not
arrayed like one OF these-was not aTrayed
Gnterlude by the o:gan) was not arrayed lin
terlude Ivy the organ)-lke one of these
And then she went back again, and assever-
ated. IN the most emphatic manner, Il say
unto you that even Solomon in all his glory
Was not arrayed-was not arrayed-was not
arrayed-was not arrayed (pause) until be-
gan to despair for poor Solomon, lest he should
never get the very first of his garments on.
L ere Was yet another piece OF church-not
sacred-musc, which the soprano led off with
the announcement, Il will wash, and then
came i'll the contra to, Il will wash, and then
the tenor Il will wash d then from the
profoundest depths comes up the cultural Of
the basso, saying also, 1 will wash, aud last
OF 1t they strike in together, crying out in con-
cert, Il will wash No one could imagine
that in this singular and oft-repeate.l announce
ment OF an intended ablutiOn was rendered a
sacred song tor the spiritual cditic.tion Of q
Christian congregation of those solemn words
of the Psalmist Il will wash NINE hands in
innocency; SO I will compass thine altar, o
Lord p
FINISHING CLASS IN FILTRATION.
the so)ourners here for the season 10 Mis-
Halnes' the principal of a fashionable finish
ing school in New York. She has brcnoht
with her number of her pupils, who sre
staying at the Ocean Hotel. and who are r..
puted H. be enjoying themselves intensely. I
am not informed as to the object Of Mir
HAines in bringing her bcvy of pretty pirls 70
the seaside; but suppose it must be- Tor the.
purpose Of educating tnem in tn. latest MOLE