, 1874-04-19

the summer crossing IS portages and q lakes.
There ure three services at the missions each
Sunday two in Indian and one in English. His
last confirmation class at Moose conssted OF 20
Indians aud 16 English, the last having been
brought up in the Presbyterian Church.
The Rev. DR.. Bompos is to be consecrated
Bishop Of Athabasca, the new Diocese for the
comprises tho northwest territories Of Canada
in which the rivers flow northward into tho
Arctic Sea. The population is composed Of In
tliaus lnd Esquimnu1-
The no1t Old Catholic Congress is to be hold
at Breslaw in September Of this year.
DR.. Langen, President Of the Committee Of
tho Old Catholics on Reconciliation with the
Crock Church, addressed letter to Russian
Society and received ut once reply. In it the
Russians say: This revived Western {Old
Catholc) Church is by the mere fact OF its e1-
1stence one with our OWL"
4 Bishop for Switzerland ia talked OF. The
members OF the last Synod plant themselves
unanimously Us opposed to any change OF "those
principles Of doctrine, discipline, and worship
throughout tue Catholic Church" aud deter
mined to avoid ANYTHING bearing the smallest
resemblance TO aectariaulBm or schisIq. A large
church has been gwen to tho Mt-Cathollcs OF
Bssle, where they number 4, 900.
The Old Catholics of Germany, in recent
circular, declare tint they do not swerve from
the principles OF the Catholic religion. They
say 81 We consider the Holy Scriptures and
church tradition to be tho standard in matters Of
faith. and we hold to the principle that the
Catholic faith il qtod senper, ubique ct a6 on'n.-
bus crelitun est" The movement especially
prospers Ill Baden aud the Palatinate.
MISCELLANEOUS. !
The Intenationn! Camp-a1eeting is to be held
this year the grounds OF the Round Lake
Camp-Meetlng, New Jersey, July 8 to 70.
Bishop Coke, of Western New York, makcs an
earnest appeal for 5200U03 for Hobart College,
and says tat this will raise it's funds to $780, 600.
The Protestant Episcopal church edilce Of st.
Marks, New Canaan, Coul., is 112 years old. It
has just been renovated and beautifully fre6-
coed.
a wonderful revival has for some time been
in progress among the members Of the United
Society Of Deaf Mutes, worshlpiug in Freeman
Place Chapel, Doston.
tiou will he held at Kipon, commencing May u
and lasting three days The Rev. J. Il. Vincent,
D. D.. is expected to be- present.
The First Unitarian Church OF Cambridge,
Mass, after six years vacancy, has called Fran
cts G. Peabody, Of the class Of 1872 in the Diyin
ity School, at 8 salary Of $4,000. He began his
labors E4ster Sunday.
The annual meeting Of the American Tract
Society was held IN Washington OIL Sunday Inst.
Judge Story, Of the United States Supreme
Court, presided. Receipts for this year were
$56G, ,629; expenditures, 5564, ,710.
The Ne,o Cocendnt has commenced the publ
cation Of a series Of articles designed to settle
The question - Does the Bible in any case Of the
use OF 'aion' or *aionion express tho end!ess-
ness OF future punslln,eut?'
The Je,cish Ford Gays that the Jewish con-
gregatiou III the City Of Rome has gono into CON-
piete dissolution. The synagogues are but Bel-
dom visited, and there is entire apathy as to
their schools and church organization
A New York paper says thu largest Sunday
school in thar city is St. Stephens G&oman
Catholic, Twenty eighth street near Third ay-
euue). 1t has an average attendance Of more
than 1000. At their last Christmas festival
1000 children we're present.
The Russian authorities have refused to per-
nit the American Bible Society to circulate
copies Of the Scriptures in that country in the
Russ language, because the translation does not
conf to the received text OF the Greek
Ch:4!-..
Tho ale John Clar,;, OF New Brunswick, n. J.,
belucarhed S2o,GG0 to the Beard Of Domestic
Missions of the Reformed Church, SO, ,010 to
their f;1rd Tor tho wllows end disabled ministers,
anu $IU, 600 to the FIRST Reformed Church Ut
New Brunswick, of which he was = lifelong at
tcndaut; besides, $4,000 to the American Bible
Society,"