, 1874-10-18

man best qualified to transmit to posterity th
story of the Church over which ho SO long Pre-
sided The plan adopted by the present editor
ican Episcopal Church, is to give in one con
nected narrative the aeparate statements whlcl
during tho life of Bishop Wh,ta were giveu t,
the public In the form of Narrative OF th,
Organization and Of the Early Measures Of th.
Protestant Episcopal Church"
The dedication Of q new Catholic church vii
take place at Washington Heights to-day.
Tho Redemptorist Fathers hnye just opened
| new house At Quebec, with the Rev. II. Burke
! q. s. g. L., as Superior.
The Bi slaop OF Yucatau has Issued an order ex-
comnun, eating all Catholics who contract civil
| marriagei-
| A C&ths3tc church in Now York recently COM
! me1noratt!d the seizure Of Rome by tue Italian
Government By appropriate deprecasory ser
vices.
A letter written from Rome to tho phiiadel-
phia Bunain, and dated Sept. 1B, says OF the
Pope:
He holds daily receptions, not one, but many
school com mtttees, French priests voyage Pill
gF1mage feeegn vs,tora to Rome, editors Of clerical
journals, ett. the name ia legion OF the gsn< who
aeek audience Of the Holy Father, and his bcne-
dic,ion; Hs walks in the garden OF tho Vatican on
and goes up and down stairs faster than my Of tie
Court Cardi Eafs; he often laughs merrl1y, I an
Ain, and cries out gayIy: "I'm Older than
.py OF YOU you are Ill set Of zonpions (crtpp1eo)"
LEFT the vatc "a since he autuan of 1916 four yeass
this very da,f- or tomorrow, when he went to the
Terni Piazza opposite the Baths Of Dlocletisn, and
blessed the Asfua Pho Marcia and the fountain
During the 70 1T ycars the Cardinals and Monsgnore
Of his Court ave suffered greatly from the Vatican
r sye e
been afflicted with alarming Illnesses; Cardinal Amat
has lately had stroke OF apcnlery; but His Holiness
Seams to thrive on that which is injurious to tho
othsrsconhne 1nent.-Rons Letter lSept. 1s) to Tho
Philadelphia Izettetsu-
REFoRxED EPISCOPAL.
4 coogregat1on called the Third Reformed
Episcopal Church, Of Philadelphia, has iust
commenced seryices in that city.
Through the liberality Of the Hon. A. Bird
ea!l, Of Binghamton, N. Y. Reformed Rpis-
copal Church, called ST. Stephens, has been
organized IN that city. Bishop Cum1nins con
nrmed class OF seven there, recently.
On Sept; 28,. Reformed Episcopal Church |
vas formed in Toronto, Canada, under the name |
seceders from Holy Trinity Church in that city, |
who "lthdrer in consequence OF the Ritua!iatic |
tendencies of The Rector. Tho Rey. Walter
Wlndeyer WAS elected temporary Rector.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Tho chapel In process Of construction on the
campus Of the Union College grounds. at
|
is to be 100 feet in diam6ter, and from floor to
ceiling will be $50 feet in height 1t 1s sixteen
sided. It will 90 covered with IN iron dome
1nrmounted with a bronze statue Of DR.. Mott |
The chapel Will cost 3250,000.
It will be reelected that a great hubbub was
raised in England recently because the Bishop
II Lincoln refused to let a Methodist minister
,ngrave the title Rev." on tombstone erected |
o the memory Of his daughter in Church OF
England buryine- ground. The matter has been
ettled, however, III the highest court Of En-
,ioh ecclesiastical judlcature bV Q1een Victoria |
vrtios nota to the "ReT." LII. ". II.
'uDbhon.
A Bishop Of the Russian Church, the Metro |
olitan OF klev and Galltch, has presented So 900
oubes to tho foundation OF an asylum for aged
nd INDECENT ecclesia5tics.
It is reported that the Christian Church num-
er in the United States 600 churches and an as-
resate membership Of &, 218.
The Synod of the Reformed Church in the !
nited States will hold its ANNUAL session in | :
e!hlehem, Pa, to commence on the 21st inst. .
The Massachusetts Association Of Universal c
ts hold thrce-days' Convention at Salem, CON- =
encipg Oct. 70. /
writer in the New York Methodist suggests 8
lat should great Mo1ammedan leader arise, -
lth anything iks the energy Of the original g
rophet, the Moslems would give the defenders %
Christianity bard fight. E
The Christian dJe, the Rev. DR.. Dennis pa ! Ct
II. has been consolidated with tho Church ci
naon. The new paper will bo issued as q six
cn-pa9c weekly. ~
Among the recent converts received into fe1- cl
wship at Mr, Spurgeon's metropolitan Taber- nj
cle have been several Roman Catholics and si
tualists, who are described by Mr. Spurgeou Al
having become tired Of the emptiness of u
cr1mentltm. .
The American Tract Society will be so years "a
next May. It will celebrate the event by A
bilee, and IN effort to raiao fund for the en-
cement OF its work. th
4 Methodist minister Of tNenty-one years. = =
lnding Was immersed into the Baptist Church ~ ~
Uniou County. hy., lew days since. "
native Greenlander, Tobas Morch, has been ce
1ained at Copenhagen. towork as missionary Y,
ong his couprrymen. This HilI bo tho first ! re
tire missionary in Greenland. is
Bishop Reinkenst the first choice Of the Old eo
tholice, is described as very like Wendell | 1e
lllipB, although not so handsome man. He 90
o clear. dark complexion, deep-set eyes, and pa
- "a healthy Is ru5set apple in November" III
he Catholics in Canada being in majority. =.
owning the larger share Of the church prop tla
r, says tho Independent. are anxious that ~
lrch property should be ta1ed. That paper u
s it in pitifuI to think the Protestants in Af
United States would sac The instice a. thu ca
asu1e much sooner than they do if they Eere en- e..
he minority. ~ ~
ethany Sunday-achool, at Washington Heights, aol
1a1sea 5oo py penny SUBSCRIPTIONS toNards / wh
purchase Of . bell. An
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