, 1874-03-29

, cate the highest conception OF the clerical cal
Ing; but it has the na.rit Of being intellig1blt
There is not the least bit OF cant about 1t, az
We have no reaaon to doubt that it is s.1iatl
true.r'
| The New York Independent asks the Examine
and Chronicle (Daptst} OF New York, the fol
lowing questions, to which it demaqls categar1
| cal anRWers:
l. Do you or do you not consider tho comm ernor.
tive supper celebrated In Fedobaptist churches to
the :Lotds supper7 2. As Administered BY thes
churches, is It or is It not vnud sacrn1nent7 s.
OF Is not the Observance Of the supper By VIII
hare not been immersed an orenso sgainst Christ
committed either in ignorance or in ullliu lness1
At the Teachers' Section OF the last State
SUNDAY School Convention Of New Jersey, in 1e
sponse to an inquiry IS to how Superintendent,
can he!p teachers In their work. these aaswerz
te1dents may help BY not talking too much By
not taking the teachers' time By not giving
scholars the idea that teachers are incompetent
hy consulting the views and wishes Of teachers
by recognizing scholars everywhere and conveEs--
| ,ng With them by sympathy with teachera aud
| ccholars bs requiring preparation 10 teachers
BY requiring attendance at teachers' meetings !;
BY iuexhaustible kindness by intelllgible re-
views by attending Sunday SCHOOL conventions.
| The New York Independent classes as follows
| several Of our prominent literary men and
! women, on the matter Of religious belief !:
Among the Unitarian litterali a1e cIassed BRYANT,
George William Curtis, Dr.. Holmes, Francis
park,nan, Sumner, Motley, Bancroft 'Nhipple,
Howolls, HRS. Hunt, 3irs. spoTord, Bret Hafte,
J. 7. Trowbridze, James freeman Clarke, Ed
va rard FL E; nale LonefelloT Lo~el Bayard Tay-
Lucy Larcom, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Coil
Hamilton, Horace E. 6cudder, Wendell Phillips,
Charles Dudley Warner, and Mark Twain: HiS-
ginson and Parton are called f1ee-religionists-
Emerson and A. Bronson Alcott are transcend
ensalists: also, Miss L. H. Alcott. Epes Sar-
gent aud Robert Dale Owen are Spiritualssts. Il.
H. Dana> Jr., John Hay, and Harriet Bsecher
Stowe are Episcopalians, aud Whittier Is a
Quaker.
The Archbishop OF York and the Bishops Of
Ripon and Chichester have lately presided over
Large temperance meetings.
The Bishop Of Ely. England urges the neoes-
sity OF daily seryice and weekly communion in
every parish. He condemns family pews.
Mr. Gladstone recently loctpsed on f9The
Uses and Abuses Of Scripture Quotations." be-
fore the London Open-Air Missione.
It is said that the house Of the Bagsters in
London is reaping rich harvost IN theincreased
sale OF Bibles, caused by the religious revival in
Great Britain.
The Dlshop Of Manchester has Just delivered
= sermon OF great interest On John Wosley. It
Was at the ordiuntiun Of TFebts@au 71iiaiatsfs at
Noucastle-upou-TTne. The Bishop shows thst
Wesley Lived and died 8 faithful presbyter Of
the Chuicl,.
Tho rev. Dr.. Binnay. ths celebrated non-con-
formist British divine. who has lately died, felt
it to be his duty, Six months ago, to recall his
bitterest expressions Of hostility to the English
Church, and to introduce into his congregation
this chanting Of the Psalms and the use Of The.
Liturgy.
Bishop Williams is the Missionary Bishop for |
China and Japan. correspondent OF tho Bos- |
ton Is7znsc7ipt says that the Bishop WAS found |
IN Japanese boarding house in Jeddo, in room |
feet equa1e, without any furniture except = |
pail, with ashes aud few Goals, iD the centre |
OF the room. In one corner were two blankcts, !!
with one Of which the Bishop wrapped himsoif, /
while be slept upon the other. Thera the Bishop t
vas found, citing upon the floor, engaged III the |
work o: translation.
The late simultaneous London mission
among all the Episcopal churches OF the city
aud suburbs, and with the appreciation Of the
ArchbiBhops and Bishops, has BEEN productive OF
grand results. Hundreds Of thousands havo
thousand were in st. Panl's Cathedral at one
Thanksgiving service. The Pre-Lent mi.efou /
among fallen womcn in London has resulted in
the recovery OF great numbers. St. Peters
Ha1mardat, and the Regent Street Quadrant, has
been the centre Of operations. Lord Derby gave
800, 900 towards bailding tais church. in 1ssi.
1 statue Of the rartyred Bishop Patteson has
3een placed in Christ Church, sydney, on the
lorth side Of the chanceL This cenotapb Ia Of
hat kind USUALLY hnorn IS an 'altar-tomb." It
John Coieridse patteson, ID, first Bishop OF
'1elaneeia Killed at Eukapu. Saata Cruz
Stands, 2oth September, 1871 Al the head,
The good shepherd giyeth his He for the
or they know not what they do" The Bishop IS
epresenred as lying upon q mattress. his head
eposing upon cushion, and Lis uplfted hands
olded as in prayer.
The Society Of the E1guo for the Defense OF
he Christian Religion has offered prizes for the
est ESSAYS On this following subjecta; l. What
ion aud the lot Of Nonon; and what are tho
lace and the sphere OF activity which Christian |
rinclples assign to womau in modern society?
Must we consider the actual movement Of the
lid Catholics ss a passing event, Or must We al
'w that, plunging its roots into the psst it has
reason Tor being and future. The dsserta- |
cns fot tue prize which is Of 400 forms, must !
g written either in Dutch, Latin, French, OF !
eruau.
It is said that the following latter, written by
harfes Dickens to his son. as the latter left |
is home for Australia, def1ues more s1arrly
lau auything else the novehst ever wrote, bis
Hn religious belief:
put in New Testament becauHe 1t is tho best book
at wss, or will be, known in the world; and be-
use It teaches you the best lessons by which any
1mau creature, who trics to be truthful md faithful
dat5, can possibly bs guided. As your brothers
'ye gone away, ons by one, I have written to each
ch words ~ + am now writing to you, and have sn-
Gated then. all to guide themselves by this Book,
lifting Ahde the interpretations and Inventions Of
an. 49, .. ] now most solernn1y impress upon you
truth snd beauty Of the Christian religion, IS it
me- from, Christ Himself, ami the imppssibi1ify Of
ur going far wrong ii you humbfy but heartii7
spect tt. Only one thing n1ors this head. The
ore are In earnest as to feeling 1t, the less re
disposed 10 hold forth about It. Teyer- abandon |
. wholesome practice Of saying your own prtva.e
syers, night and morning. I hare nerer zbanduned
myself, aud know the comfort oft. | .
SERVICES TODAY.
Ep1scorAl.
The mission services at the Church Of the Atone-
mt corner Of West Washington and Ro5ey STREETS.
L be continued fer dTe evenings Of this week, | t.