, 1874-08-23

. | 0pments, study prohtablY, and endeAv0r in II
. | spirit Of our Lord to carry out III practice, tt
. 1eason taught i'll john viii. s to IL? E.
PRINCETON, ILL.,, Aug. ls, 18Th
.
NOTES.
| EPISCOPAL.
It is said that $4,000 hare bcen pledged t
, sustain Bishop in tho now Episcopal Dlocca
to be composed Of tho western part Of Mich
gan. The Rev. ]. T. Conovcr, Of kalamazoo
and the Rev. G. D. Gillespie, Of Ann Arbor. ar
} The prominent candidates for the Bishops Office
!: Bishop Whipp!c, Of MINNESOTA, says in hi
fifteen years. episcopato 1itty-thrco churche
have been built in his diocese, and twelve rcb1iil
and enlarged. There las been All increase o
thirty-Gss clcrgymeu; J., Jig adults lave bcel
confirmed, Gnl the churcl-uticunSs amount :,
1851 ,a35.
Tie next Anglican Church Congress will b,
hell at Brighton, Lus:1and, Oct &. Iho Bishop
OF Chichester will oieu tho proceedings with al
address. Among tho subjects lor discussion
will te the Old Catholic movement in Europe
The Protestant Episcopal Church CougrcHs, te
be held iu New fozh III October, promises to bt
al impur:aat religious gathering. Tho Cong1es,
Is the result of 4 meeting Of New England clor-
Ky held ii New Haven some months aso. Tha
sessions will be held in Cooper Institute. Ihe
meeting will be devoted to II frank and courteous
discussion Of different yiews, without t4o author
| isy to settle or determine anything.
| BAPTIST.
| Tho colored Bapsista of indianapolis have
| just completed house OF worship On
Michigan street, At a cost OF S2O,GO0. The audi
torlna, viii st:t ,00D people. The building has
been IL course Of erection for the past uino
| years.
.Tho sixtict!, annual report Of tho BAPTIST
Missionary Union k1,s tho total receipts for tho
| year weie S25l $50. an lncreaze OF more than
juEf
CATHOLIC.
4 Europeao correspondent says: Tho septen-
NAL exhibition u holy relics iu tho Cathedral ut
Aix-la CLa,ello took pace July 10 to a. Greut
crowds ot Ei1srinla from Holland, Belgium, aud
Germany attended. On the 1ay II tho ope1aipy
Of tbs festival. e procession formed amid lis
tolluS o1 bells an<? the thunder If cannon. aud
narc:ied to tia Cathedral, the pilgrims III the
s'reets falling on tncir knees tho train passed.
Alter mass VAS said, The relics we're brought
forward and exposed IL view. I1e principle
Objects were: !: Tie clulhes which the Yirgin
llacy is believed to havo worn an the night She
gnVo bllth to tho Savior. !. Tie charger which
contained the head OF john tho Baptist. i. Tic
s"au'llinS clothes II! Which Jesus w&s wrapped
i'll the r1cngcr- 5. Tue covering which Jesus
wore about Ills loins when he was crucified.
Among the lcss important relics were the leather
g!rdle OF the Savior, llair Ut John tie baptist,
tooth OF tie Ai'ts:le Il.oMis: md toe-uall Of
tine Holy Catherine.
Archbishop Maoainsp pnpcr, tho Tablet, dis-
cush,r. TIT new law Tor the regulation ri nulEc
worship. SAYS: The Church vi England WHICH
ba@;al' Its queer bT castlng down Catholic aitarn
alu abclsLlEG the Christian sacrifice is still
Whit 1t always WIZ, and always will be. For
such incapable Crimes tho only aoucn,cnt is ex-
tNlctlDH. 10 purify sect long saturated
"lth deadly Eercsy is Il VOL! ulich man ca,,.nt
Elid God Viii no! perform. The N:,,lasts will
understand at last that Christians who believe
ss they profess to do i'll tho Adorable Sacrifice
OF tho Altar, OF winch the Roman Cbarci, has
becii for nearly 2.0uO years the 1uy;uc1ble grar
dian. arc ou; OF place IN that tnpcnitcnt .-ct.
which has existed only to Lia.Dncu,a it. Tioy
will lot lc converted in ulas8.s, but t1;cy will
colne Cue BY o:'e, fo" heie aud 9 fcw tLclc"
The first case il Germany under the new law
glv'uE Catholic congregations the power to elect
Q pastor IN the place OF tue one turned out bg !!
the Government occurred 1T Graslo.f. in the I
iroylnce OF Hanover. On tho day appointed br
the Government fo1 tue election tho narishiou-
els appeared IN great nnaccGs aud unanimously
declared that thcY would neither e!ecr acr ac-
any other pastor but tic ono a,D,;,f-
Ell rs s!c.r if!!op. Tic nccclc, Of course, re-
u21u "!t.5a.z z pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN
Ihe Michigan oy1sol h:.s 15o churches, 1S5
and ls"arly 1900 coalmua;cants
comparative summary Of tile statistics OF tho
l'rcsoyterian Church for fivc years, says the H.
shows ene following results ft:e TO-
u1cs follow the order Of the uates); Msuister5.
2s. 4.Ji6, ALL, 4, ,534, &, 537. Clutches, 45a;
s.6lG, 1870, 4,3I2, 1,9lG- COMMANDMENTS, 4t6.-
56i, 455,37S. 43s.lC4, ~. .o43, 405. i34 Coltli-
onuons, u S5s4t12i.. S?Co7, ,7oG. $10,ns6. .52G,
there las been ste1iy gain. and
+lo financial. Et1inEeac7 OF tbs last two years
explains tho FILLING OF il this particular.
The aggregate Of prssbr:er;nEs III Canada is
375 GU, which Is considerably IN advance OF the
sas;ch OF England, OF OF tie AIctl,yd:sts or
e:::!':1ss:. Luis great bJay h@s been formed out
ol ui.1aber Of d;sauitc4 ones.
, \ 5, rrczh:teE,sn, writing from Round Lake. sa7s
he Pres5ytc:ians will hare TO ADOPT the aIetlo-
list can>p-lncctin. 6yatem, or everybody Will
us;. Ie4:odlsts III sha sa:nalcr ti1uc.,
The Pr fbytcran Church at Racinc, the Pew.
J.; T. Bic! &c, raster. is growing 1apidly and re-
Giving he nealeeis II every communion.
: In a11iv,lsce, tho now Immanuel Church
Frcso:t er.,'n) hril!ns II row prominent fea-
n Wnre on the Las: s!de;, the lowers being com
lc1e, and tho masons through with their wo1k.
'!c church stands on pieco Of ground meas
:ing 2l0 fcct front OH Astor street by 1T
Get III dc2ta. The total length OF the cdi-
ice is III !nct, and the width is I01 feet.
he ridge of tho roof is 50 feet from the crou,1
'he MAN aui!icuce-room is 7Gxs9 feet in size
III VIII contain nearly HD0 pows, aea.iug 1,DD0
copic iLo ga4erT at the north end over tho
cstlbu!o VIII xcat 80, maxim: total seating !
aIacity OF 23o III tho GENRE the ceiling is 60
+
orh end OF the building, divided from tho main
ud:encc-' oom by rcstbule Ii feet vide. The
iain ci,s:2rce OPENS into tho vestlbulo, from
hch you turn to the right to go into tho main
aad TO the lcf. into the lecture
oom. The iscturc-rnom can also be entered from
&c tower ct the northwest corner CT the building, ,
he Sunday-school room is over tho lecture !
'om, aud Of the same size, ard is reached by =
airwaj il the lower. !
TIE Presbyterian Theological Seminary Mt 1000 | /
oith Halsted street will oren Sept 5. Tho c
peaing address will be given BIZ the Rev. +. J,
t!scy, u. D., Professor O; Pastoral Theology !
I'D Church Government. l.
EEfHOpIer.
The Wesleyan NetI.odiEts OF England held l.
'c:r l3lsk Annual Conference at Camborpe, be- | q
ming July 90, Abont $50 miuist e-s we're prcs-
It! The rorort Of the Chapel Committee q
lowed that the number Of extensions and en-
REGIMENTS tluriug the year were 3s5, at G cos. of
$4,000. There a:o now 5712 chape's. with |;
5t3, 1877 eittinss. Bishop Harris ard Dr.
ncau!ey, fraterua1 delegates from tho Method :,
t Episcopal Church Of the United States. were :.
resented to tie conference, and delivered ad- Q
'esscs.
The Methodist mission rrcss at J,ncLno1v