The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-05-24
RELIGIOUS ITEMS.


Beocher says very many of our Sunday
school hymns are only sensationalism drunk
The desirability If a union among all the
Presbyterians Of Ireland holding by the
Westminster standard has been affirmed by
conference sitting ut Belfast
The Mercantile Library Association Of
New York city have decided that the open.
ing of the library on Sunday is failure,
the persons using it being few and not OF
the class it was hoped to reach.
A schism in the Grace Protestant Episco-
pal Church in Newark, N. j., has made it
propable that a reformed Episcopal Church
will soon be organized in that city.
The MetAodist Is in favor of reducing the
number Of presiding elders, and charging
the districts in the Methodist Church. It
costs the church now $5O0,O10 annually to
support $50 presiding elders.
A few Sundays since Brigham Young is re-
ported to have said, in addressing his con-
gregation at the Tabernacle, "Twenty years
hence there will not he a. Gentle in all
Utah."
The P. E. dioceses of Alabama, Albany,
Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Missouri, West
ern New York, Central New York, and Wis
cousin have voted to amend the version Of
the Nicene Greed, SO as to make it conform
use of the Greek Church.
The fifty second Convention of the Protes-
tant Episcopal Church Of Georgia, was held
in Athens, Rev. w. p. Kramer, secretary
Twenty six persons were in attendance, with
about the same number of delegates from
the private membership. Bishop Beckwith
reported 495 combinations during the year,
being lib more than were ever confirmed in
the diocese within single year.
A minister named Hardy, while preaching
in Bullitt county, Kentucky, few Sundays
ago, was worried by youth who made
noisy interpretations at frequent intervals.
So he came down from his pulpit and gave
the young man frst-class fOggng, for
which little diversion Mr.. Hardy paid q JUS
tice of the peace SIS the next day.
DR.. Mitchells Presbyterian Church, of
Washington, has adopted responsive read
ing; and the Washington Presbytery, to
whose attention the matter was brO.ght,
have adopted resolution declaring that
"the idea of responsive service is in accor-
dance with the tradition and genius Of Pres
byterianism, and that liberty in this regard
is in accord with the history of the church."
And SO the matter Is settled, and settled in
the right INSTRUMENTATION at Work.
Dr. Fulton, of the Baptist High Church
man, says; "Let us be understood. New
York and Brooklyn is the UNCONVENTIONAL
battle field-here the communion question is
to be fought out and settled. In the Long
Island Association it is to be decided wheth-
er it is possible to exclude q church for
adopting Open-cOmmuniOn practices aud be-
traying the principles underlying Baptist
polity."
Mr.. Post is a Wisconsin Christian. Last
Sunday he went to church and found Mrs
Sclulingen in his pew. Not caring to have
his devoti0ns disturbed by the worldly
thoughts her proximity might suggest, he
grasped her firmly by the ear and thus es
corted this poacher on gospel privileges into
the aisle. sts
Bishop Dupanloup, Of Orleans. has adj
dressed to the clergy Of his diocese strong
remonstrance against the miracle-mOngerlng
now going on so fagrantly in France. He
admits that there may be miracles in these
days, but appears to think that they are
very infrequent, and that the rage tor them
among his people is greatly to be deplored.
The Presbyterian Church at Pewee VAL
ley, KY, has recently enjoyed very inte-
tor, Rev. w. r. Brown, was assisted by the
Rev. G. II. Rout, of Versailles. Bishop
Cummins, of the reformed Episcopal
Church, was present on Sabbath morning,
the 10th inst, and administered the com
munion with most appropriate remarks on
Christian unity and brotherly love.
Rev. DR.. Muhlenberg, formerly of the
Church of the Holy Communion, IL ont with
q card, stating that while be sympathized
with Bishop Cummins in many Of his griev-
ances he has constantly maintained that
these could have been relieved by another
than the sad alternative which he had
adopted. The DR.. also c0rrects statement |
that had been imputed TO him to the effect
that the new Prayer Book was perfect. HI |
says: ITO say the least think it very far |
from being snch." rset1sa & f-- 4