, 1874-05-31
1r4E CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, MAY 81, 674

THE CHICAGO
the erection Of converts and tho reception Of nov
| ices In those that at present exist. 1t denioa
| the right Of the Bishops to impose any Spl1tua'
! conYrre for even the worst OF spiritual crimes,
| and the preaching Of false doctrine will 60 un-
| rebukod.
| Anewspaper which has gathered aomo Stalls
| tics about Roman Catholic pilgrinages sAys
there will be great pllg gEmageH thls geht IL
| France. The first, ut the sud OF the present
| month, to Rome; tho second, II June, to fAfa5'
e-Monial; the third, in July, to Ste. Anne dAu-
raw; the fourth. in August, to LouIdes; the
! ff1h, In September, TO Eotre Dame de 10 darae,
| Marseiles, aud to the St. Baume, the tomb OF
Mary Magdalene; the sixth, in October, 70 o.
Denis, and the seventh, to Tours III No'emoef'
Much destitution is reported among the monks
| and nuns unhoused BY the recent connscatlon ot
the Catholic Reuit,o ctes the case Of the nuns OF
| the Sepolte Viye Convent, who are OF very poor
| and very austere order, and were in such imm1-
uent danger Of being starved to death that 1t was
| BY mere chance that they we're saved ns
! poor creatures had had no food for two whole
| days, for they had no money With which to buy
any, Fortunately, sone ladies heard OF their
pitiabla condition and went to their rescue. The
oousious accorded to the friars and nuns it adds,
aro rarely. If ever, paid, and as they do not
know how to work for a living, being for the
most part aged, and by their previous habits ut
terly ircapacitatod for secular condition. they
depend for food and clothing On the pensions
| given to them BY the Government, and heaven
knows they aie small enough, &vcraglng only
| about American couts per day.
BAPTIST.
Dr.. Lorimer, pastor OF fremont Temple (Bap~
tist), Boston, has baptized LAT converts within
the past seven months.
The Baptist Church in Waterloo, a., Al tho
result ct the recent reriya}, has received sixty
baptized converts into lts fold.
A Baptist Minister'S institute for Minnesota
is to be held at Minneapolis, Minn.. July 2, run.
K. ". Northrup, D. D., Of the Chicago Baptist
Theological Seminary, will deliver several leo
turos.
The Standard sars Volk, the sculptor, has
received the order to place the bust OF the Rov.
jesse B. Thomas, D. D., the forme- pastor Of the
Michigan Avenue Baptist Church, III niche OF
that edifice, and will obey. It is s2id to DO ons
of tho artists best works.
Tbs June meeting OF the Chicago Baptist Min
istors' Association Will be held at 50 Washington
street, June 8. The programme includes report
| of pastors; remainder Of Dr.. Eorthrup's paper
| on tho subject "Are Our Neceaea-y Concep-
tiona Of God TrustEor5hy" paper by J: n: T.
paper BY L. II. Woodruff, "o.ganization Of
church Work !" paper BY Dr. Blaekall, Church
! Finances" -; Criticisms and remarks.
The Daptists have held, during the past week,
| their anniversary meeting in Washington. D. G.
| The Publication Society reports its receipts as
| S430.85 during the pas. year Its catalogue OF
| publications includes 373 6undsy-school library
| books. fifly-two infRnt~scAool library books,
| scycnty-tiyo denominationa1 and standard To-
| lcious works, 3S2 tracts, and large number
! Of more miscellaneous books for une in Sunday
schools. &c. Besides, il publishes i've impor-
AJA. F9tx- ~ fnF f7t
scry; The Young l:eapsr, the denominational
Sunday-school paper; The Baptist Teacher !;
| Tie National Baptist, a weekly newspaper. and
| The Baptist Quarterly. q Theological review OF
| t.ro issues Of the Society fcr fifty years have
been 8, ,324 104, ,469 pages l6mo. The publishing
| house is in Philadelphia.
! The Beptis!s aro said to be unthrifty in En-
| gland. al denomination. At tbs anniversary
| OF the denomination in London last month, the
| incrsase for the past year Was RhoTn to be only
about per cent which is not up eyan to tbs
| slow growth Of the population. This stagnation
il attributed, partially, to the neglcc: Of homo
mission work. or tho 1875 Baptist churches in
London only twenty-one take up collections for
this purpose. aud ouly shout one in 100 out OF q
| subscription. Mora thau ten times as much is
raised for foreign ae for homo missions. This
state OF things recalled to the Chairman OF the
missionary society meeting the remark made to
0lGl by ENe DHke OF Argyll, tudL Llt16 Hab bTtAt
romance in crossing the sea to convert soulB, but
very little in crossing the gutter.
EPISCOPAL
| Grace Cathedral Iowa, has abolished pew
saata and ha"oma L free church.
| Omaha, Neb., is said to contain more commu-
| nicants Of the Episcopal Church and larger
attendance upon its service than any other city
| il the country in proportion to lts population.
| The Bishop of Georgia. in Ills 1nta annual ad-
IN Tt1f ittk Tn NV n
| tho American Church should take any notice OF
the Cummins movement. The seed Of dealt,
ia init. Give 1t time and it must die"
In Ogden, Utah, & town OF 1000 people, nine
tanths Mormons. the Episcopal Church has tie
School Of the Good Shepherd, with three teach
ers and 130 scholars. In it the cornerstone OF
an Episcopal Church his been laid.
Of Trinity Church, New York, with handsome
rectory but he declined tie prolrer until he se-
cured the old rectory for parish infrmary.
The Sisters Of St. Mary will conduct it.
In Logan, Utah, town, of 1000 psople,
ninety nine one -hnndredths Mornons, is St.
Johns Episcopal School, with fifty scholars.
Three -fourths of tho pupils in Ogden, and all,
without exception, in Logan. are Mormons
born. OF the GOO children in daily attendance
in Episcopal Utah schools, full thrss-fourths
arc Mormon born.
It is said there is growing movement in the
Episcopal Church TO have the services OF tho
Church {rce. To promote this object q society
has beea formed, embracing some OF tho
most eminent men of tho Church. The colec-
ton ia to pay everythng.-the salaries, the mu-
sic. the relief OF the poor. and the mission work.
Each member is to he called upon weekly ss God
has proHpered him.
The Kov. Dr. Dl1, Rector Of tho Trinity
Church, New York, declares Is that the times de-
mand not limitation but breadth =; not pro-
acriptivo odicts, but grsater freedom. Surely.
under ali the circumstances. tho watchword for
the hour is liberation federation to tho very
greatest height and to the very lowest dap.h to
tbe very threshold Of medinval error, il they
would, and to the very edge OF nineteenth CEN
tury sectariansln.", n
Not stone Of tho restored cdihco Of st.
James, Milwaukee, has been faced with chisel.
The entire structure has been built OF stones az
they come from tho quarry. St. James is free
church. without pews. nothing but open benches
A gentleman offered 81, 900 to put up pow, but
it was refused. The church freq to ALL without
monetary or social distinctions, III it's glory. It
seats 800. 1t has chime Of nine bells, weigh
ing 10000 pounds, Attached to cach boil il =
wire. controlled by handle. The operator,