, 1874-08-23

! also proposed that priests should be chosen by
their tocks, and that church property nhould be
managed bYa COMMITTEE elected by the commu-
nty subject, III Ill caaes, to the approval OF tho
| GoyerbmCnt~ The regulations lately adopted by
tla Old Catholics in Switzerland will hkemise be
| discussed.
Since the disestablisbment Of the Irish EpiB-
copat Church., il seems to have developed a
cnt says: 'St. pasI1ck's Cathedral has been
renovated at enormous expense, 80 rs
to look AZ II just newly rebuilt, instead OF being
actually 1.00D' years old. ClriBt'a Cathedral,
| III the Same way. ST. Pauls, adjoining. Ii under-
! going T. complete change st. Peters, from
being wtat it once WIS., in state Of superanua-
tion, ia now rebuilt aud molernized 10 as to be
percephbie. Instead Of the old-sashione1 dron-
| ing VI poor reader, delivering poorly-'rrttcn,
prusy sermon, you now hear oratory,-sitailty.
plain, nattor-of-fact appcals that canso you to
vince; shafts TINT cannot ba lodged"
A correspondent writing from London. says Of
Spurgeon: 'As preacher he IL less poetic
than Beecher and less humorous But he has
the same originality, spontaucity, and knowledge
Of human nature. He has full, agreeable
voice, that he seetns Obliged to tu1 somewhat in
order to till his vast auditorium HIS pronun-
Citation ouly now and then netrays his English
brogue in such Words III hy~nhr TOR hear md
yahr fer year His cho1ce OF words is MOTT
happy and sufficiently superior to bis people THE
intellectual status OF his hock beng evidently Of
only ordinary cnlbre), ho is at the same time
with them 80 thoroughly in feeling, and knows
SO we'll the heiGhtto which they cau reach. aud
the needs, temptations. and requirements Of
their souls, that lie stands in no dauser OF plac-
ing AiH spiritual fodder too high. He shows
great vlgor al1d tobustuess OF body, and London~
ers Eay tlo has an enormous appetite for eat
and drina.' If had seen nm at the Tichbozne
trial l should lave recognized hin as the
claimant, 10 striking III the likeness between, tie
two celeDrities."
Tho translation Of the Bible into Japanese is
now going OH under tbs direction Of q commit
tee, OF whom the Rev. y. r. Brown il Chairman,
and the l:ev. J.. c. Greene Secretary. lie
former is missionary uf tho Dutch Reformed
Church, aud tho latter IT the Congregational
Church.
Messrs. Moody and Sankcy count 3,133 con-
vero1ons Ill Glasgow, vi 'no product Of their
1abors there from January to May. At Dundee,
Mr. Moody Is reported to Aaro addressed 12.0OO
pcrH0IH.
There isn't much going on in Montreal on |
Sunday. No Sunday papor is iosuel, no railroad |
tt aln enters or leaves tne town from Saturday |
midnight to Mouday morning, no telegram eau |
DO sent or received during tue Eaine t1me aid |
not only are I'LL bars but all stores c1oseu durlpg
That dag.
Tho Rev. Samuel Il. ,ie.de. formerly Bap-
tiat munster, aud sone time Clergyman iu the
Protestant Episcopal Church. mnue application
oofora Council Of Baptist Churches, held re-
Gently at bridgeport, tor restoration to tic work
u the Baptist Minlstry-ho having again be-
:one metnber OF thai denomination. After
oaG discussion it sns resolved by The Council
hat It Was lnexpodleut to recognize Mr.. Meade
~ minister OF tho Baptist Church
Father Hyacinthe, who las resigned bis charge
n Geneva. began his mlnislra;loua there i1 1873.
tor sotae time lie las been in controversy with
lis Old Catholic brethren. He was called pub
ictY Il hypOsrita bv Fathers Mnr{a nrd Tnn~, |