, 1874-04-12
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failed. are all lost to the Church.

Treasurer who was q member Of = firm which has
failed, are all lost to the Church.
The Oskaloosa Qa~,) Evangelist says that the
Church Of Christ contains $4,000 adherenta in
Illinois, md one-third as many in Iowa, and
that the ratio OF increase Of this religious body
is far greater than that Of any other one
Of the great Protestant religious bodies OF tho
country.
The New York Christian 1drocate editorially
declares that Methodist ordination is "Pres5y-
terian, not Episcopal" as Wesley and three
other I. .Presbyters + ordained Coke for America,
and that the Discipline provides for ordination
OF d Bishop BY Presbyters, there DO no
Bishop.
One OF the most persistent controversies Of
the Christian Church was about the day on which
Easter should ba celebrated. One party held
that, like Christmas, it should be on the exact
anniversary Of the 8aviors resurrection. Tho
other, that it should be On the first day OF the
week, and on the first Sunday after the anniver-
sary. The one party claimed the authority OF St.
John; the othsr, that OF s.. Peter and Panl.
The Church OF England, and the Church in
America, and tho whole Western Church, cele-
brato on the first Sunday after the first full
moon after tho verna equinox-necessarlly on
the Sunday following the exact anniversary OF
the resurrection
The Convent OF Ara-Coc1i, at Rome, is now &C.
cupied as a,hauacks by 400 OF the Italian Na-
tional Guard.
The Austrian Government has resolved that
the Theological College ut Innsbruck, which is
in the hands OF the Jesuits, be broken up next
July.
colossal .bronze statue Of Bunyan is to be
erected on St- Peters green. IN Bedford, Eng,
the place where tho old pilgrim piled his Voca-
tion OF tinker.
It Is said that the largest Baptist church in
the world is M-. Spurgeon's, which returns
membership OF 4,3C6. The second largest
church is the old First African in Richmond. Va
There nre now $4,000 Sunday-school scholars
and 4, 900 teachers in Germany. Ten years ago
there were none. This is partly the result OF the
labors Of the Foreign Sunday-School Association
i'll European countries.
Tho Old Testament is about to be translated
into Hlndi, a language spoken BY about 30 ,000,-
600 Of people in the northern and central por-
ton Of India.
Tho editor Of the great French Catholic jour
nal tho Dnirers, has written letter to Geu
Cathelinean, advising him to hold his sword IL
readiness, Is "the day Of victory and martyr
dom in tho struggle for Church. Fatherland, and
King is approaching"
An Eastern paper says all tho other pilgrims
to tho Holy Land are up IN arms against Dr.
Beke and his now Mount Sinai. They do not
agree Us to which OF the halt dozen peaks
claimed is the true Sinai, but thay a. unite in
scouting the Doctors.
A religious newspaper thus sums up the prog
rcss Of tie Old Catholics: ut is less than: a
year since the work Of reform began in Geneva,
and already the priests are chosen BY the
Church; the forced confession is relieved, the
clergy marry, and divine worship is IN tho lan-
guage Of tho people.
Lord Shaftsbury il opposed to the Wesleyan
Church joining the Established body. At the re-
cent meeting OF the Wesleyan Home Missionary
Society he Diluted upon the advantages of Chris