The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-09
RELIGIOUS ITEMS.

The Rev. Henry Eoehm, the patriarch Of
imeflcan Methndlsm, was 100 years old June
J. He has been a preacher ssventy-three
years.
81. Pauls Cattle raj, London, 10 an object
OF interes. to the whole Engish-Speaking
world. great hight Is going ON about its
restoration
As the time for the General Hpiscoual Com
vention draws near. It is evident that the
effort to pass restrictive cauons sn divine
worship will fail.
The increase of Protestant places In Rome
is remarkable.
The Roman Catholic order of "Eister Ser
wants OF the Immaculate Heart Of Mary" at
Monroe, Mich has furn shed teachers for
fifteen parochal schools in the State, which
were attended last year by 1898 boys and 1913
girls, and for two orphan asylums. containing
seventy-six boys and nineteen glria.
A negro church in Richmond, Va. has up
wards Of three thousand memDars and thirty
ieacons.
Tue Catholic Church does not send its min
listers away on summer vacations or suspend
worship Ill the dog days
Inc Protestants are increasing in Mexico
Five Years ago they had less than il churches
there, and they now have ninety eight
Hearing that his pastor intended to preach
on the recognition OF friends III Heaven, q
parIshoner suggested that he should preach
oh the recognition of friends ON earth, since
he had been sitting in his pew twenty years
without being recognized by the occupant of
the next
A religious paper remarks that "many of
our churches tire OF the present mode of
conducting the services OF solg IN the house
OF the Lord. In some Q .ses the Singers
hardly get the burnt cork uff the.r faces in
season tor the morning worship.
The je,ciSh Messenger adm. ui6ters q severe
rrbuke tO least a hundred jew. " no attend
ed IL horse race at jerome Park ON saturday,
and who tried to forget that it was the Sab
bath day, and they were Jews, responsible to
God and man for their actions
The New Church \SwedenboYgian) has in
this country 80 organizations, I'll church edi-
fees, and io 1855 sittings In the ls,t twenty
Years the church editices have multiplied by
three. and the slttings by tnree and q third.
1t Is told OF a man poorly dressed. that he
went TO church seeking an opp rtunity to
worship. The usher did not no.lce him, but
seated several well-dressed persons who pre-
scented themselves, when tiuaiiy the man ad-
dressed the usher, saying Cam you tell mo
whose church this is ?" Yes this is Christs
church" = Is he in2 was the next question.
after which a seat WAS not La u 10 lind
citizen OF IL country town. Il ted for his
y
coming alarmed, sent for Clergyman, who
came to HIM, and laid don me divine
law to him with great hath uiness and en-
pniG>ls. The sick luln Was lnllcn affected, and
STUD: Well, parsOn. think you re right, and
l We made up my mind that IL | get well l
shall in the future 1--we Principally hon
est. ; Chicago Tribune.
Their Is split among the clerical party in
Rome. on account OF Il order OF the Pope
prohibiting the lersy from taking part in the
forthcoming elecuUns. Inc IS.suops of
Turn and Urea are resolved u vote with
their clergy. They allege the necessity which
exists tor the clerical party 20 tse represented
III Parliament Ill oruer to prevent fresh
measures against the Church from being
passed. The Archbishop oi Naples has also
Resolved to vote, well as some Vi the clergy
i'll the Neapolian provinces
Rev. Florence Mccarthy, of Chicago, said
in his ST rmon last Sunday, ON the Temptations
OF clergymen: "A lew III, III LIS ago tifu pastor
OF one uf the large Baptist cnurcn-~ Of this
city received several anonymous letters from
i. lady memb OF Ii 8 church. He WAS much
exercised over it. liz ponde,ed long and
d. eply us t. what he should uu in the case.
He finally went to his weekly church prayer
meeting, and ut the conclusion stated some
Things, and asked ii any Ot the ladies' had
written such letters to him. D, COURSE no one
arose..
JUDAISM NOT DECLINING. The much dis
cilsneu question, - Is Ju..lism declining 2" IL
taken up .his week by the ./e,oish Jsxsenger,
wnicn Says: . Uur rngion is not ueciining.
We concc,e that many there arc. born N the
tn II OF l rLe who Tor various cai,ses have
become cre;.nt to Their rust their conduct,
however ln]nrlOn>, Is, after ali, an individual
act between themselves and their Heavenly
Faith Wa I1 nj tat i,lC, " ri
No pr, rod III our modern history nave We
maj ntalned Is belt, condition before the world
than We do now, and this Htser.iun can be
by the most Substantial evidence"
ANOTHER SWING CASE. The United Pres
byer.0u OF Plt,sbur5 fluids that another Pres
bytei,an minister III Chi ago is lailing away
from the faith. The offender this time il Rev.
Arthur Sway, one OF Professor Swings de-
tend, rs, and hls otfense is The following para
graph taken from one OF his SelliOilS: II
therefore see no reason tor douting the salva-
ton ot good heatneIIs because they have not
heard OF Christ ior doubtless. even with their
tck OF moral power, tue lie then In many in
st .nces Inlay be made so netr.y right III heart
as to be among the redeemed of the Lord
TRUMPET BLAST FROM SPURGEON.-Rev.
Charlie, Sturgeon, the eminent London
Baptist plearnei, recently pl reached one OF his
sermons III ArcruigtOn, III which
he made " vigorous appeal to christians to
awake from the lethar5 ~ lutp which they have
falen. The country was rolap>il,g into
he said, and the churcnpS must
bestr the selves. You ministers who have
got TO be fine and intellectual. clear your
Lnroats and preach Jesus Christ; pu the vel
vet out vi your mouths, ye gentlemen who
use tine words, and speak 80 that tue people
IAN understand you; and mind Car 1t and
Christ crucifed. Ye M-thodists who are get
ing to be very respectable, get to be rs red
lot ns Methodiss used to be; ye lndepen-
tents, he like the old Puritans aud ye Bap-
lists, who Seem to be dumped WI cold
Water, or worn ont priy the Lord 10 baptize
;ou with ire and that will b. the very best
hing that h.ppe to you. Look 1T your
;hapels. half fun; your congreg stlons, hall
sleep; your Preachers very oilsn reading
rom hi, book and not lr aching at Ill, or,
shen pr aching. preaching m til 'agn he we're
lot awake mucn lower down thaa his neck; his
le,.rt IL slll asleep, and only his mouth il