The New York herald., 1874-07-26
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
Programme Of Services for the Eighth Sun.
day After Trinity, July 26.
MINISTERIAL AND CHURCH MOVEMENTS.
"Prudentius" on the Elections of the Popes
and Appointment of Cardinals.

Rev W. M. Dunnell VIII occupy the pulpit OF All
Saints Protestant Episcopal church, Henry street,
At the usual nours to-day.
''The Blessed Dead" will be the subject OF Dr.
Deems discourse this morning in the Church of
che Strangers
s. p Andrews and Mrs. Abby Burnham will ad-
dress the SprituaIlsts in De Garmo Hall this morn
ing and evening.
The Brooklyn scandal will be discussed by Rev.
j. w. Martin, d. D., in the Forty fourth street
church this afternoon.
Dr. L. Lee. OF Richmond, Va, will preach in First
Place Methodist Episcopal church, Brooklyn this
evening.
Dr. 3. ID. Brown and Rev. G. II. Gregory will oc.
cupy the pulpit OF Bedford street Methodist Eps-
copal church this morning and evening.
Rev. p. l.. Davies will preach IN the Berean
Baptist church at the usual hours to-day.
"Touching Jesus' will be the subject this morn
ing treated by Rev. L. G. Barrett, Of Boston, Mass.
Rev. c. O. Tiffany will ofclate in the Protestant
Episcopal Church of the Atonement this morning
at hall-past ten O'Clock.
DR.. Irvine, Of Augusta, Ca. will preach in DR..
Rogers Reformed church this morning.
Rev. W. Sabine will preach IN the First Reformed
Episcopal church at the usual hours to-day.
Mr.. ]. M. PEBBLES will lecture for the Progressive
6piritualsts in Robinson Hall this morning and
evening.
Bishop Kavanaugh. of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, will preach in First Place
Methodist Episcopal church, Brooklyn this morn
ing, and in Thirty-fourth street Methodist Epis.
copal church, New York, this evening
''rhe Temptations and Trials OF Ministerial Life'
will be Dr. Fulton's theme this morning and ''The
Stainless Lie" this evening, in Hanson place Bap-
tist church, Brooklyn.
Rev. Frank q. Morgan in the morning and Or.
Wakeley in the evening at the usual hours, in Lex
1ngton avenue Methodist Episcopal church.
Rev. W. W. Page will preach, morning and even
ing. in the New York Presbyterian church.
DR.. John Bowling will occupy the pulpit Of
Plymouth Baptist courch this morning and even
ing.
Rev. L. H. King, D. D., will preach in the Free
Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal church this morn
inq.
street Bap list church, this morning and evening,
at the usual hours.
Rev. Dr. Mickels will minister to the Stanton
street Baptist church at the usual hours to-day.
Preaching at the usual hours to-day in the South
Baptist church by the pastor Rev. A. c. Osborn,
y. ID.
This morning and afternoon DR.. Sprole will
occupy the pulpit of tue West Forty -Se1Sod street
Presbyterian church.
The Westminster Presbyterian church will be
open all the summer, and Rev. George d. Matthew'S,
pastor, Will preach there to-day at half-past ten
and eight O'Clock.
street Presbyterian church Greene street) this
morning at hall-past ten O'Clock.
Elder Bowman. Of South Carolina, will preach
this morning and afternoon in the hall on Second
avenue and Twenty-third street. and III the even
ting in Greenpomt India and Franklin streets.
Prudcntius on the PapaI Elections.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
Although the churches In communion with the
See Of Rome cannot claim as o strict right to
share In the election OF the popes no one can deny
that they have an abiding interest IN the purity OF
papal elections, Just, then, as the abuses and ex-
cesses arising from the participation OF the people
and the inferior clergy in episcopal elections have
gradually led, wherever the State did not inter.
iere, TO the exclusion Of both priests and people
from any share therein and to the choosing OF
bishops by their peers, 80 may 1t happen in the
course Of ages with the election of the popes 1t
not impossible nor even improbable, that day may
come when the Sovereign POntiff shall be elected
by the united sufrrages OF the episcopal body as
sembled in council or by their delegates, chosen
by every ecclesiastical province.
Thus the General OF the Jesuis is chosen for life
by the proessed OF the society represented by the
provincals and two deputies from each province
assembled in general congregation. 1t Is not OF
course, pretended that this shall be so with papal
elections. but simply that 1t may be; nay that it Is
not unlikely to be in course OF time.
But there is another aspect OF the cardinalate
under which the universal Church would seem to
claim some right OF representation in the papal
councils. The cardinals are the Pope's advisers
and assistants in the government OF the whole OF
Christ's nOck. It would seem but reasonable and
just in tnis relation that the great national
churches should have In this supreme council
representatives chosen by themselves or from
among themselves to be near the chief pastor and
to enlghten him on the interests and needs OF
their conationalists
This fundamental consideration has Influenced
the sovereign pontllfs ever from the beginning in
admitting members OF every nationality in Chris
tendon TO place in the College OF Cardinals and
had not emperors and kings nteriered to thrust
their own relatives or favorites on the popes the
latter would have always and naturally selected
for the cardinabtian dignity the wortniest eccle-
slaStics IN Christian lands.
AID 1t is the convection and the consolation Of
many OF
In our own age that Providence Is rldding the
p0pes OF the oppressive protection OF princes only
TO leave them iree TO appoint lOr every dignity in
the Church. and especially Tor the cardlnaate, the
best men and the truest.
THIS increase OF freedom and It's consequent IN
crease OF power are the great blessings which are
to compensate the present struggles OF the papacy
and to crown the hopes OF Catholics.
AS things are, however, under actual c1rcum-
stances, the Holy Father is bound to act, In
choosing his cardinals, IN deierence TO precedents
customs and impcrious exgencles which leave
min in many cases but q very limited liberty of
choice. The right OF veto Ia papal elections,
granted by iormer popes to the representatives OF
Portugal Tor instance might be claimed tomorrow
by that least Catholic OF former Catholic peoples
and exercised under the dictat,on of some anti,
Catholic Power, with mlscnievous obstinacy in
direct ratio TO the utter absence Of all Catholic
conscience in the rulers OF tnat wretched cOuntry
SO with france. The French crown is IN abey ance,
or 1t exists no longer II you Will; aud the radical
Iacton VINO may rise to power tomorrow in the
ancient Kingdom OF Chariemagne and St Louis
would be the deadlcst foes OF Catholicism. Yet, II
q conclave assembled, the French rulers m,ght
and doubtless would CLAIM, as tyrannically as
ever did Louis QuatOrze, the right to veto the
choice 0l the majority.
Until the perfect freedom OF the Church and Of