, 1874-11-01

r. preached IN St. Pau1s Methodist Episcopal
Church ln the morning. and in Uuiou Church,
Coving:on. IN the evening.
The Rev. S. NJ. Morton has resigned the pas
toral charge of the First Presbyterian Church OF
Ut bans ILL.,, III order to accep: = unanimous call
to tue Westminster Presbyterian Church, Jack
sonville, Ill
Bishop Shaver, Of the TINKER Church. has
beou declared Il luuntle aud has boon placed III
age, aud has bceu = clergyman for nearly 10
years. Very reccntlv he nlade his Western
Episcopal tour through OHIO, Indiana, aud other
States.
Tho California 0cciaeai is authority for the
statement that the Rev. Dr.. NcKaag, OF Chicago.
which hc ID still q me,nber, letter, asking to bo
continued in the Presbyterian Church. and e1-
planning away, III great measure, the objection
able portions Of his theory on inspiration
The Dean and Chapter Of We.tminster have
very ssnsllly undertaken to provide against tho
destruction OF the Abbey by fire. 4 tank capa-
fle of holding 6.U09 gallons Of water. which will
always be kept filled, axs been built in the
southwest tower at height Of 1Go feet from tho
ground Pipes from this havo been laid along
The roofs, with hydrants and hose attached at
dlGcreut polnts. These are so arranged that one
man could turn tho water on any part in danger.
Tie Rev. D. ". Thomas and rife, c. P. Hard.
u. f. II.
and Miss A. ). Lore. Ill under appointment as
missionaries OF the Methodist Episcopal Church.
left the port OF New YORK for India, III tie steamer
Minnesota, on Tuesday, Oct. 20. a :" farewell
service " was held in St. .pauls Methodist
Episcopal Church on Monday evening ut which
DR.. Reid, hr. Goodwin, Mr. Hard, aud Bishop
uarris mado remarks
It is stated that Apology, thu horse which has
Just won the great Sl.Leges race in England, be-
longs to Yorkshire clergyman OF the Church OF
EngIand, tue Rev. King, who entered it under
the namo Of 'Mr. Launde." Tbs stakes which
he won at the st. 1cEer amounted to So, 900.
This singular divine, although 81 years old, u
such an indefatigab1e sportsman that lie ls
wheeled out for partridge shooting in "a arm
chair. His B!shop-tha Bishop OF Lincoln-ls
said to have expostuiated With him, but without
effect for raising racs~horsez-
TIE Friend Of India states that ncw religious
movement has arisen in the GoorJats. The lead
CT is called Dhulee Babajee, literally, Father
Of Dust" probably because he a1ways sleepe on
the bare ground. Babajee eats but ono meal
day, drinks only milk and water, aud never uses
narcotics HIS dress consists of a strip OF bark.
He denounces idolatly. caste. the Rrahmins, and
the use OF srirituous liquors He teaches tho
worship OF the Creator and Preserver OF tho
world the practice Of prayer to God, truth, char
ity, end chastity He has thousands OF disciples
who havo come from nearly every caste. Whole
villages have given up their idols aud have adopt
ed his prccepts. His followers have number
of hymns II praise OF tho lndesc1ibable SOD,
which contains some idoas that must have been
derived from Christian books. While this new
faith appears so successful. parsec, writing to
the Bombay Guardian, says that the only way by
which the so, coo Parsees OF India can escape ex-
tinction is by the adoption OF Christianity. He
anticipates the time when very many OF them
viii turn ChriEtians.