The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-25
RELIGIOUS ITEMS.

rev. hOOefI COAyer mas una.ly OoClQed no
l. to accept the call which he recently received
k from the Church Of the Messiah, New York
le and will remain in Chicago.
II 1t doesn't look well, to say the least, for
of Kansas church member to have to draw on
his revolver in order to get at his two cents 70
n the contribution box.
IS The religious souvenir sent by the Pope &c
/ the Marquis of Ripon is a magnificent cruel.
d fix, the figure of the Savior and the ornament
q being silver. The pedestal contains q very
e precious relic.
CHURCH ACCOMMODATIONS IN CALIFORNIA
q During the past decade there has been a won
y derful progress in church building in Califor
mia. It is estimated that the increase Of church
g sittings for this period has been greater, &C.
cording to population, than in any other State
+ in the Union.
"Ritualistic" is the heading given in the
! Central Presbyterian to an item mentioning the
i floral display in Dr. Cuyler's Church on the
t first Sunday after his return from Europe.
8 What an Advanced Rituaiist he must have
been who said: Consider the lilies of the
field"
In recent freshet in Massachusetts, when
the water was the highest and about three feet
deep about the house, . little chap five years
old, fell upon his knees and uttered the fol-
lowing prayer: 80 Lord, I don't like this:
take it away. You said when you put your
UOW al Iu0 SAlcS yOU WOuAU 06vo AO mOI0
foods. Now how is this7 Amen"
It is estimated that about 400 delegates Will
be present at the annual meeting of the SYNOD
of the Presbyterian churches of New jersey.
which will be held at Camden to-day. Two,
hundred clergymen will be among the num-
Der. The Synod embrace eleven Presbyteries,.
with nearly 300 churches and about 350minis--
ters The meeting is expected to last three
days.
The policy of accidental insurance held by
Bishop Lee, of Iowa, will avail nothing for
the estate. clause in the policy has it that
Elm the event of death occurring within ninety
days after the injury is received" then the
company will pay the heirs or assigns the
$4,000 Bishop Lee was injured on the Goth
day of June, and died on the 26th day Of
September, or ninety-two days after the acci--
dent.
APRAYER OF WIDE APPLICATION Sun
day, after the choir at Oberlin had sung with
out distinctly pronouncing the words, Presi--
dent Finney, in his prayer, alluded to the
choir as follows: 80, Lord, we have sung an
anthem to thy praise. Thou knowest the
words, but we do not. We do pray thee that
those who thus lead us may open their mouths.
that we may know what they say, that we may
JOIN in thy praise. May hey not sing to be-
offend Thy people. or the house Of God, By
making q display of themselves. "-Baptist
Weekly.
CAIIFoRNIA.-A committee fromsthe Epis-
copal Diocese Of California, of which Mr.. j.
II. g. Bonte is chairman, has presented TO-,
the General Convention q petition for the
division of the diocese and the establishment
of two missionary dioceses- one in NORTH
ern, the other in Southern California. The
present diocese is nearly nine hundred miles
in length, and it is. therefore, physically i'm
possible for the Bishop to give to all parts Of
the field his personal supervision. The COM
mittee present q glowing account of the pros-.
poets OF the regions in which they ask to-.
have these two dioceses established, and urge
their petition with great confidence.
AN OLD IND1AN-Pope Plus TX has lately
dlnal Francbi,, project Of the propaganda.
the photograph Of an Indian still living, who.
has reached the age of 122 years. Beneath.
the picture are these words written in Span-
ish by the old man himself: 81, Justiniano,
Roxas, 122 years, wish the most holy Pope.
long years of life" The parish register Of
Santa Cruz shows that Roxas was baptized
March :, 1892, being at that time about -.
years OF age. He has always led an exem-
plary life, still walks to mass on SUNDAYS with
no help but that Of his staff, and asks the.
blessing of the Pope, whom he calls tho.
IS Captain de los Padres"
AN ESTABLISHED CHURCH. ADVANTAGES
attending an established church" are ae-
,ompanied by some Inconvenience, as was.
'hown the other day in England. resident
u Clifton, in conversation with his clergy
nan, had the indiscretion to say that he did
lot believe In the personality Of the devil nor
n eternal punishment Upon this the clerpy-
non said that unless the gentleman sent him
) letter retractlng these opinions he (tho
lergyman) would refuse him the sacremenf
II the Lords Supper. The layman did not
end the retraction, and on the occasion of hie
lext attendance at the Holy Communion tho
clergyman passed him over. Taking tho
to comply with the rubric and pive,
beforehand notice of his intention to commn-
lcate, the ayman again attended the Holv-
and was second time passed
yer. Thereupon he wrote to the Bishop Of
Gloucester and Bristol, who replied that thu
Incumbent was not justified, under the cir
in refusing the sacrament. The.
ayman intends to attend once more the sa-
rament at the church in question, and if
gam reused the sacrament, after the Bish-
p's intimation, he will at once take proceed
'gs against the Clergyman in the proper
ourt. fof~~
SENSATIONAL PREACHING.-N is pitiful to.
ote the tendency to sensational buffoonerv
hich is creeping into the pulpit. IF min
ter desires to be popular, and has the requi-
re amount OF shrewdness and brass, he be-.
ms! !, by display of rhetorical pyrotechnics.
hlch attracts the common eye, and holds his
wn SO long as he has strength and agility to,
ake his audience laugh at his picturesque
ymnastlcs SO morbid has the taste of tina
eople become that they actually require a
rye amount of spiritual buncombe in order
Keep up their interest Plain Scripture
ems 70 De nat, stale and Improbable, and
icy demand the pepper and salt of eccen-
:, ~ paiaseology' and seem to be most de-
9hted when the preacher is most q rantinc
tor tearing the air with franctic gesticula.
ons and making sport of things aforetime
BIO sacred. Crowds wait on the ministra-
ons OF the clerical comedian who burlesaues.
llglon, while the pews of the reverend ex-
'under OF Holy Writ remain empty ana un--.
nted. SoDer-minded men, sooner or later,
";9a o'sgusted with the general farce; but
nile looking upon the current methods of