, 1874-06-07

But these originate not tue error.
The Bishop OF New jersey, DR.. Odenheincr,
has Biz month"; leave OF absence to recruit from
his exhausting labors. 6lnca his conservation
be has confirmed 1G, 600 perbons. The diocese
declare that what ia termed s'nituais1c' is
mainly q question OF taste, temperament, and
constitution, and that :" Ritual OF posture finds
no warrant in the Office Of administration Of the
Lords Supper. The diocese has determined
upon division.
RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY.
The Gar has had presented to him bv the
Archbihhops OF Canterbury and York Bibla
translated into Russ, by the British aud Foreign
Bible Society.
: The present Popo ia the 257th Bishop OF Romo
in succession, from St. Peter. He is now in his
s2d year, in the hfty-hfth Of his priesthood, in
the forty-seventh OF his episcopate, and the
twenty-eighth Of his pontihcate.
. The work of restoration OF Worcester Cathe-
dra1, commenced in 1864, is just completed at .
cost OF half million. The building VAS redeii~
GATED In june 1918, and Was greatly damaged by
Cromuells troops in the seventeenth century.
In the quaint old City Of Nuremburg two Re-
formed Church pastors were recently arrested
and condemned to per fine for the crime Of
starting the first Sunday school in the city. On
appealing to higher court: however, they wero
acquitted.
AT 1T6FIEO, LOIHOaruy, pllc6t uAH 1US1 DeGu
sentenced to seven months imprisonment for
practical joke. He put strong emetic into tho
wine used in the celebration CT masa, to punish
two priests with whom he had held sundry dis
putations.
Tho proso1ytes to Fitualsna, says tho South
Wales Daily Ne,cs, are rapidly aud daily increaa-
ing in Cardiff End the neighborhood, while dis
scentiug Professionalism IL withering, and Prot
estantism viehin the establishment is constantly
waxing fainter aud fcebler.
The Rev. Mrs. Hanaford noticed, while at
tending Beecher's lectures to the Yale theo-
1ogiauH, that, whenever he seemed to speak in
such way that Jonathan Edwards would have
sharply reproved him for laxisy of doctrine, tbs
applause from the students WAS prompt aud
hearty.
4 man claiming to be the Messiah. has recent
IL appeared in Arabia, where his fame has
spread far and wide. He came forth from the
desert, where he spent many ycara n1ortifyiug the
flesh, and he pretends to work miracles in proof
Of his divine mission. He has melodiona
voice. remarkably brilliant eyes, and q fascinat-
ing appearance, and il winning followers.
shelkh Husein el Faoury, Damascus dervish
Of holy descent. has been discovered to be the
leader Of d band Of robbers who have plundcred
DAMASCUS residences for many yearH. He had
always been thought eainrly man, and the
belief WAS only d1sspated when great amount
OF plunder was found in his house, concealed IN
the sepulcher OF one OF his ancestors.
for the Latin word Nomen. name. and III"
which ia an abbreyia.lon Of ssN n" for Non,i,.a,
names. In t:1e Marriage Service the letters
reversed, "M" coming first, and IN" second;
but there they have an entirely different mean
ing, AN standing for Mari1us. the BRIDEGROOM,
and IN" for Nupfa, the bride.
The clergy Of the Church Of England are
d1eading the threatened approach Of church dis
establishment The Rev. j. G. Kyla, in recent
lecture, said:
shu,ent upset, and the Baptia:s Independents mao
the established Church of England. than to eee the
State cessing to recognize God had far rather SEQ
our next sovereign crowned N Westminster Abbey BY
Mr.. spurgeon, or Air. Btnney. or Dr. Cumming, With
extempore prayer, and the A1chbinhop Of Canter-
than Government turning 1ts back On Chfi..-
Anity altogether.
In the Christian Union a querist asks Mr.
Beecher:
What can we do for friend for whom haro
prayed long time. and all that do only
makes him morn determined to have hta own waJ7
llr. Beecher replies:
Nobody likes to live In m stuosphese o: incessant
reproof II you want to win his heart and malt his
opposition do dArken his Life By making him feel,
e1en BY your loots air that you Krua1ng oves
him as n,.,erable s1nner. Make life cheerful hm
naie your own lo1s for him Of Joy 1st your
piety b full Of aweetness and Light show tie utroas
appreciation OF bis good qualities snd be patient. Tic
case, ss you state It, Is not q very bad one.
Tho Irish Society Of the Episcopal Church OF
Ireland, in their last report, at their annual
nesting in Cork, present some remarkable facts:
The H1sh-speaking children under 10 years OF
age are, in Clare, s,254; in Cork, $3.50; in
Kerry. 5,ol7, DC. Tho number OF h:sh,speak- y ak
in Cork. 81, OIL, and in Kerry, 1867, 600 in
three counties. or ga, 900 under 20 years apeak-
ing the Irish language In three counties aione-
There we're 800 900 persons in these three coun.
ties alone speaking 1riah and 80 600 who could
not speak Any English Whateyer. There s1a
229 schools in which the Irish nlone is spoken.
The Church Union. edited bJ George E..
Thrall formerly an Episcopal minister, saFy:
"If the Reformed Episcophlians understood tn7
day they are living il, they would frame at the
devotional. and doctrinally correct, as to be ac-
centable to ali evangelical denominations;
liturgy With nothing about bishops, or contro-
Yarted rites = manual Of worship, and nothing
Church Of Christ then they would become
power indeed But they do not see this they
are trimming to catch Episcopalians. Instead
OF looking into Scripture to see what Ii proved
and established and undoubted1 they are looking
into the old Prayer-Book to see what eau be LET.
out OF put in, to make them popular with tns
prelatic body they have left; aud SO, instead OF
working for the great one Church. thoJ are mere
Iy building up n improved sect-
SACRED HUMOR.
"Oht Ma, Ma, JohnnJ's got the urn sna Ii
spiI1ine PAS s.hen over the door.' On "has
= naughty Johnny! Get the feather dus'es anu
sweep your poor father right up"
4 1ittle boz WAS recently presented With toy
t,11r7Det: To which hs became greatly attached
~. niobt xbnn be was about to b put IN hla
,;,,,. hed and 1.a ready to cay bis prayers. ha
h1daJ his trumpet to bis grandmother. saying,
:. Hare. Gr.n'11s, you blow whi!e pray"
..gbere do wicked little boyn 50 to rho fish
f.,a, Tenth PnCe.l