, 1875-07-04
RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY.
snuY fvuY+HcH 1S fExFRAT.

An epidemic Of measles having broken out
among the Fiji Islanders and carried OF many
thousands OF them, they attribute the disease to
Divine anger against them for having accepted
annexation to England. Possessed by this de-
fusion, they refuse medical aid. Many villages
have been entirely depopulated.
A Roman Catholic clergyman IN Toledo, o.,
has in process Of erection building after plan
OF his own, the purposs Of which is to keep the
Young men Of the parish indoors at night. It
contains large, brigbtly-listhed, and wel-veuti~
lated rooms. comprising gymnasium, bowling
alley, shooting gallery, and smoking and read
ing-rooms.
Mr. John Wannamaker writes to Mr. George
u, Stuart OF philAdelphia, in relation to Messrb.
Moody and Sankey, that the most popular book
in London now is their hymn-oook- Men and
bows On the streets sing aud whistle 'sHold the
Tori" !" and other hymns. The sum Of 921,0o0
has been contributed toward def4yinE ex-
penses. The project OF erecting building in
The West End Of the city, for like services. at 1
cost Of E100, 0,000 is likely to be carried into ef-
feet.
Ad Eeubauer writes to the Academy, dating
his letter from the Bodscian Library. u relation
to IN important MS. OF tue Psalms which he has
found in the possession OF Rabbi Jacob Saphis,
OF Jerusalem. He ASST Sns the date OF The nan-
uscript to the eleventh century, and shows that
it exhibits important variations from the accept
ed text. He urges that defuite rsylsion Of the
translation Of the Old Testament ought not to
le made in the presence OF such MS, but that
competent persons ought to be sent out At onoe
to Ill parts Of the wotlo to make cofiations with
old MSS. e%fose revisers settle the sense OF
doubtful passages.
The Universal Church Chronicle" published
annually 1t Gotha and Hamburg. to which We
have already referred, contains many important
facts in the religious history Of The past year It
gives the religious census OF Germany thus: rs,
579,7 709 Evangelical Christians. 1856. .463 Roman
Catholics. s., ,1i5 under other names aa profe6'
sore OF Christianity, l6 $50 without any religious
nrofession. In fruesiA there aro Is, a87- 927
Evansehca1a, OF 64.69 psr cent, with 8,267.
$50 Catholics, 4,4l0 without statement at reliE-
lou, Among thoso called Evangelicals IL
Prussia there are reckoned 4,642 separated
,1,nthetans, Col Motavians, LILO lEinRites
S,sl8 Bsp6sta, $3.50 Nennonltes, besides 7ss
Iethodists- So Quakers, 1851 Face Religionists
and IL 4H Dasssnters.
Thn following is 4 correct and revised list 81
{he delegates appointed br the Presbyterian As
'ssmbfy (NoFthern) to attend the meeting whict
will b held N London July 81 for the purpoas
. Of foxninq confederation Of Presbyterian
Churches Edward D. Morris, .. D.. Moder
str OF the General Assembly; Edwin F. Hat
fcld. D. D., Clerk Of the General Assembly
ho~.Td Crosby, D; D. Lib; ;S.nuS s.nasl J; ! VI
LID; Philip schan, D: D.; Alexander Reed
D. D.; John Hall, D. D., Trenton Thomas Il
Robinson, D. D.. Boswell D. Hitchcock. D. D.
LID: Albert T. Chester, D. D.; the Rev
George D. Matthews. the Rav. h II. Patterson
Elijah 4. Craven D. D.; William II. Ho1nblow
er, 3. D.; the Hey. ". II. Atterbury, William
E. Dodge Jr., the Hon. Stanley Matthews, Joh1
s. Kennedy, John NannamAker.
PROF. PATTON AND THE Q. P. CHURCH
One OF the Oldest incidents Of the late run 0
General Assemblies was the reply courteous O.
tbs Moderator OF the United Presbyterian Assem-
BIZ to President Taylor. Of Wooster University
Who represented the Presbyterian Church o.
that occasion. The Moderator OF the y.
Assembly, IN telling Of the lore which hi
church bore 10 it's larger mister, said: "a yea
ago, shen trouble threatened your great demon
fnat4on. no other Christian body surpassed ou'
own in praxing for the success OF Prof. Patton.
No, = very happy aliusion, considering, in the
irrt place, that the trial did not terminate the
9, 2. Church had prayed and secondly, that Dr.
TsrIor h.usels had done his praying on tht
Other aidei It was rather rough thrust Ut the
President Of Wooster College, aad At the Pres.
bTtartan Church but the latter mag remember
tiat I'll its Pattoninng would not purchase equal
internal recognition by the q. P. body 30 long
as it sings sinful h5mne.-{ndependent
WH Mr. DUDLEY WAS UEsCccEssFu1~
The following extract from the Inferior shows
why tho Rev. kr. Dudley Has unsuccessful in