New-York tribune., 1875-10-09
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.


released.
Copies of Surgeons Lectures to my
students beng given by Mrs spurgeon TO all poor
Baptis, ministers who apply for them
communication upon the suppression of the
opum trade has been to the AngloOrienta Society
hv the Protestant missionaries of Canton
The sem; centennial OF the Theological Semi
nary o the United Preshytcrans to be celebrated Oct
IA The seminary is situated at Allegheny City, Penn
The annual meeting of the Congregational
Union of Ireland held in Londonderry, Sept 1A-lo
Tn, Rev. william Graham Of Cauicsfcrgus presided
The one siion of the right of Nonconformist
ministers 10 tie title Reverend" Is being tried before
The Judicial Committee OF the PI1vy Council oi Lhsiaid'
The case ia near its close.
At the suggestion Of the pastors of st. Paul,
Mnn oct 5 was observed day of special prayer by
the churches Minnesota and Wisconsin for revival Oh
religious Iaith among the people
No news having been received for some ume
from Lieut. Cameron of the Arican Research EXpedi-
top the Royal Geographical society Of England II IS
stated have grown uneasy as to his safety
A conference for the promotion OF Hoh-
ness" was held in Lausanne, Switzerland sept $50
NJ Theodore Monod Paris present. Similar meet
iugs arc 10 be he'd In other places OH the Continent
The number of church buildings owned by
ihe southern Presbyterian Church s l,701 OF ths num-
be $40 vacant The number OF pieSChes os
IL ia reported from Vienna that the Pope mas
direeie the Roman Catholic bishops Of Turkey 10 use
their influence quieting the Christian pomianon anu
10 aid as much in Their power in the paencoh oi
If Tzegov.na-
The burial question is to be brought up again
g., p,rss,a M The o,enng Of the next Parliament The
I erals desire 10 mako the cemeteries the property OF
the political comnunes, and 10 Lave them undehoh"
Lo.lAL . .,
TN, General Missionary Committee of the
Methodist Episcopal CLuIch is to meet IN ew-Iork
Nov 10 The meeting OF the General COMMITTEE Oh inc
Curch Extension Society OF the same denomination y 10
he held IN Philadelphia nov 10 ,,
A snecial thank kSgiving service was held by
te Hebrews OF London upon the return from Palestine
Of sir Moses Montcfore Sir Moses Monteho'e VINO Is
N his oI 81 wear took the journey in the interest OF thc
pOOr Hebrews in the Holy Land
An appeal is to be made 10 the PrlVy Couu-
c Of England by Mr.. jenkins OF Clifton ior VI
decision of the Court of Arches, which declared that
no aenraved the Scriptures" by book for family deVo-
.ons wiicn he had compiled fTom the Bpie'
The New York State Annual Meetings OF the
Baptists are to he held at Saratoga Oct 2e-29' spec
attention is to be given to the discussion 0f the sSlo
ury sunday-school, and educational work hunioer u
local associations have been held III TINS s'ate anu ~
seChdsettS -. = ~
A church built by the Foreign Mission OF the
Reformed (Dutch) Church was dedicated al iokonn",
Iulv TO- The sermon in japanese The gfis scnool
conn ccd with the Reformed Mission in Yokohama is 10
be named "rhc Ferris Seminary, In honor OF 'e la'e
ko, Isaac Ferris, D. IL. =,
II is now probable that tie place for the
,neetipy OF the General Conference Of the Aethodst
Fn,scop,l Church next May will be changed nom 81
lou TO Baltimore. The financial embarrassment Oh the
w ST and the nearness of Baltimore TO the Centennial
ExnibIlon tho IeasOn5 given Tor inc ehahs''
Mr. q. Smith of the British Museum, who
has Income famous through his translation OF Assyrah
tablets returns to the East this month He s 10 resume
his excavations at Nineveh under the auspices oil e Mu
,euu His new book, 1.-The Chaldean Account OF Gene
tis," IL now III press
The Catholics of Victoria, Australia, have
sent petition 70 the Parliament OF the Province pro-
testing against their taxation for the support OF the 1ree
schools They desire 10 obtain State grant LOT thelr
..hoos An Education League Is being formed by inc
Proiestant bodies TO oppose the revival " 'ne ueho""
tCnal - STEM -,
the English naval ships employed in watch
,n tr slave ycsses upon the eastern coast OF Africa
have been much hampered in their work by pehg
ged to take each capture to Zanzibar 1or conuen1
ton In the captured slave dhows may pe Pcvu %
Temporarily IN charge OF the governors Vi Ue '0'''
tUwns. =,
A hitherto unknown Papal brief upon the
Austrian school laws has been recently made puohc ny
Iishop Pogsczar Austria in pastoral TO Ills clergy!
In,tt 70 Bshops were directed by the Pope 10 condemn
,ese laws before they passed the ReichsIath and, IL
adopted, to tuln them as much "s possible " 'ne
OF tue cIurch.
The Rev. ShOlto Douglas, an evangelist OF
the Church Of England who has been travelling through
the East when last heard from was in China where he
was visiting varous missions His preaching attracted
hearers OF III denominations Mr. Douglas nas pec IL
Al fO yIfiI j
The scandinavian students In the Bapust
Theological seminary of Chicago now number 10. IN
suction j. wen them in their own language by fToi'
Edgren. The department is not endowed, 6nt is Gus,
tanned by annual contributions minnesota doho h"s
Scandinavian populauOnUl IoOVVV'
The death is announced at Lima, Peru, OF
rrancisco Gonzalez Vigil, one of the leaders OF Roman
Catholic reform South America He held the posluoh
of LabraIianin-Ch Chief OF the National Museum az Ila'
He was an uncompromsing opponent OF the Jesults,
with " nom he earned ON u long CONNECT
The consolidated National Sunday school
Temperanee Union ana the Massachusetts Total Abst
mem Society held their annual meeting at Lynn the last
days Of settember. The Rev. Elisha Adams, d. d., OF
Concord ~ IT,, was elected President for the coming
wear and to Rev. W. c. Greene Of Boston, secretary
The BAPTIST Mission in Rome under MIR. Van
Meter wac IL opened Sept l. Thiryeght persons were
present in the training school for teachers Ihe Union
Christian Conferences lin Englshj heid az 'ho isso
are TO I've resumed IT. to continue weekly until May
r, health OF Mr. Van Meter improved suc emily to
enable him 10 return to his duties
The Westminster Presbytery, Pennsylvania,
as pubisbed series Of resolutions which passed a
recent upon the spreading neglect OF tue ea0
bath In particular it specified the RAINING OF Sunday
excursion trains especially for the purpose Of conveying
uersons 10 eigOus meetings. and the proposed opening
Of the Centennial Exhibition Oh Sunday.
Among the ministers who are to preach In
the Wednesday evening of sermons at Music Han
12oson this winter are the Rev. T. De Witt Tamage,
DIR Deems Of the Church of the Strangers Dr. Duncan of
virginia Dr. George Douglas Of Montreal, Bishop Cum
p,;ns OF the Reformed Episcopal Church. and Bishop
Simpson OF the Methodist Episcopal Church
The Pennsylvania Baptists will hold their
State anniversary at Meadyne Oct. 1921. Che sermon
before the Ministers Union will be preached by the Rev
Robert Lowry d. D. and the annual sermon before the
lasfAn