New-York tribune., 1875-11-13

The fourth annual meeting OF the Young
Mems Christian Association Of Maryland WIS heid =.
westininster, Nov. ~. Encouraging reports were a'
from the various associations OF the State Among 'he
resolutious pa.eed by the convention one recon-
IpcndiDg the associations TO form cvangensue n'"'o
classes for young men,
A Presbyterian Missionary Convention was
held at Louisville KY, Nov. "a. Foreign pssioDs the
spreading Of missionary intelligence among the peopie
and the influence of foreign upon home missions, were
among the leading topics Tie Rev. Dr. Elln~ood sec
rcary ~ the Board o. Furrien Mlss"s Was peeeh' a"
the ConveUtion and delivered an address,
The Free Religious Association OF Boston mas
requested Bishop McQuaid OF Rochester to lecture sun
day afternoon Feb l3 on the Public School question
as understood by Catholic American citizen The ID
vi ation has been accepted Mr. Abbot, editor OF iae
"del uponLe sunday Is % sne q"''
SignOr Mingbetti has prepared the scheme OF
law for the administration Of ecclesiastical property I'D
Italy The Fundamental principle adopted by him ie that
Church property is properly subject IA lay control no
Provides therefore, that the proceeds Of ecelesiasca
property which Las been coniscaei oy the staie sn9
be administered by lay commi'tees' under e''e Suiefn
iendenee.
A petition by Roman Catholics to the Italian
Parliament has been prepared which demands the re-
moya Of the prohibition Of teaching by Catholics. III
Rome the number Of municipal day schools Is as follows
20 eeuentary schools for boys aud "a for gris Tie
humber pupils the rolls is 1885, In actual at
tend nee, lO9S7. In these schools religious
is omitted
The Reformed Episcopal Church appears to
Increase. The Cornerstone OF new church "as iad ~
Baltimore short time ago university at Chicago has
been planned. Another Protestant Episcopal nlnstsr
the. Rev. Archibald NJ. Morrison Of Philadelphia has
loined the Reformed body. The Rev DR. Nicholson has
aocei ted lis appointment t.lhe Ephe"ia'e' snu VI" "
cuusccrated early III tne coiiiiHS year.
Ara meeting of the Baptist Ministers Asso-
citation Of Chicago Nov g. es-ay upon "The Bible ID
Public scDools" was read fayoring its exclusion pro
yd,d that this the desire Of large minority of The
population An essay in reply is 10 he read Nov ~ A.
~ ueeius Of the Methodist ministers of Chicago upon
the day resolutions IN favor Oi the re'uins vi 'he
Bibr in the public schoUis were hlfc'u 10.
A number of religious services are beng
held In Chicago on secular days there a;e public meet
inu- ID Farwe Ial. which well attended Many OF
te pastors of the city arr holding revival services W.
their respective churches The Rev. william Taylor
,oIneiimrs cailed Father Taylor, 10 preaching under
the aus,,ces of tin thodi churches letter To Mt
Moody is being repaItd, Requesting Inn To- come 10 Ci.
raro in January h'ssrs. white ana Bliss drc aso 10
Commissioners of the "Ncthodist Protestant
aud Method churches recently met in Pttshu gnt
arrange IA basis OF union for the two bodies The basis
provides that the united church sha he called /" The
Methods, Protestant Church." that tie limit of pasfor',
service al each charge s I've five successive ears, and
a The ratio of repre- seniation la the General Confccuc
s,ai I've minister AMI one liyuan for every LOW
members. General Conernto Is at NJ i'inr To ek
has YET Ia he proved.
4 deputation from the society to procure the
closing of pubic houses III Ireland oil Sundays "dDed
upon the Chez s. crdaTy for Ireland in Dnbn on Oct
- The dcputaton, which was headed by Ia" LDfd
dayUr of Dubln included ci,reSBon represent NJ ih'
Protestant Episcopal, Roman Catholic PteshJ tean'
ArthodIs. And other denoinaous. IL was stated that
the existing Laws lhxy administered. TIE Sccr~
t.ry prom sod 10 lay e meniOri Hre-etd before int
PiVn'r. Tnc M m IrUl declared tlat pubf opinion Ia
rcanl agreed with The views held 10y the citation
At tie request made several years apO by
H.. Elitsh GoNTment. bill las zen brought forward
,y de German Government t. cheek the abus % The
POI, iab,r irse. a. carried nn ty Tie GfraiS
Trc acs sta.el IN the bill thai Oh account 81 he
aversion inhabitants Of the FIJI, Samoa AMI Tonga
islands Ia agriculture. species oi slave trade bs
,lrung up in the form o' an importation Of nh"trS
o. fltr fl.m the saounn, Gilbert, Marshall and III ise
-apis Ihc FL nes scat, that The iuv" Gle Siil
"nd 81 " pr": ,LN's lhe ll'r'S "s"'"9' NV" ''''
| ah le ~ do hOi dare to itsri
The report cf the Society for Promoting
Christ an hi wcdSc oi England so~s thai liz iHc"inr
fnr tue last year 44l,l07. or ms sum ai1'3'i
WIS rxpen ted IN book bIsnCs. &1oOH2 nr cburcJ pu-
.,se. abroad and 1000 for providing incrca accom-
collation. in church schools The sum "l Al',uoo WIS
>,t aside Il the mroin. the Society. held last Jy To
p'uy .e for t,Ie maintenance OF additional bishops ~
in ,ia aui similar amount has en- appropriated fnr
fi. wn.k by the "SDce,y for IA" Propagation Of the
| ,.o.wL" T..ese tgo Societies have r. rspe1i,ly voted
I
.nrdi;ipn Of me HISTORIAN Christians III As'ytd.
The eight, annual meeting Of the General
Conl of the Congregational churc.es al tounc i
chi was held ut Norwich, Nov. ill The Hon. Nathaniel
| SIhp.ru %. Hartford WAS elected President. The
II si'caI r~ort showed the gain Of the curces during
he year I'm membership 10 he 101l persons. Toe mum
her Of pcrso~s conuooted with the Snndayschools Is
| u 5G7; the number OF families conn cted wit The
chulches 3..377 plan Was proposed aIld adopted iof
fac proper Ols ~ Tie C,n cDnid uoD the ~ ud
-auda, n Iu'y. 1876. commli.c' wa, ap ntcd L.
VA, al Ia '"rs Of the Centennial ixhi,itt'i 10
! ~aibltl ne allowed daring the exhibition
TIE annual meeting of the British Branch Of
the /. ...i!.Iied Alliance hed Belfast Ir-Iaud.
De- IG-2o d.! 4,tes were present from fDr' Sn couI-
tres Reports were received from representatives %.
s,itaui Ireland In -lanl, SPAIN and Tie Netherlands
a. 10y the Dean oi Canterbury Who w;is nnAlT I"
attend account Illness, upon Tie cominuni"n AMI
.uipor. lion ~ Gu t''ts in all Lands nccaS.a =
Hnii0n upon tie Universal C1nrch." was read resi-
m ou vas passed ucs;in2 the Council of the Alliance
80 rcseyrc IN is cH ms Ia sdcc1r iIe re ~uti C-
tauS TURK y br"ic tic close oi the s>ion u w' -
solved 10 lCfu PERMANENT Committee ~ The AiLanco III
| Bel.ast
The large increase Of the English population
i India IN atg years. owing Ia the nuinDcr oi Euisi
lnruuicr whr have gone there. has caused request
nom tho Established Church Of India or funds to supply
| the numerous new stations with clergymcn Tho NAM
her OF On 4r!a upOu tic Bengal Eoc.os asci rst AZ
lsluirht whlc has charge 0f Bengal, lhe mort west
provinces, tie PGujau' the ctnt4a PROVINCES Oddr.
C ii.ai nba, Assam, ani British lnrnai is only 20
TIE diocese of Calcutta has 800 station. where there
Eng s rnnl,rcput. .pns; SO of these visited BY
,!.t cirl ar tnes year, - three tiIrs. -
tin,e, nl IL once wear To snarel,o len OF sou
Of tine railways have rais Il funds 90 increase
the puin "f cnaplans upon the line O the roads
The qu, stion of the religious or the purely
secular cUcat,on e.; the youu das --clOvs has he
come England one ~ the cIif topics o pubic discus
-iou. Il the subj cIs taken mp in all minsterii
col, eIenccs auj i. been the theme Of mauy "f tre
.i.cncs 81 the members Of Parliament 10 their con
.titucu:t Tie death uf d.. Hoax d. an of Chch ster.