, 1875-07-25

| ton in sipcine. So far a. we are able to
| iuiro, he has made most happy impression
t upon tho Chinese community. He is IN ea1ness
| and practical man, speaks WITH mneh nuensy, G
and. from the attention manifested among A1a
r I.esrais, ~ must greatly interest their minds.
After Sit Moon has labored a'few weeks m
Honolulu. the Association design sending him
among lis counIymen On the Other ISLANDS.
H,a iabors seem to be most opportune when
| taken in connection with tho arrival last week
| of III Chinese passengers from China, Hho
cane TO lAbor-upon these tsiants other5 NAY
be expected" -.
The Peculiar People OF England several OF
whose members are now awaiting trial Tor man-
slaughter in not calling medical aid when mem
bers of their sect we're SICK, hare resolved oolaiJ
to put to practical teet the question saa 20
whether MEDICAL aid is 7eatly necessity, or
whether prayer alone ls not suttclaot4g emca-
past . lArge twentyr1oomed house, situated IN IN
Tower street. on the northeast side qt Londoa
Fields, London, has been empty. A faa days
aimee much excitement was caused ~ :IAe
-ueighborhood by the appearance OUTSIDE oi tu7
house Of a board bearing the following insoflp-
ton: House Of Faith for the reception Of such
s.a S2 LIE pts1ep aGssa of things
whatsoever 80 shall ask in prayer, believing, ye
shall receive" Matt XII, r. ~ any slcA
kA4e
church, and let them pray over him and annoins 1
him with oil in the name Of the LORD ana tne
PRAYER of faith shalt save the sick, and tho
|. Lord shall raise him up; and II ne nave
committed sins they shall be forgiven him: Con-
eas faults one to ad
ferrent prayer OF the righteous man ayaiieth
rnch . st, James. y, 14-l6. And these signs
ehau follow them that believe: IN My name
shall they cast out devils, they shall speak "ltn
t1ey ysaa1 shs tbing taae a
thoEn they shall lay hands on the sick and they
shall recover" st. Mark, XVI, 17-l5. There
iii be . strenuous opposition On the part Of the
inhabitants to the opening OF the hospital.
PxRE HYAc1NTHE ON THE CHURCH.
At Geneva, on Sunday, June 20, Pere Hyacinthe
preached q sermon upon ''Ths Church." which
is highly interesting, not only az showing his
conception Of what that institution should be,
but also as defining his position IN relation to
the Eastern and Western Churches and also to
tho Anglican and tho more strictly
Protestant bodies The preacher began
his discourse with the statement that
while the Church, like man, consists OF body and
soul, the eoul is the moro important part Inc
Church must be possessed OF the living spirit of
God, Il it is simply a body Of forms and GER
emonies, without faith or life, it il the worst
kind OF pharisaisn,-a corpse without soul.
Still, as soul needs body, 10 the Church needs
soma expression Of dogma, some form OF falth.
Three things are necessary upon the part OF
members of the Church in order that it maybe
properly constituted, namely: First, its mom-
berB must be moved by religious motives aud
not by political ones second they must hold
living faith-a si,cere belief Of positive truth;
and third, they must follow the example OF
Jesus Christ.
In speaking more particularly OF the'body Of
the Church. or it's Visible and outward form, the
preacher said that it is to be recognized by it's
holding to the Catholic creeds, worship, and
government The name OF the Church IL Chris
tlan j; the surname is Catholic. :the Church
holds its apostolic faith expressed in its craads.
Before giving to the Church the Book the Apos-
ties gave it q living tradition.
The preacher then proceeded to declare him.
SELF still q Catholic. i have been reproached,
said he, with being Protestant But should
abhor the position nov occupy in Geneva d I
stand firm By the Catholic creeds and the Catho-
lie sacyaments, of which baptism and the mass
are the chief. believe that in baptism grace is
mysteriously conveyed to the soul. SO making 1t
member Of Christ's Church. believe that IN
that ch-rnisunderstood sacrament Of tho
mass there ia q holy communion between Jesus
Christ and the recipient.
And believe in the episcopate, that apostolic
form Of government founded on the Scriptures
Attacked on both sides, openly by the Presby-
terians in the name Of liberty, iusidlously by
the UItramontanea in the name Of authority, it
is the. safeguard of liberty and authority nixa-
This is the Catholic Church to which belong.
1t has been split into parts by the schisnb OF the
West. But the Greek and the Latin are essen-
TALLY one. There is also q third branch, the
Anglican, which, according to the historian Lin
gard, and the theologian Pusey, has preserved
the true episcopate. True, CalViniam has crept
into it at times, but it still remains u youthful
branch Of the ancient Church. With these three
churches feel myself in communion, and il
they will not raceive me- the difficulty lies with
them and not with me.