, 1875-11-07
RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY.

feet, because tho neW grave will be made direct
" over that of Mime. Guibord, who wae 'sgoo
Catholic"
A New York rabbi says that he has reutly pei
formed the rite OF circumcision on thirty-eigt
Christian adults who have desired to be admit
ted to membership in the Jewish Church. Bu
adds that rich bride Hss the cause OF each o
these conversions.
Sixteen Presbyterian Presbyteries have vote
! in favor OF SYnodical representation in the Gen
| eral Assemblies, and saven for the old metho
Of delegates from the Prasbyteres. Tho slx
teen Presbyteries contain 524 ministers and So,
9ss members, and the seven hare l84 minister
and q, 009 members.
The Sunday statute OF Vermont provides thu
! ssno person shall travel on Sunday except from
| necessity or charity" And the Supreme Cout
| Of tho State has accordingly decided that ''o9
| travelling upon the Sabbath without excuse can
not maintain an action against town for an
damage he may suffer through defects in it
| highways
| The Sunday School Convention Of Cook Count,
will be held in Farveu Hail. opening Thursda,
evening ne1t, at 7:90, and continuing through
Friday and Saturday. On Thursday evening, Z
Payson Porter will deliver Id address on sou
Field" followed BY the Rev. Samuel Fal1oHs, b
! D.. and othars. On Friday reports will be heart
! in the morning and addresses will be delivered
! IN lu6 AtttIuOuu ny 1Iul+ S"laE dl1N OtuGIh- VI
Friday evening B. F. Jacobs, Dr.. o. Fl. Tiffany
and others will speak.
The Golden Rute, tho Rev. ". q. q. Murray's
new journal, last week printed . remarkable
specimen OF pulpit plagiarism in extracts fro1z
two sermous-one preached by Mr. Murray IT
Rark street in 1871, and published in Osgood's
edition OF bis SERMONS, and the other preached
in the Hle OF Wight BY IN English vicar July r.
1873, upon the death Of the Bishop OF Vim
chester. The tao are essentially the same thing,
and the differences are less than q man would be
likely to make in copying out OF repeating biz
own Words.
Tho discussion On disendowing tho Church OF
England has brought cut the curious fact that
the Archbishops aud Rahops, in their corporate
capacity ~ memberB OF the Ecclesiastical Com
mission, are perhaps the largest owners Of gin
shops in London. Indeed, SO we'll Is this fact
known among the working classes shat they are
In the habit OF pointing rs typical Of the Estah-
ish1nent to Church OF England, on the right
hand side OF the way Desr Albert Gate, having
gin-palaee on each s1de Of it, bdilt up side by
side in = row, the place Of worship and the gin-
shops being all church property. It ia stated
that the Blrhop Of London, when he leaves his
house In St. James Square and rides to his
palace at Fulham. passes on bis road more than
100 g'n-stores built On land belonging to the
Church.
At the Twenty-sixth annual meeting OF the
American Bible Union. held in New YORK, the
Rev. Thomas Armitage. D. D., President for
nineteen yeare, resigned, owing to press Of pas
toral work. Resolutions of regret were passed,
and the Rev 4. G. Osborne WAS elected in bis
stead The 1eDo,t Of the Treasurer for the year
showed 50, 890.88 paid out for revision Of the
English Scripture, $6772.23 for publication and
distribution, and S7,76785 for salaries and OK
penses OF officers, agents. and CLERKS The total
expenses Of the year are given at $22 G225I
and the present liabilities At $40, ,927.13. To of
set this sum nearly $4,000 has been raised
within the last few days. The assets of the
Society are given at about $170,0 900, but most OF
the property is Of such value to the ULion in
the prosecution OF its business aB to render it
unavailable for the extln9uishment Of the debt.
BOSTON aEEPTcIsN.
The Rev. James Cook preached on Monday Of
last week in the vestry Of fremont Temple On
Boston Skeptlcal C!1ques-" He traced Boston
freethinking back to the old-fashoned Au1lni-
anisn1, which 60 disparaged pure theology and
Sc. up secular cultura and position in iss place
as to open the way for the inroads of French
infldeAty and to lead the churches into new lat
itude. ''Out Of the combination OF causes in-
cluded in Armlnianism the halfway covenant.
the disturbances Of the French War aud the
Revolution, French intidelity and tho popular
misconceptions Of scholarly orthodox doctrines
and some crude aud rash statements in prtho-
doxy itself, came Upitarianisn. Out Of
Un,tarianihm aud the bzilnaucy Of its early
literary and social successea came Harvard
University in its largely uneyahSelical attitude
Out of Harvard University came the occasional
skettlca or doctrina1ly indifferent literary circles
Of Eastern Massachusetts. Out. .of these circles
came the Influences which set . part, althongn
only part. Of the Boston fashion Of thought"
a1r. Cook asserted thst the tide had turued and
that in the "expenence Of half q centurv-a
period long enough to constitute far test Of
the tendencies OF thought, and exhibiting the
results OF no merel! temporar swivel Of opinion
churches bad arisen from the pro-
portion OF one to ten thousand 10 that of one to
tour thousand, aad the unaFsngeiical OF all
kinds had fallen OF from the proportion of one
to three thousand to one in six thousand" The
report is taken from the Boston Advertiser. and
Cooks statements. Much depends upon UNDER
standinB whether he is speaking OF tho old his
torical Boston, or the new city With its annexed
towns.
LETTER E3oM FATHER o'KEEFFE.
Father OKeet5e has written letter to Mr..
DiarHei, in which he Bays:
It ia my duty to inform you, before am forced 10
4utt this world that the power OF life aud destn wuh
Cardinal Cullen exercises has been conferred
upon him BY the Irish Government owe H;s Erni |
ucuce Of right submission Or Obedience whateyer
md he himself admitted oath that be possessed no
Jurisdiction ovcr or the partah which is ny bene
which the Court Of Queens Bench In Ireland pro.
2ouQced Ia be Illegal and invalid document ac,ard
ing to he ass Of the realm. Xet the Irish Government
aaa dlamlssed me from workhouse chaplaincy, at
Cardinal Culiens dictation, aud has allowed him TO
mp9lson me now for nearly four months without |
.1ordlng ne necessary support Of permitting me to
1nd Is " the discharge a the duties Of my oce. In
be extremity Of my poverty and Aiictian haye sent
dis Ennenoe letter, Of which inclose copy, and
n which simply asa him to spare my life Ny death
Ehich see is st hand will be owing Us much to those
rho cooperate with Cardinal Cullen IN deprivia9 me
tha mesna Of AVlng ~ 1t will 70 him, and y blood
auss ct TO heaven for vengeance Ill who aid him
putting out Of life nan who has never been con-
icted Of crime ] warn the First Minister Of The
tucen that the Br1tish milton, well ~ just God |
I'll bold him accountable for life ii he will s1fou
eopis under his control to assist my murderer in tax
ag it antustly away.
The letter of Father O'KeefFe to Cardinal Cu1- |
n is as follows:
May it please Tour E1uiuenes tvo years Ego, IN
eep dstFesa. sought tnE life from ypur nephew |