, 1876-09-03

It is proposed to divide the Protestant Epis
copal diocese of North Carolina into three I;o
ceses: one with Wilmington for acentre, anoth
er with Raleigh and the third with Asheyille
west OF the Blue Ridge. The next years con
Vention IL to decide upon the plan.
Buddhism is said to be rapidly declining il
| Japan. In single district or ken seveuty-ont
temples have, since 1873, been converted iute
dwelling houses or used for other secular pur
poses. During the last six years upward Of GOT
| temples have thus been diverted from their orig
fnal object.
! OF the cleven Prussian Roman Catholic do
ceses only the four Of Ernland, Culm. Osna
bruck, and Limburg are still administered in .
| regular way. Those Of Fulda and Treves have
lost their Bishops through death; the Bishops
! OF Breslau, Paderborn, Munster, and Cologne
] have been deposed aud the Bishop Of Hluesheim
has left the country.
| Two~thirds Of the295 Congregational churches
IN Connecticut are more than 100 years old. OF
! these 162 churches which are older than the nd
| tion 81 are moro than 200 years old, Is are 175
years old or more, these IS belonging tothe sev-
| enteenth century; 46 hare existed $50 years or
! more, and 100 others are more literally centen-
| nia1 churches, having been organized 100 years
Or more. The three oldest churches are at
Windsor, 1850, Hartford, 1886, New Haven, 1889,
N. Rcnan says Of Christ that, "in recognizing
Himself as Son OF God, in authorizing men to
| cali God their Father, in oyerthrowing the su-
perstitons Ut old creeds by His beautiful theory
| Of prayer and spiritual alteration, in giving tue
example Of life entirely consecratcd to the
| works OF His Father, He has realized the high
est consciousness of God that has probably
ever existed in the mind OF humanity. Thus
the truly religious men OF all ages will be His
disciples"
Two men who applied for admission to MEM
bership in the Seventh United Presbyterian
Church OF Pittsburg were refused on the ground
OF their connection with secret societies. One
Of them Was an Orangeman and Odd-Fel]ow,
the other an Orange1nan aud Good Templar
The question Of their reception was afterwarl
referred to the Presbytery, which decided that,
according to the standards Of the United Pres
byterian Church, members Of secret societies
cannot be admitted to church fellowship.
A good illustration of the manner in which
many Americans recognize while pretending to
ignore social conditions in religious matters is
afforded by the story OF one of our former
some Of the ushers showed suInc very worthy
but socially obscure people into good seats III
the middle aisle. AS soon Us he discovered 1t,
the ponpous sexton h2stencd to the usher and
exclaimed, Did you give the -s that scat|'
Yes" "What on earth did you do that for!
Did you not know that they were only side-aisle
field RepubIicaiL
Two new English Bishoprics will soon be in
marching order. The project for the creation Of
LuC Dl5nUPFlc u OF. AlDauS WIS almost O11ucQ
by the great difficulty found in selling Winehes-
ter House, St. james Square, ut any reasonable
price. The Government, therefore, it is now
stated, have bought the house for E45, 900, and
intend to use it TO relieve tue pressure On space
ut tho War-Ot1ice. The 3ishop opric-of-Truro bill
Sec could ut once he constituted, Lady Role
having endowed it with 81 Zoo year, to which
an annual sum will be added from the See Of
Exeter. The new diocese will include The whole
County OF CORNWALL.
The Philadelphia Free Church Association
publishes the following regarding frs r. and
pl,ia the pew rents OF all the churches pay only
three-fourths Of the expenses, and average ST. II
per sitting. The free churches, on the other
hand, contribute $500 per sitting. Tie free
districts Of the city. .. That in the country
districts no church is supported by the pew
rents, which average only $5. IS per sitting. The
free churches, which are mostly mission and
poor, pay S2.73 per sitting. Leaving out the
$3.50 per sitting-half a. much again as is
raised III the other churches for expenses.''
Mr. Charles Dudley Warner relates the fol-
September At1antic: awe had q guide wiio
knew every eaered spot i'll the city, who never
ulous tourist. Whose totnbs ara thesea' We
asked. sThat is the tomb Of Joseph of Arima-
sly tna. s,nr 1'-e,r3, a. 1'"'r7
1os , ~" ~ ~ ~. Juo i0.". ,e'n,,t oi,,.,'s
;:', ~ - aaH Inc ~" nuo"i Las s I.nmr*3s
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~ ar,,,tLao tI, 10, ~ = +n;s tus ~ Wn5u,,';'a
@ tp;. ~ .I,nI 49,, "u & .h1s - tt.et .a
nnGse 10 tno :i .nuu oie a.ei Jes, ~. oensa
lep4 ~; sne Eu1ae' wa'u Gaus 4tol1ea.' gata
ysas ~ isa'f nis - 'A'0 '''o'o - 111'-
h4asHe4 "4''*oea'
There we're couple Of queer arrivals at the
the great Spiritual ca1np-1neeting ut montague,
!n Mass, 1ast tnursdasx s1,, t1 nn nno ,a 1a,,
ihe "ola.1 "oio o1ue if ,,a, "hn uns.
austef, eut W psL.sin nal s.,s;r+ mas H.
i.ochoat h w., hs.h7 ~ ~ +I,t, e;ae
hal1 NaS cot saJiL auu us.so aha ,iI.S
anu o,t utl 4ea4 vs. ~ xur;7 a- ~ 80 -.
neiseli the o.net " .hs atiu tmG
Man Sno lse' 10 ,,.s as,,a
apostle' Gia'tii - ne ,oo1o tnrt ~. S;J,s;t
1ur.st. ns asAeu to' z,.eS. 1o Nv en,. ~
WAn1 " Ply 1os !. ~ H. ". i'a ~ ~. W. a,o ~
man nau no "aer5 ~ ,a5 et,n@ M ~, n.,1;cr 1re-
gers ~ lne Assoc, ;,ad 4h.1 " ~ p'
s!ously aaoPteu' e;asaeu seu t az ~ ~ tao
4, .';t,;4in ~ ,.n no] eA'eD>A ~
sncln Liz no'p41"1'''e' oA sue e""P
The native Christians Of Madagascar are get
ting on. At q recent meeting Of the Union Of
the Malagasy Churches OF 1lnerina at the Capt.
tai missionary society was formed, Ut which
Queen Emma and the Prime Minister are act
i've members. At the request Of two Chiefs
from the 1bara country, whose people are very