, 1876-08-06
RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY.

THE cHURCH IN GENERAL.
There are 1872 Protestant Episcopal churches
in London, aud OF these I'll have daily service,
240 have free seats, and III are open for private
prayers.
The Russian Government will allow no Prot
cstant mission to be established within its do
mnions. Since 1924, six such missions have
been opened, but have been broken up.
There will be no pews in the new Roman
Catholic Cathedral On Fifth avenue, New York.
Visitors will be accommodated with Chairs
placed in groups about its many affairs and
clape1s.
A convention Of the advocates Of cremation as
the best method of burial has lately been held
in Dresden. Prof. kinkcl, Of Zurich, was elect
ed honorary President, and DR.. kuchenmeister,
OF Dresden, was chosen to be the acting Presi-
dent. An International Committee was ap-
pointed to arrange for the common action Of all
cremation societies.
The Colorado Conference Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church met at Boulder City, July 15
A report upon temperance Was adopted which
recommended the use only OF the <sjuicc of the
grapc'' in the Communion service. The (listri-
button Of temperance literature, and the preach
ing Of temperance sermons, also were advised by
the report.
There is published the account OF a miracu-
lot1s cure wrought i'll the grotto during tue mass
of the Popc's Nuucio. Au old lady named Mad
clene Lansereau, Of the Diocese Of Poctjers,
who had been unable to walk without crutches
Tor nineteen years, after being iu the spring for
Il short time, emerged perfectly healed. ''Shc
couldn't tell what had become Of her crutchcs." :"
The Birmingham Post SAYS the Ignorance of
some people US to the faith Ut Isla1n was illus
trated in most ludicrous manner ut the Liver
pool police court. 4 man was being SWORN on
the Koran, aud tug crier OF the court, in con-
Guiding the administration Of the oath, said, in
q most solemn manner, "So help you, Koran"
Tic cried afterwards explained that he thought
Koran was the MoIlammedan name Of God.
The right Of women to vote in the election of
ycstries has been discussed in conventions of
Episcopalians in California and North Carolina,
and decided negatively, but it is said that the
resolution in favor Of such female suffrage was
debated in Virginia some years ago anu rejected,
with the understanding that no action was re-
eurcd, and it was better to make the distinction
Of sex III the exercise of tue elective power.
It is proposed to erect monument by gen.
cral subscription to DR.. Orcstcs A. Brow1son,
and the question has arisen how Ear the various
religious bodies with which he has been con-
nertcd should take part in the enterprise It
ought also to be considered whether he did not
win distinction enough as philosophical think
CT, strong writer, and patriot to deserve re-
spect from public-spiritcd men outside OF con-
troyersial lines.
The condition of Afet1rodsm in the Dominion
is very encouraging. The net increa7e OF 1ncm-
bership for the Toronto Conference is 9, ,O06, that
Of the London Conference is 2,252; the Mon
treal Conference, GOO; the Nova Scotian Confer
cnce, 800; and the New Brunswick and Prince
Edward .1 Island Conference, l,1s3-1naking
turns Of the Newfoundland Conference have not
yet been received.
- A special meeting Of the Protestant Episcopal
House of Bishops will be held in the Church OF
tue Holy Trinity, Philadelphia, on Oct 49,
Among the affairs to be brought before the
for Cape Palmas, Africa, and Shanghai, China;
the receiving OF the resignation Of DR.. ". F.
Adams, Missionary Bishop Of New Mexico and
Arizona, and the consideration Of the circular
OF the Archbishop Of Canterbury proposing
second Lambeth Conference
A correspondent Of the Jeuish Times in reply
to circular Of the Rabbis against funeral ex-
travagance, contends that it is moro important
TO do away with the custom S'by which all the
mourners are compelled TO surround the coffin
wherein the dcceascd'lcs encascd, and submit
themselves to bc held by the lappel OF the gar
ment BY the otliciatng: clergyman, who, with u
the blade, with the handle towards the mourner,
rends the garment" He is Of the opinion that
the practice, which, according to tradition, be-
gan with the patriarch jacob is not suitable for
times when garments are made OF broadrloth
costing IS and upward per yard.
The Wesleyan Committee on Law Representa-
tion met in London on July II and perfected
their scheme. It was agreed that any Assistant
Secretury OF the Conference not a member Of
g the legal hundred" +" should be q member Of
the mixed Conference. It was decided that no
layman should be eligible to seat in the annual
Conference, unless he had been a church mem
Der for five continuous years, and also officer.
either 4 Trustee, local preacher, Steward, or
member Of some District Committee. It was
also decided that one-fourth Of the lay members
Of each annual Conference shall have been dele
gates to the preceding Conference. The dele |
gates to the annual Conference will be elected
ut the District meetings, ministers BY ministers
aud laymen by laymen. The Conference, as re-
constructed, will be composed Of go members
Of each order.
The City of Ottawa On Sunday the 10th of !
July, presented the singular spectacle Of city |
all Of whose pulpits Except those Of Roman !
Catholic and Protestant Episcopal churchcs) |
were occupied by citizens OF foreign nation. |
The Council of the Reformed Episcopal Church |
being then in session at that place, the Protest
mt clergy, sixteen in number, requested the |
services of the various clcrgymcn OF that de- |
nomination. This request was complied with, |
and the -pulpits were filled morning and even |
ng BY the Reformed Episcopalians. In the |
L'lll1tlallueI hclo!Hlct1 Episcopal tAuTcl, WHICH
is fine brick building, eligibly situated, the |
services were most interesting. In the morning |
confirmation was administered, in the afternoon |
Two Prcsbytcrs were ordained, willie in the even
ing the Rev. Edward Cridga' and the Rev. !
Samuel Fallows, D. D., were consecrated |
Bishops. In the evening services the church, |
which will accommodate some 600 or 700 per- |
SONS, was filled to oyeraowing, and very many |
we're unable to obtain admission.
The new church edi1ce Of the First Reformed !
Episcopal Church, the Rev. DR.. Sabine's, to be
erected at Madison avenue and Filty-nnth
street, New York, will be GG by 80 feet, It will
DC Of Newark brown stone, rock face, with trim
nings Of lighter tint Of Berlin {Ohio) stone.
1t tho corner will be i square tower, with
,ointcd roof, rising to a height Of 145 feet.
Within, the church will have All open timber
'oot, the ribs springi1lg from columns against
he wall. All the wood work will be OF ash.
The large windows will he OF colorcd cathedral
glass, and the plan Of decoration makes the
yhole room mass OF rich coloring. The seat
ng capacity of the church will be about 1.000.
The Sunday-school room in the basement will
;eat 500. The whole cost will be about SO, 900.
l'he Stewart Memorial Church in Garden City,
1car New York, the foundation tor which is a.
'eady under way, will be 175 feet deep, with a
ranscpt Of 15O feet. It will be built in the
1ure Gothc style Of architecture. The base is
o be OF granite, the outside walls of freestone,
md the lnSiGe of Iacn stone with elaborate |