Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-08-27
SUNDAY READING.

chasm which has separated the North
from Dlxie's Land. ia one of the auspi
cious events lately occurring i'll the re-
ligious world, without some reference to
which our Sunday Readings would be
imperfect and unsatisfactory. As to
what led to the rupture between the two
sections Of the church. and rs to the full
ness of the restoration of good fellow
ship. We can offer nothing better than
the following from the Sacramento
Record Mon, of August %. The
cause of National unity" truly observes
that paper. has much to hope for in the
reunion of the two great branches of the
Methodist Episcopal church. Dividing
on the rock of slavery the two ecclesias
tical currents form a confluence below
that hideous object in the stream OF his
tory. The history of this church affords
striking parallel to the history of the
Republic. In fact, this church appears
to have sustained most intimate rela-
lssioD with all the great political move
Dents Of this country. and to have borne
share in all its advancements in civil
liberty. In the very pioneer times of
the anti-slavery nOvement-in the year
1S44-in the general Conference of the
n. E. Church held in New York, pro-
ceedings were instituted against Rev.
James o. Andrew, D. D., one Of the
Bishops Of the church. who by the heir
ship Of his wife had become possessed of
. large number of slaves. These pro-
ceedings, after protracted debate. result
ed in an Act passed by majority of the
Conference suspending the Episcopal
functions of the Bishop on account of
this connection with slavery. Thereupon
the representatives of thirteen annual |
Conferences. embracing all the slave
holding States. presented . declaration |
setting forth their solemn conviction
that the continuance of the jurisdiction
Of the General Conference over the an
nual Conferences would be inconsistent |
with the success of the Methodist min
istry in the slaveholding States. 4
formal protest was also presented against
the action of the General Conference in
Bishop Andrew s case, and all these pro-
ceedings led to plan Of separation into
two distinct ecclesiastical connections.
In pursuance of this . Convention OF
delegates from Southern Conferences
formally dissolved the jurisdiction of the
General Conference over the annual Con-
ferences of the South, and this &C. of &C.
clssiastical secession was on the same
line Of cleavage subsequently followed
in the great civil upheayal. The e1tinc
ton of slavery eliminates the reason for ;
continued division. and SO after thirty
two years the currents again flow in one
channel Of brotherly affection, and, in
the language Of the commission con-
GLIDING the terms of this reunion, it is
believed that from this suspicious hour
new epoch in Methodism will begin its
brighter history, so that we shall know
no unfraternal Methodism in the United
States or in the world" ,
ANCIENT HANDIwoEK.
A curious work of ancient art may now I,
he seen in one of the rooms of the base :.
1nent Of St. Stephens church. Ess.
street. 1t is entirely of 5
wood, said to be cut from the groves of [
Lebanon, and represents the early his n
tory of the world, from the time Of the :,
creation to the cruci6xion of Christ. The
entire work is about four feet square and y
as many feet high. The figures and en- C
blems, il not perfect as specimens of u
art. are quaint and interesting in their q
historic associations and groupings. This
relic is said to be very old and to be of u
great interest to connoiseurs in ancient IL
art. 1t has been recently brought from il
Rome, and may now be viewed at the u
church by those who take an interest in
matters Of this character. The history 1
and all the facts connected with the work 81
IAN be easily obtained from the gentle a
man who is its present owner, Signor L
Cesare Facebini, who alone is response ~
bic for the authenticity of the claims he !,
puts forward for this strange piece of -
medieval wood carving. High authority II
% produced to show the antiquity of the ri
raid. II
THE CENTENNIAL AND THE CHURCHES.
Even the dominies are to have o W. ack
/ the Centennial. Here's from the New
FORK Herald: &C
The one hundredth anniversary of the lax
,attle of Long Island will be comme.lo- VI
ated on Sunday. August "a. in an ap- ty
,rOpriate manner in Brooklyn. The co
chairman of the Aldermanic Committee
n Observances has addressed upward Of 'e
90 circulars to the pastors of churches, GU
;atholic and Protestant, calling atten-
ion to the following resolution adopted
{ the last meeting Of the Common Coun- tic
il: Resolved. That the municipality =,
+ Brooklyn respectfully recommend the ~
!ergy Of the city to dedicate their re- C1
pective discourses on the morning of IN
aid anniversary to an calculation of the CIR
.cts connected with the struggle of Au. =.
ust q. 1876. and the lesson derived 20
,erefrom, and that they be requested to OF