New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-02-19
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE

Mother Stewart, famous in the Ohio TEN.
rerance crusade, is addressing public meetings in Lon
don.
The death is announced of the widow of the
Rev Peter Cartwright OF Illinois She was at the tim,
attending religious meeting near her home.
The Brick Presbyterian Church at FiftI.aye.
| and Thrtyseyenth-st. will be Temporarily supplied bv
the Rev GeorgcT. Walker, formerly Of NewIiaven.
A new edition Of Bishop Alphilas' Gothic
version of the New-Tesament has been published at
Male, with the Greek text. 1t edited b. T. Rernhardt
The Church of England Missionary Society
intends to found professcshp OF Arabic in its college
at ezra Leone Arabic is largely spoken In the interior
VI AFRICA.
1t was stated Mt the meeting of the Presby-
terrain Ministerial Association OF Philadelphia, on Feb 7,
that the sum OF S10500 still needed Tor the Nher
| SPOON monument luna.
The NJ chigan Avenue Baptist Church OF
Chicago have published statement denOuncing as false
the statement that they intended to abandon the prac
lice OF close comnunon for hnucla or any other rea
| sons.
The English Old Testament Rcyisers at
| their session Jan 20, carried their far
jeremiah XXI, /. The New Testament Reyisers upon
Jan proceeded with the seventh and eighth chapters
| OF Second Corinthians.
| The Rev. Henry s. Jacobs of the Nineteenth
Street Synagogue of this city has been unanimously
offered the position OF RaDbTeacher Of the Congrega
ton r. mai Jeshurun,' which worshps In the Thirty
fourth Street synagogue.
A great crowd was drawn TO hear the recent
sermon by Rabbi Wecisler i'll one of the New-Iiayen
Methodist churches. The Rabbi said that he had occupied
Methodist pulps three previous occasions, once in
Illinois AID twice in Ono The sermon was an Expos-
ton OF Modern Judaism.
A Conference of the German ministers OF
the Reformed Church in America German Reformed Is
TO be he'd in the German Cnurch In this city upon For
tiotlst Seventh AMI hghih-ayes, on Monlay.
Feb. II, al 8 D. H. Inc lscN' Mi' DdpPeh'"in"' - w
plcaCu III the evening
The recent order for Government inspection
OF the Italian ecclesiastical Summaries Is not an entirely
new measure circular TO tile same effect was Issued
by the Minister OF Public Instruction In 1862, another IN
1863 aud several seminares were closed ny the dfec
ton of the civil authorizes III looi
The conservation OF the Rev. W. X. NchOl-
son. ID. d., who elected at the last General Co"nc
VI the Reformed Episcopal Church to the once Oh MIS-
sionary Bishop take place Feb p in the chapel oi
the second Reformed Episcopal Church OF Philadelphia
Bishop Cheney Is 10 preach The SERMON
The Rev. G.. L. Necff, q member of the Ger
man Reformed Chassis of Maryland, IL 10 be installed
pastor the Norfolk Street Church of this city, whch
connected with the Chassis OF New-ioTk, Feb ~ The
Rev. Dr. Hutton and Messrs Geyer aud 0erter are TO
ocate and the Rev DR. aiandeville me President of
Chassis IL to preside upon the occasi0n
A member of the English sect called the
peculiar People" has been committed to trial for falling
TO have medical attendance for his child who ed Vi
whoopin g-cough. This sect believes only in amounting
several similar trials Of members of the Peculiar
People" have occurred within the past few years.
The First Baptist Church of Lowell Mass
celebrated the close of the first halt century OF s life ON
;. I Rev DR.. Eddy of Boston delivered tine ser
mon Among the persons present was Daniel Bowen Of
Buffalo New-YOrk He the first deacon Of the Lowell
Church made the framework for the hrst bell and rang
the first peal on 1t. lie i now 80 years oi age.
The Pcv. j. n. Williams. the General Mis-
slonary the American Baptist Home Missionary So
ciety to the French Canadians in NewEngiand states
that in the manufacturing towns of NewEagand there
are l7j 900 French Canadians Tn majority OF them
nave come this ey. Afrw OF them are French
Protestnnts but most Of them are Roman CATHOLICS.
Upon two evenings Of each week-thoSe OF
Sunday and Tuesday, combined religions and tempe
rance meeting held at tue Temperance Coffee House
and Readngroom ut The corner OF fiuitthst aud sew
enthave in TINS city. The eating room. whch Is lie
signed chiefly drivers and coDductors, doe, not
set pay expenses. Tho Broadway and -.kenlh Avenue
Railroad Company has gwen or sum 81 9ioo 10 IL in'n
ayers.
Following the example OF the ASSOCIATIONS OF
other countries the Young Mems Christian Association
81 sydney, New south Wales. has had series Of eiH's
by leading ministers o. various demon nai,n* lhcic'
lures have been upon the moeui objections 10 th's
ututy miracles and kindred topics. Tic 'Ie,E;- have
been very largely attended ~" Education Le.sue.
which desires To secure by law m'-"r'aran Pnphc rW'f
ton. l. active.
The Italian Ultram0ntanrs. IL is stated. M
the German Emperor Frederic B,rbarossn At .naro'
May % The "a towns thar took in the victory have
been invited TO Join In the celebration. III" Emperor
parlaossa resisted the election of Pope Alexander III,
and set mp an antelope. He wa. finally d'ie,iel by
combination ~ the towns oi LohD'rdS p'''e i~E''''
MAY -, ll76.
The lecturers of the English Liberation So
cety are this Winter as last, travelling over England and
scotland deli, erng lectures upon the dsestabsbnent
of thu, Church OF England. The Nonc0niormlst news.
papers report that they meet with great success A
large Liberation meeting held Plymouth, jan -.
The refusal OF the MAYOR of Plymouth 10 allow the meet
lmg To he held in the town Guldba attracted uausu'i
public attention 10 H.
I'm letter from the Duke of Norfolk ask
ing aid the deposod German priests which appeared
i'm Tie LoHdoa Times Jan. -. 1t i stated that the rcch
Prus.an Law by which the stipend IS withheld from
those priests who refuse compliance with it- terms has
Withdrawn the sum of sl3joo0 from the Catholic
Church in Prussia. The number ~ priests whose sala
ries are thus eat or either wholly or in ldtt Is gwen ny
the authority rs about 10000
The venerable j. G.. Onchcn, the founder OF
the American Baptist Missions in Germany, has written Ia
The WatchmaH OF Boston a valuable summary of the
progres made during his nfty years of service. Besides
100000 converted and formed into churches in Ger
many and the North of Europe there 1000 baptized
members in the Russian Empire. Mr.. Onckcn has re-
Gently published the Baptist Confession OF Faith in The
Lithuanian language lie states fact in the following
words our former opponen ia Germany nave, Ia ou
Imperial Parliament recently testified that tia Balsis
are the most falthnl subjects in the counry'
The long -contc>tcd case aS 10 the right OF
nonconformi-i ministers the title 81 Reverend was
decided Jan 81 Nv the Pri,S Council Of England Their
lordslps gave the opinion that the title Of Reverend
l. merely laudaory epiihct which has in former times
been applied Ia persons not cr:Symen' Ih'y dd nov
consider the word title 81 honor exclusively po''s''u
by ministers OF the Church oi England faculty u 10
be issued for the erection Of tombstone IN me om1,on