The Morning herald., 1876-06-19

Thursday was the Feast of Corpus Christi |
and Holiday Of Obligation. The services
Of the morning ut the various churches in
all the country were the same as on Sun.
days. A beautiful ceremony was observed
at the Church of St. Theresa, Broad and
Catherine streets, Philadelphia. Solemn
Vcspers were sung, an eloquent sermon de-
livered, and Procession of the Blessed
Sacrament had. A feature Of the latter
was the number of pupils of the Girls Sun
day school, who, clad in white and crowned
with wreaths and bearing lovely flowers in
their hands, preceded the officiating clergy
and strewed the pathway Of the aislcs with
their floral offerings. A large congrega-
tion attended the solemn and interesting
services
Friday, june 16, was the anniversary ofl
the creation as Sovereign Pontif of Plus TX.
Wednesday next, the 2lst, will be the an
niversary of his coronation. He has now
completed the thirtieth year Of his reign
over the Church Universal.
A number of the French Bishops have ap-
piled to the Minister Of Justice TO put stop
to the attacks of the radical press upon the
clergy. They do not ask that legal pro-
ceedings should bs instigated, but that the
administration should interfere for their
protection.
Archbishop Lynch, of Toronto, Canada,
andSir Alexander Gait, are warmly debating
the relations of Church and State in pub
lie discourses.
The Roman Catholic Bishops OF the
United States have issued pastorals to their
a. ;,n. snJn rno Of th0nl<a.
giving, the singing Of the Is 1etm, and
ether special religious exercises, besides the
ringing Of bells on July4.
L..-s Tom Burke, the famous Domini-
can vl.. or, will remain in Ireland during
the summer, and is expected to go to Ger
many in the fall, to take the waters at some
| of the celebrated spas.
The cause of the beatifcation and canoni.
zation of Marie Christina, of Savoy, Queen
Of Naples and the Sicilies, has been accept
ed by the Congregation Of Rites. The good
Queen died in 1924. @'s
+ The French Government pays yearly
stipend of $4,000 francs to tho Cardinal
Archbishop of Paris, the Cardinals OF Bor-
deaux, Rouen, Cambria, Kennes, and the
Archbishop of Algiers receive 30, 900 francs
twelve other French Archbishops, 10000;
| and the sixty-nine Bishops Of France and
| Algeria Is, 600 each. Finally, the State gives
81 'l49 900 francs yearly to 3O,922 acting
priests in France; 653, 100 francs to 334
priests in Algeria.
| Presbyterian.
The Rev. j. L. Withrow, D. D., who re-
GENTLY resigned the pastorate OF the Arch
Street Presbyterian Church Philadelphia, to
accent a call to Indianapolis, has just ac-
cented the call of the Park Street Church,
Boston, formerly presided over by Rev W.
IH.H Murray, Of Adirondack fame. DR..
| Withrow, as pastor of the Park Street
Church. will receive the handsome salary
of $40, 900 a year. --
At the last Southern Presbyterian Assem-
blv. a committee upon certain dcliverances
it made during the war, and alleged to be
political and pro-slavery, explained re-
| ference to "thc divine appointment OF DO
nestle scryitude," in deliverance made in
1864. as follows: "By declaring the insti-
tuition of slavery to be of Divine appoint
ment. the assembly must not be understood
as expressing the opinion that it was or
dained of God as positively divine and OBJ
lipatory institute of Society, for all commu
mites. but simply that as it was recognized
and enforced by the law of the Confederate
states, and was an existing relation pre-
yailing throughout it's boundaries, it was
in the sense Of all established civil relations
matter of Divine appointment, for th'
time being, in the midst of the people OF TN
states" Another expression, viz 'lt Il
the pccu]iar mission of the Southern Churcl
to conserve the institution of slavery, ant
, make it a blessing, both to master an(
} slave" is explained to mean TO make tn
best of the relation then existing, and bene
4 fl both master and slave through the Gos
Tn reference to the exchange Of fraterna
resolutions between The Northern an,
s Southern General Assemblies the "Evangel
e istO does not consider that fratcrnal rea
+ tions arc established, and is not sure tina
e the Southern brethren will not yet dcman
t further apologies from the Northern Churc
e A similar misunderstanding exists in tn
e South, and the denominational papers ar
\ already beginning to discuss it. 1t is dlif
= cult for an outsider to see how either Al
C sembly can consistently demand any 1ul
o tber apology from the other, and 1t Woul
= seem that the only thing now to be done
to exchange fraternal delegates. ,o,
,r| Ofthe same subject the New YORK 'ou
~ server" says Congratulations pour !
" on us from all quarters, and we rcmempe
. of no event since the reunion OF the Old an
- New Schools, that has awakened llvelit
emotions of satisfaction than this ressor'
tion of good feeling between the southel
e and Northern General Assemblies.
u Missionary.
= AT the recent anniversary of the Londe
q Missionary Society, Rev. A. d. saville ga,
y ~ an interesting account of Protestant mi
- sions in tho South Sea Islands, where ne
~ a missionary. He says the people ma
completely forsaken idolatry. They ma
completely forsaken all the other forms
heathcnism which were followed years az
H. by their fathers. They have even forgott'
st what was the worship Of their fathers:
VS. Rev. Joseph Conner and wife, color'