The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-08-29

/ li,bed by Pore Gregory Kill, in April
| 1879, and had therefore existed for near
| " 800 years. Its FIRST rector was the 10
nous Jesuit, Father Parsons.
Mr.. Gladstone's opinion on the Pres,
byterian organization viii please the old
elders Of the denomination, who delight
to claim that the United States constitu-
ton was modelled after it: at has given
PRESBYTERIAN communions the adVantag n
which in civil order belong to local sell
Government and representative instisu'
tions-orderly habits Of mind, respect ioF
adversarles. and some OF the elements oil
;ndieial temper; the development oil a
genuine Individuality, together with tn !,l
encouragement Of mere arbitrary VIII
and Of ali eccentric tendency; the sense
NJ n common life, the disposition ener.
Us,icaIIy 10 defend il; the love oil law
sonIinsd with a love OF freedom; last,
r NJ. Isnst the habit Of using the faculty
Of speech with greet anu inne''A''
view 10 persuasion"
Z;on,s Herald doesn't approve Of state
institutions making Protestants out Of
their wards, against the wish q the child
ren's families, as in q recent case at the
Lancaster industrial school. It says:
ain public reformatory institutions, sup
ported by the state, We may teach morals
and religion, but we have no right to
prejudice child against any form OF
Christian faith. In placing a child in
from State custody, we have no
right 10 discriminate against any reli.
gious sentiments, if everything besides
about tho family Is wholesome. II the
home Of the child ID such that she can
safely be returned 10 It's care again, the
family relation should not be arbitrarily
broken"
The statistics Of the Methodist Episco-
pal church South, for 1875, have just ap.
peared. The 81 conferences and the three
MISSIONS China, Mexico and Brazil
report 7Sl ,SO1 members, an increase Of
1886. There are 3,271 travelling minis
ters, a gain Of Al, and 1873 Sunday
Schools, an increase Of 374. The contri-
buttons for conference claimants and mis-
sions amount to nearly SlS5, 00O,o nearly
$4,000 more than last year. The total
Of baptisms-about 61,000-Ialls below
that OF 1874 to the extent Of nearly 49,
900. The Indian members number q 1856,
a-loss- Of 1852, and the colored 2,OsS,
against 2,G6S, last year.
Rev. DR.. Field OF the Euangslis is go
ing to write something about Brigham
Young, whom he visited on his way home
around the world. At present he says j:
"one thing only we mention here-he
deplored with pathetic voice and almost
weeping eyes the divisions Of the
Christian world. II was most lamenta-
ble,' and it was so easy to heal them all.
The way was 50 plain that the wayfaring
man need not err. Let all the world be-
come Mormons, and the work is accom-
plished"
Vanorden, the Presbyterian missionary
recalled from Brazil, has written a letter
to Rev. David Strong, Earnestly and re-
specially" requesting him to publish the
minute Of the Presbyterian Board Of Mis-.
sions, which records his recall, and the
solid and substantial reasons" for that
action. AZ am not afraid to face them"
he says.
Rev. D. Wallace, of the Old Grayfriars'
Church, Professor Of Ecclesiastical His
tory in the University of Edinburgh, has
accepted the editorship Of the SeOtsHan,
He is the recognized leader Of the Broad
Church party in the Church OF Scotland,
and is not likely to depreciate the influ-
ence Of the SeOLSnIan.
Angels made out of little waxen dolls
with gilded wings are not allowed
to be placed on the communion
tables OF the Anglican churches in Lon
don. Two London clergymen have been
ordered to abstain from this style OF
decoration.