The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-04-01
fully represented in the conventions Of

fully represented IN tne conventions OF
those dioceses.
Rev. DIR. Barnes, of Halifax, N. s.. res
cently reeesyed a threatening letter.
concluding as follows: "You are now
| advised tocunceal your rancor for pru-
trtnes, leaving Others to- follow theirs,
if you wish to avoid consequences you
may not lind pleasant"
At meeting of the Old Catholics of
Baden-Baden, February 10, motion
eating for the abolition of the cetibgcy.
Ut the prizes thood was passed. Al sinai-
lar molion has received the approval of
the Ola Catholic community az Pfof2-
hem. The motions are TO be brought
before thenext Synod.
| The, second annual gathering of the
BaDtists at Martha's Vineyard is an
Enounced to be held AUGUST 1920. There
Iis to be a special topic for discussion
| upon each day. Among the ministers
EWho are to attend are Rev, G.. @. Lori
ner, DID, ana Rev. d. @. Eddy, d. D., OF
Boston, Rev. DR.. Dickinson, of Rich.
lnond, and Rev. Dr. Boardman, of Pnila-
ldelphia. 4..t
/ Bishop Scott, OF the Methodist Episeo-
lpal Church, celebrated tire tittieth annf-
fversary OF his admission to the ministry
I'hy sermon which, at tho Invitation OF
the Wilmington Conference, he preached
before that body March %. In his ser.
lmon he gave review of the growth oil
The Philadelphia Conference (Which he
lhad joined in 1929 during tine past hall
lcentury.
| The Standing Committee of the Dio.
! cese of Michigan Protestant Episcopal
has declined TO admit Mr.. A. w. Mann.
an efficient deafmute lay reader, as a
candidate for holy orders, on the ground
thorize the admission of person SO tar
Iincapacitated from general work az such
a person must necessarily be.
Mass, has a Bible bearing the following
imprint: "ImprinJed at London, by tile
deputies of Christopher Baker, printer
10 the Queens most excellent Majestic,
$780," This relic of rye olden time" was
brought over in the Mayflower, and has
Ebeen handed down from father to son by
the Sprague family of Charleston, OF
which the present owner is q member.
A humber of Jealous Moslems OF Con.
stantinople, having seen Stanley's let
tiers concerning the African country OF
| Ugaga and its King, have formed a
missionary society tor the propagation
Of the Mohammedan faith AMONG the
| Mtesa's people. Large contributions
thaye been raised for this purpose, the
subscriptions running from $3.50 to $3.50.
| Rev. DR.. Legge, who holds the post OF
| Professor Of Chinese at the University
OF OXford,is to translate, in the series Of
Itranslations OF the sacred books OF yari-
GUS countries which the university pro-
(poses to issue, the canon OF the Chinese
Buddhists and the Confucian and the
| Taouist Scriptures, DR., Legge was for
Emerly an English Congregat ional mis-
sionary to China. - e
The American Chapel at Paris, which
| is under the care OF the American and
| Foreign Christian Union, is reported to
have had agood year in 1876. Forty new
members were received.during the year.
| Its receipts from pew rents, collections.
&C., were 23,500 francs. Connected with
The. Chapef are aSuuday-school, Bible
class, and a missionary association. The
receipts OF the latter tor the year past
were 6,223 francs. The chapel is SELL
supporting.
| A controversy has been going on
among the Unitarians oil England and
Ireland concerning Theodore Parker's
| works. In Ireland there is q strong OPP
position to the publication of his writ
ings, but in England the Council of the
British and Foreign Unitarian Associa-
tion has explicitly directed the Execu-
tive Committee to publish Theodore
Parker's "Discourse ON Matters Per-
tanning to Religion" his '.Ten Ser
MONS" and his prayers"
Rev. DIR. Gardner reports that the Bap-
tist Missionary Union is supporting one
hundred and forty American Missiona-
\ ries in Asia. The number OF living men,
bers in the more than three hundred
Churches Of fBurmah, Hindostan, Assam,
China, Siam and Japan exceeds TWEEN
ty-fye thousand. An important work is
in progress in Europe, and the other mis-
sions Of the Union have thirty thousand
church members, making an aggregate
of fifty-hve thousand members.
The receipts of the American Board of
Commissioners for Foreign Missions for
the first half OF its present financial
Iyear are much less than was expected.
| From Sept. l, 1914, to March 1, 1876, the
donations and legacies,; were $222,552 81.
| From Sept. l, 1875, to March /, 1876. the
donations and legacies were $1SB, SIT 1e
showing decrease of $35, ,T85 So. The
Prudential Committee states that un.
less the income for the remainder Of the
year is larger than that of last year fol
the same period, the appropriations FOL
Il q ns-sy-