New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-08-12
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

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The annual meeting OF the New York State
Temperance Society VIII he held in the Fnst Presoy-
terrain Church Of the City Of Auburn Oh Tuet LAY,
sept. u.
The Unitarian Society Of Philadelphia has
adontcd solution dee airing that Iii 1cxpedelt for
th.s sociey to Join in Coaiereree Of oio'al' ana
other churches az The present time
The Southern Presbyterian Church reports for
1916 70 synJds SO prcsbytcres, ls21 cicAes. 1919
ministers 5.4l5 elders, ll21s3 commandments, ana
- go baptized IEcouimUEicsuts.
valuable historical sermon Las been re-
Gently delivered ny tie Rev. Dr. Ebert = Porter o..
prookl; Oh the Literature OF the Dutch Reformed
CElrch within the last 100 teaff'
Tie Annual Assembly Of the United Free
Churches Of England opened at Sheffield. July 20
The increase Of tie year IL members is reported " Ice
over 1000 Tie Assembly consists of rs delegates 100
minis ers, and % laymcn.
Bishop Quintard Of Tennessee protestant
EpiscopaD received, while in Eaeland, contributions I"
the amount OF S73 2sO Tor The University Of the South
Ono cirt Of $4,000 vas bestowed anonymously. Iho
Bishop rea lied his EOiEe on Juiy 10
The Kreue Zcitdng states that eighty ueo-
logical students recently met at Berlin to consider me
uuest0u OF altering tie ordination VOW. MAJORITY
fovorc the nostjCn that DO candidate for ordination
srud he reGrd To .uDC sbe confession Of iAltb
The annual report Of the Board OF Missions
O., the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Central New
York eatcs that the Board has in iS employ al present
Is nissionaf.o5 Three more are needed ~ III al OF It's
districts The results OF the years work are reported 10
be satisfactory.
The death is announced of the Rev. DR..
Henry Niset for many wears successful missionary OF
thc Scotch resby Church in he Samoan Islands
IN the year 1874 lie established the samoan Missionary
Seminary which he's rent cat 6OC native agents to 90
Christian work
An exhibition Of csc yer at either Oxford
a. ...1s. e. Atg .4f.
for the Propagation Il Gospel IN Foreign Parss Tor
suat.e stUdeur VINO sll prepare Lir-sef ~ mission
ary TIE ex;.,nil alton for tho exhibition viii he leid
next N0yemDc~.
The Prussian Government has seized the
nropeIiy o. The arChiepiscopa See OF Cologne TIE *
ercl,e Of all Episcopal JUNCTION. IL now forbidden &C.
co,ling TO hc terms OF she Law Of ls74 As Tie Chap
ter refuses elect bishop Government adins-
traitor VIII be appointed
Two Indians, who were recently admitted by
Plop Wipic 10 The order ri DeBc0ns IN the Protest
ant Episcopal Church, surprised all who were present az
their examination ly the extent OF their sciipud and
dor;rinal knowledge. Tlcy have been III training Tor
the ministry over two years
St. James's Church protestant EpiScOp2D,
IN Knowlton Warren County, y j., celebrated It's cen
tepnal on St. James Day July 25) Among the early
crIy men whose names appear Oh TIE records are Nv"
..s.ee Of the London Society for the Propagation
OF Iur Gospel in Foreign fdrts.
A deputati6n from the British aud Foreign
Anti-slavety Society waited upon Lord Carnarvon,
Secretary FOR the Colonies July 1S to call his attention
20 measure recently passed by the Legislature Of the
Island OF Jamaica for the increase Of the importation Of
coolies Th' population reGaestcu le 0ccc'iS -O' ~
sanction the bill
The American Missionary association, whose
work is chiefly among The freedmen OF the South, &u-
nounces that TIE deficiency OF 81 coo impending in
june Las been avortod by increased contributions OF
fr ends It is thought that ii the receipts or August and
scltCnber made equal TO those Of July All increase
OF deb, may be avoided this fiscal year
The Bishop Of Gloucester and Bristol has
issned parnphet upon the real distinction between the
Church OF England ana The Church Of Rome In his IL
tro,uctnry remarks ne says that is high time for us
10 entertain the question whether there or IS not an
essential arl fundamental distinction between The Re
formed Church Of En@Iand ana the CnLicE Of Rome,
which no sophistIy can explain away ana 10 tFGtAlG
inquirer can deny
The camp meeting which is annually held at
Emory Grove, near Baltimore under Methodist aus
pices began this year Aug To- LIS &c continue for
10 days Among the preachers this season are Bishop
Ames Bishop Foster, and the Rev. C. ". Fowler, d. Il.
Another camp meeting has also been opened near Bait
more, at Wesley Grove. This meetng was expected to
continue from the 7th 10 the lGtL oi August
Some Of the late Catholic journals of Rome
and The provinces o Iy have contained an address IL
Pomau Catholics charging them not to sign lie petitions
10 the Italian Parliament which are nov IL circulation
Throughout the country. These petitions request that all
Of the offices of the Church be made elective. the
parshoners eleciing the cut Tie priests, the bishops
etc II is stated that provisions 10 this effect WI Dc
foi,ud IN the nirs rial Church bill shortly 10 lac brought
forward Iumor also ADDS that the iil VIII contain
clausc affecting the next tapal election
If is thought that an answer will be made to
MI Gads,o ones estimate OF Scotch Presbytcrianism,
which appears in the article contributed by lm IL Ac
church g,rerg Of London. one passage of the article
Is the following: Scottish Pre- by.cranism, as whole,
has been IA history Sglary isolated from tle thought
and movement OF the rest OF the Christian world 1t
was a. any rate, system emiuently stark; and tho
framework a. theological thought down 20 40 years
O. had undergone LITTLE peroepiDie change since
the days OF Andrew Aeylh"
The text has recently been published OF the
bin Cor the civil control o. the clergy, which the italian
Ministry laid before the Chamber Of Deputies The BILL
provides for the punishment by f1es and imprisonment
ranging from three months to So years, OF any minister
Of religion who, abusing the aes oi his ministry shall
disturb tie public conscience or the peace OF families.
or who "by discourse delivered or read Ia public meet
ing or by writings otherwise published shall expressly
eensIe or ny other pnlo act OUTRAGE the inDtlntCns Oh
laws Of the state royal decree or any ether act oi The
pu,,c authority" THOSE who circulate tie Forbidden