, 1877-01-28
confirmed, and there are now over 500 communi-
eants and seventeen clergy at work. The value
OF church property acquired is nearly S200, ,0O0.


eants and seventeen clergy. at work. The yalr
Of church property acquired Is nearly U,Up.
| The Rev. DR.. Lorimer, of Boston, has in
recent sermon taken the position that "lf
brother holds open communion in q Bapti:
church he should "not be denounced as ser
timentalist, nor excluded as hcretic." To th
the Rev. ]. D. Fulton, Of Brooklyn, has reptile
that 'sopen communicates have no place IN
baptist church. They arc not Of US and shoul
go out and STAY out.' The Baptist Weekly oh
lccts to this latter expression Of opinion.
a number OF ladies Of Dublin have organizes
What is called the Prison-Gatc Mission. ''The
| meet the prisoners the moment they are dis
charged from prison, speak kindly to them, an'
invite them to large. cheerful room, where
comfortable breakfast is provided, and wort
offered to them A surprisingly large plumber
have already accepted the pro1fered kindness
| aud have settled down to the work found fol
! briety.'
The Boston Trars?er quotes Mr.. Moody at
saving that "1f Noah had waited for q com
mittee to build the ark the keel would not have
been laid to this days" to which the Christian
Register replies: ''As the ark had no masts,
sails, or rudder, being only an oblong box, ii
Is not probable TINT any keel was ever laid even
in the absence OF q hinderlng committee. Long
ago Sydney Smith said: If the building Of
the ark had been iutrustcd to committee there
would have been no survivors Of the deluge.' -
The Pope has distributed the numerous Offices
held BY Cardinal Patrizi III the following man
ner: Cardinal Ia Vallettc has been made Vicar
Genernl; Cardinal chigi, Grand Prior Of the
feet OF the Sacred CONGREGATION Of Rites; Car
dinal Caterrfni, Secretary OF the Roman and
Universal 1nquisition. At consistory held
Dec, Il, among numerous appointments Of
Archbtshops and Bishops are two for the United
states: Peoria, Hl., the Kev. John L. Spalline
to be Bishop; Natchtochcs, the Rev. Francis
Xavier Lcray to be Vicar-G General.
The Church Street Methodist Episcopal So
ciety Of Boston proposes to spend Sl25, 900 on a
new church building on Columbus avenue, in
tllat city. The building is to be amphitheatri-
cAl IN form within, forming half circle around
that the main street entrance, SO as to give
necessary elect to the galleries. There are to
be six doors OF entrance and egrcss, and the
chapel aud Sunday schoo1-roo,n is to be SO ar
ranged and connected with the auditorium tha:
the capacity Of the two will seat 1900 persons,
who can all sec and hear the preacher.
DR.. Benont Blake, Jewish Rabbi, traces In
the Christian al York the changes in Judaism,
aud shows tine difference between the reformed
and orthodox Jews. He says ''ncfthcr party
has preserved Judaism US 1t originally was, but
has reformed it, the latter BY increasing its
only these additions, but much that is essen
TALLY Jewish. the tendency OF these last is
toward Christianity, and In few wears VIC
might look to see these very advanced Hebrews
IN the fold OF the Church, were not signs appa-
rent Of a reaction toward the older faith"
New York pastors, with very few exceptions,
complain Of the difficulty Of getting enough
money to pay tho current expenses of their
and many arc obliged to ssshin
as they say in the street, to obtain
c.sh (often BY loan) to square up on settling
1ay. "A good deal Of the money loaned on |
ht
aucc companies is, 1 Think rather unsafcly |
olaccd. / know one church, with congresa- |
ion not over wealthy, which carries mortgages !
% the amount Of S9003O The properly would !!
lardly bring that amount il it were offered By !
.uctitn. Another church, still less wealthy, Is |
nortgaeed for $70,U0o.
The results Of Christian missions IN heather
ands are summed up in one Of the journals as |
ollows: There are 81, 900 laborers OF all kinds;
christian education is given to CO. ,o0U youths |
II both sexes; 273,00o natives are COM
Of Christian bodies; there arc $500
numbering in all 1,a5o, boo mas adopted tic
Christian name. Over 00,0OO Fijians gather
egularly for worship on the Lords Day, who,
within 4 score Of years, feastcd on human
csh. In .1oGO Madagascar had only few
'ov the Queen and her Prime Minister, With
moro than 100000 OF her subjects, ,.re ad-
circuits Of Christianity. The largest parish iu
llc world, numbering 4,5W members, is in ui]o
n the Island OF Hawaii, not fifty years removed
han 800 islands OF Polynesia, heathenism has
cen entirely swept ava: by the Gospel
POVERTY OF THE FRENCH CLERGY.
When the French Senate discussed the Budget
{ Worship Moasigueuf Dupanloup, in sup
o'rtng I'Ft auglaentations proposed bY the Com
ion II tie freasaaas picture Of the soa
,a: they were the poorest in Europe, and that
4,t1J[ }3@F.x ~trr
Thousands OF Cominuucs be said, wcre With
1t priests Iu tWenty-6even Diocescs out OF |
,e ninety in France, ], ,933 were thus destitute ;
ID other Dioccses s'rellcd the number to 5000 :
:g5ed priests. were without any provision for +
This parsmony toward religion t
hen the country needed 8, 1913 additional priests:
c Chamber proposed to abolish 800 seminary |
holarships. This reduction would be blow !
the poor, for since the Church had lost her :.
dcrs, but the people remained faithful to her :.
le clergy remembered that they sprang from "
c people, and Peter and Poul conso1cl them
+ the contempt they encountered on EARTH s'
Country sc}Ioolnlastcrs are now paid 1000 G.
tncs per year, thanks to an augmentation 81
autcd By the late Assembly, which was styled T
rhc Catholic Assembly," +" but the present Re- =
blican Chamber had refused to make a sim | c
concession to country priests, The latter
I'D not live on 300 francs, and they actually fa
~ ~ AAt' ~ llto 1toCesc Ut uau iosl Lulrt3- n
&C priests under IS years Of age. As for fees b
private masses they were very rare, and he ~
$ forced to procure his priests from distant rwr
lntrics. Tie supplementary allowances by =,
inequalities were also becoming less and less ~
quent. As Tor the casual fees with which the -
rgy were often twittcd, they were less con- 49,
erabIe than was supposed, and 1her were in | !.
pensable to the maintenance Of certain par ~
IS. M
wen the situation of Paris was pitiable. In r,
Parish Of Ste. Marguerite, for instance, ~
9 priests had to share the 900 francs accorded hc
the State. Village priests it said, might a.,
assisted by the rich, but the peasant did not ~
being indebted for his religion to the squire. -,
oAdon 1iolcs' Paris Correspondence. -,
QUOTATIONS SUPPOSED TO EE BIBLICAL,
here are many familiar Phrases in constant dis
which tue majority of people suppose have nil
r origin in tho Bible, aud use them in that He
ncction. The New York Otser.tr corrects grs
error in the following manner. But, as the | an.
ascs are very fine, still love to use them. sal
prevent misquotatiou from the Scripture, it grs
8 them thus: die
God tcmpers the wind to the shorn lamb" onl
n sterne's :" Sentimental Journey to Italy, I
lparc Isaiah XVI, 6. .tE
In the midst Of life we are in DEATH" From sto
burial Service; aud this originally from wa:
n of Luther. ~
Bread and wine which the Lord hath CON- ien
ucd to be reccired," From the English Da
chism. hay
Not to be wise above what is written" Not sto
rupture. ord
The merciful man is mcrciful to bis beast" San
Scriptnra1 form is: u a righteous man re- | riet
eth the life Of his beast. PROV, xii, TO- rirl
nation shall be born in a day." In Isaiah
NIH~11n l.