, 1877-10-07

are reported In Great Britain there are 3so,-
2S7 church members, l,40O ministers, aud 2i3
supeEnumeraries. In the foreign missions there
supernumeraries. The total number of scholars
In the Wesleyan day-svhouls is 175,410, and the
Total cost .lSs,S43 There arc 6.095 Sunduy-
schools, 1866 teachers and officers, 742,4l9
scholars, and = 49, libraries Total cost Of the
schools, ~, 9l3 The new sunlay-sehoo1 Union
has 2,0N schools connected with it, and 1SG
Circuit Unions.
The Rev. Dr.. Willilm 4. McVickar, Rector of
Christ Church, New York, died Monday Of IT,
phoid fever. He was the son Of the Rev. DR..
John sicVckar, Professor Of Intellectual and
Moral Philosophy, History, ,and Bellies Lertrcs in
from Columbia College in 1S46. After gradua-
tion from the General Theological Seminary b.:
took holy orders anti was soon afterTaru in st.
Basnabas Chapel. built BY his father in irving
ton. he went to Europe for his health, and
Wien iu Nice he took charge Of the American
ciIape.. Afterward he removed to Geneva,
Switzerland. aud was at the head Of the A1neri-
can chapel there. Dr. McVicxar was called to
the Eeclorship of Christ Church last spring.
lic was member Of tho Board Of Trustees Of
Trinity School. dc was about 50 years old.
The Uniyersalists are not generally ranked
among the most conservative religious dcuomi-
nations, yet they are taking alarm at some of
thc Tendencies Of the period. At the meeting
ur the Massachusetts General Convention. the
other day, committee Of five appointed last
year to report on the cncroaclments Of the
Church OF Rome on the one hand, aud Of seeu-
lar;ssn OIL the other, upon the common school
system, Sunday laws, and all religious obsery-
ances by the Government, such as the appolnt-
'nent Of Chapains, made strong report. It
claims that Christianity is the peryading life OF
Il healthy State, and that it Is recognized in
most State Constitutions. The whole body OF
Sunday laws arises IRON this conviction, and the
religious equality which the fathers were so
desirous OF securing was the equality OF Chris
tan denominations. n0t of Christianity with
Paganlsm, Mormonissn, or Atheism.
Mr.. n. L. Forheis, Of Marengo, ILL.,. writes to
THE tribune giving some facts in the career Of
Alfred Thompso1s, i so!-tfisant clergyman re-
Gently arrested in New York for immoral prac-
t:ccs anu stealing. He says:
Mr Thompson is not, and never was. a Free
Methodist minister. Some time last spring he
became acquainted with ron'e of thu Free Meth
0dist people al WInheha.O. in I'LL. state. and after
time succcced III uniting with the church nj thnt
place. Efon his own testimony tnat lie had been
minister in England. l'r was permitted to preach
occasionally. In the absence Of the pastor ul the
Es'n CHURCH he hlrd that pnlp7t three or fonr ,,,
Eigin. professedly for England. and was n"t heard
frou, hy the people here. ar i1 these paris, until
the article nnnoIncing nis arrest appeared in The
Tn,nrSE. For continuation a the aaose facts
refer ynu to the Rev ~ V cnte, OF 81 Charles:
T. y
G. T. Miller, Of Winnehago. I'll.
The corncr-s tone OF st .Jo1tns Roman Cat',o-
lie Church, Clark anu Eighteenth streets. will he
laid this afternoon at.i o'clork. The Profession.
which will take pia'e in hos'r OF the o<naslon.
promises to he one uE The largest whrl. has ever
taken place in thls city. The place o' re't!cz.
yulls will be on the corner OF Washington anil
Ucsp.aiIes streets, aud it Is expected That all
tue socrtsts 1akn. part III tile procession viii
liz in rc:u!iucss ~ move Ut 10 =. III. Tie l'ue
vi marc. will be south on Dcsplaines to llarri-
sou, west to Hasted, south to Archer avenue. !.
northeast t. Twentv-scconu street, east to
Wabash avenue: nnrtll tu Eighteenth street; :;
and wcs; to tic Church, reaching that poin.
about ! =. Ill.,, when tile religious ccreilsonlc,
will begin. The fst.-hey. Rsflop Foley being in
Baltimore, tue Kt.-Rev. john Lancaster s'rad-
iug. Bishop III PcoE:s4 will lay tho cnrntr-stonc
and preach the lie licatioy scruI. The Knights
ol st. Patrick will act as escort to the right ot
the processiou. Tie Second Regiment will oc-
cu;,y thu r.h. Of the line, next being tho Clan-
n:l-ulci Guards. The Ancient Order Ut Hlber-
,,ians will hare the left of the lint.
Fresh alarm has been created in the English
Church by tic announcement ol the intention
to establish ncw religious order, to h. called
THE fraternity Of Jesus" which is s.l'l tt TIC
nothing more ur less than a scheme TOR the
creation uf n Jesuit order in the Established
Church. Circulars have been issued calling lur
signatures to the plan Of organization. It's oh
tcnce: s'Ouc grrat religious order Of lavmcn
and priests assoc1ate would oc far better able to
cope with p.1rtanietl opposition amt general IL
nor:lncc than 4 multitude Of small societies, the
members beinw SO scattered ntont." Ihe tra7
tcr,,ty will consist Of three orders. The first
will br composed Of brethren" who will TAXI
the three vows vi chastity, poverty, and ODE
<:itncc. The second will be composed @
| Brethren ut Business in the World,'' VINO vii
I also keen the three VOWS, but IN Il nnd.f1rt
| sorm.--whatevcr tkit NAV sncai,. The third Or
,!rr will be cu,npuscu uf Associate Brethren -
these will take the Two VOWS OF poverty anu
obedience The work vi tho fraternity will be
naruclial and mission work, such Us preaching,
the maintaining ol tl;ay and SUNDAY schools, etr.
Societies aud guilds Of every description Will h
formed under tho direction of brothers OF the
first order Societies that do not support i
cu,n1nunty-housc are invited to come over oua-
iIy to the Fraternity Of JesNs," unucr such
arrangements as will make them auxlla:ieS.
THE PEABODY FUND.
The Board Of Trustees Of the Peabody Etltl-
cational Fund bccall its annual session III Ne"
York Thursday last. Among those present
were the President, Eo.crt c. WinthrGp, Of
Dostou: Chief Justice Waite, Secretary Evarts,
the Hon. Hamilton Fish, aud Snrgcon-Gencr'llj
X. I}arncs. The annual reports showed the
following amounts to have been furnished the
States named:
Nurtu Carolina. Standardization. !t.:'p'
South Carolina .-...'..'...'.'.''- f':ru onu
GEORGIA -.-.-.---......- = ~,
Florida. .......... ..-...- o''oo
Tic disbursements during the ten years hare
been distributed lis follows:
North tafuilna 49,. ......- '....+.'--...''' n."
South Carolina ...'........-' '.3
Elnr,5n -. . III. 4.u