, 1877-06-24

The Rev. d. 8. u. Buckingham, Of snrlng.
field, Mnss, completed the thfrLcth ycaF Of hls
/, pastorate Of the South Congregational Church
Of tllat city few days ago.
The First Reformed Presbyterian Churcl, Of
Philadelphia WAS organized in l70s, an,l 1,as had
but two pastors, the late Ilev. DR.. 8. II. WyIIe,
and his stt', tho Rev. Dr. +. W. ]. Wylir, The
present pastor.
Philip Phillips, tho "stnglue Pilgrim y who
TO th!s country In a few weeks. lie expects To
Ge a. the great sun1ay-School Assembly n&
Chautauqua, In August.
The appeal made to save the Southern Meth
edlse Publ'i!lnR nousc from financial tlIstress
hAs been 80 far sueeessfui TINT hopes Of entire
relief arc entertained. u tho sG0,0W needed.
onc-thri has been rascl.
The Rev. Or. David Asnot, prominent Pres
bytef'an tninlstcr. of Eainburu, Scotland. Is
dead. a. tic age Of '3. lie was rotncthinr 1T
poet, as well rs an eloquent preacher, anI
worked at painting aid sculpture.
Tho American missionaries whose stations
arc In Aeiatic Turkey have determined to re-
main. although they sFlli remove their families
to Tscbisond for safety. These arc inssona-
rics at ErzeruH,, 1larport, yau, u,sti Disiis.
The Alettodist Episcopal Churcl, l,as hut ono
regularly organlzcd tatp.rncctngtn IN Kentucky
-that Is, isugglce' Camp fir0uni, IN the Coy.
inzton and Marys!illc District. The fourtl,
camp.mceting on these grounds will begin Au-
N"s *of N"N &~httA0R FIAA0te WEI k"o 0u1l-
days.
Ono Of the tcadtng Wilmington II. f. Church,
| e. B just now ftaffully conyul6ctl in uu1ikc.
| g1cnco Of some strange tl0ctrinal utteratlccs
To- stom e. tt;cis pa;!or or recent Sabbath, evening,
| con1inR are followed by n denial Of the soul's
conscious existence In thu Interval u death nnd
The resurrection.
:, The adoption BY the Synod Of the Irish
Episcopal Church of thc rcrIscd prayer. book Is
very serious defeat to them. Canun Smith, Of
! Dublin, says tho doctrinc OF the real prcstncc,
baptfsmal rcgcMcratlon, and pr!eat1y absolution
| arc al coFeted and grantcd Ly the far.nula.tcs
at a1l Necessary.
To-day tho ninetr-foustt annual conlmencc-
tnent exercises OF Dlcktnson College will begin
and continue until June y when tho cun-
mencement proper xlll take r!ace Thts 'uo7,-
the sermon tcfoEe the eoe!ety OF Religious In.
aulry, ard fn the evening The psraideut will
| preach the Baccalaurtatc sermon. On tho sut-
ceeaing days tho usual succession Of exercises
!g'ons thus puts up Its prayer iu reference to
tho war In Turkey:
,rThs The bstt1e.c,y has 6ecn heard. 0 God. aud hos
tlls nations hare already confronted each other.
shed. Who viii a:rcst the evfli Who can: A.
mighty God. THOU alone canst humble nsiion. to
We hum bly look mp TO Thee and prny that hoatIi-
Europe.
The Rev. Mr. ila'demnn,, Of the Delaware
preached = sermon, to the reformed mc1 Of the
city, III which lle took rndica ground against the
entire temperance movement. llc believes God
will regcncrate aIt entitled to salvation, III which
case reformation must follow. At tho cloec Of
this remarkable discourse the reformed mcn rc-
paiFcd to their tent and passel resolutions con-
tcmntng said Eertnont apd cxAortlng those
present to stano firm.
IT. Was stated at tue Lutheran baptist Con-
vention. which met In New Urlcans reccutly,
TINT the Catholics were making rapid ..progrcss
fn winning converts AMONG the colorcd' people.
In tho southern tier Of rounttea IN Louisiana, II
Fas said, there were l00 Catholic missionaries
| amopg tle fcetincn, aud, since tho close OF tho
War, D, GOO colorca pcopfe bad been received In
the Catholic csurch,-a greater number than
had been. gathered into all tho Protestant
Churches In tue atate In tho san,c period.
Bls!,op Clark Of Rhode I.lantl states that the
following will bc tho topfca considered by tho
l'an.AnglfcAn Council Wtfch Meets ut Lambeth,
July, 1879: a. The unity OF tia several branch
cs oi tl1o Anglican Church; ts) the establish
Of Missionary Bishops Of dlfFrroht branches Of
the Church In forctgu countries; ~ tho csiub-
ishment ot clapiaintiea on tho Continent OF
Europe and elsewhere; % the special forms Q.
modern tnadc!!ty, and how they arc TO be met !;
(8) tho general interests OF the several branches
Vi tho Anglican communion.
The changes made in this prayer-bonk Of the
Irish {Dlscstabilshcd} Church, when oil arr TAX
en- together. arc ycFy considerable. They arc
thus dc8u1bed: "Tho ornaments Nubrlc arc
removed entirely. and tho yeatlncnts are dctnt-
n[ncI Ivy sEcelal cauon. THIS position ut the
ntnlstes in celebrating tho Holy Communion IL
als0 settled. Tho public use Ut the Atlunasian
Creed Ii discontinued. Thu alsDlutIon Ia omitted
in the visitation Of tho sick. Tho words Of cer-
taEnty IN. lhe burial scrylyv aru scplarsl
by words OF hope. Certain passages
lii tie marriage service arp omitted. A
question anil auswer have been inserted In
tho catechsm, explanatory. IN tho Protestant
sense, Of the manner IN whtel Chrtat's body Is
received IN tho sacran.cnt+ Thu, prctare con-
talas pEotcst acninst tucharistlc worship of
Christ, Or Of bio BODY. aud blood, under thu Gle
merits. II ntllr1ns liberty as Ecgards the inter-
probation Of tho baptlsmal srrylcc, and protcsts
al;altst Aur!c1!ar kucsalnontal Confession"
Tho statutes TO lcsaltrs The revision will 10 Into
elect Junn B. 1871 In the House Of Bishops,
the Prlnlnte, the Archbishop ut Dublin, nnd the
Bishops u Down and Derry. vutcd uGninst rs-
vision. They wcro outvotcd BY u majority Of
| one.
PIOUS JOKES,