, 1877-09-02

The Sisters of Notrc Dame were founded by
Julie Biliart, at Amicns, in 1so3 They we're
approved and confirmed as congregation By
Pope Gregory XVI. in 1sta.
It is reported that body Of 25,000 Czcchs OF
yolhyna has broken loose from The Roman
Catholic Church, aud declared its adhesion 10
Old C:tloIi: Bishop Rcinkens-
Tie beautiful Methodist Church in Saratoga,
N. r., which cost over s1,oo0,o00, is almost
held IN tue grasp of the Sheriff for debt OF
s5o.oo9, and will be actually in his grip ere
long unless this sum or part OF it is paid.
It is statcI that in Poland, tue past year, ESQ.,
600 members of the United Greek tCatholic)
Church have joined the Russian Church. The
latter also received from other churches III kus-
sia 9,O16 persons, including 7G3 Protestants.
The statistics OF tile Protestant Episcopal
Church iu Connecticut arc: Families, I2,53 !;
communicates, 256Nj; clergymen, lss; contri-
buttons for parochial expenses, S22t3,33sl. The
total contributions for all purposes is S3a34ll,
which is au average @: S1S.50 from each com-
municant.
The Church Times hears of rum or that the
body of English Bishops have agreed to exclude
from all preierment in their gift those clergy
men who are members OF the EngllsA thurcn
Union, the Society OF the Holy Cross, aud tue
Gonfratcrnity of the Blessed Sacrament, num-
bcring iu all about 3,ooo.
Etrlt souls were saven in Noahs ark. Eight
Dunkardscr crossed tl,c Atlantic TO restore pflin-
hive christianity OIL these distant shores.
Eight souls constitute the Dunliard mlss'on
witch has gone back to Germany, Whcre, trust
nv in God they can lie down safely with Tue
lion and the lamb, the former, of course, oell,:
behind iron bars.
Complaint has been made to the Bishop OF
Winrhester against tho Rev. Reginald shuttle,
nj II. Michpcl's, Portsmouth, for the use OF IL
legal ceremonies and vestments. lie IS also
r11arred with exhortiug his parsnloners to con-
fessi.n. rs follows: "Comc boldly, thcn, to
this healthy exercise Of confession, though II
pain guu like laying bare cancer Tor tue sur
gcon's knife"
Jn,1ec Massy Hoffman has written an article
in the Chu,cA your,at deprecating any change
in the name OF tic Protestant Ep'sco7 Cnuryh ~
IIc asks: ..Whut is the defect or evil ot the
present name! What ills does 1t produce whlcn
viii be averted, or what benefits, by d'seafans
| # viii be secured!n Judge Hoffman trace:
Historically the origin Of the two WORDS
..Prntestant +" and Episcopal" in the ChuEclrs
| title.
| The New York State Baptist missionary ton
rc,,t,nn will meet 1T Troy in October A. lts
| Inst meeting in Albion the sum OF si6,uo va ";
annropriatcd for missionary work "ltnlh tl'
State during the ScII Op " ILL r. A@"~'A'1
iy ten months, only IS, 4o3 30 have been receives
| from the several churches, and there Is very III
lie hone that the balance will be received Wltn1i
The ncyt two months. And there is bessdcs ::
1rht of $3.50 On last years. subscriptions "iie1
cannot he collected, and meantime tue mission
| aries and their families must sulfer.
| In directing attention to the fact that
Madrid Professor, Juan Manuel Orti : Larn. ha
| lust published book called LA ln1ulselou,,,
IN whicI, be enthusiastically defends the lnqut
s:rion, and pleads Tor its restoration in Spain
| the Churcltnau {Episcopal}an) reminds its rcao
| ers that the book has been expressly approves
| by special censor appointed b.. tine siear1o Ec
| ciesiastico Of Madrid, and according to tile cen
snr is a brilliant defense OF the "subliine frl
buna] OF The Holy 1pquisition, The bul"ark Q
| onr holy religion" an institution "as grcatl
beloved bv the Church as it Is 1evlled anu CURSE
BY the monster Of heresy."
The Rev. Edward de Prcsscnse, OF Paris
writes that Religious liberty in France Is aooli
| tn nass through a sorrowful eclipse. 1t ls Cyl
dent that the bill proposed oy Inc to the "a
tional Assembly, and which was taken up a,, as.I,
by my friends in the existing Chamber OF Dcpu !'
ties, will be set aside for long time. ~ ~
BECOME very difficult to carry on any eVansclle'
missionary work, at least outside OF tne eled
| towns. lately received I. most lntefestns eaa ~
from some thoughtful n1en, who, weary q
/ Catholicism, were convinced that II musk
overthrown, not BY skcDticistn, out oy tlu
ard earnest faith. They invited me TO coi4t
and explain to them my own eVaneeilcsl coa
victions. The day following, May 1o' they "fo1