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further remarks that II Is time the idea Is got
! rid OF that the world Is to be converted bY
| taoernacles and revival machinery, and putting
| and advertising" 1t concludes BY suggesting
tnat Waen the gentlemen named are Through
With Mr. Moody, they take Mr. Joseph Cook In
| hand.
Splrtuaiistn9 and ret associated with large cir
cie OF Sptrttuaiists, played Il pleasant prank on
| them. He abscuted himself, and caused notice
to be given that be was dead. Then the Spirit
ual1sts read in their meetings every week for a
month or two communications from this depart
! ed brother; but one evening, much to their dis
gust, be walked In and TOOK a seat while they
were holding seancc.
The Rev. John Flanagan, q deacon of the
Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese Of
lndana, having left the ministry OF that Church,
has m been formally aeposed BY the Bishop. The
kes. z. 3. Harlin having also left the ministry
Of that Church IN the Diocese Of Iowa, and
joined the '1ryingites," has also been drposcd
By the Bishop OF that Diocese. The Rev. Alon-
20 NJ. May, having secularized himself, has also
ISL.
The decline and decay OF Univcrsalism has at
last been observed by its own doctors, who pre-
scribe a remedy BY creating a Bishop "-some
man clothed with the conventions authority IN
the denomination are supplied with preachers.
As 1t is nov when one man goes away the peo-
pie wait patiently till another gets along, but
they make no effort to find him, aud II his
going is delayed they disband or drop of to
otncr pastures and folds. But multiply the
Bishops and the work is done.
The Rev. 3. F. Fleetwood, who for almost
five years has filled the RcctorAte of st. Pulls
Church, Marquette, has accepted the call re-
Gently rendered to him by the parishioners Of
St. Marks Of this city, aud will assume the po-
sitiou as Rector to-day. Several years ago he
otllciatcd as assistant to the Rev. DR.. Ry!ance,
then Rector of st. James Church on the North
Side. Ills many friends Will welcome him to
the extended ield Of labor which be will find 10
administering to the spiritual wants OF St.
Marks, which is one of the most important in
the diocese.
The late change in the French Ministry sets
the Reformed Church Of France all adrift
were negotiating with the Minister OF Public
Worship for the divistun Of the Consistory OF
Paris, but the Orthodox party opposed 1t slren-
uousiy, showing the Minister that the PROPOSE
tion had been rejected ten years ago, ant hal
also been voted down by the Synod in 1872
With permanent Ministry 1t might be possible
to convene the Synod again, but. until Govern
mental affairs are III settled condition, the
troubles OF the Church cannot be removed
The Union City {Ind.) Eagle sharply prods
preacher OF thut burg in this wav:. :.
It was most ecregicns perrcrsion Of Scripture
take one Of Solomon's most libdnous dtties, com,
posed during his npostacY from God, aud while tie
was riottus in roluptuous LIVING, wholly given up
to WING un1 women, and substitute the pure and
holy Jesus for one Of his 700 prostitutes
The text, Il am the rose Of Siaron and the lily OF
tue vale;. ~ the apple tree among. the thorns go
Is my beloved among the daughters - has no more
reference to .5esua Christ thnn has the superior
ncentous rantinss Of Byron III bis Don 1uan u the
context clearly dcmonstsates The custom Sf pros
.iutlng the plain meaning Of Scripture to the pur
poaee Of Convenient derfuouizing IS Haost depor'
able error among n,ajorlty Of ministers, who con-
suit rather the views OF commentators and fanci-
full poetic authors than the plain unclouUcd words
Of Scriptures.
The United Presbyterian Assembly Of Scot
land negatived tho proposals to modify the
Westminster Confession OF Faith. La the
Church Assembly very decided action was taken
in the case Of Prof. Smith, OF the Free Church
Smith, who is a member Of the English Bible
Revision Committee, has written for the new
edition Of the sEncyclooadia Britannica an
article on the Bible, in Which he Is alleged to
have given expression to rerr loose Views of the
inspiration OF the historical books. The matter
was referred to the Presbytery Of Aberdeen,
but NJ action was taken. Or. Wilson offered in
the Assembly resolution declaring that the
article III question "eontains statements Of
dangerous tendency" and suspending Prof.
Investigated. All Efforts to modify the resolu-
ton failed, aud, after spirited debate it was
carried By Il vote Of 49l to LIZ.
The cornerstone Of the Stewart Memorial
Church, at Gnraen City, Long Island. which will
be used when completed IS the cathedral for The
Diocese OF Long Island, was laid On Thursday
last. The church in its general features is in
following with the-4ecoratcd Gothic, though so
many departures have been made from the
canuns of Gothic art, so many modernisms and
personal peculinrities of the designers hayc been
introduced, that the structure will nearly be
Gothic only in that general way. The plan is
crucifornl, with i siuglc tower and spirc over
the trout entrance. Tie cztrcn1c length Of the
building will be but $50 feet and tue width
across transcpts aud transept porches ninety
six feet The spire will be 1877 feet
high, the nave roof seveuts-onc. and the
apex Of the nave ceiling fifty-thrce feet. The
nave Is twenty-four feet wide and the aisles
twelve feet each. The trnnsepts will project
but twelve feet from the face Of the aisle wall
and In width will be forty-eight feet. The chan
eel Is twenty-four feet wide by twenty feet deep
and has nine faces. At the Tcar angles Of the
nave and trausept6 octagonal ROOMS will be pro-
yided, about sixteen feet in diameter, for organ
and subing rooms. The spire, with crocketed
ribs and series Of gable windows, will rest in an
iron shoe-plate ut this point aud rise l29 feet
higher, finishing With feuron and vane- In the
belfry it is intended to place the set Of thirteen
bells, weighing in all about 20, QUO pounds, which
occupied i position at the top Vi Machinery Hall
at the Philadelphia Exposition last year.