New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-04-07
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

The Rev. DR.. Spear, formerly Secretary oil
the Presby Board of Education is on his way homo
from emma. He is expected to be in San Francisco on
the 22d INST.
The Augustine Convent at Wittenberg, III
which Luther lived when monk and which was ai'cr-
ward given him and his wife, 10 now 10 be USED asa
Luther museum.
During the past year Mr.. Surgeons church
in London had net increase of LAG members, making
the present number Of members 493S. MI Spnrseohs
health continues 10 be very uncertain
Mr.. E. PEHammond's congregations III SYRIA
clse fill the drroorn Of the Arnory, the largest place
for holding public meetings in that city. 1t will seat
5000 persons
The sum of 5000 has been raised to erect
n chapel in Chatham-roaf, WandswOrth poor ana
dcusely crowded part Of London, OF which Messrs'
Charles and Thomas Sturgeon, the sons OF the Rev H.
Sturgeon, VIII have charge
The Bishop of Chichester England, has re-
fused new church within hlS diocese oh
account OF "Romish ritual and adornmens' adopted.
His refusal has lei to pamphlet war between him ana
During the celebration of the Pope's jubilee,
a newspaper will lie published in Rome to give lniorna'
ton about and the pilgrims. IL will be named Pere
oJiius Cdjhocus and viii appear in seven langiages-
Italian French German, English, Spanish, Portuguese
ana lOlsh.
The Jubilee Singers have met with warm
welcome in Holland where they singing. Their
concerts are attended by crowds. many persons being
unable to gain admittance The singers have been pre-
senei to both the King and the Queen OF the Nether
lands.
The Rev. DR.. Duryea of Brooblyn delivers
tn address before the students of the Auburn TGeOog
cal Seminary PreSbytcrian al the close of the present
term, MAY Z. The students number 42-SenIorS' 10;
Middle Class, Il; Juniors, o.
Tie Rev. Abbot Martin (ROman Catholic
has received permission from the Departments OF War
and the Interior to visit the camps of the hostile Sioux
now under the command Of Sitting Bull lie Tor tie
purpose OF urging the Indians to make peace and return
10 their reservations
The Reform Association of which the Hon.
Felix r. Bruot is President will hold convention in
Chicago April 10 and IL. The objects of the Ass0cia-
ton 10 secure religious amendment OF the Consiitd-
ton OF the United States, and to maintain the Bibe in
the public schools
The Nonconfolmist members of Parliament
intend vigorously oppose the passage OF tie Govern
luent Burias bill which has been laid before ahe House
of Lords Ivy the Duke Of Richmond. This measure only
allows NoncOnfo msts the right OF silent DuIias III
the parish cnurchyards.
The Rev. A. y. SOmerville of the Free Church
OF Scotland is to under the auspices of the Ghs
gov Eyangestc Society, 10 preach TO his countrymen
in Australia and Ncw-zealand. Only short time ago
Mr. Somcryille returned home from very successful
evangeiistic tour through India.
The successor to the pulpit of Theodore
Parker OF Boston, The Rev John l.. Dudley was rocoE-
nzed as minister by the congregation Sunday last
Dr. Dudley is member Of the Hart ord South Associd
ton of Congregational Ministers Orthodoxy.
The Rev. Mr.. McCunc, who accepted the
pastoral care of Union church in the vicinity oi Chem
nat and tried before Presbytery fO the utterancc
of o,,juons at variance with the Church standards, has
hcc lc0utt d. and has united with The Congregational
lists. This case las long attracted pubic attention.
1t is now announced that the Rev. Dr..
Charles Hodge Of Princeton Seminary will resign at the
close of the present. the work OF Professor OF
hnw liz
son. the Rev Dr. \. A. Hodge has been recommended to
the directors ion appointment as assistant t. us father
Mr.. Ncedham, the Evangelist, who has for
weeks been holding services III Portland, Maine began
like services Sunday last in Lewiston, at III. The
City Hail. which holds $500 persons filed in every
part seats asles passageways, and galleries" Mr.
Stebbns Is associated with Mr.. Neeihan. Meetings
were announced tor the entire week
The revival in Albany pervades nearly all
churches-Rcrormcd Presbyteridn Methodist Baptist,
CONGREGATIONAL and Lutheran. Tho pastors Of the cy
have issued circular proposing TO divide The city into
districts that may be EASILY canvassed by the members
of tho evangelical churches residing within then limits"
1t was expected that the srrdnSenens Tor complete
visitation would be perfected by Apr1i D.
In his examination before the Irish Sunday
Closing Committee OF Parliament, Mr. Alderman Ne
Swiney Lord Mayor OF Dublin during 1876, stated that
large majority OF the working people of Dublin were In
favor Of sunday closing OF public houses His own
euplnyes we've unanimously in favor OF it, The second
reading Of The bill to restrict the number OF public
houses in Scotland has been defeated III the House OK
(OdlHOns by heavy VO.e
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church of the United States NOrtbern will meet IN Far
wen Hail. Chicago, May L. AT IL a. III. the Rev Dr. H.
j. Van Dyke vii, preach the opening sermon. The C"p
intce oil Commissions meet on the day at Farwe
Hal! at g. The southern Plesby terrain General As
sembly sill meet in the First Presbyterian Church OF
New Orleans Oh May -. The opening sermon VII De
preached by the Rev. Dr. T. NJ smitn.
In an article Oh the life and character of the
Roy. Dr. 5. d. Treat, late Secretary OF the American
Board OF Commissioners for Foreign Missions The c0'
qcQa0nclSi Of Boston states that he had been i'll the
course his life lawyer, pastor, and editor, aud hai
achieved success in each position. Entering the oice 81
Secretary in 1S43, lie made available in Ii MS valp's
Of the American Board more Than 80 years.
The Presbyterian missionaries III Japan,
representing various churches, have agreed upon basis
o; union For doctrine the Westminster Catechis, the
canons Of the Synod OF BORT the Shorter Catecsn and
tie Heidelberg Cateehism were adopted The conatiu-
tion of the American Fresby terrain Church III this cou
try chosen as the modcl for administration. TAG
new church Will called the "Prcsbytelian Church ia
japan. The scieae OF union has been referred to the
gov eTrlng bodies at home !or approval
The Rev. John Miller of Princeton, whose
volume entitled Questions Awakened 10y the Bible
has noticed IN TIE TRIBUNE, Is OF Dr. Samuel
Miller long professor in Princeton Theological Semi
nary The Presbyterian OF Philadelphia expresses tie
opinion that Mr. Mer's statements should be- reviewed
by the church courts. 1t says: The iresbytcry must
decide whether the doctrine Of the Trinity is funda
mental 10 Tie CArisan system and whether ministers
of me PrcsbyrrIu Church can he allowed TO deny and
assln it without prejudice to their Official standn&"
The following is the programme OF the 22d
annual Convention of the Young Mon. Christian Assn
Citations IN America be held III Louisville, Juus Go
TIE mcctn, for lganzIun will bs held in Library Han,
TOurls at II III, on Wednesday The topics Tor Dis
cusson will be l. The international work mtrustei to
the Executive Committees 2 The work OF the provincial