, 1877-08-05
GENERAL NOTES.

Archbishop Bailey, of Baltimore, announces
from Fichy, France, that Bishop Gibbons, OF
Richmond, has been appointed his coadjutor,
with the right Of succession.
The Baptist Church in Manchester, Va, has
solctnn1y resolved to exclude from its member
ship every member that is able and refuses to
! help pay the expenses OF the church.
Dr.. Sehan writes from Jerusalem that the
Jews in that city number 5000, or one-third oi
the Inhabitants, and that they are all orthodox,
and their influence Increases every year.
;. i xbronze statue Of Robert Raikes, the founder
Of sunday.sshools, viii soon be placed IN his
native town in England,-Gloucester. The
money has been raised by Il general subscription
! under the auspices Of the English Sunday School
! Union.
The Irish priests we're the only persons that
| treated Gen. Grant with Iisrespe:t in Great
Britain, because they regarded him as the great
est enemy OF the Catholic faith and Of Catholic
education, and they forbade any recognition OF
him by their people. So
| in his 94th year, has offered to undertake mis-
! sion to secure an amelioration Of the condition
OF the Jews Of Morocco. Several years ago he
made 4 visit to Palestine witt, view 70 the OH
scrvation Of the condition Ut the Jews there.
Or. Paxton, Of New York, one Of the delegates
that body that Presoytarianiss was ecclesiastical
republicani5tn, IS imposed to ecclesiastical mun-
arcay or Popery, ecclesiastical aristocracy or
Episcooacy, and ecclesiastical democracy or indie
pent'cacr-
1t is beautiful starry night aud the Seniors
are out singing. First Senior (who studies as
tronomyf'' Look up there and see how bcaut-
1ul Orion looks' Second Senior {,vilo does not
stlly astronomy. but who has n streak 0! Irish
h'oout-''1s that O'Ryan! Thank tho Lord,
then. there is one 1rishuan 1u heaven, any
how"
One Of Bishop Coxc's s'monitions,'' in his
excellent taoushts on the service, is this:
''Pfcparc for divine service in your Closet mt
at your toilet" sit is 4 sign of ll-b7ecding,
we'll as OF frirolty, to dress elaborately for
church, 4 simple, sf,Moticc<sak costume Is what
u Christian taste demands Tor wearing to
Church.
The London Missionary Society announces an
unusually large mortality among its mission
aries the past three months. From its In.:ian
Mission it has lost the Rev. Aessrs. X. c. Alatn-
CT, Ii. D., Frederick bay1is, Samuel Jones,
George Pctticrew. and Edwin Millwinter. All
these missionaries except the last had seen long
terms Of service. Mr. Naeher was in :he field
1orty-tour years, MIR. Pcttigrew .thrty-si1, Nr.
Baylis twenty-slx, and Mr.. Jones ninetccn.
The Baptists have 1900 more churches than
ordained ministers, and the Hapt;st Weekly ac-
counts for the anomaly in this wise: Fivc hun
urea VI tnosc cnulciics sHl1et Aton l:ssk'u'ous-
Eess and sell-conce1t- 4,ooo from chronlc eoset,
ousncss. which will not support q pastor, and
the remaining $500 lack financial ability to pay
S3o0 year. These arc serious charges 10 DC
made by Baptist brethren against their own
people. And yet while so many churches are
without pastors than that number of mill
;s,rrs orc altf,rethrr idle ar are onlv ocrasion-
o,,v eo,n1nyr.i
"1'} c'"P!''eo'
Lord SALISBURY once said that Moody aud
Sankey's preaching did more good than Canon
i.1,}o:,,s h,t hp is ,,,,,r nT;te dispnstel With
th 1,,ar ,os,,,ts 80 thar an1soar IN o,t,a,.
r. 1s.e '1se1 ' ~, apoI" ~ ~ .t.;1tt
nut uron ttlt. sacrancuts are having their ef-
feet, for Mr.. Nuoly's converts largely refuse to
bcInnp to any church. They are Christians