, 1877-07-29
GENERAL NOTES.

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GENERAL NOTES.
An ex-convent at Naples Is now Methodist
chapel, aud the brethren hold class-meetings in
what were the nuns dormitories.
! The Legislature Of the United states Of COL
ombia have passed an act barishing forever the
Catholic Bishops Of Papayan, Pasto, Au.ioquia,
and Madellin for acting with the leaders Of the
| rebellion.
| The Russian Synod has compl eted the trans.
! lation OF the Bible into the yernacular; the
| work Of twenty years has been accepted by the
authorities, and the Car has thanked the SYNOD
| for its labor.
| Tue Rituallsts Of ST. James, Hatchan, Eng,
have been guilty of hiding the Ten Comman d.
| ments. The DecaloQue has been dug up from
| under the church, and is hereafter to OCCUPY
| its proper place in the church, though little
| broken.
Ritualism has reached perfection in the per
son Of the Rev. W. s. Barker, an Episcopal
| clergyman at Ahtnednugear. India, who some
J time since administered the Lords Supper to
| corpse. He has been suspended By his Bishop
for three months.
The Rev. Emanuel Van Ort1en, whom the Pres
byteriaus threw overheard from their Brazil
mission, has succeeded in getting lew Scotch
women Of wealth to carry him through. He re-
turns to Brazil, and sets up An independent mis-
siona1y business.
The General Conference Of the congrega-
tioual Methodists " was held at Mount Zion,
Miss, fn May. and adjourned to meet in Fre-
donia, Ga, May, 1851. This denomination,
though small and little known, has been IN e.
istence some years.
4 commemoration OF the death OF John Huss,
which was to have been held at Prague upon
July 5, md to which Father Hyacinthe had been
invited, vas forbidden By the Austrian Govern
ncnt on the ground, thar it would be an anti
Catholic demonstration.
The sermons preached in India to educated
Brahmins, hy the Rev. DR.. Julius N. Seelye,
now President Of Amherst College, are still
much read by Hindoos Of culture. a desire has
been expressed for the publication By President
seelye Of the journal OF this missionary tour.
The Presbyterians on the Pacific coast are
anxious to have the General Assembly provide
for the opening Of missions among the aborig-
ines Of Alaska. It. is said that they desire
Christian teachers from the United States. A
missionary in British Columbia has paid several
visits to Fort Wrangei, and reports that the In
dams heard him gladly. and asked for teachers.
Forty-eight varieties of Presbyterians we're
represented in the Council at Edinburg. The
shades OF difference between some OF these va
ricties arc SO slight as to be almost iupercepti-
Bile to an outsider; and get SO determined are
some OF the brethren in their own ways, that
some Of the Presbyterian bodies will not CON-
1nune with any other Christians than those who
belong to their own sect.
eo.,a ~o;+..,,. hoe h.an a,*oa =; ,6,.n.
r ~ asanrt;on 4iot re - f
spectors intend to erect two chapes in the new
prison at Concogd-one for Roman Catholics
and the other for all Protestant prisoners.
Congregational. Methodist Episcopal, and Bap-
tist preachers have signed a petition asking for
the appointment Of q teacher OF morality in-
stead Of the customary chaplain in the State
Prison, evidently thinking that no religion at all
is better than Catholicism.
.. r>.n.. ro.fou. o,.
AZ n!osces1n Gon'Eleuce 1' tVl tae DaoeEse
O Mlhenester, 1 nisnop Brown stateo that Inc
Ensnsn Cnuteu w. nos ,, ~ tnG naolsual
and that nothing could be more undesirable
than that young c1crrynen should exercise such
o junction. Tie English Bishops had refused
to license confeseo1s. Two resolutions were
adopted by the Conference, one condemning the
nae Of nThe Priest III Absolution.' and the
other condemnlng the hahitual confession.
About 400 Of the clergy and laity attended the
Confcrence.
rr,.- n..o..;.o,
4ne eost u Sn4lcaguius nas oeen ius ssstgaceu
a. ApahJ, ~ L.. VIII !aeso - ,ono. results 1l lne
m9hest ahhuA pe"-lent Paw ~ POW, the io"cst
50. In several cn1Ienes 1nl Inc nHncst annual per"
rent Is not over Sluo, twenty-five ont Of total
OF t"enty-ntne cnuIchs5 s'o5 5ep9stca Ing nsnest
rarv % frorn - to SaI1 ncr vear' EirI;3: churrhes
arr renorfed as free. The highest saIarv Maid IS
"a, mi ny the Fourth Prcsbyterian Church.
Eight ministers receive salaries Of 81 Goo and
oysr: thirteen Of $3, GOO aud over: nineteen OF
81 CfH1 ami over.
-,
lac free enulcho ocot'Anu y eAsrciHeu % gvgr
the nereaslng ptaetlee ol % nunkesln tnls
Is sl1gula1 nofu u nc useu ~ ecGleslastu;u
proceeulns' - Hneius 1:'s A9 ~ ueIn na; sa'auS
Lhc SUBJECT ~ Aue1lte.ahee ~ tue Henela!
Assembly. 1t means sitting IN PRAYER, instead
o. ol stanolne. 1ne o1u plactce "us u ~ seauo'
lAe seto"neu NY ~ ~ sns1 - uhe
Is Psrlult.eu tnI 4aIa W. ~ spseas
9tate VI tnsI "a ~ ~. me sk au ~; aa
o4sAops aau ~ .nat r sos1 " ~, ~ - oee9 " oI
presAlent, atao tne rlee cnulsn '! VII os' 10 oaa
Us soa'e "a 11'e 'es] VI 1i'e e1aieAse'
Sunday has been made Gay OF rest BY hea- ]
then town III Africa, near Hoffman Station.
The town is the head town OF the Gcdebos, and |
tAe aW IS s!rlc1ly oossF'eu- ~ e,rc1saanee
US toio os NV ~ y. e. f@4a, ~ npeUp. ~
n'ssouaIy a. Sa ;,;n ~ s't.oo,,l>a
tiler war "tn tc Aloel.ans 'ne 'asssa i.s; a.tnsH
them one hunaa5 nlo:naE a ~ .ni user rmnSuE thaE5
lo1ee, anu pe!hs sulpEtseo anu tna'a, @ s'
ran AWAY out1 iui sotoe uusA piSsaeo 4eason' ~
thc L1oerlans neSatne paaesst'1eAsn -, as.. & ~
treated WITHOUT tah1ns possesslo4 u lne sun u.
ne people, pe4et1uS t''At tue 1ttn!,au9 relc
punfslicu o} you ios oIeah'.e Sae eaools!.; iate
ever since oosefFea IL, anu sao" oeS1se ~
learn more o. Cnf16siaH1ty'
At the last days session OF the recent Pan
Assembly ia Edinburg the Rev.
iohn Burton. of Bcltcyille Can, spoke strongly |
against all attempts to remove instruction in |
reiigion from the everyday schools It was
monstro11s that they should leach their children
ot Socrates and Confucills, but nothing of