, 1877-03-18
THE CHURCH IN GENERAL.

= Toll.
: Bishop Gilbert Haven is on his war hon
. frou, Africa, having left Teneriffe South Afric
= Feb. j.
+ The Unircrsalists OF Manchester, Mich, late
c ordained Mrs F. N. Gillette to their minist,
. and set her over the church there.
l Moody aud Sankcy are to spend short tim
ut Amherst after closing their meetings in Bo
. ton, which will be in May or June.
, Mr.: E. T. Hammond has closed series c
r | meetings, lasting three weeks, in Tcrrc Hantt
Ind, and has gone to Syracuse, n. Y.
, The Mcfhodist says: "The General Convcr
ton Of the Methodist Protestant Church ri,
tive to Union with The Methodist Episcops
Church will meet in Baltimore May l1.'
The Methodist and Methodist Proteston
churches will hold general conventions in BaIti
: more, beginning May II, It is expected tba
the union OF the two churches will then be con
summatcd.
The Rev. James T. Johnstonc, one OF the old
est ministers Of the Protestant Episcopal Churcl
in Virginia. is dead. He was born iu Savannah.
'a., III l7!17, aud was I'll the ministerial rank
nearly fifty years.
Montreal, together with thirty-niue ministers Q
that city, have scnt joint invitation TO 3fcssrs
Moody alisi Sankey to hold services in Mortrca
after they leave Boston,.
The Ctinrrsalist, OF Boston, does not UNFOLD
Mrs. rhebc llaiaforti i'll her plan to establish q
second Cniycrsaist church in Jersey CITY, 1t
thinks that III that Ease neither the old churct
nor the new will flourish.
Moody and sankcy have been invited to
| Hartford, c.. but will not 20, as they ure en-
ga.ed in Boston until June. When they
should 20 to Connecticut they would prefer
t. visit the seat OF Yale College rather then that
OF Trinity.
The Supreme Court at Berlin has decided that
the arrests Of children who clai,ncd to have
| seen the apparition OF the Virgin Mary ut Mar
| pingen was Illegal The Catholics suy over $40
miraculous cures have been Affected at the spring
where "tlc Mother Of God II appeared.
The Southern Prcsbytcrians have opened q
Theological institution at Tuscaloosa for col
orcd people, but thus far only one student has
presented himself. An invitation to eolored
preachers Of other denominations in the vicinity
has been accepted by three Methodists and one
I Baptist.
| The Evangelist says that since the death of
DIR. McElroy, Dr.. r D. Burchard is the oldest
settled OF the Presbyterian pastors In New
York; Dr.. S. D. Alexander comes next, T. S,
Hastings third, and r. r. Booth fourth The
latter has just completed the sixteenth year
| since his settlement AIS pastor OF the Mercer
Street Church.
4 Methodist Episcopal Sunday-School Con-
gress is announced to pc held at Indianapolis on
be the Director. Some Of the topics to be dis
eusscd are: "Alcthodist Episcopal Theory and
~: eaa1 ", unt nc ouh
sSsaI Gunsttsusiott hecomuaeo oy the
S'a nutat - ~, nt Ivy, rowsrs, ana
School Committed
The past was good year for pi]g1images to
Lourdcs. The 4dn'.a!s 9t Lourtles SAYS the visit
ors included '' ''sixty-nine Bishops, Arrhbishops,
and Cardinals. Over 16l ,0O3 PILGRIMS came in
organized professions, while the number who
came IN detached groups exceeded 9O3,U0. Up-
.t T., .ns uunioel " co!nn'uhlohs eoulo
os ,e",',;.. w ou1, eo'lsuc1,ns taat III lug
e. th,,,1i, seI, ."ey ru'g1Gn Nv aan over -
1s7G ~. h,,r toh,n - 'oo'0eo 1pp' oacneu III
Mfr. Bcecher writes OF Prof. Swing, who
breaches in AfcVckcr's Theatre every Sunday:
y lle has little in person that rrepossesses. His
voice is not melodious. It is ut first faint nud
swcctcr. It is deficient in infection aud supple
ness, yet It is BY NO tneans hard and mechanical.
There is no trick Of words, ITO elaborate carying
OF sentences, no solemn rhetoric moving like q
dirge, nor fantastic rhetoric dancing through
t:' Gc1,sn t1. nuu hs. VIII shreds and tatters o1
tha} ~ s,,n 'ou4 st,t sel, 'hlu. n!s nietsoo Is
stato,ncnt % y i;,oranI ,s1nsnt; @ n'u JUS losm OF
,,h;,o.nni;,ai !, FstaeF taaa 'fos'cal OF
p"''osopp'es4
The decision Of the Privy Council in the Folk !
stone ritual ease Is anyiOusy looked for. The |
case was argued at great length On both sides, |
aud the decision will either coutrm or over |
throw the celebrated Purchas Judgment, It was |
argued against the rtunlistic position that the !
cllasub!c aud alb were sacriticial yestincuts bar
ishcd BY Queen Elizabeth; that 1t was illegal to
place the comnl,ltfo1l-t against the wall. the
place for it being III the ctanccl, where the min
lister can face the people rs lie takes the bread,
and that the use OF wafer bread is contrary to |
Inc e faofleal provision that the bread shall be
as ,.atI II - - as, e'cH' WHICH apples 10 form
- VIII - eups@'nee'
1t is said that the Archbishop of Canterbury
intends to introduce i'll Parliament q bill proyid-
inC new form oI procedure against dcliuouent
clergylne.,. At present either the Public
Worship Regulation act or the Church Disci-
pline act may bc put in force in tho case OF Of
lenses against ritual or doctrine; but with re-
spcct to charges Of drunkenness, simony, im-
pol1-rcsidcncc, ETC., proceedings eau !
be Instituted only under the Cilurcl, Discipline
let. III. object Df the Archbstop's measure is
to reform and simplify suits i'll the latter class
3f cases. Instead of the old preliminary com |
mission to: inquire If there be prina facic
rrounus for prosecuting 4 CLERGYMAN the
Chancellor of the diocese alone will decide.
r,oxa :, <xuo,,,,. -
n, ,4.a1: ahe1I - Glo".nS u1spu5ulou SHOWN pv
~ 80 iS ~ escae Ile Inconvenience
- o. a1 t.'lt' tdu ~ acsgp.l1 pastorai post
S .., 49, ote' , Flu. Stu1 euce ~ tne ieli
;n.a+,t ~ na,, ~ j., ia a.n ~ csty' y'
,,a' n.st - uo' =. tnG lIesoe ecr1al Nnuleh, /
- ;!' at5.ns ,,: ~ taG ilotesae hoscopat, hopert
1a.iu toiAc! N"uo Picaencu ioI year III NcW