New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-24
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.


The season of camp-meetlngs is drawing to
a close. Round Lake, Chautanqua Lake. Cazenoyia
Lake, Sidney Grove and the Wyoming meetings are
among those that have recently come TO an end
At temperance meeting on Tower Hill,
London, two weeks ago. 10000 people, chiefly lrish'
were present Cardinal Manning who presided. said he
had witnessed many meeting on Tower HILL but never
such one as that
The Jelcish Messenger remarks that when
Richard Cnur de Lion conquered Cyprus in 1171 he
gave orders that no should be at the cere
mony which completed the conquest; and that now
eight centuries aflerward England has to thank Benla
min Disraeli for It's new possession
The Foreign Office of Great Britain has ar
ranged that the Bishop of Gibraltar shall have supern
tendence OF any interests which the Church may have in
Cyprus When the bshopric Of Gibraltar was founded
Il specially provided that the Bishop should SUI
perntend the British congregations in Gibraltar and
Malta and on the shores ana III the sIands Oh tue e
terranean Sea-"
Should Sunday trains be run on the Sixth
Avenue Elevated Road IL is feared that many OF the
churches in that vicinity will be unable TO hold service
80 great will be the noise. The Christian Intel0encer
says There is no legitimate Sunday travel TO demand
the running OF trains the elevated road. This EVIL
must be arrested or many city churches will be-
come useless, and the rights OF large portion OF the
community will be wrestcd from them"
A clergyman in Melbourne has found an
effective OF swelling tie contributions OF his peo
penny pieces exclusion OF sixpences and shlngs
He determined to put stop to the decline at once and
instead Of paying the weekly OdcrtOry OF threepennes
into the local bank he quietly placed them one side
week until some goo OF small coin had been Wtb
drawn from circulation Sxpcnces and shillngs then
took their place In the Place the result OF the good
mans corner" in therapeutics.
The Chwchman is of the opinion that it be-
longs the American Church. which territorialy and
numerically holds the next rank to the English Church.
Z ,tol.e tgelf tlp Of
conference aud says "The Bishops Of the American
Church ought extend such invitation and II neces
sary insist upon its being accepted" At the Lambeth
Conference seventeen of the 100 Bishops present were
the United states but only One-third the entire
number established In this country were there.
The Jesuit College and Convent at San Jose,
California are reported TO be In very prosperous con-
dltion. A party of san Francisco ladies were shown
through the building recently by OF the sisters who
when the top had been reached. pointed out the large
possessions lying below them and said 1--WE came here
years very poor with nothing and now we own
all this valuable property" The pear orchard Of this
mission in carly times yielded revenue OF thousands
OF dollars I'm the early days OF California It was the
fruit growing region OF the state.
The Rev. C.. II. SpurgeOn recently declined
gift OF several thousand dollars from the people OF his
church on the twenty fifth anniversary OF his ministry
and now writes in answer tho request OF Boston
lecture bureau that he visit this country, saying; i
have never had the slightest idea OF visiting America
money. Excellent your services doubtless are to
those who need Them they could not possibly DO needed
by should regard 10 an utter prostitution or
any gifts possess II were, rs servant Of God, TO
lecturers very properly do"
Troubles for st. Jamess, Hatcham, seem to
have no end. Not long ago. when Mr. Tooth returned
from the Continent his health restored and It said
that he would resign very soon, thirty men and boys
headed by Of the wardens from their seats and
endeayored 10 stop the choir who entering the
church singing n professional and now the last mail
brings n report Of difficulties Incense had been
introduced ut the morning service Sundays, and on
Sunday August II, the present parishiuners warden,
yesry aud made protest Mr. MCo, the officiating
clergyman, against the use OF incense Mr. MCOl de-
cliued make promise not 10 use IL In future and
hts callers thcrcupon told him shat the parishioners
sunday they would attend the church In hundreds
Bishop Bowman and the Rev. DR.. Haven, of
Syracuse University, have conveyed TO the British
Methodist Episcopal Conference suggestion on the
paru Of the church IN America, that an Gcumenical
Conference OF the various branches OF tho Wesleyan
family throughout the world be convened In London,
and the last English mail brings the intelligence that il
has been most Enthusiastically received by their
brethren" on that side OF the water IL is proposed
that the conference be composed Of ministerial and lay
members in nearly equal numbers as possible,
selected by the highest executive anhority; snch
OF whom about 100000 recognized church menu
during the 40 years OF MethOdism, not one says
writer has caused by divergence from doctrine but
all by questions OF discipline and order.
A correspondent of The WdtchmdR (BOst0n),
writing from ROslyn, Long Island says that william
Cullen Bryant during his life Of thirty years in
Rosyu identified aimsef with the Presbyterian Church
(of which his wife mcmber and gave has hearty
cooperation and reports that he never advanced views
at variance with the creed OF this church. with which he
always partook OF the Lords Supper The correspond
eut A Communion which
wrote that has not been published elsewhere IL IL pre-
faced win the Sorpure quotation This do In renem
bance of me-" and contains i've stanZas OF which the
following are two:
Dark was the grave; but since He lay
Within its dreaIy cell,
The beams OF heavens eternal day
Upon its threshold dwell.
In tender memory OF His grave
The mystic bread we take,
And uttaa uppu he ifp ka