The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1878-12-26
metropolitan Religlous.MoF aments,
NEW YORK. Dec G. 1878

Eleventh st. Methodist Church; Rev.
Father Wissel, one of the, most promi-
nent theologians Of the Redemptionist
order, holding mission in ST. Alphon-
sus Church, South Fifth Avenue, GER
waters" Whether 1T be for healing
and permanent cure mast be left for
time to prove. 1t is very, evident that
some interest must he felt,or these
immense congregations would not
gather to hear these "new lights" in
the largest halls and churches in the !
city. Everyone is willing and anxious
to say their prayers when they are in
tight place and see no, other way Of
escape; but rarely do New Z orkers
gather in crowds for~any special wor
Ship, still less do they follow up>With
pertinacity truly astonishing! day after
! day and night after night, and tardily
leaving the building when the lights
are extinguished.
A little boy Waif ,lWhoWas ppEoach-
j ed by d missionary, exhibited system
Of theology strangely in sympathy with
1 the life Of ordinary NeW Y orkers. In
4. answer to the query, Elf he ever pray
\ ed" he replied: always said biqpray-
i ers at night because. he went to sleep,
!. and didn't know What4might haa1pen,
but never ia the morning, because any
j bright, wide-aWAl1e boy could taa18 care
i of himself ia theeday time
| There has been % very market de-
,Elcline connected with Presbyteria2ism
of the Southern Assembly. Centennial
| to1 fot la hoo
an enrolled meHnbershipaof over four
p hundred; it is Now fallen to- SIGHT.
# There were at that time eighteen
q churches with q membership Of over
+ three hundred; now numbering, only
e tWenty-three. At,the sanaa date there
e. we~e ffty-four churches having anael-
? he4ship Of two hundred ndappWaM'
= now they are fifty one. ,Dne Thousand
fom hundred and thirty-niEe chunches
!, number less than zone ,.hundred,. ard
II eighty-seven with from >tENo to sten
= members.
.. q There seems to be 80 ,Gispositas-
i oTnopg some ministers tOTEG am ah&hsk
ic from from one denomination to anoth
d er, and case in point haas just, occurred
y in a Western sister scity, Of q clergy.
y man belonging to theIabernacle Meth
= odist Episcopal Church, going t0ss
% Baptist Church, and from there to- 8
u d Methodist, and from thence to the sta
5. ton house, all in the .saaac cit2, facez-1'
e., deceaaQa.s dUea32j. T.
Preaching specially to .chiAdlen lii
becoming quite q matter OF, usa ge anG
popularity, not only 'ttO te2ah tia
Young idea how to shoot but, bow tt
enter intearly life the straight ;aad mar
/ Il row path which we aEeinstructeG leads
\ up to theimmortal laAlds,ef. God. This
! movement has got as far@as PhLadel
phla from which we hear Rev. Geo
Jacobs, of the Episcopal clergy, con
templates G. children's Sabbath, once 9
EnOnth, and has a special sermon fol
the little on&s, who will be taughtikoW
Ito fulfill the!l2 share in the services by
chanting.
The Jews Of the Synagogue OF
Shaaraz TefitlG, one of the most .ther-
.oughly orthodox congregations, haze
been INDUCING in rather spirited, net
to say noisy, discussions On the sub
ject Of women occupying the seats foi
ceuturies Devoted exclusively to men.
S This edifce has fallen deplorably be-
g. hind financially and these egalbaErass~
. ments have brought about a meeting
y I,of the trustees. who suggest that g few
Traditional attractions" would gElite
4 likely restore their pristine power and
u replenish the treasury. Formerly the
lcircumeised Jew sat,6own stairs cloth
ed in the Talath of supreme sanctifsa-
tion-the ladies cut Of sight; now it is
\ agitated AS to the feasibility Of giving
! women a slim chance to partake Of his
plan of salvation and aA2oW q wife to
sit beside her husband down stairs.
s This reform proposed is not confined
) to this Synagogue, though they have
?. introduced it. The seed seems to be
spreading, and in little time the mag
nifcent ritual handed down from Mo
ses, the Prophets, and Patriarchs, will
- have passed away, and the Jewish ser
: vice lost its enost salient eharacteris-
V ties.
The Jews are seriously weighing the
.. propriety of introducing trained choirs,
among other attractions" The Cath
olics, on the contrary, are moderating
>. their style primarily. A concert, OF
= festival was lately given, started orig
!, inally by DR.. Frank De Witt, of Rog-
ensburg, Bavaria, for the sole intent
of establishing the polyphonic style OF
music in churches. They purpose tG
: prohibit anything not operate, while
such compositions are specially pro
hibited by the new church music ideals
Rossini, Verdi, Mozart--Whose twelfth
mass and other very magnificent com
positions are especial fayorites, has
or been struck out, together with such
y composers as Generalio, &c. Ave
K. Yerum alone. of all the Grand ole