New-York tribune., 1878-06-29
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.


A Temperance camp-meeting viii lie held
AZ Round Lake. August Clio. under tac cha-g ci air
Murphy.
Almost daily the English newspapers report
quarcls in the burial Of tie dead. The disagreement
over rights the churchyard between rcctofs ana
the Inhabitants Of towns appears to be chrome
A circular has been sent by Cardinal Franchi'
Tie POuca Secretary Of State, TO The Roman Cathohe
clesastical authorities Of Germany directing them 20
do all they can for the suppression ol Socialism
The ffiy-thrd annual report of the New
York Cit, Bible Society gives the receipts for the year
as SG355 The larger part Of this amount was con-
tributcd by the Presbyterians, namely, Sl,1ol'
The new secretary of the Congregational
Union, Dr. VIM b. Brown, asks for 100000 per an
num- The Union is now church building society. DR..
Brown calls on the churches for prompt collections
The Reformed EpiscoDalians have churches
in five towns England Tcddngton southeud, Little
hampton, swndon and Cardiff Bishop Gregg is settled
q southend The attempt to found this denomination IN
England still continues 10 attract public attention there'
The Northern and Southern Baptists have
united in defraying the expense Of the purchase OF
chapel in Rome. The mission in that city is under the
care OF the Southern Baptists. The Rev; DIR. Hague
represents its interests before the Northern Balst
churches.
One of the questions before the General
Assembly Of the irish Presbyterian Church which has
just met at Belfast the use Of instrumental music.
Some churches desire this kind of music aud others op-
pose the innovation No definite conclusion was reached
in the matter.
Official information from the Secretary of
state for NewYork that there is law making
houses Of religious worship in which entertainments
with admission fee held liable TO taxation. The
bill TO that effect passed by the Legislature was not
signed by the Governor
The attention of the British Foreign Office
recently called by the British Evangelical Alliance
to continued prosecution OF Lutheran cergymen H.
the Grand Duchy of Hesse Darmsadt for holding rcg-
Ous services in private honses. doPuaton is 10 be
sent by the Alliance to Darmstadt present memorial
to the Grand Duke.
The following are some of the principal
eampmectngs announced for July in the region east Of
the Aleglanies: Round Lake Sunday-school, 1926.
Shelter Island I'D, 1920; Rehobotn DeLl, 1928
ocean Grove, 9l9; Thousand Island Park, 1921 scie
tfc Conference, 23-o9; International Temperance
Meeting, July 81 10 August g.
Professor Max Muller's course of lectures
upon the Origin and Growth Of Religion, Illustrated
by the Religions Of india" has just TO close, the
seventh aud last lecture being philosophy aud Re
lgion." The course was delivered the Westminster
Chapel House. ana in consequence f the interest It ere
ated, each lecture was gwen twice.
Gospel temperance meetings are to be held
Sunday in the Park Tueatre Of this ctV by
Mr. {. W. Sawyer, a wol!-knOwn temperance speaker,
beginning June 80. Similar services are to be held
during tine other evenings OF the week at the chapel ofhe
City Mission. These meetings under the direction
OF committee of members OF the Young Mems Chris
tan Association and Of the CITY Mission.
Tne Rev. DIR. James Leggc, Professor of
Chinese O&ord, has written The Londo, Times 10
say that for the contributors 10 the Chi
nese Famine Fund have Of late greatly fallen OF while
the suffering great III his letter he gives
some official statistics. Out Of population Of 250OO
persons In two DISTRICTS 900 have died. Travellers
the country districts often killed for food, aud the
sale ol children Tor food, both boys and gIls, com
mon occurrence.
Three members of the family of Scudder
are connected with the mission Of the Reformed
Church In India OF which Arcot the centre; tho Rev.
j. W. scuddcr N. D.; the Rev. John scudlcr, n. d. and
H. NJ. scuaJer. NJ. ID. During the famine this mission
took charge OF a medical relief camp winch had IN 1t at
times as many 600 inmates. The missionaries also
opened day Nurseries IN seventy places ana saved
thereby hundreds Of cadren As consequence OF tLis
charitable work. the prejudice Of the uayes against
Christian teachers and teaching - reported To Lave
greatly diminished
The subjects TO be discussed at the Eng
Church Congress- which Will meet at shri-
field next October, are the following: &" For.
eign and Colonial Missions :" modern doubt
and difficulties in relation 10 revealed reii-
gon :" Free and open churches :" The just limits Of
eOmprehensfyeness in the National C6urch :" " The
church's work among nuvvies, brick-makers, canal
population etc:" The duty of the church relation
intempeTance :" The church, ts property, endowments
aud revenues relation TO the State :"
Ecclesiastical patronage, snony .eHchange, etc. lhe
marriage law as affecting the church. The attitude
OF the church toward popular literature and recrea
tions - Womens work IN the church :" Parochia
church councils - "Cathedrals and Cathedral institu
tiOns;" "Sunday-sehoOls and kindred agencies :"
Spiritual life :" "The supply, training and examna-
ton Of candidates for molly orders :" Church music :"
What definite results TO the Interpretation Of Scrip
ture have been produced by discoveries in Egypt Nine
yeh Palestine and the CaacOmbs Of Rome :" TnSCOn-
gress Will sit in sections, over one OF winch the
Archbishop of York viii preside.