The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-09-10
RelIrious Drlft and Dlseussion.

ton 10 each member Of the Berlin Con-
gress.
The Bayarian Old Catholics do not &c.
cept the recent decision OF the synod abol-
ishing the celibacy Of the priesthood. The
first marriage in Baden under this deci.
sion Is that Of Herr Kinks, pastor in
Heidelberg. DR.. Dollinger has not made
any public utterance on this subject, but he
considers the abolition false step.
Aclergymanin Australia, being Disguised
with the number Of three-penny pieces he
found in the plate every Sunday, studied
the subject, and, instead Of paying the
small silver coins into the bank, locked
them up in his desk. The result was mar.
yelous. After some 600 OF small coin had
been withdrawn from circulation, six.
penses and shillings took their place in the
plate, and latest accounts speak en-
couragingly OF the increased amount de-
rived from the weekly contributions.
The amorous typo OF religion Is not in
the highest respect at present, and sundry
mawkish hymns are quite thrown, out Of
use in sensible churches. But there is a
good deal OF II abroad, and outside Of the
Song of Solomon we seldom meet any,
thing more sweetly suggestive than this
extract from lions Herald: Genuine no.
ligion is q coy maiden. Suspicious Of the
glance Of curiosity, she unveils her beau
ties only to the sincere and earnest I'M
quirer who Is captiyated by her charms
and prepared to devote to her service
heart and life. Unsteady and transient
affections are intolerable; an entire deyo.
ton OF ones being Is the Indispensable and
grand condition Of acceptance. To such
deyout pilgrims she opens her treasures,
and brings them to her banqucting house
Of love-" Oh dearl "Stay INC with flag.
ons! comfort me with applesl" after that
flor am sick OF love" IS.
The House Of Bishops Of tho Protestant
Episcopal Church had no other purpose
in their recent meeting in New York but
to consider the case Of Bishop S. A. Nc.
Coskry, OF Michigan, who had resigned
his office and gone to Europe in the face
OF serious charge OF immoral conduct
with young woman who had been his
secretary. The circumstances were PEE
culiar. DR.. McCoskry had, at the first ut.
terance OF tho accusation, given up his
voyage and returned, professedly to con.
front his accusers with perfect innocence.
A long breath OF relief was drawn the
whole church through. When it proved
that he could not face the evidence against
him, and he repeated his REIMBURSEMENT
OF his Episcopal office and left the Coun-
try, the Bishops were Immediately con-
yened. They sat with closed doors while the
matter was considered, and unanimously
resolved to depose their offending fellow.
When this decision had been reached,
the doors Of tho conclave were thrown
open and the reporters and others invited
to enter, in accordance with the canon
which requires that the sentence OF q
bishop by his peers shall be public to the
world. Theaged presiding bishop, Rt. Rev.
Benjamin Bosworth Smith, OF Kentucky,
seated because OF his age and inGrmity)
in the midst Of thirty-one bishops, all
standing, pronounced the sentence depos-
ing Samuel Allen McCoskry "from the So
cred ministry and all offices thereof, in the
name OF the Father, and OF the Son, and
Tho resolnt;ons leading To- this result was
mnar;mouss''N M action was taken toward
anno;nt;nn , srccessor N tbe vacated did.
caIe This trial affords model for Mi or.
clcs;astical bodies. ali its details are hid.
dan and the nnbl;c know that imstice has
heen done without affrontine them with
the wretchei details Of crime Reticence
and d;Snity arc two virtues Of the Episco.
nal chnrch ''''''''I '7'1'- - -
f mi, e...:.uo.,, :.
lne rei'e'ous s'r'ss'e III om.aNetN.'ta %
thus epitomized by Edward King IN one
OF his graphic letters to the Boston Journal.
Gorov. ia communicable n relio;ous rom.
- mi. - - ..t' -, AZ.
MUMMY ine su'ue , pooAS se' uo"h '''e
names of the churches and tho hours
when the preachers enter the pulpits as
the most important item Of information
- III. 80, -. MI - .,o';..s,
which .hey can give Ahuch ., 'i'e i il'lf
lectual lie OF the town, and OF the country
which it represents, is bound up in the
church. Thememories OF the reformation
here arc sternerand more abiding than in
many other places. The Swiss govern
ment Is lust now engaged in formidable
campaign against the encroachments OF
the Catholic church, particularly, tho ultra
montanes, and this adds somewhat TO the
earnestness OF any Protestant movement
now. The federal council has not been
entirely happy in Its battle with the enc
mics OF free thought in one or two instan-
ces, and has perhaps occasion TO regret
having gone little too far. The Catholics
are very determined here, and the cures
under the domination OF Rome do their
best to proselytc in the Protestant fields.
They preach in barns and fields where
they have no churches, and it was the
questioning OF their right to do so, which
led the Federal government toward defeat
In some OF the cantons where Catholic in
fuence Is much to DO feared because it Us.
sumes q more or less political character the
ggleisexceedingly sharp; no one knows
to what it may eventually lead, Belgium
emancipated from the tyranny under
which she has long groaned, encourages