The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-09-24
DAILY.


There arc now l,l27 bishops in tho
Roman Catholic Church. OF this number
II were appointed by Gregory NV1., LOG
by Plus IN, and 80 by Leo XIII.
Mr.. Sec, who favored preaching by
women, and gave DR.. Craven so much
trouble in the Newark Prcsbytery, pro
claims himself q swedcnborgian.
A coloredM Methodist Church in Norwalk
Conn, has abandoned Methodism ant
gone over to Congresationalism, on account
Of weakness partly, and partly Of the itin'
erancy.
A resolution was adopted by the New
York State UniveHalist Convention, which
met recently Mt Syracuse, recommending
abstinence from the use OF tobacco to al
ministers"
DR.. Gray, Of the hLtrior, attended d
prayer meeting the other day, and thus
writes its epitaph: at did its best to be q
good prayer meeting, but there were four
preachers in it, aud they killed it"
During the last summer six hundred
thousand copies Of the Scriptures or parts
of the Scriptures have been given away ut
the Paris Exhibition. They were mostly
in French, but an immense number were
in German, English, Arabic, Greek, Swed-
ish, Danish, Dutch Portuguese, Spanish,
Italian, Polish, Russian and Hungarian,
and not a few in Chinese and Japanese.
The town corporation Of Napanec,
Ontario, refused to let the Town Hall toan
ini6el lecturer on learning the character
of his lectures, and was sued for damages.
Decision was given against the man on the
ground that Christianity was the common
law of England, and hence OF Canada, and
that the tendency of such a lecture was
against the interests OF Christianity and
hence Illegal. r ~
Any hopes that may have been cherish
cd as to the early union of The two Re-
formed Presbyterian Churchsin this coun-
try must be abandoned. The Synod at its
recent meeting adopted the following
statement: s.'''' '.'i1'
"After a frank, earnest and friendly con-
terence n mneeo IT w nus "s sneciol I" "nconrnreS,ent to
take steps in the direction of attempting
to heal the breach between these Two
branches OF tne nftC raU ",reoI tSst wa
G ShnnI1 inatar IN III nroner pSays friendly,
slouI f]aeI;nas tbnt & was NOT adyis,
LIle - non,;nne the conference further"
apIe ID eo'1 Lao,
u hegoe
dropped. .Hu .gNiu '
somo ~ Tho Enolish church parsons are
bnrryinr on disestablishment MS fast as
thev. cana arson-rocentIy refused
burial in consecrated ground to the child
n Ran,ist parents. but finally consented
10 allow the burial in unconsecrated
"-ornd near nv. II no service were held in
the graveyard. The Baptist minister ar
ranged to hold short services III the street,
but the lltte pr9cesslSn res ta ,,,h;n%
cnurenyaLu S.n;,irS narson Thai he dis.
t ~ the service noisily locked the gate
and went home, aud the funeral party had
to climb the graveyard q " 9rueF y
bury 'he c"''''' h
The Christian Uniofkno"s "iSa 'o"h'
with n population OF soH or ioVo' ""vte
there is absolutely no rivalry among the
,hrrchcs "They hold union services,
,.In1.,..or;nn Er;scor,l;on Method.
which pa,,;st cIaraYm1cn nnitc in lead.
ISL ana paPt Hni n"adcIr n rn;on Sunday
ing Inc! iIoIu 1850 which presI;y.
school leachers WosboJist md Ran.
terrain, Eplsc9PaIa "a .aochins Thcrc
tlst pastors hlte s.;th tonr h]ron"hss
is one church win ioaf or"'c''''
Canon Baynes Of the church Of England
hoon recommending the country
has pee' - b,y
clergy, VINO cant heep '
velocipedes for their parocI1la! nIs,.sns
trips. l thSre eY hatns nothing in the rubrfc
10 warrant Il, and their dignity being quite
too precious.
The Untarian Rerie,r gives a clear &C.
count of the Theological movement in
scotland" under such advanced leaders rs
PRINCIPAL Card, Rev. F. L. Robertson,
Prof. Robertson Smith, Revs. Fergus Fer
80 .nJ n,yiI Macrne, II takes cxcep.
gusoh anu "H."",..,no wh;ch nL
ton to the ethical INCONSISTENT ""
lows such leaders OF liberal thought %
maintain their eccleslastica! STATUS ~ IlG