The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-10-22

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Monseigneur de Haerne, Of the English
College Of Bruges, has complied statistics
showing the growth Of Catholicism in
Great Britain and the United States. In
England in the last twenty years the mum.
Der Of Roman Catholic places Of worship
has increased from s94 to 1875; Of priests,
from !, ll6 to 2,o8s; Of religious homes for
men, from 81 to 70; Of converts for wo-
men, from 81 to 2Ss. In 1855 there were
a Catholic sees in Great Britain and Its
colonies. Now there are IS archbishops
and bishops. In Canada since 1869 the
number Of Catholic churches has increased
from 779 to 9ls, and Of the clergy from
76s TO I'LL. In the same period the num-
Der Of religious homes has increased from
70 to 1896, There are $3.50 schools, being
one school for every 600 Of the population.
In the United States there was only one
Catholic academy for girls in 1900. Now
there are more than 400. OF tho So bishops
in this country 80 are OF Irish birth.
The Presbytery Of Aberdeen has dispos-
ed Of the remaining particulars OF the libel
against Professor Smith as follows: Bya
vote OF % to II it decided that the charge
that he held Opinions which contradict
the testimony given in the Old and New
Testament as to the authorship Of the Old
Testament Scriptures" was irrelevant; by
20 to 9, that the charge OF "disparaging
prophecy" was irrelevant; and, by % to
lilo, that the allegations regarding the an
gelic beings OF the Bible were not desery-
ingof condemnation. AnEnglishj journal,
writing OF this case, says: ut is conf.
IDENTIFY affirmed that new movement OF
deep significance Is about to be made in
the Free Church hostile TO the views OF
Professor Smith and DR.. Dodds and those
who arc supposed to sYmpathize too
strongly with them. The lay element isto
take the lead, II is said, and the movement
will probably take the form OF protest
and petition 10 be signed throughout the
Church and presented to the next General
Assembly" M
The Protestant Episcopal Board Of Mis-.
sions held an interesting meetinglast week
to hear and to consider what has been
done in the department Of domestic mis-
sions. The receipts amounted, it was said,
to sos, 46l. Beside this, 1890 were rails
ed for the colored people and s25, S64 for
schools and other institutions, making in
all sl4S,627. With this amount some debt
has been paid off and 227 missionaries
employed at more than 600 stations in II
missionary districts and 2S dioceses. The
report dwelt upon the necessities OF the
work amongthe negroes, asserting that the
number OF workers ought to DO increased
a hundred fold. The, kind Of workers de-
handed were not those who, wishing &C.
cupation, can, after more or less severe
struggle with the pride OF nature, conde-
scend, for adequate or Inadequate con-
sideration, to accept" work among tho
African race; "not those who, through
lack OF ability, or culture, or energy, or
practical wisdom, or godliness, have failed
in other spheres;" but men and women oil
''high and steady moral purpose and far
reaching aims" who do not look upon !:
as condescension for them"
The Christian Intepgencer says:
"will not one Of Mr.. Beecher's friends
suggest to him the propriety Of extending
his reading to the Old Testament? Last
Sunday he said, as reported in the times:
THE old Ten Commandments belong to
Ibarbaric state. They arc string Of mega
tiyes. It is not till you get down into the
New Testament that you find Thou shalt.
Yet in Deut. 6:5, We have the most COM
plete summary Of human duty ever con-
ceivcd. stated in positive form: Thou
shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy
heart, and with oil thy soul, and with oil
thy strength
The Christian Register says:
"An honest and faithful orthodox lady
addresses to the editor Of this paper re-
monstranco against all implications that
there may be any errors or mistakes in the
Bible; she fears the effect on the religious
faith OF those who are imperfectly instruct
ed. On the other hand, here comes a
statement from Clergyman OF the English
Church. Prebendary Rowe, who declares
| in his hampton lectures that he has re-
Gently hoard more than q hundred attacks
ON Christianity, two.thirds OF which owed
their FEASIBILITY to tho idea OF verbal In.
spiration."
Rev. DR.. Duryea made his recent address
to the students OF Union Theological Semi
mary Of New York a striking plea for men
tai honesty "For "a man to say 4 believe,
and not to thoroughly comprehend the
proposition, understand the evidence on
which 1t rests, and apply all the tests that
discriminate between the seeming and the
real in testimony, from whatever source, is
not honest. II may go back to my own
experience, will affirm that was not only
startled but thunderstruck, appalled,, and
almost paralyzed at my first clear appre-
hension Of statements had always pas.
siyely accepted and, after parrot manner,
repeated since my childhood" He adj
yises that there be less discussion about
future states and more to do with the time
which now Is. AS for theological systems,
he says: "In the main, l find that Calvin.
ism is a fenceon one side ofthe road and Ar.
minianism fence on the other side, and
almost nobody walks on the fences, while
tho great majority go on the highway be-
tween" I "
Madame Blavatsky having been accused
OF belief in Brahminism and Buddhism and
other Oriental religious notions, comes
back at her accusers in tho New York Sun
in this fashion; b
mIhaye already declared that am nei.