New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-06-28

churches have more communicates than they seats
10 offer them.
ton in Paris foIlowed into the north of France, and
was with II in New-Brunswtck. When thiry-one years
Of age he left It and was graduated at Cambridge He
then took holy orders; remained curate about zen
years aud wis appointed 20 a living. when ne helI
until two years ago, when, owing TO the lnnrm,e1 %
h re di ed 'o''S"'D It. nc "'' ''''' WV
The Rev. William Leeke, who was buried
recently In Derbyshre. England. was soldier at Wa
teroo and carried the coors of his regiment the ga
Light Infantry which has place IN history as the reg
ment that led the gallant charge the Imperial Guard
OF France which finally decided the fortunes OF me DAY
lie remained with his regiment In the Army OF oceupa
Not far from the Ameer's palace in Cabul
there is and long has been an American church in which
Christian worship has been permitted undisturoed
through the many civil changes and disturbances that
have taken place In that city. The number OF the CHRIS
tans was formerly considerable hut at present there
are than twelve. On week days OF Iale liey
have wOr=hippng according 10 te PERSIAN NeIson
Of the Eugilsh Prayer Book.
OF camp-meetings yet to be held this season.
list by complete IL given OF seventy-hVe ior
the entire country Fifteen of them will be held In
Pennsylvania. twelve in Ohio, ten in New-forK ana
three IN New-Jersey The custom Of holding no services
a these meetings on SUNDAYS f. growing I'm favor, the
ground for suspending them being that Teiglous PEG
Pile living in the neghbOrho0d Of the grounds go 70 tne
Sunday services "a they would TO an agrlcutrh l vi
travelling circus.
Baltimore Methodist preachers have been
considering the morals Of Sunday trains to and from
camp-meetngs, and have decided TO give neither en-
couraR ement nor pathy TO any campmeetng where
the evil was not remedicd in IL possible to
rned ~ One of tbe communicating groves win put up
fence and close all the gates on sunday Wie a9phet
viii close them after 10 a. m, keeping open until that
time in order that country people may nave ume W
get in
A Charleston paper reports an eXtraordl-
nary state OF affairs negro revival recently IN pro
grcss at Methodist Church in that city The attend
ance was very large and night was the custom
10 carry home two three, and sometimes more women
I'm a state of apparent insensiblity. When bystanders
asked what was the matter the regular response was
that the person had been converted. TO an OutWaru
appearance she dead since she Jay rgu az. Passnc
i'm Inc arms of the riends who carried her. II Is sur
missed that these converts hal either tainted gugn'
from the excitemen OF the evening OF tHi ny
garded the falling into condition oil helpeSshess
as special sign OF grace
The story is told of Leo XIII. that one
morning when Commander Sterbini was about TO serve
him with salt the cellar slipped from the tray ana
fell TO the table The Pope from his seat looked al
the ground II any salt had fallen there ana 'heh
said Only see the salt is upset and had 1t fallen on
the ground believe should not have gotten over To-
dav" Taking a notebook he wrote IN It monent
and hon observed We shall see whether we do
NOT have he loss of some beloved Cardinal to depofe
before long" Nine days later Cardinal Asqqni dled.
aud the Pope called on Sterbmi to READ a9ud te
he had made in the book and then said 10 those around
him Had the salt been scattered on ne moor
Of upon the table, verify believe shouu DC S'an"h
now before the judgment-seat
The colored Methodists of the Baltimore
Conference have adopted resolution that the time mas
come when one of African descent shoulu De
elected 10 the Office OF Bishop, ana urging coIoreu
r,abcrs NJ the Methodist Church agtae the ques-
tou and II necessary demand his election by the zen
CraI Conference which meets In Cincinnati next May,
The resolution met with slight oPpo'lllo1 s rnnI6
mem,cr said he was satisfied the conference "ou,u
make the appointment If the proper man was DrOusht
forward and added that the difficulty was 10 get the
man At the same meeting IL was decided that tne use
OF tobacco by ministers did not Impair their influence
with their people