, 1879-04-06
GENERAL NOTES.

| GEN ERAL NOTES.
Eight Methodist Churches in Detroit have re
! solved to pool their debts and raise q common
fund to pay them.
Bishop McLaren confirmed fifteen persons II
st. Marks Church last Sunday, making thirty
! eight confirmed ut this church within year.
| Bishop Gilmour, Of Cleveland, has excommu
| nicated the Irish IPorld, which be calls " q baG
paper,-one that no Catholic can hapituall1
| read"
A joint session of the Illinois Liberal Religious
Societies and the Iowa Unitarian Association
will be held In Davenport, Ia, April Is, L.
and II.
Father Hyacinthe has raised a small rumpus
| in the Anglican Church. His Endorsement by q
! Committee of the Lambeth Conference has
been protested against by the Bishops of EI}
and Peterborough.
Bishop Jaggar proposes to make st. Johns
| ported by voluntary offerings. He wants poor
| people to come with their families and enjoy Il
| hearty welcome.
The Sunday Law just made By the North Car
| lima Legislature provides against the loading OF
| freight and the running Of trains on the Sab
| bath between sunrise aud sundown. It does
| not apply to mail trains.
The Congreqatioualist says that layman with
a talent for. analyzng book-accounts has diseoy-
| cred deficiency Of $50, 900 in the finances OF
| the Massachusetts Home Society. He calls on
| the Executive Committee to make an e1plana-
ton.
The three hymn books issued with the sane
ton Of Moody and Sankey have reached an cnor-
nous sale. Of No. !, 4,1l3,S773 copies hare
6se9 sold .1 Of Nh Il lsa 1d s and Of No 8
1000 600 copies Of No. have been disposed OF.
An ecclesiastical rebellion has broken out in
Zululand in the anglican Diocese, Bishop Ma
crones. Dean Green, Of the Cathedral Church
Of Pietertnaritzburg, in defiance Of both Bishop
and Synod, introduced lights, vestments, and
incense in worship. The Dean refusing to COM
plv with further request of the Bishop, the
latter has discaimed ali responsibility for MIR.
GREEN'S conduct
The Catholics of Ontario, according to the
irish Canadian intend to bring Vice Chancellor
Blake before Parliament for discriminating
against Catholics IN his judgments, and es-
pccially Tor remarking when the Mother Supc-
rior of a nunnery appeared to testify before
him, and gave her name in religion, that Il it
was one Of those fine Italian names employed as
disguise for Bridget Maloncy."
The conversion of a European to Buddhism
is q rare event. One such conversion is now re-
ported from Siam. The convert is scientific
mnn from Austria. This gentleman obtained
from the King Of Siam permission to pass his
novitiate in the magnificent temple attached to
the palace. His reception gave rise to d most
imposing ceremony. He will have to spend
four years completely isolated from the world.
Pending the conservation of Bishop Lightfuot
to the Sec OF Durham, the Archbishop OF York
undertook TO run the o1occse, me Dcan anu
Chapter protested, and warned him not to inter-
fere. They take their stand Oh Il charter grant,
ed by William the ConQueror, Anl supported by
Royal letter and Papal bulls down to the Refor-
mation, wheh henry VII. aeoln cohnrmeo II,
anu "h!ch mas ohly once oeen lesls.eu' anu tnat Ina
unsuccessln'ly, oy arepolshop oahoss: IN 1856.
Last Friday evening private meeting was
held of the Deacous and prucipal members Of
the University Place Baptist Church, At The
opening the pastor Of the church, the Rev. Dr.
A. Owen, stepned forward and read his resigna-
ton to take effect Nav /. Many Of the mem
hers we're thl1ndorsrr1ick at The suddcn an-
.nouncement, and scene of confusion ensued,
during which Dr. Owen quietly slipped out
and left the excited members to discuss matters
among themselves.
The American Board of Commissioners for
Forcien Missions has had q rare stTcak OF GOOD
old Deacon Otis, late OF New London, Conn.
Tie amount is expected to be nearly $, ,o0O, 900.
The S,crctarv of th. BOARD. however, SUGGESTS
to the Christian nublic that the beouest of
Sl.O0O0O0 is not vet in the possession OF the
Board; that how soon it will be available for
amount to bu realized is not fully known, and
that whatever The amount may be it viii not
lessen tie imperative claims Of Christ on His
disciples for Tho vigorous prosecution Of mis-
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= "eIho1lsI clersy1nan' tne n.y. ~; y. pnt- u
,oes, u osweso' Is no ne tt'Su ~ apft @ LUZ
netes} M} ~ tne Son1cfencs " i Nolen ~" 17'
ork. he Is M'aelV known nmu estct1'Gu IL 1nf
ee'ltla1 COUNTIES OF tile ota.e, anu tne .rlal
promises 70 attlact aeeh n1se1ieoll. ~ recently
preacneu sermon On .ne una1essalSt s,s ia,tn,
any celLaln sentences lsn uttGreG a,e Me oass
na es tlalsts oW nue = ~
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