, 1879-08-17
GENERAL NEWS.

lie a circular has been addressed to the Risho
e throughout the Catholic world calling on the
~ ~ to promote monster clerical pilgrimage to Il
;. Eternal City tor the next Feast of the Epinhan
d Owing to the falling off of leeacies, the Ia
5 receipts OF the Home Missionary Society We
= $40, eco less last year than the year prcy1ou
but the gifts OF living contributors we're S7,0
larger.
Bishop Vaughan, OF Stafford, England, in
recent appeal for "Peter's pence" announce
that the Holy See needs e35O,000. 1t Is sal
that 5,0o0 persons are dependent upon Bit #
subsistence.
. Owing to delay IN the work Of repairing He
sheY Hall, there will be no services In the Unio
swcdenborgiau Church to-day. Services vi
pe resumed next Su ndav. when the Rev. T.. !
Mercer will preach as usual.
: furniture OF, the Wi'Iouybby Avenue Methods
church. BROOKLYN, eliminated in split in tn
congregation and the stripping CT the church
: esen to the Sunday-schooi banners.
The sexton and his assistants of Trtuir
. Cnurcn, New York, dur NJ service. wear lovely
ntt'ng black robes, which give them decided
ministerial mir Ecclesiastical mfllinervi Is gettu
, to be matter Of serious prominence.
> 4 coiored preacher refused to suoolv churcl
| ~ Cleveland COUNTY, North Carolina, becausa
. the congregation would not give him q mort
gage to secure his salary for the year lie eyi
deutlr had little faith In his preaching.
The Rev. Mr.. Sabine, of New York, denies
that the reformed Episcopal Church has in an,
way been crippled bv the death Of Thomas Fl,
Powers. Of Philadelohia. The church property
is valued ut $1,000, COO over membranes.
a new sect has arisen in Russia. It's high
Prcstess Is Xenfa 1ganowana Kusmln. : The
new doctrine forbtds the use Of flesh, does not
recognize marriage or the authority OF the cler.
! gy, and pfescribes Kissing an act OF devotion.
4 writ OF aiectment has been served on the
Dean and Chnrchwarueus Of Christ Church
Cathedral. Hamilton. Ont, the most arstocratic
place Of worship in the citr. and the Cathedral
church Of diocese whose Bishop has private
income Eix months Of which would pay OF the
| whole debt.
Protestant missionaries in Turkey sav that
young Turks who are fe1t to America tn be ed
! ucated, in order that they mar retnrn md labor
| Tor Christianity among their countrymen, aim
] to obtain medical rather than religions c,1u-
cation, so as TO practice medicine pzoftablv
when they get home.
Sir Dartle Frere is authority for the statement
that the III uhabitants OF remote village in Dec
| eau hare abfured idotatry and caste, removed
their Idols from the temples, and p7ofessed a
Christianity which they learned for themselves
from earnest reading Of single Gospel and
le" tsacts lefe among them bT merchant, who
Spureeon takes sombre view OF the ca1amf.
ties which hare fallen upon Epel md, and indl-
Gates that they are the result OF the drunkenness
that seems to be universal through the country
and the canseless foreign wars in which she is
enSaged:L,ngac'ng eng. l'nds where she has no
made himself disliked BY the s'jinEoes''
Some OF the church-debts rufsed BY Mr.. Kim
ball do not stay raised. The .mn9e adopted in
nearly every case was to take promises to pay
At Various periods during year or more. These
pledges are usually repudiate1 in case OF pop
u!ar pastor resignlng or anv other event Affect
Ing the church adversely. The financial embar-
rassment Of subscribers is auo:he1 element Of
disaDoointment.-lVe Fork s,sa.
~ The seventh annual Convention of the
Young Men's Christian Associations Of this
s:a,e s will be hsla in Decatur Aug; as-a1. The
Work," "s'ate Work." Meetings" ERE
tIonal Classes 4 Personal Conservation in the |
Work." and "Social Work. The railroad |
companies will carTv delegates to and frora Dc t
catur at one fare and firth. upon showing the
proper credentials.
The Wesleyan Society in Great Britain num-
hers SSoS76 members; ministers, 1,9444: Sun
dav-schools, G.l69; Sunday scholars. 7G0, l9a:
da7 schools, s5o: DAY scholars. 17a,o00. The
Wesleyan denomination has thlrtv-four districts
in Great Britain, nine only Of which reported an
increase last year. The Thanksgiving Fund has
now reached tota, OF 2l7l,500, md nearly ali ]
the ConnectionaI debts have been discharged
The new Theolooical College ut Birml sam !
will be ready for occupancy in September, 1851.
The Montreal Seminary authorities receive 50
many bad coppers in their contribution boxes |
that they find it necessary to melt them once
month. In this wav they hope to put them |
out Of circulation, and thus prevent their COM
ing back to them. The person in charge OF them
5 supposed to see all given him cast into solid
metal before
hem, and to gut Il receipt for their delivery, t
for their wright. This seems rad /
cal way of getting rid OF the "copoer nu.sance-o i
The fairs Of the Roman Catholic Church in
1ncl'nd, saws an English provincial paper. are !
,ccupvng great deal Of the attention OF tie : =
Propaganda. Tic Pope has ordered the delay OF
he cousccration Of the new Bshoos Of North q
mpton and Aliddleshorough; and it is not im-
robable that strong stecs will he taken to check
he centra1.zing policy OF Cardinal Manning, u
'hich his snffragans are bound to support open t
=, lest they should share 'l1e fate Of Archbishop
'rrngton. who was deposcd without trial from Il
he See OF Westminster by Plus IL. q
Jewish gentleman has lately written to the u
ondon Express commenting upon the errone- y,
US ideas prevalent rs to tie Jewish Sabbath 81
,ra1,;ra,t rooroor;o, nra 49, n,n,..o.aar. - | hi
hen Innocent, deemed, perfectly permissible. |
galleries, and museums are all l.
aces Of lawful resort. On the ner h+s,d hr
rs: !" We are Dunctilious IN regard to servile
rVauts to remaiu outside the church listening
the neehu@ OF carriage horses. while the ~
,Yout congregation inside were listening to | .,
c Bishop eloquentiy remind ng his absorbed -
teners hat the rest Of the Sabbath must e1- ~
nd TO ail.n pr
missionary among the Seneca Indians in 1~
orsllern New York writes to the Christian i'd -.
;aie OF this city saT that there are still pa a
Us In the tribe who burn the white dog as q ca
:ridce every year. lie gives a conversation 81
Id with one OF those pagans which, With very
ght notifications, reads verv much ella
e what white pagans, nominallv called mi
would say. The Indian ac- m1
owleaged himself 2 sinner, but de-
d that he bad auvthiog to do with the kill | ~,
Of the Savior, which trausac ion took place Nv
adreds OF years ago, as The missionaries told va
a, and, when pressed for Immediate action ~:
7ard Christianity, this pagan coolly answered :
t he would think it over. ST.
| novel enterprise, called ssThe PEOPLES cae
arch," is beng built In Boston. The Rev. =
Hamilton, its pastor. has secured 10-cent snc
from over 100, 900 persons by sell Ch,
to each of them au undivided interest in the L
rern to the extent OF one brick. The invent =
genius OF this pastor now takes another d. | in :
ion. Having filled the brick market, he Las
MS gigantic photograph-album. Persons | Cor
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