The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-04
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.


Detroit
Nearly all the vacant Catholic dioceses In
the United States are shortly to be hlled from
names sent to the Pope
The parish church at Holyhead, Wales tn the
foundation of which was laid In the year 650,
has been restored and re-opened.
A decree Of the Congregation OF Rites pre-
seribes that no Catholic church shall substt-
tute gas-Iight for candles on the altar.
Mr.. Kimball has raised $1,000 for the East
CONGREGATIONAL Church OF Brooklyn. lifting
II out of debt and providing for some improve
ments.
There are SIX subscribers who pledge them
selves to pay $1,000 each toward the debt Of
Archbishop Purcell Archbishop Williams OF
obtain 5000 subscribers at $1,000 each.
The average Sunday attendance at church
in Buffalo. Is ~ 400. or this number rs, 900 are
Catholics 10, $50 Lutherans. 86lO Methodists,
Ills Presbyterians, 1866 Episcopaliaus and
1850 Baptists
The Rev. Edward Palmer, father Of the
Rev. b. M. Palmer, of New Orleans, is still
Ia bs Ii the Presbyterian pulpit regularly,
though he Is 81 years old. His home ana
Church are at Barhwell. s. @.
The Mormons have In Scotland a patriarch,
high priests, 5 councillors Of seventies, W
elders 20 priests, 35 teachers. deacons and
3s7 members. The baptsms last year were
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A woman dropped ten-eent piece into o
contribution box In the Hyde Park (Mass.)
Roman Catholic Church In manner that, as
the priest though, showed unWlllingness. and
he insisted upon her taking back the coin.
Baboo Protab Chunder Mozoomdal, Of the
Bramo Somai, OF India, has begun the pub
LEGATION Of the 7heistic, ,Q''arterly Revten, as
the Church of Mr. Sen and his co-laborers
The smallest living In the Church Of Eng
land Ia that of Shpton, near Ludlow, which
is worth G3 a year. There are t7S residents
IN the district and the Incumbent since 1869
has been the Rev. Robert Henry Gayor
More, nj. A.
The Moravan denomination is again In q
prosperous condition in Bohemia. Austria,
where 1t originated centuries ago, and from
which 1t was entirely expelled 1t is now toll
Grated by the Austrian government. The
mission will, 1t Is expected, be- reorganized by
the General Synod which meets IN May.
The confessional, as praeticed in the Angl-
been condemned by the Chester Consistory
Court. Chancellor Espin said he had visited
the church, and found In each OF the transepts
a chair and prayer-desk, screened from the
body of the church by a curtain, and evident
ly used as confessonals.
A Bristol clergyman just before service
time marches through the streets dressed In
q white surplice and ecclesiastical hat. In
one hand he carries book marked with q
large red cross and In the other bell, which
he rings as he walks. He continually cries,
Come to church." and has with him a boy
carrying lantern. Result large attend
ance at his church.
The Rev. DIR. Shedd, q missionary, writes
from Hamaden, Persia, that there Is won
derful movement among the old and large
colony of Jews ut that place. Their leaders
have been discussing the question whether
b mud YntIr S.f ham
have decided that He was and been baptized,
while many are applicants for baptism
About 5000 Jews are represented by the four
baptized leaders.
In about dozen British parishes the peo-
pie have the right by royal charter Of elect
ing their Clergyman. The curacy 81 Riving.
ton having become vacant, the Bishop OF
Manchester has thought 1t consistent with
his duty to advise his Pensioners to exercise
the trust as q solemn privilege, reminding
them that such elections have but too fire.
uuently been conducted angriy and resulted
In schfsms. The parishioners In reply have
invited the Bishop to appoint. minister, re-
serving however the right OF veto.
Cardinal Guibart. Archbishop Of Paris, his
coadjutor, and his suffragans, five In number.
have addressed q protest to the French AS
semby against the projects OF law relating to
instruction, and to the freedom OF higher edu-
cation The Archbishop Of Rheims and his
suffragans have done likewise. The Christian
mothers of Bretagne, the heads OF families,
and Christian organizations Of all kinds In
France, have raised their voices In protest
against the expulsion of the religious orders
from the schools.
M. Loyson, better known as Pere Hya-
cinthe, has just brought out at Paris bro
chure setting forth the doctrines OF the New
Catholic persuasion. This little work is
ay b e pn @S Ss Rpnts esmfE1 ssn 81 Ss
ops by the Clergy and their Congregations"
Celebration Of the Liturgical Offices and
Reading of the Bible in the National Tongue"
IS Marriage allowed to Priests, and Liberty
new church, in the Rue Rochechouart, contin-
ues to be well frequented-so much so, indeed,
that on Sundays there is not accommodation
for all who are DESTROYS of obtaining admis-
sion.
Easter Sunday was the fiftleth anniversary
Of Catholic emancipation. None OF the min
sters that carried the measure are alive nor
Is q member now In Parliament that voted
Tor or against 1t. Now there are thirty-four
Catholic peers, twenty-six OF whom sit in the
House Of Lords, and fifty-one Catholic MEM
oers Of Parliament, while five members Of the
Privy Council belong to the once prescribed
faith. The Catholics have In the British En-
pire 1876 dioceses and nearly IA 600, 600 popula-
ton. In Great Britain there are eighteen
1oceses, 2140 priests, 1349 places Of worship
Ind a Catholic population OF about 10000
Divine service In the village church of
Fabriano, middle Italy, were interrupted one
sunday during the Lenten season in an extra
ordinary manner. The preacher, Jesuit
'ather. had reached the close of the first
division Of his discourse when man arose in
he crowded congregation and fired a revolver
1t him. The bullet missed it's mark. No ex-
olanation Of the motive for the crime could
De got from the man. After he had been
handed over to the police the priest quietly
inished his sermon, and he has ever since
,een the object of special reverence from his
,arishioners, who believe that he was saved
rom death by tho miraculous interposition of
The Virgin.
Titusville Penny clergyman thought the
tory that the Baptist missionaries at Ongole, |
ndia, had baptized 1922 Telugu converts ia |
me day an ezaggeration, and wrote to one of
he missionaries, Mr.. Clough asking: "How
many men does it take to baptize 1929 persons
n one day2", Mr.. Clough replied that six |
of1iciated in relays of two. The |
work began at a. m and lasted till CD. M.
With an intermission from 2to 10 hecai1sa of |