New-York tribune., 1879-12-21

pute for q thousand dollars.
Statistics have been prepared to show the
receipts of the Foreign Missionary Union
(Baptist) during the sixty-six years since IL
was organized. Beginning with lolo, III ap-
pears that in the succeeding thirty -four years
the largest sum received In any one year was
800, $50 62-an extraordinarily large sum,
and due In n great part to special enors
made in that year (1S46l to remove IN accu-
mulated debt. The smallest sum IN the same
perIod was s3. 615 27, which was received in
1922. During four years the amount was over
$50, 900, during five over $4,000, and dur
ing six over $50, 900. Since 1850 the annual
receipts have fallen below 800, 900 only three
times. In 1870 they reached Y2oO,Uoo' ana
have never since been lower than that sum.
The highest point reached was IN 1878, wnen
the total amounted to $27S,723 IA.
A week ago u. L. Haven. son OF Bishop
Haven, wrote that his father was SO very low
that he had not seen his mail for two weeks,
and that there was little chance for him TO DO
so in many weeks to come. His physicians
then thought there was some hope of his re-
covery, though it would be slow at best. Ihey
said the African fever fingered about the
nerve-centres, and this together with over
work had completely .prostrated him. de
suffered most from weakness OF the branches
of the sympathetic nerves which connect with
the heart, and at times are very feeble, giving
him all the sensations OF dying person. Inc
physicians were more In fear that the disease
would go to the brain than that the action OF
the heart would cease.
Plagiarism in the pulpit has been discussed
in many Baptist ministers meeting during
the past few weeks Boston Baptists, though
late TO enter INTO the discussion, have made
an interesting talk of it at last. Early IN the
discussion one of the speakers warmly de-
Tended Dr. LOrImer, holding that in MS case
Z" the spirit of forgiveness ought to be held
paramount to all others" The reply TO this
was that if a bank clerk robbed his employer
the spirit of forgiveness might be shown TO-
ward him, but the act OF robbery, neyerthe-
less, "would forever disquallfy him from being
a bank officer " don't believe It," responded
the first speaker; " excuse me, but don't be-
Ileve it," The second speaker went ON for
moment. but Was interrupted by point OF
order. The objection made was that Dr. Lori
mer should not be attacked when he was not
present TO defend himself. The chair
ruled that this was not point OF order,
but intimated that as "point of courtesy
he could sustain 1t.
The report that the early records of che Old
South Church in Boston have been destroyed
is denied. They are, 1t Is said, IN state OF
careful preservation, and are complete from
the beginning of the year 1859. They make
several volumes of MSS. copy of them has
been made III part, and persons who wish TO
verify certain events are referred TO the copy
instead of the original. The original papers
are kept in Il fire-prO0f safe, and only III the
presence of a duly authorized person are they
allowed TO be taken out 1t is reported that
the Rev. Henry Morgan applied few days
ago for a warrant restraining the managers OF
the Old South Fair from proceeding further
with the fair on the ground that they are Vi
olating the law against lotteries. Mr.. Morgan
made the application to a justice, who very
properly referred him to the District Attorney
as the person to whom such complaint should
be made. When Mr.. Morgan reached the Dis
trlct Attorneys Office he found him out. Mr..
IN a
church fairs. The Old South case lie intends
to bring before the grand jury early IN janu-
ary, and is SAID to have deposited $500 as
fund to he used in suppresslng what he looks
upon as gambling in the churches.
DIR. ID. VI. Reeves, of the First Baptist Church
in Albany, has resigned his pastorate. This
puts an end to the open communion c0ntr0-
versy which has been more or less active In
that church for several years past. The letter
oil resignation, after an Intellectual effort Dr
its withdrawal, has been finally accepted, but
a COMMITTEES is charged with seeing DR.. Reeves
to prevail upon him if possible to remain until
after tine first Sunday IN January. lt was the
aim of DR.. Reeves to establish open cOmmun-
ion III his church, or, as he says in the letter.
" to bring our denomination back To the old
basis of mutual federation, set forth in the
articles of faith of 1859, on which all the
original associations of this country We're
founded" That movement, he adds, " has
failed.n Although IL represented the oldest
orthodoxy of the denomination, its advocates
have everywhere been pursued as heretlcs,
and either driven TO withdraw, recant OF fall.
back into silence 1t is through no dOnbt of
the love of the church for him that he has
been led to take this step. For his sake they
have incurred Genunciation of the denOm
national press They have parted In sor
row from some of their oldest and best menu
bers," and they have wavered not before the
threats OF expulsion from the denomination"
A singular case of disturbance in church Is
reported from st. Johns OF hampstead, near
London. One Elizabeth IOcock has annoyed
the vicar so much with loud and ln0ppOrtune
singing and has persisted in it so long against
the repeated complaints which have been made
to her, that the wear at last carried the case
intoa police court. He testified that she dis
shocking noise, which he supposed she would
call singing. at the tOpmOsJ pitch or her
voice." She did not sing with the rest of the
congregation or the choir, but either "A little
before them or a little after. He had once
thought OF putting Il stop TO singing III the
church altogether, and again had thought he
would shut up the church, greatly was lie
worried. For two years the singing had be-
come worse and worse. In reply Miss Iocock
SAID she had not the slightest intention to an
noy any one. On the contrary her whole
heart and soul were in the services OF the
church which she had attended for twenty
seven years." and she had always felt she was
doing her duty IN singing. She admitted that
her voice was very high, but said " her whole
prayers were for the clergy" The court de-
cided that Miss Tocock was liable to fine of
$25 or two months in jail; and that it was not
necessary that the annoyance should I've ma
llcI0us. The summons was, however, ad-
journed for a month to see if the annoyance
ceased.
In the Chapter House of st. Paurs, Lon
don, on a recent Sunday, severe criticism was
passed by the speaker of the occasion upon
the present supply of preachers in the English
Church. The Saturday Rerieu says the tone of
the criticism may be inferred from an incident
which it relates of an Oxford tutor who. as an
excuse for taking long walks on Sunday In
stead of attending service at ST. Mary's, re-
piled that he preferred sermons from stones 10
sermons from sticks. The speaker at st. Paul's
insisted that the question OF raising the stand