, 1879-04-27

than nine new sects have been added to their nun
ber Each Of these bodies @ has registesed places
worship "as s1ss ale 1dvest C Christians, believee
nss nssas il 1s 81 aH
ed Episcopal Church, ~ 'sReiormed Presbyte
rians,n and. 1.-THE Order OF St. Austin"
Tho Boston correspondent Of tho London Guar.
number Of unemployed clergy is becoming /
public scandal Most Of them, With their families,
nre reduced to the qreatcst distress. They art
hand hand besging GIN &c fos s some % othcr-desraded in tdt
sight of the community, In that OF the Church,
and most OF ali, in their own eyes. Clergy In the
thing to do there: clergy from the West are com
ing back to the East to beseee worried and wornon
nnd helpless Bishops for vacant parishes here AND
clergy, both East and West, are beginning to talk
oseculor work for the support OF their families.
A CHRIST MEMORIAL HALL.
A Memorial Hall to Shakespeare would be some-
thing every one would aid or enconrase but Christ,
ereater genius than Shakespeare. His parallels are
al original plots or great and striking Dramas His
life a brilliant array of diversified scenes: Hia
death startling and unsarpassed tragedy. Christ
reality, and a Memorial Hail ia Chicago, dedicated
to Him. containing copies OF all great paintings
roundines, together with all writings relating to
that could be collected ia this remote age aud
vince people Of this fact. Art and literature TO-
gether with freedom Of thoncht, have brought
Christ clearly and prominently out Of the rnys-
tcrles of the past, and in u memorial hall
all these tributes could be collected With
cut reference to auy special belief or race:
TO tn enter this - hall fa fec cGqd os pad
flowers, and cheerful with sunlight, and in per.
feet order A sparkling fountain OF pure and
s. Wat9F could hs1; symbolic Fin
shall never thirst again. In this quiet hall one
could read Of and reflect upon this great and good
Being undisturbed und entirely free from any dig
sayings read ut stated times or given speech by
mcans Of the telephone. Those who wished
could contribute unseen their offerings for the un-
hnn welcome and safe retreat. In this way in
every city a memorial hall could be dedicated to
Christ alone, and He could arise in the New World
all His beauty, beneyoence. intellectual glory and
purity. Those who favor the creation Of this
tribute to His memory in Chicago, or wish to join
cities, please write, stating what they will do, but
not contributing until permanent association Is
formed form @ With tts President, Secretary, etc Al
cago, ILL.,
THE EVOLUTION BIBLE.
London Freeman.
The preparation OF the new Bible, which Is to be
inspired by sweet reasonab!eness, has not made
much advance yet. We lay before our readers the
improved version Of the hrst chapter Of the book
hs Fl efas: Gqsss f3oa4 g Tasse sk s
ness, took no notice whatever Of any thing. (2)
And Cosmos was homogeneous and undilfe.en-
tiated, and somehow another evolution began
evolved protoplasm, and rhytamic thrill@ arose,
and then there was light. ~ And spirit Of
energy wa. developed and formed the plastic cell
1yh ind k.A
primordlal germ became protogene, and protogene
somchow shaped cocoon, then was the dawn Of
iife {8> And the herb Welding seed, and the
fruittree yielding fruit after its own kind. whose
seed is in itself, developed according to its own
fancy. And the Eternal, without us that maketn
Tor Righteousness, neither knew nor cared
the pcast Of the earth after his Kind. and every
creeping thing became evolved BY Heterogeneous
segregation and concomitant dissipation Of mo-
ton. 49, So that BY survival OF the ittest there
evolved the slmiads from the jelly fish, and the
throopmorphic prtmordial types t9) And in due
hold be was the most cunning of ali animals: md
lol the fast men killed the slow men, and it was
ordained to be 50 In every age {1o} And il proc
the flttest. Mathew Arnold, Herbert Spencer, and
Charles Darwin appeared, and behold it WAS very
good.
ORIGIN OF UN1TAEL4NIsM.
Edward Everett Hale has been deving in the
usty records OF the past in search Of the origin OF
Unlar1ansm. and gives the result OF his labors in
the following recently published letter:
OF this year, l518, was confirmed lin Poland1 de-
cree which had been passed ut Diet In 1867, and
in 1868. decreeins all persons OF all denomina-
tons the free exercise Of their religion. From
the union OF the Reformed churches Of all parties
in passtug this edfct. an union to which they
led By weighty pubic reasons they were called
Until or Unita:l. Ths title was afterward restrict
ed to those persons who maintained that the Father
%r,~n rr,AE ftn1 t-
readily adopted Of their own nccord; while those
who held thar there three persons in the God
head were. BY way Of opposition, styled Tdni-
tarii.''
Now this unknown historian i6 wrong in this last
statement, for the word Anti-Trinitarii is in use
before to denomtnatc the socln1ans: bur think it
found earlier than the etymoloEy thus given.
When the Trinitar1an churches gave up the plan Of
tolerntio9 they ceased to be Unit or Untarii.
never Prosecuted for opinion. The name came to
be interpreted as originating In the theological
dogma of the Godhead; bnt this etymology Of its
origin Is probably true: that Unitarians were peo-
pie vino believed In what you and call Unity"
AUl1CuLAR CONFESSION.
i correspondence On the subject Of auricular
confession has taken place between the Bishop OF
Salisbury, Er Gland, and 1, 2 lady named GandEy,
ing book which Mr. Towne, the Rector Of Both
enhampton, was distributing in his parish. The
Bishop replied that he disapprovcd Of the book,
but at the same time remarked that :. the 1egit-
mate use OF the ordinance Of confession and abso-
luton was real part OF the instruction Of the
Christian Church, and most precious and useful in
a generation such Us that in which We live, though
its repeated and periodic use WAS both undesirable
ana dangerous, as leading TO undue reliance npon
outward means and human Judgment" Mrs.
Gundry, dissatisfied with this reply, wrote that
1r. .Towne had invited young persons OF both sexes
to private auricuar confession 10 the priest alone,
the pentent being admonished not to reveal to any
one therefore not even to parents. " what might
pass between the priest and himself or herself.
She complained that her point was not met. and
asked for the church authority which justies Mr.
Towne's conduct, The Bishops rejoinder Was to
the effect that he "caunot agree in thinking that
the ordinance OF confession is in the PrayerBook
confined to sick people, OF that it is proper that
third party should be present when it is used"
Mrs. GundrY is astonfshed at this, and tells the
Bishop in final note that - II the confessional is
into Engand those who c0nnive at il
will be responsible for infllcting untold misery
QpQp our households and childrezl's Children
THE MAN AND THE TIGER.
t'What viii be do with its'' is the painfully in
tcrcstinr question asked in regard to Michigan
clergyman and donation recently received BY |
him, This brother had called on wealthy brewer
for q gift for his church. The brewer did not at |
once respond. but now astonishes the Michigan |
der by sending him a dozen barrels OF beer. |
s.Silver and gold haveI none, but such as have |
riycI thee, ~ said Peter 10 the poor fellow who
asked aims And so the brewer bestows bis |
charity in what he happened TO have on hand. The |
l. ~kr~~ 1AN IIH Ennh mt In