, 1879-03-30

Leo XIII. There will then be triad Of En-
glish Cardinals in the Holy City-namcly; Mar
ming, Howard, and Newman.
The Rev. Henry Little, Secretary Of Indian
Home Missionary Society, has been engaged il
the work for nearly Fifty years.
The Rev. Frederick G. Bloomfield, Prcbcndar
] OF St. Pauls Cathedral, London, is dead. Il
was son Of Bishop Bloomfield, and an Eronian
The Rev. George F. Pentecost, the evangelist
Is consldeted the probable successor OF the Rev
Dr.; Noble at the Centre Congregational Church
| III New Haven.
The Rev. F. B. Allen, Congregational min
| lister OF Boston, has entered tAe Episcopa
Church aud applied for admission as candidate
| for holy orders.
The Rev. D. P. Livermore, formerly Of thl*
city, has been unanimously invited TO suppl.
bingham, Mass.
weli, congregational, and R. r. A1cNulty, Pres
bvter1an, have applied for admission to the Epts-
copal Diocese of Connecticut
The Rev. S. 4. Ort, D. D., of Louisville, KY,
nas accepted cali to St James Lutheran
Church Of New York, and will shortly assume
pastoral charge Of the church.
The Rev. Dr. Duryea, OF the Classou Avenue
Church Of Brooklyn, has finally decided to ac-
cept the call extended to him by the Central
SeASs4CeAl404liA4 AAutEu VI oU5LUl.
The Rev. ". 7. Bullock, Mentone, England,
Secretary Of the Society for the Propagation Of
the Gospel, is dead BE was connected with
the Society, in the Secretary's office, twenty
eight years.
NJ. Eugene Reveillaud, the distinguished
French Journalist whose remarkable conversion
from Romanism has excited SO much interest,
expresses the opinion that France will become
Protestant within forty years.
DR.. Bol1s, Of Cleveland says there arc but
Jour Protestant Episcopal clergvmen in this
ishes, and who have passed, or nearly passed.
their f1tieth year of'rectorship. They arc the
Rev. John Brown, Of st. Georges Church, New
burg, N: y; the Rev: ". G. Mead, OF the ST.
1a raul's Church, SoEwalk, Conn; the Rev.
Mass: and tie Rev y. Shelton, b. B., Of ;t' st.
Pauls Church, Buffalo. The Rev. Dr., Burr
has been Rector OF All Saints Church. Ports
mouth. -, Tor thirty-6ve years, and the Rev.
Qr. Craik Rector OF Christ Church, Louisville.
ny, for the same period.
THE REV. DR.. LoR1MER.
VI ". Lonmer. who Will officiate this morn
fn.55 and evening in the First Baptist Church,
IRON which he has received call, the Boston
CORRESPONDENT Of the alliance gives the follow
ing sketch:
As you enter fremont Temple Sunday morning
ana are r. looking III vain for vacant seat among
talns; and as the music rails ont from the large
organ back OF this platform, that is alled to Tic
ease Win stfaneers. snor,, thin man. not over
ave feet seven, nor weighing over las pounds,
steps upon the platform and takes his seat hehnfl
the sacred desk. The first thought is one Of sur
prss tnas man not over 10 years Of age, and still
hund Tint are more like lady's than sturdy. ]
brusquc thinkers, should have acquired such
reputation and so Justly, in city where it is with
clear Inspection It is that the MN upon whom
all eyes are turned has II large and long head. a
forehead, nose of good size SO essen
anu decision OF character Such il the exterior
appearance OF Dr. George G. Lor1pcr to casna1
observer who never before has rested eyes upon
But the kind OF house in which man lives in
Of little Importance compared with the kind VI
man thaI lives in 1t, und very large man may live
The first sentence that comes from The rostrum in
d1cates mini thar is clear and whose cearpess is
not ut the exrense of its breadth aud DEPTH The
next sentence Indicates the qualities o.; mind 40
admirahIe in public speaker, and pre-emineDtly |
III minister namely. honesty and fairncss. And |
m honest mind j. easily detected for it dodges not
around diiiculties. but meets them, and either |
oYercomes or is overcome BY them. But an honest |
mind will nut conform facts to suit preconceiyed !
theories It abldcs the results Of inexorabc logic |
md wishes only the truth DR.. Loriuer.s mind is !
lrst and foremost IN honest mind, and though the
seems large. it is, nevertheless, de-
.asc with which he chooses words 10 express lis
hought- Language is with him medium, for ,hc
expression OF thought and as such he uses it with
aste and precision His power OF condenxiuy a |
heorr into sentence il at times marvellous. and |
housh he has not tho original qnaintncs aud quiet
1rcasn, coupled with tue poetic genius, of h mind
Ike ChlcagOs greatest thinker, Day1l S,yinr nor |
le anclsive and narrow petsistency Of mind ike
'rancis l.. PAtion's, he yet starts ont clearly and
oe1cally for an enc. and finds himself there, not
Q much b. SHAPING his thought ana forcing a con-
lusion as by being led by the natural anu graceful
nio!on: oi an honest mind tliat desires to Know
nd speak the trut3- The Sources from which Dr..
orlmer draws in the treatment Of his subject arc,
rst the Scriptures and the writings Ut the fathers
nd very largely from ancient and modern history |
nth graceful sprink1lng Of the best poets H. |
makes fey; ausfons to the classics and dwel|s no:
the sphere Of the ideal and esthetical 50 much as
I the sphere Of the practical aud actual. But all
ources that are drawn upon for illustrations nre
SEQ NOT as an end but as meaus. The object Of |
ne praise OF the hearcr SO much as the usefulness
thought and good Of the nearer. Such are the |
eneral impressions that one derives from stay !
caring Of Dr.. Lorimer.