New-York tribune., 1879-12-21
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

Queen Victoria has presented an organ to
the English church on Pitcain's Island.
-Four Of the seven Bishops of the Methodist
Church South have been In the ministry from
fifty to sixty years, and possibly this ID true
of five OF the seven.
The Vatican Gallery does not possess n sim
Gle masterpiece by Francia, the BolOgnese
artist, who had Raphael for his master, and
English Catholics have started fund TO pur-
chase one of the artists pictures for presenta-
ton to the Gallery.
Henry Presswell, the pastor of the Congre-
gational Church at Canterbury, England who
has Just died Mt the age of 10, was regarded
as the father OF noncOnformty III Kent"
lie was held In special regard by soldiers as
n good friend.
The monastery on Mount Athcs in Mace
donia recently had large number of appli-
cants who expressed desire TO enter 1t III
order TO escape from the cares and dangers Of
the world, and it has been discovered that
they were Russian officers in disguise.
Mr.. Moody believes in personal devil. Be-
ing asked hy st. Louis reporter If this was
true, he replied that he most certainly" did
believe so. The Bible" lac added, is just
teeming with facts III eOrrOboratlOn OF 1t. He
is the Prince of Darkness and has this world
for his Kingdom"
Among the many inconsistencies in the ca
reer of the late Right Hon. John Arthur
Roebuck, il is recalled that while IN his earlier
days he attacked the Irish Established Church
as the greatest enOrmity IN Europe In
1869, when Mr.. Gladstone made war upon the
church he defended it with all his early ardor.
The grandfather of Miss Walker, who be-
queathed the money for building the new st.
Mary's Cathedral at Edinburgh, was a Scotch
Episcopal clergyman a century and half
ago-a time when that church was hard pressed
to exist. He had a small flock of worshippers
at Oldmeldrum and died in his eighty fifth
year. the oldest clergyman III his church then
living.
Christianity has made progress in the Fiji
Islands TO an extent which is surprising.
There are at present SAL cbapels and 291
other places where preaching is held, with 90
missionaries busily engaged IN preparing the
way for others. The membership numbers
23,274 persons. and there are besides 5,43l
persons whose admission TO membership will
probably follow soon.
Mr. Spurgeon, who is now at MentOne,
writes home in anything but an encouraging
way of the condition of his health. " am
very sOrry." he says, that | am altogether
overwhelmed by similar attack 10 that which
has laid me PROSTATE during former years. l
earnestly ask your prayers, for am brought
very low. | trust that the warm and genial
weather will enable me TO rally much sooner
than if had been at home. l cannot write
more, for l am very I'll"
The Second Baptist Church of St Louis
(Dr. Boyd's) held its annual meeting last
week and finds itself with the repairs made
necessary by the rire all completed, and not "a
dollar of debt remaining Oh It's hands. More
over, il has sure income of several thousand
dollars year above its expenses. Among the
items in the Treasurer's report Is an entry of
$400 as the rent OF the Jewish Temple, which
the congregation occupied after the fire,
greatly TO the surprise of other Baptists, more
strict in their notions of denominati0nal Gf-
fairs.
Near Frankfort, Ohio, Methodist church
was recently dedicated without dollar of
debt remaining on 1t. During the past two
years three new churches have been built III
the same circuit and paid for. Ii is also re-
corded that coored Baptist Church in West
Newton. Mass, has just been relieved OF a
long-standing debt of a few hundred dollars,
largely through the aid of Wilton Il. Boone,
a student of Newton Theological Seminary,
who during his Summer vacation, gnve his
attention TO the raising OF the necessary
amount.
An odd sort of lawsuit has been brough
against church in Westfield, Mass. Nearly
two years ago a young lady named Alice
Weston while attending a temperance meet
ing at the church was unable, owing TO the
crowd, TO pass from the vestry into the audi
ence room. and while standing in the doorway
the ropes which held the hanging door gave
way and the door itself fell down, breaking
one of her legs. 1t was nearly year before
Miss Weston could walk and she stall uses q
crutch. Soon after the accident the ladies OF