New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-03-14


and highest-minded men and women VI tns-
land have sought her out. She has been
doing angels work"
What to do with the Swiss Guards Is sad
inst now to be perpleying question WIN L p9
XIII. He had decided to abolish them - wen
rs the Carablniere, and to form fresh corps
under the name Of the PaDal Guards. but
serious objections have been raised 20 his de,
cision The Swiss resist il strongly ana plead
to be maintained at their post AZ the sane
time the Pope Is said to be occupied IN conslu-
ering the flesh attempts on the life OF the Gar
and what he looks upon rs evident PROOFS OK
the progress of Socialist ideas III Ireland.
It is very possible that tie Rev. Dr. Reeves.
Of Albany, win leave the Baptist deDomina-
ton altogether, and go over to Presbyterian
ism. He has already preached IN the First
PRESBYTERIAN Church Of that city, and the con-
gregation are pleased with him. il Is intina-
ted that n call NAV he extended to him by the
First Church. and if it should be accepted DI.
Reeves will find himself installed in Il church
Immediately across the street from his old
one.
DR.. Stephen II. Tying, ST., whose eigbtieth
birthday wss celebrated the week before last,
and the tfy-ninth anniversary OF whose or
dmatiOn occurred In the same week, has Deen
in his time the rector OF only four churches.
The first was In Bristol, X. l.; the second IN
Georgetown, -. C.; the third III Pniladelpniai
years, lis ministry there beginning when the
church stood in Beekman-st.
Moses A. Hopkins, colored man of pure
African blood, who was graduated from the
Auburn TheO Ogical Seminary in 1877. having
learned 10 read after lac was seventeen years
OF age, is very actively engaged III religious
work IN North Carolina. lie supplies tonr
churches, for one of which a house ot Worship
through him, has just been completed. lie has
in addition a school OF more than 12O pupils,
and was recently in the North seeking funds
to aid in purchasing permanent home Tor the
school.
Ten years of work enable Bishop Harris to
report 1858 blptiSms 9i6 combinations and
$193.653 in contributions, as the leading
statistics in the Episcopal Church IN Oregon:
The value of churches erected Is N1l,OoO, OF
rcctories and Other property, $1,000 OF
school buildings and hospitals. 81 ~, 600 while
the cndOwmonts and invested funds amount
to $31 $40. Within the past year all clutch
Indebtedness on property, with the exception
of $4,000, was entirely pald OIL
During the past year what is known as the
Protestant Bible car has made the tour OF
Itay from Genoa down the shore oi me Ned
iteriaDean to Naples, and crossing the PENN
sula thence to Lecce, from Lecce has taken
the route up the AdrIatic To Ancona, and from
AncOna to Placenza, ending at bgeScla' n
large number of Bibles and Iestaments nave
been sold, and many people 1t Is sad have
listened to the reading of the Scriptures hOm
the car.
John B. Cough while in England paid a
visit TO Mr.. Sturgeon, and wen with HIM to
the Stocilwell Ophanage, in which there are
240 boys. After Mr.; Spurgeon had spoken TO
the boys, Mr. Cough relates that ne asked
them, What are II pennies y " a shIl1
ling" they shouted. " And what are 20
shilmes p A pound" And there are 240-
Of YOU; twelve times twenty T. 2lO."
"Wpl, here is a sovereign-that is a penny
oh nd no "A
During the past year Chinese church has
been organized at Honolulu, ana about ihlfty
Cinnamon were present at Il recent ccle bratlOn or
the Lords Supper. Arrangements are already
making for the building CT church. iot
costing 1900 has been purchased SeEerai
Cinnamon have subscribed sums ranging rom
800 TO $500 About 5000 Chinese have gon1
to Honolulu during the past year, making (
total Chinese population On the island Oh o'Ooo.
The number of conversions ut ST. Louis
during Mr. Mo0dy's stay is estimated to have
been 2,400, and some enterpriSlng man, ny
means Of the multiI licatiCn table ana mo
division m6,il55,, Las sfsce',t2!neg s0inG olngr
curious statistics Of his work. Mr.. Mo,
spoken words he places AT Il total or l,20O,o49'
or an average OF more than five hundred for
each convert.
The Protestant element in the population
of Bosnia and herzegovina is indeed small.
In Il total OF LAP, l47 men, women and
children, 442,5O0 are Mahomet3ns, d96o22
belong to the Greek Church. 2OS,950 arc
Roman Catholics, 3,426 are Jews, while for
all other religious pelsuaslOns the returns only
show 247.
Dr. Richard S. Stors has consented to
deliver tie Grafton at the celebration OF the
Wyckli.lc anniversary, which the American
Bible Society has decided to observe ut the
Academy OF Music December 2, that day
being the five hundreth anniversary of the
publication of Wyckliffe's translation OF the
Scriptures.
The proposed restoration of the oratory OF
Carlisle Cathedral cOntemplatcs the refacing OF
the walls outside, the rebuilding of the crypt,
the relaying of the floor and the reroOhng OF
the entire structure. Anti-restOrlti0n people
are asking what will then remain OF the ms
tore building III which it Is believed that
Edward l. held his Parliament.
In the Congregational House at Boston
there are 10000 volumes and 100000 manu-
scripts pertaining TO the history ana theoloSy
of CongregatIO1asm. IL perhaps Is not gen
orally known that this building stands on the
spot where the first stone house III Boston was
built az years ago.
A few days ago business man in St. Louis
sent check for $1,000 to a neiehbor whom
he had wronged III mat amount several years
ago. lie had occn Accustomed 10 attend Mr.
MOody's meetings, and the hrst tbing 40 did
alter conversion was TO return tae money
which I'D not belong TO HIM.
No church, apparently, could more carefully
preserve the even tenor of its way than tho
MoIavian has done during the past year. It's
membership is 1920, aud the increase IN
1879 was only ,. There are $500 sunday
school scholars in the denomination, aud l,O32
Sunday school teachers. The increase Of teach
els tor the year was 8.
The recent serious accident 10 Cardinal New
man w.4s caused D. tUp o. ms IOOt WDiie ne
against the sharp edge OF a piece Of fulA!tuie
.,,d .rol-o ou. ~ M. ribs.