New-York tribune., 1880-03-07
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

IHE Pope ON MARRIAGE.-The EncycliCal
Letter of Leo XIII. on the nature and sancity
OF marriage, and the fallacies of those who
would reduce 1t from a religious to a merely
civil rite, is very long document, occupying
as II does twelve columns of an Italian news
paper. Some of Its points are as follows
" he 1t your principal care that the people
abound in the prccepts of Christian wisdom.
and that they fail not to remember that mar
riage was originally instituted, not by
human will, but by the authority and COM
mand OF God, and under the condition that
one man be welded to one woman while
Jesus Christ, the author OF the New Testa-
ment, transferred il from natural func-
ton to n sacrament, and attributed TO
His church all legislative and judicial
control of it as a binding instrument.
BE 1t likewise brought home TO all that If
among the Christian faithful any man or
woman be welded without the due sacrament
their marriage shall he an unjust one and
although i may have been contracted In con-
f0rmlty with civil law, yet it can have no
more binding virtue than any custom or rite
introduced by civil legislation. la the daily
increasing confusion OF opinions this also 10 is
necessary to know, that no man has power to
dissolve marriage ratified and consummaIed
between Christians. and that therefore those
are manifest criminals who, once bound IN
wcdlOck, shall flOm whatever cause cOntcm-
Hate new marriage before the first one has
lecn dissolved by de lth. And II matters have
reached such pass that living together shall
appear 30 longer possible, then the church
permits the twain to live tie one apart from
the other; while, with the use OF such con-
cIllatory measures as they require she seeks
- m0lhty the hardShlps Of separation,
nor ever ceases to ply htr medLtIng
tlsk, nor ever despals OF ultimate
~ recOnCIiing them as man and wife.
SPECIAL need must be taken that marriages BE-
not lightly contracted with E0H-CdihOntS, for
Il Is hardly to g hoped that minds az variance
on the SUBJECT Of religion Will agree 80 other
things. Nay, III ilrlagcs Of thIS KNIT are clearly
to bc avoided, # only for the reason tbat they
furnish occasion tOT a forbidden c0iumuuica-
ton in things sacred, are ilaught with peril OI
tEc rei gOif Of tie Catholic Spouse. O! siTuc the
proper education oi the chudICn, and often
lead tie mind TO hold all religions - equal by
the removal Il the only tombstone Oi what J.
true and lalsc Finally, well aware as We are
thai no one j. beg Id ,hc pale Oi y0uI chdniy,
we commend 90 yOur authority, ialtL aud plttY,
venerable hicghr,u. all those NIctchcd 0ucs
VINO, CauItd away by lust, and Il. cdlc>s al
thcT OWE salvation, lead nWlcss life with
ont the ne ot Legitimate mtlrmohy. In L.
calling them 10 their duty, pat iorJh your
stcadiaSt cut eayOr % that when by your >.iiu-
tay IntcTpoaiuou Ihey feel thty nave actcd
wrongly tnry may IN Tenltencc iOr then eva
COURSES toe iuGUCcd to tntci ~ The CaiAohc
rite INTO marriage that Is just
A SONNET nY EDWARD IRvING.-So fast has
the pubic recollection that there Is probably
40 one, save perhaps his WaIneSt adWiicl>
who now remembers that he even wrote SON
net Ia his volume called " An Exposition OF
the Book OF R"YrlatlOns, winch WAS published
one year before his election from the church
in Regents square, and which has lon@ since
been out Oi pint, thcre Is sonnet addressed
80 the memory Of Samuel Martin, his grand
.athcl-in-laW, who died IN The nne,leth year
OF his aSo and the slXiy-cighih Of us mBi--
try. H. the writing OF the lectures Irving re-
marks that he had felt his soul at times
- 80 stirred with the sub'lmity OF the
subject rs Ia long for other tOrin-
oI expression than those winch are
piup t0 exact and igId exposition. lie Is %
poct n SAYS, and has never stuGItd the laws
ol puctIy, Uut he d" does dcS.rc deyoutly TO cX-
IIes, jhO>r harmonious moods ol his Silrir
with winch God dCth visit HIM. III haImonlOuS
uumbcIs.' Mr. Main III his new " redSuIy
# ENGLISH ~onLctS' has rescued this atanzt
from u.dr>crVcd ,glect. The fine trlbut" 10
IL man who had jIst died reminds one of Cai-
lyle'> tribute to irving aS " the ircesi, bayeSt'
hroth,lilr,t human rOui his ever came IN con-
tact with The sonnet Is rs follows
Farewell on mans dark jolrncy ocr ZIG deep,
IaI sir. oi .Ic,. waose bow 30 strength nltl stood
.>r f,r.r-.,rr year, and ten mat tuOu mast wOOed
A,n's soul> g. Heaven. IA Jesus fu.'u asleep,
Around thy couch three srHcrtii"us weep,
Ii,are,. ou tty Gu,c- with wisdom, heavenly food,
AuI Dl ihy roua,,i. tta-ht to cAoo-r tht good;
VINO DO Ily fort-tois press uP Zon'. steep,
ro rc.oa nat iea.p.c Whca bu, now dl. ore
AuD I,t ,Aol father H.. or MS ui,r wake
40 jol,iui siiaiu. but Al-n Tie mote oi nope
Ana p,a.,c upf Co. GOO. wao q him maze
\ ..J.fI size puoit. of bls rAug % 10 Iso2;
Aul hs iced d.d faithful shepherds TIE.
CurrCH ENDOWNTNTS.-Some very interest
ing iact, have been gathered INTO an article
on th, ruGoWmcuts Oi the Chulcn OF England
10y Ibs Guardian. OF London. These cndow-
Iucut>-thdt A., the annual y-iuc oi thc lands,
invested money, and payments lr lieu Of ujlr'
10 u total OF Ii,2OO,OOO. OF THIS
sum less than hIii (auOUt L ,?JO.oOO) came
to thc church before tire Reformation. The
remainder, about E2,2JO,0OO, arisc, from what
hu- been given lea >Ilce thc l,eio!mahoh-o}
iartne Ao,t of il since thc Ii. >tOiatoD. Oi th.>
total siam -, $4,000, m round mum c,s.
forms the cudoWmcuts OF the parochlal c! ryy,
Giving them oh an average about 40 >hli'InEs
% week. TIE bishops and Their WchdcdconS
arc paid El3S,jJO aitJgetacr Iac Cathedral
.stahhsnmt nt> cost E2Ol 800 There arc SIX
pl seven millions hr>ldes which pass through
hc hands of her Clergy and Church officer.
and represent parOchlul cOlltct rs and sub
for various religious, educational
and p1iantlrOpic purposes besides the large
,ums raised annually Tor church building, Tts-
tOiatiUn and repair.
\ BI,nor's WIFE.-The father of the Miss
Duncan 10 whom the Bishop ot Manchester
was recently married WIS we'll known and be-
loved I'm Bath for his many acts OF charity
aud public enterprise, and one ot me lrsiltu-
tions of the place which gratefully rem"m-
her, the eminent service of the Duncan fam
ilyr has sent its congratulations 10 the Bishop
and his wife. and thus called out another III
te,estng letter from the Bishop. - 1t Is my
wife's pride he says, "tO believe that those
to whom she is so closely allied by blood were
Enabled To render services which are worthy
TO be remembered to the city IN which they
resided for SO many years and it is my pride
to be united to IA wife who Is inspired with
Coll A. IL
brrit,d. and who, though under a new name
and in "A new home, will, AIN confident, prove
herself true scion Of generous aud public
spirited race
AT recent meeting of the Presbytery Of
Nrw-York report Oh what is known as the
Mission Chapel System, which was adopted,
that the work In each Of these