New-York tribune., 1880-06-13

ever, a to violate them all ten thousand dyss6
| IL the only alternative TO 10 were ITO be!iry4
| in divine sanction to our existing ,uoul1ty,*
The CongrsgaRondlist cannot undefstan whe1
this means, and seems seriously TO sdoubt ~
there be anyone in this country who y cfp11lo.
of doing. so. Has The Congregado.aliss nqyel
heard Of can't and that sort Of emoti0n4k'
! morality, SO largely prevalent, which is w0ok5
| In the spinal columnss s. =
Since the Winter closed, work on Coloen
Cathedral has been renewed with great activity.
The stone roDf on the Northern tower hss bee9'
set in its place and appears above all the su4-s
| rounding scaffolding, and the south tower ~
also making progress. While these parts aeQ'
approaching completion others fall to decay ~
the work Of restoration and Of completion er3|
carried on simultaneously, especially bonoatA
| the south tower whose foundations need to ~
renewed while the summit is finishing.
At the recent General Conference Of ~
Methodist Church il came out in an of1clnI5
report that DR.. c. H. Fowler's salary a. editoI'
| of The OhristiGn Advocate was $4,000 and e4ets
of DR.. w. II: De Puy, his frst'asslstant $3, 500
Why this difference, a stranger would ask, in
| favor of an assistantf The Methodist explains
that DR.. Fowler gets also 81, 800 for hcue0
rent while DR.. De Puy gets nothing bat h1s
salary.
St. Andrews church at Hanover, Mas, The
| fifth oldest church in Massachusetts,, wss
struck by lightning during storm about tvQ
| weeks ago.. The tower was destroyed and'
the front of the edihce was considerably IN;
jured. Great improvements had tuAt been
completed in the interior. BY which the R&l-
leries were removed, and the chancel was re-
built. A Boston lady gave $1,000 for ~
chancel.
| Sidney Smith, who would not admit that
America had yet produced man OF geniuDs
| appears at one time to have been driven to-
use an American sermon. it Is recorded OF
| him that when on q certain Sunday he had
| finished preaching he said to his congregations
"Do not imagine that this sermon Is mine
it is by an American, Dr. Channing.'
Cincinnati papers bring reports that Young
| ecclesiastic of rare ability is to be sent from
Rome into that Roman Catholic diocese In orr
cial troubles of the diocese, and TO keep tho
Holy See In constant advisement of their pro-
gress and adjustment. The date of his ar.
rival is set down as about July 1.
1t ia said that a committee of the established
church of Scotland have reached the rather
odd conclusion that the chief thing needed
to produce revival of religion is the influx
of young men into the pulpit from the families
of the aristOcracy. Appeals have already been
made to the upper classes to turn the thought
oftheir sons in that direction.
Reports are current of q sharp awakening 'of
religious interest in MessiDa, Sicily. The POT
estants have accepted the challenge OF q Cath
have attended it; the controversy has got into
the newspapers and the public generally has
been profoundly stirred.
Tn shady spot near the Missouri River at Leav-
eDwOrth on recent Sunday morning, the body OF
John Baldwin, pastor OF the Congregational
Church of Leavenw0rth, was found lying with
life extinct. He had preached the Sunday be- (
fnra md nuyIn m q n
walk near the river hoping for relief. He seemf
to have died from disorder of the brain. w
The Round Lake camp meeting was to ope4. &
yesterday with service at Z:3O o'clock In
the afternoon. The session will last ten days.
This will be the only meeting OF the year un-
At its close three workers will start on tour
of evangelizatiOn around the world.
The fiftieth anniversary of the priesthood Of
Father Havermans, of Troy, was celebrated q 3
week ago to-day by golden jubilee. HIS pop \
ularity in Troy is great, many acts Of benevo-
lence, great interest in the affairs Of the church
and noble nature having made HIM well
known and widely beloved.
The recent death of Noah M. Wells. the
pioneer Presbyterian minister in Michigan,
brings out the statement that Herman Halseyf
of East Wilson, N. Y, is the sole survivor OF
the original founders of the first synod OF
Western New-YOrk. He is eighty-seven years
old. and still active in mind and body.
Mr.. Moody is at Mortified with his family.
He lives with them In q hotel, his house being
his school. The walls of the new brick build
Ing designed for this school have been put up 4
as far as the third stoly. The structure is 100
feet long.
DR.. Lorimer, of Chicago, will visit Europe
this Summer. The first year OF his passionate
with the First Baptist Church has just been
Inn
persons in that time have been addedto the
membership of the church, 123 Of them BY
baptism.
Myron Adams, the Rochester Congregational.
st minister who recently renounced his belief
in the Calvlnistic doctrine of hell, has received
support in his views from his brother Edwin
Adams, who is pastor of the Congregational
Church at Dunkirk. 1M
Native Christians on the Island OF New.
Hebrides in the South Pacific recently shipped
to London some 800 pounds OF arrow-rooe
to pay for an edition Of the Old Testament
which is now being printed for them In their
native tongue.
Hollist6n. Mass, has been Iobbed by burglars
of $270 in cash besides gold watch ana
valuable coat. Some astOnlshment has been
expressed at the extent of his worldly posses
siOns.
An ordination held recently by the Bishop of
Durham IN the Chruch of st. Nicholas at New.
TYNE ls believed to be the first that
has been held there since the Reformation.
The Congregationalists of Australasia have
inst celebrated by jubilee the fft;eth anni-
yersary of the existence of their denomination
in that part of the World.
Cardinal Newman, report says. is writing
n short reply to DIR. Iittledae's Plain Rea-
sons against joining the Church OF Rome"
CURRENT RELIGIOUS OPINION.
AN EXCHANGE OF COMPLIMENTS
From The Boston Congc0ationdIsst -.
Extract from Mr.. Henry James ST. 8 COMMONWEALTH
Mr. Cook and yulQar MT. Il