New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-11

bears dates recedine back into uncultured
times. Not in every case, however. Ii was
only few years ago that stone was set up
in Connecticut-a State more remarkable. by the
way, than almost any other tor ext raOrdlnary
epitaphs-at the grave OF Freemason with
these words cut upon it
He acted on the level
Aud worked upon the plumb,
And now he's left US on the square,
For his eternal home.
METHoDIsTs IN UrAH.--A few years ago the
Methodist church at Salt Lake City under the
guidance OF Chaplin McCabe, had made con-
siderable heidway AGAINST the powerful oppOsi-
ton that il encount red from the MOrmons;
but more recently it fell of in prosperity, and
the work finally IN a large degree was aban-
doned. The church has lately come into the
hands of another energetic pastor who pro-
misses TO restore 10 il something, II not OF the
prosperity which it enjoyed under Chaplain Me-
Cabe. He already cOntemplates the reestao-
IIshment of the sunday and day schools which
are looked upon as the agencies essential to
making inroads upon the 81 stem of polygamy,
and considerable hopefulness Of good results
from his work is felt in the Methodist denomi-
nation.
Religious services were recently held in
Edinburgh and other parts of Scotland to COM
memOrate the struggles OF tie COvenanters In
tue seventeenth century especially the two
hundredth anniversary of the declarations IN
favor of religious liberty made at Sanquhar on
June %, 1850, by Richard Cameron and hrs
followers In Edinburgh the services were
conducted in the open air IN Old Greyfrlars
churchyard, and were held III both afternoon
and evening At the afternoon meeting, the
audience numbered between eight and ten
thousand.
The Inder, since the retirement OF Mr.. Abbott,
has changed its name TO The Free Religious
Inder While anticipating that some OF Its
readers may dislike the new name, II says
that 1t seemed best TO indicate the change
of fortune that mas befallen the paper and also
to get name that would define Itself TO
strangers" At the same time il was very desir-
able - to keen the honorable prestige OF the
old name" Mr.. William j. Porter is now the
chief editor, with Mr.. David Ii. Clark as his
assistant and business agent.
A book of devotion containing the Creed,
the Lords Prayer, the Ten Commandments and
! the Religious Exercises" was tie first book
ever Printed in The Welsh language. lt was
not printed in Wales, but In London, in the year
| 1916 The first Welsh translation OF the
whole Bible appeared IN 1898, but this was not
| printed in Wales. The first Welsh book
published in Wales bears date In l1l9 or
| iittle more than a century and half ago now
| there ale nearly 100 newspapers and
periodicals printed in the language of Wales.
DIR. Y. J. Allen, a missionary of the Methodist
Church South, now resident, at Shangl al,
has been made q mandarin Dy the lnUcsc
| Government. His case is SAID to be the only
one in which a foreigner was ever bonored
with such a title Dr.. Allen derives from this
| title great influence among the Chinese ana
| gets certain advantages which 1t had been
impossible otl eI wise as a missionary to obtain.
The signal failure of the Free Church OF
Scotland TO convict Professor Robertson Smith
of false doctrine in his Deute C10my article
apparently has weakened the Church, energy
and cooled its ardor in the business OF hunting
heresy Since the close Of that trial motion TO
ask the theological professors for their views
on inspiration has been promptly voted down
by large majority.
Comments are made in NewEngland on the
| fact, which is called significant, that ut the
recent Yale Commencement not only were
| several of the essays of the graduates and tho
| oratons of the valedlctoran or decidedy
religious tone but they were received WIN
marked favor by the audience.
The Freemdn's Journal IN an article warmly
espousjng the cause OF John Kelly IN the recent
Democratic differences, with strange IRE
verence takes for its heading tie following
words: "The rejected OF the builders has De-
come the chief corner stone"
In Spain the total number of Protestant
churches is sal TO be only 60 with congregations
aggregatiug 10000. They are growing
rapidly, however.