, 1880-06-20
. ! GENERAL NOTES.

The Baptists have lib churcha In Jamaica,
with z, ,T01 members.
The Ncp Covenant intimates that the Congre-
gational Church Of Illinois is = " "hite-bound and
constipated" organization. >.
Two hundred and six persons compose the
Presbyterian Church membership In Slam and
Laos, more than G. quarter of wh,m have been
added during tho past year: ~
!. The Wisconsin Unfversallst' Convention at its
recent session recommended tho Committee GU
Fellowship TO refuse ordination to any young
men who should use tobacco.
The residences Of the four new Methodist
Episcopal Bishops have been fixed rs follows:
Bishop Warren at Atlanta, Gu, Bishop Foss at
St. Paul. Minn., Bishop Hurst at Des Moines. In.
lin place Of Bishop Andrews, who goes to Wash
ington), and Bishop H aven ut San Francisco.
From March to June l. 1880, the missionaries
Of tho American Eundny-School Union In the
Northwest organized l&s new Sunday-schools
which have a membership of lis teachers and
1850 scholars, besides visiting or aiding $50 old
schools. in which were l,199 teachers and II, l25
scholars They distributed es0Bibles and Testa-
ments, visited 1910 families, delivered $50 ud-
dresses, and Travelled 81. .4lS miles.
!: The Presbyterian Monthly Record for June
gives the Following additions to the Church: On
the Chattaruugus Reservation. Seneca Mission,
thirteen new commandments. and one to the
Omaha Church; China, eleven; to the Laos
Kalapore, India, two; ut Ubanlba, within reach
Of Rio dc Janeiro, nine; to the Church Of RIO
Claro, Brazil, four: at Tlalponia, near Mexico,
five.
The Ltpg cirh doss not take s xindy 1is tq pr the
lament, and says: ..Tho parish churches have
Durying- grounds, which belong entirely to the
Church Ut England, and were meant FOR its own
members They arc now tn be forced to lot
every sort of sec1arfnns be buried there, with
every sort OF religious service. + is doubtless
intended by tho enemies OF the Church only as as
Church buildings themselves; and, when ua.t
unrighttous uttc1npt shall ho made then will
come tho tug or war. Inc emf as NOT yc1!
.CHnMAEy AND TIL POPE.
The controversy between Germany and tho
Pnpe over tho Fuik Mw6, md tho prospects or
Turkey, are tho two groat questions which are
iust oScupyf u f tue Eli aa f Pa hG
laws, which is now before tho Parliamentary
Committee Of twenty-one. ss, as has already
been pointed out, not SO much the alteration Uf
The laws ~ tho pcstowul of discretion on the
Government US to the execution Of them. Bis
marck's first ideA ns revealed In tho diplomatic
eocout Of tie negotiations between Psnce
Rcuss and the Pnpl pro- Nuncio ut Vienna, waS
10 extract concessions from the Vatican In a
bishop Of Cologne, shosret1 that he was perhnps
Wiling to discuss the mattel but when 1t WIS
proposed to 90 to work he hung 6@ack, @ ind want
lost patience and brought il the ponding bill xiv,
InG himself full powers Then the Curiu backed
out altogether. and dcelfned to re<z'Enize the
clnred that not only would the Curia have moth
ing to do with Any arTangenent based on these
laws, but that any Catholic Deputy who voted
1nunication pronounced On oil who pass or as
sist IT, passing laws directed against the liberty
Of the Church or against its rights" Herr Wind
horst, the Uitramont,lnc leader In tho German
Parliament, has explained the Papul position
still more fully by declaring In bis place that the
about its rights except By ttraty or concordat
The situation stands thus at present, and 1t Is
not probable the Cou1n.lttee will report betorc
iEtry into action is the fact tl,at one thouaaud
Catholic pHrishcs are left without priests. aud
nno of the eleven Catholic Bishops arc af,sonf
from their doeeses and tho Church and State
are charging on zach other tho responsibility for
the souls which may be Lost owing to this state
Of things. The National Liberslls. led by DR..
Falk arc holding out firmly against the bill. and
accusing the Chancellor OF preparing ;. to 80 to
Canossa," aludinR to the penance which was
done at that pl.ce oefore =, E2Ro I Gregory VII. by
rnB PRESBYTERIAN COUNCIL
The approaching Presbyterian Council will
hnwe large foreign representation: From r. 4.
represented by DR.. nleyden OF Ltberia. A 0ias-
gov correspondent writes:
!" Dr. jeffrey OF Glasgow. 0ra. BlaiIzle and
Rainey OF EdinburE, and DR.. Watts Of Belfast:
and many, many unore, arc going. The Earl of
Kfntoro told me that he desires very much to go,
but he fears bis state Of health will prevent.
The Prpsbyteriau Church IN EnElnnd will send
Dr.. Mcleod, Prof. " Graham. D. D., and the
Rev. H: 1. Mackenzie, WIG is a!so missionary
Thorns Muthesou, and George Duncan.
"Delegates are On their way from Now South
| Wales, fron, Victoria. from Tasmania, and New
Zcoand. The Established Church OF Scotland
viii have On the ground some OF Its most dtstt1-
Guish men, such men as the venerable Dr. Rob
ertson Of Now Greyfriars7 Pfofs, Flint, Mitchell
The United Presbyterians OF Scotland send the
| following: The Moderator, pr. Andrew Thom-
sou, Dr.: George jeffrey, Principal Cairns, pr
Huttun. Dr. james WardIppe, the Rev. john