New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-06
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.


who has made the mosaies of Rayenna the study
Of his life, and to whom the monuments or that
city are said TO be as clear as the stones o.
Venice are 10 Mr.. Ruskin. has reached the con-
cluEon that either the water IN which the Bap-
tistery stands must be got nd Of or the building
must be taken out of 1t, 80 that the question
resolves itself into q supreme necessity foi
saving the ancient monument or seelDg II
perish. While the streets around tine buiidlnR
are perfectly dry, the Baptistery itself stands
in o sandy marsh, and its walls constantly suck
up the water with disastrous results. That
the building can be lifted mp to dry ground
with perfect safety has been fully demonstrated
to correspondent of The Times, OF London. III
is of small nze and while internally an octst-
Ron, externally 1t is square in the lower portion
and otcagonal in the upper. The exterior by
the proposed plan will be bound, he says, with
timber upGghts at the sides of each angle, and
tied with double horizontal girders. The inside
will be lined with framework pressing firmly
and equally upon padding placed against the
mosaic The four internal inches viii be tenn
pOrarily filled in, and the area around having
been excavated, and the adjacent buildings
cleared away, thirty-twO great screws Will De
inserted beneath the perimeter of the octagon,
four 20 each side. The total weight OF the BAD
tistery has been carefully estimated at LOG!
tons, and each jack is to be Of sufficient strength
to lift over forty tons. The great central
screws Of the jacks will he raised by lateral
screws and handles, the action of which Will
ffty-eigth revolutions of each handle to raise the
central screw one and half centimetre. The
handles will be worked simultaneously with the
regularity of clOckwOrk, that the rise may be
equal throughout.
A GIFT TO CARDINAL NEW8IAN.-When Car
dinal Newman had finished his recent address
on the conversion of England to the religion OF
Rome, the Duke of Norfolk, who presided, and
whose guest while in London the Cardinal has
hon, tod N helQlF
of Australia. with magnificent salyer wrought
in gold. The response OF the Cardinal to the
address of presentation was model one Ior an
occasion If this kind. Referring to the fact
that the Pope, in making him member OF the
Sacred College, had allowed him by Q rare
privilege to remain IN his own country and even
at the OIatOry he added that as II in aDtlclDa-
ton Of this indulgence, the givers of the salver
had engraven on 1t, with true instinct or
what would please him, and as if looking on to
the time when Others must be owners OF 1t, -"
not only his own name, but the names OF those
Fathers who for so many years were his lnt-
mate friends and brothers in the Oratory. O1e
other act of kindness remained TO them: lhey
did not choose that the saver should be pre-
scented TO HIM by the mere mechanical apph-
nnce of the steam vessel and the railroad van,
but caused it to be placed in his hands, - 10y q
great person. by one whom he had been allowed
to know, love, and take interest in even from
his childhood, whom the Catholics OF England
CHURCHES WITHOUT PAsroRs.-References
on several occasions have been made IN this
column TO the need OF more congregational
ministers in active work in order to supply the
pulplts that exist, and not few religious
DapeIs have called attention to the same sub
icct. 1t appears now that there is sim lar
need in some quarters of the Presbyterian de-
nomination. The General Assembly has been
facing the subject squarely at It's late meeting
in Madison, and some surprising figures arc
produced to show the state of the churches in
respect to pastors. There are said to be AT
more churches than ministers, and while In the
ppSl year the churches have increased IN num-
Ter by LAG, there is an increase in ministers Of
only thirty-SeveD. The number OF candidates
last year was twenty-five fewer than In 1873,
and 1853 fewer than in 1874. OF churches
without pastors there are many more THAN Az,
showing several hundred pastors without sup
plie.. There are 63S of these that have fifty
members OF less; 80 OF them have between
so and 100; ninety that have between 100
and POO eighteen between 200 ana 3OO SIX
between 800 and 400 three between 400 and
800 and one with over 500. This shows Il total
of 936 churches which have no pastors minis
teling unto them What Is the cause OF i'll
SABBATH BREAKING.-Sunday excursions are
suggested by tie Massachusetts Sabbath COM
mittee IA the proper subject for Il sermon to 1e
preached ms esry in June as possible by all
ministers of the Gospel IN that State. The COM
mittte has been much encouraged By the increase
of sentiment IN opposition To TINS form OF sab,
bath breaking, and is convinced that the EVIL
bns reached its present proportions hOm lack
of thought on the part of tho better class
of cit zens. In a circular note II remarks tnat
il is becoming more and mole clear that q non
day Sabl ath devOtCd 10 excursions on the plea
Of benefit to the poor, Is sure 10 result Ill such
weakening of moral and religious restraints as
must prove vast injury to all classes, and
esuecialy the poor" 1t is not the very poor
who chiefly indulge in excursions for pleasure
on Sunday, but those who arr moder tely
prosperous, and who expend Immense sums ~
dissirntlon.r If all were 10 follow this use OF
the Lords day, 4" the churches everywhere
wouId be closed, and the public worship OF
God, the indispensable support of religion and
morality would cease from the land"
FvANcEIIcALIsM IN RUssIA.-The EvaDgell-
cal movement in Russia known as that OF the
pnshkOyites, is making good progress Inc
Metropolitan of ST. Petersburg has felt called
upon by the success 1t has attained to issue a
circular inviting the orthodox clergy 10
assemble in certain monastery, and discuss
the OperatiOns of the Sect and as tins Is the
first official recognition the sect has had, i'm
nort0nce is attached tO it, and the action which
may be taken at the meeting is awaited Win
great interest Another indication OF the pro-
gress the movement is makings comes from the
fact that q well-known Russian daily news
noner. I'm order to reproduce tie sermons OF an
evangelical clergyman has suspended tenn
poraTily the publication Of instruments OF NJ.
Zola's Mana" 1t was only al .rt time ago
that the same newspaper scOfed at what it
called sIt the ncw-fancled sect" with its "min
lister in spurs" (Pashkoif, the founder OF IT;
was formerly an officer in the. Imperial
Guards), and its outlandish liturgy"
srxDAy-ScuooI. CELEBRAT1oN.-Th CEN
ron, ~ of the actual establishment OF the first
Sunday-schOOl by Robert Raikes does not occur
mill next month; but various dates associated
with it have been selected by different denoml-
nations and towns as the occasion for holding
the celebration. At Halifax in England, q cell
ebration was performed early last month by q
great musical demonstration. There were
ninety-nine schools represented, and they.com-
priscd 3,773 teachers, and 26,547 scholars, be-
I't- go sony in tho 0reot choir The hall