The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-08-04
FOREIGN CHURCH NEWS.

The Protestant cause is gradually
and surely advancing throughout Italy. From
an Alphabetical Guide to the Protestant
churches in Italy" recently published, it APP.
pears that there are now few towns, even of
secondary Importance without Protestant
church. Let it be remembered that Italy has
been freely opened to evangelization only with
In these last twenty years. There are already
one hundred and thirty eight of these organized
Italian churches. These belong to FIVE different
denominations; and here are the statistics up to
LIST OF January of the present year: Methodist
churches, A; Vaudois churches, 80; Free
Church churches 81 Baptist churches, 10: The
Brethren" churches, 10.
There are about one hundred duly recognized
pastors, and some fifty evangelists, all of whom
are Italian except perhaps ten and out of whom
one hundred at least are converts and belonged
most of them to the Romish clergy Christian
Inteltigencer.
Two attempts have been made re-
Gently to introduce Protestant and evangelical
preaching into greater prominence in Paris.
and both of them have been attended with re-
markable success. Mr.. Gibson one of the
Methodist pastors. engaged large hall in the
boulevard des Capucines, in quarter inhabited
by the weather. classes, and holds service every
Sabbath, and with increasing congregations.
MIR: McAll has also successfully opened GospeI
Hall upon Elysee. The Protestant outlook in
Paris is full of hope.
In the last Free Church Assembly
IN Scotland the Rev. Dr. Blaikie spoke of the
inn9ence OF the Moody and Sankey movement
In Scotland. He admitted that more of the
converts had gone back to the world than he
expected, but tat the fruits were great and
manifest In the Increased number of YOUNG men
who had given themselves to the ministry to
Sabbath School teaching, and to the work of
colportage.
The Nonconformists of LIVERPOOL
have presented DR.. Ryle, the new bishop Of the
Established church, set of books and con
gratulatory address, and there is good FEELING
all around. DR.. Ryle replies as follows: II
am deeply grateful to the kind nonconformist
friends whose Christian good wishes Won have
conveyed to me, and 1 shall always highly
value the Bible and Book of Praise which ac
companied your letter. The promotion of truth
and peace Is the aim 1 set before me in COMING
to Liverpool, and trust your friends will al
ways ind me saying, Grace be with all who
iove the Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity There
Is work for all In this great city of LIVERPOOL
ana think our only contention should be-
who can do most for Christi No one feels more
strongly than do that England owes great
debt to the Protestant Aonconformists, and I
nope their good service will never be forgotten /"
The st: Petersburg official circles
ana press are discussing the project of a general
orthodox council, to be held at Moscow N
which the patriarch of Constantinople and other
oriental bishops are to be summoned. The OBJ
| lect protested Is to bring about a closer nnion
between the church of Russia and the Eastern
communities for the more effectual RESISTING the
continued attempts of the church of Rome OF
Proselytising. The real aim, however, is a no,
ltical one--viz.: to extend the Cars influence
upon the oriental church. A St. Petersburg
Journal connected with official circles suggests
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nitarles who deny ,papal infalibility be also in
vlted to the council
A Paris despatch says "The Jesuit
schools here and in the provinces will break up
for the holidays at the end of July. and il is un.
derstood that when the police present themgelve.
on August 80 they will find no Jesuits to dis
perse 1t by no means follows, however, thai
the schools are to be abandoned, for new pupils
are entering for the October term, but in the in
term they will have nominally changed hands
ihey Will still be the property of the ecclesias
tics, and will be conducted in the same spirit
Some of the teachers will be the same. but tn,
school Will be the property of secular priests o.
OF one OF the recognized orders"
In Brittany there are about a mil
hon and half of people speaking the Breton
language, and who neither read nor write On
thousand eight hundred priests are the instruc
tors OF this unlettered population, and only tw
Breton-speaking Protestant pastors
There are now sixty Protestan
churches in SPAIN whose congregations aggre
gate 10000, and are rapidly growing
Father Charles Chiniouy of the Pres
byterian Church of Canada believes that sine
MS conversion from Romanism, twenty ON
} years ago, he has been instrumental in the con
version OF 10000 persons including eightee
priests. He has certainly labored with exem
Plary zeal and self denial, and with courage +
match. His life has been in great danger a
times.-EUangelist
Mr.. Sturgeon, with the advice O
his elders and deacons," has resolved to soiourl
about fortnight in Scotland for the benefit o
his health. Latterly he has had occasional
twinges of his old complaint, rheumatism am
it is hoped that change of air and the pictur
esqqe scenery with which Scotland abounds will
act benetlcially on him, physically and mentally
The long contest of the ritualist. thu
Rev. A. H Mackonochie of st. Adams Hol
born with the bishop of London, seems to b,
coming to conclusion. The bishop has adopted
very decisive measure, for he has issued war
rant Tor the sequestration of the living Th
warrant authorizes the registrar of the dioces,
OF London to receive all income arising from tn,
living, and provides for the due performance O.
divine worship in ST. Adams Under the au-
thorlty granted him, it is not in the least proba.
Die that the registrar will employ the Rev Mr.
Mackonochie 1t would however look a little
as If that reverend cent 1nroap r,iyIt efiII b,l,