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Cathedral. and from this cause he will b'
specially missed in England.

Edward Pusey, who published several years
| ago beautiful edition OF the works OF st.
| Cyril. that Is looked upon as his monument.
| In collating the manuscripts of st: Cyril he
| became a familiar visitor TO the libraries OF
| Moscow and Madrid and the monasteries OF
Mount Sinal and Mount Athos. A later
visitor to the monks OF Mount Athos, on
| making It known that he was an EnglishEaan.
| was asked among the first questions, " How
| Is Phillpposi"
Nearly 1000 people were present on Christ
mas Day at the services in the Protestant
| Episcopal Cathedral at Dublin, which IL now
| supported by voluntary contributions, and the
clergyman was not little astoDIshed TO find
| the total of contributions was less than $40.
| or not an average of cent for each person
| present. Before the congregation left the
building they had a piece of the elergymans
mind.
AT Aleppo the favorite place for the disposal
of city refuse is said TO be the Protestant
cemetery. in which are buried the late George
Smith the Assyrioogist. and the travellers
Mandrel and Burckhardt. A recent visitor
writes to friend IN England that he found
two dead dogs near the grave OF Mr.. smith,
while near the graves of Mandrell and Burck-
hardt the decaylng carcass OF u camel was
| encountered.
II has been resolved to melt the old church
bells in st. Peters. at Zurich, and 10 cast new
ones from the old metal. One Of the set.
known snS as was east
=
older than the union of Zurich with the swiss
Republic, which took place IN 1851. Efforts
have been made by the Antiquarian Society
TO save the bell from destruction, and they
ought to succeed.
During the few months in which DR.. Lori
mer has been settled over the First Baptist
Church OF Chicago, 10 persons have been
added to the church membership mortgage
has been virtually lifted and m income of
$4,000 year has been secured. Although
the church Is situated on the outskirts OF the
city many people are turned away from ts
doors every Sunday for want OF room inside.
The late DR.. Ide, of Midway, Mass. aged as
he was, was not the oldest COngre gatiOnal
minister IN this country after all. The Rev.
Dr. ). Pdrmelee, OF Oswego, now in his ninety
ninth year, was installed in Vermont one year
before Dr.. lde was graduated from Brown
University. DIR. Parmlee has preached Tor
mere than sixty years aud Is still in excellent
health for "A man whose life Will soon span
full century.
In three years Dickinson College. Carlisle.
Penn, VIII be one bundled years old, and it IL
urged that low is a proper time TO seek fer 1t
liberal endowment. The alumni have ia
preparation a gift OF $4,000, but the rich
men Of the Methodist denominations in Balti-
more, Philadelphia and elsewhere within the
circle Of Dickinson, are looked to for much
larger sum.
David Macrae's new church at Dundee.
Scotland, viii have to be built after much
larger plans than those which were first pre-
pared for 1t. Several recent additions To It's
membership have made this necessary On "A
recent Sunday ia new members were ad-
mltted making the total OF communicates
alone LOO.
Nearly five hundred shopkeepers in Zurich,
Switzerland, have asked the city council Off
cially to suspend all trade on sunday. They
have been led to take the step 10y the increas-
1 ints lhppo M SlonS.
begun by a few, but Others have since ieit
compelled by business interests TO follow their
example.
Sir Moses Montefore, now in his ninety-
sixth year, was recently presented by the
parish OF ST. Iuke's at Ramsgate England,
with handsomely bound volume of the Old
Testament in Hebrew aud English, as a recog-
milton OF his great charity for many years 10
the poor of Ramsgate and its neighborhood.
The clergy of Silesia and the diocese Of
! Cologne have presented to the Minister OF
! Public Worship in Germany two petitions one
OF which is signed by 500 names aud the other
by 400 demanding the restoration OF enc
rights OF the Church in all that concerns the
direction OF religious education.
Job Turner. deaf mute living near Rich
mond, Va, has been preparing for tie
Episcopal ministry during the past two year,.
and last month lie was admitted by Bishop
White to The order OF deacOns. The Rev.
the ceremony.
Now that My. Surgeons health has so much
improved that lac expected to start from Men
ton for England on the 2d OF February, word
comes that Mrs. SpUrseOn has been extremely
IL.
Extremists in the Reformed Episcopal
Church hold that the office Ot bishop should
be limited 10 ten years, after which, II not re-
elected. each bishop should return to the ranks
OF the clergy.
Among the private audiences recently given
by Tie Pope was one for MoaslgnOr dostlo,
VINO was the bearer of 10000 francs III gold
from Cardinal McCl0skcy.
There are eight Reformed Episcopal churches
in Chicago aud ten ciergymen. Two of ihe
churches own property valued at between
$4,000 and 100000, and are free from
debt.
Both Bishop and Mrs Whipple, of Mime
sota are out of health, and will soon 80 to
Florida TO regain IT.
CURRENT RELIGIOUS OPINION.