New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-25
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.


has led 10 rupture of diplomatic relations
| between the Vatican and the Liberal Govern
ment When the PREMIER NJ. Frere-Orban
appealed TO Rome to have the opp0slti0n Oh
he bishops to the act kept within bounds,
favorable answer was returned: Some papers
! placed in the hands of the Minister by the
Bishop of Journal convinced them, justly or
unjustly, that Rome was not sincere, out
| approved the bishops conduct. The Govern
ment therefore recalled their Minister to the
| Vatican and withdrew the NuncIOs exequatur.
| The diplomatic correspondence which preceded
the rupture has been published IN Brussels. IL
contains nothing interesting, except an
accusation brought by the Nunclo, IN the letter
in which he demands his passports, against
tae Prime Minister. The NunclO says that
the Minister, In explaining the course
of the negC tiations to the Chamber, knew
| that the consequences attributed by hlm 10
the words of the Cardinal Secretary OF state
answered neither to the thoughts nor To the
| intent ons of the Holy See" 10 tins tne
Minister opposed a brief categorical denial. Inc
| fact must be borne in mind, when Belgian
ecclesiastical affairs are under discussion
! that before the law the Roman Clergy
are in the same position as the clergy
of all other recognized religious bodies.
| The State has absolutely nothing to do
with their nomination, but Is, according
| to the Constitution, under the obligation OF
| paving them The determining of the amount
OF the pay belongs to the St9te. The presence
| Of @ NunciO at Brussels has been u privilege
cable dispatches of the last week nave
| announced the resignation of the Papal Sec
! rotary Of State and predicted speedy reopen
| ing Of diplomatic relations between the Natican
and Belgium.
EXPULSION OF THE JEsUITs.-The excitement
caused in France by the expulsion or the
Jesuits has abated. The other unauthorized
/ orders have not been disturbed, ana the remain
ing Jesuit educational establishments Will no5
| be broken up until the close OF August. All
! the churches of Paris were crowded on July 4,
as the eagerness of the faithful TO attend IN all
the places of worship was nothing less than
silent manifestation of sympathy toward me VIC
| Tins of the DEGREES At NOtre- Damede- L0rette
the sermon was preached by Father Lefevre, one
of the three cOngregationlsts to whom the care
of the Jesuits house IN the Rue de Sevres was
! cOntided after the expulsion or the 1athers' "A
passage in his sermon in which he ironically
spoke of the former company OF Jesus
! caused much remark. 1t Is extremely doubtful
if the dissolution OF the large edacatlo tEa
establishments will in the end be fatal to the
influence Of the Jesuits as teaching body
in France. A keen correspondent OF Inc
Pan Mall Gazette argues with great IOrce
! that the Jesuits will be employed as private
tutors i'll wealthy families, and that the only
means of supplanting their system OF education
is by putting something better In Its place,
and by educating French women. lt is trencil
mothers who lean upon the Jesuit teacher as
| a staff and why Because he relieves tnem
! from all moral responsibility toward their
sons, and steps in whenever occasion arises to
| check insubOrdlnatiOn or any 0ther disagree
| able habit. When French women are edu-
G tied I'D TO the standard OF their age, they VIII
no longer relish such interference and Will
no longer uphold the perpetual surveillance
which Is the corner stone OF the jesuit SYSTEM
VIII it be believed IN America that Freleh
lad of seventeen must be fetched from the
railway station at ten o'clock on summer
night as ii he were a child OF eight
BIsMARCK's DISCRETIONARY LAW The
! Ecclesiastical Laws Amendment bill as nnally
enacted by the PIussan Parliament differs
| materially from the draft originally submitted
| by Prince Bismarck. 1t does not permit the
| Emp6r0r to exempt candidates IOi Ilvilgs
| from the secular examination prescribed, or
the reinstatement of bishops deDosed by the
| Ecclesiastical Court. It simply allows
| officiating clergymen TO extend then clerical
| functions to parishes deprived OF priests III
consequence Of the Falk laws 1t author ICES
| the Government to confirm deputy bishops
| elected by orphaned chapters without exactlng
! the oath enjOined 10y the same rigorous
| statutes. 1t enacts the important principle that
Iecusant bishops shall not henceforrh DE depOsed
! by the Ecclesiastical Court but only declared
! incapable of exercising the functions OF their
holy Office while refusing to obey the law OF the
| land. Finally, it empowers the GOYernmeht 10
! resume the payment of their former c0ntrlOu-
| tons to the maintenance of the Roman Church,
and to license the Ieempl0yment In hospitals
of persons of either sex under holy vows. Inc
! Spectator falls short of the mark when IL de-
| cares that the German Chancellor has not
gone to CanOssa, but " has only purchased an
| express ticket to enable him to go there should
| he think the journey expedIentD There seems
to be good reason to apprehend that the tram
is already in motion, as the Uitranontanes
| themselves proclaim. The Pope is reported
! and unfortunately, the English correspondents
| at Rome are not the best authority for the
gossip of the Vatican-to have told pIelate
! the other day that Providence had granted
] Il lntinr IN no midi Al
! all the tribulatiOns encompassing the Church,
| namely, the new Prussian law on the clergy,
which would indemnify the Church for her
| losses and troubles elsewhere
EVILS OF SECTARIANIsM.-A strong sermon
was preached by the Rev DR.. BOyntOn in the
! Vine Street Congregational Church, Cincinnati,
| on July Is, on the Weakness or SectarlanlSm.
! He confessed that IL would be folly to suppose
! that sectaTianism is suddenly or soon TO dis
| appear from the Protestant churches. Sucn
change would be revolution OF enormous
! dimensions This appears in moment when
| one considers what immense sums are III
vested in sectaran enterprises, countless chul Gu
! edtces almost numberlesS societies, With their
array of off GERS, newspapers, publication sCcle-
ties All these and Others, with their interests,
their ambitions, their prejudlces, their pride, all
! supported on their several sectarlan bases
| will not quickly and easily vanish away. Yet
! the preacher does not consider II impossible
| that Just before the millennium, or at tarthest
in the early morning of the millennial day,
q Baptist will commune with one who was
never immersed, an Episc0palian will invite to
his pulpit one upon whose head no bishops
hand has been laid, and even Roman Catholic
brethren may be constrained TO admit that,
by some insCrutable mystery of Gods mercy,
| the PrOtestants may attain TO some low place
! in heaven. This question, he contends, is
fo.cng itself upon many minds. If sect
arianism ever had any proper mission in the
world, has it not now been fulfilled IT the
of truth. has not every important question
been settled already, and is it not time
now to begin return toward a com,
mon centre Why should not thousand
k-il,,l. on,ono tban all rho views