New-York tribune., 1880-02-08
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

| Dean Stanley has paid a tribute to the Bishop
| OF Natal, to which high praise is due tor It's
manly vigor. warmth and courage for ne
paid il in the face of ridicule and loud laugh
ter at meeting of the London Society
for the Propagation of the Gospel. After
his opening remarks that the Bishop, rs IA
prOpagator of the Gospel in South Africa,
would be remembered long after those pres
ent were dead and buried, had been received
with rOars of laughter and cries of :" Order"
Dean Stanley went on to say =" You need
not call '0rder! i will not be restrained by
this m0ckery, these jeers, this rIdicue, these
gibes! / say there will be one Bishop who,
when his own interests were on one side and
the interests of q poor savage chief on the
other did not hesitate TO sacrifice bis own,
and, with manly generosity for when inns
society has not word of sympathy, did ms
best to protect the suppliant : did not hesi-
tate to come over from Africa to England 10
plead the cause of this poor unfrlended saw
age, and when he had secured the support OF
the Colonial Offce-uniike other Colonial
BishOps-he Immediately went back to his
diocese. For all these things the Society Tor
the Propagation of the Gospel appears to nave
no sympathy ; but you may depend upon IL
that outside these walis--ln the world at large
whenever Natal is mentioned they will WIN
admiration ana postenty "lil say mat among
the propagatOIs OF the Gospel IN the nine
teenth century the Bishop OF Natal was not
the least Efficient he Deans last words
were received with cheers.
PAINFUL CASE OF SUsPENsIoN.-The case
oi the Rev. Charles Miller, OF Harlow, III
Essex, England, who was charged several
weeks ago with intOXicalon III the pulpit,
mas been decided Ivy an order Tor his sus-
pension from the ministry, the suspension 10
| be Tor two years only, provided certlDcate
OF GOOD behavior Is furnished Tor mat peTIod.
! MIR. Miller had been rector Oi the paiish
| nearly forty years. and Is elghiy-inree years
| of ace. For many months he mas peiiOim med
| i.,tf 1
! ton, provoking laughter among the children
ana greatly distressing the adult members OF
| the congregation. After bearing with hlnl
patiently for several months, ms paIlsn0hefs
| were forced 70 take proceedings 1OT his sus-
! pepsiOn, many OF those who led IN the matter
nuVIug been for years most kind and nlcndiy
! TO him. and bavMg demonstrated with hlln
| repeatedly in order TO prevent acton III court.
! IL has long been his haOlt 10 dIlnk, without
| eating, several glasses Oi pOlC between me
| morning and afternoon services. Mr. Miller
might have resigned owing 10 llis age, ana
! received n portion OF the fruits OF the
! beneficc, hut he objected 10 that. lie also
| declined to accept advice fJOm the Bishop,
! and refused TO discuss tile matter WIN MN.
| fhe court, therefore, had no alternative but
| 20 SUSPEND him IN hIs ministerial iupcuons
RELIGION on TIE STAGE.-At an Episcopal
| College III " esteIn flanders Il remarkablc re-
| 1giOus play was recently PERFORMED by the
/ puuils of the school before their parents, ana
received with much applause. In the INST net
| a uupil IN the dress o. n FreemasOD was seen
! dirciup A grave, III which a coffin mark cd
| 81 Catholicism was TO be placed. He was as
| sisted by the Belgian Minister OF Public In
| gtrnctlOn in the character OF satan. In the
! second act the graVedlgger appeared as the
! teacher of IL pubhc school. Ihe lather on
| rotr SONS entered with the boys, ana nlnde
balgaIn 10y which he WAS pald a certain sum
| of money for permitting Ills boys to attend
! the school, aud with the money IL his pocket
| went away leaving them behind. The educa-
! tiou of The BOYS was begun IN another act
| Inv writing on "A blackboard There Is no
! God aud teaching them TO understand the
words. In few moments al ola man ap-
| pestlcd with boy; then an angel WITH "a
! sceptre aud Satan III tames came Iii, one aiter
! the other. Inc pupils soon lvll 10 tue hOOi,
! and the angel sang the clerical war song;
Thou shalt not have 1t, the Dcautliul s0ui "i
! the child Satan was then pat to flight, ana
| the children were saved.
NrrHopIsT BIsHoPs.--Whom to elect TO the
| vacant bishoprIcs Is just now "a leading topic
! in every Methodist clcle III the country IN
! the North, the South, the Last ana lhe west
! inc,I candidates are brought forward. Already
u long list is made out, and the names OI
! many persons have been urged IN very APP
| parent disregard 0i the perSO s Wishes. As Tor
! DR. Fowler, OF The ChgiStiaR IdC0cGie, me
| Methodist learns on good authority nat hc
! has sand he "dOes rot wish To be promoted ~
! tie epiScOpacy, but to retain the ONCE OF
! Editor of Tie idrOcGte, while at the same
/ title prcualaiiuns are making Tor the hNell-
csr race ever made in a General Conference
| election between hlm and Dr. Daniel Curry 7;
furthermore, thut Dr. Curry Is willing To go
| back to ms old char IN Ihe Adr0cote oiiic -
Il DO,ition 10 winch II Il Oeltycd ul@t lie
| failed oi reelection tour years aIo tn'ousi
his ant1gonsm 10 the bishops. Ii Is su- Sceted
! 'by The Methodist tAdt " bishop Ol African
! descent ue cho,cn 70 succeed the late Gll-
! ber Haven, since he WAS 80 prominently a
representative OF the colored race
! GIFT TO A UNIykEsITY.-Tbe recent hapd-
! some gifts To Rochester University 10y gentle
/ men IN tins cry and Albany, are followed
/ closely by an announcement OF a lurtGel SlIt
tn Wt,lcVan University, situated at Ml0ulC-
tov,,. Conn. IL comes IRON Mr.. George /.
| Seney, OF this city, VINO adds to the TJOuVO
! which he gave last Autumn, TIE pleasant sum
! of S75, 900, both sums beng IN nrst mortgage
! ,pilroad bonds bearing interest at q per cent.
I'm "A private uoie TO President foss, Mr. Scney
| saws: " am only fulfilling "a vow made years
aco to remember Wesleyan University !
| have the highest regard Tor the college, ana
most sincerely wish II prosperity lis history
and its faculty, past and present, are an hOhoi
| to our Church and country and iirmiy believe
Its graduates will compare tivOrby WITH those
| of any college III the land" lie University
has now secured three -tiftlIs of the CenteDnlai
! Endowment OF $500,O0O, which 1t recently
| asked for, and oil wmch II s''hus ih"c" III hc'"'
ASSAULTED IN A CHuRCHYARp.-A boy and
u man were charged II few weeks ago. III Il
| nolice court near London, with assuming a
rIerCvman while he was officiating at the
funeral OF one of his former parlshioners On
the dny In question he found the churclyard
iull of people, some of whom threw turf at hlm,
knocking oil his hat. VIII le engaged IN iun-
arni cercmonies ON other occasions he had been
msulted by boys, and he alleged that enc OF
the defendants threw stones at him. Several
WITNESSES were called for the defence, one ot
them a church warden, who said the rector ON
| the day IN question was so much under the
influence of drink that he had to be assisted III
the performance of the service. But this the
rector denied, and the case WAS dismissed ioi
want of further evidence against the defend
ants.