The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-04-25

second. They have hitherto been be.
hind ether denominations ia this re
spect. but will now pfObably take the
position their numbers, wealth and
prominence demand. 9s
The vestry Of st. Paul's Cathedral.
at Buffalo, the largest Episco-
pal Church in western New
York. have asked the associate
rector, the Rev. s. Humphrey Gurteen,
10 resign. This is the sequel to row
between Mr.. Gurtecn ana the Rev. DIR.
William Shelton, the regular rector
for fifty years, and who is over SO years
old. Gurtesn has made enemies by
introducing high church notions.
An usher IN the North Baptisl
Church. m Christopher street. New
York City. caused . sensation a few
evenings ego. As the pastor. the Rev.
j. j. Brouner. entered the pulpit he
Was shocked by . sudden outburst. of
mirth in the choir gallery. Two young
persons, wearing listers and Derby
hats. hse been shown to seats The
usher was surprised when only one Of
them removed hin hat He waited
some time for the offending head cover
ing to be removed, and then reached
over the back of rev and removed II
himself. Immediately he discovered,
- did many ether persons. that the
wesrer was young lady. aud there
fore entitled to wear ahat in church.
Above the noise q the erganist's volun-
tary rosa that Of the involuntary mifth
Of many in the congregation.
Four 81 the British. bishops are wild.
owers-ths Archbishop Of Canterbury.
the Bishop Of London, the Bishop Of
Rochester and the Bishop Of Bangor.
All the rest are married men and most
OF them men with large families. The
Bishop Of London has elsven dsugh-
tiers, the Archbishop Of York has four
sons and five daughters. the Bishop OF
Salisbury has Eve sons and eight daugh-
tiers, the Bishop of Bath and Wells six
sous and four daughters. the Bishop OF
Hereford seven sons aud three daugh-
ters, the Bishop OF Oxford three sons
and four daughters. the Bishsp of st.
Adams four sons and three daughters.
and the Bishop Of Lincoln two sons and
FIVE daughters. The only two bishops
who are childless are those Of Worcester
and Litchfsld, and the Bishope Litch.
field has not yet forgotten his honey
msou. One. and only one, of the bish-
ops has been twice married-the Bishop
of Rochester, and he has been wild
over for 8 couple Of yesrs.
Some weeks ago Rev. n. C. Lock
wood. of the Willis Street Baptist
Church of Paterson, New jersey.
preached . sermon in which be is re-
ported to have said that it was physi.
cal impossibility, and the record of
nature con6rmed it, that the world
could have been made In six days. He
also, it is said, qnestionsd aths correct
ness of the stories that the sun and
moon once stood still for the conveu.
fence Of few men who were fighting,
that Jonah was swallowed by whale,
and that Balaam's ass spoke. The
whole Book of Job, he added, could
only be looked upon as the translation
or q poem. aud it was nothing more
than . literary creation. Many of the
other miraculous episodes related in
the Old Testament the pastor Is alleged
to have spoken Of a. simple allegories.
Church members were taken by sur.
prise, and come Indignation prevailed
What OF the Bible will the pastor
leave ps. apyhovS" they asked, q
they gathered IN the vestibule ct the
close OF the service. After various
suggestions. they decided to call the
deacons to account. and demand that
the pastor be asked to resign. Two oil
the five deacons thought that be ought
10 be asked to resign. but the other
three believed in giving him another
chance. thinking that simple admoni
tion would be sufficient. So on the
some evening the five deacons called
upon the pastor and demonstrated with
him for the ground that be bad taken
in his sermon. The pastor denied thai
there was anything wrong with his or
thodoxy. The deacons insisted tina,
both they and . majority OF the con
gregstion thought that there was
Mr.. Lockwood agreed to leave the mat
ter to council Of Christian ninistsri
to decide whether or not he had said
anything that was not strictly orthodox
He thought that many another miuistel
held the same views, but whether they
would think it best, or would be hravl
enough to say 90 in the pulpit. was an
other thing. The dsacons replied thai
all that might be 90; the doctrine b,
preached might be strictly orthodo,
10 the opinion Of the .clarey. but il di6
not cult the membefs Fof tie Willil
Street Baptist Ohsrch, and they siit
not want any mere of it. The Rev
NJ. lockwood has preached two ol
three sermons since. but they have beef
unsxceptionably orthodox.