New-York tribune., 1880-10-24


tons to such plan in this State have been se'
forth again and again and as loyal churchmen
we feel bound to resist all schemes looking to
a ceDtralization and peryersoD OF our present
system. More than this, legislation has
been obtained in our State without the SOL
icItatiou or consent of the council which
will allow this cathedral chapter corporation, II
created trustee of funds and property, by
simple vote of majority OF vestry 10 acquire
the entire parish properly, without TIE knowl-
edge or consent OF the people of rbe PARISH and
BY degrees absorb The functions OF the parishes
and 'VestIies, and substitute for the present.
policy of our Church one Identical with Tho
Roman Catholic Church.
Dr. Thomas of Chicago, in the sermon
wherein he practically leBged the NethOd-
ist Conference to try him for hercsy, SAID
" IL is a fact, also, that there Is scarcely an
orthodox German divine Of any note IN ku-
rope that does not hold 70 the ldea OF a future
probation, and that belief IL based upon the
teachings OF The Bible" Professor samuel
Ives Curtiss, in reply, gives quotations from
Deltzsch, Luthardt, kahDls, Bledermann,
Meyer and Weiss showing that these theoio-
glans did not believe IN probation after death.
He adds: 'No divine made proioUnder
impression M the meeting OF the Evangelical
Alliance I'D New York IN 1873, tnan Professor
ChrisClieb, of Bonn University. During pri-
vate conversation he told me that years
ago he had been inclined, on philosophical
grounds, TO hope for probation in future
life Tor those dying in lmpentence, but he
bad renounced this belief because, as it seemed
to HIM, the teaching of Scripture was ovi-
IDENTIFY against It,"
st. Johns protestant EpiscopaD Church,
Troy, n Y, viii be reOpened to-day, having
been thoroughly repaired and handsomely
decorated. The ceiling between the roof tIm-
bers is "a light blue, while the walls are cOi-
ored with gray tints arranged in pleasing de-
signs. The chancel Is more elIbOrately
ornamented. The upper part contains a He
size representation OF IT. john the Evangeilt,
while below are the signs of the tOuf eyan-
gelists, two on either side ot the Agnur Del.
A broad chancei rail, the glft OF Mrs. Com
mOdore Price, has been erected, and the hOOr
has been covered with handsomely decorated
MlntOn tile, gwen by an organization Ot young
people. In front of the chancel has been
placed a brass pulpit of unique design and
decoration, an exact counterpart or the pulpit
in ST. Stephens Church, Philadelphia. The
pulpit was presented by ". Stone Smith Ia
memory of his late wife. Bishop huntington
il to preach TO-DAY. The cOngrc CATION
recently invited the Rev DR.. Heber Newton,
Of this city, to become tDeir rector.
Ibe fete of N0tre Dame des Vie,0iIes Was
celebrated on October II, 10 the church bearing
that name in Quebec. The religious cere-
monies are held every ear 10 commemorate the
repulse of the English under PhlDps IN 1870
and under Walker in l7l1 THIS lIttle church.
which is SITUATED la the Lower T0wu near the
wharf OF the Montreal Steamers though small
and modest IN appearance, IL the oldest chnIch
in Quebec and almost the oldest III the c0un-
try IL was called NOtre Dame de- la Nictote
immediately at er the TeDuls. Of Pnlpps. but
wnen Walker WAS subsequently defeated by the
French in I'LL its name was changed to Hotre
Dame dies VICTORIES. Notwithstanding the de-
stIuctOn which occurred around j. during tie
various seges OF Quebec aad Iis exposed posi-
ton it has never been entirely destroyed,
though the roof and poi tons of the walls were
badly burned III lII9.
The IjOth anniversary Of the establishments
of the FIRST Reformed ChlTch IN caueeriles, y
Y, was celebrated last Week. The c0ngrega-
tiOu WIS organized at Cat badn ln Il3O, ana
the church was built III 1892 and rebuilt ia
1916 For many years after it was built there
was no flooring in It. La 1927 the old brick
now usrd Il blacksmith shop on Livingston
ST. SaugeI tes, was built as branch oil tilo
Catsbaan church In 1852 the new and hand
some ediice on Mln-st. vas erected aad tle
Livingston. 81. church was sold. Consequently
the present celebration was observed l0intsy
by the Saugerties and CatsDaan people. In car
rying cut the plans of the committee the
pastors of these two parishes delivered MS
tOrlcal sermons IN then respective chutches on
Sunday morning last, IL when they gave lLtef-
csting accounts OF the early settlem mt OF the
town, the establishment Of the church, aud liz
progress through II century ana half.
Sections IS well as clergy OF the English Es-
tabished Church are lriltatcd by the changes
involved in the BuIldls Act. At WdImInsier
tbe consent of the curate lad been obtained 10
the burial Of the remains Of DlsseEJer IN the
churchyard, and the service was read by the In
dependent minister, 5Gr when be came 10 tie
words dust to dust the sexton refused 10
throw earth upon the ccilin, as Is customary.
That official evidently strongly objects TO the
intrusion Of Dissenters in tie gray yards.
Moody and Sankey are now ON their way to
the Pacific slope. When they returned from
EurOpe IN 1873 they were invited to 20 To
San Francisco. and they promised - 20 some
day. On their way out they VIII stop IN Sait
Lake City and perhaps Cheyenne. They eX-
meet 10 reach san Francisco by the lst " No.
vsmber The people OF NcW-Orielns have
urged them to 20 there, and they may do 80
during the latter part OF the winter.
The Rev. Mr. Graham, of Virginia City.
New. remarked. in the course OF recent ses-
son Oi the Presbyterian - n0d 0l tie Facihc,
that many of his church members N0Th IN
the mines by shifts, ana he had known OF
men having tO leave tHe communion table
Uhle tie bread ami the wine were beng DIS
tributed TO take their places IN the dflit5
when the time for dong 80 arrived lie SAID
that n strict enforcement of Sabbath observ-
ance IN his church would drive twO-ihlrds OF
the members out of It, and that the subject
presented one of the most difficult problems
with which he had 10 deal.
The company appointed to revise the auth
Orized version OF the Old Testament had nm
ished their first version OF job and carried that
of Proverbs AS far as the twelfth chapter, hhen
they met early this month.
CURRkNT RELIGIOUS DISCUSSION
THE BIBLE A MICROSCOPE
From The Christian Union
father brings home 30 his children microscope.
FIrst he takes II tO pects he shows them It's oO-
jectyes, Its eye piece It's tubes, ITS reflector me
mechanism OF the stand. and tine screw for ADJUST
ing the focus. Then he puts u together, and puts
the dust OF "A butterii Is wing the focus, and they
look through the microscope at the object. he
b bic IS an Instrument gwen 70 show u truths
which we should not have seen without u. or 10
show Us more clearly truths which We shouid have
seen bur dimy. lIc VIZ student VII scruiiniZe