New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-19
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

that the Anglican Church now had relations
with Protestant Churches In Germany, IN the
Fast (Syran, Armenian, Chaldean, and Nesto-
lam, and in America with the Greek Church
in Russia and Turkey; and the partially lnde-
pendent Bulgarian Church. They must en-
courage all attempts to foster true brother
hood between these scattered Christians, ana
they must not neglect their duty 10 roman
Catholics, and those who were labcrlng TO Tree
themselves from. Il e Roman yoke. The sister
Church in the United States bad succeeded N
establishing IN Mexico independent Spanish
speaking churches. In France, Ultramontane
Romanism still held sway; but Anglican
Churchmen might well help those individual
priests who were feeling their way to 4 purer
form of the old Gaican national Church.
The time had gene by when the Angilsan
Church might rest cOntented IN her lnsular posi-
ton. The Oriental Churches were brethren al
ready. The boundary between the Anglican
Church and The Continental Protestant
Churches was very indistinct and fIOm this
stale CT things they might learn many lessons
ia their dealings with their N0nc0nf0rmist
brethren at home and III the United States. 1t
would be their own fault ii all the Protestant
communities, Episcopal or non Episcopal did
not feel that in the great cause they were IN
dissCluby united one with the other. he
Archbishop went on TO say that at home rmpor-
tant measures of policy might keep Protestants
apart still it was not less the duty OF Church
men to take every opportunity to cultivate
friendly relations with NOnconfOImlsts. Inc
Christian Church would be deprived OF large
portion Of its members If they left out the nom
Episcopal congregations OF Crlstlal : at nome
and in the United States. The Oxford revival
or forty or fifty years ago had he believed, con-
ferred many benefits en- English society. Not
only was there now more reverence for outward
ferns put a large section of the clergy who had
since the Commonwealth inherited hatred or
Puritansm, had risen from the careless In
difference which had characterized their preue-
falnhIpO rAgmiT1nQ
revival was based on somewhat narrow sys-
TEN. His predecessors In the epIscOpate had less
difficulty than he should have now in welcom-
ing and cooperating with such men as kOoelt
Hall, and wishing him GOdspeed IN his laOors
to meet the prevailing intidelItY. They were,
however, now learning more and more that It
was their duty to realize once again that great
ideal which was so powerful IL the past, and
which made Christians help each other.
Work IN THE FAR WEsr.-Chaplain McCabe
recently entertained the Detroit Methodist Con-
ference during its session Mt Bay City, by relat-
ing various incidents in the work OF the church
Extension Society IN this country, ana esDec-
tally in the far West. He said that he had trav-
eled over 100000 miles in carrying on the
work Of the Society, ana been In all the states
and Territories except three. There must be
Methodist church in every p ace IN the land, and
wherever be heard or u town without one there
he went and helped to build one. He believed
in cheap churches. A church always costs
more than the architects state, and societies are
constantly running IN debt. good church can
be- buit by the sOcietys plans for S2,oOO
What the church needed Was more men who
were willing to 20 out on the frontier and work
their way along. Let them go into new towns,
support themselves by manual labor II need be
and preach the gospel. In a Dakota town, the
chaplain continued, follower OF Colonel niger,
soil said lie would build barn that God
Almighty couldn't blow down" SO he erected
a solid structure entirely OF stone, and then
the fist cyclone that came along doubled that
barn about as a giant would baby, not leay>
ing one stone on another, and since then the
man had been more modest IN his assevera-
tons In regard to the difficulty of starting
Sunday schools, the chaplain said that min
lister in Leauvle tried to organize one. and on
the first Sunday two brawny miners strolled IN.
but the next Sunday they ian away. In an
other place clergyman DrOugut III thirty
young ragamuiiins from the streets. In pray
ing this minister had habit Of closing bis eyes.
The boys noticed it, and when e had half I'm
ished his prayer they tipped the Wink about
and all crept out of doors on their hands and
knees This might seem dlscouraging, but
those same schools were now large ana pros
porous
TIE MARvELs AT LOURDEs.-There was an
imposing ceremony at the Church OF NOtre
Dame des VICTORIES, Paris, three weeks ago.
The pgI inns who had just returned from
Lodrdes mad been invited to offer Up the
homage of their gratitude at the foot Of the
statue of the Virgin. After the congregation
had Joined in singing the Magnificent, Father
Picard gOt into the pulpit to give an account or
the oil grimage. He remarked that seven trains
were found necessary to transport TO L)urdes
the multitude of pilgrims, not only from Paris
but from all parts or france. Some two
thousand of them were invallds, Of whom nine
hundred performed the journey at the expense
of the funds subscribed for the pilgrimage In
spite of the farIgueS of so long Journey, only
two deaths occurred on the road, OF during the
soiOurn of the pilgrims at LOurdes; and, ac-
col ding to Father Picard, these two unhappy
individuals. far from going 10 the Virgins
shrine to plore cure or long life, had, on the
contrary, undertaken the journey 70 pray for
an early dearh. Up to that moment, 1877 cures
or great amelioratiOns had been certified.
The preacher drew special attention to live
blind prIsons who recovered their sight, and to
speech and hearing being given TO two, one OF
whom had been deaf and dumb from birth and
the other from the age OF thirteen months.
Many persons who had been stricken with
paralysis. or were suffering from what were
considered incurable diseases, were also ie-
stored to health.
Precious MANUsCRIPT.-The manuscript of
the GOspels f st. Matthew and st. Mark recent
ly discovered by two German scholars IN the
palace of the Archbishop OF Rossano, Is made OF
purple parchment, and the material USED
throughout the writing IL silver, except in tho
first three lines III each Gospel, where the letters
are golden. There is only one OF her manuscript
of this kind in existence containing any portion
OF the New Testament and it is III mutllated
condition, four of its leaves being in London,
six in Rome. two i'll Vienna, and thirty-three
have been more recently discovered in the
Island of Patmos. The present volume, on the
other hand, consists OF 1SS leaves, and con-
tains the whole of the Gospel of st. Matthew,
and the Gospel OF st. Maxi down to the middle
of the fourteenth verse of the sixteenth chapter.
All the critera used IN judging of manuscripts
IN dicate the end OF the fifth or beginning of
the sixth century rs the date of this. The man.
uscrlpt is written in uncial characters, with TWO
columns in each page. There is no separation
of words, 10 breathing, no accent and only the
SLIGHTEST attempt at punctuation. There are
capitals double the size of the uncials, and the
Eusebian canOns NAV have been given, for 1t
contains portion of the letter of Eusebius 10
Carpianus and there is good reason tor cOnjec-
turing that this was followed by table of the