New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-29

! cause ne Is fnuch 100 frotes'ant III his pe'y'
His min offence IL the removal OF RcnI1n
| inspection, and TIE filing up or new vacancies
| almost invariably with laymeu. One ease ~
SPECIFIED as particularly vexailCus: TIE PARISH
priest Of kevelaer, the fupOus pilgrimage
place, has been removed from the school m
spectiOu, and the bur yomaster OF the place has
been nominated in his stead. Moreover, he
has changed many primary schools, watch have
hitherto been UNCONVENTIONAL schools, INTO
mixed schools or what the Germans call
Simultan- bulen and this too. even IN dis
trlcts where the Roman Catholic school children
Outnumber the Protestant. The CltramOnlalo
journals give warning that n he continues IN
the same path he is now pursuing he may
reckon on the total loss of the confidence OK
the Roman Catholics.
An incident related by a CORRESPONDENT of Tho
Boston Transcript shows how difficult 1t Ii for .
Protestant 10 go TO church even In a p0pui0nS
city on a midsummer Sunday. lady on her
way 10 church last Sunday met an elderly lady
who greeted her with the question, Where can
| go TO church / want 10 go 10 church. Ny
daughter died last week. Our church ia not
open" The lady, kindly Offering t. go with
her. ed the way TO one of the larger downtown
churches. This they found closed. Is was hot
until they had tined tie doois OF three churches
III vain that they finally found the religious con-
ISOLATION which they sought, IN the fourth. no
painful significance of the occurrence must 10
apparent to everyone, but especially 30 to those
who can recall similar trials Of ialth in their
own experience.
A marriage "mixed and dOubs' bad not
been known for many years IN England when
one occurred few weeks ago. A Roman
Catholic and a Protestant were married first IN
a Roman and afterward in Anglican Church.
Cardinal Manning, who has intense DISLIKE
for mixed Marriages. mad taken pains TO
deny that he either authorized or permitted any
such ceremony. He states that, n the fact OF
a Catholics acknowledging heretical rites had
been known to the priest no marriage nj AL
would have been permitted. He even charTes
the couple with breach of faith. More shan
that, he has written circular to all his priests
disavoW ing responsibility and warning them
against officiating at such scandalous mar
riages.
Bishop Warren preached a forcibe sermon
during the recent session of the Georgetown
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
with this striking preface =" | was walking
up a mountain road the other day and over.
took an old man tOIng up the same road. lie
apo o. lied for beng overtaken by tenderfODt
like myself, and said that he was getting old
ana intiTm aud his climbing days would scou
be over. What then | said to him. After
ven have got over the mountains here, Will
Piled When de, shall he shOyelled into
hole in the ground and thaI will DE the end Ut
me-.
Current estimates Of the number of church
livlngs advertised for sale in England vary
greatly. An experienced agent puts the NUM-
her annually offered at about 200. Another
witness goes so far as to surmse that 10 per
cent of the entire llvings in the Church-aDOut
5000, If all be taken ; about 1000, II only
those IN private patronage be referred tO-are
in some way sold or bartered every year. The
truth probably lies between these TWO extreme
estimates. If those exchanges, which are really
sales in disguise, be included. perhaps the an
nual average Will not be far from enc every
day IN the year
The Missionary Rerieg in series of articles
on the Progress of Foreign Missions dis.
covers more than 10000, 900 peTsC us. in
denominations, giving more than T2,jUUOO
year for foreign mission work. IN
which 600 ordained missionaries are emnlayei.
These foreign missions now have lT1,1o3
native commandments and are shown To nave
gained -, 16j converts IN loTS-I9.
A class of thirty was recently confirmed at
the STATE Prison at san Quentin. CAL 10y Arch
bishop AlemaDy. The candidates had been
prepared by Father PIcardO, who otiicates IN
tie prison one sunday in each month Music
was furnished for the ceremony by some OF the
convicts.
The Rev Mark s Gross. who was offered by
the Pope the bishOprc of North Carolina. has
declined the appointment on the ground
that lie is physically unable to undertake ihe
labcTs OF diocese. he Will retain MS position
as pastor of Sc. rhomass Church, Wilmington.
The strength Of SIX English speaking religious
bodies is estimated N rolnd numbers a. fol-
lows: EmscOpaaus, l7,7JO,O00; bIe'hodists,
100000; EOmau Catholics, l2.JO0OOO;
7 esbyie,ians. 10, 900 600; BaptIsis, 600, 900;
Con egaIlonaiists, 100000.
Certain Sisters Of Charity, Of T0rCn'o. are
making a SILK manner which Is 10 De- dedicated
10 the B essed Virgin in he Church OF hn.ck
tie scene OF thu alleged miiacles). \ number
OF lrishmen vii take the banner 70 the chUI,h
and place t on the altar Us al Offering.
The director of The VessiVo TsrGelitico d.
yides the Jewish population OF the Hotid ~
follows: Europe. ! 500. 600 Asia. .. O,OJ0;
Africa, 100000; America, 100000; AID
Oceanica no 1000, making total OF J.-lO.OUO.
Mr.. Spurgeon bagins his new book with the
remark Last time vrO,e a book ! trod on
some peoples cOns and buuiOns, and they
wrote me angry letters asking Dld yOa mean
me :"
Bishop Peck cautioned the Methodist ministers
Of Cincinnati one day .ast week against Affect
ing v hat he called Miss NaDcy-lsh preaching,
that meant neither good nor eva to any Oody.
Wealthy Ohio Presbyterans are talking Of
forming a religious colony on Lake Chautauqua
close beside the Baptists
Three hundred ministers are said TO BE
spending their vacations IN the White Noun
taIDs.
A colored man in Tennessee has given
Fl |, 600 toward the erection of new church.
CURRENT RELIGIOUS DISC CSSION
PUT BRAKES on THE TRAIN
From he COa0rt0QflonQttSt.
We wish cur Methodist brethren could under
stand better than they seem 10 realize what
strain they sometimes put upon the aifectIOnate
desire OF some Of their Evangelical brethren 10
be- in fellowship with them and with their ways.
We wish they would stop TO think, when they put