New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-11
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

The IOMB OF fIKING.-Neaf 'he sihuii w
lage of Gogstad, in Norway, Is tumulus or
funeral HILL to which local tradition mas
always given the name OF Kings Hill. In the
flat fields that stretch away from the sea 70 me
mountains it rises slowly from the grounui
being nFarly 90 feet in diameter and covered
with green turf A mighty monarch rested there,
it was said but superstitiOus lear has until now
detained every one from making any examina-
ton Of the spot. Excavations were nnally
began in April last, and extended into anu
| the entire body OF an old Viking vessel "a teet
long between stem and stern, 10 feet orOad,
and drawing feet of water At present the
tumulus Is nearly mile distant from me sea;
and it is evident from the nature OF inc son
| that the water of the sea once laveo its pase'
| In the bottom Of the boat were found the re-
mains of two or three small oaken boats Oh ere
CANT shape placed over multitude OF oars;
| some of which belonged 10 the small Doats anu anu
| Others to the large vessel itself. In the mluuie
of the vessel was built the fuDereal chamber;
| formed of strong planks and beams placed
| obhquely against each other, and covering u
| room nearly fifteen feet square. Here IL was
expected that the body would be found In slate.
| But some one had been into the grave at an
| earlier time. Either IN ancient DAYS "hen me
costly weapons might have tempted SURVIVING
! warriors, or in more modern times WHEN lnen
| were greedy for treasure, the TOMB or tne an
| cient hero has been desecrated and roDDed.
| What remains is apparently due only 10 tne
| haste ana fear under which the spoilers ulu
| their work All that cOuld be got together
comprised few human bones some shreH 10 OF
and peces of bronze, silver, and lead. On each
| side of the vessel were found the bones Oh
| horse and of two or three HOUNDS. Antigua
rians place the date of the tumuus WIN Tue
period termed the Younger Iron Age, distant
! from our time about one Thousand years, vi
near the year 500, when Cnarlema2ne was
crowned Emperor at Rome. At that time NOT
| way was divided between the wlld chieItaihs
and the sea kings, and so contlnued ul Ho roa
| the close of the ninth century, when Harola
conquered them and LAID the t0undauonS VI
| Norway as T. State and nation.
THE On CATHoLIcs.-There seems to be
| little doubt in the minds of those best quail
| fed to Judge that the old Catholic cause III
the Canton of Geneva Is nearing the emu OF
its days. 1t is little likely to live after the
withdrawal of State support-a contingency
which, if not actually Imminent, Is sald py
the correspondent of The Ddty Aecs TO be
| not very far distant. He adds his OPINION 10
| that of other observers recently recorded that
! the recent synod is probably the last IN Whicn
! what Is known IN Geneva as the Lloeru
| Catholic Church will be represented. State
support without doubt will be soon with
drawn, and then 1t must inevitably perish;
| Already several county cures are vacant anu
their churches are closed. In some that are
still open the wOrshippers on Sunday do NOT
average more than score at Dest, ana even
at the Parish Church Of Geneva they rarely
exceed forty. At the same time the opinion
is held that establishment or h0man
Catholicism is impossible. Widely as the
Genevese have strayed from CalvinIsm, they
can never il is said be induced to tolerate
bishop. Further, 1t is added, that com
muniiy which contains majority OF CatnOncs
and free-thinkers would never consent 10 pe
taxed to support Protestant, 50 that the
fall of the Liberal Catholic Church must OF
necessity involve that of the Protestant
Church as a State institutlOn-a conclusion at
which the Council of the Canton has finally
arrived since last month it resolved 10
proceed 10 the second reading of q bill for
the liberation of religion from State control.
and sooner or later the bill Is certain to be-
cone a law.
Mr.. SURGEONS NEW WoRK.-The corner
stone of Mr. Surgeons Orplanage, which Will
provide for between two and three hundred
girls, was laid fortnight since with cere-
mony. The attendance was very large. AS
there are to be four houses, four stones ac-
cordipTly were laid-Mr Sturgeon LAYING that
of the first, which is. called the. Sermon
House," IN honor of MI. Spurgecn's gift and
the Gift of the publishers of his sermons. In
his address Mr. SpurgeOn said he had a little
church of $500 members at NewlngtOn- butts,
but be had still larger church III the readers
OF his sermons spread throughout England;
Ireland and Scotland, and elsewhere, and
their pastor, were always ready to help him
in his work The Sermon House would
always be a record of faithfulness to duty
and to the fact that the sermons mad been
nublished week by week for twenty-five and
\ half years to the number of 1,542: When
he had finished, Mrs. Sturgeon laid the stone
of a house 10 be named III memory OF tue
, five deceased children Of Mr.. ". K. Lickett
who gave it. The third house bias been given
the name of "The Olives" while the fourth L
called Trustees House, When completed
This orpbanage will provide for the same
number of girls thar there are boys in the
orphanage all eady established for them.
THE PAsHKovITEs.-An end to the labOrs OF
the religious sect known as Pashkovites has not
been reached by the recent order OF the Russian
Government forbdding Mr.. PRshkof to hold
! evangelical services III his private residence at
st. Petersburg. Far from II. Inc temper OF
the Russian evangelicals is stern, and they are
as determined as ever they were to carry on
< their Worship Many of them are people OF
rank and wealth, and number OF them nave
, decided to 90 to England and hold their meet
ines there. Already u countess WIN mel
i daughters and several prominent persons o
rank has set out for London, and arrangements
/ have been made to give Mr.. Pashkoff sort o.
c triumphal reception. This decision to visl
e Fn0Iand and worship there calls out severe
e criticism in The Globe, of London. Ii cite
1 that the evangelical Stundlsts, being PEASANTS
T. are unable to leave the country, ana henc'
n must either give up their prayer meetings OF g
T into exile, and that Siberian statistics snow u
their credit that they prefer me latIer alterna
tive. BY going to England the Pashkoyite
incur no risk, and their conduct there will b
simply ignored by the authorities. The .Glob
fluids It difficult not to believe that by staying
! home and seeking, by constitutional means U
C bring about repeal of the penal laws agans
: Dissenters, they would do much more goo
!, than by coming to England and leaving tn
e Smndists and other poorer eyangelicals to iigh
. the cause of religious freedom by themselves
c SUNDAY SCHOOL BOOKs.-Thnt there
e annie room for Improvement in the quality o
n Sunday school literature has long been telt D
i tho.e who know best what the young min
,, most needs. Of the quantity no one wa
i ever heard to say that it fell short OF beln