New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-23

i carried with 10 the night NOS only ~ "a
Bibles, but to explain fully what thay -
| manner, ne says one man was able laGe M
| place the Bible in the hands Of nearly l1x13&
thousand people who had never heard Il beeee
A NovELIsr's CosyEEsroS.--Tha rQpoEfg
conversion TO C0ngregationalism OF O11Slp4
Reade, the English novelist--of tho tIQtt r.
which, however, there Is still some d0q&
| contains the important fact that care has GG&1'
taken IN London not to mako IL publio ~
that no mention has been made of 1t in Llo@
papers out OF Difference to the wishes ct &
| friends. The story says that from hie e1
manhood MT. Reade has neglected thS seeyl
| trained by mother who was much deVoto1fn1
| him, and that OF late he bad fallen sOnovhG
into rationalistic opinions. When recent3x
Mrs. Seymour, to whom he was warmly attactg
in religious matters, died suddenly, be Cell mo
reproachrng himself with having diverted be3
mind from Christian belief in which she m1R41'
have become remarkable for eainti1ue1e
Under this self-reprOach she sank in both mind:
and feeling, until out OF it his conversion casno.
SCANDAL IN CHURcH.-A distressing story
OF scandal involving the name of the Hevs
| George A. Petz, of jamestown, @ we'll kn0wn|
writer on sunday school topics, has reached ~
public eye. 1t has compelled Mr.. Pelts -
| resign his charge of the Baptist church at;
jamestown; and It is said that to some cf W
told, the story is believed to. have been much
exaggerated, and friends Of the accused ms
| beg for suspension OK judgment until all ~,
| facts are known, and this all right mi11de6
| people Will of course give him, as Justly duo ~
the honorable and useful place he has held.
The First Baptist Church of Richmond M
| tends to celebrate in June the one hundredth,
anniversary of its organization. The origin Il
associated with the presence OF the British
army under CORVALLIS Ia Virginia, and at tho,
| time it was started the membership was limited
to fourteen. Richmond at that time Possessed
only 800 inhabitants, and st. Johns Episo0pal
Church was the only house of worship In the,
city. Services were usually held in 1t only three
times year-at Christmas, Easter, and ct
WhitsuDtide.
The Roman correspondent Of an English news
paper telegrapbs respecting the visit of Cardinal
Manning to Rome that it has been the object OF
the Cardinal while in Rome to obtain from tho
Holy See certain extensions OF powers and
faculties such as would render his supremacy
over the English Roman Catholic Church moro
decisive aud defnitive by removing or lesson
ing the cases which he is at present under the
necessity Of referring to Rome"
Five young men were sent to Jail In Glasgow
fortnight since for riOting on Sunday while
another was discOursing on the Green OF tho
virtues of Professionalism. Several persons, pre-
sumed to be Roman Catholics, interrupted him,
| and disgraceful scenes followed. The five
| the magistrate to Jail without having an oppor-
tunity to pay fines in lieu of imprisonment.
| The recent saying of the Catholic mass In tho
Tower of London is believed to be the first in
| stance of the kind since the time Of Henry
VIII. A number of guardsmen about tho
| Tower are followers of the religion of Rome,
| and permission has been granted them to prac-
tice their own faith when on duty In the ancient
| keep on Tower Hill.
An admirer Of Dean Ryle who has been.
appointed to the Bishoplic OF Liverpool has
made the Dean 9 donation Of $4,000 aasa
thank offering' for his appointment. The
money is intended as fund to meet the ex-
| penses which will attend the taking posses
sion of the See, including the removal to Liver
| pool.
A Sunday-school library sent West twenty
years ago by Baptist school In Boston, has
been going further West by gradual steps until
| now it is doing service in Salt Lake City.
Lawrence, Kas., was its first destination: Then
it went to Denver, and thence to Salt Lake
City, where 1t Is used by an anti-Mormon school
Henry winkley, of Philadelphia, has made
handsome gifts TO two famous New-England
get each 5000 from him by checks. At Yale
the check at first was imagined to be q joke OF
| some sort or other but the authorities soon
found it good for 5000 in cash.
Noah NJ. Wells, who died recently at Erie,
Mich, was ninety eight years of age, and is.be-
leved to have been the Oldest Presbyterian
clergyman in the country. he went to Detrolt
in 1925, and became the first pastor of what II
now the First Presbyterian Church OF that city.
Moses Howe is Baptist minister living at
Dlacut Center, Mass, in tho ninety first year OK
his age. He still enjoys good health, and OF
times q vigorous health. A short time ago no
preached o sermon in DIacut, from the same
text that he first used there sixty-sx years ago.
DR.. Duryea, of Boston, formerly of Brooklyn,
has been chosen to deliver the Lyman Beecher
John Hall, DR.. w. NJ. Taylor, and Philips
Brooks will also lecture at the Seminary.
An attempt was made week ago in the Cali
fOrnia Baptist Convention to dlsfellowshlp thq
Rev. DR.. Kallocb, but test v0,e showed ma
jOrity of the delegates to be opposed to the pro-
position.
A nephew Of the Pope, Count Ludovia Pecct
was to be married in Rome O fortnight since IN
the private chapel of Cardinal PeccTs apart
ments in the Vatican.
Attention is called in some Of the religious
newspapers to the want OF progress In the
Presbyterian Church in this city during the past
twenty five years.
The Saratoga anniversaries will begin ON
Tuesday morning next. They WILL propaoiy
close Oh Friday afternoon.
CURRENT RELIGIOUS OPINION
TWO ESSENTIAL THINGS.
From The Ne,c- York Examiner and ChroH3ce (Bdpheo
Two things may be set down as essential to tho
best sort of meetings at Saratoga. The hrsg u.
that every member or delegate go to tho meetings
with the fixed purpose of standing, by them 70 the
end-frOm Tuesday morning until the close OF the
ali told, and surely the objects 20 be reached are
worth that amount of time. But the second thing.
which is just about necessary as the first is for
members and delegates to give as little time a.
possible to the upstairs and donations lobby" that
every session may feel all the inspiration that comes
from full house and sympathizng hearts.
MARCUS AURELIUs WISE BUT CRUEL:
From The Netc. York Chrtstiaaat Work lEeanql