New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-22

chapels had been built, sixty of which were IN
places In which no Wesleyan chapel Lefore ex-
isfed. There had been ninety six enlarge.
ments, and altogether above 10000 additional
sIttiDgs bad been provided. twenty SCHOOL,
rooms bad been erected and thirteen manses.
The total cost of all these erections and enlarge
ments; and Of forty-two organs, had been
81 ,590,87j, and the temporary debt was
$379,O35, The report Of tie Metropolitan
Chapel Building Fund recorded thar during tho
year thirteen sites TO new chapels had been
secured, and negotiations were In progress tor
seven more.
The British Census bill has revived fhe acf-
tation for q religious enumeration. In view
of controversies az TO the relative strength
of different churches and sects, information
of this kind would no doubt be valuable, and
the Established Church has always been rather
anxious to have such return made up. Inc
NOncOn Tourists. however, are hostile TO the
proposal and persist In declaring that such .
census, if made, would be vItiated by credit
ing most people of no religion to the Is
tablished Church, while it would cause an
amount OF irritation which 1t would not be
wise to provoke. Lord Cranbrook recently
remarked that there was no greater imperti-
hence in asking a man TO what church he be-
lOnged than in asking him whether he were
blind, deaf dumb.
stone from an ancient church In England
was presented recently 10 an Episcopal congIe-
CATION In NJ Assn chusetts, The stone ~ IN
scnbed on one side st. Margarets Church,
Kings Lynn, En- gland, to st. Stephens Church.
Lynn, Mass, Z. S. A.. 2sth June, 1882 IL
Is twenty -four inches III length, ten In hes IN
width, aud seven inches In depth. and was part
Of window jamb in the old church. II i OF
nearly the same shade Of color as that used IN
the construction Of the new edlice at Lynn IL
will be placed in the vestibGle OF st Stephens
Church, with panel surrounding II, and wall
also contain brass plate with fac-simile or
the inscription upon 10.
The anniversary of st. Ignatius Loyola,
founder of the Society of Jesus, was celebrated
with unwOnted spirit early in August at The
monastery OF LOyOla in the frontier provinces
GuipuzcOa, III the north Of Spain. More than
$4,000 Basque peasants and mariners, AMI sew
eraI hundred aristocratic families from tho
neighbOrhood assembled 20 witness the iGcal
fetes, which consisted Of dances aud bulfchts.
afer q morning devoted to High PonliEcal
Mass, celebrated by Cardinal and 100 priests.
AOour 800 Jesuit Fathers were pIesent al then
founders shrine. The convent was restored Dy
Senior CanOyas To the Jesuis recently expelled
from BayOnne and Pau.
The United Presby teriau Synod's Committee
Oh Disestabis1ment in Scotland has adopted
resolutions TO this effect: That the by-elreuons
ought now To be carefully watched. and the
opinions OF all candidates aaeertalned on the
question, and candidates favorable TO Diseslab
lIshment brought forw ard THAI the CLAIMS OF
Disestablishmrnt ought 10 be pressed on the
attention of members Of Parliament by cODstt-
uents that the policy OF assuming an Oblig; ton
on the present Parliament to postpone DIsesiaD-
lishment 10 Parliament OF the future u pro-
NOTED in the interests CT the MIX, and Is TO
be firmly resisted.
The Emperor of Germany is reported TO
have stated very decidedly that he would not
attend the festival of the completion OF the
Cologne Cathedral unless the ECCLESIASTICAL
superior were present. As DR.. Melchers has
been legally depOsed from the Archbshopric,
his presence as the leading figure in the
great ceremonial would be taken by the whole
Protestant people OF Germany as equivalent
TO the march of their sovereign to Canossa.
The Government, and especially Bismarck,
is determined that the rebel prelate shall not
be recalled to his functions for this purpose,
while this is the one point upon which tho
Centre party is eagerly directing all it forces.
Among the members of the executive COM
rnttee appointed by the various Methodist
bodies to make arrangements for Methodist
Ecumenical Conference, are Bishop simpson,
Dr. A. L. George, General Clinton Il. Fisk.
Bishop M.Tyeire, Dr.; I; Q; summers Pro
Rev. Charles VI. Gitfen, and the Rev I. Is. Ap
plaret Delegates have been chosen b. the
Methodist and Methodist Episcopal Churches
of Canada and also 10y the Primitive Metho-
dist Church and the Evangelical Association.
One Of the newest religious newspapers il
The AnglO- lsr0eI kRsgR, whose enei gies are
devoted to abe linden ililcatiOn OF the British
Nation with the Los Ten Tribes Of Israel.
carried away captive into the Assyrian county
bv Tlglaih Pilrser aud ShalmaEestr, about
b. c. 72l. O,her subjects, as tar A. they
bear upon this one. will also receive attention
such As the discoveries ID HE Great PYRAMID
of Egvpt the Restoration OF Israel and Judah
the Second Advent IN lis Biblical meaning
and the approaching Millennium.
Father Curci recen y remarked 10 n corrcspon-
dent OF The Pal Nal GG:erte: ne Church
has need OF poverty and misfortune ere she VIII
regain her primitive purity and acquire Der
former Influence over the souls OF meD. TLa
DOOR have n religion OF their oWn-a sort Of
tender SUPERSTITION OF the Madonna. There arc
still faithful children Of the Church among th.
austOcracy. but these are few and far betweeaS
The middle classes are drifting fast into
atheism. Let no one dream that Italy can DO
PrOtestantiZed"
4 private conference. of Englishmen inter-
esteh in the Egllse CathOhque Galcan WAS
held at Lambeth Palace three weeks agO at the
invitation of the Archbishop OF Canterbury.
who presided. 1t was resolved to give con-
tinued support To the movement, and To issue
an appeal for funds both ID AID OF carrying
on the work In Paris and through France, and
of providing a building for the reception OF the
Paris cOngreg cation on their being obliged I'd
leave the present church at the close OF the year
The Pope celebrated three weeks ago the
anniversary of his encyclical on the ThOmstc
philosophy by the FORMULATION of one pro-
claiming its author patron OF ali Catholic Uni
versities, Lyceums and schools. The Pope
took tins occasion to dwell anew on the learn
ing and virtues If The Angelo Doctor, AMI TO
deploIe the emancipation of reason from
authority effected i'll the sixteenth century.
Only two out of the sixty-twO Bishops in the
Protestant Episcopal Church are bachelors.
These are Bishop. Seymour and Williams.
Sven are widowers: Bishops Pnkney. Gregg,
Bissall, Potter Wells, Dudley aud Smith of
married twice.
Mr. Moody SAYS there are more than | 800
sermons in the Sermon on the Mount.