New-York tribune., 1881-03-27

a. indicating iI q Roanan population Of 26. .000y
| and the z svnagogues as representing Hebrew
/ population of 5000. According 70 tle sategs
| census the populatlon Of San fr9nsieco Y
| 233,g5B, SO that from She foregoing figures and
/ estImates it il evident that the religious element
| is little over one third Of the whole nunoer.
sSEsn- -RomANrsx.n n--7He Church Times eng
| lish High Church} grants for the sake Ut argu-
ment that the Archbishop Of Canterbury e
| right in calling Ritualiam Semi Rolnapism::e
/ But surely,s 1t reiojns, IL the half which -
| not Roman includes national autnn0my, an open
Bible, vernacular services, and congregauonaaas ~
compulsory confession IL il includes the fejec-
ton of purgatory, indalgences, inyocation
| of saints, the religious use OF Imagea. ire
worship of relics, aud the traffic 10 masses;
| if it. in short, involves the hearty ac-
ceptance of the Prayer Beck and Articles
The most reverend prelate must admit
| that half P0pery is so utterly different thing
| from Popery pure and simple that nothing no
could say respecting the one would be IN tne
/ least applicable to the other. We are quito
willing to grant. i anyone likes, that our
| Churchmanship is Modified Popery, but then
| it ia PopeIy modified in the precise manner
| and the precise extent that tho Reformation
| Settlement was intended TO bring about"
| aCold dead formaism,r says Mr. Moody 10
San FIancIsco reporter, d is what is making in
| fidelity. There Is tcO much Journalism ID both
the Catholic and the Protestant s , onurcqss: rSs
| adoption OF the principles Ut Christ is whEt we
| 90 in for. AS to the investigations OF scientists
| and the ideas of so-called philosophers, We heea
says, Who can find out God by searching
was q sceptic once, when wac young; yes
was an ignorant sceptic. l could not give
scientific reasons for my doubtings. In my
| Judgment all intelligent sceptics are really
| Ignorant sceptics. All the scientists and ma
| terialists couldn't shake my belief The truth:
the genuine truth, is what the world wants, ana
| It is we, not the sceptics, who can pfesens i..
| Yes, if a man is O sceptic, let him be out and
out, like Ingersoll Wen know w9ere ne -
then. don't like hypocrites.. The coming
contest is between those who believe in herc-
after and those who don't. The quicker it
comes the better. We believe that, by the help
| of God. we will not 60 under IN that struggle.
Truth must conquer, and We nave got IT..
A. singular scene was witnessed recently in
Llandegfan Church, which is attached to the
Welsh living of Beaumaris. In consequence OF
complaints OF neglect of duty against The rector,
| the Bishop of Bangor, after a commission or in-
| 0uiry, himself licensed curate for Llandegfan.
| The curate accompanied by the Bishops secIe-
| tary, attended morning service, Dut tue recyoE
| refused to allow him to 0fiiciate, and from the
communion rails protested strongly against the
| BisaOp's procedure, stating that he was In
charge of the parish and would not permit in-
| trusiOn. He subsequently, padlocked the church
| locks, and the Bishops curate officiated at "
afternoon service.
memorial to the Archbishop Of Canterbury
which has received over 1000 signatures, states
| that while the signers are anxious 10 MAINTAIN
reasonable latitude OF opinion and practice,
they feel themselves constrained to enter
| solemn and emphatic protest against tne toieia-
tion, within the Church OF England, OF any
doctrines or practices which favor the rest0ra-
ton of the ROmish mass, or any colorado 1mi-
tation thereof-any rentroduct1On or the con-
fessional-or any assumption OK sacerdotaI pre-
| tensions on the part of the Clergy IN tue miEis-
| tratiOn OF the Word and Sacraments."
Professor Swing says that the Westminster
| Catechism contains the grandest definition or
| God to be found in any language, but the samo
digest contains also the most appalling human
| destiny tor many souls that can be found IN any
| known literature, and IN such crisis society
naturally accepts the definition of the Deity ana
| then works changes upon the idea OF hell until
| the two strings sound IN harmony. kationat-
| sm does not destroy religion, but only tunes the
| old dscordant harp. The age comes witn E
| twofold good, O better Christian phiiosopny anu
| the discovery that Christianity 's cnieDy aiie'
| Bishop Hurst takes most encouraging yisw
! of the religious prospects OF the great west,
| and of MetbOdism in particular. he says thas
ministers in Western Kansas have had much 10
contend with, stringent times and the general
poverty of the people having caused hardships
| and privatiOns to them. not even the half OF
which will ever be known; yet they went to the
conference with calm, happy feeling, the out
growth of the knowledge that they have neid
the fOrt"; that, IN the place ot seeing their
work languish and die on their hands they have
seen it make an onward progress as gratifying
as it was deserved.
The Rev. George C. Lormer made an elo-
uuent plea for missionary enterprise in the First
Baptist Church, Chicago, last Sunday. The
amount of money devoted to the cause by az
the Christian denominations Is over Y6,OOo,OOO
annually. Comparing the expense Win the
result, he showed that no other movement can
exhibit such practical and profitable fruitage
Resides the money devoted to missionary enter
prise actually pays q cash dividend to the
country that spends it In the increase OIL fiannc
" which follows the establishment OF m'ssions'
The Erangel, of San Francisco, styles st.
Patrick Baptist minister. Viator," writing
to The Dayton Journal, calls him an Engisn-
man, adding, He was ordained by the (Epis-
copan Church Of Scotland, and after Q long
preparation, he was consecrated Bishop oy the
English Church before the advent OF the monk
Augustine into Great Britain from Gam. ,5n as
commenced Episcopal WORK in ireland 49,.
Whereupon The Catholic Telegraph exclaims'
$50, after all, be was an EpiscOpalian!"
William Bucknell, president of the Board OF
the American Baptist Publication Society, mas
placed in the treasury OF the society $40 ,0oo TO
constitute the Harriet M. Bucknell Memorial
Fund, the interest of which is to be used to aid
and encourage the establishment OF BaptiSt
Sunday schools.
Francis Murphy, the Temperance champion,
will sail for Europe in July. He intends TO
labor in England and Scotland for many
months. Meanwhile, he will conduct series ut
farewell meetings in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
The electric light is favored by the trustees
of several Albany churches as Substitute tor
gas. -as
Beth Eden Baptist Church, philadelphia
which was recently burned, is to be rebuilt
CURRENT RELIGIOUS DISCUSSIOR