New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-02-27

were al inscription ia some unknown tongue.
He comes to the conclusion That all when Homc
life. character. s1d mental disposition Of each
priest This seems to mean what V Knoxn az
an 'habitual Intention; If he kneu anything
about Catholic doctrine he would KNOW WV
such an intention is not sufficient. but ne 70 az
average Protestant, and OF course, as ne saysy
the average Protestant Is in ignorance as 70
what Rome is driving at in her statements op
doctrine generally ne is like cobbler read
ing q treatise on astronomy. Here we WAL tase
leave of this ecclesiastical dllettante tor Ito
present. There may be other absurdities IN his
article which we have not fully realized or
brought to the surface. But these VIII sumce.
Ne sutor ultra crepiddm should DC ms
motto for some time to come. tie is, stric'iyi
speaking, layman, and these matters do noe
fall in his province though IL he really wants
to study theology. there can De no oojecIon;
But let him study before writing again. unless
he likes to make show OF his Ignorance. we
shall be happy 10 furnish him with any assist
ance he may require, and would suggest 70 OIL,
Interested in his welfare to kindly do the same
A correspondent writes: aMany thanks for
your notice of the meeting of clergymen my
BROOKLYN to consider the propriety OF revival
movement. l hope the telling remark OF MT:
Pentecost will help to brace up the reverend
eentlemen to face the work that lies before
them. As one deeply interested IN a revi.n OF
vital godliness, may perhaps be allowed 10
suggest that to study afresh the sermon 70 WHICH
Mr.. Pentecost referred would be poweriai a, Ea
to them in carrying forward revival WORK, IL
they are filed with the same spirit that filled
the Apostles, have clear perception OF the
subect-matier OF that discourse, nave tneir
hearts overlooking with love tor Jesus. they
may be enabled to so speak that many VIII ely
out as did those to whom Peter preached. In
such caase, if they instruct the convicted just
as did the Apostles, would we not DE enttled 10
have in q measure, those good times restored
when one sermon brought 80 many Wiling SUD.
iects to bow the knee to the great Messiah
We need q change from the present stefeotyped
sermon, and we could not do better than return
to those grand models or effective preaching
given us in the Book OF Acts. God speed every
ScIiptural effort to promote revival or true re-
ligiOn."
The retirement of DIR. hutchinson, young
man, who has been Bishop of Barbadoes for
&c ven years, and his acceptance OF rlcn conege
living in England, leads Tie Church RSrteu 10
remark: Ii his health be so bad, We should
like to know why he undertakes the charge OF
tat benefce at home; and we venture 10 ASK
Will he resign that after seven yearsf Really
the PIimate ought not to consecrate any more
Colonial Bishops without previous medica a. GER
tifcates as to bodily health and physical htness
fop the particular see to which eacn priest ID
cOnsecrated The fact is that people look on
all these ill-health excuses as shams; for tncy
see returned COlOnIals stumipng the Country
III every direction, and conducting themselves
very unlike persons in intirm health We have
some twenty returned Colonial Bishops now IN
England, eating the bread OF the priests, ana
often not doing the priests work, While they
have one and all deserted their dl0cescs. HOW
long is this scandal to cOntinuef"
The Vatican has just approved the STEP, pro-
posed by the bishops of Hungary, who rave
lately submitted to the Holy pee tneir WISH ~ 70
point of their penal code, bearing upon the
penalty of fine of 800 forms, liable to be put
on any priest having heard the confession Oh
--&l..< q ntrht
lions have lust been transmitted from Rome to
the Nuncio at Vienna to The effect that he should
suppoIt the petitioners for obtaining at least
soma modification Of the article IN question.
The Catholic Times (Eugland) states that Car
| dinal Deprez the French Amb9ssa dor, has
| given the Cardinal Secretary OF State an ass uf-
| ance that the French Government docs not IN
tend to propose auy serious change IN tne
| clauses of the Coucordat, but desires tiat sew,
eral of its items might be slightly modified. All
| small differences having been sln0othea over,
including that with reference to tho nonlhatlCa
| of bishops, the choice OF candidates anu tneir
appointment will be proceeded with as ID the
past.
A Methodist preacher recently assured his
Cleveland associates &C a ministers meeting,
| that "a Roman Catholic bishop OF New York,
i'm conversation with bishop OF the Protestant
| Episcopal Church, both connected With chuic bes
| which give cOuntenance to dancing, mace the
|
| fessiopal revealed the fact that nineteon out Of
| every twenty wJmen who fall and are lost can
trace the beginning of their sad state to the
| modern dance.
The Bangor Theological Seminary las been
| i'm existence since 1916, and has sent OUT ooo
| graduates, six OF whom are now c0nege presl
| dents, thirteen professors Ill colleges anu
| twenty-four have been foreign missionaries.
| The seminary ought to have mole liberal en-
| dowment The income tor 1880 was
$12,1SO II. and the expenses $l5,2oI %.
| The curates of st. Margarets, Liverpool, have
| all resigned TO go as missionaries to lndia, ana
! BisbOp Ryle has declined 10 license their sue
cessors, on the ground that the parish does not
| conform to the standards and usages Oh the
| Church Of England.
The number of Anglican candidates ordained
| in 1880 VAS 1882, of whom 7O3 were deacOns
and 679 priests. The number OF OXFORD anu
| Cambridge graduates ordained during the year
was IT'S, or upward OF So per cent OF the whoie'
When lady goes to prayer. meeting with
budget Of questions about the BOOK OF nese aa.
ton, Mr.. Moody tells her she is beginning at me
end instead of the beginning; Tor the aiphaOes
of religion is regeneration.
The Boston Young Mems Christian Associa-
| tion have made a second appeal to the pubic
| for money to enable them to build commo.
dious home. The subscriptions already amount
to $120, 100.
The pinnacles of the tower OF Gloucester
Cathedral, England, which have been under
going restoration, have been completed ut
cost of about $4,000.
A Baptist minister in Chicago advises Ms as
sociates to learn short hand ana ' come iowa
on their congregations with fewer aud more pom
derOus words"
CURRENT RELIGIOUS ISCUSSi0N.
| ,b. aanuine often have Deep parnestness will not
he content with INTERCHANGEABLE Christian Advo-
cate.