The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1881-01-26
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CORRESP ENCE.
Letter from Ireland.
Prayer for Parliament-Rev. j. s. Mac
Intosh-Cardinal Manning-The Pope
and the Irish Question.
BELFAST. January 10. 1881,

i'I'A'r IO, iOOl.
. The Evangelical Alliance has suggested
that special intercession should be offered
for the guidance Of Parliament to right
decision concerning Irish questions
Those who believe in prayer will not OBJ
lect to this course, although many will
deem it inexpedient and even farcical
Bradlaugh, an avowed infdel, is a mem
ber of the House of Commons. He does
not recognise God Prayer to control
the deliberations of Parliament might be
a better word than guide. He reigns
and will not abdicate this seat of ruler
ship, but will hold the sceptre until all
His enemies shall be overthrown. He
overrules the actions of the unwilling and
rebellious, and may, in answer to prayer,
control the deliberations of Parliament to
the peace and prosperity of this unhappy
land.
The Rey. j. S. Macintosh has resigned
his connection with May Street church.
Belfast, to accept call to Philadelphia
He succeeded the late illustrious Henry
Cooke about twenty years ago and al
though not equal to his eminent prede-
cessor in pulpit eloquence and power,
yet he took high position in Belfast and
kept it. And he leaves with the regrets
and best wishes of all who know him
His wife is also an active Christian work
er, and will greatly aid him in his work
He may not take as high a position as
DR.. John Hall, but he will be an efficient
and valuable accession to the ministerial
strength of Philadelphia
A Roman Catholic paper announcing a
change in the form and price of another
says its editorial management will remain
as before except the addition of recent
and accomplished convert, formerly an
Anglican clergyman" The paper to be
so reinforced is the Weekly Register, and
the paper noticing the change adds
There is a rumor-sufficiently well au-
thenticated to mention here-which con-
meets the name of Cardinal Manning with
the new series of the Register, between
which and his Eminence there will be re-
lationships understood to exist in Rome
between the Aurora and the Pope. >"
Cardinal Manning will be thus editor-in-
chief of the Register, and anything ap-
pearing in it will be of the highest type
of Romish orthodoxy. No Romish paper
has any independence Journals gov
erned by Rome know no freedom. They
must speak and write as they are told
And no more imperious or intolerant pre-
late exists than the crafty and cold-blood-
ed Manning
Anglican bishops do some strange
things. The Archbishop of Canterbury
is supposed to have no sympathy with
Ritualism. High Churchmen have de-
nounced him as Nationalist. And vet.
strange to say, in the bestowment of liy--
lngs in his gift he has recently given the
best and most lucrative of them to Ritu-
allsts But then this Primate does many
inconsistent things viewed from an out
SIDE standpoint. To his own conscience
ana Judgment there may be nothing in
consistent
Why does the Pope meddle so much in
Irish politics? 1t appears he does NOT
favor the Land League. And vet when
Archbishop Croke was in Rome with q
large sum OF Peters Pence, his Holiness
appears to have accepted his views And
ne is an Ultramontane Of the Paul Cullen
type, and is in favor of Home Rule oh
tanned by constitutional measures. Arch
bishop McCabe, of Dublin, is milder
and more moderate man, as the Castle
mas some influence with him. Therefore
ne has gained the ear Of the Pope. and
now it is published that Archbishop Croke
misrepresented his Holiness on the Irish
question. We cannot tell which Romisb
dlgnitary is highest in authority. Posi-
bly, the metropolitan There was never
any union between the late Paul Cullen
and DR.. MacHale, and there seems to be
as little now between McCahe and CrnLn