New-York tribune., 1881-12-25
members six Mussulmans, eighteen Protcstants
and ten Schsmatics.

The completion of the chapter house Of West
minister Abbey, 10y filling III the windo Is i0rns
paTt OF the plan Tor memorial 10 ~ in stan
ley. The late Dean had himself prepared an
elaborate and comprehensive scheme for t..c
decoration of the windows So as 10 afford \
continuous illustration of English history The
first window viii commemorate ST. Peter, the
patron saint OF the Abbey, and the life and
death Of is founder, Edward the COnlessoF.
The second VIII represent the coronation OK
William the Conqueror st. Wulfstan with his
CrO,iU, the contest OF he AIclbiShOps Oi Cam
terbury and } Ork, and the CrUsades gathering
under Richard |. The third window will repre-
sen; respectively Magma Charta, Henry III. re-
building the Abbey, Edward 1. ara Eleanor
with the Prince OF Wales, hanging up the
crown Of LlcWCllJn, and the bringing OF stone
OF Sc0Ie 10 the Abbey. The subjects OF the re-
manning three windows Te not less a.pr0-
priately chosen, beginning with the Chapter
House and the Abbot and Monks in Session,
winch is followed by the House of Commons
with its Speaker. and ending with the Dissolu-
ton of thc MOnastcrCs ana the funeral oi Ed.
ward VI.
The Rev. Miss Z. II. Delavan, daughter OF
Rensselaer, Dc aNan OF New Lebanon, y. l.,
lives with her father and goes to StcpheutORn
every Saturday 10 preach 10 the Methodist
people on the following Sunday, usually re-
turning on Monday. She is about forty years Of
age, OF comeiy appeaIancc> and very fair
preacher. In tile pulpit, correspondent Ot
The Troy Times says, she Is much like q school
girl reading an essay, but is not clUstly con-
fined 10 her manuscript and does not gesi"u-
late. She Wins her way to the hearts Of the
congregation 10y her quiet manner, the deep in
tercst she maniests III their spiritual we'll
beng, and the hearty sympathy she has for all
under her charge. She received her theological
training at Boston, Mass.
The Abbe Blchery, late chaplain of Father
Hyacintlc, has gone over formally 20 Protest
antism. He and Father liyacinthe not long ago
were at law about a WrCtched yeslTy account
before Juge Ge Paix at Batienollc, The
Able after this quarrel returned to the bosom
OF Catholicism, ami was sent TO do penance III -
Imppist monastery. lie tEeu went TO stay in
The house oil 81 LOUIS des F9ncals at ROMe,
and when tlcre ho Was more YIyidly impressed
than ever, it appears, with tie nOn-eNdnGeii-
cal character OF the Papacy and resolved 10
break with it, lie has been received into mcE-
Gcnhlp by an American Protestant cOugrega-
non III Rome.
Among the books placed in tho Index Ex-
pUIgatOTluS IN the course Oi tIc present year
are VI. Ernest fcnan'H "L&utechrl>t,h pub
llNacd rs lar b3cb as 1873, ANA two works a.
most as old by NJ. Emile j. ruOuf. On ns
other hand, OF certain cUlr u MaeiatH.
named Migaorcl (wh0se book was proaibi.od'
in lS15j 1t i, recorded that "laudubiIter SO
sHhJecJ ct opus reprob3'lL' 50 also o. tho
AbDc Cmci.
The Congress OF the Scryan Church il Hun.
gUIy, assembled ut IlaIiuNItZ, las recently conc
through the election or It's Pat iarch, and has,
br J5 votes against -, elected the Sgiyian
Bishop 0i Duda rs head OF the Servidn thuTcn
N Hungary.
Nottingham, England, cannot boast Of being
of 70 " religious tUIn OI mind ! here are 1876
places Oi worship. Ca q recent SIrday. onlY
$4,000 people went To Divine service 0ut OF (!
population o. 1oc,UOU, or about ono ~ seven
OF tAC inhabitants.
Bishop Z. G. Andrews, of the Methodist
ClIch, and Dol, wife. viii >td!t Tor Mexico IN u
Jew days. Tire object of the visit j, 10 cstaD-
ii-h new missions and look a.tCr those now
there.
There are now in the island OF Madagascar
So schools with $1,000 pupils; i,I42
with 10000 members. aud 100000
adhcreIts OF the Christian faith.
At the recent rite OF cauonization in Rome tho
silver trumpctS which used 80 sound from the
dome Oi 81. Peters rs the Pope elevated ths
Host, wc-e used Tor the tiIst time since 1870.
The Gospel of st. Luke has been translated
into PatagOuIan by The Rev. Theodore Bridges,
who lahUIcd among the natives Ot that country
tor twenty live years.
\ communion service, costing $1,000, and
manu.ucturcd III England. tas been receive
by -. Stephen Church at Lynn, Mass.
The New England Southern Methodist Con-
ference viii meet IN Providence OF April d,
1852.
The missions OF the Russian Holy SyIod arc
said to have converted tive thousand pasahs ~
the course OF the last executive year
The oldest ministerin the Chicago prcslytcry.
the Rev. Jotham ScVal, reached his four scoIv
and ten years on December 8.
Three congregational churches have been
dedicated in Denver, Col within tive months,
All irCe from debt.
The contributions TO missionary soci, lies il
iraat Britain for ,he year locU amounted To-
: J,5 1880.
The Order Of the Sisters OF Mercy colcira.cl
ne titiotH anniversary cf itS existence Oa DE.
'embcr -.