, 1881-11-06

binary benefit of 4 privileged altar, it is here
nduet that each time mass Is offered for the
aead ie at such at altar plei,ary indulgence
mass l. app!ie,i.'' The RI lsey- \ blot limo
] cent Wolf. who signs the circular, saws that
Rope Leo NIL. has bestowed polltiiicai
blessing on the enterprise. p
The Bishop OF Bangor, England. int the
course of his trienhial charge, recently de-
| Iiyered ut Bangor, said he could not disguise
his feelings of sl,a,ne and Indignation at the
| manner in which lay ecclesiastical patronage
was exercised. Most unit AMI incompetent
| men We're preferred for liyings. owing 10
political sympathy Or family tirs, and when
| indnc,e,t they alienated ehurchnlen by i'll
difference and negligence. lie hoped the
time would come when the parisiiionerS
would, ut least, have 4 negative voice in the
selection Of the man to WHOM. their spiritual
welfare was intrnsted. The advertisements
OF sales OF livings in ecclesiastical Journals
were scalniai0nS.
The eonyoeation of the Northeastern EpIs-
copal Deanery, diocese Of Illinois, met OH
Moi:uay III Grace Chapel, Chicago. Tie
lloly Communion was celebrated. And. ut
tht business meeting after, pledges renewed
chiefly for mission Work alld in view nf es-
tabllshing church services to support them
1T new Or utlsupplie.l points, a paper was
read on ''1lcrbert Spencer and the New
Philosophy followed by Il discussion Of the
same among the members: ana Ill elegant
MrS. Edwin Walkers residence, OH Wabash
avenue. to which the reverend clergy la.l
been invited. Harvard was fixed upon for
the place OF meeting, next III February. first
Monday and Tuesday Of the month.
Tile Presbyterian MnntI.lu Record csti-
hutiles in the United States rs follows:
Me,l!odists, If all kinds, 15,TlO,OO0 Baptists,
ut all kinds, II, III, G1U; Roman Catholics -
200 goo: rresbyterians, Of all kinds, ,000;
!4utneranS. .'>>aa ,GO; ConsrcSationalists,
1,7E;.0U; Episcopalans, Lille. 5.000: lnc1asstd,
2,lI.CUo. In Il note the writer says that III:
counts five athercnts fur every full COLI
!hu'iicant: that he takes the Eonan CatlIo-
lies ut their own estimate, Which lie thinks Is
tuo large: anu that the unclussed include
MoravI;,ns AMI Friends, as we'll rs skeptics,
the last-nanlttl being yer. fntlch fewer than
their clamor in the newspapers wouid iuui-
cate.
The Catholic Reric,o scents trouble in
Italy, and says:
There Is something bad brewing IN naly. and
Immediately ,nenaclng the Holy See. Is Of tnr
more consequence to the actuMi Government of
itay , t,S; whefssocyer ;e Holy Father gses there
revolution tnar Is now laundering at the doors
OF the Vatican TnHy enter In and dispO$ses5 the
Pope for the time being, US i has already dis.
possessed him Of the teinrorsal dominion Of
fsoE.e- He will move and carry the Church with
him. The revolution will stay und destroy tine
Whit is Rome, what is all Italy to the Church Of
God or TT the Supreme Poptitf? Were tile .it!r1-
af!c to sweep over tho Italian peninsula tonur-
row und blot il out forever, with aIi its mixed
memories Of glory and sh,,nc, nf suuctity and
sin, the Church of God would 70 on It's ever. The
Catholic Church Is universal, and tied to no plot
OH eurth,
PrQf. f. Y. Swarmotedt, OF Cincinnati,
says the world will collie to an end OIL the
18th inst. or this belief he says: - think
the Bible clearly shows that this golden age