New-York tribune., 1881-11-20

knowledge of canonical law. He was appointed
to his first Office by Pope Leo XII. On tie
death of his patron, Cardinal Sala. the Abbe
| CdteriDi was admitted as prelate to the POnti-
| fcal Family by Pope Gregory AVI, who
gave him the important post Of Secretary of
the Congregation of Studies and to him is due
the collection OF Laws and DEGREES DE Rccta
StudiOrlm Rati0De,' well-known and prHcd
by Roman ecclesiastics Ills prOm0t0ns were
rapid and in 1858 he was made n Cardinal.
by the death of Cardinal Antonelli, Cardinal
Caterini became the First Deacon of the Holy
Roman Church. position TO which many I'M
pOrtant ecclesiastical functions are attached.
One of the oldest books in California is q
religious work with the imprint, London,
1894" 1t includes the Psalter the prayers oi
tbe e, Church Of England then IN use, and the
Apochrypha in full. The translation of the
New Testament is that of Beza, and il includes
full. marginal notes. Then follows The whole
booke OF Psalms, collected into English meeter
by Thomas StemhOld, John hopkins and
others, compared with the iIebrue with apt
notes to sing them withall, set forth and al
lowed to be sung in all churches of all the peo-
pie together, and after morning and evening
prayer, as alSOe before and alter sermons, and
moreover III private houses for their gody
sOlace and comfort, laying apart all ungody
songs and balades, which tend only to the
nOurishing of vice and corTupting OF YOUTH
Following the Psalms Is u treatise by Athana-
slus the Great on the vice and virtue of tho
Psalms" with minute directions as to the par
ticular Psalm to be used in all States Of the
SOUL"
The next appointment to the bishopric of
Jerusalem, which has just been vacated by tho
death of DR.. Barclay, falls to the King of
Prussia under the arrangement negotiated by
Bunsen forty years ago The clergyman Sc
lected must, however, be in Anglican orders
and must receive Anglican conservation. "fhc
presence of an English bishop in the Holy
= u ID he il 1nu of
no small benefit to the Christian residents gem
orally, but the object which Bunsen and Ming
Frederick William had mainly in view-the
union with the Church of England of the
Evangelical Church of PTussia-appcars 10 DC
rs far off as ever"
Mr.. Moody has been well received in Eng.
land One writer explains the secret of his
power as follows: " He talks to the pcOple-tO,
not before them and he has thoroughly mas
tered the subject he is talking about he has
marvellous self-pOSSesslOn; natUralness; he
never dweils too long on one point his illHs-
trItiOns are hOmely; he uses simple Saxon
words he is a man OF ore book he IL, aS c
says not merely earnest, but terribly in earnest;
and he has spiritual pOHe er, such only as a man
can have who is illed with the Holy Spirit OF
God"
At the annual missionary conference of the
Protestant Episcopal churches of the United
States, held recently at New-llaycn, CONF,
the committee for domestic missions stated
that the receipts last year amounted 10
500, j93. The receipts for foreign missions
amounted to .s93,2OJ. l he difference IN these
amounts caused the committee to say that tho
year had furnished occasion for both rejoicing
and sOlCltude.'
President Arthur, it is said, has formally
taken possession of the pew in st. Johns
Church. Washington, which WAS occupied ~
President Madison and ether Presidents WHO
followed him. The pew WIS set apart ~ ol6
Tor the Presidents use free of charge. Tic
treasurer's books, however, show that It's occG-
pants without exception Insisted upon paying
the annual rental.
The First United Presbyterian Church Of
Allegheny celebrated its hitieth anniversary
recently, and on this occasion a memorial
tablet rec0untng briefly the virtues and SER
vices to the church of the Rev. Dr. John !.
PIrssly was unveiled. DR.. Prcssly took
charge of the churcm year after It was Orrin-
lied, and was its pastor until his death IN $50.
Sunday-school work prospered greatly last
year in the Presbyterian churches IN Canada:
The number Of teachers aud officers Increased
from 1896, i'll 1850 to 6,I2I IN 1881, lhc
number of scholars increased from j3,2Oo to
5G,797.
The Christians of all Evangelical denOmina-
tiOnS in the United states have given on an
average. it Is said, 81 cents each for foreign
missions during the last ten years. The aver
age tor home missions is 2S cents
At the annual meeting of the Maryland Bap-
tiSt Union Association, which was held IN
Baltimore few days ago, the iaitiatOry steps
were taken toward having Il history of the Bap-
lists Of Maryland written.
1t is said that the members Of the Preshytc-
riam congregation of the Rev. \. u. Mackay,
of Montreal have given in the last year
$4,000 for the caIse OF theological educa-
ton.
According to the most recent statis;ics, tie
Roman Catholics have in China fUrty-oae
bishops, 664 European Gnd 5J9 native Vri"5ts,
thirty-tour colleges, thirty-fOlr converts, anJ
1892 SIS worshippelS.
The Rev. Charles Ray Palmer has resigned
the presidency of the Connecticut Bible So
cicty, because OF its recent action N regard 10
the American Bible Society.
4 CONGREGATIONAL Methodist church, s'ii 20
be the ir,t OF its kiHd in NtW-EnC I"Ad, WaS
dedicated recently at Bridgeport, Coln.
The Methodist church at Akron Ohio of
which the Rev. W. ". ClSe Is tae pastor, has u
membership OF more thon 500.
CURRENT RELIGiOTS DjSCCSNiJN