New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-03

hem hah1e tor heavy dnnaess. An su1roenA<
'nR States have liecoes lev reGulattng mar.
riaRes, and cities md towns on the eofdsu q
Couple. from an's HssS ;s s: II OBJECT
Of tho new law 10 to place the responsibility on
| the proper authorities, and In the failure Q
license will have 70 be obtained previous to
S.Ts S The sIS.ss 81 Ss md q s
who have In tho past Ieaped no little revenue
from the marriage of runaway couples under
a. &c. This opposition has been strongly met,
and the bill passed both houses with hand.
some majority.
The So question of DIR. SOnnescheim, . jewish
Rabbi of st. Louis, that the Reformed Jews and
the Unitarians unite, does not meet with tho
appreciation of the Rabbis Of Chicago. Ono Of
them, DIR. Hirscb. said TO be the most progres-
sive Jewish Rabbi in the United States, whose
congregation hes gone further than any othos
Christian standard. is inclined to look upon the
whole thing as q "huge joke" He said:
4There is no more probability OF the Reformed
Jews and. UnitariaDs matchmaking than OF the
Jews and any other fragment OF the Christian
Church. We cannot 20 to them, for while We
have abandoned the old ritual and no lOnger
acknowledge the Talmud, we still cling TO our
old historic associations, and are as much jews
as the most orthodox. We have the same rites,
and we will not go out and cease TO tie Jews, as
must to become Unitarians. We are not
like them in belief
English cbnrchmcn are asking where the
curates Of the future are to come honl. IL
seems to be- agreed that it Is becoming more and
more difficult to find them, and thai when found
they ale not always what had been desired.
Various reasons are assigned tor the tact. There
l., il j. believed, a growing reluctance ON TIE
part of young men who 20 to the universities 10
take orders. and this reluctance IL traced Oy
some to disgust ut the pronounced character OK
party disputes in the Church, by Others TO tho
theological questions. Yet other authorities
Sili have it ha cleric pay Is too low to attract
good mrn. 1t is alleged that the cost OF living
Is SO much greater in these days that 1t more
than counrcrhalances the improvement In IN,
come. I he "LiteIates" come in for u share ut
the blame.
General :. E. Armstrong, of Hampton re-
Gently made ~ appeal to the Boston Concte-
gaiional Ciub in behalf of the institution OF
which be il principal. lie referred to tho
growth of the cololed race, "a shown by the
census; To the danger threatening the country
IRON this vast and Increasing mass oi iIllitfa'y
in the population. and to The Iced OF national
aid and individual generosity to carry on the
work of education upon wll;ch not only hop"
for the negro but the hope OF the Nation depends.
He referred To the work which Is dong nc
Hampton tOr Indian boys and girls, and Ia tho
harmony prevailing between the two races,
each helping and stimulating the Other AID
spoke of the new building about to he erected
! that had ever been done for Indian women.
TIE sale Of the Brattle Street Church prop
! eity, Boston, seems to have been decided upon
! bcrause The cdicc has always been very un-
! satisfactory, archtccturally Speaking IFS
| acoustic properties being 30 imperfect IA ~
Iuin the auditorium. Some architects say that
this fault can be rcmedled by extensive altela.
| tiOns. After the church was built, 1t was 'nl!.d
difficult to rent pcws, and money could nof TO
"A IN for Iae II, fhf
| were accCi DINGHY discontinued. y large mort.
gage WAS placed upon the building, which, OK
touEsc, under the EXISTING state at ihirgs II mas
been impossible 10 lqnIiatc. The sale OF the
property Is pow determined upon IN CIDER INT
The society may pay It's debts and close ur rs
atfaIs
The Rev. DR.. VIM. b. Brown, of this CITY.
! matte All earnest appeal IN Boston last AohHO
| for the Home Missionary society OF the Cohgre-
! gationa CauTch. He cOntcndcd that that de-
! nomination ought IN he liIs., instead oi, u, IL ~.
! the last in the dtnOminatI1r, 81 fhe iahd, anu
it can bc 20 only by encouraging glo"th IN
every laudable way. Other denominations nave
and support building unions, AMI this denomi-
nation should give its union Tor such wUfk mo
/ most lIbelal support Inc PirsOyttilihs p""e
/ this work of building their first care. IL Is
! simplv "A disgrace Ia Characterization tnat II
/ has for 40 many years. by failing Ia d. lheWiSe.
( driven ia ch drrn into the street 10 be iGS' %
/ Christianity or 10 become mcIllbeis al '".fc
! other denomination.
Therr i. A little natural irritation anon" s0mo
. o. the older ministers IN The churches AT the
Fl raCr,p..> q. thti- Younger brethren N the MIN
,-iry ~ Tn-h them ~ do and ocrl py their
llpCcs Fl = feeling tad> vent IN letter 20 The
IIrw pcr Gad fb,OnicIc tom whIrh us = IN
J. tV.iaci :" II the y0Ubgcr fellows NuGid he
iaiin modest. not crowd us mlddir.ag,d and
aging MN ton mart. keep III MIMI that thelr
tiIn 10 sep down Viii com" III ilmr, ihcn We
III lat ait~ awillc tr'i grace sliliri'nt even
tor to. tiial. lhc l'H of na'nre ana nrcceSfy
ms; work here. of cuU'sc. hut II w"i'd ~
turslct T. give way Ia converts fln8 oiarr
foo> t..1u 10 tho,r c"E,in; mp itom dc 10y
cinldIou 81 thr decentralization.
\ roou.l, ago tanatrnl mob brolc in'o
the Protestant church AZ Narsaln, and, despite
,hc Nor; If the police, carried ont all the hnoks
aui iuluituir, ot whch tltr made boniiI' ~
tie Para del Duomo. On subsequently eLt'r.
ing the cathedral they are siid Ia have received
the solemn brncaIcllon oi the archbishop and
clergy. The Protestant minister. >lgnor Lrt-
teri. with difficulty escaped. The Pretect OF
'lrapanl has telrsraphed to the Italian minister
OF the Interior, expressing the nope tlat tilo
r.Igleadcis Lave alIeady been arrested.
The Rev. George Dana Boardmln, OF Piia-
delphin is making an effort To raise a fnh OF
$50 600 to establish lectnrcshlP OF Chfl,i'nn
Ethics in that city. BY Christian ethics he 10
unders ood to mean CHI nIecepts and be-
hayIor as regards everyday llie." II DR. Board
man succeeds in his cndrayor, the lectures val
bc delivered in Philadclphia and then puo.sJed
for circulation throughout the country.
Dorset VT. Ia conservative. Pastor Pratt
las been minister tor twenty five years. HIS
chorisicr has started the tunes for thirty years
or more. his dcicons nave held Office, one tor
forty years and the other for twenty wears,
the Sunday school superintendent has presided
sixteen years. and one of the teachers has