, 1881-08-28

The New Hampshire Legislature has re-
fuseu to repeal the law for taxing church
property when it exceeds $4,000.
Services will be resumed in the Third
| Unitarian Church, corner of Latin and 1fon-
! roe streets, Of whicl, the Rev. L. l. Calvin is
pastor, the first Sunday i'll September.
Tile weight Of testimony. goes to show
| that the Roman Ultrannntants are RESPONSE
Bile for the recent disturbance III the Holy City
over the removal Of the remains OF Pic Mono.
The colporteurs of the American Bible So
ciety in Georgia and Florida have visited
during the last few months 1850 families
and found Is, ,.oo tthe majority Of whom are
| cOlOred} without the Scriptures. Eorty-threp
thousand volumes were distributed.
| There is Il movement going Oh among the
! Jews to make the Christian Sunday their
| Sabbath. as appears from decision uf Rabbi
! kohier's congregation to hold service on that
day; Othe:')ews prolcSt, however, that their
Sabbath CAN only be halluWed upon the scy-
c1th day.
| American missionaries have at present 400
| sclaois attended by l5,0tU sctI0ltrs it1 THr-
key. High schools and se1!iliarirs fur train
| ing girls have been established in nl:tly ot
( the principal cities. Of late, rolicScs for the
| thorough scholarly training Of young .l.sen
! of NIL naEirtialites have been founded ut
| Constantlnople. Eeyrout, -Aintab, and kllar-
| ,poot.
| The Welsh Presbyterian Church of this
] city Will Dc close't fur two weeks after next
| Sabbath for repairs aud rcnotatlns. The
work outside is progressing satisfactorily
rOW- The inside Is to be painted and lave
new carpet. This church Is in good spirit
! and steadily increasing. Tic pastor will have
Il few weeks Of much needed rest after ue:st
Sabbath.
Already five students Of Fisk University
have gone 10 Africa rs missionaries. I'llcy
all went to the Mendi Mission, uli tic West
Coast. where three OF them are still at work.
During the present ye:sr pupil from the
Mendi Mission has been completing his
course Of study ut Fisk University, prcpara-
t0r1 to his litc-Wurs among his own people.
llere is i practical Illustration Of tic effect
OF the et}tlca;ioi OF Tie ftuedticl upon tic
eyallgeiizatlon uf Africa.
The Lirina Church Uliga Church orsan)
has the following on the approaching Thomas
trial:
Preparations for tho trial of Or. Thomas con-
tinuc, and II Lively time is eApected. with tic
usual outcome that nusndy cures much uhuu.
the result. Those who tua that lone dcn.,;l,i-
mutton Is us good anothtr," unye little regard
Tor discipline. 1t IS ruaored that The tables
may be turned aud Mcthndis1n be put on 1ri:l
instt:4 Ut Dr. Thnuas. II he has acI,aricd from
John Wesley Oh the Diic s.de, the whole detuni-
nation has rene far away the other si,l. II
they 20 to Wcsicy's works to define the brresy
or Fhutnns, Thomas may nr0ye from the same
source that oil Methodistn is herctc:l.
Some interesting figures based Oh the
census returns are given III regard TO the re-
ligions beliefs Of the Irish people. There
are in Ireland s93i,ss5 Catholics, 635,G7o
land, !s','G Preshytcfialls, and 47,6t9
Metlotiss. The Baptists, QuaI,crs. and
members Of other denominations number
SI,3l:'. The decrease I'll trtI years i'll the
number Of Catholics and rrotestallts was
abnut the Sa:nc-l.S per ccnt. Tho decrease
III the number OF Prt:s!ytcriuns was ~ pcr
cent, while the tIethodists have Increased
~ per cent, 4.:,S members having been
added to lllt Church.
y letter from DR.. Pusey was recently read !
at naeetiAs of the Oxford Division Ut the |
English Church Gnion, in Which he said
that tile law nf England lla.l been Interpreted
70 allow iiiipris"hinetlt tor disobcytilg the |
biased Judgments Of Il secular court over !!
Church. Men could not IN the end dcspisc
toSe whom they had imprisoned. The |
tyranny of violated law, under which tic !
Church ud the truth had suffered more than !!
thu jndge-nade law wlicl, denied THAT the
Church oi England taught the faith, re-
manned inviulate. Their business was now |
III claim that spiritual matters should be de-
teruiiltM III spiritual cnurts,. and probably |
they. would not have tecn. in the present |
trouble lad they prayed earnestly that Gou I
would iituinlnr The Bishops
\ Berlin dispatch of Aug. II says: ut is
now officially stated as q fact tha. n Bishop
for the Diocese-of Trier will shortly bc mp
pointed. anu it is said that the Government
las consented to the nomination 10 this post
OF Father koru,n. L Canon Of Strasburs
Cathedral. Tile Liberal press is, OF course, 4
much disappointed by this nomination, rs
Canon koruln is said 10 belong to the most
.Jesuitical and arti-Garnlan taction of the |
UltranuHtanes in Alsaee-Lnrrai,la. ;'rlie
higher ranks Of the clergy i'll WestphaIiE. and
the Khenish provinces Seem to be e4ually !
dissatisfied with the appointment, for| they