, 1881-08-21

of the church have been trying ritunlistfc prac-
lily disposed Of By inhbtting Alr: Phillips and
putting another minister u bis place. Four
o1ner otllcas of The p15shh shon and many Of tho
nSaiusr the 1toluuniztng practices; hence tho
Bishops presentinent to his peers. The tlocu-
lueuts hNve bccn laid before Bishop Smith 10
call the House OF Bishops together.
L bitter quarrel has sprung. up between Lord
Butte and tho Presbytery Of Rothesay, which is
likely tn De fought out iu the INV cotirts. More
than Il century uso the first Lord Butte builr
for TWO generations was used rs the parish
church, and the :. wo rshp' wns always nnin-
tanned there until the present Marquis became
Il Roman Catholic, When it was closed. 1t Is now
proposed to reopen the chapel rs 1; Roman Cath
Olic school, and the whole island Is in d flame ut
the'notion Of such sacrileee- The authorities
Of the Scotch Church dispute the right Of the
Marquis to appropriate an edt1ce which WIS so
long under their control to any such purpose.
The Li,erutor uoudon} says: 1.-The poverty
Of the poor clergy would be hard to bear In any
case, hut what must he tho feelings Of II poor
curare when he hears Of SUCH IL living Us that OF
Wlmbush, Essex. tho net Income Of which IS
4Gl0 year. while no duty whatever is re-
for more than 4U0 years, and for tho most part
has been bought by Indies for fa1nily purposes.
IL is also n douatire-i. c., tho right to present
is absolute, und any Clergyman. whutever his
character. can be presented, in spite Of nil tho
Bishops In Eng!und.' This living was latciy put
up to auction. and: not being sold. the price Is
ment simpiy-we cannot say pure and simply"
There is no more room for preachers in tho
English Wesleyan Church. Several dozcns Of
cantiitlltcs who recently applied for admission
thar tn tnise fhn v,,,1.r man And s,nrt.a ,In.
either by giving tien no work to Go Or by work.
lnr them On inadequate snlaries. 1t is thought
e,,nac" nr rho 1on,,miynat tions IN NJ. ,so ~
There are In tho United states over 10 theol0si-
trinu fairh Il ~ fhost. are ,]ninfs shn,r ,ost n
f,ir n,f III ,,,a ,ni,.t,r: rhrr c.,'s 49, ~ ~
wnrl,iy,r ~ ,sr..ut .lsndyuntaYc os,nr ~ Innir
nnrartte St,r,. mr.. II ,r,isnneit, er1ow,d 1rnre
is M ,lnl,r wh:,,rScr lint hulf of these ,rn,,lG
In nn,1,trh rn nrnnnr,. iii tho rninfstnrs r"onaI
-s,... tr,'',-
Ihe Lake Blun Temperance ConyocAtton be-
E:1n last evening. and was Etrxe!y attcn'l"t By
the summer residents ut the hluH: md also by
Iarxc number Of temperance workers frou Va
rinuS parts of tue country. Among those who
thu Eey Dr 1utkins Of Lexinvron Ev ri
I;ltn. Eov, St John. N..al Dow Miss Frunces +
Willard, Mrs Henry, and other equally we'll
Following is tho program for to-day:
9u. III. bible rcudin:. by Mrs Henry,
il a. m. Preachne by tho Rev. D. S. GREGORY.
n. H." or Lake Fnrest Ne0'''
a;Wp, m. Lecture by Mrs. Henry, 4
e :, r. u H. rreaenx os Inc re- 4 a. J. jntns
1,otaj ahsrinenrc "'o'e '''''s u
Ts. .,s, ,,.;...,s ,1....
NV - hussu4ii 0ttS .PoteAhsct1 II Co!H.C-
tion OF Biblical aud other Oriental manuscripts,
which are OF tho utmost Importance to tho crit
iciS'n aud cxeEcsis Of the yld Testament. The
collection. which was made in South -ArabEn,
CONSISTS OF forty manuscripts, Fifteen OF those
arc probably the oldest which hive as yet come
to light OF the Old Testament Scriptures. 4
third which contains tho Hagiographa, exhibits
rcccnsion of the Hebrew text. the other two
portions OF which are already In the Museum,
thus completing the white Hebrew Bible. Sew
erAl of these manuscripts have the Arabic
the Hebrew, while Others have tho superliniury,
or Assyrtan, v0wc}-points. which till compur-
ativeiy recent times we're unknown. The re-
Innintng twenty-five manuscripts are Mid
rashim, or hometic commentaries and litur-
gies, which nre- more or less unknown. DR..
Ricu. tho head OF tho manuscript department.: