New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-12

q mass meeting III Cleveland, at the close OF tid
international Convention Of the Young Mems
Christian Association, j. V. Farwell, OF Chi
cago gave the following account OF Dir.
MOody's effective method OF recruiting tho
ranks OF the sunday school 70 which lac be-
longed when young man remember thas
when Brother Moody began TO come to the class
meeting in Chicago, 10 which | belonged, bo
used to come very late lie came in about
quarter of an hour before the meeting was or.
Inquired the reason and found that he was ont
in the alleys south Of our church for two hours
in the morning getting the dirty and ragged
children out of their beds, getting their faces
washed and taking them around TO the Sunday
school. ! could not then understand why II was
he wanted 10 do IT, but It was the JOY OF tho
boys life to get these ragged dirty children
where they could hear the Gospel"
The will of the late Eli Perry. Of Albany,
provides that $4,000 shall be used by tho
New York Baptist Mission for the endowment
and support Of professorship Of Sacred Rhet.
oric OF Hamiletics in he Rochester Theological
Seminary. Bcqnests are also made for tho
benefit of the Hudson River Baptist Associa-
ton, North, the American Home. Mission
society of New York. and the American Bap-
fist Union Of Boston, and for the endowment of
q professorshp in the Hamilton THEOLOGICAL
Seminary similar TO that IN the Rochester
Seminary. Various churches societies and
hospitals in Albany also receive sums OF
money. curious fact about the will j. that
the word Baptist throughout is spelled Babtst.
A special festival service was held in West
minister Abbey Oh Ascension Day in aid of tho
Clergy Orphan Schools which were established
in l749 for the purpose of clothing, maintain
ing and educating poor orphans OF clergymen
of the Established Church. Since the date
mentioned these schools. which are open alike
To every diocese in England aud Wales have
extended their benefits to no less than 2,5I9
orphans. while nj present, a the report shows.
nearly 30 of them are receiving such an edu-
and daughters. The Abbey was crowded. Tho
Dean of Westminster delivered short sermon,
taking as his text, God i Spirit and an
elaborate musical programme was performed.
The cardinal Archbishop of Saragossa. who
la, recently died, is the sixteenth Cardinal who
has died since the accession Of Leo MIL he
number of Cardinals now living Is slNiy five;
Priests. eleven Cardinal DcaconS. and three
Cardinals in pettO. Only one of these, Cardinal
Schwar-cnburg, derives his nomination from
Gregory XVI, fOrty-scNcn were appointed by
Pins TX, and the remaining seventeen 10y The
present Pontiif Five OF the Red Hats arc
vacant.
Anti-clercalism is making itself ridiculous
ms well ~ intolcrant in France. A young girl
in Paris school who was being examined about
the CrIiSadcs spoke of St. Louis The examiner
put on look of astOnshment and replied
MademoSelle, will you explain yourself i
It Louis X Of whom you wish to speak
Yes, sir" answered the girl "leiy well,
madcmoiscllc, call him Louis TX. ! know dat
by great gifts of money they obtained lls
canoniza;on from the clergy bat DO not know
him under the name Of, st. Louis
An interchange of communications has taken
place between the Vatican and the French Gov
crnmcni touching the two vacant CaIdinalatcs
In France. The candidates proposed by tho
Government are Mgr. laYigere. Archbishop
of Algie9s who has been already proposed scv-
era times, and whose nomination doe, not meet
with any opposition, and that OF the Arch.
bishop of Rheims, Mgr. Langcnicnt. with rcgud
TO whose nomination certain differences nave
arisen which Will probably bc soon settled.
Among the members of the committee Of
twenty five which has been appointed by the
National COngrc gatlonal Council Oi the United
States to consider The question Of preparing
new creed and catcchism for the churches, AFRO
the Rev. Drs. William VI. Taylor and David 3.
Coc. of New-lork. Lyman Abbott OF C"fnmaI-
on-thc-l Hudson, samuel Harris and George j:
Fisher, of New Haven, Henry VI. Dexter OF
Boston, and President Sctlyc of Amherst Col
leSc.
The sessions of the international Convention
OF the Young Men, Christian Association,
winch WAS held recently at Cleveland ONO,
were interesting IA many RESPECTS. The work
OF the branches of the Association IN different
States among various claS>r, of young mon
va. reviewed. and thr statements made were
most cDcnura-iug. II WIS decided 10 hold OBJ"
next convention t"o years hence ~ Milwaukee.
Bishop Huntington fcW dl,, a-o. nj SYRIA
cu,c. \. T. ordained two young Indians who
have been cdDD.l,d ior MISSIONARY "oin. Paul
Caryl "A chief OF tli, * iowa fIipr. rs hos, indian
na'1r /, Zoum. and Ua,m pcndlcion. a
4 hcycuu,. WIn~r Indian udnur j. Oakclhdtcr.
The two ni"u wee raptuicI ON the plains -cV.
crl years ago 10y niicd States uoops.
The annual National Co@rcrcucr Of r., Dta-
karu oi Grlu1u Baptist tluirh Ha> go "a
in Ashland. O:io, last Htrh. TIE onh college,
h,lul.lUs 20 tbs d, noi. f'loH o. 900 thir O." t
Il is stated tini mpr- t'lu inoooo person, arc
utput 10000 ministers.
That the trustee, of Auloycr Seminary lee
lc,r in muscular Christianity j. evident from
the flct that they have employed Dr. Sargent,
instructor az the Harvard &C., ma1>inm, to co. Zee
"A ph, steal examination of every student aId 10
lag down coar>' of appropriate exercise.
There are 7I.-ol Mcthodist' in Iowa. an in-
crca,c of nearly lJ,oOD in thc last ten yea,
In that time ,hr number of churches i1~ lr-
creased from Isl To -l3. of these i"rty-Iino
are engaged m German, eight IN Norwegian
and nine in Swedish work.
At meeting of the Domestic and Foreign
Missionary society of the Protestant Episcopal
{ hnrch of America in Rochester recently % VS.
stated that there were l5OOOO Indian, Within
IN. Arctic circle, 10, 900 OF whom arc Chris
tiaus.
Mrs. Sybil TicNnor of Cornwall, Conn ho
j. IN her one hundrcdth year, II said % be-. '.c
oldest Methodist now living. She jo eel 20
Methodist Church in Derby, Conn VII. - Ie
WAS fifteen years old.
CURRENT KELTGIOCS DfSrCSSfoN
II is natural that the treatment which Professor
hu.
liz. hv the FREE Church la, teal hn 90 take moro
radical position than he otherwise would have as