New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-23

ter Of the gospel who denies the plensry inspffa-
| ton of the Scriptures and encourages men d
| trust in slareer hope = for salvation than the
Scriptures promise, and still be itself entitled
to recognition as an evangelical church.
The Baptist ministers of Chicago listened
recently tn paper by the Rev. DR.: y. G.
Andelsdn on a'rhe Morality Of the Old Testas
condition Of the people fol- whom they were In.
tended, and argued that the Old Testament no
moro sanctioned polyRsmy and slavery than
the farmer who, while clearing timber farm.
is responsible for the stumps In his wheat-feld.
In the one case there was the necessity of do.
ing what could be done to Get crop by 6rst
taking away the underbrush and then girdlink
the trees and leaving TO Nature end time the
work of finishing the clearing. Moses did what
was best for the children Of Israel. using that
hhe morality of the Old Testament cannot be
Judged by the standards Of the present century.
Unlike works of fiction, the Bible speaks of
things a. they were, and the Author assumed
that men had common sense.
The Methodist preachers of Chicago were en-
tertained recently by the quaint remarks
of the Rev. Josiah Hansen, the original Oncle
Tom" He was endeavoring to raise money
enough to build church somewhere In Canada,
and eaid he was meeting with fair success.
Canada was refuge for the colored people,
and 1t also served as q refuge for good many
whites who ought to be in Texas and who left
their country for their oountry's good. He
was on suburban train the other day, when
O. man called him by name. The Stranger
claimed to have met him In Brunswick, Me-,
over thirty i've years ago, and said that he had
heard him deliver lecture at the time. That
lecture had made an Ab0liti0nist and had been
the means of making Christian. The old
cOlored man said that he saw the man was In
earnest, and he thanked God that he had been
instrumental In saving at least one soul.
At the annual meeting of the womans
Board of Missions in Boston, last week. the
Rev. Chas. Harding, Of the Mahratta mission
spoke of the difference in the missions in India
The beginnings are difficult and slow there;
the obstacles are great; yet the truth Is max
ing its way in India. The missionary there has
often had hard time, but he has never been
discouraged. Twelve years ago in ono region
heard. But in the last six or eight years many
have been brought to Christ. Hundreds Of
thousands are yearly saved by Christ among
the heather.
The Bishop of Carlisle has addressed letter
to his clergy. in which be comments on the inn
prisonment of the cOntumaciOus LRitualist cler-
gymen, and says he is disposed to think that
almost any amount Of grievance to pensioners
is q less evil than the remedy which the Law
seems to supply. The troubles IN the Church
did not, however, begin with the passing OF the >
Public Worship Regulation Act, and they would
not end with its repeal. The Bishop warns re-
into the hands of the Liberation Society, and
he implores them to submit to those placed
over them in the Lord" even though it be
under protest and with determination to seek
some alteration in the law.
magnificent altar presented by the Em-
perOr of Austria to the Monastery OF the Holy
Land, was consecrated in Nazareth on Christ:
mas night: Three thousand persons of all
sOlemnty, which lasted four hours. The Aus
trian national hymn was played on the organ to
the sound of the church-bells in the neighbour
hood. The members Of the different religious
communities established in Nazareth, and the
the congregation.
A committee of Assembly of the Free Church
recently adopted minute declaring that the
termination OF the existing connection between
Church and State in Scotland, with due regard
to life interests, and leaving the Church now
established to carry on its important work by
the Christian zeal of its members, would re-
move great obstacle to the religious well,be-
ing Of the country, and to the prospect OF har-
monious and fOurishing PresbyJerianis1 in
Scotland.
In the Court of Arches three weeks ago, Lord
Penzance passed formal sentence OF deprivation
of his benefice upon the Rev. John Dagliot de
Ia Bere, vicar of Prestbury, near Cheltenham.
The defendant did not appear, nor bad he taken
the slightest notice Of the proceedings. The
Court ordered copy OF the sentence to be for
warded to the Bishop OF Gloucester. This may
prove far more effective mode OF rep,sasing
than imprisonment.
Mr. Moody recently encoura q led the parents Of
San Francisco to teach their children the cate
cbsm by telling them this little story: "a
father in New-Y0rk had to gay to his little boy
in the sick room You will have to die very
soon; and tho child replied, with q sweet
smile: We'll, III be with Jesus tonight and
I'll tell Him how kind you were in teaching me
to love Him."
Thirteen years ago benevolent Quaker lady
Of London founded little hospital for sick
children at the Hackney-rOad. From this hum
BILE beginning there has grown up an institu-
tion-the Eastern Hospital tor Cbildren-which
stored to the wants of ,472 out-patients.
believe that Moses was the author Of tho Pen
.atcuch, but admits that he may have given the
revision of the writings contained therein his
sanction and authority.
The minutes of the seventh annual convention
If the Women's National Christian Temperance
Union make q compact volume of 16l pages,
much interesting matter.
1t Is generally believed that work upon tho
Roman Catholic cathedral in Brooklyn will DO
esumed early in the spring.
CURRENT RELIGIOUS DISCUSSION
SPIRITUAL COURTS OF APPEAL
Canon Lfddon in The Guardian tLondonj .
II Spiritual Court of Appeal were TO 10 snbsti-
uted for the present Final Court Appeal the Queen
uonId at he aunreme over all her euhiecta but the