New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-24
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
HALFPAY IN TIE CHURcH-The publication
| of j. G.. TalbOts return relative to the curates
of the Church of England has led to consider
able discussion as to the position of the non
benefited clergy. From the return as recently
made to the House OF Commons, IT appears that
in 1879 there were in the Church Of England
l1,1S6 resident incumbents, l,5O9 non-resl-
dent 3S7 rurates in sole charge, and 4,S6S
assistant curates. The stipcnds paid to curates
in sole charge varied from nothing to sou
year; in four cases the curates received the
whole income of the beneice. A somewhat
curious addition to these figures has since been
furnished by C.. Powell, who states that the
stipend of the senior curate of ST. Adams, Hol-
born, IL five shlllings per annum. The L0Rd0h
Globe states that on one point the return Il
highly satisfactory. The absurdly low salaries
which used To supply a standing occasion for
attack on ecclesiastical anomalies have all but
disappeared. a man who Is ordained Mt the
earliest possible age, if he Inns ordinary ability
and ordinary luck, may expect at once almost rs
good an income AZ clrate az would he made ny
n young man without friends or means IN the
medical profession, and better than would he
obtained in the Services. But when he comes
TO be near thirty, and wants TO marry what Is
he to do The modest 5000 which enabled INN
to live comfortably rs n bachelor, and to keep
little small change in his pockets for charitable
purposes i'll the parish, Is altogether lnsuihclent
to keep a wife aud a house; and II he Is unable
To get prcfeIment, he has generally no means OF
increasing it. Is it altogether impossible to de-
wise means 10 quicken the flow of promotion,
rs the phrase goes in the army and nayy1 me
Guardian argues that nothing Is so nnch
needed in the Church as n system OF hall pay.
II is DrODOSpd that clcrgymen should be cOmpul-
sOrily retired, if necessary; and one does not
see why this should not be done IN the case oil Il
rector or vicar a. properly n IN that OF gen
cral or colonel. Nobody can doubt that parishes
would be benefited by the removal OF pastors
who have Outlyed their powers Of work, ana
would even be- glad to spend their last days III
quiet, if resignation did not too often mean
privatiOn. At the same time men VINO, a.
things are. must remain curatcs To the end oi
their days, would get benches. to their own
great advantage, and in most cases to that OF
the Church.
METHODIST MISUNDERSTANDING the minor re,
ports recently presented To the New England
Conference was one on temperance: repre-
scntng the dangers TO the State from iDtempe-
rance, declaring that the States almost asleep on
thi, topic calling for radical efforts, advocating
prohibition opposing fcrmentcd VINE ut the com,
mHnlon, fayOrIng church ana sunday -SchHol
tcfnpcTauCc societies, and commencing the
work of the " Omen's Temperance Union. The
Rev. Dr. G.. VI. Steele objected to a sentence III
the report aimed at Dr. Cro.bys position on
the question of moderate drinking, and the SEN
tcncc was taken out. Another report was that of
grstng special effort for higher plety and more
faithful Christian lives, and the maintaining OF
higher general standard. il disc0umgcs
single services on Sunday, and the leaving OF
the afternoon vacant. The second preaching
service i'm the evening crowds ont an important
PRAYER meeting, and the vacant afternoon i
temptation 10 Sabbath breaking. II suggested Il
modification of church policy-a provision tor
Board of Appeal against the unconstitutional
action of the General Conference, instead OF
mol that hplE the final indigo OF lis own
acts on appeal by the subordinate bodies. The
report had resolutions cmbOdying these ideas
also resolution commencing bishop ltck =
methods of work in visiting the churches III the
Conference before itS session. The Committee
on Amll>rmcntS deprecated the current laMty
and falling away from the old standards. II
specified trivial and scm-thcatrlcal Sunday
school concerts the Use Of churches Tor insult
able entertainments and performances the IN
dulgcncc of church members at theatres, dane
ing assemblies, and card parties
The wife of the Rev. Or. Butler, the first
Methodist missionary in India, made an inter
csting address before the Methodist Conference
nj Fall River. Mass. few days ago. She de-
scrihcd the degradation of women, ana cspc-
cialy widows. in India. woman goes about
ycilcd. Fathers are often angry when glriS are
born and mothers have been beaten Ia death
hccat,. of the birth of IA daughter. II Is be
icyed that IT man has no son Ia bury INN, MS
soul will pass into some inferior animal. ! ne
daughter cannot prevent this. hence mu titudrH
are killed al birth. The girl - brlrothed when
An infant, and never secs her husband MI Sic
marric- him. and on her wedding day she eats
a meal with him, but never aitcrMdrd. She
lives ont of sight IN 4 home called IA Nhana
where she ma, hc killed aud 40 one outside
know H. for she il entirely in the power at her
husband No man but her husband, her son,
or the priest yer enters the zcndnl. Anecdotes
of uhy ~irians' experiences were gwen. Olu
women can bc seen. left ont on the river banks,
with feet in OF near the water, Ia dle. me only
priyilcgr Indian women have l. To curse their
husbands The 7cnana il a dirty place. not fit
for lower animals and II l. heavy cross Tor
American woman missionaries TO visit these
foul abodcs.
The seventy first anniversary Of the organiza-
ton of the First Baptist Church. Pawtuckrt, y.
/ oucLt 10 nave been celebrated on August ~.
lNNO Owing to various caIl>cS there was no
recognition of the event until sunday wee k,whch
the Rev. Dr.. Bullcn, the pastor preached an IN
tcrc,ing historical discourse IL was the pllNl-
lea. of this church to give tO foreign missions
the first man sent abroad 10y the BaptlstS oil TINS
country "a, "A missionary oi the cross 'toiS e
H. llnllyh WAS ordained hy this church IN Isl /.
I'm 1916. he and his wife sailed for kanS"oh
Under APPOINTMENT of the Baptist Missionary
! Convention. Dr. Jud>on and wife had become
H,nti,t, ON their way To foreign lands, and were
,uppnricd hy American BapllstS Mr.: and MIS-.
IInll.h were sent ont to help them IN Their work
! Mr.. lIough WAS a printer, ana Irmaincu III me
| foreign field aboul ten years, doing much ms
,innlr, SCI, lee u printer and otherwise. when he
/ became Interpreter for the British Governments
The palmm which was recently presented by
fine Pnpr 70 Archbishop Fcchan, Of Chicago, l.
! a symbol of innocence, mcckncsS ana h'lmliitE.
! II i, a white Woolcn scarf. about three inches
| wide and about four or I'VE icct l"hS' ~ -
| I,r,trd ,,itL black crosses Maltese. and ar
r,ngcd over the shoulders in the form OF Il
! & .Lapcd cro>s II Is only conferred by the
Dim IN nrrlnie, in lmpOrlant dlOccstN, anu II II