New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-20
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

gelist - of Kentucky. who is to preach IN this
city during the coming winter, has had an
eventtul history. He is now ilfty eight years OF
age, and has "a wife and three children who ac-
company him wherever he goes. lie was
educated for the Presbyterian ministry anu
his first work for the Church was To 60 as a
missionary to India, where he remained seven
wears Returning in shattered health he Tell a
victim to the opium habit, OF which he cured
himself by a heroic effort. soon alter thls,
his religious views compelled INN I" sever ms
connection with the Presbyterian thnrci, ana
for many years be labOred as religious iree
| lance bitterly deuouncing the denominations
for their pride and hypocrisy. ABOUT Twelve
wears ago he dufted INTO Chicago ana was
| persuaded to labor with Mr.. Moody, VINO mas
confessed his indebtedness IN many thinSS 10
the Kentucky evangelist Barnes aiterWard
conceived the idea that he was called by TOD
to preach to the poor in the mountainous re-
gons of Kentucky: and without puIse o.
scrip, like the Apostles of old, lie al once went
on the divine mission lie has been very
successful in this work, and is now one OF the
religious sensations of the day. lie Is re
! lever in withdrawing, and never taxes any
medicines lie believes IN the ApoStQllc rlie
of amounting. aud II l. said that he mas hlnlseli
/ performed some wonderful cures by prayer
| and JUNCTION. He is man OF superior educa-
ton, but in preaching to the poor mountain,
GERS has deliberately adopted thelr ldiomS ana
! uuprammatical modes of expression, IN Older
! TO reach them the better lie says OF Iln-
| self thar he is only lit 10 be a bu,hwhacker
| preacher and would prefer TO be lett III his
| elf-chosen humble sphere. But having be-
| come a lion he will probably be forced to eX-
| hibit hin self TO the -neerng idlcr OF the great
| cities. who spend all their time IN telling or
! hearing some new thlnS'
| CAWP-MEETINGs.-'Th season for camp-mcet
! mos i now al its full height. The meeting
now being held at Ocean Grove Is perhaps the
| most successful and the best known IN THIS part
of the country Ii began last "Wednesday with
| an all-day prayer-mcetlng, and Is 10 continue
! ten DAYS. Numerous camp-meeunss have
been held i'm Maryland, of which the most nota-
! bic were those at Jackson Grove, W coley Grove
and Summit Grove. \ large camp meeting has
been held at Lakeside, near Madison, W Is, but
the enthusiasm of tie dcvOtecS was very Inuch
dampened by Hoods oi ram ana the accompany
mo cold weather MATTHIAS Ineyard, Mass,
and Round Lake, \. y, are also Vcll-kuOwn
camD-neetiug grounds. The Camp-mertlngs OF
to-day, however, are very dlHercnt RON those
of generation ago, aud it j. doubted by many
If they do good commensurate with the time,
energy and expense involved. A modern camp
meeting Is frequently Euge business Specula-
ton mana gcd solely for the benefit of the stock
holders and the religions exercises are pracu-
callv only "A side-shOw to attract the masses.
While tie earnestness and plety OF many OF the
sneakers ut these meetings are not questioned, IL
! is asserted by some of the religious papers that
their power 10 do good IN camp meetings Is
gone never to return again. In The mednWhlIe
cottages
meeting resorts are filed by mutItudes OF peO-
pie who certainly obtain recreation, II not re-
hgOD
THE CnrRCH AND Birthstone of the
stricter English Churchmen are exercised over
the scandal involved in the ChuIchs owning
lands on which liquors are sold. The BdH -Ndu
Gazette SAYS: Canon Wiiberforces letter to
the Archbishop of Canterbury illustrates the
connection between beer ana Bible IN a way
that must be very awkward Tor the Prlmate.
| The Church as n whole, being the largest land
| owner in the kingdom, is naturally The largest
owner of publc-nCu uses. mat l. bad enough,
but Nh WilbcriOrce AYERS that pubilc-hOuse5
| are III pIOpOrtiOn more numerous on ChIuch
| lands than el>eWhete. HE bIShop OF LONDON,
| ridin0 between his two town houses would, 1t
| !. said Da,S 100 taVcrns which are the property
| of his Church. One of the largest public
| houses in London, which sells 10000 worth
| of drink every year, Is part OF The Bishops en-
dOwmcnt. Here and there III London yOu may
| see a church hankeG on either side by gin
.hOD-all three of cOuT-e beng church pro-
perry. The publican appears to take instinc-
lively 10 the vacant land IN the nclghbOrhoOd
of "A church. is this sort OF tnlng To 20 on, asks
Mr.. Wi!berforce or is the Church to continue
pretending to fight against the lntcmperance
which it helps To produce The Archbishop
| is an Ecclesiastical Commissioner, anc me
| Times this morning orders him 10 answer the
CarOns interrogatOrieS without delay. We
shall be curious to see what tAc answer VIII be.
At the quarterly meeting OF the Society OF
II. Vincent de Paul London, held recently AZ
the house of Cardinal Manning the Cardinal
strongly deprecated the religious excitement
caused by such organizations rs the salvation
Amy and the Blue Ribbon Army. lie urged
the visitors OF the society 10 do their utmost 10
prevent. the poor and ignorant from beng led
AWAY bv these eXclteWcuts, and 10 secure, Il
far as p0s,ibc, their adherence 10 the tradition,
OF their own Church. II Is somewhat sucseS-
tive that the d gm.arles OF the EnSNsh thuIcl
have taken the opposite course 10 TINS, ana
have almost gone ont OF their way To encourag"
the Salvation Army. the ran -VGH gazette,
speakiug q this. says: II seems Singular that
the HIGH Church party should look with moro
favor than evaugellca.s on TINS latest develop
ment OF revivali-m; but the fact Is that the
latter are afraid of losing ddhereuts, while the
former have no Danger OF that kind 10 appre-
hend TIE clergy of an important rural dean
cry i'm the Manchester diocese have appointed
a body OF lay-preache3s; and the Bishop OF
Lichfcld has enrolled ia ms band OF lay helpers
"a quOndam colonel of the army.
The London Ecto spcak<of a modern aspect
of Christianity as follows: " ne growth OF
tolerance and Christian goodwill between the
Catholics and PrOtcStant-, at least III those
districts where Old Catholicism prevails Is .
religious phenomenon winch deserves 10 be
chrOniclcd and held up rs m example Tor other
parts of the world. We have before us the
TWcutv-ninth Annual Report of the Protestant
Kirchche Hilfsveroln Of the Canton OF Aargau
for tie year e9l |, and one of tie most remark
able features in II Is the list oi kindly and
bIuthcrly actions which the Protestant minority
has received in many c0mmunes from the
Catholic majority. At l,heufcidon the Protes-
tant congre cation does not as yet possess
church Of its own, although it Is collecting
funds 10 build one. Hence II meets at present
in = lar.se room but AZ the recent installation
of a new Protestant Piarrer, when this room
was found to be too small TO accommodate the
number OF visitors VINO were expected at the
ceremony, the Catholic congregation offered
tLcir evangelical fellOw-ctizens the free use OF
the parish church which was gladly accepted,