New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-06
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

correspondent of The Neu- England Christian
Adrocdte, writing from Jerusalem, describes
the funeral of the Greek Patriarch OrOtheus,
as follows: 1--WE found the deceased patri
arch clothed in the robes of his office, silk and
gold richly embroidered. seated upon a throne
facing the altar IN the Constantine church of
the Greek Convent. Although he was only
sixty-fve years of age, he looked very veneer
able with his long flowing gray beard He had
a golden crown upon his head, with enamelled
settings on four sides, representing the virgin,
the nativity. the resurrection, and ascension,
and surmOunted by an elegant diamond cross.
HIS breast was covered with golden crosses and
precious stones. He had a crozler or sceptre OF
gold and silver leaning against the throne.
while in his right hand was Testament, ana
in his left n picture OF the Virgin ana enid.
Behind the throne was standing u prest feau-
ing continuously. in Greek, appropriate pass
ages for the dead Al from early morning
till 3 O'Clock in the evening perfect stream OF
people were passing back and tOrth; VINO
would kneel, kiss the patriarchs mana, then
the Testament which be held III 1t, and alter
ward cross themselves and pass out The pa
triarch was buried the same day he lied: Just
before the funeral motley crowd OF Turks,
Arabs, BedOuins, Nublans, Jews, and repre-
sentatives of almost every nation, IN almost
every imaginable costume, gathereu on MOUNT
Zion. First in the procession came band OF
cariOnets. then a band OF brass Instruments,
plaving what would consider lively ar, and
not the least novel, was an enormous bass drum.
Following the band were quite Il Hunll ct Oh
students with very long hair, who we're prepar
ing for the priesthood then came the ordained
nriests then the bishops, dressed IN elegar
clOaks. All, except the soldiers who followed,
carried candles draped with black Grape. After
the soldiers came the Janissaries of all the
consuls and OF tie different converts IN what
seemed to me very wild costumes, something
like our American Indians Then came
bishops bearing kind of lanterns, and crosses
of silver and gold. An old man, IN a very gor-
geOus dress. who, as | was informed, was next
To the patriarch himself, was bearing the
deceased patriarch's silver and gold sceptre.
Then came the body, in full dress as had
seen 1t IN the morning, with tie crown on MS
head, and seated on his throne, as II he were
alive. The procession made strange I'M
preston upon my mind, as | watched 1t slowly
move toward the Zion gate, and listened to
the weird chanting of the priests. lie was
buried in a sitting posture, along with about
two bushels OF incense and myrrh'
TIE @NEw-ENGLAxD PEIMER."-The last
number OF The COHGregGtiORdHSt contains an IN
teresting article upon some OF the earliest
Primers in use in New-Engiand. A single copy
of an Indian Primer, compiled by J0hn hIOt
and printed at Cambridge in 1863 has been
preserved. Mr.. |. Hammond Irumbul, OF
Hartford Conn, it appears, Is OF opinion that
It's contents are substantially the same as IhOse
of the earliest New England Primer IN Eng
llsh, before they were enlarged ana I'M
proved, OF ANOlDtu WIFI GUS. hto ID
nearly twenty years older than the tlrst New
England Primer which can be traced, and
sixty-eIght years older than the earliest now
known TO survive IN "A complete form. he
New England Primer of 1897" inc COd9re-
nationalist SAYS, has on the inside OF the nrst
leaf before the title wOod-cut CT hing
George the Second and on the reverse
CHASTITY image labelled The Pope, or Man OF
SIN Ii has the Great Capital Letters the
Small Letters the Easie Sylables for Chi
dren =: the v 0rds of One Syllable ; and so on
10 those caterpllary ones OF SIX syllabies each.
Then come the wOOd-cuts with their rhymes,
beginning In Adams Fall we sinned all but
stopping short of the late DIT IayiOrs sug-
gestion of the enunclatiOn Of the next stage OF
the same truth:
In Cams murder
We slnned furder.
These are succeeded by The Dutiful Child's
Promises; by An Alphabet of Lessons Tor
Youth >: the Lords Prayer, the Greed, the
Commandments six verses, one of which
every child should learn by heart, among
which is Now lay me-, etc, and another;
Have communion with few
BE- FSsa iPtt H%it " VIII II. ONE:
speak evil Of none.
Then come prayers at lying down and Tor the
morning the names and orders OF the books
Of the Old ana New Testament, with Verses
for Little Children, beginning:
Though am young. little one,
and the hymn:
Lord if Thou lengthen out my Days etc,
followed. over leaf by the famous and never
tO-be- forgotten plcture-cut OF MI, JOAh
Rogers, Minister OF the Gospel IN LONDON, the
first Martyr III Queen Marys Reign Ills Wlfe
with nine small Children and one at Eer
Breast following him 10 the Stake. Then
follow the verses said to have been made by
Mr. Rogers as an EXhOrtatlOn I'm later edI-
tions Advice ) TO his children; but Wh!cl
Mr. Trumbull shows were. in tact, composed
z
and later a martyr also The shorter Gate
clusn comDletcs the book. The next edition
known to exist Is called the New-England
Primer, Improved, printed az boston 10 I10o'
and very considerably altered from It's prede-
cessor. Dr. IUmbuil points ont that the
Great Revival had interviewed between these
two editions, and he traces TO The influence OF
this fact the obvious change which now comes
over the spirit OF the Frlmer' WhIch Is no 4orTel
primarily anti-papal, but Evangelical. The
Pope as a bughear Is gone and all that sa-
voTed of wOridliness, frlyOlIty and vain lmagin-
in.s' was ousted by a substitute OF dIstlnc-
lively religious tone. Notice some SUCH
changes. of tits character, as the following:
Original Improrea.'
The Cat doth play Christ crucihef
And after Stay. for s'iheI' ny u'
Uoo will bite The Delagc drownd
y hef at night ne eaIIH "I"""u-
N;obti,co1es sing Noah did view
In yI,nr Of ~nIlug Tn old world IL new.
Tim, cut down all Young Itmohg
Bath great aud small Learnt sn to ny
DR.. Trnmbull also points out now the liberty
AIMS taken by this editor emboldened those
Who published later editions to make still
fnrther innovations. Witness the following
changes in regard to the letter n
1877. Onr king the good
No man of blood.
l7Gs. Proud K0rahs Troop
Vas swallowed up.
1897. The British Hing
Lost states thirteen.
1912. lis youths delight