Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-06-26
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

line ArcnDlSn0p OF quebec ls excepglon-
ally severe, as is well known, on the
follies of society and exigencies OF fashion,
more especially those relating to the toilet
of the weaker sex. To lukewarm Catho
lies, who are inclined to view with disfavor
the more Ultramontane doctrines Of the
Church, the Archbishop read severe
lesson few Sundays ago in mandement
read in all the Roman Catholic churches of
the Province, which prohibits the faithful
from entering too freely into the amenities
of life with Protestants; from attending
Protestant churches and Protestant mar
riages, from acting as pail bearers at the
Protestant funerals, or, in fact, from at.
tending Protestant funerals.
John T. Belts, of London, Baptist lay
man, has published translations of some of
the tracts by Juan de Valdes, the Spanish
Protestant writer of the sixteenth century,
recently discovered by Professor Boehmer
among the collected papers of the Emperor
Maximilian in the Palatine Library at
Vienna Mr.. Belts was at one time a
member of DR.. Brooks church and the in.
innate friend and helper Of Benjamin Wifi.
fen, Quaker, who gave twenty years OF
labor, in concert with his Spanish friend
Usoz Rio, to the recovery Of the works
of Spanish Protestants.
The irrepressible and irresponsible Ship
herd, The CongregationatiSt is informed,
has varied his public performances recent
ly, by preaching in Virginia church. He
is reported to have shown great facility in
the use Of language, especially of slang,
gift in which he certainly excels. He is
representative of a class who exercised
similar gifts little less than 1000
years ago.
The mission field of the Moravian Church
comprises at the present time sixteen
provinces, with over 100 stations and 800
missionaries. They have 2l5 schools, with
about l5, 900 pupils, and total of nearly
rs, 900 converts from among the heather.
All this work is carried on and supported
by church which has scarcely 1000
communicate members at home.
Some years ago Mrs. Anna Richmond
placed in the hands OF Henry P. Kidder
sum of money, OF which $500 was to be
paid every year to support professor IN
the ancient Unitarian College at Klausen-
burg in Hungary. OF thar fund "a 1000
remains. 1t is now proposed to increase 1t
to $40, 900 and to make it perpetual en-
dowment.
It is believed that at the next Con-
sistory, which is to be held early IN
June, the name of the last of the Cardi.
nails reserved in petto will be published.
He ia generally supposed to be Monslgnore
Blanche, Nuncio at Madrid; and 1t is
thought that on the came occasion the
Archbishop of Cologne will be raised to
the purple.
The English Presbyterians are to have
new hymn.b book. 1t is said that about 700
of the hymns in the present collection Will
be replaced by others that about 6O suited
to children will be added, and that there
will be an edition containing the unmetred
Psalter spaced for chanting.
Monsignore Vaughan, the Bishop OF the
PapaI diocese Of Stafford, England, recently
denounced Garibaldi and Mazzini as Italian
Fenians, and asserted that these two great
patriots were " cut.throats belonging to
| secret societies.
The Religious Tract Society Of England
| distributes its publications IN az Ian
euages. The total circulation from the
! Home depot has reached over $1,000, 600,
and the issues from foreign depots are esti-
mated at IL, 100000.
The one hundred and fftieth Anniversary
of the foundation of Trinity Parish, New
town, Conn, and the conservation OF the
new church recently freed from debt, oc-
CURED on June 5th.
The Presbyterian Church in Texas, ac-
cording to the census Of 1880, foots up 49,.
| 600 members the Methodists have ISL,
900, the Catholics l50, 900, and the Baptista
| l25, coo.
The number OF communicates Of the
Episcopal Church in Massachus etts ii
nearly 5000, or gain Of over so per cent
since 1873.
The Rensselaer, County Sunday. schoo
Union commemorated the fiftieth anniver
sary Of its foundation in Troy on May 2Sth
The Convention of the Minnesota Stat.
Sunday school Association was held il
Rochester ON June 9Th, 7th and Sth.
i A society has been formed in England fo
the preservation Of ancient sepulchra
monuments in churches.