New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-19

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medical department. The religious condition
OF the college has been hopeful. Much faithful
work has been done in the medical department.
| by Drs. Sewny, Stevens and AltOonian. Two
clinics for the poor have been held every week,
and have been attended by S72 different pa
tlents. new house for medical professor
| has been built near the hospital, mainly with
funds furnished by Mrs. Willard Parker, OK
New lorS. Dr. Sewny, much to our regret,
has resigned his position as professor in the
college and his resignation has been accepted
by the trustees in the United States. Dr.
Shepard has been appointed medical professor
IN the College and is expected in Alntab. with
his wife, in October.
IL can hardly be said that the agitation in fa-
vor OF opening reading rooms on Sunday is
anu Cnrlstian, tor the leaders of the Church are
rapidly 1Alllng into line. Tie English Bishop or
Peterborough Ill recent address OH tins Inject
SAID that he believed that Under proper eau
tlOn anu reserve the ODeLiDg OF readlng-ro0m5
on sunday would do great deal of good He
c0uiu 90 10 MS library on Sunday and read, ana
why IN the name OF common sense should 1T be
wicked and miscellaneous for poor man to do
IN ms library or public reading room what was
| harmless IN private rooms lie saw more than
| one good reason for Sunday reading-rOOms IT
| care was taken that they did not rival church
service or degenerate into things which would
not DO for Sunday.
| 1t is said that the CONGREGATIONAL church ut
Easton Mass, wins So, 900 as the result OF Tues
days voting. The house of worship WAS
burned not long ago, and in response to an
appeal for aid IN rebuilding, Oliver Ames jOk-
lBgly replied that if elected Lieutenant
nor ne would give $1,000, provided the sue
cessiul Candidate for Governor would contrib
ute Ike sum. \ local paper says that Cen
eral Butler heard Of it and promptly agreed to
cover the conditions as far as lie might lie con-
cerned. The General was elected on the Dem
Ocratlc ticket and Mr.. Ames on the Republic
can. The church members are non partisan
enough TO be thoroughly satisfied with beth
results.
John OCOnnOr, an ex-prest of the Roman
Catholic Church. advertised in the Toledo pa
pers that he would deliver n lecture IN that
city last Sunday evening. on the subject
| ~ became priest-why | ceased TO be
one" During the week previous he distIlb-
uted hand bills on the streets which were not
only grossly offensive to Roman Catholics bat
vulgar, Indecent and sacUlegiOus. The result
was that so much Indignation was reused that
it WAS deemed best by the owner OF the ball not
To allow the ex-" Father to deliver his lecture:
lie Is now posing ~ mGrtyr, but 1t Is sald
that the respectable people OF Toledo regard
him as mounteDank and charlaJan.
parish with over 5000 inhabitants in .
southwestern county of England has just
passed under the spiritual direction OF rev.
ereud gentleman who has been admitted TO
priests orders only q few weeks. lie
vacant four years ago, ana rs the younger son
for WHOM il was destined was then dn under
graduate ut Cambridge the patron discovered
warming pan in the shape OF Il clergyman
aged seventy eight, WHO has now resigned on
the convenient plea of increasing lntlrmltIcs,
receiving a retiring allowance OF 900 year
The French Liberal Protestant organ has had
the courage to speak the plain, unvarniohed
truth about the Moody and Sankey meetings IN
AI.tl.. la ~
tie solos of Mr.. Sankey, the Renaissance says
OF his colleague that there Is not single Parls
church IN which less commonplace, less vulgar
and quite as Evangelical sermons may not he
head every Sunday. That which Is true Ot Paris
is equally true of every great town il the United
States. The secret OF the ephemera success OF
Mr.. Moody and his host Of lmltatGrs lie4
largely IN the nUtOricty that comes from skill
ful advertising.
The Rev. George 0. Barnes, the mountain
evangelist Of Kentucky, is holding revival
meetings in Connecticut. lie says the CHIEF
purpose of his Northern mission Is 10 overthrow
the gloomy gospel which prevails IN tie NOith,
and which, he says, Is the devils gospel, IN
vented by the prince Of liars, and carried 0ut ~
men who wear black clothes white necktle,
carry q Bible under their arm, ana preach as
though they were whole theological seminary
During the semi-centennal services held at
the Ithaca Methodist Conference recently, tour
divucs, who had been in the ministry fifty
yeas and upward, gave an entertaining &C.
count Of their experience. Among them thg
Rev James Irwin, formerly OF OsNc-O, stated
that he began preaching IN 1881. on circuit
covering 800 miles, ana that Tor hi, hrat year
lahors he received the then muniilcent sum OF
$50, of which 81 was in cash.
The Nebraska papers give copious accounts
of Church fairs and supperS when, with the
comings and goings of the pastors, seem 10
make up all the Church news III tllaJ ieIloh.
Among other items appear two, to the tarct
that the MethCdi-ts have built church on
Fiddle Creek. and the Blptsts enc ut Weeping
Water. The names of these places are GER
ta.ny not suggestive Of Il conventional eccLc-
s2SticisIH.
Bishop Ryle, Of Liverpool, has answered the
attacks made upon him for having Oiuclated IN
a PRESBYTERIAN church in Scotland. lie stated
that the clergyman asked him to take the SER
wee and 10 preach aud he did so. lie was not
aware of any law that he had broken. There
was no Church of England place togo TO- ana
he had perfect right TO worship In churcn
where the Queen wOrShipped while in Scotland.
A religious paper says that a friend rallied
that remarkable liberal, Dr. Bartol, the other
day. on his improved theology ana ASKER;
We'll doctor, what do you believe to-day
- ! think" said he cautiously, = that can say
sincerely believe in personal God but When
| think of Ben Butler AM In doubt"
The Rev. F. l.. Norton, of All-SaInts Cattle
dral Albany, has given brass pulpit, brass
eagle lectern and black walnut prayer desks to
Christ Church, Norwich, Conn. Nh. Norton is
well known in this city, having been formerly
fine assistant minister of st. Thomass Church.
The Presbytery of Cincinnati has adopted a
sustentution scheme by which it proposes to INT
M the salaries of all its pastors TO Il living
standard
Last week was celebrated the two hundred
and tiftieth anniversary of the First Parish
Church of Charlestown, Mass.
CURRENT RELIGIOUS OPINION