New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-30

more wonld be kept open if people would
attend. No pastor goes away from MS people
until he has provided for their spiritual well
fare AZ far as is i'll his power, by either pre-
vidng for services in their own house OF wor-
ship or by uniting with some other congrega-
ton in the neighborhoOd. And If those who
complain will only attend any church which
they lind open during the summer they VIII De
CONVINCED that all the provision necessary Is
made for those who will attend church, Doth
rs to room and quality OF preaching, ana that
there is no lack of spiritual food for those who
Will make use of their privileges.
There are thirteen Baptist associations i'll
Maine. They contain 2j7 churches, with
total membership of 20,G37 The number of
ordained ministers is lbs, and of students Tor
the ministry II. Quite number of the min
listers supply two or more small churches.
Forty nine of these small churches receive aid
from the Baptist Missionary Convention of
the State to the amount OF S3,426, and the
expenses of the general missionaries amount to
1,761 more. Ten young men who are study
ing for the ministry receive aid from the Educa-
tiOn Society to the amount of $3.50. Colby
University at WateTvllle, is sustained 10y the
Baptists There are nine professors, besides an
Instructor in elocution and n librarian. The
whole number Of students last year was 132.
The tenth meeting of the National Conference
of Unitarian and other Christian Churches will
be held at Saratoga Springs III the week begin
ming September Is next. Among the subjects
to be discussed by the Conference will be the
proposition of Mr.. j. IL. Wade, of Cleveland,
to endow theological school in this city, and
the bearing of tins offer upon the future of
Meadville School and the report of the com
mttee appointed to consider how the National
Conference and the American Unitarian AssO-
citation can more efcctually cooperate without
sacrifice OF the advantages belonging to
either
The PhHmont Star Monthly, "price one
cent" the first copy OF which has just been
issued at Phlmont, Columbia County, New
| York, has as its editor the Rev W. lsaacs
Loomis. The paper is to be printed in the
| interest of the Original Church of Baptized
! COMMITMENTS" whose aim is "the restoTa-
ton of inspired truth without the admlxture OF
man made Scripture" 1t is charged by Mr..
! Loomis that the text "GOd is angry with the
wicked every day." Psalms 9TH chapter lth
verse, is an interpolated one and that other
texts of King James's Bible are lnterpclated.
The Rev. DR.. ID. B. Turney, who is a candi-
! date for Congress in the lth ILLINOIS DlS-
! trct. has caused strips OF cloth bearing that
Intelligence to be nailed Oh posts at the cross
| roads and on trees in the woods. IL the same
| amount of originality, religious journal re-
| marks. had been used in church work. 1t Is
doubtful whether he would have all the time
Necessary for running political canvass.
| The Dominican Father Bertrand Wilberforce
| is talked OF as a favored candidate Tor the
vacant See of llexham and Newcastle, Eng,
! land. Should he he appointed, there would
| be two members OF one family wearing mltreS
! in the same cathedral city, for Father bertrand
! is a cousin of Ernest Wilberiorce, the new
Church of England) Bishop OF Newcastle
A memorial church is to he built at Spires ON
! the Rhine 10 commemorate the Diet held
there in 1922, when siX German princes and
! fourteen towns Obtained the name oil FRO
! testantsn for the members OF the new Evan
! gclica confession.
The foundaton-stOne of n German Lutheran
| church was laid IN London Oh July Is. ii Is
| intended to meet the wants of the contlnu-
| ally increasing number OF German residents III
| the southeastern districts of that metropolis.
The portion of the old prison in London,
known as the Bishops Hole, in which Gran
mer, Ridley and Latlmer were imprisoned
prior to their martyrdom, is about to be de-
| stroyed to make room for more houses.
II is probable that the next general confer
ence of the Evangelical Alliance will meet II
! Stockholm, Sweden, i'll September, 1883. The
! Queen of Sweden is warmly interested III the
work of the Alliance.
Mexico has proved very encouraging field
! for the Methodists and the IreSbyterlans
Nearly one-third OF the foreign misslOn MEM
bership of the Prestyterans Is III that country
A deccnnial missionary conference is to be
! held at Calcutta, India, during Christmas week
! of this wear. Representatives OF all the Prot
estant missionary societies are to be invited
The membership of the English Bible and
| Prayer Union is rapidly advancing IN numbers
! In the beginning of June, the total enrolment
had reached the figures l53,22l.
@With u large portion, probably a large
majority" Gof CongregatiOnIhstSL says the
Rev. l.. White in ZioH'S Herald, " Calvinism Is
an outgIOwn dogma"
As a result of the disagreement in the Con
gregatona church at Brownsville, \. Y, there
! is an indication of the organization OF res
! byterlal church.
An appeal is made to every Catholic i'll tho
world To contribute five cents toward erecting
a monument to the memory OF the late Pope
Pins IN.
The London Literary lporid calls DIR. New.
man SMITH "a wIiteT who deserves IA careful
study as enc of the best of our modern apollo
| gists.'
The Rev. Dwight l.. Moody is anxious to re-
| turn To this country but his work IN England
will not permit him 10 do so ut present.
The Rev. Miss Anna Oliver, instead of taking
n vacation, will preach z series oi sermons Oh
"Thc Status of Women"
The English clergy list contains 2600C
names, being a gain OF 5000 III the las
twenty two years.
CURRENT RELIGIOUS OPINION
We must take things as they now are, and it il
easy to see other reasons for "A lack of selidenia
and devoted pIety IN some OF our Dung can'lldate'
for the ministry IL cannot be denied that the tld'
| Of yorldlInrss and ambition Tor wealth ahd luxury
| Los heeu setting I'm strongly upon the ChuIch ltSc