New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-17

need and deserve it. The young ladies Of the
church have organized a sewn@ society ana
employ their spare time in the homtIy but use
FIJI task OF making garments for the destitute.
i Fresh Air Fund Society has been Organized
which is successfully dong similar work TO
that in which THE TRIBUNE has been engaged.
Besides the clergy of the church, PAID iaGy
parish visitor i emnlOyed to visit the poor ana
sOrrOwfjl Among the offerings made TOT
worthy objects are those for the Clerical tduca-
ton Book fund, to give fresh theological books
TO poor country ClerGymen; the bureau oI
Parish Works and Charities, the CITY Hospitals,
Domestic Missions ana the Fresh All / una.
Therefor The Rev. Il. Heber Newton, y. d.,
is assisted by 4 large corps Of lay-helpers III
his parish and it is intended to still further
increase the sphere Of this practical Christian
work by organizing guild lur young men ana
opening a rcading-rOOm during the coming
winter. \ thoroughly equipped coffee house Is
also one of the ideas of the future. " ork OF
this kind in this, and many other churches, IS
sufficient answer TO the assertion that reIRloh
IL an impractical and visionary dream. There IL
gradually growing liz he minds Of the more
earnest ana thinking clergy, Il convection thAt
religion means salvation and happiness i1t
man in this world as well * IN the world 10
come.
MooDY AND SANKEY'S WoRK.-The follca-
Ing letter appears in The General baptist may
d-iHe Tor Novemher; Dear sir: la an ar
ticle in The General Baptist Magazine for Sep
tember, bY Mr. Silly, 1t IS stated, with refer
enre TO the results of Messrs. Moody and
Sankey's visit To London IN SO, the dlsaR-
pOintnent is so great that ministers ana OH
GERS of churches who memOIaZed them 0y
hundreds few years ago, cannot cOnsclen-
ti0usly request them TO pay another visit to
fine METROPOLIS How far this is in accord
ance with truth you will gather when tell
Won that Messrs Moody and Sankcy were
asked 10 come to London III 1870 by COM
mlttee Of forty-seven gentlemen, whose names
are now before me-that there is not one OF
them now alive who is not still IN fullest ~ NJ
patty with the work now beng carried on,
and that not one Of them has refused 10 JON
the committee now enlarged to SlXtY-tWO
members, which has invited the eyangellsts to
visit London in 1925 This new committee
thought il would be well this time to associate
with them in the invitation the names OF ZOO
minister's representing the various denOml-
nations, and an opportunity was afforded ac-
cordingly. An immediate and most hearty
response was received from nearly 300 repre-
sentative men, from all sections Of the Church,
including fifty Baptist brethren, and among
them the honored names, OF I, II. Spurgeolli
a. G. Brown, w. Brock, J. stephens and
Fuller GOoch. Only ten Tefusals III all we're
received, and some Of the ten were qualified.
On the ether hand, there is not single town
The evangelsts visited in 1S7l-5 that has not
sent the most pressing invitation Tor another
visit Mr.. Silly further chaTactcrzes the
work of these GOd-sent men as 'ephemcral,
superficial, unsati>fying emotional relgioslty.'
| trust these remarks will not deter any from
visiting the meetings OF Messrs Moody and
SankeY, and Judging for themselves. They
will find the movement just the reverse OF this.
The Word of God is the beginning middle and
end of Mr.. MOOdys teaching and 1t shall
stand forever the old-fasbOned Gospel of
redemption 10y the blood of Christ for Wearled
man. and regeneration and renewal 10y the
HOLY Ghost and there Is abundant evidence
now before me, and ascertalnable by al, OF
the lasting character of the work. 1t is OF God,
and cannot be Overthrown.
Yonrs faithfully, ROBERT PATTON,
Hon. See. Of London Committee.
"103 HighbHy-qaddJunt NJ
TIE Church OF JEsUs.-THe Prcsbyted,iR
saws that the "Church Of Jesus" or as it is
termed in more pretentiOus phrase, the Mex
lean Branch OF the Catholic Church OF our
Lord Jesus Christ" which is, in simpler words,
q mission of the Episcopal Church of this
country in Mexico, seems to be on the verge OF
Schism. A Bishop of the City OF Mexico, the
Rev. J. NJ Gonzales has been elected, but
seven presbyters have issued pot st, III
which this election is declared to be "uucOn-
stitutional and void and its validity denied.
They protest especially against the acts OF
Bishop Riley, VINO was ID sense tl.e 1Ounder
of the church, and whose relations to other
Christian missionaries in that country have sub
iected him to severe and most just criticism.
His brusQue and irritating treatment of the
Mexican presbyters has made linn unpopular,
and naNIelcu INC hCuiSHl NAlCl htCAio w w
impending. The actual condition of this
church in Mexico may he understood ~ few
facts stated by The LiriH0 Church, an Episcopal
journal Bishop Riley, who had charge OF
the Diocese Of the City OF Mexico with It's TWO ,,
churches, as well IS Of the Diocese OF the
Valley of Mexico, resigned the care OF the
former. and Jose VI. Gonzales was chosen
Bshop of the City of Mexico by Synod
strangely, and, it IS charged Illegally conSu-
tuted. Then the new Diocese OF Hldaigo was
IL An che isl
the same. SO that NOW tho clerical force o. the
Mexican branch Of the Catll0iic Church OF on
Lord Jesus Christ, so far as Bishop Riley ana
his adherents are concerned. consists oi
one bishop two bishOps-cect and at the
most, five other clergy Should, now, one
of the latter be chosen to. replace
Bisho0-elect Hernandez, in his Diocese OF
Cuernavaca, the bishops and bishops-elect
would be equal in number to ne clergy SUP ~
iect to thcm!" Tie Liriug ChaTch ends Its
account OF these turmol!s by me following
quest on: " In view OF all that has tIansDlred
during the last three or Tour years II doeS hoU
seem presumptUOus to ask Has the 0r5auHa,
ton known as the Church oil Jesus III McAic"
any more substantial existence there than had
the Empire of Macmillan, which, ike Il; was
upheld by foreign intervention ana ieil 50
soon as outside help was withdrawn !"
The Saturday Reyiew criticises an article on
"Modcm Miracles which has recently APP
pearcd in The Nineteenth CeRtWN and which Is
written by Il Jesuit. who warmly defends the
genuineness OF the alleged miracles of Lourdes.
OF course, the defender Of miracles can bring
no proof III favor of modern miracles but Is
content to rest his case on tie dogmatic state.
ments of the Church. The publication OF n
Papal bull saving that an unexplained fact Is a
miracle, is to him enough. This unquestonng
credulity does more honor to his heart than his
head. For after all it is question of fact not
of faith. An event may appear to be mlracu-
lOus simply because 1t is mysterious; and the
mystery may he due only to the ignorance OF
the behOder. Let that ignorance be displaced
by a wider knowledge, and the phantom of the
ecclesiastical miracle dissolyes into the air.
Large numbers of people have been Witnessing