New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-17
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.


soon quilted his native country, possibly for
his cOuntry's good Like some other saints,
he was not above sharp practices, when they
redOunded to the glory of The church. HIS plin'
cipal exploit we are told, WAS one rather re-
scmbling the famous feat Of Dido i'm Africa, when
he obtained from st. FavOn the grant OF as much
land, in solitary place Indicated, rs he could
in one day surround with ditch. The traveller
selected suitable spot whereon to found
monastery, and taking his stall drew II along
behind him as he walked round the limits of
the future estate. AS he went the earth
opened beneath the point of the stick, leaving
a depp ditch behind. Some natives par
ticularly women. for whom the SAINT seems
to have had special ACKNOWLEDGMENT,
hootng and accusing the plous man OF sorccry,
but the bishop, who had been brought to the
spot, took a more charitable view of the affair,
and called upon the spectators To adlnlrc
miracle instead of an act OF wltcheTy. 80
st. Flacre got his land and founded his con-
vent as well as q famous chapel {; but the
doors OF this place of worship remained always
closed against all persons OF the ialr but IN
credulOus sex. The relics OF the saint had
vast reputation for then healing qualities
and Anne of Austria is said 10 have attributed
to their influence the cure OF Louis Kill, and
even the birth of the Grand Monarque who
succeeded him."
ARCHBISHOP TAIT-The recent illness of the
Archbishop of Canterbury leads The London
Globe to speak as follows concerning him
All Churchmen must feel that the Church of
England could i'll spare the dIstin-
guished man who has filled the see OF Canter-
bury with so much credit for the last fourteen
years. These years have comprised one OF the
most difficult crises OF the Churchs History
and the crisis is yet by no means safely passed.
But if it Is in a fair way of being surmounted,
the fact is due IN no small degree 10 the prac-
teal wisdom and the large-Eearted charity OF
the Archbishop. a statesman as well as an
ecclesastic. he has known how To take account
of the different forces at work IN the Church,
and to deal with them, not from the point OF
view of an impractical ideal, but as man OF
the world, in the true and best sense OF the
term A staunch Protestant in his own con
vlctiOns, which he has never concealed, DIR. Tat
has steadily refused to he partisan ruler and
has endeayOred, not without conspicuous sue
cess, to unite all earnest Churchmen III the
Church common work. Two OF his latest
public acs-the movement for a Royal Com
mission to inquire into the working of the Ec-
clcsiastica Courts and the bill TO effect the
release OF Mr.. Grecn-bear striking witness to
his tolerant and cOnciliatOry temper. II The
latter measure has failed IL is 10 fault OF Dr.
Tat's, and from the former there Is good
reason 10 look for satisfactory results. 1t Is
earnestly to be hoped that he may live to see
them, and to add 10 his claims on the gratitude
of the Church and the Nation"
LITHoGRAPHED SERMoNs.-The practice of
supplying autographed sermons to lazy clergy
men OF the ElHllNH NnultH Is IL very COhlhOu
one. The following letter Is a specimen oil the
way in which trade is drummed up by the en-
terprisng purVcYOIs of plety. IL Is taken from
a circular which IL sent periodically TO clergy
men who arc supposed to be susceptible To rs
propositions: " Dear sir,-l otter to supply
weekly a well-pTepared original manuscript
sermon, of sound Church tore, for the benefit
of srCh clergymen as have more p&rochlal
work than they can properly do. beg to draw
your attention to the following advantages
rl.llV rl.a.fs
be received. ?. More than one subscriber will
not be received from the same part OF the
country, the first applicant having the prefer
encc. 3. The strictcst confidence VIII be OBJ
served, and the MSS. VIII not pass through the
hands of printer or publisher, but Will oe pre-
pared IN the authors own house. i. Each
sermon will be inclosed in an envelope, and
delivered by post not later than Friday in each
week. 3. The cost will be only Il fraction over
cd. per week. Subscription, payable i'll ad
vance; 3Os. per anDum; Us. cd. per-half year
los. per quarter a specimen sermon sent ON
receipt of twelve stamps. The matter and
style will be suitable for an average middle
class congregations As ! am doing this III order
to increase the small stipend receive as
priest of the Church of England, shall he
glad to receive your support. lours faithfully,
"SACREDOs.
"P. o. O. and checks payable to -
. Church AND STATE.-An English clergyman
in a published letter says For fifty years
have been nearer OF sermons. CHIEFLY (but not
exclusively from Church OF England puplts
and have never, except on one solitary Occa-
fiOn heard a word from any pulpit against the
practice of war, and | find this TO be the ex-
pcricnce OF others. You preach against all
kinds of evil, except the monster evil OF wal,
against which YOU have not word to say one
act Of which violates all the commandments OF
the Decakgue, and as ! reGd 1t, all the teach
ing of the New Testament If peace is so de-
slrable i'm the reading desk, why Is II excluded
from the pulpit = As the English Church Is
Just as much a State institution rs the War
Office, il would be absurd to expect II 10 con
demu the acts of the State. OF which 1t Is COM
ponent part. The London M0rHinP Post
sounds the keynote of possible change IN the
future when IL says d" The last forty years
have seen great awakening oi Church He,
and il is nOw seen that the Church has an lnhe-
rent power of action, RESPECTIVE 0t Iarlla-
lnent and that her best plan when she has need
of reforms is To make them herself She can
do almost all that is necdlul to be done with
out troubling the State 80 long as ten minutes.
That Parliamentary sanction must be had 10
legalile some changes Is a matter OF course, put
il is wonderful how few OF the things that
ought to he done need be enforced by that
authority
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES AdrdHce notices
a statement recently made by writer III an
Eastern paper, that tine Congregational
churches OF the United States last year actu
ally fell of in membership. According tc the
Year Book there was a gain of nineteen
churches, but decrease of 1920 members.
1t denies that there Is any such decline, ana
concludes AS fol, Ows: " In fact this whole ar
raignment of our denomination is based upon
the himsiest of dcusions. Maniiestiy dying
out The life departing from t.. The wish
is father to the thought I'm the whole Dushel
there is scarcely grain OF truth Eighty years
ago unbelief had rs per cent OF our population
and the evangelical faiths but - per cent.
To-day the proportions are mOIe than reversed
They who hold the beliefs OF the gospel num-
BIER - per cent, while the class to which cur
maligncrs belong has dwinded 10 a pltiablc ,
per cent. The Congregationalsts share with
The other Christian bodies in this magnificent
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