New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-28

current expenses, and for Paying the families
Oh Two deceased members, all the contributions
nave been returned to the contributors with
interest added The affairs of the society have
been well managed so that no one has lost any
thlng. IL has for five years kept It's members
insured mt a very small expense, and now
closes It's business hOnorably."
An address on evolution was delivered at
ZION College recently by DIR. w. Il. Carpenter;
ne singular apOthcOsls, "a me az Mdtt
Gd-ette terms it, of Mr. Darwin which followed
ne address was even more impressive from
theological point of view than his burial IN
the Abbey. Not single one of the large body
OF cergymen present Nentured 10 declare him.
sell an antl-evolutionist, and only one or two
hlhted fault in the argument and besltated
dislike To some Of Mr. Darwins school. Most
professed To find in Mr.. Darwin a staunch
champion of the Church, and one gentleman
spoke of him as a humble and holy man OF
GOC. One speaker, unconscious that he was
sitting under the portrait of the late Bishop OF
oxford, argued that the clergy as body had
never shown any opposition to the new learn
ing; only the noisy nObOdes had made their
voices heard Mr. Darwin was canonlzed, but
Hackel and Huxley were-let us say damned
Win faint praise"
y native preacher writes to The Christian
Hegtster from India as follows: Two new re.
llglOus sects have come to the front lately, and
made their debut with daring fanaticism. One
party of the fanatics made raid on the cele-
brated Temple of Juggernaut at Pun, the OBJ
Ject being the destruction of the idol. The
second religious sect sprang up ID Eastern
Bengal n couple of weeks ago. The leader,
calling himself a god, collected gang OF
Ignorant people. attacked the camp OF the
Deputy Commissioner and burned down sew
eral Government offices. | need not burden
you with the articles or faith OF these
worthless Their doctrines willn be found IN
the systematic theology, taught at Andover,
Princeton or Mradyile. The people who at
tackled the shrine of JuggernauJ do not believe
III idols. They offer prayer n the. open ar,
and the place where they worship Is held III
snch reverence that, when any Of them are Ill,
they take little dust from the prayer-ground
and eat it,
u remember in the old reunion days. re-
marked the Rev. DR.. Herrlck Johnson IN the
course oil an address before the Presbyterian
Assembly at Springfield last week, some
thing more than a decade ago, two spirits were
actively prominent In connection with all the
proceedings through which we then passed.
one was often heard on the platform and in
committee with rare culture and power OF
speech. pleading for magnanlmlty the other as
often heard with "A splendid intellect ana
mighty pathOs, born of his great heart and
brain. appearing for a hearty unanlmlty. In
dear and familiar regard we dubbed the one
odd MagnanimOus, and we dub the other Old
Tnanimou.' ! need hardly say that the first
was the now sanity and glOThed VILLAIN
Adams, and the second that dear old father II
Israel, DR.. Musgrave."
While the Rev Canon Murphy was address,
ing his cOngre cation III the Roman Catholic
Church in larrngtOn-st., Dublin, on May -,
and eXhOrtng them against outrage ana ne
nOuncing the murders OF Lord Frederick Cav
endish and Mr.. Burke, he fell and died. Get
ting vehement in his utterances, he was pro-
ceeding to say that " the blood OF the murdered
men would cry for vengeance, but he bad only
a /. 'rt-Iaa t.tl
tered and he paused. Again he attempted to
20 on with the sermon, and scarcely had ne
said blood the second time than he fell
senseess on the altar, and was dead seven
minutes after.
In the Upper House of COnvocation on May
-, the Bishop Of Winchester, III moving the
appoiutment OF Committee of Bishops to
consider the prayer of grQrdmen from the
Lower House, stated his belief that the saliva
tlop Army although IN some instances cruelty
treated, were reaching the lowest mass OF the
population, and were therefo1e entitled to a
DISPLAY of kindness and cOnciliatIOn which
might enable them TO make the best use of their
system. The molten was agreed To. ms
would seem to show an evident desire on the
part of the clergy TO avoid the mistake com
nutrpd in John Wesley's time, when they prac-
tically drove the Methodists odt OF the Church.
The Russian newspapers announce that the
Holy Synod Is contemplating the necessity OF
reducing
served 10y the Greek Church. The number of
saints DAVIS upon which wOrkmen have hOh-
dav in the course of the year Is go, 50 that,
instead of doing about 300 days work IN
wear as in other countries, III Russia they
hardly do more than 200 days.
Exclusive of Sunday school offerings boxes,
personal gifts, etc. the contributions 10 the
home missionary cause by the churches OF Hi
nois IN the four years lo1l-l4 were
%33.922 81, an average Of $3.50 81 a year ;
in the four years 1o7j-7S, $32,57l u, an
average of Se,l42 IS Il year; III the tour
years 1S79-o2, 81, 953 OF, an average OF
$IO,73S 2I
President Robinson thinks that among the
very last men who should be encouraged to
discard the manuscript IN preaching Is lac on
whom nature has bestowed the gilt of extreme
volublIty.
There are seven Baptist associations in Cali
fornia. They contain y 'churches, with 46
pasto~ and 3,S&J members. Ten missionaries
are employed 10y the associations.
The Ohio State Sunday-school Convention
will be held at Springu cid, June ., and :.
CURRENT RELIGIOUS OPINION.
We discover in tue current religious literature Of
the age general notion hat the humanity Of Christ
underwent a sort OF dedication ate: Ills resurrec-
ton ana that He assembled To heaven IN nature
hat IrtsI m Tho