Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-12-17
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

The DEGREES of the ecclesiastical
SYNOD, which closed its deliberations In
st Patrick's cathedral, New York, on
Nov. 8, are in the hands of the printer
and will, il is expected, be ready for
publication about Dec. ID. There was
an erroneous idea that they were to be
sent to Rome for ratification; but they
are concerned with matters of morals
and not of faith, and do not need Roman
affirmation. Those most interesting to
the public are: A decree forbidding
priests to attend dramatic or operate
performances in theaters, one forbid
ding clerical attendance at race-courses
and one making the wearing OF the
rabba, or Roman color, obligatory upon
priests. There Is also decree prohibit
ing the use of flowers at funerals except
in the cases of young children, when
they may be appropriately used as
IMPLYING the innocence and purity OF
the dead. None OF the DEGREES deals
with the amusements Of the laity, as
has been incorrectly stated.
The Rev. DIR. Hately Waddel, OF
Glasgow, recently selected for his text
the well-knewn verses I'm the twentieth
chapter of Revelation: "And saw
an angel come down from heaven,
having the key Of the bottomless pit
and great chain In his hand. And he
lay hold on the dragon and bound him
a thousand years, and cast him into tho
bottomless pitt and said that "if ever
an angel came down from heaven TO
earth for work like this, It was the angel
Of electrical science. 1t came direct
from heaven. II such an angel brought
chain In his hand II was the telegraph
wire and the electric cable coiled up
and carried OH his arm. I. ever sucn
an angel had such key as that spoken
Of In the text. II was the submarine
telegraph. Just In proportion as cleo
tricity circled the earth, just In that
same proportion would the devil be de-
feated." IS :.
Rev. DIR. Danial l.. Furber last Sun.
day resigned the pastorzte Of the kisD9
Congregational church It Nswtpl,s
Mass, the day being the thirty .ffth
anniversary OF his INSTALLATION there.
Only three Congregational ministsrkin
the state have served their present
chzrEes 30 long. Just before making his
address ofreeignAtion, DR.. Furber bap-
tized the child Of man who was the
fifst infant baptized by him In the par.
ish thirty-five years before.
At recent meeting Of the Oxford
Union resolution was adopted declar-
ing that "the present condition Of the
established church In England calls for
large and vigorous reforms, and that
such reforms should be based upon o
recognition Of the constitutional right of
the Church VI England to self govern
ment in spiritual matters" An amend
ment I'm favor Of disestabllshment was
lost without division.
1t Ii complained by the Irish presby-
teries that no uniform method marks
the observance Of Presbyterian wor-
spip in the Emerald Isle. The English
and Scotch have theirs, and the Irish
want theirs, not establishing rigid
forms, but giving liberty Of variation.
The Christian at Work thinks that IAN
bly, just suit our Irish friends."
Michael Davitt's assertion that Arch
bishop Hughes once said, "a man
threatened with hunger would be justi-
fed in seizing bread from the ALTAR s
denied by The Freeman's Journal. The
archbishop, according to this authority,
''was too intensely Catholic In his own
pure personal life ever to have uttered
50 sacrilegious o sentence"
, The prospects OF The success OF the
crusade against Sunday liquor selling
in England are good. Over 5000 peti-
tons have been sent 10 parliament,
with 697, 900 signatures In favor Of the
Sunday closing bill. In 100 towns n.
England and Wales there weie 8 70 I
in favor OFF
The sultan has taken away rom the
franciscan monks ut Jerusnlems piece
Of land that bad long been In Their pos
session, and has made . present Of Il 70
The Gar Of Russia, who wishes 10 erect
q memorial chapel there to his mother.
The Rev. Charles r. StOws, SON Of
Mrs. Harriet Beseher Stowe and pastor
Of the Congregational church Of -Saco.
Me-, has handed in his resignation.
He says family matters will require
him TO move b Hartford, Conn, The
last Of the month.
Kashi Ottawa, the daughter Of the
first elder chosen and ordained Ct Yo.
kohama, b the first IN complete che
full study in the Isaac Ferris seminary,
Of California, from Mrs.. William II
Dodge, Of New York.
Two native evAngelibts, who an
known - the MOODY and 4aukey q
Hawaii are arousing the sinnefs In
the Sandwich Islands
The order of Dominioana or tspeeanh.