New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-06

The official dnnudre of the Holy See for the
present year, which has just appeared, gives
| the following particulars: Pope Leo ALL. Is
! the 263d successor of ST. Peter. The college
OF Cardinals, when complete, consists OF ~
| members, but at present has only bD, OF WHOM
q are bishops, 40 priests and ID deacons
| Among these cardinals only one was created by
| Gregory XVI, Cardinal Schwarzenberg, 40 are
the creatures of Plus TX, and u OF Leo MIL
| OF these princes of the Church 4 are over 80
years of age, 20 over 20, - over 60 - over
30, and between 40 and 80. Twenty mem
bers of the Sacred College have died since Leo
| Nil. has been on the Pontifcal throne. The
Catholic Hierarchy Possesses .l,2s9 titles,
among which number there are 90 Cardinals,
10 Patriarchs of the Two Rites, 145 Latin
ArchbshOps 61S Bishops, 40 Eastern Arch
bishops and Bishops, Is Prelates Rultus
diocesis, DC Apostolic Delegates or Legates, 1O2
Apostolic cars, 20 Apostolic Projects, 3 Pro-
visiOna Wears and Projects. During the
| POntifcate of Leo XIII. 3 ArchepiscOpal Sees
were created; Episcopal Sees were made
Archepiscopal; the Hierarchy was increased by
10 Episcopal Sees, s Apostolic Nicariates and
Apostolic Procedures.
Last October a hospital for women was
opened at Tientsin, China, the gift OF the vice.
roy, Ii Hung Chang, in gratitude for his wlte,s
recovery from severe illness under the medl-
cal care OF Miss DR.. Howard, of the Methodist
mission. Since then his mother an aged
woman, was attacked with painful disease,
and again Miss Howard was sent for, although
! it involved Il winter sea voyage OF several
| hundred miles, The greatest consideration
was shown her, three rooms furnished IN for
eign style were provided for Der Use, and also
| foreign trained cook and large reunle OF
servants. The case was hopeless from the first,
| but the patient was very grateful TO Miss
| Howard, and besides valuable presents gave
| her $1,000 TO be used FOR the hospital work.
She died heather, and three days before her
| death insisted upon being arTayed In the rch
and costly garments beftting her rank, which
she expected to retain iii another world.
| The Outlook Iondon) says of the Rev. Dr..
! Halls Pleasant II WAS 10 see and hear Dr.
John Hall, of New FORK, at the PresbyteIy OF
! London on Tuesday evening. lie Is without
question in the front rank of living PresDy-
terrain dvines and somehow he seemed to US,
as he stood before the moderator, model
| Presbyterian, "a sort of lucarnate expression or
the system to which he is attached-a man
| sOlidly built, and of grave and simple bear
| ing-a combination of sObriety and vgOr. No
one could imagine him losing his head or
talking nonsense, or playing the pious mounte-
| bank. A steady, well-baanced, discreet, but
| thoroughly progressive man Is john Hall the
very type, we should say, OF presbyterian
| Christianity"
The Rev. William IT, Yeocum (M. e. who
was locked out of the church at Providence,
! Il l., of which lac was pastor, ana tleh APP
pealed 10 the courts, has Just had g. trlal before
| the church which has been decided against
| him. he has been ordered by the Bishop 10
remain out of the pulpit TILL the case can be
| investigated by the church authorities Inc
| charges were, using unbecOming language IN
the pulpit, and appealing to Che courts before
he had used other means OF settling the Trouble
The Welsh Presbyterian Synod of Wisconsin
| has held its first business session at chicago.
| The Synod has 40 minister's, I39 elders,
! $3.50 full members in its several churches, ana
| us probatiOners. The question or forming
| a new SYNOD of the churches IN Missouri,
Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska was discussed,
and decided in favor Of the proposed change
The revision of Luther's Bible, begun in
1868, has just been finished: OF the thirty
original members Of the revision committee
but fourteen live to see the revision completed
The work is now 10 be printed and submitted
to the university faculties, for criticism: IL
will probably be ready for the public in about
two years.
In answer to a call for pieces of silver and
gold, of which to make communion service
2SEufgge tCRGqFFeeh a8td f dH olY S9@@qnl29 N st
an ounce of gold were given, from when a
paten, hagon, two chalices and large aims
basin were made.
Pastor Ziemann, who is now carrying on the
evangelistIc work begun in Germany by Dr.
Somervlle has been preaching to large
audiences in Heidelberg, Goerlu, Breslau,
and other cities, and be has now pressing IN
vitatiOns to labor from nineteen cites III Yer
many.
The Mennontes Of Manitoba are divided
into the Hook Eye party ana the button
Darty The former are conservatives ana see
danger i'm buttons the latter are radical and
progressive insisting upon the innocence Oh
buttons also their convenience ana cheaphess'
service in memory Of the Rev. Orvllle
Dewey is TO he held in the old COngregatl0nd
Church of his native town. ohetheld, Mass
on August IS. sermon will be preached by
the Rev. Robert COllyer.
There is in ST. Stephens Protestant Epis-
conal Church at Pittsiield, Mass, St. An
drew's Guild of boys who have made VOW
not to use any profane or Indecent words.
The Presbyterian Church at Oyster Bay, n.
celebrated its OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES eth
anniversary July 80. Eight of the former
pastors of the church were present
A movement is on foot in Boston to change
tbe hour for beginning sunday morning SER
vice in the churches from 1920 to IL DEL ock.
This year the Bohlen Lectures in Philadel-
mia are to be delivered by the Aght Rev.
Bishop Harris of Michigan.
Walter c. Jones, munfcent Englishman,
has recently given S36O,OOO tor missions IN
Japan and China.
+. Remains newest work, Eccl6siaste, has
been placed in the IAsder erpHgat07aS.
CrRREYT RELIGIOUS OPINION
The Sunday-school is the aily of the Christian
home and each should supplement the work OF the
other IL viii always be true that the highest deal
of instruction IN the word of God vii lnciude the
nr-Darafiou and influence OF the home. Fat1hfui-
nes there will insure the fullest benefits from the
Sobhatb hour of united worship and 5tndy. one OF
tne first things every teacher ought to labor lor Is
~ secure tae thoughtful consideration OF the lesson