New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-04-02

of the Court was issued ordering him to register
the burial, Mr.. Hall hit upon a new device-he
avoided compliance personally by allowing tho
entry to be msde by another clergyman. In it.
self the matter is trivial enough, for no one
would be injured by the entry being made in
the book by another hand but the judges who
had pronounced the decree were not satisfied
with constructive obedience TO the Courts
order; and the Rector of Shirland has now TO
determine whether he VIII obey or suffer the
consequences of attachment. At any rate he
VIII now have favorable opportunity OF suffer-
ing mild martyrdom for his convictions.
In n recent volume on "GeTmany Present
ard Past" BarIng-Gould dcvOtes a chapter to
the consideration of the religious condition OF
that country. He presents some startling figures
to prove the decline of religious feeling among
the people, more especially among the Protest
ant population Of the Empire. In Hamburg,
with population OF lJO, 900, there are but five
parish churches and of its people, 1i7 900
"pay no manner of worship 10 their Cod" In
Berlin there are $4,000 Protestants. OF
these only 2 per cent I'll 800 attend church
on Sundays, and among them nearly 5000
" go to the dom merely for a musical treat,n
leaving only about 5000 real worshippers.
The religious indifference of the people appears
also in the fact that ont OF %, 800 burials only
3,777 or less than 10 per cent, were attended
with religious service. The church attend
ance Of the PrOtestants in Darmstadt Is only
3.3 per cent of their number, and BID per cent
Of their marriages are without any religious
service. In Geneva, the original seat Of Cal
vinsm, now q city of 2j,00O souls, at the only
Sunday service held there, the congregation
numbered only 200 females and % males. In
Baden, with 49l, 900 Protestants, there were,
in 1876, only six candidates for the ministry.
Throughout Germany OD.y fOuIte, n ont of one
hundred persons attend any kind of religious
service. And in a large number Of places mem
toned by Baring-Gould the number of
marriages and Of burials which are performed
without any recognition of even the forms CT
Christianity ranges all the way from 80 TO "
per cent.
"Bcrnhard Merllel, a citizen of Bohemia"
Tie ErdngcticdL ChristendOm says, :" left tho
Roman Catholic Church September 3, 1850,
and Joined the Baptists This fact was duly
and formally registered. October / l OF tho
same year daughter was born TO him, and tho
birth was registered by the authorities. Tho
Roman Catholic Bishop Of Konggratz now
claims it rs a right to baptize this infant and
the Government at Vienna has decided that
the parents are TO be compelled TO yield 10 tho
bishops will The argument OF the Govern
ment is that according to the Austrian law,
every child must, from its seventh to It's four
teenth year, receive some kind of religious IN
structiOn consequently no child can be I'M
denOminatiOnal COMMISSIONERS, as the legal
term is). The parents OF the infant having for
mcrly belonged to the Roman Catholic Church,
the child, on reaching its seventh year, will
have to We taught religion by tie Romsh
priest Consequently, SO the argument is
dragged on, the baby (now sixteen months oldl
must at once, within the next fourteen
days, be baptized by the priest
Mr.. William G. Moln, of the Pennsylvania
Hospital, Philadelphia, has presented to the
Moravian Church OF Bethlehem his entire col.
lection, consisting OF about LOO volumes OF
works relating to the MOraVian Church. II is
said to be the most complete and valuable
library of this kind in tins country and the
only foreign library Of M0ravan literature that
SURPRISES 1t is the one in the archives OF tho
church Mt IIemhut. in SaXony. By far tho
most valuable part of it consists OF ANTIQUARIAN
works, which relate to the history of bohemia
and MOrayia, of John llusS and the llusstes,
and of the Bohemian and Moravian brethren.
In the deed Ct gift Mr.. Molin has named three
directors, who are TO have charge of the
library, namely, Bishop Edmund De SchWei-
nitz. Professor Edwin G. Klosc, Of the IheO-
logical Seminary, and Robert Rau, of The Board
of Trustees of the MOrayian Church at Bethle-
hem.
Count Campelo has recently published an
autobiography in which the former canon or
the Vatican Basilca gives his reasons for le.v-
ing the Church of Rome They appear TO be that
he WAS very unwillingy made Il priest IN the
first instance, for family reasons. That no
tried to be Jealous, but found zeal at a dis
count. That there was one work into which no
put his whole heart, and that was the night
school. That his enemies succeeded in oustiDg
him from that work, and stopping 1t. That tho
dogma of the Infaibllity, and the ntrlgues 10y
which it was brought about, disguised him.
That he tried 10 introduce democratic reform
into the Papacy, and failed. That he broke
away from the system altogether, being pro-
foundly impressed by its hOllOwncss Its vices
and the enOImity of lis prctensions. Tho
thing of importance in the book Is the testi-
mony lie bears to the fact that there are IN
Rome numbers Of men--Old men, men oil rcpute
who see as kceny rs he did the errors he has
abandoned, and who are content to mourn IN
secret over what they cannot cure. and who
never will come ont, Just because they are too
timid Count CampellO gives the reader to
understand that these people exist IN consider
able numbers and he gives them the name or
hermits." Count CampellO makes no contr
button whatever to the ecclesiastical or theo'
logical Roman controversy.
A church was organized in Chicago two
weeks ago by a company of Socialists, who
can Themselves self. savers" The church
will welcome persons OF any creed on no Greco,
and will seek to reconstruct society on a social
istic basis.
Easter this year, "A writer in Notes aud Queries
states. will be kept on the anniversary OF the
day on which the resurrection actually oc-
Cured.
Bishop WHEREFORE. 1t is sald, never felt a
lively interest IN theology. lie had more l'dIS
for ecclesiastical administration.
Five of the Rev. Mr.. Minis diScourses have
been published by Chicago house, anu are SAID
to have met with large sale.
The new journal called The Anti Christian
has appeared at Calcutta since Joseph Cooks
recent visit to India.
CURRENT RELIGIOUS OPINION
The measures adopted b. evangests" so-callcd.
have Jool- moi seldom Of a subtly Smonzing spirit
on their nart These mon do not seek ~ buy the