New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-04
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

| OF Inc N6U- Ork OOScrCeT, Writing from hoIuc,
| makes mention of the gifts which ne" car
dinal is compelled by custom TO make to various
| officials and serN ants on beng invested WIN
| the purple: These gifts called mancie, when
| amount in all 10 So, S23 are not spontaneous
| but are fixed by the ecclesiastical law. every
person knowing exactly how much he VIII
| have from the new wearer OF the purple Inc
custom of giving mdRcie Is fixed IN the fapdi
! system. This system formerly existed III all
the offices of the State, but has, OF course, Decn
! abolished by the Government OF Italy. IL sun
/ exists, however. in the Vatican. lie Ilst OF
! gifts which new cardinal Is expected to make
! Is curious. six hundred dollars are PAID 1Or
| the cardinals ring, which gives HIM the IlEht
| to dispose Of his own property at his deaIh,
| otherwise il would all go To the Propaganda
! Six dollars 90 to the band and drummers OF
| the Palatine Guard; one dollar and twenty
! cents to the trumpets of the CampldOglO; Dity
cents to the trumpets OF the company OF ten
| Dragons; three dollars and sixty cents To the
! band of the guards and three dollars and forty
! cents to the drums OF the troop OF the line anu
| the tumpets OF the Castle Saint Angelo These
! drums, trumpets and bands no longer exist, but
| 1t does not matter, rs someone stlI has inc
| right TO collect the money from the cardinals.
| The old cardinals alone are excluded from the
| jubilee, but they are provided fOr by the taxes
| levied on new bishops, and rs about one nun
| drcd bishops are cOnsecrdted every year the
| sum fruted to each cardinal Is not less than
one thousand dollars. But the Cardinal
! Nephew, or the Secretary Of state, when theie
|
dollars all the family of the Pope have also
right to it, The nephew OF the rope, young
| Camille Pecci. who carried the cap 20 ne new
| Cardinal of Seville, received SOJV, Deslucs Tue
| expenses of the journey, and other presents.
| The ten secret cGmerieTi of the Pope have sixty
dollars each, and the cap-bearers, the knockers
at the door, the sweepers, the porteIs, me
| chair bearers, the buffers, the stewards, the
cooks, the drivers, the stabie-Doys, are DO;
| forgotten. Many Of these names, represented
| by person who collects the mdRcit have no
! longer any meaning such as the Keepers OF
| the iron gate. of the chain, and OF the secret
| orchard. But tradition Is strong when interest
is concerned, and the adhcrentS OF the atcah
| cling tenaciOusly to their ancient privileges,
| while the new cardinals often contract deOto 10
pay them.
An animated discussion preceded the adop-
ton, by the Presbyterian Assembly at Atlanta,
| of the report favoring the Issue OF 'f4O,OOo III
| ten year i per cent bonds for the purpose OF
! resuming the publication interests OF the
| Church. Similar action on the part OF the
| Southern Methodist Church was cited as EVIL
dence Of the feasibility of the plan. one MEM
| Der of the Assembly called for small bonds, AS
it was probable that many OF them would he
| returned subsequently as Contributors An
| other was opposed to the Church going INTO the
| brokerage business It was 4 lowering OF Dig
nifty and of questionable morality. Dr. Arbuth-
mott held that the bonds could he easily placed :
| besides the real estate in Richmond offered as
| security, the faith OF the Church would be
pledged to their payment at maturity. Mt.
| Ewing, of Tennessee, SAID he came from Il
! State where he had bonds for breakfast
dinner and supper and where reputation was
| calling attention to state OF things which
| might exist In the Church hereafter If tins
measure was adopted. The real estate security
| was insufficient and lac was not willing th3t the
| faith g of the Presbyterian Church should be
hawked about as a understandable commodity
| The Rev. Roger Martin did not want 10 see
| PRESBYTERIAN bonds quoted in the stock market.
| After a heightened debate the report was. as
| already stated, adopted and the bonds Will DC
! issued.
Three prizes of fifty, thirty and twenty
| cuineas each are offered by The LORd0n Chris
| tan for the best ssays on Inc relations oil the
| churches to evangelstlc work. The scope OF
the articles wanted is ind Gated IN the follow
ing 81 licnI- % The condition OF the chu1cnes
and their modes of working IN reference 10
| evancelization Are they adapted 10 present
| circumstances, or are new departures neccS-
| sarv (2) The halls of learning, IN when
| vorinr men are educated a5 ministers, ana
| means by which these may be made more en- :
cient in training students iOI cFdhgeICdl anu
pastOral work. CD The qualifications OF ONCE
! hearers and the responsibilities OF church
members % The sunday school: means Tor
securing the Christian character OF the teachers,
and the conversion Of the scholars. l1l
Praver-mcetings and Bible-rcadings; social
and conversational gatherings; Open-air and
/ cottage meetings thc recognition OF strangers A;
house 10 house visitation and whatever other
means can be employed for winning souls and
training them to win others. - Inc improve
ment of present methods and the suggestion of
new ones The competition Is open TIL
August 81.
Pontoise. little town about nineteen miles
! from Paris was visited last month by large
! number Of pilgrims The majority are SAID TO
have been men. Their destination was the
Church of Nore Dame, situated on the banks
| of the river into which the heau OF me statue
! erected in honor of the Infant saviour was
| fang by some fiery Calylnst Inc legend
,avS that the watchman on the bridge cast ms
| nets when the mpiOus Calynlst had turned hiS
| back, and brought up the head, Whlch Is sun
! carefully preserved. In the sixteenth century,
| when the prague broke out III Pans, Pilgrim
age was made to POntoise To the tomb OF SAINT
| GautIer over 80 900 people had died within
:he city and the pilgrims represented every
class of society Their prayers were heard, the
! DeStilence was stayed, and a century later
| Pontoise appealed under similar circumstances,
promising 10 bum before the shrine OF the
! Virgin every year three wax candles each
| yyeirl!iuv ZGl mounds. The VOW was kept, and
! was registered in letters Of gold at the loot OF
the shrine, where it may now be seem
A society has been formed in Great Britain
! under the leadership OF the Larl OF HhdlteSDui}
! and the Archbishop OF Canterbury TOT the
! purpose of erecting a suitable memorial TO
! William Tyndae. 1t Is proposed that the
memorial take the form ~ "a bronze statue,
| with bas-rehefs and figures illustrative Of
| TvndaIe's checkcred life site for the statue
has already been granted on the Thames En-
l.bankmcnt, London. IN American committee
which includes such names as President IArE
IIopkins, President Daniel c. Gilman and
| 3ishoD 7. y. Huntington. has been formed TO
coopeiatc with the British committee; and VI.
| Daniel A. Head, of this city. and the Rev. y.
! II F@olrston. of Willamst0vn. Massachusetts,
have been appointed respectively treasurer ana
sncrrtary. and authorized to receive contrlbu-