New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-21


every form of suffering and misfortune are rep
resented by these organizations. honrisnlng
German Mission, and a Fresh Air Fund t0m-
mittec, established in this parish, are 1urthel
evidences of the practical character OF us WOIh;
CITY churches Of the standing and wealth oil
Grace Parish are frequently sncered at IA being
mere fashionable clubs. AS long aS they can
point 10 such hcaithful Christian work as IL
shown in this Year Book, they can very well
afford to ignore the sheer.
Pr11G1oN N IRELAND.-The London Globe
has been looking into the present condition oil
religion ana education in Ireland. II finds that
there are practically four great religions bodies
in that country, the Roman Catholic, the Prot
estont Episcopal the Presbyterian and the
Methodist Churches. The Roman Sathoic
Church is still, as it always has been, the dOn-
iuant religions community IN Ireland. lts
members numbered, according to last year
census, $500, S9l, or 1904 per cent oi the
whole population. Protestant Episcopallans
numbered G39, 574 or 1876 FER cent; PfeSby-
terIans, 47O73i, OF 9.lU per cent ana Meth-
odists. 1S. 500, or little less than per cent.
The proportiou of Roman Catholics to the pop
nlatinn has declined since Sol more than
per cent, and still shows a slight tendency 10
decline The proportion OF Episcopalians
shovs n progressive but very small tendency
to rise. and the same may be said of the Meth
odists' The proportion of PTesbyteTans tn
the popuation is n little smaller than IN ISL,
hut larger than in 1851. he decline in the
Roman Catholic population Is believed 10y inc
Census Commits siOncrs 10 be Que entirely 10
EMIGRATION The Roman Cathohcs are most
numerous among the poorest %! the people, ana
il il the poorest WIN have contributed the laIg-
est proportion of emigrhnts. DlNluihH tho
different religions according 10 provinces, we
find that in Lcinster the proportion OF Roman
Catholics TO the population Is 500, Protestant
Fuiscoualians 1873, Prcsbyterlans ~, and
Methodsts Is. In Munster the Roman Cath-
olics include 03.S per cent oil the people the
Enisconalians So, the Presbyteriaus y, and
tLn Mrfhndists A. Connaught Is yet more
connletely devoted to the Roman faith, the
nronortion of its adhcrents To the whole popu-
iafion being 05.3 The EplscopalianS NUMBER
but 80 per cent, the 'resbyteIahs bul - anu
The Mcthodiss but j. Even IN Ulster, thc
Protestant North as II is often termed, Prot
cstonts of all descriptions hardly number more
than half the population, whiie the homah
Catholics greatly outnumber any one other Ge-
nomination. The respective percentages oil the
Observation-Disclosures are Roman Catholics, ALB
presbyterians, 25.9; EpisCOpallans, -. ana
Mcthodists =. EpisCOpalian4 nnd McthOulsls
are slightly more numerous III comparison WIN
fine general population than IN lS!i WINE the
Por1an Catholic percentage is considerably, ana
The PRESBYTERIAN slightly, less. The strength
of tho Roman Catholic Church In Ulster Is
broucht out in this way III the Census commits
sinners Report: out Of every l,OOO lliaoi-
tants 47S will be Roman Catholics; zo' I res
and % "all other denominations III Is IN
lister that the "other denomination" attain
their greatest numerical strength; III Is OF
some interest, in connection WIN INC e'ec'9Ial
power which uIay DO considered ar more OF iesS
nj the command of the Roman hierarchy, I'd
note that i'm all but five of fine 81 parliamentary
horoupbs the Roman Catholics constitute more
than so per cent Of the population III most
cases the percentage IL considerably greatcI'
There is but n single borough In which any de-
l.. lint ha Romou Catholic has "A ma
iority The exception is Carrckfergns. where
fhe PresbyteriaIs exceed all other den0nlna-
tions combined. In Llsburn Ike position IL
very nearly, but not quite, attained by the Eds,
cOpalians. In this borough alone IN ITeiand
The adherents of the Disestablished Church out
unmher Romanists and Presbyterians united.
Rrp1rCAL CRITIcIsM-The higher criticism OF
the Bible is subject that is now being extern
siyely discussed, not only by scholars Dut ny
the common people. 1t Is inevitable that while
some great truths are expressed mhch thaI
savers of mere prejudice or gross Ignorance is
made 10 pass current. Still the discussion Will
he beneficial. Ii may have been started by an
accident but its primary causes lie deep uoWh
in the thought of the age. The TACT that re-
vised version of the Bible IL now askjng lor
judgment uoon it's merits, must III Itself sooner
or later have drawn the attention OF the world
To the great problems underlying the existence
of the Bible. In recent article me Boston
Herald well expresses this thought. mere
has been chunge" it says, in the way OF
looking at history which has revolutionmed the
study of all decent literature. The Bl9le Is
Hebrew literature, and the Application Oh inc
law of historical sequences to this ilIeiatulo h's
been already broadly recognized, The popular
manuals of Biblical study are full OF 1t, ana the
heavier organs of criticism are weighted down
with discussions which can no longer pe post-
pOned. The point has been REF ched wheIe tne
criticism of the Bible il the order Of the day In
this country. DR.. George L. Ellis was among
the first to call out personally for a rational IN
depreciation of the Bible; but, long before Dr
scholars, like DR.. II. Heber Newton and DIR.
Newman Smyth and Professor Toy among our.
selves, had been preparing. in the retreats OF
their libraries, for the campaign which DR..
Newton has opened vigorously in his New York
pulpit, and other men are entering into, each
from his own point of view. and each with an
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