New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-25

one can understand that Catholics should OBJ
| Ject to having the Protestant cOlOrs Haunted In
their faces. Luther is one OF those great men
of whom in the language of Thucydides, the
whole earth is the tomb The four hundredth
anniversary of his birth merits the fullest cele-
| bIatiOn; but, in the name of the truths he
! TAUGHT, let II he spontaneous, untrammcHed Oy
! Official formallty."
| CHRISTIAN WORK IN AFRICA.-MT. Charles
J Du Val, an actor, has been travelling in South
| ern Africa, and gives the following pleasant
description of missionary institution of the
| Free Church of Scotland at LOvedae: AN i'm
mense amount of practical work is got through
| mt this institution, which possesses telegra-
phic line to GrahamstowD. with kailir .opcr-
| atOr who told me he had learned the Morse
| system in four months aud gave n sample Ot
| his knowledge of the nstIument by reading
and replying to a message while we were IN the
office. Lastly, saw the books OF tie lhslltu-
| ton, and being told that they were Kept ny
! European and n Kalir, was asked to point out
| the entries of the native. ! naturally selected
| the best and least nteIlined and altered, as the
Europeans, and was wrong, the doctor gently
| intmating that the hafhr was rather the
| Baas' in the matter OF bookkeeping. lie
came to us IL boy, clad in an old shirt and Moth
| ing else and there he is said Dr. Stewart, with
| something like subdued satisfaction ID his
| tones, and felt bound to admit that he had
| something to show in favor of his theories re-
specting the future of the black man. We
went 10 the dining hall, to witness the inmates
assembling for supper. There they filed IN,
Bhsuto. Fingo. 1ambookie, clad IN European
costume, all orderly, taking their places III the
| commune hail with perfect decOrum, rising as
with one effort when a signal bell rang, anu
| joining in an evening hymn before attacking
the meal porrdge smoking IN their pannlkins'"
A RELIGIOUS DANCE.-A development Of the
81 ahmo Sonlaj in India is known rs the " New
| Dispensaton." One of the chief ceremonies of
tins sect is a religious dance which the organ
| of the society thus describes: The number OF
dancers doubled aud trebled III no time, and
exceeded all calculations, and the enthus-
asm WAS great that the limited space
in front Of the rcdi (pulpU where the
dance took place soon became hot as furnace.
Yet the shout and the gallon, and the Joyous
whiIl round and round went on, ana II was
unite "a blessed sight TO see 80 many boys ana
yonths, aud men of maturer years, all dancing
around their invisible mother III the centre.
The three circles wore chuddcrS Of different
cOlOrs, yellow, white and brown, ana they
moved one within another, with hands up
raised, keeping time according To the deep,
sweet sound of the sacred Mrldanga. There
was the flag of the New DspenSalon. and the
usual accompaniment al native dance the Jlng-
linz ueDRr was not wanting on the OCCASION
Miles PLATTING.-It is reported that there
will shortly be "a meeting of the leading Church
men of the Diocese of Manchester, at which
steps will be taken 10 Obialu tie OPINION 81 tle
Bishop of Manchester's refusal to institute lie
Rev Mir. Cowgirl successor To the Rev. Mr.
Green. There l. also a rumOr current that the
Bishop aud Sir Perclval Haywood, the patron
Oi tie living, will arrive ut Il COMPROMISE IN
tie matter of the suit M law already begun 10y
tie latter against the bishop, so rs 20 avoid
continued and ruiuOus lugatlon-that MI.
Cowgirl will request the patron To Withdraw MS
nomination, aud That the bishop, on The other
hand, Will not inquire too far into the opinions
of new nominee.
PRouIpIrIoN.-The Rev. Washington Clad
deu of Colu nbus. Ohio, IS pOlessed Prohlbt-
ticniSt; but he doubts the wisdom of rrollbi-
ton as a political meas ure ut the present time.
In recent sermon he took the view that taxa
ton or license WAS preferable to u law which
was not enforced by public opinion. In reply
to the question, " Would you license an eyI
hc answers ~ follows: would not license
any practice that the moral sentiment OF the
community clearly recognized TO be an evll.
But # there were practice The rl2htiuiness OF
which was IN dispute, # could do no better !
would license 1T, provided IL seemed clear that
by such licensing could limit 1t, and put 1t IN
the way Oi final extinction"
sBAPri5r WORTHLESS. The Baptist Weekly
states that the Rev. Dr.. Laudells, VINO has Just
left London tor Edinburgh, c0ntemplates pub
fishing a volume 70 be entitled Baptist WOr-
tines aud to embrace Biographical sketches OF
the following. Roger Williams the apostle Ui
rel giOus freedom and equality; Join Miller,
the poet; john BIuyan, tine allegoristi An
drew Fuller, the theologian William Carey,
the lngulst; Robert Hall, the preacher; john
Foster tie cs-ayist Adouiranl JudsOu, the
missionary; William Knbb, the DhIlanthrO-
pist; Henry Havclock, the soldier; Robert
Lush, tho lawyer; james a. Garfield, the
statesman.
The mission Of the American Presbyterian
Board i'm japan reports the following statistics
Present ADULT member ship of It's churches, 9NS
additions during the year pa male mission
aries. 10; female missionaries, II; stations. /
organized churches, Is; ordained preachers
and pastors, D.