Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 24, 1878, Page 9

. THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY. FEBRUARY: 24,-1878—SIXTEEN PAGES. 9 ~— RELIGIOUS. Fiographical Sketch of Car- ~ ginal Pecci, the Succes- sor of Pio Nono, in the Papal Chair as Leo XIIT, g ho To-Day Will Be Enthroned i (loud by the Late Car- dinal Antonelli, That Test Case---The Lost Mor- glist and the Saved stenley's Convert-=-What the Ex- plorer Says of King Mtesa, of Uganda. finor Topics —- Church Notes — Per- sonals—-Pious Humor— Services To-Day. i o Wes for Years Kept Under a POPE LEO XIII. SSTORICAL SKETCH OF THE SUCCESSOR OF PIO RONO. New York Times. The new Pope and Head of the Roman Catho- % Church was, up to the moment of his choice by the Cardinals in Conclave, known 2s Cardi- 2 Giovacchino Pecel, Archbishop of Perugia wd Comerlenzo (Chamberlain) of the Papal Coort. Hels a native of the Pontifical States, Maving been born at Carpineto, iu the Diocese of Anagni, on Marcn 2, 1810. The various steps 1y wtich Le mounted to the Cardinalate are 2ot told in the Roman Almauac, and he has not 2ot recently been prominent ‘enough 1m the conncils of the Church to command detailed potice in scculer publications. His work has becn dome waiuly within his See, infiuences brouzht to bear upon him by adversarics in the Papat Court having kept aim away from Rome almost from the time at which ne was first named to be & Cardinal until he was suddenly | called to the post of Camerlengo. A member ofan old patricien family, - Giovacchino Pecct consecrated himself to the priesthood in his £ youth, Soon after his ordination he was com- ' Theoted to the wotice of Pope Gregory XVL., % who appointed him one of the prelates of his 4 houcehold, and afterward employed him as a private Referendary. ' Becoming acquainted with the character of the youne prelate, and ascertaining that he was possessed of great ex- catire ability and firmness, Gregory avpointed im bis delegate to Benevento, with full powers 1o inguire iato and reform the administration of Government there. He was extremely success- fa)in this mission, and Wwas afterward sent as delegate to Spoleto and Perugia, in which dis- tridts he displayed remarkable ability for the Irstitotion and administration of laws. A spe- dalresalt of his efforts in these three districts ofthe Pontifical States was that brizandage was checked. many of the most daring marauders beiny esptured and executed. Pope Greg- o, pleased . with the work of his iezate, appointed -him _Papal Nuncio to Brussels, and soon afterward raised him to the diomity Of AK op of Perugia. Pecci was tieu ot more than 35 vears of age. In Brus- s ko captivated King Leopold I of Belgium, wiowas ever afterward his carnest friend. e w3 an aristocrat iu testes. graceful in bearing, el sorieous, and withal practical. Even thus exlv 1o ife he had a perfect knowledge of men. Hekzew bow and when to yield to them smail ters which they were beat upon possessing, le, 5t the same time, he procured Tor himself acy did not susniet By the cxercise of his pleas- ing fazultics, the younsg Archbishop of » 2 utamed from King Leopold many_favors for the Papacy, and when lie returned to Rome from Brussels Grezory greeted bhim with loving ks, Aud whep, a short time after his raur, the Protestant King sent to the Pipe ‘2 request for his elevation to the ialate, the ability with which be bad surked in Brusscls was still_more bighly com- mended in Rome. Gregory desired to show re- sgect for the wish of King Leopold, and at the ane time to mark his own appreciation of the powers of Peeci, by waking him s member of the Sacred Collewe, but the aze of the Arch- bishop restrained lim. Pecel was made a Car- dinal in pefto, however, and remained such when Grevory XV1. dicd in 1846 The bilitics the caudidate for Cardinalate had displayed, and the rapid progress he had made ia the Chureh, had, however, procured him ene- mies as well a8 tricnds. And most of his ene- mics were o high positions, Cardinal Antopelli ¥as the most powerful of them. He feared that a strong, practical mind like Pecci’s would, if allowed to'bear upon the methods of the | Pupal Court, soon overcome his own influence. | Besides tlis, Pecel was moderate in all bs views. He velieved in govern- ing the States of the Church in accord- mee with the logic of accomplished facts, and opposed Antonelli’s policy of keep- ing a beavy band upon the people. The result o this varistion between the views of the Archbishop of Perugia and the Papal Minister « State was_that the latter prevailed upon Yoo Pius IX. to delay the elevation of the femer to the Cardinalate, The King of Bel- fim renewed his reguest in behalf of Pecei, B uo Liced was paid 1o it, and the disappointed song prelate retired to'the seat of his Arch- Guee. For vears he did not visit Rome. An- tnellihad filled the mind of Pope Plus with diitrust of him, and the knowledge of his great shilities gradually faded from the minas of Kple in the Etcrnal City. Seven years after Legeath of Lis patron, Pope Gregory, Arch- lishop Pecel was called to Rome. —Antonelli, feeliog that he had crushed out his ambition, d withdrawn opposition to his advance- 24t tothe Cardnalate, and Pope Pius 1X. Tora brief period showed him some favor. On Dec. 19, 1853, he was invested with the insignia @1 Cardinal. The Acant regard that had been #id bim was then withdrawn by the Pope, und, e more disappointed, be went, back to Pera- Ea Autonelli nevercould overcome a dread to ive him Jong at the Papal Court. In Perugia ke administered carefully, and made himself be- Ioved on all sides. His life was simple, and in 0 respect, did he give opportunity for scandal. ¥ leaving his Archdiocese, be became known 0 al'ts people, in ministering to whom he used 2t enerry and executive power which were €Ipected by Pope Gregory to make him one of the principal figures in the bierarcny of bis Church. He went to Rome very seldom, snd, &xcept by Antonelli and Pope Pius, who was in- fuenced by his Secretary of State, he was al- most forgotten there. Antonelii aud the Pope thought of him simply to devise means where- be should be kept in the backeround. G, Jroot of this, fu is related that when ‘ardinal Barnabo, Prefect of the - Propa- t| Boda, died in 1874, Cardinal Pecel was foken of unofficially’ as bis successor. At shan Euglish Prelate, who was thoroughly foouainted with the Cardinal, suggested bim to € Pope. Hetold the Pontiff the many good ualitics of the Cardinal, and was listened to ‘fl:‘fllx for o longtime. At last, seeing that b Tremarks apgearcd to have little effect upon e Pope, the English cleric said, pleadingly: peed Is eo lecrned a man, aud so zood a hop.” This gave the Portiff the Opportunity e had sonsht, and he_ssid, sententiously: P Ust 50; an excellent Bishop, and we will ave bim to take care of his diocese.” That feled Pecei's coance of becoming Prefect of © Propazanda, in which position he would Te Lecome ‘s candidate for the sme- Ssiom to the Papacy. Cardinal Peccl E‘L-! Dot downeast by this faflure. umt‘flerl-ty and ambition were too great for 1o become discouraged by unsuccess. When wgonal Vannicelti Casont died a few years ago, the office of the Pro-Datorio becate vacant, Iy wade a personal effort to procure the post. ‘h: ¥ent to Rome and took up his residence in Falconieri Palace. He sppesled to Pope b J0F recomition, but Antonelli azsin put teqeltin bis” way, and his_ applicatior was re- m:,dn- wgnoe more he returned to erugia dis- He made no o = more uppeals to the reigning fg:r. wnd the next correspoudence becween the Aquiguiteries of the Church took place at the r_*‘m:{ the death of Cardinal de Augilis, the JgeTiengo, or Chiamberlain of the Sacred Col- X M&}’E& Plus requested Pecef to accept the ice, and was apparently moved to make ™uest by the disiike be cnerished toward POPE LEO XIII. the Archbishop of Perugia. This is shown by the fact that a Camerlengo is usually considered unfitted for candidacy to the Papacy. Upon the death of the Pope be becomes the temporary liead of the Church, supervises the obsequies of the deceased, and the methods practiced by the Cardinals in the Conclaye, and has powers that, rightly used by skillful hands, enable bim in a measure to diciste the new Pontifl. otives of delicacy, apparently, have generally restrained the Camerlenso from becoming a candidate be- fore the Conclave, and there is no modern in- stance of the election (o the Pontificate. It was undoubtedly this latter fact that induced Pius IX. to offer to Cardival Pecci the position in which his opportunities for advaucement would be finally annulled. Pecci pleaded un- willingness to leave his Archdiocese for Rome, and the Pope withdrew bisoffer. It is said that the post of Chawmberlain was next offered to Cardinal Panebianco, then another candidate for the succession to Pope Pius. Whether this is true or not, Panebianco was place, which was left vacant u when, ot a Consistory in the V iff appointed Cardinal Pecci Cha Sacred College. From this omler there was no appeal, and Pecel at once entered upon the dis- churge of his dutics. He thus had daily inter- course with the Pope in the last mouths of his life, and it may well be questioned whether he did mot, by _his adroitness in_thas short period, counteract ihe effect produced upon Pius’ mind Dby the malice of Antonelli. ‘The new Pope is 63 years of axe, but has few of the marks of old age. In apncarance he is said to resemble the Cardinal Consalyi, the cel ebrated Minister of Pope Pius VIL His bead is well shaped. The brow is bigh, but some- what parrow. He las a frank and cheerful countenance, and his_ fentures are clean-cut. His mouth 1s large, chin promiuent, and cars Shapely. His voice i unusually sonorous, but at times becomes strident and qisagreeable. In public the new Pope is dignitied, even to auster- ity, but in private be is quiet. graceful in man- nér and speechy, and attracuve in every sense. No reproach has ever been thrown “upon him on account of his private hfe. When not ad- ministering to the peeds of his archdiocese nhe has spent his time _in studies, and, having writ- ten some poetry of whose character the world has not been allowed to judge, he is reported to have Jiterary taleut. ‘As”a opriest, Bishop. ond Cardinal, Pecci was always o Mod- erate in_political opinion. Pius 1X. began his Pontificate as a Modcrate, however, and end- ed it as a Radical monarchist, in utter ooposi- tion to the sentiment of his time. It remainsto be scen whether Leo XIIL, tie title the new Pope has adopted, will stand firmly to the opin- jons of his most Yiorous manhood. While at Perngia Cardinal Pecei followed the policy recommended by tbe late Cardinal Riario Siorza, and while at Naplcs he advised good Catholics to act os rood citizens by taking part in the mu- nictpal and provisional elections. At the saino time the rabid clerical press enjoined the poliey of abstention from the polls, professing to be inspired directly from the Vaticau. When Pecel went to Rome tu act as Chamberlain of the Sacred College, be placed himself at the head of the party of Moderates, who believe that the Holy Sce, while not renouncing sy of its rights, should accept accomplished facts which' are the results of the decrees of Providence. - Iu other words, the new Pope and his associates believe thut the Church miznt well become reconciled to the unification of Italy, und condemn Pope Pius’ policy of shutting himself up in the Vatican and calling himself o prisoner. Altkiough Cardinal Pecoi never had intercourse with the Iialian Government, he is said to pe_highly estcemed by its members ou account of his political opin- jons, and_that being so, they will not be likely to do suything to atlect bitn disagrecably. And, more than this, Pope Leo X1II. will undonbred- 1y be acceptable to the Government of Portuyal, which enjoys the right of vetoing the election of a Pontiff, and which has announced that it desired the election of a Pope whose sentiments sbould be {n accord with modern opivious, aud in oppositicn to the contiuuance of the confiict between Church and State. CROWNED TO-DAY. New York World. To-day Pope Leo XIIL will be enthroned fn 8t. Peter’s and crowned with the famous tripte crown. On his throve in the Atrium of Con- stuntine, opposite the walled-up Holy Gate, which is opened only in the years of jubilee, he will receive the homage of ‘the Arclipriest first and then of the clergy of the Basilica, and then be carried in procession up the church 1o the Chapel of St. Gregory, which serves as a robiug- room. Aslie Issues from it a master of cer- emonies will suddenly step before him, and, falling on his kuce, hold up to him 2 silver rod tipped with & bundle of tow, to which instantly a clerk will appiy his lichted taper, the Master of Ceremonies singing as the tow blazes for a second, **Sancte _ Pater, sic trausit giorin mundi.” Tlis carious and most striking piece of symbolism is repeated twice. At thie hizh altar his Holiness will be clothed with the pallium, and-after the mass, during Wwhich he will receive the liberal adoration of the clergy of all ranks, he will be borne to the great baleouy overlooking the piazza of St. Peter. Tnere 1n presence of the assembled people, the mitre baving been removed, Cardinal Mertel will place ou thic Pope's bead the triple crown, with the words: * Accipe tiaram tribus coronis orpatam et scios te esse patrem principum et rezum, rectorem orbis, in terra vicarium Salva- toris nostriJesu Christ, cui est honoseet gloria in sweula secalorum.” | With the fovarisble bene- diction on *the city and the world," the cor- onation ceremony. will be.coucluded. It s worty of remark that at the service no anthem will be chanted with the words, ¢ Non videbis annos Petri.” After a few cays Pope Leo will take posses- ston of the Lateran Basilica, the Metropolitan Church of the universe, traversing the whole City of Rome iz solemn pracession, accompanied by all the Cardinals and. representatives of the ecclesinstical bierdrchy at the Court. This ceremony is simple and without any particu- larly lmposing or curious forms, but lowill be very significant now, as it witl fnvolve a vircual recognition of the sovereignty of Italy in the ternal City. En ‘may heyndded that the Pope is subjected to 1o osth whatever on his elevation to the su- preme digpity, though in accordance with are- ceived custom hc_will, of. his own free wiil and not as an indispensable condition 10 the Jegitimate scquisition of full -Pontifieal au- thority, swear to observe certain bulls and constitutions, such as those referring to the preservation from waste of the cndow- ments of the Church. At his first consistors, which will take place about Eastertide, is Holi~ ness will also record his solemn aduerence to certain regulations and instructions which have emunated from his predecessors,—notably to the bull of Julius 11, —declaring vold, ipso jacto, an Tapal election due to simouiacal practices, an that of Alexander VIIL against of Church property. TOW IIE IMPRESSED DR. M'GLYNN. 4 Of all the men whom I met during_my re- cent visit to_Rome,” said the Rev. Dr.’ M- Glynn, the scholarly pastor of St. Stephen’s, to 8 Sun reporter, T fait that Cardinal Pecct was e alienation’ best fitted for the Panal throne; thercfore the announcement of his election gives me the Yery grentest atisfaction. I regard him 13 a man of fntellect, learning, tact, and dignity, combined with ‘amiavility and sterling picty. fe wasa truc priest and a true Bishop, and such 2 man is required to make a true Pope. A true Pope should be o true Bishop, the temporal power being mercly an official accessory. To-day the temporal power does ot exist, and the Fope of to-day must throw himself upon the hearts of the people. Though a man of liberality and tact, Tlikve cvery rénson to believe that Leo X11H.will not sacrifice the stightest tittle of right orjustice. While he has all of the essential aualities of a creat Pontiff, he has some of the miinor gifts that make a personally attractive oue. ile bas & fine presence, a commanding stature, and_exceotional grace of bearing. In thie suavity of his manner, and the strength and resonance of his voice, he greatly resembles Pius 1X. Isurmise from_the fact that he hag taken the name of Leo XIIL jus X, that in mere matters of poli , Wherein b s free, he will not follow his bredecessor too’ closely. The frecdom to ex- ercise his election i followinz or uot following Pius 1X., however, does not extend 10 matters of faith. In sclecting his name it is probable that Leo XI1I. was moved by personal affection for Leo XIL., of whose Pontiticate he must retain a clear remembrance. Leo XIIL was a Pope of ability aud character, who was unfortunately taken oo soon_from the world, dying aflter a reign of only a few years. Other Popes of the mame have been higbly dis- tinwruisied in the Papal line. Leo gave his name Lo bis age, the age of the Renaissance in art and literature, stimulated mainly by bis io- telligence aud muniticence. Leo L, known as Leo the_Great, was one of the foremost of the Popes. By his saintly character. tne charm of bis mspired _eloquence, and his Pontifical vigor, Leo {. added largely to the Iustre ot the Holy See, and preserved the purity of the Catholic Iuith from inroads of heresics supported by the sophistry_of the subtle Greek and Oriental miod, The studies of Leo XIIL, who1s re- puted to be a man of wide information, doubt- Jess have led him to admire and emulate these great personages. He could hardly bave chosen 1[1’ mare worthy nsmesake or model than Leo the reat. *1 has been a tradition in the Churchthat the appointment to the office of Camerlingo, or Chamberlain to the Holy Roman Clurch, was substantial! shutting ‘out of the appointce from the possibility of an electionto the Papacy. The acceptauce of the otlice, therefore, by Léo XL indicates that he was' guided by & high sense of duty. His clection was_remarkably speedy. The clection of Pius IX.upon the fourth ballot was decmed extraordfnary; that of Leo X111 upon the third ballot is unques- tionubly a surprising proof of his manifest eheibility, Leo XIIL. has lived very little in Rome since _he began his hizh official career. Under the Pontificate of Gregory XVI. he was charged with the govermment of some of the Provinces of the Papal States, including the Provinee be has-since ruled as Bishop. As Pius IX: was casily distinzuishuble among his Car- dinals for u noble breadtl, so is Leo XI11. mark- ed by an indescribable charm that proclaims bis emivence. F believo that this charm has been felt even by those who aro not Catholics. “ For years he bas been marked among the Cardins and ouly a very brief comparison of his qualifications with those of the others was needed to insure his elevation. Ido not doubt that his election will g ery grreat satisfaction, not unly to the Joving children of the Church, but to all those not of the Cburch who may have oceasion to approach him. It is a blessine to the Church aud the world.” IS BEARING AS A CARDINAL, New York Ieratd. Of bigh intellect, of a well-tried ana energetic nature, bis Emineice bas made not only an ¢x- cellent Bishop, but has realized the type of a perfect Cardinal. As an administrator he wan- aged to clear Benevento of smugeling and brigandage, as well as of the underband in- trigues of the party of the nobility. Asa e of ivtellizence he does mot reward with such a pessimist eye as his colleazues the reciprocal seasations of the Church and so- ciety. He bas evidently found a solution in his own mind for existing and eventual difliculties. His Eminence is tail aud thin. His features have an aristocratic stamp, and are character- ized by great finesse. He has a resemblance at once to Voltaire and Richelieu, The voice strikes one disagreeably at first,—it is so nasal in its tones; but ouc soon gets accustomed to this peculiaritv, owing to its fulluess and reso- nance. Although simple in muuners, bis Emi- nence is of all the Cardinals the one who car- ries himself with most pontifical majesty, re- sembling in this Pius IX., who, in his early days, passed for incomparabie. “Should I become Pope,” the Cardinal said tomeat the conclusion of a purely mundane couversation, *‘you must come and sec me a year lInter, ane [ think you will not regret your isie.” * Will you reside at the Vatican?” The Cardinal smiled. *You will inquire my address. It will always be known.” WUAT THE NEW POPE DID AS CAMERLINGO. il Malt Gnzeite. Thie duty of verifying the Pope’s death falls upon the Cardinal - Cameriingo, and he does this by visiting the chamber of death, striking the Pope on the forehead with a silver mallet. and calling upon him by psme. It is not till this has been done, and till the Pope has been officially and in sct form certified to be truis dead, that the great bell fu the Capitol is tolhfl‘f to aunounce to the Romans that, they are Pope- lese, and toat the snpreme suthority of the city has gassed to the College of Cardinals and their Marshal. Such of the Cardinals as happen to be in Rome are at once summoned together, and notices are sent to those at a distance. The Macstro di Camera delivers the Fisherman's ring to the Camerlingo, or Chamberiain of the ‘Vatican, and it is formally broken before the assembled Cardinals; colus are struck bearing the arms of the Camerlingo, sede vacante; and the Camerlingo, taking possession of the Vati- can and its treasures, consiens the corpse of the Holy Fatber to the penitentiaries of the Vatican Bosilica Tor interment. THE “TEST CASE.” THE LOST MORALIST AND THE SAVED VILLAIN. To the Editor of Th: Tribune. MARSHALLTOWN, Ia., Feb. 14.—In your issue of the 30th ult., you publish ([ think for the second time) a statement of Mr. Beecher’s posi- tion in regard to future puishment, filustrated by & *test caso ™ of your own, at first pro- pounded to “ our Calvinistic clergymen,” and rwards addressed more widely “to any- —‘\meniu, Calvinist, or otherwise.” As nsider myself included in this improved catalogue, I will, witn your kind permission, offer o few words in regard to the case sup- posed. And, in the first Dlace, if you will allow me to restate the case, clictinating certain elements which L am sure you will agree do not belong to it, and adding certainothers which, according to the Christian system, most cértainly do be- long to it, you will perceive that the death of your two supposititions individuals affords no more difficulty as to the questfon of their foture state than that of wmiost, other human beings. < " The case, thus corrected, is this: There s **a. man who has led,” so far as morality goes, “an exemplary life. He has always been o peatea- ble, law-abiding, ipdustrious citizen. He has \geen charitably-disposed, and (80 far as their temporal welfare is concerned) ¢ has done great good to his fellow-men. He has wonthe respect 2nd admiration of the community in which he resides. Heis not, however, 8 &ellglmls man, . His heart has not been uhange‘ 80d? (which means the same thing) he is ‘‘horegencrate.’’ Although he bas been instructed in religious doctrine and duty, he has never- acknowledged his belief in the one nor undertaken the per- formance of the other. If he belicves at all fn a God of infinite power and goodnesg, he never worships Him in private or o public. - If in any sense he believes in 8 Savior, he has never confessed Him before men, according to the Divine requirements, nor acknowledged his own personal ueed ‘of salvation. The whole tendency of his cxample (which is, of course, 1ofectious {n proportion to its respectability) is to make men believe that religion is a useless thing, and to encourage them to meglect it. And the number of those who, under the influ- ence of that example, bave continued irrcligions during the whole of the present life, and so have entered unprepared upon the next, none but God can tell. i ‘This man, by a sudden and violent death, is removed from the scene of his- earthly proba- tion, and his account is closed for the tinal judgment. Aud, while no good man will feel authorized or disposed to decide upon his final destiny, yet (the Biblo being true), if he really lett the world impenitent and unbelieving, as he scemed to do, there is nothing more certain than that he must perish eternally. In marked contrast with the character of this man is that of another, who is properly deserib- edas“a drunken, blood-thirsty desperado,” “a degraded, bratal wretch, who has long been the terror of the community.” But his very bratality has narrowed the sphere of his influ- ence. A few of his fellow-desperadoes may have been kept in countenauce by his exampte, but to a Jarge majority of the ‘community his 1ife and character have beena eanstant warning, and many young men pointed rf) him by moth- ors or pious friends have been; deterred from entering upon a vicious course, shocked by such an _exhibition of the horrid consequences to which it leads. And (what is of still more importance in a theological point of view) the very existence of such a human being is a standing verifieation of some of the leade Christian doctrines. It is nproofof the spirituality of maw’s nature, sinct no mere animal nature is capable of degen- eratingintoauything soabsolutely fiendish, And from a belief that men are spiritual - existences the transition is easy if not necessary to the Delief that there arc otber spiritunl béings, and cspecially that there is one Supremo Spirit who is the Ruler of all, and to whow all are right- fully subject. Although the existence of such a men is not in itself considercd 8o strong a proof of human depravity as is the couscience of cvery buman being, yet, os an exceptional and striking excm- plification of that depravity, it is well calculated to arrest mew's attention and cxcite them to gerious thinking. Aud the result of such think- ing can haraly fail to be this: That a race capa- bié of producing such a monster, between whom, however, ud the very best of its fndi- yiduul represcutatives the difference as to sin- fulness is simply ouc of degree—* for all haye sinned "—Is most certainly and most, sadly in need of some power outside of itscif to enable any of it members to attain to a state of holi- Dess; that such a power must exist somewnere iu the universe, and that itcan be none other than the Grent Being who made men and all things at the first, and who has revealed Him- self partly in His works, but more clearly in Tiis word, as the Godof all power and grace, who g0 loved the worldthat He gzave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in II‘{‘_im, should not perish, but have everlasting 6. Surely, if it is not unreasonable to suppose that many o vouth may have been saved from taking the first glass. and so from filling a drunkard’s grave, by witnessing the loathsome sight of an fucbriate wallowing in the jgutter, then there can be nothing unrcasonable iu the supposition that many, led to such reflections ag these by the sight of the hirlemed. criminal whose case we are considering, may have found in them the principal cause of their acceptance of the Clristian_religion, and 8o of their tinal _admission into Heaven. ~ But this * degraded, brutal wretch * at last terminates his horrid carcer by the commission of a monstrous crime, for which be is tried. con- victed, and sentenced to death. Then, indee brousht face to lace with the consequences o his guilt, bis fears are aroused, his conscience is alarmed, and he is filled withremorse. He sends for a devout servant of God, under whose coun- sel and instruction he is led to rc%:ut of hissius, to believe in Christ, und to be baptized in His name. _And among bis last words, uttered just before he is launched into cternity,is a remorse- {ful confession of his many crimes, coupled with the expression of a humble hope that they have ail been forgiven by the same compassion- ate Savior who, with His own gracious lips, pro- nounced the pardoy of the penitont and dying thief upon the cross, While no human being has the right or the power to decide upon the destiny of this man any more than upon thiat of the other, yet if he did truly repent and believe, s be Scemed to do, the word of God i3 pledzed that he shall enter Heaven at last. As the Di- vine mepace, ‘‘He that believeth not shall be damned,” makes no exception (and ought to maie none) of the moral and the re- spectable, so the corresponding promise, ** He that pehieveth aud is baptized shall be saved,” does not except (and it is the glory of Chris- tiunity that it does not) even 512 vilest wretch that ever breathed. And this sublime impartiality of God's gov- ernment cannot be disturbed by any conceiva- ble relation which may have existed between thelostand the saved. I think I may safely leave it with you, Mr. Editor, to say whether the question of the future destiny of the two supposed individuals can be in any way altered or affected by the adaitional supposition which you wake that one was murdered by the other. 1f the lost moralist had died of a sudden stroke of apoplexy, you wouid not say that the disease consigned him to_perdition; ngr would you in- sist that the murder of such a man is any more an_unpardonable sin than that of oy otber human being. And so I think I may further leave it with you to say whether all this labored contrast which you draw between the two char- acters,—all that you say about the goodness of the one and the badmess of the other, about the murderer goine * 1o the gallows sing- ing Psalms and shouting glory,” about “the victim of this murderer being plunged into the abyss of Hell by the mur- derer’s kpife,” while the desperado himself gocs to Heaven, and, with harp in hand, or vigorously waving his'palm-branch, looks down with complacency upon his unregenerate, vitin writhing in the torments to which he sent him ™ —whether all this, [ say, is not a mere argu- mentum ad_invidiam, caleulated (though per- haps not desizned) to arouse or gratify a mor- Dbid prejudice against an unpalatable doctrine which §5 clearly revealed in God’s Word, and os clearly sustained by many striking analogies ;l&nwn from the course of nature and of buman e, That the relative religious influence of the two supposed characters is such as I have repre- sented, no reasonable mau will deny. And that, this relative influence ought not to be taken foto the account by the Almighty, in deciding upon the relative gailt of two such cnaracters (while both are yet impenitent), no one will as- sert, unless he is prepared to accent the anthro- pomorphist heresy, that God must judge of guilt according to human standards. But, thouglrit would be preposterous to sup- posc in this or any other case that 8 man should Dot be condemncd by the Divine law, stmply because the human jaw acqults him, or that & mau should not be acquitied by the Divine law simply because the human law coudemns him. yet the final condemnation of the moralist and ihe final salvation of -the desperado jn the case supposed do nevertheless find their justifca- tion in a Enmllell case, such a5 might arise, and doubtless has more than once arisen, under human governments. Suppose that a violent and causeless rebellion should break out azainst a benign Gavernment, which finally succeeds in quelling it only by the sacrifice of countless treasure and the lives of many of its wisest and purest citizens. The fu- stigators and leaders or the revolt having been apprebended, the Government, joning . justice and clemency to a prudent regard for its future safety, offers full pardon aod restoration of civil and political rights to sl those who, at a specified time, shall have sizned. o formal recantation of their errors and taken the oath of alleglance, at the same time sol- emnly announcing that those who shall have refused to make the rcchnli‘s!ls submission at the time namea will be baalsbicd for life to a penal colony. Among those who accept, the terms is one who has long been known as an ambitious, un- scrupuious, cuuping, crafty, sod villainous politician; and among those who obstinately re- fuseisone who, in everything except this re- bellion, has always been regarded as an up- right, moral, and respectable citizen: and who, moreover, was induced to join as & Jeader in the revolt by the .reckless schemer who has just made the Government his friend by an open and sincere submission to its anthority. “Now, Mr. Editor, I hardly need ask what you would think of 2 man who, after the last day of grace had expired, and ail the leaders in this ‘'wicked insurrcction had taken the place which they had severaily merited - by their own volunary acts, should seek to bring the Gov- ernment into odium . by impugning its justice, both in pardoning the now penitent and sub- missive “inciter of rebellion, and in banishing the deepest and still obstinate participator in the crime; and should even seek to amgravate this odfum by representing the former as “shouting glory "’ to the flag which he had late- ly insulted, * vizorously waving” his deed of amnesty, and *“looking down with complacency upon his victim ” whom he saw,.as the result (but by no means the . necessary result) of his plotting, taken on board the convict-ship and hurried nway into perpetual banishment. And 1 ara surc that many of your non-brofessing readers, seeing how completely this latter case, inall its essentfal features symbolizes with the former, will perceive therem an ample vindiea- tion of the scheme of Redemption, as embodied io the New Testament, and taught by the Church catholic in all ages. The obvious terdency of your *‘test case® is to favor the notion that morality is the whole of religion, and that repentance, faith, and spiritual obedience go for nothing. If a man 18 very moral, he does not need the Christian graces to insure his final salvation. If heis yery immoral, he is beyond the reach of any benefit which they cau confer. Religion, there- fore, being of no value to the extremes of moral character, can be of no very great importance to the means. And you intimate that the Rev. Henry Ward Beccher accepts this anti-Christian theory. A vast majority of those *who pro- fess and call themsclves Christizns” humbly acknowledge their need of something more re- liable than their own morality s a foundation {or their hopes of future blessedness. Perhaps Mr. Beecher can afford to make himself an exception to this well-nigh unfversal rule. ” C. 8. PERCIVAL. STANLEY’S CONVERT. WIAT THE BXPLORER SAYS ABOUT EMPEROR MTESA, O UGANDA. Lotter in New Tork Ieratd. One of the greatest satisfactions I experl- enced after reaching Zanzibar was the informa- tion recelved that the chureh mission to Uganda had arrived at its destination. It wouid not be out of place here to remind forgetful people that the church mission to Uranda is the result of an appeal I made to Enelish philanthropists through your (the London Zeleyraph’s) columns. The annual volume for 1875 of the Royal Geo- raphical Socicty’s proceedings will inform you that £8,000 was subscribed in ove nizht. I have been told that un additional £5,060 was afty ward subserived 1o it. It was Col. Livant . de Bellefonds who conveyed . the. appeal into the bauds of Col. Gordon. It is to. Col. Gordon’s kindness that I am indebted for its transmission to Enciand. The appeal was written fu_April, 187, During the bricl visit 1 made to the Emperor of Uganda at the time [ undermined his beliel and respeet in the Mohammedan religion. The month of ‘August saw me azam at the court of Mtesn. I Epent 110 days with htm on this second visit, during which time I translated, with the aid of r. Darlington, a pupil of the London mission at Zanzibar, the entire Gospel of St. Luke, the Lord’s prayer, the Apostles’ creed, several chap- ters of St. Paul’s epistles, and a portion of tlie Look of Reveladion, besides the ten commiand- ments. During nearly all of this time I spent from two to six hours each day talking withhim about the great love for mankind which the Sarior manifested while on carth, When we re- turned to his capital, in the latter part of Oc- tober, I directed how the new church was to be built, aud assisted the chicf, Mkweunda, to plant the pillars and posts of the buildinz. s Considering the terrible things recorded fn Col. Long’s book—*Victorin Niyanza’’—the ‘massacres of fanocent men and women simply to do him honor, fair-minded Englishmen must recognize the fact that a preat change must have taken place In the Emperor. Col. Long was in Uganda July, 1873, Iarnved in the be- ginning of April, 1575, and had commenications with him until March, 18576. When MMeicsa was on the point of exccuting captives I made him understand that if he executed one person not convicted of murder 1 would publish the fact to the whole world, and describe bim as no better than the lowest savaze. This was doue in the presence of all his chiefs, numbering about 200. When be was about to sentence a great clucf of the Wavuma to the stake for treason_and_a_long course of emmity. I cxpostulated ~ with the Emperor, and the chief was saved, Considering _that Col. Long but corroborates Capt. Speke in his deseriptions of Mtesa's character, and cousidering that Dr. Schuitzer or Emin Bey, who succeeded me iu Uganda, reports that the conversion of Mtesa to Christiauity is real, am I not justified in claiming his conversion as my own work! Stuce Capt. Speke and Col. Loug describe Mtesn as cruel, s sentenclng men and women to death by hundreds, and thet I saw before appeartug o Lis presence the nshes of man victims in the place of execution, and since Col. Linant_de Bellefonds, since massacred near ‘Gondokoro, reports in his journals that he heard e begin the conversation of thie cruel despot, and Dr. Schuitzer or Emin Bey reports that what Mr. Stanley stated about Mtesa’s conver- sation is correct, and the church mission Jately reported that the boy Darlington, left by me to continue the work in 1875, was still at his post, would It be too much to claim Mtesa as my convert? MINOR TOPICS. DOGGETT—SWING—COOK. Zo the Editor of The Tribune. Cr1cAGo, Feb. 22.—This three-cornered con- troversy recalls an Incident which occurredin a ‘Western town where I lived when a boy. An old gentleman, living in the outskirts of town, had quite an orchard of wild-plum trees, some of which were fenced in, and some were not. It was generally understood that the fruit of such as were not incloszd was, like the water of lite, freeto all comers; but, probably owing to the fact that no mlssion:ux' from New York or Bos- ton had ever been paid §1,000 or so to culighten the benizhted: people of that day on ‘*sound finance,” *commercial honor,” cte., there pre- vailed 8 mistiness in rezard to meum and tuum which caused mauy plums to nnaccountably dis- appear from inside the fence, aud_ the old gar- dever to wonder, ** What sholl the harvest be?”? On o certain Saturday afternoon, a number of us urchins, freed 1rom school fetters for the dny, were having o gay time omong the plums, and, being led on by that Mephis- topheles who is always on hand in such cases, soon_crossed tlic Kubicou, as some say,—* clumb the fence,” asothers baveit,—aud were felicitating ourselves after the munner of little John Horner, when we were dumbfounded by the sudden appearance of the scheolmaster, a'retired Methodist preacher. Our fears were soon dispelled, however, on observing that the old gentieman’ was provided with 2 good-sized pail, which he proceeded to fill with fruit, no doubt inwardly offering up thanks for the manna! Encouraged by the prescnce of such an anthority and example, our hilarity was resum- ed, and we felt it was good to bethere. But we were doomed to a reverse in earnest shortly. Enter the proorietor of the orchard with 2 magz- isterial frown upou his face, ana a club jn his band. Quickly siugling out the teacher’s tall form from the common herd, a dialogue some- thiug Iike this ensued: “N'le you’re a nice man to expound the Seriptur’ and teach the young idea how to shoot,—ain’t you! Givin’ your class & practical lesson in hortyeultur, hay ¥ Why, my. friend, really I—hem—I did not suppose we were trespassing.”’ *Trespassing? Wall, mebbe not, but some folks would call it stealin’. What do you cal- Iate that fence fs there fur?” Now I do not suppose the innocent old Squeers did realize that he was committing a_theft. nor perhaps did Brother Cook think he was ‘tres- passing 7 when he appropriated another ’s notes and uttered them for his own; but I know that if my old pedagogue had detected o scliolar in copying from o book, and reading the result'as his own composition, such a deception would put have been pussed over lightly. There ara few men of extended business . experience who have not observed curfous fnstancess of this obliqui- ty of the ministerial perception, though thoy ore all “sincere and honest” gentlemen, from the plagiarizing Cook or newspaper-stealine Tal~ mage down to the poor plum-pilferer. Which 15 why I would ask, Does it pay to train up a class of men to fnstruct the public morals, a8 these arel Arc they not “‘tralped a little too fing”? Yours inuirinely, BeN THAYER. BIDLE TALKS. To the Editor 0f The Tribune. Cm1cAGo, Feb. 22.—Will you allow the valua- ble columns of THE TRIBUNE to be used for the purpose of brioging about an interchange of thought on the desirability of forming some simple and inexpensive organization, by means of which thoughtful and sincere persons can ‘meet together, say every Sunday afternoon, to compare their religious ideas and give thelr reasons therefor, and with tke object of arriy~ Ing ateonsistent and reasonable views of Truth? Such an organization should be perfectly free {rom sectarfan bias or control, and subject only to such rules as are necessary in orderly inter- course between gentiemen. My own idea is that such a society is & growing necessity:. 1 am well convineed that enougl of truth-loving men and women can be found to materially id one another in such a friendly contest for the trath, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. We already have a Philosophical Society whose plan contemplates an examination of Nature’s Bible. The expounaers of this Book do not. always aurec, but they are certainly t0o well bred to quarrel about it; and here are thousauds of just as good and intellizent ecrsons who belleve that we have also In the Written Word a revelation of important trath. But unfortunately all do not read this Book alike. Of course there are reasons for this, but 1o good reason appears to me why the proper means cannot be used to come to an under- standing. . The intelligent Protestart Christian, while he has outerown an infallible Pope or Church, still believes that be hins a good reason for his hope, which is an anchor to bis soul. Nevertheless he dishikes to feel that he is at the mercy of a creed which may be far from the exact truth, and I3 therefore willing to change his moorings at any time for o better and surer anchorage. **How readest thou?” then fsja question which all honest persons who have an equal interest in the answer can well put to one another. 1 believe that a frce and full investigation.of the Bible in the licht of modern rescarch will Iead to a better understaading of its teachings, and cnhance our estimate of its value. Suppose some propositions in the creeds should need restating. It were surely better to do this than clog Christianity with Weizhtsand drags which do not belong to it and which mar its usefuluess. And suppose such a conrse asis proposed should induce some doubt in the minds of such as are resting at case now, can it not be proven that restand ease induce ' corruption? Eternal vigilanee is equally the price of liberty and of purity. Some unstable and plastic souls nay Dot be benefited even—and yet the general aver- age effect be good and the majority of the race’ be helped on to development and to God. If others sce this plan favorably, I would sugwest a plan thus: The delivery of an address or paper upon a_previously-selected subject,— say for half an hour,—to be followed by tifteen- minute criticisms, without rejoinders, personal- ities, or heated dfscussion. 5 I shall expect to hear from others on this matter cither by courtesy of Tne TRIBUNE or personally. B. 8. Mivzs, 170 East Nincteenth street. THE SECOX To the Editor of The Tribune. Evaxstox, Feb. 16.—The @octrine of the coming of the Lord is attracting areat attention both in this country aud Europe, just at this time,when the voiitical aspects of the Old World arc so threatening. A meeting is to be held at London the latter part of this montb, at which some of the most lcarned aud critical Biblical scholars of England and Scotland are to con- sider the testimony of Scripture regarding this expeeted event. The following is intended as suguestive only of testimony developed in recent study ot two obscure scholars who are scarching tiie scriptures on this subject: Over 4,000 years ago the “world that then was?? perished, being overwhelmed by a sudden delure ot water. ‘Ihe end of all fleslhad come. Alllife perished on plain, in valley, and even on mountaiu-top. But tliere rode above the doomed race an_ark. In it was saved a family loved uf God. Here we bave * the testimony of Jesus "'—a great agency of destructiun, and a great agent of deliverauce—obscurely shown. “'The” world that now fs" aopeared. Soon the race was working accordinz to the same nature and the same deeds. Then God began a nation and developed itas His own peculiar people. But trouble came. The male children were ordered to be destroyed, and the nation was pressed into the dust. it Is somewhat like another “flood,” and we paturally think of some *ark” of deliverance. And here it i3,— like the first, and yet different. The first saved a family, the second a nation. The first was of wood, ‘but_the second was made of mere bul- rusbes,—being of little acconut. Thereal *ark” was juside,—a human ctld. That child became aman. That man was God’s instrument, and delivered the nation. Itis s map, or humanity, that is the great saving power. This saved nation i3 thrown out into the wil- derncss.~a dry and unproductive desert. They found no sustenance there; it was in no respect aplace to livein. Surely’ tney must perish. The *flood™ will certainly overwhelm them now.. Butlo! another ** Ark ¥ appears. Itis this people’s safety,—guide by day and might. Tts place was in the centre of the camp, and in the innermost part of the Holy Tent. By day cloud rose above it like a pillar, while by nignt there hung a pillar of fire. This Ark gave them victory over enemies. It was the residence of the Divine Presence. When once carried off by an enemy as their booty, every city which it ap- proached was smitten with great plagues, and they were compelled to send it back azain. The first Ark indicated salvation from great destruc- tion. The second showed: this power was em- bodied in mau. The third, that ic was of the very nature of God. But these “* Arks " are not realities, only wit- nesses, pictures. They are in- very truth * tes- timony of Jesus ” who is to come. ‘There were two perlods in the historv of the third Ark. It was at firse resident in a tent or tabernacle, but after sowe centuries it was placed in the glorious Temple of Solomon. It had a eareer of humillty, then one of glory. So we find Jesus to haye the same two pe- riods. He was the Word made flesh, and “tabernacled among us.” (Joh, i, 14) He took the form of a eervant, and humoled Him- selt. But He must yet have Bis temple period, “He spake of the temple of His body.” Paul wrote of this temple, saying: “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, aud that the spirit of God dwelleth in you?’ >ark, be «did not say “temples ”” as of many, but one temple, which is His church, even the * body of Christ.” (L. Cor., xii, 12,27,28.) “What! Kknow ye not that your bodyis the temple of the Holy Spirit " (L Cor., vi., 19.) He did not say ‘‘your bodies,”” a3 of many, but “your body,” as of one,—even the ** Church, which is His body.” (Epb., L, 22 Cul, i., 13.) The Psalmist foresaw it, and prophesied, say- ing: “The Lordisin His holy temple.” " This “temple” is made of *‘living stones”; this “body™ of many livine **members.” The tem- ple is not yet finished, but in puilding.” It is awork of time. The “stones”™ are being quar- ried, and shaped, and numbered in the distaot quatry, like Solomon's temple-pattern. It is growivg into & temple. But when the last stone is cat and fitted, the setting up will be rapid, and without noise of ‘hammer, ax, or any tool of fron. Ana then the * Ark " will be brought in and the glory of the Lord shall fill the temple. This workwill be sitent and swift. It will not attract notice. The Lord comes not in oue but. in wany. Out of the “carth” (the great mass of peoples and nations in_which Isracl lie buried, unseen and unknown), sud by resurrec- tion (spiritual, not 1titeral) will this spiritnal tewmple arise. “ As it was in the days of Noab, 5o shall it be in the days of the Son of Man.” As it was in the days when Moses was sent to dehiver Gud’s chosen people from Ezypt, so shall it be when the Prince of God shall * raise up the tribes of Jacob and Testore the desola- tions of Israel.” (Is., xlix.) A LAZAR CINCIAGA. It has transpired, says the Detroit Free Press, that Lazar Cinciaga, the alleged Armenian Bishop and Nestorian convert to Romanism, is possibly not exactly the man he was supposed tobe. Un the day of the memorial services for the Pope at St. Aloysius Church a Chicago priest hapoendd to be fn the city, and, meeting Cincioga at dinner at the Bishop’s table, recog- pized him as a fellow who seven years ago col- lected large sums of movey fn Chicago under pretenses like those which he emploved among the Catholic churches of Detroit. The Bishop, on learning this, asked his Arehpnesll{ visizor to show his credentisls. He complied, and among his papers wag & letter of _recom- mendation from the renowned Cardinal Franchi, which is undoubtedly genuiny, but which was written only abont iwenty months sgo. It appears, therefore, that at the time of his Chicago operation Cinciuga wasa pretender, but in view of the Franchi letter it must also ap- pear that if he is not what he now claims to be the ducument'must have been obtained sur- reptitiously, Cinclaga speaks French very im- perfectly, nis ordinary language (as in conversa- b his corvant) belng Husstan of o low order. His appearauce and manners are Ori- eatal, but just before he left Detroit last Satur- day the discovery was madethat he understands and speaks English, though be pretended to be wholly ignorant of that language. He collected money from abont balf the Roman Catholic churches in this clty, aggregating about £700 or $800. He also obtained $100 from Mrs. Francis Talms, 250 from the Bishop, the Jesuit Church contributed $50, Father Blevenbergh 50, St. Vincent’s 850, Fatber Pulcher $50, St. Joseph'a $100, St. Patrick’s 350. Cinciaga i8 now 1 Buf~ falo. GENERAL NOTES. The British Baptist Hand-Book for 1878 reports 8 membership of 269,836, an Incréase of 4,039. Father Sheffrey, a Catholic priest of New Ha- veu, Conn., opposes the exclusion of the Bible from schools. He thinks 2 semblance of relig- ion s better than no religion atall. The Roman Catholte Bishop of Vancouver’s Istand has made a tour of Alaska with the view of establishing & mission there. Seventy years ago there was but one Lutheran Church in France, and thatwas in Paris, There are now ten churches in that country, with nine- teen ministers.’ Tbe average number of baptisms by Baptist mivisters in the United States l:\shy]c:nrn was eight. -The average number by Baptist mission- aries in foreitm lands was fourtecn. The Firast Reformed Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia has a class of Chinese pupils. Most of these Celestials spend their week days 1n selling cigars aud peanuts at strect corners. Bishop Andrews wishes to find two young men having good common sense, earnest picty and love for souls, and fair preaching ability, to go to Bismarck ‘and Grand Forks, D. T., io the very early spring. The Oneida Community has been denounced - by the Presbrterian Synod of Central New ork. The Synod recently adopted ** an elab- orate report of a committee,” coudemuing the ‘practices of tne Community. Ata mectingof the members and congrezation of the South Congrezational Church, torner of meldcm. and Court strects, Brooklyn, a debt of $20,000, which had rested on the church for about twenty years, was paid off. . Dr. Dollinger, the Old Catholic lea the points at issue between him and Lhr? \Er':xvt?:arlf are such as do ot interest the masses. He re- pudiates some, of the forms which the Old Catholic moverent has assumed. New Haven is busy erecting an immens: - porary building for the M}Ze of ‘\ln:davt:‘:d Saukey, whose services are to bezinthere on the third Sundayin March. The building, which will cost 36,000, will seat 5,000 persons. Attention is called by the Morning Star to the fact that in no denomivation is. belief in endless punishment more eneral than in the Methodist, and yet the Church possesses in its creed no written statement of the doctrine. The Reformed Episconal Church Is gaining sound fn_England. Bishop Suzden ana five ministers have scceded from the Free Church of England to joln it. Bishop Sumien bas been declared condjutor Bisliop with Bishop Gresg. The Rev. M. D. Church, of St. John's Re- formed Episconal Church, Las s class which will be confirmed Easter. Mr. Churcn has not been very long in the church, but presents oue of the best coneregations in the city. ‘The Rev. Cherrinaton, of tne Methodist Epis- copal Church, Waushinzton C. H., ns taken u number of bis younys lady members to task for persisting mn dancing, contrary to the discipline of his Churchi. Almost the catire choir s among the number. & ““The Church of God™ is the name assumed by the German Baptists, orzanized in one body, by the Rev. John Winebrenner. They uumber 50,000 commuicants. found mostly in Pennsyl- vania. Their General Confercnce, which meets tricnmially, will belield inSyracuse, Ind., May A recent revival in New Brunswick, N, J. culminated in zood feeling among the vario denominations, which was hoped would be per- manent. An enthusiastic brother spoiled the business by proposing a union communion service. The Close Communion Baptists re- belled, and the revival broke up, The Central Christian Church, A. J. White, pastor, lately meetini at 997 Van Burcn street, will open’their house ot worship recently re- moved to Western avenue, near Conress, at 11 a.m. today. The Rev. H. L. Hastings, of Bos ton, cditor of the Christian, will preach in tue morning. - The church extends a cordial fnvitu- tion to all. “Half-mast tbat starry flag!? Why? The Pope is dead, and Mayor Ely says tbat, out of respect to a large body of citizeus, the flags on the City-Hall must be displayed at half-mast. Qut of Tespect to the Methodists, when Bishop James died, nobody thought then of half-mast- ing our city tlags; but he was an American and a Protestant.—New York Witness. The congregation in the Bellevae, 0., Congrega- tional Charel were much disturbed on a recent Sunday by the explosion of the stove from a stick of wood which some miscreant had charged with . gunpowder. —ddrance, It is not of uncommon occurrcnce for the farmers fn the East to plant a stick of cord- wood with gunpowder, hoping thus to obtain news of the appropriator at an early date. ‘The meering of the Pan-Anglican Synod, to be held in Lambetl Patace July 2, will extend over four weeks. The topics to be considered are: (1) The best mode of maintaining union among the varions churches ot the Anglican communion. (2) Voluntary Boards of Arbitra-. to for churches to which such an arrangement ‘may be applicavle. (3) The relations to each other of missionary Bishops and of misslonaries, in various branches of the Anglican communion, acting in the same country. (4) The vosition of Anglican chaplains and chaplaincies on the Con- tinent of Enrope and clsewhere. (3) Modern forws of infidelity and the best mcans of deal- ing with them. (8) The conditions, progress, and creeds of the various churches of the Angli can communion. ‘The iconoclast is once more in the land, de- stroying ali the betfefs which were fnstilled into us in youth. Mr. Percy Mouro has written a letter to the Londoun Guardian (Church of En- gland), fn which he asserts thai the common opiaion that unfermented wine is not intoxicat~ ing is o mistake. Hesays: ‘I have frequently stayed, during the last twelve vears, in a wine- making district, and, being intcrested in the subject, have made inquiries with respect to the effect of drinking wine whilst in an uufer- mented state. We discovered that the liquor in its unfermented condition is most intoxicat- ing; a little will produce the most undesirable effects.”” Mr. Monro applies this fact, as he claims it to be, to the controversy now active i England in relation to the use of fermented wine at the Lord’s Supper. Pope Pius BX. was barassed during the last weeks of his life by the insubordiuation of the Church of Milan—the ancient Church of the Ambrosian_Catbolies. Victor Emmanuel was popular in Lombardy, and his death was mourn- cd by the population. The Ultramontage edit- ors, in th letches of the King’s career, sougbt to disparage his virtues and belittie his services to Italv. The Catholic clergy held s meeting and protested against these utterances. They declared that such languzge was an insult to the noblest feclings of the priest, the Chris- tian, and the citizen. A documentary protest was ‘sizned by twelve of the canons, twenty- four parish priests, and more than a hundred of the lower clergy. It was presented by these clergymen, not without some trepidation, to tho Archbishop of Milan, who declored that he warmly approved of the protest. The great round-dance guestion has reached Atlants, Ga., where a Presbyterian Deacon, Francis E. Block, has becu hauled before the Elders on a charge of baving given a partv whereat dancing was permitted and cncourneed. In his defense Mr. Block says that he was care- carefully trained by his parents,—Christians,— who made home attractive to their children by harnless amusements, including dancing; re- views at great Jength the declarations of the Bible ard the deliverances of the Church to stow that he has offended agninst no wise rule, human or divine, and concludes by sayiog that the entertainment which he is censured for giv- ing was given in honor of bis mother and sister; that be biis baptized his children into the Pres- terian faith, and dearly lovesthe Church, but, 1f it chooses t6 expel him for an act which ho conscientlously believes to be proper, be can only submit to expulsion, and before God de- clare the sincerity of his opinfons and the purity of his motives. PULPIT THEATRICAL PUEFING. A certain London carate, the Rev. Stewart D. Headlam, in o public lecture, latcly commend- ed the low-grade theatres and music halls as places of gopum resort. In the course of his remarks he sicgled out two or three of these places, known to fame as the “Great Vance’ and the **Jolly Nash,” and declared that they exercise ““as great, if not a greater, influence on the lives and hablis of Londoners than the Bishop of London himself.” Bishop Jackson'’s attention was directed to the matter, and he ‘wrote to theeccentric clergyman an admonitory Ietter, which is so good as” to be worth quoting in full. Hereitis: 3y DEan Sin: I have read your letter with great pain. Not for the firat time it has caused me to ask pardon of our great Master if I erred, 23 1 fear 1did, in admitting you to the ministry. ~ Itis, of conrse, vain t0 argue with one Who prefers 80 un- hesltatingly bis own judgment, backed by the ap- proval of actors and proprictors of music balls, to that of his Incumbent and Bishop, neither of whom can well be considered Puritan; bat I do pray earnestly that you may not have to meet before tho judgment-seat those whom your encouragement Jrstlea to places where they lost the bluh of shame and took the first downward step toward vice and misery. My corrcspondents merely sent me coples of your lectare. 1 am, dear sir, falth~ fally yours, J. LoNpox. Mr. Beadlam, asit appears,bas been dismissed from his curacy, umué’n not without many ex- pressions of sympathy from the parishioners and o vast amount ot correspondence in the London religious presa. 'PERSONAL. Spurgeon has been obliged to visit the sonth of France to recuperate. President McCosh, of Princeton, is a belfever in the development theory of mankind. The A