The New York Herald Newspaper, November 10, 1867, Page 8

2 RELIGIOUS IN TELLIGENCE, WHE SYNAGOGUES YESTERDAY. Wales on the occasion of come festival or season @t commemoration the weekly religious exercises ef the Hebrew faith vary not in form, although mew and different lessons are recited every Sab- bath. Thus, to%one unacquainted with the liturgy | ef the Jewish Chorch there is ® sameness in the | worship on each succeeding Saturday calculated | te modify to a great extent the impression of <o- | Jemnity and: grandeur received in witnessing the formula of devotion for the first time. A know!- edge, however, of the ritual fully # e the Tnpression first reeeived, and the various | forms a and the = order rervice | & vance and poctic bear intensified | ny Te At the synagogue designated ax | ath | regul: congre iclating minister. ; and there was The usaal in- @truction in the law, reading of prayers, and ebanting was gone through with, the congrega- tdon frequently joining in the responses, Both the law and the prayers are read or rather samy in a i of lreary _ monotone, which h @ effect. The flevotees er ail have their fages tarned towarde ¢ t, a8 though looking for a new star to arise In that quarter, Th k, wherein are de- jowited the p nent serel’s which contain the be eastern end of the temple, and frequently during the services gennfleetions are made in that direction. The ‘Temple Shaari | Zedevi is apretentious looking building, its in- | terior arr cats being the same as those of | other synagegues. The serviee# are conducted nocording to the Detitscher Minog yitua!, and the worshippers mostly Ce: pe selene } Congregation B’Nal Ixract. | congregation B’Nai Ieracl meets at No, 41 Htantor et, in @ commedious and well ap- pointed synagogue, which is every Saturday filled | with worshippers. Here the services are strictly | wrthodox, snd carried out exactly afver the man- | mex of that Jewish establishment which bad its tee on the destruction of Solomon’s Tempte the consequent cloee of the earlier sacrificial era The congregatic poked almost entire Notherlanders and American de The presiding min’ of the eongr Rev. Mr. © r, who has lately beco The sire is Bihere. There is, as agoneral th epton festival y | month | “‘Jeoturer” is Mr. | of the rew free 0 | a6 bie title imports, partake ) | ef a moral lecture than of what i} among Chri Habbath (8 formal ‘pray re- | eoribed in the Lera - | a fascination | ing their weirddike monotony ba vhick ression on the | abont them h makes an im rand of a r which, as it were, throws him back to the time when the con- | salem destroyed the Temple, leav- | stone upon another’’ and eeattered | over all the lands of the | chanted yeeter- | taken out aud | t one sen people” eular prayers we: day, the scrolls of the law we xeplaced in the ark. with much emony, accord. | my hed mode ; e Naddish, or e dead, was formally sung, the | Proourners taking p s meanwhile tmmediately i» Sront of the ark, and the lal, @ chant | somewhat ausweriog to the iftany of the Catholic | @hureh, wae intoned he Rabbi, the congre. thon muiking the respomres, and the services were cloned. Congresation Beth El. | Vewterday » ng Bar Mitever, which in the | Wuglsb language means the right of confirmation | fp the Jewirh frith, was adminitiered tos youth of | mn named Marke Bears, at Beth Kl eyna- by the Rabbis Dr. Superintendent of , school. ‘The service wee | copdncted in Debrew, German and was opened by the hasan or reader, the Morits Treichonberg, who read the frst part of | prayer. The fora was then taken from the | eehal with great solemnity and devotion, when the hoy who wes to be eonirmed read four chapters the Hebrew French i | the nse of the Pagan temples. | of NEW. YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1867.—TRIPLE SHEET. SF rrr the hymn of the day, “We Adore Thee, Lord of ny deine oinF ded with the singing of hyma Ne. 30 in German. Congregation B: . Breokiya. There was @ tair attendance at the Hebrew eynagogne, the Congregation Bethelohim, in Pearl street, near Concord, yesterday eet - Rev. George Bradenstein, rabbi, conducted services in auoerdance with the ritual of the day, and spoke at considerable length. There were also appropriate services beld at the Boerum street, at which many of the Je per- suasion were present. The Jews are not Mat namerous in the Western District, and hence the: are bot two synagogues in Brooklyn. There is one in Willlameburg. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. Dedication ot the Church of St. 5 a of Lateran, “The Mother and Mistress of Churchew’’=The Ancient Basilicas. Yesterday, the 9th of November, the Catholic Chaveh brated an event of great historical in- tereet--the dedication of the Church of onr Saviour, more commonly called ‘the Basilica of St. John of Lateran. The day of the consecration of a church is always regarded by Catholics as pecu- liarly solemn, being in fact its birthday, and as such is celebrated by an annual commemoration. In the eave of unimportant churches this celebra- tion is confined to the congregation or to othersim- mediately concerned in its honor, but the anniver- sary of a few is celebrated by all the faithful, and first among these is the dedication of San Giovanni in Laterano—a church interesting to Catholics as one of the oldest in the world, as the scene of the Papal functions, as the place where five ecumenioal councils held their sittings, as “the mother and mistress of all Catholic churches’”.~ ler et caput nium ecclesiarum orbis ter- rarum, Its dedication marked ad important epoch ip the history of Catholicity—its victory over the persecutions of the Pagan emperors. When Con- stantine, triumphing under the Labarnm, the mysterious ensign of the Cross, determined to accept ax his God the God of the Christians, he resolved the rites of Christianity should be performed in as noble temples ae had hitherto been devoted to pagan orgies. For this reason, among othere, he requested Pope St. Sylvester to consecrate to divine worship the basilica which bad been erected on the property which he inheri- ved from th enator Lateranus through his wife, | Fansta, 7 church two altars were erected in honor of § nn the Baptist and St. Join the welisE; henve the name of St. John of Lateran. the chief church of Rome, and in it the Pope ms aj) the Epieeopal functions which are pecuiar i the Catholic Church. The present basilica is as old as the fourteenth century (1360). Vhe selection by the heads of the Church of the basilicas as places for Christian worship was pru- dently made. ‘There were numerous objections to They were in cer too sual] to accommodate the im- gations bound to be present at the bration of the Christian mysteries, and when they were euficieutiy large, av in the case of the Pantheon, it wes thought, as we stated in last Sunday’s Brearp visable to use them too soon. Tone ‘ ese objections was the use the ba open, and ny were accordingly teeted. As these nildings have exercised a considerable infiuence on ecedesistical architectare it will _not be aninterest- ing to state what they were. Both in italy and whose language the word is bor- as were used. In one of the Pla- ics a very evident allnsion is madé to thein, aud indeed ‘‘Busilika Stoa’’? or the porch | where the Archon Basileus held his conrt is fre- quently spoken of by Demosthenes and others. In italy there wae one in almost every forum. A basilica was a large assombly room, marked exte- riorly by the greatest rimplici Its walls were pierced with numerous windows and the raof was uncovered in the centre. The interior was divided by ago rows of columns into three nnequal parts— in the Utpian basilica there were five. Ample provision was wade for those who came there to transact bueines#, and amonget those were the advoratee and usnel attendants of the Pretor’s | court, rhetericians, bankers, merchants, book- sellers, &c. Those who attended the pleadings ings were arraaged in the galleries or naves at either side of the central nave. At the end of this, opposite the grand entrance, was the apsis | or hemicycle, akemicircular space railed off by baluctrade. Here was placed the tribunal and the seats for the asseseore. In the galleries the libra- rans or booksellers held their stalla, the advo- cates gave their opinions and the rhetoricians made their declamations. When the basilicas were modified for Christian worship, the bishop's | throne was substituted for the curale chair in Srem it as an om i ¢ allotted M4 os sores and: ngrega' pi reserved tothe clergy, and the fee hen jot Al simple slab of marble on four piliare— candle tke . and the | Was placed between the Episcopal throne and thé “retu ~"vbe con. | people. The lateral naves were reserved for the by Dr. | People, the men ocenpying the right and the wo- Sarne by German snd an | Menthe left. Ihe iower portion of the central address to the | nave was pied by the oatechumens, who were The appli lease, | n sin the mysteries, being still amined by eh dines vtion—citientes, ‘There was @ @uage, and answered the mand allotted the widows and_ vir- ereds of Judaien tly iv the wae | ins devoted to eelibacy. Kefore the Pasili- tongue The Ten ments were then | C& Was & ere conrt surrounded by a epoken in Gorman, h the youth re. | peristy afforded shelter to those waiting . ithe faith of the J religion. On con- | fr th ch, or remaining there « he left the taba to embra. parents and | '0® A ‘ourt there was frequently for their kinduess at cere |. 2! the communicants washed , | thei #, where it was possible, rroer wore f, which is * in their sings or congrega hn, b in the Epis 1 fine bar ut in high mass ¢ A large congregetion sesembied yesterday morn- ing at ten o'clock a synagog temple in | t ‘Prolfth str The services bw | noted In Hebrew, were oy ith the tion of the one hundred’ pealm and the b tdone—a series of om scriptural strung Bpone yeners sl orde The * Bear, © Ler 5 One,"? f lowed, being acco cavy ewell o base that ixeued trom the Gothic-shaped organ; the minister afterward pronouncing in Hebrew the “ Prayer for the Sabbath.” The sanctification @ucceeded, the congregation rising, while voices With which the topes of the organ conmmingh pealed forth, “Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord Ge Almighty. These concluded the tnvocations of the reading of the inw following next in = order. The eeremony opening he 8 «oark = having Been performed, the law, writen en vellum, was exhibited t people; after which followed the | ** Adorali« consisting of a series of appropriate ations « d with the | ges. A sevies of rec ‘i ewonial, which was pitting back of the lew into de ar The minister then ascended the p bie [ee jich was based upon the gen ectprocity of Nature.’ a idated at lengt? © Bridgewater T pitand began eral from the story against Moses aud wae with ty of ittnsty seored and from wature climate, argued vegote tion of that elim \ ‘ ‘ remetiies ; sud, in all case tw et arcana of nature war sufi onl for all the ailment ‘of nature. «In kome cates, even, this law was re ed by animals, an! iustinet the antidote o Jiave swalkewe The | man, procheded with the topic frew natn tory, where the Iaw of adaptation was obtain with equal forer, ahd eon 0 exportation to seek triath andiaw w «!, y w the waterial of knowiedge, lator of duily conduct, The teeture ‘Sous nore Kaddigh’? war weld ores . | any ~ | and the respo! | made pe was allotted for the burial of the dead. ‘There were in Rome five princ:pal bagilicae—St. John of Lateran, Peter, St. Paul, St. Mary Major or det F 3 Stephen and Law- i ¢ patriarche of Constantinople, vcha lem, whenin Rome, | iy vdral ehurchee. There ate other basilicas held in almost eqnal ven- . tbat ot the Holy Cross of Jernealem and Sebastian. HOME AND PRE ROWAN CMUICH. New Yons, Nov. 6, 1867. ue Herarys— respect Tor the mere opir aver to avoid giving yself; timm in the enunciation of wentaries ou doctrinal ov prophetical sub- jects is not to be tolerated, so I earnestly desire to aveid all appreach thereto in anything that T I, is notorions that errors of gravest nature are held by the Churches, ajadices and impressions of the world 'y far removed from the truth as laid ehes have To rey Waren « 1 have very |) so leha ions of men, and a ng events, and are indeed lost in tin pleasures at the moment that . to be in terrible alarm at the crisis in ds history to which we have new arrived. ver the opinions of men may be, whether clerical ov lay, the ward of God is not of doubtful signification in itself, considered apart trom those opinions; and ite igre ie unimpaired ibility of men unaltered, whatever r of private juigment may heve ay. 1 beseech my readers to dismiss ail presudices and to come to the consideration of thet bleexed word with childlike simplicity of heart avd earnest desire to receive and know the truth ae God hae revealed it; and I pray that the Holy Spirit may guidp we into that trata. In the recond Mapter of Daniel we have mapped ercors the | ont before os the history of the world from the days of Nebuchadneszer to the second coming of our Lord Jesus Obrist, Here those who spiritualize the Word of God and who hope that the Gospel will win its way until the kingdoms of the world become, by the spread of religion, the kingdoms of our God and of His Christ, will object and will say that | have given in this sentence a mere jon or private interpretation. To them 1 endeavor w that I am only stating a revealed tly in this and other Serip- to sh | that a stone was cut out with. ste the image upon his feet of lay sod brake them to pieces,” and the brokeuto pieces together.” This ‘od as in thirty-fourth verse, and given in the forty-fourth veree— oth all the God of shall never be iall break in pieces and dome, and it shall stand © enough to ask those ob- when the Lord Jesus Christ ring Saviour ? te Lord Jesns Christ Kved in s, ayinbolizing the Roman days of the feet, which fn eley, symbolizing the which avose out of the ruins Then, according to the thiriy- ty fifth verses, it in the stone, ‘hat smote the image on the feet: vor the bingoeres are " breken bo pleees,’” « found for Shem,” that. the “etope | The existing head of the beast—the one on which | which smote the image became a great mountain ant filed the whole earth.” Are thoss kingdows smitien by the stone yet? Have they passed away? If not, the kingdom which the God will set up, has not yet been set This i# not opinion or private mn: it is the word of Goi. Bui farther on we have both the time and manner of up kingdom, most Gerbcaly communicated to us so as to leave objeetors without excuse whatever. Tn the seventh c) ter the same four empires— ger eabe pe inghialetesoteding 4 ibe ways e ern au ing to the Roman empire come before the prophet's eye. He says ‘‘I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Aucient of Days did whose garment was white as snow, and the of His head like the pure wool. His throne was like the fiery flame, and His wheels ae ae Rae “I saw inthe night visions, amd behold one ike the Son of man caine with the clouds ef heaven, and came to the Ancient of and thgy brought Him near before Him: and was given Him dominion, and glory, and a liom, &c.” This is the kingdom Shi the God of heaven will set up, and which has not yet been set up. The time is when the ‘thrones ‘are cast down;” when the stone smites the ‘i e upon his feet of iron and clay;” and this is Po) yet done, however near it may be. The objectors referred to are cruelly ee the world and blinding them to vowing even Having then proved that the metallic image, with the explanation of the prophet, supplies an epitome of the history of the world to the second coming of the Lord Jesna Christ, we will pass on to the consideration of what must be of the most | absorbing interest to every inhabitant of this planet—th® evidences of the mear approach of that day, when the thrones will be cast down, | and the Son of God appear in the glory of the Father. | In the twelfth, thirteenth and seventeenth chap- ters of Revelation we have three symbols, or rather three different forms of the same symbol, namely— ® beast with seven heads and ten horns, with crowne upon the heads; a beast with seven heads | and ten horns, with crowns upon the horns: 8 beast with seven heads and ten fone, without any | crowns, | Under the first the Lord Jesns Christ is born, | suffers and is caught up unto God and to His throne. And the Church is shown to be hidden in the wilderness for 1.260 yeare, during which time | Satan mekes war with “the remnant of her seed, | which keep the commandments of God, and have | the testimony of Jesus Christ.” Of this seed | Daniel says, ii, 43, ‘they shall mingle themselves | with the seed of men, but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with mir, clay.” This identifies the 1,260 years of the Chure in the wilderngss, and the scattering of her reed, | with the 1,260 years of the modern monarchies— | the feet of iron and olay. | Concerning these 1,260 years the symbols of the | thirteenth chapter give full particulars both as to | the civil and’eculesiastical powers, filling ap this | tim The beast with seven heads and ten borvs with the horns crowned, is like unto the four beasts | which Daniel saw coming out of the sea, and John saw this beast rive up out of the sea. The horns ; being crowned and his time being 1,260 years, | show that this is the civil power succeeding to the | Roman empire. The beast with two horns asa lamb, but which | spake a® a dragon, rises out of the earth at the | pies the same 1,260 years, exereising the power of | the first beast in his preeence, or the civil power, | carry out the cdicts which he spake aga dragom | wo beasts are the same which Daniel | saw arise when the Roman empire was ‘divided,’ | symbolized by the ten crowned horns and the | other little horn which rose up among them. | Having shown the identity, let us now see what is | further revealed in Rev. xiii. concerning the end of the sovereigntics of this latter time. stands the ten crowned horns, answering to the fifth section of the metallic image, the feet and toes; and to the ten horus on the fourth beast of | Daniel vii. 7—this fifth head of John’s great beast i# wounded to death by asword. Rev. xiii., 3d | and 14th verses, Or, a6 Daniel says, *‘I bebeld till the thrones were cast down.’’ Then the Lord Jesus comes in the glory of the Father, receives the solemn investiture of the sovereignty of the world (Dan. vii. 14), takes up to meet them every ove who has believed in and loved and followed him (Matt. xxiv., 29, 31; 2 These. iv., 16, 17, and Rey. 9,17); and deals with the world as | is fully deseribed under the seventh seal. Uuder the sixth seal (Rev. vi., 12, to vii., 17) the Lord comes and does as above declared; and then the seventh seal is opened, which tells us of the judg- ment of God upon an ebdurate and unbelieving | world, ‘‘taking vengeance on them that know not God and obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.’ 1 Thees.,i.,8. During this time of the seventh seal, in which the plagues of the trampets and vials being inflicted on the world, and which succeeds to the one thousand two hundred and sixty years of the crowned horns, and follows the coming of our blessed Lord, what is the condi- tion of the world as to its governmente ! In Daniel vii., 12, we ure told of the crowned horns the preaént monarchies—that “they had their dominion taken awa: t their lives were | prolonged fora season aud time.” And iu Rey. xiii. it is stated that the beast was healed of a deadly | wound inflicted by a sword upon the fifth head | the crowned horns--then ‘‘ajl the world wondered after the beast * * * and they worshipped the | beast, vaying, who is like ante the beast’ who ie able to make war with him!"’—Rey. yA. Of this bealed beast we haye the symbol in Rev. xviic—A beast with seven heads and ten | horns, but no crowns; having kings who have ne ve power as kings one We can be at no kingdom, bot who r hour with the beaet—presidents. loss what form of government Upon the beast a woman sile—a ar e democracy and the pa Prove it. i. the civil and the ¢ jastica! powers hollzed as they have existed for the 1,260 | so often mentioned: when the fisth head of | power—is wounded to | + causeth the earth | dwell therein to worship t } t BEE 5 | and doing wonders by which hi world. j The 12th and 17th chapters ar a. The time of the little horn is 1 25--and he ient of saints “until e same event ap | the ten crowned horns | Thes x from the date of that decr hop of Rome to be head ¢ Pope, and which was issued t ag, in the year 607, and conf: al council in the same year. 60 years ran out. is is correct, and I believe it | “cast down,” “wounded | paces a ad by So that ink fo 1867, then, if u is, the crowns are to be to death hy the swor the sword of the revolu- | tion. What nsof the times? ‘Ye hypo- | | crites, ye i 1° face of the sky nd of | the earth, but how that ye do not dis be | signs of the times? ke xii., 56. As the bud- | ding ig tree laims the coming srmmer, and , | the autumn frosts the approaching winter, so when | . we kuow what is coming we may understand what | | are the signs which distinctly and unmistakably | | herald its approach. These signs tho quotation | from Luke shows that we are culpable in neglect- | ing. Have we now any signs of growing and com- on, discontent with the sovereign rulers | | and peril to their lives from the sword? | | Iv cannot be from European war among | the monarchies that the wound by a sword will be Peflected Agree upon the crowned horns; no such result could be expected therefrom. it is | only by concerted action on the part of the de- | feated and disappointed revolutionists who haye | ao chance in open warfare that this can be ef- fected; and no man can say that this may not hap- Pen at an ymoment, | From all this it is evident that the crowns go down together; and that itis entirely ont of the qnestion that the temporal power of the Pope can be cast down, merely to enlarge the dominions of auother of the same set of kings. © Let saints and sinners lay these things to heart, read the Scriptures prayerfully, and observe the signs of the times; and jot them prepare to meet their God. 0, let every sinner come to Jesus, and he will be sefe from all perils in time und eternity. } Jesus ready stands to save you, Full of meroy, fuil of power. And let every #aint be ready to receive the King phar yee i , no opinions in this letter, bnt rely upon the word of God, as quoted, which onvinces nay own mind; and | earnestly pray that my readers | ing revo may all search those Scriptures for th Ives to see if those th re wo; depending n the | jidance of the flo lead them Spirit, who wil into all truth if they farden not their hearts against His teaching. AMERICLY BISHOPS IN ENGLAYD, ~ | Loxpon, Oct. 16, 1867, | |} To tHe Ferron or rie Heranore Onr Am prelates, though as class somewhat below the Roglish in that accuracy and nm, polish which Ka Hugby and Oxferd training wlone ean give, t nevertheless, a prominent partin the Pon- Anglican Synod, and their novel atyle, enpecolly ef the Western bishops, mot only stiacted Bt ention, but greatly pleased the verb amo time as the previous one arose, and occlu: | ein | maintaining branch readi } Connyogham assembly. To myself, as an American, there wee something peculiarly gratifying to behold Bishops Wihner, of Alsbams and Louisiana; Bishop Quin- tard, of Tennessee; Bishop Gregg, of Texas, and Lay, of Arkansas (al! new, ». full a Fy te c Bishop of Oxford, who made the last; and even ih be Plaine logi. = aro! . diction, their ~ lief. The quest tothe Chureh sf Lord Oxford, b he be ie My : , by ted that the want of sym between the rich and working classes was the chief barrier. Greater than Agrippa he illustrated the mutual dependence of the one upon the other; acknowle: in elo- queut and ic the sins of the clergy, who had. in 8) with the » and | their want of Soy im thelr ieaciogeat' ‘atate- ments, which repelled the mechanic, who worked by the sqnare and plummet; then concluded with a buret of eloquence, which caused the whole audience to rise to their feet, many waving their hate, with cheers. It was truly a Wonderful scene. But I must retura to our own bishops. Seeing that the Englis wielded arms to which most of them were unaccustomed, instead heavy and “werrible_clephants ef Pyreitn, they eavy le ele ts aay brought up in another direction; anait the pee ever return to such seenes, the “Second ‘ather of his Country” was delighted with their anecdotes. The Bishop of Alabama, really a strong man and one whom I tly honor, fell far below himself. Being called to the rostrum, he said he wa@not in the habit of iigemsking, but would tell an anecdote ( hter—with- out Americans seeing the it, for it is a standing joke with John Bull that when an Ameri- van’s wit fails in argument he ‘downs’ his antagonist with a good joke). Bishop Wilmer’s on this occasion, however, wasto the point. An old Virginia negro cobbler once told him that his religion consisted in “putting on good heeliaps, soles, &c., while God looked at him.” This he atnplified, and came off withont being “distanced.” The Bishop of Tennessee ‘Quintard), made the first quarter stretch in good time, expressing his ad- miration of England, her institutions, ut his metal soou began to wear, and he fell back on the foliowing anecdote :—‘‘I was visiting a plantation in Georgia and the bell was rang (for { am from ng the South, and thank God for it!) and the negroes, | numbering some five hundred, gathered in the par- | jor and piazza of the house (‘big ‘onse,”’ whis- ered @ cockney), belonging, unfortunately for himselfy to a bachelor, After reading a chapter I preached, and said I would hold a service next day and baptize all who might. be b oesogeis Ibap- tized some seventy or eighty, and after service L fell into @ conversation with Uncle Toney, a plantation preacher; I asked" him some ques- tions about Christian doctrine, and fiuall: about the resurrection, to which he replied, “Well, master, eintm intment.’? ‘ Yes.’" “Well, you see dare is piritual body and dis here body.” ‘* Yes,’? A le angel Gabriel go up and down de riber Jordan, blowin’ his trnmpet, an’ de birds of heaben singin’. an’ de bells in heaben ringin’, and de milk an’ hone; come rainin’ down on de bills of heaben, den He will bring de spiritual body down and rab some i at on dis one, an’ stick ‘em togeder, an’ dare dey is!” Having said, just before (slightly mistaking his crowd), that ‘‘the negro was liber- ated before he was prepared for freedom,”’ several voice! No,” “no,” “no,’’ _ * Question,” “question,” —“ question’’—resounded in the vast bail, and yery nearly brought him to nis seat, for it was difficult to see what | the American negro had to do with the ques- tion of debate. This anecdote, however, well told, put hie audience in good humor, and he sat down without being put down. It was a great success ; and although wanting, that lofty and dignii style which characterized the Bishop of Ox- ford'’s ment, it doubtless contained some hidden philosophy or exoteric doc- trine of Hermes Trismegistus Mg¢yptue, which the learned prelate, in deference to his audience, forbore to i The Bish of Africa and some negro clergymen laugh heartily, and exchanged mutual nods, as though they understood it; but the B shops of Oxford and St. David's were evidently perplexed, which oat voved to my mind that those men who thin’ hardest and read most sometimes fail to under- stand the simplest things. Bishop Hopkins (cla- rum et cenerabile nomen), p Wilmer, of Louisiana (qui nunquam tetigit quod nonornavit), and Bishop Whitehonse have fairly sustained the dignity of the Bench of Bishops, and are excelled in oratory by no one but the Bishop of Oxford. Bishops Gregg, Lay and others have kept gees, except to give in a modest way their experience as missionaries at missionary meetings, and alto- gether America has no reason to regret that her Tepresentatives are here. AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY. The stated meeting of the Board of Managers was held at the Bible House, Astor place, on the 7th inst., Mr. James Lenox, President, in the chair. Twelve now auxiliaries were recognized, of which one is in each of the States of Ohio, Wis- consin, Minnesota, West Virginia, Kentucky, Mis- eouri, Kansas, Alabama and four in Texas. Com-: ons were received from Rev. Isaac G. , the society's agent for the Levant, stating i ith his family. at Constantinople ; oodfellow, Buenos Ayres, with ‘01 letter from George Schmidt, the colporteur, rej ing bis labors, which have been successful; from Rey. Charles Jackson, Secretary British and For. eign Bible Society, in regard to making plates of the Arabic Scriptures at Beirat; from Rev, W. W. Soud D. D., of the Arcot Mission, reporting the number of Scriptures distributed by the mie- sion with the funds of this society. A note also laid before the Board from the Rev. W. H. bution of the Serip- teen months ago, and showlag the favorable reception and success. ful distribution of the hooks. The opening im this new field is as gratifying is surprising. man, Danish, Bove A copy of the wou on the Mount in raiged letter in the Arabic language, printed at Con- stantinople for the blind in Egypt, by authority and at the expense of this society, was presented by Rev. W. H. Bidwell. A memorial paper on ease of the Rev. Dr. Krebs wae presented opted. YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN UNION, The building fund of the Young Men's Christian ion, in this city, reaches $210,827, Among eT yal sabseribers are John C. Green, A. Ts ewart, RL. & A, Stuart, James Brown, Joeeph ampson, H, B, Clatiin & Co., W. E. Dodge, W. Be Dodge. Jr., and Loring Andrews for $10,000 each ; day Cooke & Co., E, 8. Jaffray & Co., Pred. A. Lane, Stewart Brown, Horace Grey, C. C. Col- gate, M. K. Jesup, J. Pierpont Morgan, James Stokes and J. Taylor Johnston, for $5,000 each. In this report the committee of the association eay:— tne soutttmest corner of Twenig-'bind sraet a0 FOGnts aventie, opposite the Academy of cn, and plane for the building are now preparing. W @ reception room, which ® conversation and coffes roum; rooms rooms for social, religious and devotional meetings: music rooms, with piano and and everything to make the ing resort for young men. the ground floor, and sudios in the upper story, 6s as the letting of the lecture room when not in use by we Lope to have # regular income, sufficient our work on a liberal scale, end aid in estal ‘The Philadelphia Presbyterian Union Convention closed its sessions on Friday, the Sth instant. During the ceremonies of the morning se#siou, preceding the final adjournment, the depatation of the Protestant Episcopal Convention, accompa- nied hy & large number of the delegates of that - hody, entered the building by the matn aisle. The depute consisting of Bishops Mellvaine and Lee, Rev. Mr. Stephen A. Tyne, Jt., and Messrs, 4 Bronot, ascentied the pttien and were accommodated with seats. - Stuart, advancing to Bishop Mellvaine, nail :—Brother—1 shall not dall you Bishop now, for we are brothers in Christ Jesue—1, on behalf of the Presbyterian Convention, welcome you and your colleagues.” Diehov Nelivaine rerarked that he wae lad te answered, not directly, but more auspiciously than most of us could have anticipated. God has wered them in the spirit of love. The entrance of your was a grateful surprise, and was opened at once. We the Purpose pf expressing 1 you : was asse™bled in city in 1866, the matter of pro- and co-operating in measures for the about @ better understanding, was before the House of A com- mittee was appointed to take sadvan' of any opportunity God in His providence might devise in promoting # nearer It is remarkable thet am the only surviving member of that committee. The rest have all gone to the blessed union above. I am rejoiced to think it is reserved for me to stand im this place to discharge the duty which I believe to be of the sort contemplated by the House of Bishops. The right hand of fellowship was ex- te to us yesterday in prayer, and now in this manner, t you in the name of the House of Bishops, Igreet you in of the Lord Jesus Christ, (Applause.) T. are times when, instead of there Pring adesire to magnify our dif- ferences, we should aim to b about such measures as will unite us in one ement of the church of Christ. The foundation which the church builds Christ Jesus is a sure one, and we stand here to testify to our common on that foundation. Let ue be careful, however, how we build thereon. We live in a most solemn of the world, and we have serious evils to we have to war against infidelity; we have to war against the power which has stood against the Church—a power which at this day has its eyes npon this country and that on the other side of the water. It becomes us, there- fore, to unite our endeavors to further that which we believe to be the effort to advance the truth. ae gas bless us in our endeavors in this great worl Mr. Stuart then (taking Bishop Lee by the hand) Lee and I met, we were at the gates of Richmond, asking Jefferson Davia to allow us to enter Rich- mond and minister to the starving Union soldiers, who had been battling for our beloved country. Now, that we have one anited country, may we not hope that soon we will have one united Church’ ‘The Right Rey. Bishop Lee then said that the deputation had come to express a reciprocation of the courteous and Christian greeting that had been extended to our body. He felt, in common with the gentlemen who had preceded him, that the iter of fellowship and Christian love was unprecedented and unexpected. This cer- tainly canuot be attributed to the will or wisdom of man, but to God, our Father. During the afternoon session the President ad- dressed the Convention, congratulating it that from its opening until the present moment nota jarring sound had occurred, save one, and that was between the speaker and a man whom, for the incalculable good he had done the Church, he esteemed and regarded highly, Rey. Dr. Robert Breckenridge, who was prevented frota attend- ing this session by sicknees. He requested Rev. Dr. Smith to lead the Convention in prayer in bebalf of that gentieman. The Business Committee made their report, in | which it is recommanded that the first Thursday | in May, 1868, be observed as a day of humiliation } ana prayer. The basis of union adopted is as fol- lows: — Firtt, An acknowledgment of the Scripture of the Old and New testaments to be the inspired Word of Goa— the only ‘fallible role of faith and practice. Second. Abat in the United Church the Westminster Confession of Faith shall be received and adopted as containing the eystem of doctrines taught in the Boly Scriptures, Whilst the committee recommend the foregoing basis of doctrine, they wieh to be understood as eng the orthodoxy of the Heidelberg Larger and Smaller Catechisme, and the canons of the Synod of Dort. Third, That the United Church a the Presbyterian form of charcn government. rth, The spiration, is adapted to the state of the Church in all ages and circumetances, and sbould be used ip the worship of God; therefore we recommend that a new and faithful version of the Book . of Psalms be provided * aR Pract ee os Bee oe collections of ly ar in the diferent churches, a change in this respect-aball Bot be reqinred. - ball receive and BEATHENIGN IN NEW ENGLAND. The Hartford Cowrant says that the Congrega- tional ‘ministera of Connecticut have thoroughly canyaesed their parishes to ascertain the actual religious condition of the State. The result was unexpected. In one hundred towns at least one- third of the families are not in the habit of going tochurch. Irreligion was found to increase in proportion to the distance from the centre of the towns. It prevaile more in sparsely settled farm- ing districte than im the manufacturing villages. ¢ State Committee on Home Evangelization say in their pablished report ; The returns give the impression that the Roman Catnolic population do pot often sink io 80 low of heatheniem as the irrelizioua native bora po; ‘They do notentirely abaudon some thought of eome respect for iheir own religi observances, formy the districts most utterly given over to desola- yr are districts occupied by population purely naive ‘A similar state of things fe reported to exiet in some parts of Mareachueeits. DANIEL DREW'S DONATIONS. (From the Albany Pveniug Last year was the centenary It wae proposed to raise a mem ‘ Drew was approached to see what he would give, Wf anything. Without a momeat’s hesitation he said ie would give $259,000 to found & seminary. He wanted it located in Carmel, Potnam county, where he was born. He waived that wish when the good of the Church required it. He bought the famous “Gibbons estate” in Madison. He ave the owner $150,000 to go out and leave it sil furnished, just ac is was; and this gopgeous build- ing, fur fit ter a prince, with its ecarpete, wilding, hangings and scarlet forniture, makes the most gorgeous theologhal seminary in the world. The property consists of two hundred and twenty- tive acres, enclosed with a cemented stone fence, ir ngate and porter’s lodge. Withoutany alteration the mansion contains chapel, lectare room, li- brary, reading room, rooms for professors and recitation rooms sufficient for 100 students. Over $100,000 have been spent in repaire. $300,000 will be given as an endowment. A fire-proof building for library and museum is to go up, and the cost of this and other things, which Mr. Drew will meet, will aggregate the snm of from over $700,000 to $1,000,000. PUFFING PRAYERS. 4 Sharp Criticivm. {From the New York Observer (Old Schoo! Pres- byterian), Ni , An advertisement in an exghange announcing a peSnening volume of presses. by a noted preacher of New York, ‘‘ phonographically re- ported,”’ contains the following argument for the These prayers are ordinary, original and social, “otal t or room prayers, often more interesting and pow- tban ermons, 80 much sought after. and powerfal” to whom? to God lore interesting and powerful than Very likely,. have they the force of acceptable eupplication to Almighty God ! and is this the sort of Leow 80 eminently needed jal in our pulpite, our soe and at our family altars’ ‘Interesting @ rful.”’ Alas! for the piety of our day, if be a fair exponent of its quality !"* says and well says the Vermont Mhronicle. To our taste there is something repulsive in going te @ chureh with and ink to take down the words in which a minister leads his people to the throne of grace, But this is matter of taste, and we do not complain of those who take another view of it. \t ia very evident that one who advertises pray- ers for sale as ‘interesting and powerful,” has the eame idea with the Boston editor, who spoke of the Rev. Edward Everett's prayer as “ the most eloquent prayer ever addressed to @ Ly audience.’ Since writing the lines above, we have met with some samples of the prayers, published for the edification of the euimte, and highly commended for that purpose by the religious newspaper in which they appear. We copy the first prayer in the series. We are brovght near to Thee by Thy mercies that wo may lec < An right ter, y, Sabbo: Ib i ie @ day of rest, crowasé with all that ie parest, eet, best, deepen! of meen toce it comes to us we Yolume ip which our experiences af@ ferorded. On, that love; that revelation Thou makeat te each of ne’ Foretaste of beaven, into wore roll ao clonde— clouds of witnesses en —and bo shove Passing through the wavee of Jordan. ‘There ig not a word ba na oo in the whole par sage, codlit is the whole of wample. Tue leat sentence je utterly eniubeligible te un, Pure said :—The last time that Bishop Mclivaine, Bishop’ ik of Pealms, which is of divine in- | THE NEW CHURCH OF ST. LONDON. [From the Dublin Freeman, Oct, 16.) At the celebration of high mass on m at the new Roman Catholic of , Maitland Park, Haverstock hill, there were it from twenty-five to thirty friars. belonging to the Order, va in age ap- about twenty-five to years. ih cow” completely” enveloping’ the cor completely envel and fastened around the iain DOMINIC, # hirsute moustaches and Constantly were drawp whiskers, beard being carefully taken away. the ice the cow! returned to the ehoulders. Ip were of caskets dea gener lack cossacks with white reaching to a little below the a blue ribbon around the neck, to gilt medal was attached. The officiating Sieg ey ee robes, croases a! emblematical devices. As usual the service was in Latin, and chanted or intoned throughout, the books being removed from place to place ov the altar and in the chancel when various parts of the service were read. Before the consecrating prayer was uttered a capacious white cape wae Placed on the shoulders of the ehief officiating riest, and on the back of which was a large tere cross, beautifully embroidered. Proces- — sions of various members of the body were fre- quently made in and out of the church, preceded by the acolytes bearing the lighted candles; the censer of incense was constantly wafted to and tro throughout the service. Ata given signal one of the brethren (whose yows do not seem to necessi- tate his shaving, for he wore a long greyish black beard) was marched in (between two acolytes bearing brass candlesticks and lighted candies) carrying a tall cross, elevated, with which he stood in front of the altar, and the incense then began t» fillthe chancel. After this croes had beem returned to the Pera whence it came, one of the three principal priests approached the rail» and wats various notices in English to his the following being amongst them, Plenary iadalgapoe” may be obtained day by all those who con- tribute to the schools for the poor.” ‘Your prayers are desired for (here giving the names of three persons) who are dead;” also “for (giv ing the names of three other2) who are sick.” “The seat rents are now due, and payment is re- quested to be made as soon as convenient.” This portion of the service being ended, Dr Russell, provincial of the [rish order of St. Dom- inic, was then led to the tront of the chance! to deliver the sermon. He was clothed with the usual white robee, having in addition a black cloak and cow] over them. His utterance was very distinct, slow and unimpassioned, and he read for iis text the 11th chapter of John, verses 41 to 44, describing the raising of Lazarus from the grave. Having uttered the invocatory prayer, 1 delivered his discourse. Afver this the further celebration of high masw was proceeded with. RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY. The aunual Convention of the Protestant Epis- copal Chach of this diocese, according to adjourn- ment on the 25th day of Jast September, will meet in St, John’s Chapel, in this city, on Wednesday, the 13th of November, at ten o’clock A, M. The old Spring street church, Rev. Mr. Wilson, employs a missionary ameng the forty thousand inhabitants of the Eighth ward. One of the Bible classes of this church has fifty young nfemas mem- bers. The Church of the Evangelist (Episcopal), Rev. Mason Gallagher, Brooklyn, is about to build» new church on Sixth avenue, between Baltic and Butler streets. At the New York Central Conference of Liberal Christians at Ithaca, the observance of the Lord’s Snpper, and the participation of children in the service, was urged ae a means of creating anew interest, and promoting spiritual growth. Mre. Dall supplied the pulpit of the Unitarian, Tyngsburg (Mass. parish last Sunday, The American Board of Foreign Missions has ap- propriated $525,000 for the expenditures of 1568. Rev. James S. Bush, of Orange, N. J., has been called as rector of Grace church in this city. In St. Louis the three hundred and fiftieth anvi- versary of the Reformation was celebrated by a procession of ten thousand persons, with banners and music. The Lutheran Protestants number 13,000,000 menbers in the Old World, and in this coun- try, 1,768 ministers, 351,800 members and 3,131 churches. - The church at North Stamford, Conn., is_enjoy- ing s revival of religions interest, and added twea. ty-six members last Sunday, including several eminent citizens. . A dee churehes at pe N. and Upton, Me. interest prevails in the H.; Northfield, Conn., The seats in the new Jewish Syngogue, Cincio- nati, brought great prizes, amoun in gross to $200,000. Over $360 premium for first choice of seats wos paid. The American Seamen's Friend Society has over 2,300 ships’ libraries afloat. Rev. Ebenezer Hotchkise, of the Choctaw Mir- sion, died at Lenox, Mass., last week, He weat inte mission in 1828 and continued till kis death. The Indians named him Peace Trumpet. Pitteburg, Pa., hos 120,516 Protestant. povula- tion, 123 churches and 24,255 church members: sittings, 62 erage attendance, 35,780. The Roman Catholics claim 42,350 population and 17 churches. General Salem Towne, in his Ssth » made a public profession of religion last Sabbath, ping the Congregatioun! church in Charlton, N. H. Mr. C. H. S. Williams, of Poughkee N.Y... has received a call from the Congres jonal clr: i in Concord, Mase. Salary $1,000. Rev. Luther H. Cone, late of Chico statied October 30 over Olivet chure ftleld, Maes. Bowdoin College has this year 216 studente—i02 medical, 23 seniors, 0 juniors, 34 sophomores anu 27 freshmen. The African Methodists of Lexington, Mo., are building @ church at that place. It is of frame, about ‘ity by thirty feet, and is nearly completed. The California Methodist Conference reports an , increase in the year of 1,161 membets, § churches, 3 parsot » 17 Sunday schools, 117 teachers and 932 scholars. It is estimated that a million of children meet weekly in the Methodist Sunday schools of thw country and 160,000 teachers, The middle department of the mission work in the South in less than three years has grown into four conferences, 49,601 meinbers, of which 37,500 are whites and a little over 12,000 blacks. =. The Christian Witness says the reception at the house of Bishop Eastburn on Satruday last wae » very pleasant reunion. A large Nom ay wae present to offer their congratulations on the vate return of their chief minister to his diocese, hiv parish and his home. In the town of Westerly, Rhode Island, with a 2, rae i in Spring pulation of 5,817, there twenty-one meeting and seventer belong to variour familios of the Baptists. is no Cathojie or Congregational church in the place. Rey. Edward L. Clark, of the North church, New Haven (lete of Bridgewater), bee feceived a cal! from the North Broad street (Presbyterian) church in Philadelphia. Salary, $5,000, By « statement in the Meriodist it ay about seventy thousand persons in country join the Method!+t Church ennually on probation, uit go wo farther. thet ik, they do not come inio fall commanion, Rev. Horace James was installed October Jt ores the First Congregational chureh in LoweN, ans, Rev. W. 5, Coggin, of Boxford, Maad., in coure- uence Of impaired health, has asked @ dismiss da ‘om his people. . are that Rey. Austin Dodge wae October 19 from the pastorate of the North Congregations! chureh in Winehendon, Maas.. and is to be in stalled November 14 over the Congregations) ‘Mev, "Arthur Me Kuapp, tate of Cambridge Divinity School, #® unanimods ool) frp the Uuiiorian . Pe