The New York Herald Newspaper, December 8, 1867, Page 8

g RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE, THE “AMERICAN COAPEL* IN BERLIN. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE OF THE HERALD. Opening of the New Church Edifice-The Ser- ! nm. vices and Se: Berwin, Nov. 7, 1867. As was announced on Saturday by that many sided immortal, ‘“‘The Committee,” in the notice appended to my letter of the same evening “‘open- ing services we held in English in the new ehapel” last Sundey, As the invitation was printed in a German newspaper, it was seen by very fow Americans; and but for some Germans who had strayed in the congregaticn would have Deen rather small, Thanks to these strangers the attendance was fully two hur Rev. Dr. Newhall, of Middletown, Conn., offered the long prayer, and Rev. Dr. Horst, fi New Jersey, but now of the Method! scopa! Mission in Bremen, preached the sermon from Romans i., 16. At the close of his discourse the reverend gentleman said that it was often remarked at home that those who been absent in Europe are lost their Christian warmth have very apt to have end zea! while far from their accustomed altars, That at least one denomination in the United Btates was willing to supply a place where our countrymen can keep alive the fire of Christian Jove, so that they may return to their friends and homes having sacrificed nothing of their ardor for the cause of Christ, but rather having gained new strength by the way, was proved by the erection of the sanctuary wherein they stood, and by the solemn services in which they had Joined. This seemed so much like planting the banner of one sect and claiming the new church for one of the outposts of the speaker's own pe- ouliar faith, that not a few of the congregation exchanged expressive glances, and some looked at the broad, new hymn books, conspicuonsly let- tered on the backs and on the sides as “Methodist Hymns.”’ Fearing, perhaps, that his younger friend had Deen @ little over zealous, the Superintendent, Dr. Jacoby, a portly man of fifty, wearing avelvet scullcap, ascended to the desk to observe that while the new edifice had been erected for the use of the German Methodists in Berlin, & promise had been given te Governor Wright, to whose influence the church mainly owed its existence, that it should be at the disposition of the Americans and English once every Sunday. ‘Their committee,” he added, ‘‘will have control of the services, and 0 Dothing to introduce sectionalism into These judicious words did not, however, prevent some from taking offence at what had gone before, and refusing to join in the communion which fol- Jowed. The entire administration of the sacra- ment was a new example of the diificuity of per- forming the solemu ceremony without following regular ritual, a difficulty that is so great that nothing less than the most delicate tact is able to overcome it. 1 remember once hearing a good man, whoin one could have thought to liave been above such an annoyance, telliug how sadly his powers and meditations were once disturbed on a communion Sabbath which he spent in the coun- try, by @ burly farmer who passed the hallowed bread and wine with hands covered by coarse buckskin gloves. Far more discomposing than © Was the conduct of those who casion. Before and during the e consultations in joud whispers d fro, which seemed at least most indecorous. When the lay communicants had been served two clergymen were to be seen standing before the table, aud with their backs to it, chat- ting ae choerfully a if at a neighbor's sideboard; one | Parad muuel ou, while the other to suit himself. An ustomary invitation on of the elements was in- terpreted as e ng Unitarians, an exception Which was dow S$ unintentional, Freedom of the table to all Christians shou ertainly be a feature of every ‘union church,” but doubly #o in @ foreign land, a8 any one would say who saw the face which a beautifal girl lifted from her hand- Kerchief as they rose to sing the last hymn. Her quivering lips did not swell the song of praise which her eves red with weeping boald uot read. Her thoughts bad been far away with frieads at bome, for at no other time are such fervent pray- ers put np for those with whom we have been wont to cluster around the same hearth and kneel ata common family altar as whea we commemo- rate the Last Supper of Our Lord. The dedication of the house took place early in the morning, and that you may see how-the exer- cises appeared to Prussian spectutofs, I give you the notice of them in a city paper:—'The conse- eration of the newly built Methodist Episcopal ch in the Junker Strasse took place on Sun- 3d November. As the invitation was public, hhandred persons found themselves ‘clock in the house of God. The t ute at first i Fe ®& somewhat strange appearance to menibers of other churches, for, according to,custom, both altar and. pulpit are wanting. Instead of the latter, # high cathedra upholstered with velvet, at which eat three persons in c! dress, was placed at the east end of the church. At the foot of this estrada a polished board is fastened, which, as we discovered later, serves as an altar for receiving the cup and other vessels used tke commusion. On the same wall fixed an immense tablet containing the Ten Com ts, with the Apostles’ creed on one side and the pel ge and some on the other in anda going to ing of the bi Bible text (Apostolic benedicti both “English and German. Neither crucifix or eroes, or-other token that one finds If ina Christian church, did we have — to per- ecive. Opposite the cathedra is a choir in which stand the singers, who are accompanied by an harmonium. According to Bngilish custom a clock ia not lacking. The seats, all provided with kneel- benches, are free and most convenient. The feligious celebration was i gene by the 1m, “Praise ye the Lord,” which was followed by a- address to the assembly, a prayer and the re: of leasons from the Bible. e sermon PA r ‘was delivered by one Dr. Jacoby (Superintendent ofthe Bremen Missionary Society), from ime Ixxxviii., 8. After thjs the house was delivered to preacher Achard, Who completed the act of ecration in # simple discourse. We d trom the same that this church is d to maintain the religious life of the scattered Americans here of confessions, for which purpose service will be held cach Sun- day intwo languages. The proclamation of the word of God, the administration of the sacraments end of all the ordinan escribed for the giori- fication of the Triune God was designated as the erpose of the worship in this house. Singing the “Nun danket Alle Gott" closed the exer- eleven o'clock in time for the English ser- 9 Which @ comparatively amall number of per- sons took lig The memory of the former American Minister, Mr. Joseph A. Wright, is honored by « handsome marble slab with an appropriate inserip- tion. Every Sunday at balf-paat nine o'clock 4 the morning and six o'clock in the evening service will be held.” If the writer of the above bad been dailied in a New England Sun school he would haye noticed that the wording of the Ten Command. ments referred to ie not strictly the same as that he so carefuljy committed in his hood. Fifteen Gouna’ doflass were given by the United Btaies Methodist By Exaren out of its missionary fund, $1 have beemcontributed by Americans here towarda the erection of the building. Mrs. Governor Wright raised from ber fair sufficient to farnish the interior, One item worthy of mentioning is that all the seats are nicely cushioned. he Bngtiot Among those present at the English services ‘were Rev, Mr. Cramer and wife. Mrs. Cramer is the sister of General Grant. During their atay bere both dined with Mr. Bancroft and Consul Kreissman. A geatieman whe met them during their visi that they talked with astonishing familiar’ rother Ulysses,” whom they fain ‘would have claimed as & republican, although they did not seem quite warranted in doing ao. THE SYNAGOGUES YESTERDAY, Congregation Baith el, Brooklys. There was but @ small congregation of the people of Israel attached to the congregation of the «ynagogue Baith Israel, situated atthe corner of Boeram and Dean streets, Brooklyn, at the services held there yesterday morning. The cov- gregation in question does not number more than one hundred persons, though the synagogue, which was erected in 1862, has eeate for the accommoda- tion of two hundred and fifty persons. The edifice is about forty by fifty feet in size; a plain, unpre- tending structure of brick, painted brown, and is A@assonaded by 80 iron roiling ‘The entrance which ison Boeram street, is reached by cireular steps. On ascending the latter, you enter & narrow hallway from which at either on which the Rabbi and two officers of gregation officiate. The men wear the usual odd shaped and old curious study time, gard to the enforcement of the Mosaic law in respect to the prohibition of sitting bareheaded in the synagogue they are very strict, and half a dozen will at once spring forward to instruct the ignorant Christian who may be so far forgetful as to doff his chapeau in their presence. One pecu- liarity worthy of notice among the Hebrew <le- votees is an extraordinary penchant for taking a” liturgy, which is now ke this city and in New York. Rabbi Levi officiated, and was assisted by the president of the parish and another of the officers. chanted in wierd like tones by the venerable ioe fransaen to ridge. he 8 front, which will not vary materially froi fifteen bord's second vailed in the ol centurics——the first period, from the rise ism to the ninth century, reflecting the minaret and the the Maluometans from Spain, representing the effect is apt to degenerate. used; and the general ides of the edifice i that of color, carving, gildin, NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1867.-TRIPLE SHEET. end there are stairways to the gallery, while three narrow doors open into the ceremonial hall of the Jewish house of worship. To the un- sophisticated Christian the first glimpse of the interior of a synagogue @ @ progress of their peculiar services is one of no little gmbar- rassment. The hall in questionis square, or nearly so; directly oppose the doorway is the Ark, which is draped with damask curtains, on the east side of the building. In the centre of the square space formed by the seats which line three sides of the synagogue, is an elevated stand or platform con- white flowing garments, and with a variety of fashioned hats present a i to one who, for the first witnesses their ceremonials. With re- inch of snuff during the psalm singing, and even e Rabbi's assistant will frequently beckon to some one in the assemblage, who will bring forward his snuff box, and with a smile and nod both will par- take of its contents quite liberally. There would seem to be but little restriction on conversation, which is indulged in at frequent points during the services. ries. sya ogue ‘The women are seated in the galle- The officers of the Boerum street are as follows: President, . Bass; Vice-President, Mr. Ascher; Cashier, Mr. Feirch; Secretary, Mr. Kaleisch; Teacher, Adolph Kerchier. ing were the usual ceremonial D Mosaic cosmogony, commencing at ten o'clock and lasting for two hours, The services yesterday morn- incident to the They opened with tho invocation in accordance with the revised Jewish merally in use both in The psalms were Rabbi, while the people responded at the pro} intervals throughout. The boys attached to the school, about twenty in number, were present, as is customary on the Sabbath, and were under the care and direction of their teacher, Mr. Kerchler. The women in the gallery appeared at times during the services to be deeply affected, and several of their number shed tears. There was no preach- ing. Itis customary for the children who have lost father or mother to during each Sabbath service throughout the year and say certain prayers for their departed parent. Yesterday, towards monies, a fine little boy was taken by an elderly man to the front of the place indicated, who re- cited aloud some Hebrew pious ejaculations for the departed mother of the little boy. juvenile repeated the words after the old gentteman, t 8 proper intervals chimed in. The invocation and @ Mosaic benediction concluded the ceremonies, and the men, having divested themselves of the white shawls which they wore origh ema the same in a small pouch together with left the place to spe they saw fit. ‘0 before the Ark once the conclusion of the cere- The and the other boys present at ir books, their Sabbath as best Congrezntion Bethelohim, Brooklyn. The services at the Synagogue Bethelohim, in Pearl street, between Concord and Tillary streets, were of a similar order to the above named. attendance was not numerous. Indeed it rarely is the case, except on holidays, that the Jows, gen- erally speaking, feel it imperative on them to at- tend synagogue. officiated yesterday morning. The The Rabbi George Bandenstein The Temple Emanuel. A rather quaint and uncommon edifice, of Moor- ish or Saracenic pattern, and modeled perhaps more closely upon the Alhambric style than any building of like purpose existing in this city, has been for some time in process of construction at the corner of Fifth avenue and Forty-third street, upper corner, west side of the avenue. building, which is of unusual and commanding proportions, is to be dedicated to the Jewish wor- ship under the auspices of the congregation of Hmanule, and will be called Beth Emanuel, or the “Pemple of God-with-us."’ will be completed probably in the course of the Fifth avenue of eighty feet, of which some twelve feet is devoted to the main entrance surmounted with the crescent en Afauresque, or rather spanned with that peculiar eurve which yomantic Arabs pretend to have borrowed from the contour of the new m¢ height of the building, exch This The temple, which year . 1868, has a frontage on . The extreme of minarets and turrets, will be ninety feet To this height must be e tower in innacles, or orient! ight of the pinnacles of cles or smali towers are com- ngly slender columns, in clusters, t Moorish order, a species of Yolumn not varying materially ig general effect from the Romantic.’ The middie of the front, Sawr) has all tke kinks of fantasy common to the oorish, terminates at the apex or ridge with a box, cornered by clusters of columns so as to form a tower of considerable dimensions, and square. The roof, after the manner of the middle Gothic, Is moderately sloping, the sides being divided, as is often the case in Gothic, whichis ef near kin to the Orien- tal, by a jag, into two stories, making the building 8 trifle narrower on the second story than on the firat. ‘This, of course, necessitates the division of the windows into two tiers. r ul Mooriab, with clustered columns, quaint capitals, which, though somewhat shorter than the o Romantic capital, are carved after the usual man- ner of that style, often strange and wandering in ensemble as a Hindoo pagoda or a palac han. In fact, the Romantic is too essentially a rivative from the Oriental idea not to afford date for accurate comparison in describing the Oriental itself, aod especially the Persian, Moorish and pure Saracenic take the description, are tall and Gothically narrow, and painted ; are essentially inary e of ~ it. the The windows, to Phases of broken thread of up and tie will be of course paned with and the geueral anatomy of the building is siender as that of the | mont thaa solidity, upom which to hang ornamental devices. ter Gothic, which had more oraa- The extrome length of the edifice is one hundred and eighty feet, making an area at the base of fourteen tho an area larger than that occupied by pay sya, gogue in the city, few wacred edifices of any kind exceeding it in 6 mented with invoived columns of Moorish pattern, insinuations of columnar projection and nothing more than that. will be seapended from crescent arcs uphe! saracenic columns, will be seventy feet above the floor of the nave, making the col oe hold it about sixty fect from base to capital. The usand and four hundréd square feet-— $his respect. The sides are orna- » Whieb The heights of the ceili by tall m of exceeding height. Nor many suppose, necessary to een first used or on le as an innovation by Alwaled the ‘building in question belongs to M. La- 7 of the Saracenic, which pre- nth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth of Isiam- third, terminating with the hoy gh jo- which not # little of f styl Se chou hod which pervaded the the Gothicism Middle Ages was ba i The rose window ars npon the Fifth avenue front, thodgh the device is uot so elaborately wrought as is generally the case in Gothic— tracories, ef cefera, being more sparingly used; ing and, on the whole, the weird, erratic, morbid aspi- fation of Gothic feeling is well reprodnced, and without exaggeration or caricature, into which modern pankering for the mediwval in The minarets— for minarets must be mentioned in the Mooriah-~ are hardly lofty Sonny for the dimengions of the building, being both too small and to@ le Hebrewism about it. Infact, the main principle Herstect ie ancient. Jewish’ ornamentstion, as i and embroidery—a principle which prevailed in the building of mou's Temple, was Twards reproduced in the second temple, its gates of gold and Corinthian , resembled in the propor- tious of its columns the las of Elephanta. OF this thiret for Of coloring and gildiny there are no traces in the temple at the corner Fifth avenae. The material of the building is the tea Gaerne Litre << Fee gemarwick, a yn exceedingly plastic purposes carving orpamentation, and from indications no e1 ing ie present iy The likely to be very magnificent, for the etmost SPE” eagle posted she tering colutane, there w tween it and the neaal Gothic interior. These col- amas (orm a reak sustaining the anes of tue BaRr will manner of the Gothie, and, be! upheld by clus- ii 'be. lite Werence ‘be. ie roof which divides the hich | due of her , amounting to s considerable re against them = “ _ 7 toward “ ney ato te five Boards of the Presby- crescents ceiling is sustained. rian Chare! It is intended eer ane ron eer. The new edifice erected by the Presb; add a combination of c , carving and gilding | church of Ewing, formerly a part of Trenton, N. which shall exceed anything of the kind ever | J., and the oldest of the Frosbyterian churebes in erected in the city, but of this, which is as yet ix embryonic condition, nothing definise can be writ- ten at present. The length of the interior will be one hundred and six feet. Messrs. Fernhar and one are the rey age of this Which is expected to among kind in the city, that city, was dedicated te the worship of God on tiie 20th ult —e d his charge of Rey. £. B, Sherwood has the church at Weston, Mo., to enter upon the mis- sionary work which has opened along the line of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad. The towns upon the line of this railroad are receiving a large emigration, 4 Rey. F, L, Patton has been installed pastor of the Presbyterian church in Nyack. The church in Pigeon Creek, Pa., is enjoying 9 retreshing revival. Forty persons have receuily found peace in believing. The church is without @ pastor, and @ fine opening is presented for the proper evangelical graduate. ir. Josiah McDowell, late of Peters township, Pa., in his will recéntly admitted to probate, be- queaths to Rev. Thomas Creigh, D. D., of cersburg, his aged and honored situated in Peters township, cont hundred acres. ‘The third church in Pitts! , Pa., though now without a pastor and engaged in building a new and costly house of worship, has just made its annual contribution to the cause of home missions, consisting of $5,160.. The church has given a call to the Rev. F. A. Noble, of St. Paul, y Mr. A. 8. Wood, a graduate of Auburn seminary, who has preached for more than @ —~ to the Presbyterian church of Verona, Pa., has been in- stalled pastor of the congregational church at Suspension Bridge. REFORMED CHURCH. agp: structure, sosthiest of its Congregation Shaner Hashnmotn. The usual Saturdwy morning service was cele- brated yesterday at the Shaaer Hashamoin syng- gogue in Rivington street, near Orchard. The pastor, the Rev. E. Sessler, came into the altar place at half-past eight o'clock, and the usual song, or canticle, was sung, and then followed the morning prayers and the chapter from the Pentateuch set apart for the day. There was no sermon or discourse, and in the afternoon service was again celebrated, The code of worship in this synagogue is according to the regular old Mosaic form, and no choir, or music, or any modern innovation tended to alter the form of worship. Shortly, the usual festivals will commence. over two A THOUGHTFUL SUGGESTION. To tun Epitor oF ras Huratp:— As you seem interested in religions matters, I wish you would suggest to trustees of churches the idea of making them free one Sunday in each month, Pew holders, if sincere doers as well as hearers of the Word, would not object when they* consider how many in this great city stay away from charch through utter inability to pay for a seat. Let the churches be thrown open freely the first Sunday in each month, and you will see them thronged. No more half filled pews and list- less hearers. The ministers would catch tha spi d perhaps the dawn of the millenium be The question which has so long agitated the Reformed Dutch church in this country in regard to a change of name is finally settled. The Gene- ral Synod met at Albany last week, by adjourn- ment from the annual meeting in June, to receive the reports from the classes on the proposed alteration; when it Was found that of 32 classes, visible even to Dr. Cummings’ expectant eyes. | 29 had yoted aye, 6 had voted and 4 had not Yours truly, ‘i PEW HOLDER. reported. The 8 od, after ates and earnest debate, voted 117 to 7 to ratify the antendment 4 RIDICULOUS STORY. which the word Dutch is struck out of the church name. The word Protestant, which has been generally supposed to bolene to the name, is also dropped, and the body is to be known as the Reformed Church of the United States of America. So that we now have the German Reformed. Church, representing such of the German and Scandinavian churches as were originally Calvinistio; the Reformed Presbyterian Church, a small body of Scotch origin, and the Reformed Church, represen’ the charches which sprung from H« . speech of the debate was made by the venerable Dr. J. M. Mathews, of this city, the oldest cena in the Synod. He took the ground that name Dutch had long been an obstacle to the growth of that denomination, and that it was now the ques- tion, not of preserving the record of the past, but how torender most effective service to the Master. The change is opposed by many of the wealthiest members of the church. Rev. Wi Rankin Duryee has declined the chair of history in —_— College. The collegiate churoh in this city has invited the Rev. J. L. McNair to take the exclusive charge of the North church on Fulton street. Rey. N. M. Sherwood, of Paterson, N. J., has accepted 4 call from the Reformed church of Cold Bpring, N. Y. A statement has appeared in several New York papers to the effect that the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher is to preach at the Church of the Holy Trinity (Episcopal), corner of Montague and Clinton streets. It was further stated that Mr. Beecher was to be made a test case of between the high and low churchmen, and that he had agreed tohold forth at the Church of the Holy Trinity upon the invitation of the rector, Rev. Little- john. This is simply a fabrication, or an r. It seems, however, that Mr. Beecher was annouuced to lecture at the Church of the Holy Trinity in New York, and the presumption is that if the statement above given be an error, it emanated from this latter announcement of the New York lecture. Mr. Beecher will preach before the mere chants of Brooklyn, at the Academy of Music, this evening. BAPTI: Rey. Samuel L. Caldwell, D. D., pastor of the Firat Baptist church in Providence, has been elected to the Professorship of Ecclesiastical His- tory in Newton Theological Seminary. The Baptists of Maine recently held the third annual session of their ‘‘Ministerial Institute” in Thomastown. The session continued seven days, and was attended by about sixty mifaisteve cack pastors. The institute has been successful in affording a class of ministers who have not had a thorough course of ae invaluable oppor Conception. Thirteen years ago to-day in the church dedi- cated to his great predecessor the Prince of the Apostles, ‘‘ Pius the Bishop Servant of the Ser- tunities for the discussion Wve-practical | yants of God,” publish 6 ,”’ published solemnly, in the presence ae Soc aL By of the College of Cardinals and pf representatives CAMNPBELLITE. from all parts of the globe, the bull Ineffabdilis Deus, thereby setting the seal of the church on a pious belicf which had long been dear to the Catholic heart. By that solemn decree he declared it to be the faith of the Catholic church that at no time was the Blessed Virgin under the contro! of Satan, ‘‘ that in the first instance ef her concep- tion she was by the singular favor and privilege of the omnipotent God, and through the merits of Christ the Saviour of the human race, preserved from all stain of original sin.” And aithongh this solemn teaching was not promulgated until far in the nineteenth century of the existence of the church, it was always piously believed from the earliest days. St. Andrew in his defence before the Roman proconsul held it. It was admitted even by Mahomet; it was asserted in later This peranasion numbers between fourvand five hundred thousand in the United States, and possess s number of exeellent theological semi- naries. The church is in a very flourishing condi- tion, especially in the Western States, where revivals are in constant progress and additional churches being established. A newspaper organ ofthe church, called the Christian Standard, is located in Cleveland, Ohio. An impression pre- vails that the Campbellite is identical with the Unitarian persuasion, but it is erroneous. The handsome new Campbellite church in New: at Christ church, tion of the cler; divines took up the body politic as they would a turkey, plucked it, disembowelled with rE and sorney basted hia other paper, saye:— A few Sundays ago, im one of the New York Presby- Philad Presbyterian, nder the significant head ‘of "Shametal’ and on the sutbority of some terian churches, the place of the regular prima was temporarily su ton, as some of ” “Black Ci during her absence by another, The Bew voice was the subject of conversa- uiled their hom: can she be! — “She isa young, timid girl, quite un- ® congregation. Did you, notice Tt came ont the next day that the timid young girl was one of the performers im tho rook, The “ Black Crook” is something or other, we know not what, that our minor theatres, an is going on nightly in one of is eaid to Go t e most in- decent of the - tacles, but just suited to the present tastes ot c theatre-goers. They have their theatre in Brooklyn, over the water from us, called the Academy of Music, and one of the newspapers says:— Miss Florence A. Rice, the favorite cancatrice of Dr. concert at the 's Presbyterian church, had a splendid benefit Academy on Monday might. She receivod some rich presents on the occasion, Sho was assisted by Patuson, Thomas, Simpson and Mme. Martinez, The audience was very large and proportionately enthu- Biastic, The London Musical Standard has had its atten- tion arrested also by the progress of the Holy Opera in the United States, gnd says, under the head of American choirs :— Mr. Brock, the well known minister of a large denom- ‘mational chapel in Bloomsbary, has lately visited the United States. In the course of some remarks upon American church musio he mentions visiting a church the choir of which consisted of four and two gentlemen. By this choir a hymn ‘was sung in the manner following:—The the fret line, the first indy wang the sang the third line and verse, The effect may be ‘two first man sang next, the other lady the Inst nan completed the And the same progress in the high art of church music has been attained in some of the London churches, One of the papers says :— A visitor at the church of St. Catherine Cree was astonished, a few Su: to hear faced by a long tone, ona tes gentleman,” and followed wolo by @ young lady, for the better elevation of her person. = up heaeg Dh rand the clergyman ‘Rot time left to preach his asrmon would have it got The regular of this church the Litany pre rendered by a professional the performance of another jing upon a stool or hassock Asthe music need that he in full, but he feel the effect opera ia beginning to airy, Our Remiene of Music was opened last Monday evening, after being close a week or two on account of the strike in the chorus ers. On Monday a entlemen called ope a lady friend and asked ifakn would go with to the opera that evening ? “O no,’ said she, “I went twice yesterday.” 1y, you forget, e said; ‘‘yesterday was “Whi iy fe 7 hy id; da, Sunday. “Yee, I know,’ she answered; ‘‘but I went to ' the holy opera.” EPISCOPAL CONVENTION. [From the Norwich (Conn.) Aavertiser, Dec. 4.} The convocation of the Eastern division of the Protestant Episcopal Church of this diocese met this city, on Wednesday. The Holy Communion was istered and Rev. Mr. Middleton, of Stonington, delivered a sermon. the afternoon a business session was evening Mr. Irwin, of Willimantic, read the service and Dr. Hallam, of New London, preached. church Rey. Mr. Middleton read the ser- vice and Rev. Mr. Trini yi Magill, of M, reached. The next convocation In held. Inthe At ic Bridge, i be held in y church on the first Tuesday in February. TAXATION, The committee on the division of the diocese met at half-past eleven A. M., and after deliberation — led that the proposed division was inexpe- jen POLITICAL CLERGYMEN—EXEMPTION FROM {From the Albany Argus, Dec. 5.] The recent ehanhegiving sae devoted by a per. olitical preaching. e y to p it aud sauce: it, stuffed it products, and roasted it and it and cut it up, and made 7, with it with exceeding great appetite. e find an instance in one of our exchanges. Dr. Thom} of New York, in his it to be impeached; the electors lenty of maligni ‘Thanksgiving sermon, said:—‘‘The convention that nominated Jopn- son ought — ought see impeached, For times. 1 bad no business ing who and what be was, There is great lack of sense and ‘here; but there is serves its reward. who voted for for him I have myself macy to vote for him without know- knowledge ity, which de- In the Constitutional Conven- tion yesterday a proposition was made to prohibit the exemption from taxation of any property on account of the calling of the owner, which aimed ., toward is i times by Martin Luther. Pontiff aftér pon- | to do away with the exemption in favor of clergy- Seortes Pua veined Gy Nee coe on tif fostered the pious belief, and Ms in- | men, which, first embodied into our system when $60,000, is nearly completed. dicated the faith of People, by | that class were excluded from public office, is ifn- ‘The church at Edinburg, Pa.,has been increased | forbidding in the school discussions the properly retained now that.so many have added by the addition of thirteen members, twelve by | use of terms not authorized by the Holy Fathers, | the profession of politics to that of religion. It who speak of the Mother of God as Eve before the baptism. Four were added recently tothe Nor- fall, and who, as in the case of St. Augustine, in all mal Glen congregation. ‘was lost on a tie vote, 47 to 47; but some absen- tees, favorable to the proposition, have since Forty-three ons were made to the church | that they wrote about sin, distinctly excepted the | taken their seats, and @ question to reconsider lies Mother of Christ. Writing of “Councils” we have the table. ety ag fay \ eo i dra hc ida explained what it is viet Catholics men 2 de- | It is proper ‘ie my that one prominent delegate, ‘orty~ from_ thi claring in those ages certain do; erto | a member 9 clerical profession, vot lo sire casket bag rye ot ig celery tie pesos or re; Aeon) at will are of faith, have been | away with the exemption. But Colonel Axtel has revealed to Church, and canuot be rejected without a “shipwreck of the faith.” They do not thereby introduce new doctrines which not been known before; but their representatives, the astors, declare what is and ever has been the faith of the Church. This was what has been done in tag cone of oem of the Immaculate Con- ception, aud that, too, with @ uuanimity truly remarkable. The festival ef the Conception of the Blessed Virgin has been long celebrated on December 8, and with increased solemnity and devotion since $54, As the Catholics in this country regard the immaculate Virgin as their special patroness, it is a special festival here, ranking as @ double of the first class, ‘Teatimony to a Catholic Priest. Among the beautiful presente given to Father M. M. Marco, the Catholic priest of La Crosse, Wis., last week, on the occasion of his birthday, was a beautiful Bible cloth, elegantly finished by hand embroidery on white satin—a present from the General Mother Superior of all the Sisters of Notre Dame, in person. There were also a splen- did table cloth, with border worked by hand, and tivo silver coffee cups and saucers, and two silver goblets, all beau ly lined with |, from two German ladies of La Crosse, in hame of the Ladies’ Soctety of the Church, with an address in Wabash county, Ind., and twenty-seven to the church at College Corner, lately. CONGREGATIONAL. A new local association of Congregational churches was organized on Friday, Nov. 15, at Weat Vigo, Michigan. It takes the name of “Cen- tral Association,” comprising within its bounds all the churches in the central portion of the State. ‘be First church in Charlestown, Mass., Rev. J. B. Miles, pastor, has just cleared off its debt of about $6,000, and is soon to have a chime of sixteen bells, $5,000 Le Tagg provided for this Lg 4 4 8 friend in n. Rev. H. M. Storrs, D. D., was dismissed from his pastorate im Cincinnati by the ceuncil called by himself and his congregation. The church made strong opposition to his dismissioa, but the council finally endorsed his removal, though with “deep regret and unfeigned Christian and affoc- ate sorrow.” The will of the late B. W. Greene, of Hartford, bequeaths about $3,000 to the fof ‘egational church in Bristol, R. I., fer the relief o! poor of the charch. . Rev. J. E. Rankin, of Charlestown, Mase. ® closer attention to church discipline, ot 80 ein tent” Wale ledding Cinta eaaate | Oe reclaim them. is leading aim of all discipline be comers . in the church should be constantly kept in view. Consecration of the Cathedral in Burlingten, pane Vermont. The consecration of the Catholic —— jnst finished at Burlington, Vt., is to take place iy. The consecration sermon will be oo by his LUTHERAN. Marvis Lovaer’s Wiir.—Inm the last will and Grace the Right Reverend Archbishop McCloskey, testament of this eminent reformer occurs the fol- ety he te pt bigh mass, geo ty Pwd at A = aie 5 " moi of conse- lowing remarkable passage:—‘‘Lord God, I thank ee me Berge. st cote: thee that thou hast been pleased to make me a at six o'clock A. M. of Sunday, the cathe- at nine o'clock. poor and indigent man uponearth, I have neither house, nor land, nor money to leave behind me. Thou hast given me wife and children, whom 1 now restore to thee. Lord, nourish, teach and preserve them a8 thou hast ine.”” The Lutheran church at Harper’s Ferry, Rev. D. A. Kahn, pastor, has been “reconstructed,” and ‘was reconsecrated November 10. Rev. A. wer, formerly of Boonsboro, Maryland, has removed to McAlllsterville, Juniata county, Pennsylvania. Cyras Thomas and P. M. Stevens were ordained by the Synod of Southern Illinois at its late meet- ing. ing opened At six P.M. P 3 blessing of the statue will take lace, and will be followed ® sermon by the ight Reverend Dr. McFarland, Bishop of the See of Hartford, Conn. Masses will be said at all’ be gig five to ten o'clock at St. Patrick’s chapel. UNITARIAN, The Liberal Christian proposes a new and sim-, ple form of admission to the Charch as follows:— The old distinction between society and church hada “etroning 4 justification so as METHODIST. The now Methodist Church in Freepogt, m., was dedicated on the 17th ult. The edifice ia of brick and cost $21,000. Of this sum $13,000 was subscribed on the day ef the dedication. Rev. A. P. Mead and Rev. H. Hall dedicated a those belon; to the church were consi elect, or Christians. It has no meaning, no justifis cation,tin our liberal faith. We do not believe that the few who belong tothe church and of the eommunion are saints, while the the ih who ewn the church and pay the minister, and bear all the of the enterprise, are reprobates. We all know that many of the very Ee men and women in our parishes do not belong to what is called h at Pipestone Creek, Michigan, on the | ?' ” . lth aie The cont of the buliding wae $2,500. ig Kone The ai ion between aareh The Methodist church recently built in Detroit, | oie Yolleibde ‘Seeman’ or ; chen brie F Mich., ata cost of $108,000, was dedicated, the we get rid of this m. Samael Lae 17th ult., by Bishop Simpson. The Ceatenary church in Minneapolis, Minn., erected at @ cost of $27,000, was dedicated om the 17th alt. herited from Calvanistio ancestors, or imported from foreign systems of faith, and build up our churches according to our own simple, beantifal Christian idea, the sooner we shall get rid of at enoumbrance and prepare the way for re- ligions growth and our own ‘ious fluence. Let us have one tcpevtenaon, hengiogs and financi: Christian Church, counti PRESBYTERIAN, ‘The Presbyterian states that the late Mra. Sustn H. Thorn, of Carlisle, Pa., left $21,500 ia specified bequests to benevolent objects. Among these arc, $1,000 to tha Pennsylvania Bible Society; $2,500 to Princeton Seminary, for a scholarship; $2,600 to the Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary, for the same purpose ; $5,000 to the ry re eae ; to the Seca dove te pra che $1,000 Mk b pehte sone poy ys profane, — 5 just now giving tueir av each to the M. B. ehurch and to the Protestant | tention to the invasion of our churches by operatio Kglssona) church ia Carlisle: da. do, The sepi- | singers. minded fiends of z him and his to all helping offices, ac- id influence. a “THE HOLY OPERA.” Anes [From the New York Observer (uigh old Preshy- terian.) Even our sober-mi the beams; the fire is known by its ERALLY. served in the army as well as in the church mili- tant, and probably felt no pride in drawing a pen- sion for mere scolding. Gratitude is the memory of the heart. Hope is the blossom of happiness. Desire is a tree in leaf, Hope is a tree in flower, and Enjoyment is a tree in fruit. Eternity is a day without yesterday or to-mor- row—a day without end. Time is @ line that has two ends—the cradle and the grave, God is a necessary gy aps aun the machinist of nature, the eye of matchless power of the aniverse, the world. be ate burning, ‘The rising of the sun is known of eternity, justice soul of the of the is known by its moving; even 60 cer- presence of God's the shining lignt of a oe oare ae 7a ‘The Young Men's Christian Association of Wash- laid the corner stone of a new hall last ington a ak, J Chase and Sesator Wilson maki week, eee te occasion. ing Rev. W. Noel, hay reached the age of three score years and Hing A about to rene from ministerial labors. Walter ead, a yor man who received the succor: attentions of the New Haven Yo Men's Christian Association, and proved his to! depravit friended and locked up. by stealing from those who had be- , Was arrested in Providence recently, The annock Presb; , Which includes Pern gery other places, and churches in East- Virginia, cent to Washington, the following eeeeretioas== Classes for ordination tothe ace of tne , has adopted of this Presbytery, voueaes seme ‘very are equally open to all ministry, according to the forms and usages of our A Bible class was asked to name the precionss| several stones named in the Bible. After had “Well, Thomas, what found scholars ven answers, oue little fellow called out, recious stones have you » “Brimstone,’’ was the reply. A tender conscience is an inestimable blessing ; thet is, conscience not what is evil, but instantly to closes itself agaiust a mote, ik to discern Ss ns tho epee The ninety-t' in Po a ty-two religious denominations Every family onght to have a re and the best one is the Sunday Hera. He who gave Saturn his rings and moon like @ ball of silver in the broad arch of es the rose leaf its delicate tint and heaven ligijous r, on ot the placed the made the: distant sun to nourish the violet. ‘The foundation stone of the new Free Church for Dr. Candlish’s congregation, in laid by the Earl of Dalhousie a few This building is to cost £31,500. sum has been subscribed, with the exception of of the church bad raised about £5,000. Ata recent mge' it was stated that the con, , was woeks since. This £160,000 since the disruption e One of the chaplains to the British force sent to Abyssinia will be the Rev. C. H. Blumhardt, who has beew allowed by the Church Missionary Soci- ety to proceed to Ab: ja, his been asked for by Sir Pe Sree, Somat will im al pal dlocens of Leng Inia, which will be created next year, Holy Trinity, the finest charch in bert’ Napier. He is Church of the 0 is now rector of the Aye, ane which has just been completed under his adminis- tration. ‘Tho Chicago Ministerial Union ts going to have a “fa iready bas caucuses dlaworm. ia righ Tt his ‘hile stepping o and has nected, aud has assumed clerical duties. Some time the Rev. Mr. 8; 8 "sermon alte text ‘And Mary Sept: feet of Jesus, he broke suddenly off, and to his Mary gation, exclaimed, “The shed w were not such tears as many whic! from a ferryboat. He mad also been unfortunate in his business tr tions, having lost the accumulations of e Considering all these afflictions as @ visi Providence, he has asked to the charch with which he was formerly con-- preached ” In the that drew been restored of you ur out when you come to this altar. They came ‘rom her heart—they were tears of the poor stuff that you present as an offer offending God.’’ Then, leaning over the and arnestly he ‘exclaimed, “There the sea of uptarne @ some of you for whose tears I would not give a farthing a quart.” The London and influential meeting held at the Freemasons’ Tavern to promote ‘‘common action am Lp pe improvement of who rely for the brotherly charity, with or life on filial piety blood, and not, toan Panis, Daily News reports s numerow$ those without more particular agreement in matters of. doctrinal theology.” formation of the Fr The meet ee aitcuen Usion. in the At @ Sabbath school in Illinois, lately, a young German girl was asked what the entrance of our Ssviour into J ® moment’s hesitation, promptly replied, ‘‘0 Susanna. Revivals and old gether? No, not m jges—Can they go to art. e same hei the people said oa . After brightening up, she The following little poem, falt of religious sweet ness, isfrom the genial pen of John E. Hatcher, formerly of the Mobile Advertiser, at present oon- nected with the Louisville Journal:— He waves wide The Angel of Sleep. He.droops his plumy, snow soft wings, baimy band, The gloomy train of cares as well That clogved our steps before; Oniver of oblivion! ¥or Memers List of DMembere-Postponement ef The contemplated December meeting. Aztec Club, which was to take early im she present month, poned until the fourteenth day — ber at the suggestion in common of bers, Generals Grant because of the absence in Europe of General ghts ate sweet and deep, slumbers on her throne, Rocked by the angel, Sleep. ‘There is a face whose loveliness Is cen hues of care; But Sleep hath swept it with his kiss, And made it smooth and fair, ‘There is a worn aud weary Drain, ‘That rests unti the morn; ‘There is a heart which béats with pain, ‘That feels no more {o1 © Death's fair brother! riorn. how divine Must be that slumber deep, More sweet, more calm, more free than thine, When his beloved sleep. THE AZTEC CLUB. Meeting. place hes of McClellan, At the time herewith indicated the meeting” will be held, and nearly all the then living members ‘will be present and participate, under the chairmanship of ex-Fresident Franklin Pierce, should he then bd At the September meeting tho archives of the club will be gathered tozether and placed in print, together Hagner, of the United States Arsenal at Watervliet, XC, Y., the present custodian of the several thousand dollars: of the fands of the club, will resign his position and ask the appointment of a successor. Appended is an official original members of the club, which was a. in the city of Mexico A. D. 1847 by the of list of ‘the army of on the Mexican entry, the the United States, with the rank of , Who with the late General Sootd entered that city in that year. The names of man: men, since become eminent in both eivil and ge, pome climber. any. new. deed, are amnbcnans the ig ae TE a a, | i Liew ‘Abercrombie, Capt. Robert B. Lec. al iad = § | 5 ie Hip HIRE E i pvnieialiiieti ay Sci fe ae f J i i fu 3 ty E £ i . i r Ht’ f t if E £ 9; 2 2 i 1 i ; tH we fi HF i i ie ese ei 100 B, Gap Wa J arden” | peagitt ri i 7 HY Hi Fi; i ii Uf i ry Capt. Tui Morn, Brt. Licut John Mon- Toe, dead. Lieut. Ford. 8. Mamford. Abrabam ©. Myers. fr oa? tt a a: = e Bure: py * f i *t Fy © :