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6 RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. May 7—Fourth Sunday After Easter. ‘The May Anniversaries—Our Religious Correspon- dence—Whence Sprung the Human Race t— Evangelical News from India—A Min- ister Deposed—Baptist Statistics— Roman Catholic News—Re- ligious Notes and Move- ments Generally. Services To-Day. ‘The forty-fifth anniversary of tne American Home Missionary Society will be held tn the Broadway Tabernacle church, Sixta avenue, corner of Thirty- fourth street, this evening. Sermon by Rev. Pro- fessor Samuel ©, Bartlett, D. D., of Chicago. “Binding and Loosing, or the Keys Given to Peter,” will be the subject of @ discourse by Rev. Chauncey Giles this evening, at the New Jerusalem «Swedenborgian) church, Thirty-fifth street, between Park aud Lexington avenues, Rey, Dr, Westcott will preach in Plymouth Bap. tist churen, Fifty-first street, between Ninth and Tenth avenues, this morning and evening. Morning + Repworth’s church. On Sunday evening last, asthe | February. subject—“Review of His Forty Years’ Pastoral Labor.” Rev. Dr, Cheever will preach in Lexington avenue church, corner of Forty-sixth street, to the Churcn of the Puritans, this evening. Dr. Sanderson will preach in the morning. Rey, FE. ©. Sweetser will preach this morning and evening in the Bleecker street Universalist church, corner Downing street. Rev. Merrill Richardson, pastor of the New England Congregational church, corner Forty- seventh street and Madison avenue, will preach morning and evening. Rey. Charles T, Lee will repeat, by request, some of the recent lectures on “Scriptural Types of Modern Character,” at the Fifth Untversalist chureh, Plimpton Building, Ninth street, Third avenue, Subject to-day—*eborah, the Heroine.” Rey. C. C. Foot will speak in the Christian church, West ‘iwenty-eighth street, this morning and evening. Subject in the morning—‘‘Paul’s Prayer.” Evening—Jonn’s Gospel.”” Rey. Andrew Longacre preaches this morning ana evening in the Central Methodist Episcopal church, venth avenue, near Fourteenth street. Rey. Dr. Francis Vinton will preach this evening nD the Memorial Chureh of Bishop Wainwright, Rey. Thomas Street will preach this morning the seventh anniversary sermon in the North Presby- verian church, and in the evening continuation of sermons on “Scriptural Characters.’? Rey. Dr. Samuel Hanson Cox will preach in the North Dutch church, William and Fulton streets, his morning. Rev. Dr. Schoff will preach this morning in the south Reformed churen, Filth avenue, and Rev. Dr. dickson in the evening. The church in West Forty-eighth street, between Dignth and Ninth avenues, lately purchased by the ‘ourth Reformed Presbyterian congregation of this ity, will be opened for public worship to-day, lorning service by the pastor, Rev. J. Kennedy, nd Rey, J. R. W. Sloane, D. D., of Allegheny. alternoon service by Rey. J. O. K. Milligan, of this ity. Evening service by Rey. J. R. W. Sloane, D. D. The anniversary of the New York Protestant Epis- opal City Mission Society will be held at St. Thomas’ hureh, corner Fifth avenue and Fitty-third street, 1s evening. Addresses will be delivered by Rev. rs. Morgan, Montgomery, Washburn, Peters, H. C. otter and others. nder the direction of Mr. George Wilham Warren, rganist, Key. J. R. Kendrick will preach morning and vening in the Tabernacle Baptist church, Second venue. Mrs, Cora L. V. Tappan will speak before the So- ety of Spiritualists this morning ana evening in all, Sixth avenue. The corner stone of St. John’s Free charch, Palt- de avenue, Jersey City, will be laid this afternoon, Nicholas Stansoury, of Christ churcn, Newark, er clergymen, will make the addresses. enc May Anniversaries. SUNDAY, MAY 7. American Female Guardian Society and Home r the Priendless.—Sermon 1m Collegiate Reformed ureh, Fifth avenue and Twenty-ninth street, by v. C. 8. Robinson, D.D., Annual meeting, for | lies only, on the following Wednesday, at 10 A. M. | 2s P.M. American Home Missionary Society.—Anniversary | rmon in Broadway Tabernacle, at 74; P. M., @y | ofessor Samuel C, Partlett, D. D., of Chicago. The apnual meeting will be heid at the rooms of > Society, in the Bible House, on Wednesday alter- on, May 10, at four o’ciock. MONDAY, MAY 8, Seaman's Friend Socvety.—Association Fall, 734 M. Rev. H. M. Galiaher, Rev. J. A. French and y. Edward Hopper, D. D. TUESDAY, MAY 9 imerican and Foretgn Christian Cnion.—Asso- tion Hall, 744 P.M. Rev. efoward Crosby, D. D.; vy. M. D. Kalopothakes, of Athens; Rev. A. M. rwin, of Chill, and Rev. Horace James, vward Misston,—Academy of Music, 74% P. M. eform League,—Steinway Hall, 10 A. M. WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, imerican Tract Societv.—Association Hall, 73% M. Rev. Stephen H. a . DD. Rev. GW acock, D). D., Rev. Merrill Richardson, Hon, Wil- n E. Dodge ‘ational J eave Convention.—Room No. 24 Cooper titute, nerican Woman suffrage Convention,—Stein- y Hall, mormng, rnoon and evening. Julia ra Howe, Edward Eggieston, ). D., Lucy Stone, Liebert Collyer, Moses Coit Tyler, Phebe A. Henry 3aford, B. Blackwell, arehill. Elizabeth K. ation Fall, 10 A. Rey. J. D. Fiske, Foss, D.'D., Kev, Kingston | Genera! Tbeddore Runyon. | gation Unip:.—soctal Reunion | okivn Academy of Music 7%; P.M. Kev. Henry | scudder, D. D., Rev. J. Hyatt Smith, Rev. Noah Schenck, D. D., Kev, Edward Eggleston, D. D., | + Willtath M, Taylor. i, 735 P.M. Rev, Herrick Jobnson, D. D., Rev. eWitt Talmage, Rev. T. L, Cuyler, Mr. William podge. TIURSDAY AND FRIDAY, MAY 11 AND 12. ational Woman Suffrage Convention.—Apollo 1, Distinguished and aoie speakers. TUESDAY, MAY 16. ew York Sunday Schoot Missionary Unton— wrmed Duteh church, Fiftn a’ » The P.M. . Wiliam Ormiston, D. D., Kev. Edward Eggies- vb. D. SATURDAY, MAY 27. of Friends. —Elders’ meeungs tn the ditfer- z houses. Public meetings on the suyse- ot Sunday and Wednesday. intervening nd juding inéctings at the Rutheriord piace meet- house, ie New England Lator Reform League meets sooper Instiiule May 5, 6 and 68, and at Tame iy Hall May 7 ence Sprang the Eauman Race—leply to “Quid Est Verit: eo a8 Eprtor or THe HeraLy:— um sorry to be compelled again to encroach upon + valuable space With u question [ thought set- ; but as] am accused of ignorance and tack of 1ority in support of my statements I feel it my y to say a few words in reply. “Q. E. V."" says in my second communication I brought for- 1 no new argument. Why should Ir This id be admitting that those previously advanced » fully met, which 1s not true; and my object was ny to make this apparent, which I think I suc. ed in doing. I will heme state for the benefit of gentleman that my prineipai authority is de- ! from the use of the saw and dissectin, , to which ali other authority mast yield, ot deny that some of the Jews of Cochin might able tie original mhabitants, but do positively that it is from the effects of cilmate. He 8 ah Xu, 26. Why did he not quote the beginning of 2e4 to end of 26th verse’ Be- e it Would prove the very opposite of what be wed. Does he cail ths fairness? From verse Wil be seen that amalgamation was carried on ch an extent in some sections Of Ue country as st completely to change their language, al- gi the Very same obligation was imposed upon by Moses (Deut, vil, 3). 1 will now reter him to nomy XXL, 11, 12, 18, and also to the WEEKLY bb, Febraary 28, a8 further proof, That it ts and pot wool, of which the negr possessed ; wed aware; but as he stated that the wool of >) taken to the West Indies changes to I oply answered him in his own language, let Sue reader judge who most “lave The inhabitants of the Polar regtons are not black, as he would have us belleve, and my argument ts greatly strengthened, if not contirmed, by the fact that the animals of the Polar regions are white. Why did not “Q. E. V.” answer the question osered tim in regard to the appearance of the negro in New Holland + Simply because he could not with- out acknowledging tie validity of my statements Hear what Proiessor Huxley says on the subject :— “Whence this stugular distribution? Does it not point to a vastly remote time when these distant localities, between which there now rolls a vast ocean, Were parts of one tropical continent? And, if so, does tt not throw back the appear- ance of man upon the globe to an era immea- suravly more remote than has ever yet been ‘assigned to 1 by the boldest speculators "’—Medical Tunes and Gazette, September 4, 1568, For further reference see Boston Journal of Chemistry, Sep- vember, 1870. Lastly, he takes for granted whet has never been proved—that the greyhound, buil dog, Newfoundland dog, Ac,, Were the offsprings of a \ common parent. The eer was produced England & crossing the Itallan with some of the English species. Will “Q E, V.” inform me t what species the ancestors of the hairless dog of Guiana belonged? 1 am very suspicious they were hairiess too, The fox and woif have been in- habitants of the same climate and locality for a period reaching indefinitely further back than our oldest history; they have also been subjected to about the same external influences, yet Wey are as distinct Ba oor. s word of any single gentleman. ROBERT BOOTH, M. D. Good Clothes Versus Good Seats. To vHe EpiroR or THE HERALD:— I should like to call attention through the col- umns of your valuable journal to a gross lack of politeness on the part of one of the ushers of Dr. escort of two ladies, 1 eniered the main entrance of the above-named sanctuary, and requested seats for three; was told by the youtn (whose attention seemed constantly called to the set of his im- macuiate heht-colored overcoat) that it was impossible to accommodate me, and in less than thirty seconds afterwards he escorted a similar number to very eligible seats: he not alone took one party after refusing me, ont at least four, Now is this right’ or is this discrimination made for reasons obvious only to the beardiess youth aforesaid: As a sincere admirer of Dr. Hepworth 1 think his attention should be called to 14, for it never would be permitted with his sanction. Hereafter 1 shal! avoid the centre aisle and young men whose regard for truth seems less than a desire or morbid vanity for goud clothes. Yours, &c., yA. Le The Observer Gives Some Hints to Anni- versary Speakers and Others. The retigious anniversaries are to be held next week in this city. A few words to secretaries, speakers, hearers, &c., are in order:— 1, It 1s well to begin the exercises precise'y at the hour appointed, 2. The annual report should be condensed, brief and a printed abstract circulated with the pro- gramine of the meeting. 3, The time of each speaker ought to be allotted beforehand, and an understa.ding haa with him that he will not take more than twice or three times the space in the meetivg assigned to him. Justice to those who are to follow him and due regard to the hearers should constrain speaker to moverate limits. | 4 There are several anecdotes that have been used every year jor tie iast twenty: ive, or thereabouts, Uhat might reasonably be allowed to be undisturbed this season. ‘They will be fresher next time. ‘Thus “there's another man; he has been taken off the ship so often that he may be considered saie now, [a> Rada illustrations are always fresh and refresi- ing. 5. If you come to hear itis not the nicest thing to o out while a dull man is on his legs. Ifhe has little sense you have no manners if you turn your back on him, Stay in or stay out. 6, These are religious anniversaries. They ought to be devotional, practical and spirltiual. They should be attended by far greater numbers than we have seen of late years. Let them be again as of old—crowded, earnest, reviving. ‘Tbe Roman Ladies Present a Rich Carpet to the Pepe. The Holy Father is, po doubt, much cheered under vhe untoward circumstances in which he finds him- | Self by the increase of attachment that his mtsfor- tunes has called forth from the faithful. The ladies of Rome waited on bim the other day to present him with a splendid carpet. The After expressing his thanks for the rich gtit he sad Would that Italy were, Would that they were united to make her strong and compact, and, uke | all the other great Powers, | destinies of Europe., But an italy great without | God, without faith, without religion, and with the destruction of the papacy, which in vain it attempts, never can be. Italy, under the present system and ; With the present men, shall ever be an object to Yet we hope that as God taught Peter where he should cast his net to capture many fishes that He | Will aiso teach us the way to arise from the abyss of evils in Which perhaps our sins have plunged us.”? Good Evangelist News from India. The Northwestern Christian Advocate has a letter direct from Kev. J. M. Thoburn, D. D., dated at religious interest in several districts, aud makes this very gratifying announcemen’ “The great Baboo Chunder Sep. whom God led to England and ena- bled to fill the world with His fame, has laid caste, rank, learning, all at tne feet of Jesus, and is per- haps by this time @ Methodist local preacher.’? ‘Ynis is truly good news if well founded; and, coming thus, we cannot doubt it, though we confess to have received no very favorable impressions tending to such a bappy result from the course of Chunder Sen while in London, where, though never before out of India, he directly abandoned tne modest rdéle of an ob- server and turned public adviser and critic. Per- haps the Londoners are partly responsible for his speeches. Chunder Sen is tie founder, and was at the time we refer to the Chief of the Brahmo Somaj, the great rationalistic association of the Brahmins of India. As a reform movement it was shaking the old foundations of Braliminism, and now, per- chance, 18 to bave its own foundations shaken. What glorious resuits are to tollow we cannot pre- dict, bat we trust that a time of great enlargement tm India 1s at hana. Presbyterian Prosperity. NEW YURK HERALD. himself open to the charge of gross ignorance.” Rev. Father Damen announced, last evening, that ‘This 18 stronger proof than the | u of Rome gives | Music by St. Thomas’ choir, | the following reply of his Holiness on the occaston:— of weight m the | awake compassion in 'some—tn others contempt. | Lucknow, Maren 2, which speaks of an increasing | BSN) 4 ; and hear Bishop Jones say ‘Button, button, who's | on Tuesday evening next he would speak at length upon “Transubstantiation.” night of tne Sth was very large, some sixty or sev- enty persons being provided with seats inside the altar rails for want of room elsewhere, Rev. William Adams, D. D,, Rev. Robert Collyer, and Rey, Thomas K, Beecher have gone to Europe. “Orthodox, heterodox and middling,” remarks the Independent, | The Rev, Francis L. Pation, the very successtul pastor of the Presbyterian church of Nyack, and known as an able review and newspaper writer, has been called by the Souta chureh in Brooklyn to suc- ceed the Rey. Dr. 5. T. Spear. Rey. Charles Lowe is'compelied, by reason of fll heaith, to resign his position as Secretary of the American Unitarian Association, ‘The Rey. Thomas J. Brown, for some years past the pastor of the Logan square church, in Philadel- ‘The attendance on the | ‘There are now, and ever have been, two monstrous enemies of mankind, viz:— SUPERSTITION AND INFIDELITY— which are trying to destroy us. They are all the time watching to ensnare and entangie men, and we see men dally failing victims to their allure- ments, The Urim and the Taumiim was established to counteract superstition and imfldelity, It was the jorious destiny of the priests of Israé! to panop! themselves with light knowledge and faith, an to triumph over these enemies of mankind. Now, have the priests of Israel always been true and faithful to their cailing? ~We are grieved that we must answer in the negative, and hence 80 much misery has darkened the pages of our history. The riests were not to possess land, because God was he poriion of their mheritance and their lot. Their hearts were to pe directed heavenward, aud not be anchored to materialism, But mauy of the priests preterrea a tract of land here to the glorious bliss of heaven, and thus spread darkness imstead of lightamong the people. Tney catered to depraved * tastes, and did no (rey but @ greac deal of moral hia, has accepted the cail tendered co him by the | “| Westminster church at Utica, N. Y., aud will soon be uansferred to bis new fleid of labor. | On Sabbath, the 23¢ ult., a most interesting com- ' nuntor service was held at the Oxiord Presbyterian chureh, Phiiadeipuia, on which occasion sixty- eight persons were received mio the communion of that church—forty-nine of them pon profession of ‘ fer aoe A large number received the rite of aptism, ‘he Ohio Legislature has passed a bill exempting - dweilings of clergymen of all deyominations m. on, Since the ist of January tere have been reported in the Cumberland (Md.) Presbyterian, during the Urst three months of the year, as follows:— Professions accessions to of keligion, Me Church. January. + 429 472 i 732 March... 900 2,078 " 3 , 4; church houses erected and dedicated to the service of God, 6, and one presby- tery organized. The religious bodies in Ireiand are settling their , Mnancial affairs with the goverpment. The Roman. | Catholics have just received $1,800,000 by way of | compensation for the nooth Grant, which is now to cease; the Presbyterians have commuted the Regium Donwn tor more than 00,000; and the Episcopalians will, of course, rec.ive a much larger amount. The Pactfic Churchman says that Bishop Whipple, | of Minnesota, has been invited to take the Diocese of Honolulu, in the Sandwich islands. [tis thougnt he may accept the position on account of his heaiti: requiring a miider climate. The Rey. F, F. Ellinwood, D.D., having, by a reso- lution of the Board of Directors of Allegheny Tneo- logical Seminary, been reieased from his accep: = Sent Board of Foreign Missious located in this city, Rey. Dr. Boardman, of Binghamton, has accepted the Professorsiiup in the Chicago Congregational Seminary, to which he was recently elected, Rey, James Eells, D. D., pastor of the Second church of Cleveland, Onio, has been elected to the Chair of Sacred Knetoric aid Pastoral Theology in | the Allegheny Presbyterian Seminary. | . Rey. James Thompson, pastor of tae West Twenty- | fifth street United Presbyterian church in this city, ; died suddenly on the 21st of April, alter attending a | prayer meeting. Key. £. B. Inslee, long @ misstonary in China in connection with the Southern Presbyterian Church, died, after a paiuial illness, in New Orleans, on the 8th of April. | Rev, J, Allen Maxwell has resigned bis charge of the Presbyterian church of Sout Orange, N. J., after @ pasturate of more than tén years. Kev. Dr. E, F, Hattield, the prominent Metnodist preacher of Chicago, after six years’ service in that city, how goes to Cincinuati. ‘Two distinguished Proiestant pastors, Pressense and G. Monod, ti Paris, have addressed letters of stern and noble remonsirance to the insurgent cnlefs against the imprisonment and threatened murder of the Roman Cathohe Archbishop of Paris, When the infant son of the Prince of Wales was buried, a few days ago, at the words ‘Ashes to ashes, dust to dust,” in the service, instead oi earth being thrown into the grave, as 1s cusiomary, three young girls threw in handfuls of primroses, violets, wood anemones and other wild flowers. A beautiful act, indeed, remarks the Observer, and just as sugges- five of the perishable nature of the objects we love. Rey. Marcy E, Nelson, of the Senior Class of Au- barn Seminary, has accepted a cali to the Presby- tertau church of Pavilio jenesee county, N. Y. Rev. J. B, Beaumont ined leave to resign his pastoral char; it Waverley, N. ¥., at an adjourned Meeting of the Presbytery of Chemung, on the 25th ult. He is to close his jabors there on the 14th of ay. The First Presbyterian church of Washingtonville, Orange county, is destitute of a pastor. ‘The con- gregation are uhited and abie to give aa acceptable muuister a good support. The clergy of the city, by the Bishop and Rev. vr. Morgan, are reque to meet at the almonry, in rear of St. Thomas’ church, on Uns (Sunday) even- ‘ing, at halt-past seven o'clock, to attend the anni- versary of the Protestant Zpiscopal Mission Society. Few things, says the Liveral Christian, are more shocking to 4 stranger than the Indecent haste with which Episcopal clergymen gallop through the va- rious services of their Church. Tue service of Con- secration 13 no exception to the rule, The words, very impressive in themselves, are made absolutely unintelligible by the rapidity with which they are | spoken. An excellent criticism on these methods has recently come to our hearmg, A little girl, the daughter of an Hpiscopal clergyman, was urged by her mother to attend confirmation. The httie one declined, sayin, Yo, Mamma; | don’t wavt to go got the buitou!’"” THIRTY-FOURTH STREET SYNAGO&UE. Superstition and Infidelity the Monstrous Enemies of Mankind—The Pressing Duty of the Ministry—Sermon by Rev. Dr. Vidaver. A large congregation assembled in this synagogue yesterday, in whose hearing was read the portion of the law contained in Leviticus, chapters twenty-one | and twenty-two, and from the eighth verse of the | Grst named chapter Dr. Vidaver subsequently dis- coursed—“Thou shalt sanctify Him, therefore, for fe offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: forl, the Lord, which sanctiy you, am holy. The priesthood, he said, ta an institution | Whose origin is !ost amid the hoary ages of antiquity. Just as in the sacrifices we find the priesthood among all nations. It was introduced into the Mosaic economy from thegnctents, but it aiffered vastly The Second Presbyterian church at Huntington, at the celebration of its seventh anniversary last week, paid up its entire debt. debt amounted to $5,2' subscrived before th ‘Was raised at the me ; $4,200 of this had been eting, the balance, $1,000, ing, and in addition $325'was | Voted per year to increase the salary of the pastor, Rev. W. W. Knox. A Protestant Episcopal Minister Depored. Rey. \V. il. Cooper, D. D., whose withdrawal from the Provestant Episcopal Charch was announced a month ago, has since been summarily deposed by Fashop Lee. Mr. Cooper applied to the fowa dlo- cesan for letters dismissory to the Chureh of Eng- land, from which Mr. Cooper came twenty years ago, and Whence he derived his orders, ‘The re- sponse was to the effect that, haviug voluntarily withdrawn from the ministry of the Protestant Epis- copal Church, he is deposed, for causes not affecting his moral character, according to canons duly cited, ched in the First Con- Mr. Cooper has recently p ve National Temperance Society.—Association | gregational church of Chicago aud elsewhere among “the sects.” The x follow « Baptisms last year.. Total membership, Ja membership Georg ginia follows with 122,129, a: eu with 100,616. In the British provinces | 45,145 Paptists; in Europe, 200,541; In Atrica, | im Asia, 21,004; in the West Indies, 22,749; to Au: asia, 4,321—making a gr figures ure not perfect, but they show @ lear ap- proximation to the actual numpers, Roman Cathoiic. (from the New York Tablet, May 6.) LAYING OF A CORNER STONE. On Sunday, April 30, the Most Rev. Archbishop laid, with appropriate ceremunies, the corner sione of a chureh about to be erected at Fort Washington, to the honor of Almighty God, under the invocation of St. Elizabeth, Tie Archbishop was assisied im | tne ceremony by several of tue re the city. Right Kev. Dr. Martinez, vana, Was present on the occasion. Fatner Hecker preached. The ground for tne erec- Uon of the church and parochial residence has been donated by Messrs, James Gurdon Benuett and Jo- eeph Fisher, ds off Wi I thes ¢ there are CONFIRMATIONS, The sacrament of confirmation will be adminis- tered by the Most Rev. Archbishop on Sunday, May 7, in the Church of St. Nicholas, Second street, On Monday, May 8 in the Cnureh of the Holy In- bocenis, West Thirty-seventh street, On Tuesday, May ¥, in the Church of St. Colomba, West Twenty-fith street, On Wednesday, May 10, in the Church of St. Michael, West Thirty- ond street, Religious Notes—Personal and General, The Rev. Rovert J, Walker, the seamen’s mission- ary at large, Who bas for many years preached in the open alr at the foot of Cocnties slip, sttli per- forms his daty tn ali seasons. The Bible ts suppiied ny the society In seventeen languages, and there 1s demand for all. At the close of bis discourse on “Faith,’’ at the mission which he ts now giving in Sts. Peter and Paul's church, Second sireet, Brooklyn, E, D., the This was the duty and the privuege of the priest. ral it total Of 1,746,414. These | from any other, of the land of Egypt ye shall not do.’ Egypt was a house of bondage A LAND OF LAW, and God delivered the Israelites, not only from | physical, but from spiritual bondage, and gave them jaws tree from the defects of Egypt's. Tae Egyp- tians boasted of a mighty priesthood. They were | the wealthiest men in the land and owned about one-half the property of te country, Their power was absolute, They ruled over kings, and their cash plerced even to the very soul of the people. The masses were their blind tcols and were led like cat- Ue to tie shampies, They were not able to ask for ‘light in the dark labyrinth into which they were drawn. The priests appropriated the treasures of knowledge to themselves, and held the keys or wisdom and power In their own hands, While they stood on the highest eminence of glory the masses stood cringing in igiorance below, meekly bowing wo their pretend infallible sway, How vastly different was the priesthood of Israel! The¥ were commanded not to do as the priests of Egypt did. While ihe priests, THE DEAD IDOLS, themselves became onjects of worship to the masses, Though it was also the priests of Israci were to be servants tn the house | of the Most High and could not claim any other title were not to assume any prerogatives above their | fellows, for all Isracl was to be a kingdom of priests unto God and were to serve Him fn spirit and tn | truth. In Israel was first proclaimed tne great truth that God had created man in His own image and to ail Israel, rich and poor, high and low, priest and Jayman, was accorded every right to study and to know the law of the Lord and to do it. Israel was | commanded to exalt wisdom and she would promote | them and bring them to honor, and hence it was mot so easy for their priests to aarken the minds of the people or to ASSUME INPALLIBLE AUTHORITY. | _ The mission of the Jewish priesthood was twofold As teachera of the people. ie, every one was to be @ priest unto God, but the people who attended to their datly avocations could not study His aw | thoroughly, and a distinct class of priests Were insti- vated, whose duty it was to teuch the people this Jaw. Iilnstrations of this were given by the Doctor, | it was the mission of the priests, he continued, to spread light where darkness prevatied, They were to invite the peuple 1 come and walk in the light of the Lord, and it was the privilege o1 the priests to walk in perpetual light. Their lips were to keep knowledge, and they were to be angels of God, dis ensing mercy, light and knowledge. While tie Payptian priesta kept all to seives the priests of Isracl were to dispense knowledge, But, secondly, they were to teach faith by active personal piety, by deeds of love and mercy, They were to searcn, to | learn, to know and todo, The realms of salvation | ee tobe thrown open to all comers, irrespective ol 23. CREED OR NATIONALITY, tothe people. He was to be the physician bodily as well Teaneo and to spread healing and peace and good will among the people. Aud thus aione | Could he teach faith. Iv 18 only full taith in the God | Of mercy, the everlasting fountatia of love, that can melt tn? heart and make us traly human. Thus the priest has to show that faith, the blessed religion Jrom whence springs all things that bloom tn the garden of the Lord, And now, dear friends, said the Doctor, you will comprehend tue meaning of the Urtm and the Thummim which the priest carried on his breastplate, ‘The Urim was hight and the Thum. mim faith, and he was to teach te knowledge of God, the true fight, and to leod to faith in iim. tance of the Professorship in that insvitution, has | accepted the appoliiiment of Secretary of the Pres- | The foundation on which the | | Jewish priesthood exists is, that “after the manner On the 1st of January the | nor any other superiority over the people. They | harm. They despised the name of the Lord and LED THE PEOPLE ASTRAY, and during the existence of the second temple the priests were given to immorality and sensuality. Wherever you see the priests grasping and despotic, know that the people are ignorant and superstitious, If you see wickedness rampant among the people investigate the life of the ts and you will find the secret. *Like priests, like people,” is a true adage. Hven now we see infidelity stalking through the land and at our very doors; aud the priests of every denomination teach their own peculiar theo- , logy. but not faith. ‘They don’t bear the Urim and ' seek to be holy unto the Lord, | | | In Israel the priest had to make faith perceptible | the Tbnmmin on thelr breasts, MUCH LESS IN THEIR HEARTS, Only by active love, faith, knowledge, can we hope or expect to banish infidelity from our midst. Would to God that the priests of all the nominations could see their calling and understand aright what the priesthood of Israel means, and would rear up to faith, to morality, to knowledge! Every one ought to have this blessed volume (tne Bible) and Every one in Isract shoul be a priest and priestess unto God, Then this world would not be a vale of tears, but a giori- ous heritage, and every one the recipient of Goxl’s Diessiags axd favors. An earnest prayer followed this excellent discourse, THE PIOUS RIOTERS, The Examinntion Again Adjourned=Won- derful Expressions of Church Members— A Hand at “Old Sledge.’ The examination of those engaged in the religious riot at Rockville Centre was to have been enter- tained yesterday, but owing to the illness of Justice De Mott an adjournment was unavoidable, The ex- amination was set down for a week from next Wed- nesday. A large party of men had gathered to be witnesses of the legal proceedings, the attendance no doubt being swelled by the inclemency of the weather. It was the prevatling opinion that, had the examination proceeded, there would have been a free fight before the close of the day. Both sides were out in about equal numbers, An altercation occurred between some of them a few evenings ago, and Mr, Sherwood had his pantaloons torn almost entirely if. It was, therefore, the tten- tion ‘to conclule the previous encounter on equal ground and in the __ presence of equal numbers. The conversations among those interested were disgustingly absurd, One man, a member of the Church, said that to become a thief and respected it was only necessary to joi the Chureh, Another aaded that there were more thieves tn the Church than out of it And @ third said that to find an honest man it was necessary to gO among the heathen. After imbibing several times: some One proposed & game of “seven up.” Some demurred but at length consented, and the game roceeded for several hours, All were very willtag io take thoir refreshments, and the great crowd looked on with imterested countenances, There Was much talk concerning the trustees’ phillippic against Mr. Kelsey and the elder of the district. They say they will swear to every word of it, which augurs badly for the ministry. HURSE NOTSS. Fleetwood Fark—The Improvements on the Grounds and Horses in Trnining. Since last trotting season the club house at this popular resort has been remodeiled and improved greatly, the track graded and things generally made to beara more finished and complete appearance than formerly. During the last few weeks in fine weather crowds of visitors have driven within the arched gateway. Owners of horses in training, who go to see the progress made by their favorites, and almost al who drive on the road and delight in fancy horse flesh, pay daily visits, Sunday morn- ings, especially, a large concourse congregate on the piazza of the club house or ramble among the training stables, viewing their old equine acquaint ances and inspecting the ‘green ones’? who have put in a first appearance ana may or may not, ac- cording to their performances, become popular favorites, On trotting tracks, generally Sunday mornings have, from time linmemorial, been considered a sort of gala ume, when ail the trotters get a grand rat- uing and are mude to show their best gait and speed, 80 owners and their friends may have an op- portunity of observing their progress and wming quarters, halves, or full miles, as they may wish, provided the subject 1s not a ‘dark one,” whose rate of speed it is important to Keep secret, and who 1s generally timed by the light of the moon. Even then some wily “fence ranger” will get the best of it, oy using his pulse for a timing watch— A NATURAL JURGENSS: come within a second or so of the animal’s capa‘ city, wich, to say the least, would be unfortunate tor the owner, and exceedingly immoral in the “fence ranger.” ‘The stables on the terraces are full of horses, and annexed vill be found a list, comprising mauy well known to fame and others who, like young bears, have all their “troubles before them.” G. N, FERGUSON'S STABLE, Chestnut gelding Judge Scott, without a record; bay gelding Kansas Cbiei, has record of 2:31; bay mare Bright Eyes, no record; sorret mare E. Wikins, by Broken-Legged Hunter, no record; gray gelding Overiand, no record; gray mare, no record. This gentleman's stable comprises some very tne horses, who will make their mark this season, although but one has w record. Neatness is a@ very observable feature in and around this stable, and the visitor 1s charmed with the “nattiness’? of all the belongings. WILLIAM BORST’S STABLE. Ray stallion George Wilkes, with a record of 2:22; bay stallion Honest Allea, wi:h harness record of 2:38 and pole record of 2:28}: bay gelding Myron verry, with record of 3g, the property of Commodore Vanderbilt. JOUN LOVEIT'S STABLE, Brown gelding Young Bruno, with a record of ; chestnut mare New Berlin Girl, with record of bay mnare Lady Koss, with record of 2:35; Lady Fisk, form-rly Pownal mare; black team, Antnra- che and Biack Harry; Mr. Giobs’ gray mare, and vay staliion Young Hambietoman, jormerly the Fitch Horse, . Re J, ANDERSON'’S STABLE. Bay gelding Keystone, with record of 2:30, and Doviey’s gray gelding. ALEXANDER PATTERSON'S STABLE. Bay gelding Dreadnaugot, with record of 2:20; bay mare Lady Hughes, with record of 2: gral gelding Charies Daniels, no record; brown gelding ew Hampshire Boy, no record, and Honest Alien, colt, no record. JOHN MURPHY’S STABLE Bay mare Lady Sears, with a@ record of 2:34; bay gelding J, J. Bradiey, with record of 2:26; bay welding Charite Green, with record of 2:31, and bay mare Lady Murphy. JOKN ROGERS’ STABLE. Bay mare Lady Colltns and several colts, MR, WEEKS’ STABLE. Black horse Eight Beils and gray gelding with no record. rere MR. WILLIAM HUMPHREYS. This gentleman has his prodigy bay gelding Judge Fullerton, and his black mare Tempest in training at tue track. The Judge us @ green one, aud the mare has a record of 2:35, M. RODEN’S STABLE, Bay gelding Henry, with record of 2:23%; bay mare Furity, with no record; chestnut gel od Prince, with record of 2:20; bay gelding James H. Coleman, with record of ;, Dresden, with record of 2:3044; sorrel mare Josephine, with record of 2:31; bay mare Duchess, ro record, and several others. SNEIDER’S STADLE. Bay mare Canada Maid, no record, and several trotting colts of promise, BEN MAOE'S STABLE, Bay gelding Confidence, with record of 2:26%; bay gelding Commodore Natt, with record of 2:29; bay elding Captain Gill, with record of »; bay mare fyaia hhomnpson, With record of 2:31; bay stallion Witle Scnepper, no record; bay gelding Little Hank, no record; bay stallion Jules Jurgenssen, with a re- cord of 2:44; roan gelding, matched to trot May 15; bay stallion Bay Star, no reeord; bay gelding Ring formerly White Heels), and a black gelding, very Yast, with no record. Mr. Howland has built a fine private stable on the Dill, and bas @ large number of colts of approved Ulood that he is having tratued. ‘Mr. Darius Talimun, the Superintendent, has a few horses in training, and T. Barton has bay geld- ing Cornet, with record of 2:36, and @ gray mare Ol the Messenger strain of bI l. John H. Harbeck, Jr., has sold his gray gelding Surprise to parties who intend taking hin South for turf purposes. Surprise has a record of 2:26, at Prospect Park list summer. Price paid, $6,000, Harry Hamilton, of Thirty-frst street, 1s driv: his splendid brown mare S:ella on the road th spring. She can trot in 2:00, and for style, beauty and speed has few compotitors. A COLORED Pawiny Sue FOR $200,000.—A colored Woman, named Maria Griffin, now of i’hiladelphia, but formerly of Virginia, has, with her childro: prongne suit in the vy Pane Pons in pene city to recover property in James City county, now valued, It is stated, at $200,000, ‘The defendants are & Ke! aeeteret tons aay. ae ieee oo fe ed Wil of @ citigen james county, Who died 1 1860. SUNDAY, MAY 7. 1871.-QUADRUPLE SHEET. Holy Week and Easter Sunday in the Eternal City. ‘Ihe Religious Ceremonies Unobserved—Cardinal Antonelli and His Reported Resignation—The True View for Foreign Catholics—Amoni- ties of the Religious and Secular Or- gans—Free Thinkers and Jews to the Front—The New Population Coming With the Capital on July 1—The Council and the New Luther, ROME, April 10, 1871. Holy Week, which terminated yesterday, Easter Sunday, will long be remembered here, for none of the grand ceremonies of the Catholic Church were performed, and many curious foreign tourists, attracted solely to gaze and admire, are to-day leav- tng the city with the irritating disappointment that it was not given them to behold the religious glories of Rome—those glories having this year faded or melted down into a beautiful nothing. The ex- | planation of this aud the two distinct views current in regard to the non-celebration deserve to be given. | ‘The week has passed along just like any other week, and truly the change from last year has been strik- ing. Then the presence of the prelates at che voun- cll rendered especially interesting the grandiose ana Imposing spectacie of the Cataolic worship usually given duriag the Easter season to all comers in the venerable metropolis, The eager, devout and varie- gated throng was yesterday absent at the tomb of the Apostles, inside St. Peter's, and the immense square in front of the churen waited in vain for the hundred thousand visitors and Spectators wont to bend the knee at the sonorous voice of Pius IX., when imparting the Apostolical benediction, urdi et ordi; the cliquetis of arms, the nelghiug of steeds, the rumbling of gilded coaches, and the confused murmur of the vast concourse of people, all intent upon the supreme moment of the famous blessing from the balcony, were yesterday a destderatum on the grand square, Only a few scrag- glers seemed to shp into the doorway of the great church, while Pio Nono with the prelates of his Court, contented themselves with saying mass in private chapels, the Pope, having descended pri- vately into the Sistine chapel during an hour and a half for the beneflt of the Austrian Ambassador and a few other privileged persons of the nobility. The city remained quieter and duller than usual, and it 413 hence not astonishing that the tourisis have left | with a pang of rage at having been compelled to put | up with a sight of one-half of the city—viz.: the antiquities. The NON-OBSERVANCE OF THE SOLEMN EASTER RITES and festivities has been keeuly felt as well by the great functionaries of the Church, for if things go on this way thelr prestige ts at once diminisned, ‘Their feeling on this score is observed to be the more inteuse from the fact that they are coutinually | twitting the citizens that the new capital will only be the chief among a hundred other cities of the kingdow, @ mere queen over a few weak provinces loosely tied together; whereas hitherio ome has been first over wil cities, aud has, untli now, re- | ceived ta her midst two wortds, kneeling at the feet | of her Pope-King for a blessing, Reaily it bas not been without some just ground that the Cardinals | assumed in the past their airs of superiority in dignity and importance by the side of the preten- Sions Of peuty Italian municipalities; really, 1 their eyes, there never has been an italy, but oniy a worid for their country in which to display their aominion, ‘Tueir superior rule and claims lor the present must be coutent to exist mm memory, tor m fact the ltalians, like the Romans of old, have a Patria, and are nursing it up im the most lively and promising manner, it Must be coniessed. The cardinais—wue | now have taken to writing paragraphs in the news- papers—have put forth tei explanation for the BAD SiATE OF THINGS AT THIS PASCAL EPOCH. ‘They admit tuat the Holy Father couid Lave gone through with the grand functions to ail their im. posing ceremony; but that be did not choose todo So, in order not to become a willing iustrument of the Itahan government by confessing tic feasibility Of co-exisience in Rome of the spiritual and tempo- Tal powers separated irom eacn oiler. Lt is, lucy claim, impossible for the Pope to be free without being sovereign, and ull the faithful are enjoined to encourage aad persevere im such beliei, however practicable it may be materiaily demonstrated ior the Church ceremonies to be celebrated uuder ihe protection of the italian soldiery und Roman piety. Hence it will appear clear to your readers, as it docs to all here present, that the reasca Why We have bad no Holy Weck Is entirely due to the cardinalisitc de- sire to resumé political supremacy, and not to any material opstacle or ‘moral imprisonmenv” put tu we way Of the head of the Catholic faith. THE POPE AND THE KING. ‘The authorities evince the greatest tenderness and | respect lor the Pope compatible witu thei own supremacy in the civil affairs ol the city, aud L have reason to believe on good authority tuat Pius LX. himself would be disposed to come’ to teria with Victor Emmanuel were it not for the adverse coun- sellors of his entourage. ‘fais ts tue current beliel of all classes of the city, for it 1s the current belief Of atlthat be ts eminently benign and good as a man, and as such and as head of tueir religion nobieman and ete old and young cherish a j fiendly fechng for him. There cau be no douvt that Cardinal Antonelil 1s the superior mind at Rome aud trom his apartment at the Vatican sliapes tne policy of the Catholic Cuurch. The foreign ele- ment, as weil asthe moie grasping of the Jesuitic order, have often tried and are stil trying to door him; ae Sx aman eee easily to be joveroome, ex pecially by his present antagonists, who areso many pigmies by nis side, " HE SfLL RULES THE ROOST. Row, from repeated conversations and friendly Telations with the Cardinal, i nappea to know a litte more about his views and doings than cerwin scribes who have been lately sending off telegraphic | paragraphs to the eflect that the Vardinal looks upon the game as ended and is on the eve of send- ing in his resignation as Secretary of State of the Pope. I have it in conversation from the Cardinal himself that he will never leave te present Pope in } his distress, which, being tuterpreted, means that he does not by auy Means regard tue political sttua- tou of Kurope as definitely setued and therefore 13 content to await events, From bis remurks tome itis very evident that he is one of those wav allow a Great deal for the chapter Of accidents. At tne same lume, did he teel assured that Kome had finally become tue capital of Italy, with any chance of per manency—Wiuch I am sure he sincerely does not believe to be the case—1 am pretty certain that he would not in that case hold otice an hour longer, being too active and energetic a character to hold a sinecure office, 50 far there 18 voting else to ate thorize the statement put forth that he was or is on the eve of resigning. He looks forward to events 11 France with great Interest for the rest. The cue here now with the upholders of the temporal power is that FRANOB OR AUSTRIA WILL INTERVENE ‘With armies to drive out the Italians irom the Eter- nal City. France—alackaday! Tits is reaily the | secret of the adverse attitude still kept up as agatpst the Italian autioritics, the true reason why we have had no Holy Week, no ulumiuation of St, Peter's, no yirandaa from the vincian Ltli—no nothing. At would be well for all good Catholics, instead of Organising, meetings which can exert no possible mauence here or near the Itallan government, to alow for the circumstances a8 impartially aud truly reported above, THE POPE NOT A PRISONER. ‘The head of their religion is not a prisoner (except voluntarily), and ts neither insulted nor waltreated. | He is irce to exercise all the functions whitch le exe- cuted in the past ; the trouvle alone comes from the | desire of the Cardinals to govern the city of Rumo in its temporal affairs, and the clashing claim of the Romans to be their own masters. Surely it is be- coming all good Catholics, iree citizens of America, to allow the Italians to possesss their own capital and soil. While enjoving here, as at home, due liberty of religious opinion and wor- ship, it Would ciearly seem that o good American Catholic would no = more dis ute the civil possession of this city to the Ital- aus than the city government of Washington to Congress. However Uns may be, outstae opinion has very little weigtit here now, aud the italiana are ) striking straight whead, regardless of consequences. ‘The deputation of English Catholics who brought a large sum_ to the Pope was barely noticed the otier day. The Italians feel that they lave fortane by the locks, and they are fixing a tight hold to make up tor Jost time, and the appearances are all to favor of their keeping that bold. Of course THE COMIC AND EXAGGERATED SIDES OF THE MEDAL abound, as boti parties here nave their organs in the press. ‘The religious writers strive daily in their papers to make tie people oelieve, as do also their confreres in the pulpit, that an intervention is near at hand; that “the priests will return to govern the city, and that everything done oy the city and national governments goes on from bad to worse, There is Lothing good, according to them, that can Doasibly come out of the new Isracl, which ts the new Rome, They tax the present rulers as being ail Jews of the first water, all the liberal writers in the press as followers of the Jewish persuasion, and assert that while the — ri of the hoi week cannot safely be performed the city of the popes {8 completely given over to freo-thinkers and Hebrew citizens of the Ghetto quarter, who deride Jesus and drink toasts ou ‘Good, Friday to the downfali of His holy aoctrine. As an oxampie of this kind of space argamenta- tion J may mention that the King’s son and wife—both still holding court in Rome until tne King himself shall arrive in the capital, or about tho ist Of July next—lately went to church tor com- munion and were disrespecifully treaved by the om- Ciating priests. The insult to the royal family was passed over hy the autor ‘Dut it croasad AB Me dignant protest on the part of, the liberal news pers. Une of the clerical orgaus, which strikes eavier and heavier as the religious conflict waxes hotter and rages to iever h replies to the protest a8 follows:—“This zealous apostie of the Roman Catholic apostotical retigion accuses him who pre- sides over it as being imbued with the evil spirit aud as having given instructiors to the confessors in those churches where the Prince and Princess should go to commuue entirely exorbitant and coutrary — perhaps according to the Talmud—to the true spirit of Catholicism.” THE SPICE OF IRONY, sarcasm and fun is nol all on one ‘side, however. ‘The liberals have their sare of tt, too, and the pub- Itc, less occupied here than 1 me other countries, probably more directly ites enjoy the whae roceeding hugely, Free discuss:ou i @ noveity hereabouts, aud especially @ dinner In honor of atheism on Good Friday, a3 was actually eaten last Friday by the tree thinkers. The liberals writers clatm that the city must turn the Tiver to some ac- count and become a large moras gg 7 centre, in order not to depend merely upon the pennies of foreign visitors, as was the case under the Papal régime, which rendered the cituzens exempt from taxes and the means of industrial enterprise only by pursuing a ruimous policy of loans, which Would have produced bankruptcy infallibly had not the Italians taken possession of the place, They alse point with exulting vivas to the difference which exists between the puptis of the Catholic schools and Seminaries and those of the city schools, lately turned out to walk the streets in new unl- forms and clamor to tne authorities to con- fiscave the houses and lands belonging to the religious institutions in Order to keep up these secular free schools instituted by the municipality. Most of the foreign ambassadors have been here to eugage apartinents for tneir respective legations. It is estimated that 30,000 persons will come with the court to dwell in Rome, Some complain ia made that the munictpality should not have pre- pared already new houses for tuem to livein, Thus complunt Gomes irom those apostles of that sad creed which holds that the State siionid do all and the individual nothing, The italians have been long accustomed to this creed; but they will soon learn better with the new times. Lf the city can comfort- ably hold 40,000 visitors every winter it 4s clowr that the new oiicial comers will tind space enough in the old houses and palaces already existing, TUE OLD SVIRIT OF ITALIAN MUNICIPALISM stilt Comes uppermost; in this, as ia many other things the rapid change being effected in the sprightly maiuds Ol tue present and the commug generations is am: 1 to behold, The citizens actually looked upon tho non-performance of the rites of this Holy Week as a matter of course, not grieving a particle over the lost spec- tacle, as if they had never been accustomed to it, and as if the last ad been exhibited prior to thel¢ entry into this sad vale of tears, Soin the rest; it 1s alinost en pug to make one exclaim, “the spirit of Young italy keeps pace with that of Young America. Some of the high prelates here with whom Lbave conversed m regard to THE REVUSAL OF DOLLINGER to accept the dogina of infallibility, or rather of his accentuated protest agalust 1, make light of his course by saying that the Church always looks for heresies lo spring Sp whenever a great point is de- cided and proclatned. At the same time one cannot fail to remark tout tue delingucat’s ovstinacy gives them lively anxieties as to the juture, the more espectally as the press 18 daily drawing the line more distinct between the Moly See, wich exacts bund obedience, and the new German reformers, Who 40 in tor religion joined witn science and free examin. ation, Fatuer Hyacinthe lately escaped iere trom Paris—not an over heulthy place just uow for priests in or out of the pale of the Chureh—in order to pass the festivities of the season. His presence here 18 & matter of inifference to all. He reports to me his belief that the preseat troubles in France can oaly result tn @ legitimist, Bonapartst or clerical reac- tion. DR. DOLLINGER. Fall Text of the Address of the Proiexsors of the University of Rome to Dr. Dolliager. The following is the textof an address from the professors of the University of Rome to the Capitu- lary Provost, Dr. Ignatius Doilinger, Professor of Ecclesiastical History aud Dean of the Faculty of Theology at the University of Munich:— Tue strife which, in order not to fail in the most sacred duties of your character as eccicsiastic, of science a3 theologian and lustorian, of moahiy as citizen, You Have been unavie to refuse, and which as been linposed upon you by men who, unfaithful ty their Own conyicuons and declarations, sviemnly proclaimed in the last Council, have preferred to be your persecutors ravier than to unite tuemseives to you m order that they might save the immunity — of their episcopal rights, and give their testimouy w Chrislan truth —this strife, rou the high principles that are iu quesuon, and frou the conseyuences that may issue from itin @ near future, tas at- tracted toward you the attention and good will of all those who, standing within or without the Chure! are convinced that a@ work of mora! regen and conciliation is now necessary In Kurope. The Catholic Church, waiich, frou the aniversality of her conception, irom her painful but not always unmerited historical experiences and from the urgent necessities of the present, should nave felt more than ever the need of uully, has—through the recent dedinitions of the Vaticad Council, and through the worldly ambitton of retaining that which, tmposed oa her as @ histor cal necessity trom the conditions of we lie of the Midule Ages, is how Ol evident and serous prejudice to her divine mission—divided herseif trom the laity, from the best and we most learned of her bishops, frou the nations and States of Europe, from science and trom civilization. It is tmpossivie that this division can be the legitt- Mate consequence Of religious aud Christian princi- pics. It 18 also timpossible that European society, which, in its adbesious and even 10 Its resistances of eighteen centuries, has nevertheless always ap- proached nearer towards morality ana Christian ideality, can have become all at once incapable of exercising its noblest instincts, and, suddenly per- verted, can have renounced all the principles of its. historical ana moral deveiopment, In tne first place, one Would be obliged to say vhat religion is Impossible and contrary to humanity; and, in the second, that Providence does not exist. ‘We, on the ,contrary, believe tat tuere is noiming more human than religion, and that Providence how- ever considered and however defned, ts a law, the historical reality of which it 1s impossibie to douby The reason of the present perturbation of souls 18 not to be sought for in the fundamental concepti of civil society, nor in thatof the religious mstitu- Uon, buc in certain tendencies which became preva- lent in the Romtsa Church after the Council of trent. The German separauion of the sixteenth century, which, in the opinion of the Church of Rome, was an evil and unpardonabie rebe)lion, had nevertheless one consequence—namely, her refurm—among many others, that even the aforesald Church, which cou- tinued, not in the ancient and original sense, but from opposition to the dissentient caurches to cail herself Catholic, must Confess to Have been for ber a great beneiit. This reform, which, If antictpated, as some of the cardinals and Italian bishops then wished, would Lave prevented a separation, was (he consequence of the German reform, The Catho- lie and Bvangeitcal Onurches are, since the six- tenth century, Reformed Churches, In the con- ception and fact of reiorm lay, therefore, the future of religious umry in Europe. Bunt the indispeusa- bie condition Of tus possible result was, necessarily, sincerity o/ puepose and uniimued devotion, wiu out other aim tian tie religious idea. Now, ine stead, after three centuries of historic progress, the two Churches are more than ever divided, one from the other, and the separation is trreconellable, We do hot wish to enter inio the history of the Hyvangelical Church, vat only briefly to imdivate some facts for Which, according to us, the Romish Church is responsible towards the Gospel aad wo- wards the Christian couscicnce. the reform of the Rowish Church was from its commencement exclus sive and exterior, The great aspirations ot the preceding ceuturies, issuing from tbe um- versality cf the Christian idea, and from the constant and living communioo of the Charch with society, Were speeciless before the fear of the voidiess and unshakable Urmness of the German reform. Instead of placing once more the Gospel in the hearts of the people, reviving teach. ing and tradiuon with ths concurrence of te tatty, the book Was closed with seveu seals, and for latcal co-operation Was subsututed that of religious cor- porations, and particularly that of the Jesuits. The Catholic Church has been for wbree centuries the company of Jesus, ‘Against this servitude, against this sacrifice of in- teliect, 18 the Jesuits, with malignant humility, now call tt, all the Catholic thinkers of Europe protested and sitll protest, from Pascal to Rosmini and Gio- verti, and to you Who Dow raise the cry of injured aud betrayed Catholicity before the doors of the Vatican Council. We Italians lave suffered much from this enslav- ing of intellect, With very few exceptions all the Episcopacy calling itself Italian, because tt if- habits our country, was an insirumeut of the Jesuits in the Vatican Council, Lut the events thas have conducted us to Rome, although they have not as yet served any other ag ore Save that of leaving civil societies aefeuceless belore the artifces and corruption of the Roman Curia, counselied and roverned by the Jesuits, ought, neverthel to be fr us A great Occasion of moral reform. All the signs of a dying lve Will soon be erased by those of a new life, blooming irom the finally acnievea unity of our country, We remember that, in ‘the midst of ‘the tmmooiiity of Je pols, in Italian discovered the movement arth, and when the Catholic Church was profaned in the whole of its hierarchy, the deal of Our art was the transfigured Christ. And these re- membrances are auspices that cannot fail. We aro convinced that our right to Rome will not be incon- testable and deinite until that day in which we shall have transformed and reuewed our moral con- science. For these reasons we hail your utterances with great hope, and offer our best wishes for the triumph of your cause, Which 1g also ours and that of the whole of Christian civilization. And this we say to you publicly, in order what in your free end just judgment Fi may in the future separate ail responsibility of the Italian people from that of the Itaiian Eptscopacy, The Episcopacy inhabit. ing our land is Without country, and has nothing In common with toe [tultan people. The Syllabus, the Infaliibiiliy, Papal autocracy, all these negations of human and divine reason form a system without the slightest counection with Roman chara:ter and thought, The servitude of intellect, abhacret vy the Germanic race, is equally abhorred vy the Roman, that ts, Italian race, Italian morality ia ne Jonger what it was in the sixteenth century, anc now we know that the hour has come when tue cause of reform should be fought and won by the two United nations—tha Italian aud, tue German- Bouse, Spril 10, A871. .