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» ¢ RELIGIOUS WTELLICENCE. dune 11—Second Sunday After Pentecost—St. Barnabas. “The Religious Programme for To-Day—The Hoeraid Religious Communicationists—A De- fender of the Faith of tho Society of Friends— The Creed of the Universalists—More About a Church of Prayer and Praiso— The Church of the Strangers—A New Religious Sect—Ten Millions for Proesbyterianism—A Golden Wed- ding in Greece Silvered Over in Rhyme—Catholic Confirma- tions—Religious Person- als and Particulars. Services To-Day. Rev. Merrill Richardson will preach'tn the New Wngland Congregational church this morning and ~evening. Anniversary inauguration services of the Amert- oan Free church, Rev. Charles B, Smyth presiding, “will be held morning and evening. Rey. E, C. Sweetser will preach in the Bleecker ‘street Universalist church this morning @ sermon to children, aud baptismal service this morning. Rey. Andrew Longacre preaches moruing and ~evening in the Central Metnodist Episcopal church, Seventh avenue. i Rey. Dr. Cookman, Dr. A. C. Post and other pro- -mainent speakers will address the Morning Star Sune ‘day school this morning. Rey. fhomas Street will preach morning and evening in the North Presbyterlan church, Ninth avenue, “The Mission of Children” will be the subject of “Rey. Charles F. Lee’s discourse to-day in the Fifth Universalist church, Chickering Hall, Rev. J. M. Pullman will preach this morning in ‘the Church of Our Saviour on ‘‘All Things Are Ours.” “Services also in the evening. The opening services in St. Paul’s church, York- ‘ville, on Eighty-fifth street, west of Thira avenue, ‘Will be held to-day. At haif-past fen divine servico and sermon by Rev. W. R. Cornell, the rector, At four o'clock P, M. service and sermon by Rev. Stephen H. Tyng, Jr., and at half-past seven in the evening sermon by Rey. Dr. ‘Il'yng, of St. Georges CaN, Rev. 8, D. Brown will preach this méraing in St. ‘Luke’s Methodist Episcopal church, and Rey. O. 5. Harrower in the evening, ‘The anniversary services of St. Barnabas house and chapel will be held this evening at 306 Mulberry street. Addresses will be delivered by Rev. Dr. Gallaudet, Rev. Dr. McVicker and others, Rev. John E. Cookman will preach morning and evening in Trinity Methodist Episcopa) church. A procession in honor of the feast of Corpus Christi ‘Will take place at St. Michael’s Passionist Monas- tery, West Hoboken, N. J., to-day. Two military brass bands will be in attendance, with the benevo- lent societies of West Hoboken, Hudson City and Union Hull. The ceremontes will commence at three P.M. There will be a memorial service in Hunter’s Point ‘Baptist church, Long Island City, thts afternoon and evening, commencing at half-past two o'clock P. M. Rey. Drs. Armitage, Backus, Simmons, Wyckolf, Pendleton, Hoyt, Pentecost and others are to speak, and the new house of worship is to be offered, free from debt, in prayer of dedication. Rev. Dr. Ewer will this evening preach in Christ church, Fifth avenue, the fourth sermon of tne course on “Tho Evils of the Day and Their kem- eay.” ‘ Atthe Church of the Messiah Rev. A. Putnam will preach this morning and Rev. George H. Hepworth in the evening on ‘The Open Door.” Rev. W. H. Pendleton will preach morning and evening in the Fifty-third street Baptist church. Rev. J. H. Rylance will preach this evening in St. Mark’s church, Second avenue, on ‘Christianity onthe Soul.” Morning services as usual. ‘Divine services will be held in Zion church, Madi- son avenue, morning and evening. Rev. Thomas Gale Foster will speak before the Society of Spiritualists at Lyric Hall this morning and evening. A Defender of the Faith of the Society of 4, Friends. . = wi aie fo THE Eprror oF Ti MENAts T= Satisted that your paper does good in pubiishing” every Monday the principal sermons preached the Gay previous, by diffusing tnem among all classes, ‘who are thereby enabled quietly to sifi away from ‘them “the opinions of men,” and see, after all, that ‘there isbut one Gospel for all denominations, te same that was preached by God himself to Cain in ‘the beginning—‘Why art thou wroth and why is thy countenance fallen? If thou doest well art thou mot accepted, and if thou doest wrong sin lieth at tne door’’—and presuming the burlesque attempts occasionally made in your paper to enlighten your meaders in regard to Quakerism are more from ignorance of the waysand views of the Society of ‘Friends than from any wish to bring them into con- tempt among their fellow citizens—i propose to give you this article, illustrating their ground of faith and practice, to be inserted in your papor if you think it worthy of @ placo therein. shall begin by stating that the foundation of their mm lies in a firm belief in the autnen- ticity of the scripture of tiuth, which records the dealings of the Almighty with His creature man from the beginning of time, when it seems He talked ““mouth to mouth’ with man, telling him how he ‘was to walk in life and reproving him when he went contrary to His will, and showing Himself to be an unchangeable God, governing His creat ion by fixed Jaws, all which science has confirmed to us by the sknowiedge it has imparted of His wondrous and amighty works, displayed to outward senses in the unwearied revolution of the solar system. Now, knowing these great outward laws remain the same now as tney were in the beginning, we are thereby led to believe that His moral laws or mode -ofcommunicating with the spirit created in man, after His own image, must still be the same as It was #hen, and not changed, a3 some assert, when Moses ‘wrote the law on stone. Friends cannot understand hat power could have done it any more than = gi the great natural laws of creation, nor do wi (ink it likely God would have supplanted laws ritten by His finger of inspiration on the human mindy by those written on stone; nor can they be- eve that the impressions which good men in all ages of the world have expressed or communicated (~ ‘writing, elicited from the common reason and feelin, “of humauity, can be less divine than those contained in the books of Moses. eel these Bible traths under the same inspiring influence by which they were written, for ‘this we must do to understand them, Friends are led to believe that as Adam, Eve, Noat, Abranain, Moses and the prophets, with Jesus aud His dis- ciples spoke with God, 80 do we, and that througa this means only “whatsoever is to be known of God is made manifest in man.” Thus believing, Friends, in their mode of worship, ~cannot look to any outward ald whatever, such as musto, &c., thinking that these are more calculated to keep up on the Sabbath the carnal excitement of tne week than get the mind into that quiet state in which‘our first parent was in the cool of the morn- ing, in the garden, after his transgression, when ne eard the voice, “Where art thou, Adam?” or as it ‘was with the prophet, under like circumstances, “What doest thou here, Elijah?” Friends consider that revelation never ceased; that the Bible teems with evidence of this, from Genesis to Revelations; and that it certainly had mot when the Saviour Was here on carth, doing not ‘His own will but the will of Mis Father who sent Him, is clear from His declaration to Pever, on the Memorable occasion when He answered that He ‘was Christ, the Son of the living Goa— “Upon this rock I will build my Churen’” (not =upon oor Peter, who denied Him soon afterward but upon the rock of revelato when he said, “for flesh and blood hath not reveale it unto thee ‘but my Father which is in heaven,’ and He asserted that “the kingdom of God ts withia you,” clearly meaning that it was here and here ony that Peter had got this knowledge. juilding, then, upon this foundation, Friends have never ventured to make proselytes: people $0 membersnip with them; all they dare do is to call them to this word within them, “nigh in the heart,” *quick and powerful,” ‘the Christ, the power of God to salvation,” and which their experi- ence has ghown to be capable of purging individu. ais and sociotes from the sin of intemperance, of war, of oaths and of pppressing any of their fellow creatures, whether of the Caucasian, African or In- dian race, and enabling them to do jusily, love oe, An henay, wita Goa, ho matter to Ww m jong. Tina ourtous fact which we ‘believe’ to be ere, that with all the Kindness shown by Friends to tie that is, convert NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY. JUNE 11. 1871—QUADRUPLE SHEET. society. Whether this ts owing to their incapacity to reach so nigh a state of civilization we leave to the learned of this world to expiain. A CONSTANT READER. The Creed of the Universalists, ‘To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD;— In the article on *Creediess Religions’? which ap- peared in one of your recent issues, you place Universalists among the sects of which you say that they "neither have nor profess to have any creed or compact. ‘Enclosed I send you a copy of the creed of the Universalist Church as adopted by the General Convention of Universalists at its ses- sion in Winchester, N. H., A. D. 1803 No clergy- man can receive the rite of ordination at our hands until he has avowed his faith unqua!tfiedly in the principles therein set tort, and no person can be- come # member of our Church until he nas publicly fulfiled the same requirement, In justice to the Chureb, whose character and methods you_have thus uawittingly, 10 doubt, misrepresented, I ask you to publish this communtcaion, together with the creed itself, which ts as follows:— AnrICLE 1, We believe that the Holy Seriptures*of the Old and New Testaments contain a revelation of the character of God and of the duty, interest and final destinauon of mankind, Aut. 2 We believe there 1s one God, whose nature is love, reveaied in one Lord Jesus Christ, by one Holy Spirit ol grace, who wili finally restore the Whole family of mankind to holmess ana kappimess, Arr. 3. We believe that holiuess and trae happl- ness are inseparably connected, and that believers ougut to maintain order and practise good works, Tor these things are good and proitable unto men, We tnimk that this is equally free from the “Pharisaical strictness” on the one hand and the eral Christian looseness” on the other, both of which you justly condomn. Yours, &c. EDWIN U. SWEETSER, Pastor Thtra Sniversalist Church, New York. Comments on Pero Hyacixthe’s Critique on the Church. To “HE EpITOR OF THE HERALD:— In the leadtagarticle of Tuesday, the 6th tnst., on the French republic, the ITRRALD refers to the late statement of Father Hyacinthe, that “The Church has failed in its mission, It has been too much occupied with degmatic questions and too little with the imstraction of its fock.’? The very just comment follows this statement that ‘This 1s why the people have no God, or say it is impossivle to believe in or love Uim. Why will not the Church (and here we mean ail Churches, Protestant and Catholic alike) become the ally and the teacher of the people?” Further on the H»RaLp pertinently adds—‘Ifthe Church will not march with the pro- gress of the umes and the aspiration of the people, bloody revoiutious an] anarchy must be the conse- quence, and the Church must fat, It cannot com- Mund the respect of mankind and continue to have iufluence If 1t sustains tyranny and ignores tue Wants of the people,” Permit me ts Aiswer tie question In the above ex- tract—"Why will not the Ohurch become the ally ana teacher of the peopie 1’ by saying that there was a the when such @ query need not have been made. There was a time when the churenes and cathedrals of Europe were tree to all peoples, to wich ail were welcome, and in which, with possibly oo liberal caarity even malefactors were provected, There was atime when the Church was a stout friend and defenuer of the rights of tue peoples of Europe agaist the tyrauby of Kings aud the en- croachmeuts of despotic governments; when the Churcu took upon herselt the churge of the poor aud needy, ablished holidays lor toilers and regulated ahd supervised popular amusements, But since the fatal gutof King Pepin of the exurchate of Ravenna to the Pope, raising him to be a tempo- ral as W: a spiritual Prince, that order of things has graduatly declined, ‘The prince temporat grada- ally became ihe trieud of governuents rather than tue iriend of the peoples, and at lust, since the Council of ‘trent, their Lterests have ’ commonly been sacrificed. But, happily, that sad state of things 1s now pass- ng awey. Lhe union of Church and State has been dissolvea by the action of the late Ecumenical Council, and the great Carsuan Bishop clauns a prouder tiie lian that of auy temporal dignitary— viz., tuat o: the mafailibie roler or tae kings, poten- taics and peopies ol tue world. Kvents are proving rapidiy Wat he can only noid iis posiuon at we cost ef his temporal dignity, ‘dhe Church, aud the Church aloue, ussemobied from all quarters of tac giobe, lus answered the enigma given by our Saviour and erringly read by the Pharisees tye unto C.esar the Uugs witlea are Owsar's and to God the things which are God’s’’—by awarding ihe penny to tne Vicegerent of tne Deity Upon earth. ‘che Ues taat formerly bound the Cuureh to the chief Catholic governwents have by that answer beea broken, abd Protestant natons—viz,. England aud Prussit—bave put themselves forward as de- feuders ol tue Pope, But it ts evident that little re- liance can placed om their spasmodic and tb terested actions, The trutu is, if the Papacy does not rest on tae goveriments of Catuolue couninies 1 must rest upow We peoples, Lt has no other chy, As [stated in a previous letter, published by the HBRALD On November 28, 1869, this course wil require the Church to sustain by its counseis the just de- mauds of the peoples. The HzraLp requires that the people be taught by the Church. ‘Che quesuion is, What are they fo be taught? Subjects relating to futarity take tne highest rank; but are not suci matters discussed now in the Church’ We are totd Christianity has promise of the life that ‘now Is’? ep cll as of that ain Is Be dingo ; The eae 3 estion agitating the peoples Of bo Of fad Is 8 athe Mosale law gives a distinct utter- Continents “oject.. The people of Eugiand would ooo ne. hactan cheush Pere Uyacinthe on the texte jand shail he gold forever, for t fi nov a 5 : land is s¥tne, and ye are strang. “# Renate with me’ The Catholis Chul.) o, the centuries, has distincily and tro 4eauy condemued the crime of usury or direct int money, on Which the financial and national debts systems are based—the workiig Classes of both con- tiaents are anxiously watting to know the reasons why, by sections, in’ America and Europe, they are arriving at the same conclusion. ‘tne authority of the Church could divest even Communism itself of its repuisive features, and teach us what kind of unity of property 1t was which was instituted by the aposties, ordamed by them shortly after they re- ceived the baptism of fire and of the Holy Spirit. It seems almost a crime to lint at such subjects, but the interests ot mankind, more especially of the richer and poorer classes, ure deeply involved in a just solution of these problems. in the grisly pre- sence of advancing crime and advancing misery he is no radical, but a true conservative, wio brings them into the foreground for discussion. Woe be to such false shepherds a3 would ignore these signs of the times! aud surely blessings would foliow the pastors who will bring the contestants to state their grievances witn the loving words, “Come and jet us reason together.”” R. W. HUME. Capital Punishment—What is Death ? To THE Epiror OF THE HERALD:. Nothing 1s more revolting to the mind of an en- lightenea man than the penalty known as capital punishment, ana @ great evidence of the antipathy borne toward It is exemplified by the diificuity founa in empanelling a jury Jor the trial of a murderer. The sense of the community is so decidedly opposed to the punishment of death that every man instinct- ively shrinks from being an instrument tn its inflic- tion, Thus it is that tn every trial for murder, among a thousand honest and law-abiding c! twelve are with difficulty procured, no matte: dastard the crime that has Leen perpetrated or clear the evidence given. Those who do serve are op- pressed by the awful weight of their responsibility; they are harassed by a conviction of the fallibility of all human judgments, and they gladly seize upon the least flaw in the evidence as an excuse for re- turning a verdict In a lesser degree, Insanity is a favorite plea, aad one that is generally taken advantage of by artful counsel as the surest mode of interesting and influencing a Jury in bebalf of the accused, and thus it is that in the cases of some of the most cold-blooded murders ever committed a verdict has been returned of “not guilty,” and the criminal has been sent again to prey on ihe community. If a man is insane he should certainly be contined beyond the power of doing harm, even thouga the insanity shoud bave been but temporary, occasioned by some injury which exalted the passions to such a degree as to confound his perception of right and wrong. What guarantee have we that similar circumstances may ot again produce a like effect aad lead to over Victims of 18 supposed aberration of inteliect. but Uf perpetual imprisonment were substituted for the penaity of death the repugnance towards @ conviction in the first degree wo ld not exist, and any tweive men could come to thelr duty unbiassed and fearlessly. ‘dhe main argument of the aavocates of the death ponaity 3, that 1 serves as an example to deter ‘3 from the commission of crime. 1t 18 a grave Mi anything, the punishment of death bus an extremely demoraliz- ny muiluence on society; that many years since, Hions Were public, the judicial murder beige Was @ holiday, marked by riot, de- bauchery, druukenuess aud crime. ‘The amount of crime génerated wader Such circumstances it 18 im- possible to calculate, or frequentiy twenty or thirty persons Were comuitted to prison for various oifences, sometimes aniong them one or two for mnurders, they beibyg fettered im the very irons worn by the condémned inan, aud, to use an expression we have somewhere met with, “which had scarcely been laid off long enoagh to have got cold.’ Happtly these thiags u chang: Public exe- cutions have been avolished, aud they are now per- formed privately; but they are for from having the cesived eifect, serving more as an iacentive to crime than otherwise, For the time being the mur- derer 18. converted into a hero, fe becomes the oiject of interest aud curiosity and the theme of conversation. He 18 vistted by notables and some- Umes by mon of letters, and thetr colloquies form a subject by Which several newspaper columns are daily filed aud which are but too eagerly perused yal NOX of a fello taste in the minds of the more youthful portion. The details of his trial or nis last words are pored over with delight not only by the vicious, but by the Jearned and the intellectual of both sexes, by whom he is regarded with aamuration or disgust, in pro- portion to the amount of bravado, coolness or pa- sillanimity displayed by him on the scaffold. But this is not all; some of the preliminaries to an execution are of such a nature as not to be other than deleterious in their consequence. Tie con- demned man is surrounded by numvers of the ciergy and others who are anxious to exhort nim; he is urged to prepare for the great change he 1s to under+ 80; the object 18 to make him fit to die. Now, according to the arguments of these gentlemen (the clergy). if a man is fit to die, he is certainly tt to live. Then why hurry the poor repentant sinner to the grave’ But no; the sentence of the law must be carried out; the majesty of the law must be sua- tained, If the esforts of the clergy are crowned with success the ht pd goes to the scaffold surrounded by his spiritual advisera, With every earthly appll- ance that may be eflicacious in propitiating the Di- vine mercy, Can anything be more natural than that tne tgno- Tant should suppose that the executed has a greater chance of salvation than the petty siner. ‘The eifect canuot be other than pernicious, for under the pre- sent system the advocates of capital punishment are offering the vicious a premium for crime—the man who has the good fortune to be hanged 1s sure of heaven, while the petty criminal must risk bis chances. The impression thus made, no doubt, counterbalances all the good that can possibly tow from the punishment and paves the way to cri ‘The end of punishment ts the prevention of crime on the part of the criminal and others by examp! The fear of death being consideed the most powe tut motive that can be presented to the human wind, Its mntliction is the penalty for murder. Iv 18 asserted that the Knowledge that tts infliction will oe tho consequence of the crime of murder Serves as an eifectual restramt from such an offence For our part we do not believe that men fea death so much as is pretended, or that the tear of tt has much influence in restraining men from crime. Death 1s inet readily for the merest trifle which en- ix. s the affections. There 13 no religion or pring ple without its army of martyrs. There 1s scarcely a day but that we hear of some one laying down his lie in Weariness or disgust or iu the excitement of some disappomtment; the fear of poverty or want has driven many to suicide as being the lesser evil. Lord Bacon has apuy remarked ‘There 18 no pas- sion in the mind of man 80 weak but that it mates and masters the fear of death.” What a wretcned lot would be ours if the prospect of death were so dreadful! [tis only when the grave yawns berore us, awaiting our Instant dissolution that death imspires its terrors, ‘The convict on the scaffold, with the fatal noose around his neck, may experience the most acute fear and agony; the full force of his horrible condl- tuuon may then break upon him; bat we must re- member that the circumstances are diiierent to those in which he committed the crime. The consequences were then a subject too remote tor nis consideration. Then he realized none of these dreadful prepara- tons, and, even if he did, he likely consoled limseif with the coinmouplace epicureanisms of the reck> less and dissolute, it ts evident that tn but few instances does the fear of death become an aill-controiling passion. Many go to the scaffold composed; some in stupid insensibility ; others 1n the careless gayety of desper: tion; winle others seem even gratified by the tem- porary glory achieved by tue occasion, But, it will be asked. what form of punishment would we substitate for the deatn penaity, and im What manner would we punish the man guilty of the grossest outrage against the laws of society? Our answer ts, by solitary imprisonment for life, and the abolition of the pardoning power so far as it relates to convictions lor murder. Death ata distance is far duferent from wat it is When met face to face, Suicide is of daily occu rence; but voluntary bauishment (except in cases produced by religious enthusiasm) is never khown among the sane. ‘The pain of dying ts ning, A Jew moments of suspense and ali is Over, aud ina jew days the criminal and his crime are alike lor- gotten by the people; but to be made to live without the hope of escape or pardon, confined sohtary and compelled to labor hard, Would be worse tt while at the same time it would uperate much moré powerluly in the way of example to deter othe: Which 18 the great object of punisiment in all clyilized societies, LOUIS M. WILESON Nature end Grace--A Lay Sermon by the Author of the “Confession of Sin? he question that arises is, whatas sin? That it is an evil, that it is a mistake, that it ougnt not to exist, but, after all, that Its perfectly natural and, in general, harmonizing with man’s nature, cannot, ithink, be denied, here, for stance, is a young aman of twenty-live years, of good physical propor- ions, in vigorous health, possessing @ mind skilled and culuvated in human science and meve secular learning; but never having boon instructed im reli- gion, knowing nothing of supernatural grave, but possessing, howey enough of natural grace to ep within the pale of civilized soc: this man, then, 18 @ simner, for he in the order of nature, not curbed or restricted by divine grace, and when he etves way to nataral feelings and desires, he iherefo Now, on the other hand, let me give you a cont I wil now introduce to you & young mau Tialy--from the Korman St —Within the shade of the Vatican, of the same age, Who, When a child, was baptized; when a youth was coniirmed, and who neyer mingled with the world much—iived always in the atmosphere of religion, and by pre- cept and example became thoroughiy indoctrinated. as it Were, In grace; of a cultivated lund, no doubt; but all this learning and cultivation are supordi- nated to solid religious teaching. Now, thea, we find this young man at twenty-five not an intel Jectual aniinal—with a mind that could give, per: haps, @ Shakspearian glance at the earth, but with the morais of a Durham buil—but a young man, at once @ man and a Christian—suen’ men as keep civilized es Sar eeh epi ae st ' promote Clurstiguily au elp to keep this lowe world a3 a it habhiation fo Tht Aoi inst ote gioatess work, 18 the Work of fafure, unas- sisted by Divine grace; the other js tue result of nature, ted by that supernatural power. Which one now, 1 ? There is, | frieud, Will you cb gowever, a sort of nataral grace—a higher human ,ture—waich attaches to jan, ad aut for iis exisicuce aman society in inrelietoils bis titties could nu” ¢dure long. What prevents the beastly Mbertine 7, assauiting, when the opportunity offers, the han2#Quis, yiztuous youtg woman whom he may happen to meet id nun’ bylane or street, to ton racity his animal p: Is i; supernatural fracey No; ho kaows nothiily F religion. is it from fear of temporal" punigithent? No; in tne excitement of passton that would be forgotten; but even In the lowest depths of sin; man, in general, possesses some feeble sparks of this natural grace, But this natural grace is not enough to make « man lve ag ‘a Christian im harmony with his great destiny. Let us, then, pray for God’s strength and grace. If we ouly pray earnestly and from the heart God will give us grace to curb our most uaruly passions, and, i we persevere, we could imitate that life led by Joseph and Mary. Let us, then, rise superior to sin—superior to the mere animal life, akin to the brute creation, and by prayer and cominunton with God rise to the highest standard of Christian man- hood and womanhood; live in harmony witb our position in creauion; live as Immortal beings who, when released of tnis burden of clay, expect and hope to meet and enjoy God in His eternai home in heaven. Memorial Services Touching the Late Bishop Clark—Resolutions and Addresses. Instead of the usual devotional exercises held by the Preachers’ Association on the first Monday of every month a special memorial service was neld in regard to the recent death of Bisaop Dp. W. Clark, After singing and prayer, Rev. Dr. Harris read @ paper illustrative of the religious ex- periences of the Bishop during the closing weeks and days of his earthly existence, Bishop dames very touchingly spoke also of the pleasant relationship he held with the deceased Superintendent, whom he greatiy admired and loved. Dr, Curry, who was a classmate in Wesleyan University with Bishop Clark thirty-six years ago, and had been intimately acquainted with him ever since, also spo¥e warmly of the prominent traits of character of the deceased both as @ pastor, an editor and an aathorand & Bishop. The Doctor sald the Bishop was one of the few men whom he loved aga brother and with whom he had corre sponded pretty regularly for thirty-five years. Tne following resolutions presented by the committee appointed af the last meeting were r and adopted, after which the hyip, “Servant of God, Wel! Done,” was sung by the meeting and prayer was offered by Dr. J. 5. Porter, of Newark:— Whereas our Heavenly Father has taken our beloved Rev. D. W. Clark, D. D., from the Chureh on Karth J, That while we bow in entire eubmission to the pointment, we deenly feel the sorrow inflicted upon a bereaved Church. Resolved, That in the untiring industry, unaffected good. ness, humility, fidelity, disoretion, purity abd great worth ot ar departed brother and ciel’ pastor, we have a noble ex- imple to imitate; while in the rteady’sucer try and 1 his peaceful and hap magnitied and we are encotraged to expect a final tri Kesolved, That a8 a teacher of youth, as a pastor of the chureh, as editor, author and Bishop, bis life has been marked by great % Asa culture, a8 con +) a8 a diam Christian, he ha: Jing contidene hia eariy death has aud lasting hearts, Kesolved, That we deeply sympathize with the surviving bishops of our Church In their sad and repeated vereave- mente and increased responsibilities and labors, and com- mond them to the care and guidance of the Almizh nt frien von our jeft a dey Resolved, That we hereby tender to the farn{iy Clark our sympathy and prayers in thelr great sorrow and loss, imploring for them the urace of our Lord Jesus Christ, w iY o heip and comfort them. pa ag ord Pa, Db, O, CRAWFORD, ) W. Hi, FERRIS, JOIN 8. PORTER, L. H. KING, + D, CURRY, ) ' Committee, Laying of the Corner Stone of a New Roman Catholic Chu at Corawall— Memorial Service in the Union Presbytertan Church at Newburg. On Sunday the corner stone of St. Stephen's Ro, man Catholic church, of Cornwall, was laid, with appropriate ceremonies, by Bishop MeqQuac of Rochester, m the presence of 3,000 persons. The edifice 1s located about & mile from the river, at from | tization, | with a wing measuring 25 by 35 feet, tower and spire 115 feet high. The building is to be of brick and the windows of stained glass. A choir of boys and 8 brass wand were in attendance and performec-te every creditabie manner the musical part of the services. The Bishop delivered the openiLg address, occupying about Ofteen minutes in its delivery. Jt was a masterly production, showing the benefits conferred by the Church on mankind, and was listened to with the closest attention, At its close the Bishop proceeded to bless, first, the altar where the water and wine were to be transformed into the veritable body and biood of Christ; next, the corner stone, and after that the butiding 1self, that every) brick of the editice — might be consecrated to the service of God, fhe service was in Latin, and the responses were made by the priest of tne parish, Rev, bather Keogh. ‘The corneg stone was then laid, with the ceremontes usually observed on such occasions. At the conclu- sion of the ceremony the a postolical benediction was pronounced by the Pishop, the people kneel- ing. Then the band struck up a lively au, and the congregation dispersed, On Sunday evening e memorial service was held Mm the Union Presbyterian Churen, Newburg—a historical — building The congregation — hav worshipped on. the spot ever since the days of the Revolution, and are now about to demolish their oid ediiice, built near the begin. ning of the present century, and erect, at a cost of about $60,000, a new one, A historical discourse was deitveved by Key. Dr. Forsyta, and addrosse: Were made Rev. Dr. S. 1. Prime, editor of the’ and Kev. Wendell Prime, pastor of the chu In ums church the Synod of New York great separation of AV he S$ divided at the time of the Presbyterian Church, aud In the same eis pumion services of the two Synods were recently id, The late Rev. John Johnston, D. D,, Was pastor of tis church for about filty years. A “Charch of Prayer and Preise.’? The writer of the article 11 last Sunday's HERALD in reference to a “Church of Prayer and Praise’? calls upon moneyed men to erect a suitable edifice to be Kept open all day for public worship. A church already exists, “situated in a central part of New York city, conveuicnt to the whole popwation,” and could be easily made todo what Mr. Bacon de- sires, The church worshipping in this building em- braces in tts communion all Christian denomina- tlons.. Any who hi: been members in good stand- ing in any evangelical church are received,and those Who Wish to join on profession of tatth only one question—“Do you love the Lord Jesus Christ, and ar ou trytag to be saved irom your sins’? The doctrines of no particular enurch are taught. ‘The hywn book used ts called “iymus for All Christians.” The succ ui Jeader, fn establishing this broad and beautiful Church, labors with indefatigable in dustry and eaca day performs the work of three ordinary men. He believes that laity as well as clergy ara “priests unto God.” No doubt he would cheerlully ‘ule With any one desirous of hold- B. Bacon” essary to that Dr. 1 to have the Ing a dafty gervice in his church. Let secure the men of piety and sense ne arcy on the work, and the writer belie’ Deems and his congregation will be gia Onureh of ti 3” thrown open dally for prayer and pr y’'T yeniure to write tis be- cause I have ttwice heard Dr. Deems say in pubite addresses that he wished his chureh to be made constantiy useful. JOUN HOLMES, West Fourth eet, Evgtis» Catholics and the Papicy. Aletter has recently been addressed by the Ro- man Catholic prelates of the province of West minster to the Pope. Afler some prelatory words of sympathy with te Pope in his present position, the letier goes on to say:—*We commit, with all abhor- rence of our hearts, to the ex ition af Christen- dom and to the just and inevitable judgment of God, the sacrilegious occupation of the Eternal City, the Violauion of ull sanctious and rights, natural and di vine; the lawle: ‘ampling down of justice and the unhailowed contempt and breach of obligations and soleran tre: These assiults, how! the gaies of hell a.ect us, Most Holy Pautuer, with netther fear hor dread; lor never has your supreme authority shone Out With greater Lustre; never eMart orld warned th hearts with mor tital tence to Centre of Unity, acher of the Faith, the Docter and Auler of tue universal Church. By the eal tous disorders of the Jasi twenty years not only ar iritual prerogatives of Peter most jeminousiy mautfested, Dut also that wondrous disposition oF Divine Provideuce whereby the successor of Peter, inde it of any civil power, himself holda a civil princedom, is justiiied of itselt betore tue eyes | alike’ of bell and unbelievers. Not once, but | oltentimes, the episcopate, dispersed taroughout | ssembicd, as especially in the years 867, at the tomb of the | ciared that the civil princedem of th | given to the Roman Pontiff! by a spec Divine Providence, and Wat it is under apostles, Nis de Holy See was design of present order of things’ of necessity—not, indeed, to the exercise — of apostolic’ —omice "in } itseli, as our adversaries érroneously dream; j but In order tat the Roman” Pontith, independent of any Prince or civil power whaiso- ', sliould, With the utmost perfect freciom, exer- supreme authority tn feeding and ruling the forthe good of the whole world. Never has that visible providence of God been more clearly manifested than m these days of imsolence | and reproach, when apostolic letters cannot be pro- pulgaed hows charge of treason against the Drown, hor access to the feet of your Holiwess he open to the faithiul except through armed ranks of i ue Moly Father, are your et proclaimed throughout the for the farehfal in Caytst, On every land and , denounce with indignation thp Sadtilege ‘petrated against you, the Vicar ot our Lord, enemies and traitors spruil@ from that race fed, ait cred & special prerogative fe hati Christe tort not uty as a | lujustice. but as a rejection of the kingdom of Christ’ Divine wisdom, inost Holy Facer, las manifestly 30 disposed 1¢ that on the eve of wars and political con- yulstons, 3, andiof the civil and fraternal conflicts by fFhicn ¥ risa natious are so miserably torn, all these prérégatives, divinely vestowed on the See of Peter, should fiave been declared by the infallible autuority of the Yattcan Couucil—prerogaiives whereby the Roman Ponttif, unarmed tn the face ofa world in arms, may securely judge and decree in the cause of faitn, of truth and of the sound prin- ciples even of civil government.” ‘ihe document concludes by expressing the firm hope of more prosperous days for the Church, and the prayer that ‘the glorious pontificate’ of Pope \p ut ay, by & singular glory, be prolonged tn the ¢ of Peter beyoad the number of Peter's years,” pecanienes A Golden Wedding in Greece. ‘The Rev. Dr. Hilt and wile, the well-known Eptsco- pal missionaries in Athens, Greece, celebrated their golden wedding April 26, 1871. In memory of that occasion a correspondent sends the following lines:s— GOLDEN WEDDING OF REV. DR. HILL AND WIFE, ALHENS, GRERCE, APRIL 26, 1871. This day in Athens, eye of Greece, where Paul First Jesus preached, ‘md pagan tempies graud— Where Parthenon, Theseion proudly stand, ‘The centuries sull movking—gratetuliy 1all lu adoration to the Lord of all, rom our far coasts—the nuptial bonds vyears now worn—while, hand in ad, With loviag hearts God's blessings they recall. For, ee their pilgrimage, Husband and wife Have found no other cause arise of strife, 7 ‘Than who, most faithfully for Christ, should toil To aid the that eighteen hundred years — worshipped here—worsiipped, e’en while the sol Groaned ‘neath Mahomet’s yoke, which Gospel ligat now treely cheers, American and Forelan Christian Unton. Ata regularly called meeting of the Board of Directors of the American and Foreign Christian Union, held June 1, thirty-three members being present, the committee of six, to whom had been committed the question whether the society should dissolve, presented two reports, each signed by tree of thecommittee, One report, suggesting the reference of the question to the Society atl iarge, for reasous specified, was tabled by a vote of nincteen to seven; , pronouncing it a duty to main- tain the society and its Work was adopted, and its reconsiderauon lost, the President deciding that this action Was final, and ended the whole question. Archbishop Manning on tbe State of Paris, Archbishop Manning, in the course of his lecture on the night of the 28th ult, at St. Mary's, Moor- fields, Loudon, on “The Revolt of Parts from Auiuority,” In which he mamtained that all the political situations of European countries within the past 200 years had been the consequence of the revolt of civil society from tne teachings of the Roman Catholic Church, took occasion to refer to Vhe present condition of Paris, ‘dhe existing state of aifairs there Was an evidence of the development of the priaciples of that tufdelity and tmpiety which had been planted previously in the tand, What was the rising of 1/89 but a rising against the quthority of the King by those woo surrounded him? What were the revolutionary rising’ of 1830 wid 1848 but that of the middie classes against jority? At present it Was the rising of the U8 inuitiiude—ol those who had oven ro bed in the past of @ Christian educauon. Tho were the men Who had grown up in a state of terrl- to be the scourge of their The Archbishop concinded by rem present political situation tn France jormer antagonism to the Roman Cat aud that the eonditiou of Paris waa a Divine punish. inenl on accouat of her past sintulness. A Now Religions Sect. A vew Russian sect has been founded in the dis- trict of Urenbugg by an unfrocked Pope named | Feodor Kanika, Who professes to be In direct com- | munication with the Deity, aad to bave the mission | OF preparing an earthly “paradise” for his followers, | One of the coaditions of admission mto the sect 1s the payment of 6,000 Troubles to its tounder, after } ; that you cannot refrain trom giving utteran Puplig engeudgre y VAIN debrayed | Ourawal ANd, ALT 050 by ST Mpgt ge plat, . NGL 6 Gaulle Das ly Daud (UNOS SeVeiad . Bad ranks before attaining the privileges of full member. shtp. As promotions from one rank to another, like the first appointment, are made under a sort of pur- chase system, the sect consists almost entirely of rich men. The fund thus accuinulated ts, according to the statutes of the society, to be employed tn the conquest ol Constantinople, which the founder pre- | dicts will take place on the Emperor's birthday (Lue 20th of April) in the year 1873, The Pope and the Ladies of England. Mis Holiness has just adareased to “our daughters beloved tn Christ, her Grace Miana, Duchess of Nor+ folk, and others, ladies of Great Britain,” a reply to the address of sympathy and ér allegiance which was lately forwarded from the female portion of the English Roman Catholics to the Pope. He com- mences with sendin “health and the bless- ing,” and continue: We have received your ad s—the noble record of your allegiance aud be- cause of the long roll of signatures tie more pre- cious in our eyes—with tie fatherly affection becommyz your courage, rank and goodness. It shows forth lu clear light your aduurable | and love to this Apostotic See, the most g wrong done to which has 80 touched your ty your profound tndignation and grief. It your noble piety towards Christ, our Lord and deeimer, whom you confess and bewail as ou raged and insulted, in the person of our hu- nility, His unworthy Vicar, and manifests tne ‘liveliness of your faith, clearly witnessed and made known by your earnest desire to serve us and this Apostolic See. This your goods 88, to you a crown of praise, has been to us, as our bitter trials allow, a Very great con: imasmuch ag ib shows you wo be endow spirit of faith which brings back again th ages of Eughsh devotion ‘celebrated in the Mendations of our predecessor, Gregory the Great, and apprizes us at the same time of alike courage your part to fight against ungodliness.” In conclu. ston, lus Holiness des » be heiped by tuetr prayers to God on his behalf, seuds his apos+ tolic benediction to them, his “daughters beloved in Christ,’’ and to their families, The Roman Catholic Church and the Educas tion Quention. A pastoral letter from the Cardinal, Archbishop and bishops of the Catholic Chureh was read on the 25th ult. in the puipits of wll the Catholic churches in England. Thecnief topic was the education of the poor, The pastoral expressed congratulation at the rise and muitiplication of so many Catholic schools during the past nineteen yi » Stilt, many Viousands of children in the large towns were UD» e+ with Catholic education, — 2 given and their efforts not thwart modern experiments and theories of educatior quate schools, both in namber and etliciency, could be provided. ‘The pastoral atirims that. tn 0013 whicn will be formed by school boards are full of danger to Catholics, No Catholic could tn con science sena tis child toa school in which any re- ligion other than his own is taught; and if the Bible Were read a3 a mere class book, with such an inter- pretation as a schoolmaster or mistress might put upon it, the violation of conscience would become ever more intoteravle., The pastoral points out that among the worst hindrances to Holle educaty and one of the most fruitful and fatal causes ruin of children, is to be found tm tae neglis bad example of fathers, and often of moi ons for Presbyterianiam., We have given the result of the male by the Presbyterian Church to sig nalize the year of the reumion of the two branches of the Church by spectal memorial gifts, The sam reported by the committee having in charge was $7,007,499. ‘Ts did not ineiude the sum of $200,000, provisional gifts made to the Boards, which were subsequently ordered by the Ten Mi effort General Assembly to be placed to the s: count, making the amount $7,507,499. If to e add the several sams contribute churches to sustain the regular operations of tue several Boards of Foreign aud Domestic Missions, Kducation, Pab- lication, &e., with numerous Special gifts, the total AllountIS swelled to at least $10,000,000 Catholic Confirmations, Confirmation was pinistered by the Most Rever- end Archbishop on Taesday, May 30, in the Churchof the Nativity, to 359 per: On Thursday, June 1, in St. Theresa's church, to 820 persons. On ‘Trinity Sunday, in St. Pauls church, Fiity-ninth street, to between ionr and five hundred, Hieven hundred and thirty were confirmed at St. Mary’s churen, Grand street, on Suuday last, THIRTY-POURTH STREET SYNAGOGUE, m8. Langunge of the Graveyards and Li from the Tombs—Nermon by Rev. D daver. An unusually large congregation gathered in the Thirty-fourth street Synagogue yesterday, in whose hearing the tenth, eleventh and twelfth chapters of Numoers wer d, and from the thirty-fourth vers of the eleventh chapter the Rey, Dr. Vidaver elo- quently discoursed. “And he called the name of that place Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people that lusted.” ‘The narratiou, of which this text describes the result, relates how the Hebrews 1n the wilderness Insted atter flesh meat, and God sent them quails, until the greediest was more than satisfied. Bub while the food was tn their mouths the wrath of God fell upon them, aud many of the people dled, though, gr had given them bread from heavéh and poured out Waters from the rock, and though they had wit- nessed His providences and mercies a thousand times over, yet their hearts murmured because they had no meat, and they tonged for the fleshpots of Kay pt. The Lord God heard their cry ana covered the ground around their camps, tg the de pth of two. cabits, With quails, and the Hoople, in their iustral eagernes¥, gqtuered them up tncessanuy for two days anda night, thay they migtit nave ENOUGH 1) GLUT THEIR UNHOLY APPETITES. But there was death in the pit for them—their greed became their sin and their Camp became a graveyard, and wherever we look we behold the mourn'ul epitaph—Kibroth-hattaavan, graves of lust. And in the dreary desert of this life, as we wanier along, how many, alas! how many graves of lust do we behold around us! Letus go to any of our modern graveyards, and the same sad facts stare us Ip the face, Here are some littie graves, the resting places of our darling ones, whose earthly existence was like the flower of the fleld—in the morning blooming, but in the evening blasted and withered, But even tn their timocent ittle graves we can decipher the same sad epitaph— Kibroth-hatiaaval, = They were ushered into life with the mark of death on their brows. The Justful longings of their parents had _ poisoned their vitally and prepared them for eariy graves, And many of these dear little ones who he in unnunabered graves might be living aud use- Iul members of society but for the moral neglect of those whom the Lord nad appointed to ve their guardian angels. The fatner, absorbed in the marts of trade and commerce, cares naught for those jittle pledges which Divine love has intrusted to his care. Je 13 the willing captive of Mammon; his ioterest hes in bonds and stocks, and not in immortal beings, albeit they are his own offspring. And the mother, Whose destiny is In the behaif or Gou to dispense lignt and love and purity and pleasure in the world, but more especially around her own fire- side, prefers the trifles and frivolities of the gay aud the careless to the ATING, ENNOBLING AND SANCTIFYING duties of her own heart and norm Her children are neglected, both physically and morally, and we litle flowers Sent trom God to cheer desert waste of lile are bidden away from the dew and the sunshine of heaven until they wither and die, And in the inscriptions upon their tombstones we read a cause of death which 1s never giveu tp me‘tical cer- tificates—"Died of parental lust and neglec: Bul if we continue our ramblings Over the ceme- tery we suall Gnd tombs bearing the names of youn men and maidens who had reached the biesse period of youth, butere tiey emerged tnto man. hood and Womanhood Death embraced them in its ghastly arms aud here they rest in peace, Alas! Uiat we are used not only to heap imsipid flattery upon the liviag, but We carry our Vices aiso to the very grave and utter falsehoods over the dea ‘Those magnificent tombs and the inseriptions upon them speak only of purity aud virtue to the casual eye; but If we scan them more closely and read the writings with our meutal Vision we shail tind Kibroth-hattaavah runing through every line. In the flush of their young life tiey neard aud heeded only one part of Solomon’s myunction— “REJOICE, O YOUNG MAN, IN THY YOUTH, and let thine heart cheer tee im the days of thy youth and walk i the ways of thive tieart and in the sight of thine eyes,’ They forgot or ne ted the closing sentence, which 1s the key to tue whuww, “Bub know Mou that for ail these things God will bring thee mo judgment.” Uunheediag tis faitnfut admoniuion the young men and the young wouren run the giddy round o1 and in a few years being up suddenly im the ard, And hore Ite the graves of lust. Here lies the avaricious man, whose old was bis god; but he found, when it was too ate, that “he who loveth money sual not be satise fied therewith. And bere lies (he -winbigoas man Who could not be satished with houses and lands, and siiver and gold, and the biessings of this carta, but now he must be content with @ few squa Of sol and a simple Inscription on his t Pet one all your connections and alliances mass vend toward a godly and a holy end, Whether you are inerehants or mechanics, philosophers, men ‘O41 letters or ignorant mea, men of war or of peace, let the highest and nobiest end of your existence be always before you; and let the instruction and eda- cation of your children demand and recetve much more of your time and talents than they do now, and rear and educate them for Heaven. Failing te do this, you dig Kibroth-battaavah for yourselves and for (hem. You wrong your own souls a8 well as theirs by negieet. You may provide palaces for them, but they will not be places of rest; houses Tiley may be, bat not homes. instead of the quies Joys of howe they will ran after the wild pleasures of the World. Teach your children candor and sim- cerity instead of mawkish, hypocritical soctal- isms Which seem fair without, but vdiy hatred withio. ‘leach them to walk in the light of God, and then shall they be at ace With their owao hearw and cousctences. Remember that HUMAN LIFE IS SuORT, and it ts our duty to live as long as we can, it snould be the Lord’s wili to storten our earthl pilgrimage let us seek to have @ consciousness tl we did not allow our passions to violeutly suortem our days nor to dig for us graves of lust—Kibroth- hattaavah, Several Christian ministers and laymen were pre- sent and listened attentively to this eloquent dis- course. Itis strange that the music does not keep pace with the preaching in this synagogue and that female volves are not mtroduced into the choir, when there is not only nothing against it, but every- thing in its favor in the Bible, and, as we under- stand, tn the writings of the ancient Rabbies also, Let the congregation think and act on this matter prompuy. THE SERPENT OF SAPIENZA. The Roman University~A House Divided Against Itself--The Faliible and {n{allible Pro essors— Riotous Proceedings in the Streets—The Now French Ambassador's Acts Criti- cised—A Review of Citizen Soldiers, RoME, May 23, 1871, The University diMiculty here has reached une pre- else tangent which must result either in submission or schism on the part of .those professors wha signed the late address of congratulation to Dr. Doilinger, The counter address or proiest agatnss the Dollinger heresy has been signed by twenty professors belonging to the Roman University, some ol whom are lestasties, but who take their sala ries from the Italian government and depend upom the State. The Pope having simply declared that the professors who signed the address are hence- forth outside the pale of the Church, and as sucl are to be avolded by Casholic students, throws att exploding bomb of disruption in the Sapienza hails, THE ROMAN UNIVERSITY 18 now divided into two distinct camps, each heade& by a body of professors of the most diametrically opposed opinions ana doctrines. Whether this sels- sure would have taken place without the exciting cause of the Dillinger address 1s a pot which adinits of discussion, but lt 1s undeniable that the seeds of disagreement and disunion cannot but dee velop themselves sooner or later wherever thelr germs exist, a3 must be the case in a university im Which the professors’ chairs are occupied indis- criminately by the friends and partisans of the pre- sent and past régime, It was, perhaps, an error om the part of the Italian government not to have rene dered an oath of fideli*7 obligatory on the University protessors as weil as other State employés; for, of course, those Who are hostile to the new course of events can never be expected to instil nto their pupils the liberal and patriotic sentiments in ae cordance With so great a political change, But if FALLIBLE AND INFALLIBLE PROFESSORS are about equal im numbers at the University, the case 18 dierent with the students, of whom the great majority are “fallioies.” The ‘dntalliples’? were made the objects of a hostile demonstration yesterday morning, being hissed and hooted out of the library and lecturing halls by thew intolerant companions, Who drove them out of the University premises altogether and threatened them with sum. mary chastisement if they ever ventured to return. Such proceedings, although easily to be conceived among hot-headed youths, ought not to be tolerated, as they must resuit in blame being thrown upon the aggressors; for, although spiritual provocation may have been given in the first instance, temporal re- taliations are madmissibie. THE EXCESSES OF A FEW BLACKGUARDS occasionally bring obloquy upon an entire poutucal party. This was the case on Sunday evening, near the Consoiazione church, A school of orphan Chile dren, dressed in ecclesiastical garb, with tiree- cornered hats, Was passing, Whea four or five young mon began to jeer them aid the priest who accompanied them. “A French priest who wit nessed these insults rushed on the offenders with his clenched fists and gave oue of thema bloody nose. A battle royal ensued, In which the orphans® tutor was stabyed in tue shouider, The rioters were arrested, AN ANECDOTE. The Osservatore Romano uarrates the tollowing sin, ‘uiny anecdote, and draws its moral from tae dcclirrence: An ugly gray-skinned serpent has ite nest in the walls o having deposed its rugged ana hypocritical eXterlor, 1¢ Low makes splendid per of (8. pew colors, These words are not ailege IS g rical, We are y peal aid true fact.t Yesterday evening TURE bed hours after sunset along snake Was seen to gitde along the external whieh tells the story, not of th er oF | but of histust. And thus we my | TUE CHARACTERS OF HUND&KDS | who sleep tu carly graves, victims of unioly lusts, | Of base passlous, OF Vicious propensities, of sem: real 3) immoratities, reveliings and uevancheries. They are, | ait of then, suicides, but Mm Tialifa draws a heavy | veil over our eyes, 80 that We ci seo true | so, hor proat cause of thelr sudden and easy ta by the lessons of their hie and dea These graves | ol lust teach Us great and my lessons wiich we dio Well to heed, And the tim nt in coniem- plating and reidecting upon the: will be well $ and and dhe sensibie man will Visi tue ho’ of the poor and learn to becoi Wise anil to appreciate the value of Hie b:\fer, UN! ties graves preach loudly and earnestly vo you, moral mv ‘They bid you take care and not subsiitate the means for the etd. ‘The ovject of your tute should ve | to live up to our Itig! Suny, ty live UP To THE DICTACES OF PATH, reason and conscience. Ay ovlagsy ok suas SULDSY Bud UQUnKs. | tor of the Cox rr thoughts { walls of tue University, opposite the Carpegoa Lieve and nide itself among the building timber cuilect there, This morning a crowd of people wers gazing at the entire shin of which the serpent divested him- seit last night, returning again to nis hidtug place. lt 1s truly @ curious fact that even real serpents shouid dwell in the heart of our city, as If it Was @ muss of ruined buildings. The itnierence is thas there are other serpents ulso in tue University—the rofessors Who sympathize with Doliuger doubt- jess—but the vision of this serpent will be a captal episode in,the sermon of a Jesuit preacver, for the: serpeut and Satan are syuonymous, and such a mys- terlous invasion of the sapienat will serve to trighten back toto the ranks of infallivies any nest tating Catholic studeut, trembling on the brink of heresy. The conduct of THE NEW FRENCH AMBASSADOR at the Holy See Is exciting hopes at tue Vatican and creating discontent at the Quirinal. Lhe Count d’ Harcourts neglect ol what would have been a mere act of courtesy—viz., @ Visit to the royal princes am the latter palace—is considered to be a demonsita on of supertuous deference to the Supreme Pons tf, Tne formal visit of his Excelleacy to Count Cuvallettt, ex-Senator of Rome, to thank him for tae visiting cards with the Pope's portrait photographed ‘on tne backs, lett Loe bmbassy to the number of nearly 4,000, by the Papaliny novility, gentry » lergy. is another act Which has greatly odeuied tae liverals. freuch intervention is the golden dream of the priests and the bugobear of the Italan govern meut; out it is not reasouaple to clamor for the Count d'’Harcourv’s recall merely because, being accredited to the PM ‘ope, he has not paid anv homage to the Vrince of Pied} mont, a the same abstension has been iitierto ole served by the other foreign representatives ai the Iloly See, With the exception Of tue tate Prussia Minster, Count @’Arnim, aud the British oMicious Chargé d’Afuires, Mr, Clarke Jervoie. REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL GUARD, jaya review of tie National Guard took place in the Farnesina meadows tor the entation vo the force of their new Commander-a-Uiel, Gene= ral Lipari, who Was formally tmitiated in jus come Yester mand by Prince lavicino. Studacy of Kome. The cluzen Soldiers were im admirable (enue, and the Manwuvres of the jour legions were iWuch praised by the oficers of the regular army present. The Prince of Piedmont was on the parade ground mm plain clothes, attended by lus atde-de-camp, Count Giaunolu, and the Pope himseif witnessed « part, if not the Whole, of the review; fur as tbe fest lemem detled on the Piazza di sau Petro a Window of the Vatican Palace was opened aad the Pope looked out ane, the prelates of his suite renaming im the hall benind hin. tis ie. rently, just returaed fom ins wa for he was dressed in white and wore Lb Many of the oficers and soldiers of the Legion recog nized the Ponta; and whie the senior colonel, Siguor Tittoni, Was looking around at his Holmess, lis hors? stumbled and nearly tirew bim—en eveab waich will be chronicied by (ke Collectors ef anees dotes connected with Pio Nono’s mysteroms gilt of the ‘evil eye.” THE DISTRIBUTORS OF are taking a round in the t environs of Kom distriets exceptional acquisition the! that not much change in tive 1wt0us 0 to be apprehended from tits disseniiiatio, Suda, appae among Diodatt editious, especially as te mon 20 priests invariably tear up all the copies ‘ey can lay Lands Oa direclly the Blule Society's ayelis Kaye takem tuelr departure. RELIGIOUS PERSOVA(S AYD PARTICULARS. Bishop Clark in his with made consid quests to three benevolent Mechodist su Rev. John Maniey, of the Reormed Churet, ated at New Bruuswick, N.J., Muy 23, im the sixty-third year of his age. Mr. J. Hyde DeForrest, a mormber of the recent senior class In Yale Semtuary, was ordained ag pas ational church at Moat Carmely, Coun, May 24. Mr. Floyd ison, recenutiy ordained at Atlanta Ga, is Une firss colored young man trained m tae schoo sof the American Missivpary Association at tae South. A speaker at the meeting of the Young Men‘e QUTSIAM Assocation IA Byyjou Broke of “~% Claas Ob the Roman University, where, ~ } 4 '