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4 "RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. July 14-—Eighth Sunday After Pente- cost---St. Bonaventure. RELIGIOUS SCHEDULE FOR TO-DAY. Herald Religious Corre- spondence. EXILED PRIESTS IN OALIFORNIA. Swedenborgianism and Why It Is So Called. MAN AS AN ANIMAL. All About a New Re- ligion. NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JULY 14, 1872-TRIPLE SHEET. sitisiasbet cinema see. cert. iat a 1888 0: Ey ‘sustice” means when he declares this rubbish must be cleared away before the future structure can be built I fail to comprehend. roe oe een ee mu own words, show tly that Christianity @ failure if, aiter eighteen centu it has fatled to clear away the rubbish? How long it will take to build the structure is a question [ should like to ask “Justice” to answer. The ruins of the temple of liberty are the rubbich Christianity has got to re- move before it can bulls it3 structure, Let us not be deceived. The self-same agency that held Euro; in thraldom for centuries 1s to-day at work to in its lost powers, Let us guard the sacred trust committed to our charge and transmit the biess- ings we enjoy to future generations. Spiritualism and Catholicism. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— ‘The years 1870 and 1871 will hereafter be noted as the period whence tae venerable time-worn Roman Catholic Church will date the commencement of its ical reform, or of its decline, through the action f its Ecumenical Council and the destruction of its temporal power through the downfall of its main supporter, Louls Napoloon, The samo period signalizes the establishment of the wonderful truths of another form of belief, which has struggled for existence for the past twen- ty-four years through storms of ridicule, misrep- resentation and calumny. I refer to Spiritualism. The press, the churches and the lecture fooms have huried their anathemas against its assump. tions, Appeals to the fears and prejudices of their readers and auditors—to their veneration for their old creeds and dogmas—have been continuously made, but still the faitn of its votarics has not only remained steadfast, but continued and more startling evidences have increased the Tanks of its converts, until now they are numbered SPIRITUALISM AND CATHOLICISM, Services To-Day. Thomas Gales Forster, trance speaker, holds forth at Apollo Hall to-day, “Bishop” Snow will discourse @bout the Day of Judgment at the University this afternoon, Rev. Dr. Flagg preaches at both services of the Church of the Resurrection. Rev. W. R. Spindler speaks this morning at the Christian church, Rev. Dr. Peabody, of Massachusetts, preaches in the morning at the Church of the Messiah. Acamp meeting is in course of operation at Sea Cliff Grove. The Cosmopolitan Conference meets this after- noon at Turners’ Hall. Rev, J. Edgar Johnson, convert from Unitarian- ism, will preach at the Wainwright Memorial (Epis- copal) church, Eleventh street, this evening. Rev. Dr. Balch, of the Universalist Church, will preach in the edifice corner of Bleecker and Down- ing streets in the forenoon, In the Free Church of St. Mary the Virgin, West Forty-fifth street, there will be services three times during the Sabbath. ‘The Spiritualists will assemble in Mohawk Hall, Sixteenth street and Eighth avenue, afternoon and evening. Swedenborgiantem. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— In reply to the inquiries of vour vorrespondent permit the writer to say—Swedenborgians and Swedenborgianism are names applied by others, but not adopted by the readers of and believers in the important truths contained in the writings of Swedeuborg. They simply claim to be New Church men, and to belong to the New Jeru- salem Church, which they regard as a new dispen- sation and not asa sect. Few men who have ever lived have manifested in their lives and writings less of a sectarian spirit, ora less desire to build up @ sect or party than Emanuel Swedenborg, for he was one of the most humble, childlike and un- eon of men; and he would undoubtedly have een shocked at the idea of the believers the doctrines of the new age being called by his name, for he makes ho pretension or claims of being the author of the doctrines, or of the inter- retations of the Holy Word contained in his writ- ings. To the Lord alone he gives all the honor; for himself he simply claims to be the “servant of the Lord Jesus Christ.” By his own unaided intellect every diligent reader of his writings can see he could no more have discovered the great science of correspondences, in accordance with which the sacred Scriptures are unioided in his writings, than he could have created a world. It isdoubtful whether he ever expected psf dis- tinct and separate organization of those who should accept the new views. In speaking of the descent of the New Church or New Jerusalem from God out of heaven, he 8 it can only take place “in pro- portion as the yalses of the former church are remov- ed; for what is new cannot gain admission where falses have before been implanted, unless those 7alses bo first rooted out; and this must first take place among the clergy, and by their means among the laity”—a change which is steadily going on, a8 every one can see. The works of Swedenborg were translated into English by the Rev. John Clowes, @ clergyman of the Church of England, who remained connected with the Episcopal Chureh up to the time of his death, and who freely taught the new doctrines; and the number of readers of Sweden- borg, both clerical and lay, connected with the vari- ous denominations of the first Uhristian church, and unconnected with any church, probably far @ Who have come out and joined dis- tinctly new church Co acpeettirte ‘The question may be asked why any distinctively new church socie- ties have been or should be formed. | The reasons which have led to sucn organizations, can be readily seen. rge number of the receivers of the new doctrines were disconnected with any church when they became convinced of the truth of the heaveniy doctrines, and, of course, they could not join any of the sectarian churches without assenting to creeds which they believed to be fatse, Others, jormerly more frequently than lately, on adopting the new views, while members oj other churches, were either expelled for heresy or made 80 uncomfortable that they could not remain, Still others could not att parently hpder or paye their children taught, doctrines Which they believed to be erroneous. Now, all of the above parties were desirous of enjoying the privileges of the sanctuary and, where practicable, have united in societies for such purpose. And they unite also for the purpose of proclaiming the doctrines to the world through the pulpit, by lectures and by the Tess. your correspondent inquires why Swedenborg has not given the connected spiritual sense of the Gospels, and if they are not as important as Genesis and Exodus. Of course they are equally important, | and so are all parts of the Divine Word; but the ractical truths requisite for a good life shine more Rietinet!y through the clouds or ietter of the gos- 1s than through Genesis, the history of the Jewish Shurch and the Book of Revelations; for the latter ‘was comparatively a sealed book, and the literal interpretation of Genesis is driving men to ‘scepticism. Again, the Book of Revelations was a prophetical announcement of the end of the first Christian Church and of the de- scent of the New Jerusalem, and its true interpre- tation was of vast moment, now that it has been and {g being fulfilled. Perhaps the most satisfactory reason of all is, that by giving the spiritual sense of Genesis, Exo- aus and Kevelations the key was given, or a suitl- cient knowledge of correspondences, to enable the intelligent reader to unfold the entire Word by ap- plying the same rules and principles of interpreta- tion. Nothing more was needed. dB Is Christianity a Faflare? | To THE Epirox or Tuy HERALD:— In last Sunday's edition I noticed what purported tobe areply to the question, “Is Coristianity a Fatlure ? “Justice” has not only fatled to solve the problem, but overlooks entirely the main point and leaves my questions unanswered, If Chris- tianity is the means whereby the human race alone can be saved to what extent it has succeeded isa question admitting of no doubt, as it is only received by @ #mall portion of mankind, “Justice” claims that Christianity was introduced {nto the world for | the purpose of overthrowing the old system of po- | Jitico-religious slavery and establisiing religious | lberty in its stead. If by the old system he means | the Jewish Church is it not presumption on his | part to call it a system of politico-religious slavery? ‘As 4 Christian he must believe in its divine origin. Judaism is the foundation of Christianity. If it is false Christianity must likewise be. That Chris- | tianity has never established a system ot religious liberty, but, on the contrary, has always opposed At, is an assertion I challenge “Justice” to disprove. Tlvert f conscience was & foe | unknown when the aed lar power was in subjection to the eccle- Mastical. What are the Dark Ages? Are they not that period of the world's history when the © he held undivided sway? Then liberty was trampled under foot by a despotism the most cruel and re- lentless recorded in history. That the liberty of the nineteenth century Is due to Christianity I emphatically deny. History attests the contrary. That glorious boon by us enjoyed has only been secured by the shedding of torrents of blood. What were the efforts put iorth by the Christiin Church to stay its progress? lmprison- ment, torture, death. Call forth the spirits of the glorious dead ‘and ask them in whose uame and by What authority the burning tore was applied to the fagots that were to cousume their bodies to ashes? For what purpose was science ostracized and mankind kept in ignorance? It was that a sys- tem of abject slavery migiit be per etuated. How can it be said that Christianity 1s the groundwork of liberty, when we have such incontestable proof to the contrary? Were ecclesiastical rule once more to gain the ascendancy the temple of liberty would be undermined and that grand structure ~smented by millions in this country alone. One demand alone has been made by all these people which has been to simply give them a hear- ing. They desire all to investigate for themselves, to use their own unprejudiced reason, take nothing for granted, but judge for themselves, This do- mand until reoeniin has been unheeded by all the scientific and learned bodies in the United States and Europe, buc still the truths of this new dispensation have been peuetrtaing through the mists of unbelief and prejudice untit now they com- pel the attention of scientific men, and that cry which all these long Teg has arisen unheeded, or only to meet with derision, is about to attract sas eeDec ee attention which its importance de- Tands. It has been the mistortune of this phtlosophy—for such it is—that comparatively few scientific men of Pianelpenos have yet investigated it under favora- le circuinstances: but, on the other hand, it has been its good fortune that every one who has done so has been made a permanent convert to its teach- ings. Instance Professors Hare and Mapes, of this country, and Mr, Varley and Professor De ‘Morgan, of England. It is true that some seven hundred works have been written and published against it, some of them by persons who profess to know of what they are writing; but every educated Spiritualist knows that not one of these writers knew enough of Spir- itualism to discriminate between its truths and the most transparent imposture. The fact is, no man whom God has blessed with a fair degree of intel- lectual capacity can thoroughly investigate this subject without becoming convinced of its palpable truth, and he will then become unfitted to occupy the position ofits open antagonist—and the man who assumes this position can only do so from his lack of knowledge of the subject, I stated that this demand to be heard had been unheeded by all the scientific and learned bodies, but it has been heeded by individuals of those bodies, and quite recently by the Dialectical Society of London, and it now shows a great step in advance when such men as Dr. Crooks, Dr. William ‘ugging and Kdward William Cox have unitedly investigated some of the more simple physical Pooky ade of our philosophy, and have agreed hat the subject is worthy of further earnest inves- ligation. Aiter such recommendation it seems im- possible that the pursuit should be abandoned and the result must be to establish at least the phe- Fret i truths of Spiritualism upon an enduring 8. It is not alone in England that the opportunity exists for scientific men to test this to them new powen or force, but similar manifestations of it can e witnessed in this city at any time by any scien- tifle or non-scientific man who will consent to the observance of such conditions as are required of all. These manifestations are made in broad daylight, ane every facility given for the fullest investiga- on. The higher phenomena of Spiritualism have won- derfully muitiplied of late, and there is no difliculty now at any time in being able to witness more surprising phenomena than Dr. Crooks and his friends appear to have been favored with. UTERIUS. Man an Animal. To THE Ep1Tor or THR HERALD:— Concerning the meaning of the word “soul,” any Scripture student knows—first, that Moses uses the word in exactly the same sense as we, in modern English, use “animal; second, that “souls” (ant- mals) were created betore man—Genesis 1, 20 (Ref erence Bible). Now it will be observed thatin the discussion that has passed in your columns it was at first assumed that souls are immortal; but lately it assumes a different aspect. “O. H.” has sug- gested a different theory, secing that the ordinary orthodox premises are untenable. “The soul, it dies,” he says; “but the immortal germ within the soul is to be raised to a sphere,” &c. It will be our object to prove scripturally that the animal (soul) man has no more existence after death than any other inhabitant of our planet, earth. Examined in the light of science, the body of man exhibits no very remarkable characteristics, except in the superior development of the intellectual faculties, which places him at the nead of the animal races. Like them he derives food from herbs and flesh; like them masticates, digests and absorbe it into his system; like them he sees, hears, smells, tastes, feels, through like organs; destroy his eye, he cannot see; destroy his ear, he cannot hear, and so on; he shows no property that ts not exhibited in the lower classes of souls or animals, except in his superior mental or phrenological de- velopment. If man had an immortal “germ” (or whatever name one chooses to give it) that can see, hear, think, &c., do you not think when the ocular or auricular nerve was destroyed its immortal wers would be called into requisition—it would ead the blind and supplant the ears of the deaf? But alas! science and the Bible are of one opinion in this respéct, that man hath no pre-eminence above a beast—all toone place. (Ecclesiastes, til., 19.) Yes, that is the emphatic language of the wise King Solomon. As all animals are supported by the spirit of life, which is the marvellous power of nature, or God, so, when this — of life is withdrawn by the prerogative of that God, the intellectual faculty end all the five senses that it com- mands are destroyed by the surrounding forces of nature and return to their original elements. “His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.’’ (salms, eXxliv., 4.) And ‘the dead know not any- thing, neither have they any more a reward” in heaven nor anywhere, “ior the memory of them is forgotten, aiso their love and their hatred, and their envy is now perished.” (Ecclusiastes, ix,, 5.) “That which befalieth the sons of men be/alleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them; as the one fh 80 dieth the other.” (icclesiastes, lit, 19.) is is the Bible definition of death, ~ BIBLE CHRISTIAN. All About a New Religion. To Tue Eprror or THE HERALD:— Aliow me to notice briefly.some of the doctrin advanced and advocated by your religious corre. spondents, “Veritas” ts of the opinion that a new religion is demanded. That we need a diferent religion from that we now have is self-evident. That Christiani- ty as now practised is a failure is also self-evident, One fact alone will suffice as proof of this assertion, When Christian nations have differences to be ad- justed they quarrel for a while, and finally arm themselves with guns and bayoncts and march out ‘and slaughter each other, each calling on the “God of Battles” to ald them, This is only one sample of the manner in which Christianity does its work. It does all things it undertakes in a similar manner. We certainly Seed, a different religion from this. That all sects of Christlans are wrong is sell-eonfessed tact, Do not Catholics deciare all Protestants to be heretics? And, in Ci apy tgs not Protestants regard the Charch of Rome to be even the harlot of the Apocalypse? No one will deny this, and the same is true of all the other denomi- nations of Christians. “Logos bas arrived at the sage conclusion that without man creation would be a failure, and that the universe was produced for his | especial benefit, The absurdity of thia con- clusion will be seen when we reflect that more than eight-tenths of all the beauties of nature which he so beautifully describes are never seen by man, and therefore could not have been made for him, Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear; Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. And again :— Hast God, thon fool, worked solely for thy good, Thy joy, thy pastime, ttire, thy food ? While man ex | things for my use!’ for mine,’” replies the pampered goose. hort of reason he must ta made for one, and not for all, “Cato” rises to explain what is meant by the hu- man soul, and tu doing 80 declares it to be “that part of a living being that reasons, feels and knows, and is just as liable to accident, decay and death as the body.” “ ato,’ thou reasonest well,” but why not goastep further, and admit that the soul ts the brain itself? Any Other soul but the brain is a myth, a creature of the imagination. It does not exist, never did, nor ever will, The spirit is a diferent thing. That came from God, is @ part of Him, and will return to Him again at death. I congratulate you, “Cato,” that, ad youare seeking for Trutl are even now in the that leads pep eye temple, pate. Ministerial Movements, Changes, &c. METHODIST. Rev. Dr. J. A. McCauley, P. E. of Washington District, has accepted the presidency of Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., made vacant by the election of Dr. Dashiell to the Mission Secretaryship. Dr. McCauley is a graduate of Dickinson of the class of 1846, and 1s thoroughly competent for his new posi- tion, he having been President of the Wesleyan Female College at Staunton, Va., fora time. The Methodists of St. Louis have held a meeting, and appointed a committee to procure a suitable Epis- copal residence, and to provide a fitting reception for Bishop Bowman, who has chosen that city for his home, and expects to settle there in the fall. The Rev. M. M. Parkhurst, of Chicago, has given $1,000 to the Garrett Biblical Institute, and $1,000 to the Ladies’ College of Evanston, IIL, a8 a memo- rial to his deceased wife, the interest of these sums to assist a needy and deserving young man and woman to obtain an education respectively in those institutions, Professor 0. ©. Brag- don, of Cincinnati, Ohio, has sailed for Europe, to remain for two years in Germany, de- voting himself to the study of the Latin language, The baccalaureate sermon before the Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn., will be preached this morning by Rev. Dr. Cummings, its President, Dr. Foss, of New York, will preach before the mis- sionary lyceum in the evening. Bishop Andrews ig the orator, Professor Winchell the poet, and Dr. J. E. King the historian for the reunion of the class of 47 on Monday. The Rev. E. R, Hendrix is the orator, and the Rev. W. 8. Studley the poct before the Deita Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, Tuesday even ing. The commencement exercises proper take Place on Thursday. The Wesleyan Church has lost a valued minister by the death of the Rey. Elijah Hoole, D. D., the senior Secre- i of the Wesleyan Missionary Society. Dr, E, 0. Haven, when notified that tte Presidency of Syracuse University, with its $5,000 salary, awalted his acceptance, telegraphed at once that no educa- tional institution in America could induce him to leave Evanston, Ill., and the Northwestern Univer- sity. The value of the institution’s property is $1,268,800, of which $503,640 is unproductive. ‘The trustees have decided that the terms of office of all members of the faculty will end hereafter every third year, beginning next year, when al will have to stand for re-election, ‘The Cross street Methodist Episcopal church, Pater- son, N.J., have increased the salary of their pastor, Rey. D. R. Lowrie, and are about to build a new and commodious house of worship for themselves. Market street Methodist Episcopal church, Pater- son, Rev. L. R. Dunn, pastor, have just erected a $9,000 spire on thelr house and put in a $3,000 organ to assist the chotr. The late Rev. R, V. Lawrence, of Wharton street church, Philadelphia, was for nearly twenty years a minister in New Jersey and a great temperance reformer, He was one of the leaders and promoters of the associa- tion for the Promotion of Holiness in tne Methodist Episcopal Church. Bishops Haven and Ames are visiting Dakota and other portions of the Great West, and expect to be absent about six weeks, Bishop Haven will, on his return, visit the South to ascertain the needs of the Church there before he takes up his final abode among them. The Metho- dist Episcopal church in South Lawrence, Mas: has had a struggling existence for about two year: but they are about to build a church which will ac- commodate about eight hundred persons, and they oo ee to start on a new and prosperous career under the aaministration of Rev. J. W. Parkinson, The ates meeting tor the Springfield district, New England Conference, at Northampton, Mass., will cominence August 26. Professor C. F. Himes, of Dickinson Coliege has sailed with his family for @ summer tour in Europe. Rev. A. L. Brice, Pre- siding Elder of Newark District, was appointed by his Conference the superintendent of the devo- tional exercises of the Denville camp meeting for 1872. He is projecting some decided improvements in the conduct of tie meeting. The Second Metho- dist Episcopal church of Rahway have given their pastor, Rev. B. O. Parvin, who is threatened with pulmonary decline, @ furlough until September, continuing his salary, and offering to pay for sup- plies. This church deserves to have a good preacher always, as it evidently knows how to ap- preciate one suca, Rev. J. S. Heisler, pastor of Third street church, Camden, has sailed for Kurope, ‘the chaplain of tne Minard Home, Rev. J. N. Orane, reports the successiul introduction of seve- ral orphan beneficiaries of that institution to posi- tions Of usefulness and comiort. The Methodists of Revels Neck, Somerset county, Ma., are preparing to build a new chureh, Rev. J. F. Clymer, pastor of the church at Smyrna, Del., has been transferred by Bishop James to Troy Conference, and stationed at Pittstield, Mass. The Rey. Charles A. Pitman, a delegate from Liberia to the late General Conference, is to leave for home on the’ 25th instant. Dr. Moore, the only physician in Sinore, Liberia, recently died in that place ; he was the son of Rev. J. M. Moore, @ presid- ng elderin the West, Rev. B. Johansen, & mission- ary from Norway to his countrymen here, preachcdiast Sunday in this city and in Brooklyn, and on Monday left for Cambridge, Dana county, Wis,, to take an the in the Norwegian district, The Methodist Bpiscopal church in Portsmonth, Va., is about to be sued for a debt of $800 which it is too poor to pay. The Methodists of the church North and South and the Baptists of Norfolk, Va., affiliate quite freely in their Sabbath services. But they evidently require a great deal of labor from the Methodist minister. Recently, it is said, he addressed a Sunday-school (Baptist) at nine, preached in the Methodist Episcopal Taber- nacie at eleven, in the City Prison at two, taught Bible class at three, preached at ‘Market Square at six, and at eight in the Tabernacle, and was overhauled next morning for not addressing the inmates of the Almshouse and the city Orphan Asylum at five o'clock. t Ware, Mass., seventy-five have united with the Church, and about one hundred and filty have been at her altars for prayers. W. Ayres, Pastor. Rev, H. P. Blood, of East Maine Conference, has gone to California to recuperate his failing health. Bishop Wiley is going to Boston to live about t nd of the month. The Methodist Episcopal church at Heath, Mas have commenced a church edifice. 'The services of Rev. E. Davis have been secured by the Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, East Cam- bridge, till October 1. ‘The pastor, Rev. William P. Ray, has been generousiy granted’ a vacation till that time, with support continued, Rey. Joel Brown, appointed in the spring to Cross street mission, in Baltimore, has been transferred to Annapohs, first charge, to take the place vacated by the death of Kev. Dr, N, J. B. Morgan, the late stor. Rev. Lewis ©, Muller succeeds Mr. Brown in the pastorship of Crows street mission. The rell- ES press and peopre are Ry, exercised to ‘now to what denomination Miss Smiley, the elo- quent preaching Quakeress, belongs. She has been baptized by Kev. Mr, Pentecost, of Brooklyn, but does not claim nor want to be a Baptist. She reaches in Methodist churches, and last week held forth on the camp ground at Sea Clit Grove, and would like to jon the Methodist Episcopal Church if she could be received into the regular ministry. But as this cannot be at present she floats among the Protestant denominations, belonging to none but claimed by all, The Texas Christian Advocate 13 laboring to get an increase of salaries for poor preachers, who have to go to secular employments for their bread and butter. It thinks that the most desirable form of revival of religion we could have would be @ wide-sweeping conviction of the sin of starving preachers, and a reformation proportion- ate to the offence. BAPTIST. Rev. 8. D. Church has entered upon the pastorate of the Preewill Baptist charch of Blackstone, Mass. Rey. Jonn A. Winebrenner, A. M., has been chosen to & professorship in Hillsdale College, Pa. The Baptists of Long Island are providing a home for the aged, Deacon Francis Mason gave before his death sixteen lots for this purpose, Worth $100,000, Since then $50,000 has been raised for the erection of buildings. It is now proposed to increase the sum to $100,000, ‘The ofdest sunday school in Boston, that of the Charles Street Baptist church, recently celebrated Its fifty-sixtn anfiversary. It hasalady teacher, who has been connected with the school half a cen- tury and who has been absent but twice during that long period, Rev. Dr. Dowling, of Newark, will close the fortieth year of his public ministry this season. He proposes to retire from all pastoral duty and to become a resident of the city of New York, The Nationat Baptist Sunday school Con- vention and Institute will be heid tn Cincinnati in November. The Baptist missionaries in Spain count as the result of their two years’ labors four churches aud 150 members, binety-three of whom are in Madrid. The Plymouth Baptists, who have no ecclesiastical relations with other Baptists, also count 100 converts. The petty sectarian quarrels of home are carried on with the fiercest ardor in the mission flelds, Rey, &. P. Savage, of Jollet, Til, has lpr oe a gi to the pastorate of the Baptist church at Beloit, Vis. Rev. T. R. Peters has resigned the pastorate of the Baptist church at St. Peter's, Minn., on account of failmg health, Rev, Thomas Ure, of Leroy, Minn., has accepted a call to the pastorate of the Baptist church at West Union, Iowa, and will commence his lavors there next week. The Washington ave- nue Baptist church, Brooklyn, has purchased roperty on the corner of Marcy avenue and Kronroe street, formerly occupied as a branch Sabbath school of Dr. Scudder’s church (Congre- gational), and opened it as a Baptist Sabbath schoo), As there is no Baptist church within a mile, it 18 confidently expected that a new church will speedily grow out of the enterprise. The death of Rev. A. 0. Dempsey, the oldest Bap- tist minister of Virginia, is announced, PRESBYTERIAN. Rev: Dr. Jessup writes from Syria that the close communion is doing great mischief among the Pres- byterian missions in that quarter, The psalm ey 4 refuse to commune with the hymn singers. The originators and perpetuators of such unseemly and unchristian controversies should be unceremoni- ously driven out of the fleld altogether. Rev. George J. Mingins, Superintendent of City Missions in New York, is visiting, and rusticating among his native heather in ‘the land o’ cakes,’ and is creating a reat interest among the Scotch Fi ang ge, in behalf of city missions, The Kev. A. A. D. D., of the North Presbyterian church, Alleghen: has gone to Detroit to rest aud recuperate from recent Ml Ris led by Rev. Wil- Tam Robineon, "About 200 studcate of the Brook. Eerie ture ee Newark and other places, ‘iam has become @ large donor to the col- v. Walter Condit has resigned the pasto- ary Poeoz ries ares Newark, . of Cal; on it health, Rev. J. P. Viele, of ke, has Fepeived: and acce] ree to Rev. Dr. John Hall, of the Fit city on his vacation, Rev. T, De Witt Talmage has left for the Adiron- dacks. The Sabbath evening service in the Taber- nacle has been suspended until the frat Sabbath in September, Professor Chapman, of the Tabernacle ie , Will aupply the pulpit during the pas- ‘The actual increase of the Presbyterian ministry in the United States tor thirty years has been only about two per cent A and for the last ten years only one and a r cent annually, Dr. is invited by the Assembly of the Irish Preaby' Church to Visit [reland another year. A ne Pi ‘terian church bas just been bio, of the United Presby- aD, 1. Y., ved ti of D, D; trom Hanover College, Indiana, v. Anson G, Chester, of Albion, Orleans county, has accepted the mvitation of the Presbyterian sonia. ol (ler Lat supply the pulpit x ne Year, at a salary of $2,500 and 8 parsonage, He has Zomihensed his labora, Rev. R. Mollwaine has accepted the position of Assistant Secretary and Treasurer of Sustentation ie Foreign Missions of the Southern Presbyterian Rev, F, A. Ross, D. D., of the South Presbyterian Church, le lecturing'on’ the contradictions amon, the interpreters of the Scriptures and the men of science, Rev. William Wylie has been chosen tant minister of the First Reformed Church of city with Rev. Dr. McLeod, who has been forty ae, me of the church, and succeeded his or in it. The First Presbyterian church of Brooklyn, E. D., Dr. J. G, Butler, pastor, baring: adopted tlie rotary principle, has now twelve elders, twelve deacons, and twelve trustees, divided into classes, and is experie: the effects of preaching and management and ineroeaing: y co-operation. Its congregation is constantly increasing, and its pe- cuniary affairs are in a very healthy condition. Rey. Drs. Ray Palmer and Clark are to supply the Madison square Presbyterian church. Dr. John Hall's pulp it 1s occupied during the sum- mer by Professor W. H. Green, of Princeton, ‘The Presbyterian churches of the city are Keeping open this season more generally than heretofore, The First church, in Fifth avenue, at Twelfth street (Dr. Paxton’s), will be open all summer, and the pastor, Dr. Booth, is preaching at the Universit; place churoh on Sabbath mornings for the presen ‘he new Memorial church chapel, corner of Madi- son avenue and Fifty-third street, Dr. 0. 8. Robin- son pastor, will be open allsummer. Dr. Hastings’ church, in West Forty-second street, is undergoing thorough internal renovation and repairs for the first time since its opening. The pastor is within call at his summer residence at Oceanus, Monmouth county, N. J. EPISCOPALIAN, The Protestant Episco, Church in the United States has fifty-three bishops (six missionary), 2,000 clergy, or one bishop for every andre clergymen, 225,000 communicants, 24,500 Sunday school teach- ers. 280,000 Sunday schoo! scholars, and contributes, for church purposes, $6,600,000. The Episcopal Church of St. Mark, Rev. Mr. Cole- man, at. Mauch Chunk, Pa., cost $70,000, Gover- nor Packer paid one-hali of the cost, and two of his relatives two-thirds of the other half, The church is tree to all. 4 The Protestant Episcopal church in the United States reports an actual accession to its communion last year of 24,114, The Rev, Alvah Guion, one of the oldest and hard- est working ministers in the Protestant Episcopal Coureh of Brooklyn, only a short. time ago estab- lished a parish, built a new church on Green ave- nue, collected funds to extend the fields of his labors, and now such has been the success follow- ing his efforts, that the congregation has grown so large as to demand the assistance of a curate, and Rev. H. ©, Pastorius, of Philadelphia, has accepted the call. A New Orleans correspondent oi the Examiner and Chronicle (Baptist) of this city, draws a sad picture of the spiritual condition of the churches in New Orleans. He writes that St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church, of which Rev. Mr. Morrison is pastor, have erected two large frame buildings on loaned ground on Charles and Soniat streets, to be used for dancing, concerts, dramatic entertain- ments and the like, The whole square is well lit with and bears the title of “Idlewild.” Besides the dancing and theatrical features of the aifair, brandy, champagne, &c., have been among the attractions furnished by “Idiewild,” in the interest ofthe church. The enterprise thus far has not been very successful either pecuniarily or in increasing the membership or congregation of the church, ‘The correspondent adds that other churches adopt similar methods to maintain an existence, and that the most numercus and inilyential (?) denomination of Protestants in that city holds annualiy a festival by which to replenish its Mission School treas- ury,at which for several years past the most re- munerative feature has been .a ‘so-called Jacob’s Well, from which the fairest Rebeccas in the society have been selected to draw cuatane ene punch for the exhilaration, and in some cases the actual In- toxication of its ‘patrons. Another seeks to replen- ish its treasury and gain additions to its soctoty by getting up masked and crag dress balls. And, to crown al, George Francis Train, from the stage of the St. Charles Theatre, on Sunaays and week days, denounces and holds up to ridicule the Christian Church and its enterprises to the delight oi crowded houses, Comment is pnnecessary. A schism in the General Theological Seminary in this city has just come to light. The faculty, it appears, toward the latter part of March last adopted resolutions and rules expelling from the chapel all persons who did not propose to commune. Sixteen of the students issued a decla- Tation that they would not obey the rule, anda request that the taculty might deal with them sum- marily, 80 that the matter might be brought before the Board of Trustees or the General Convention for final revision. Finally, in May, under advice of the Bishops of New York, New Jersey and Albany, fourteen of the students withdrew their former declaration and request and agreed to obey the ob- noxious rules under protest. The Rev. Professor Seymour held firmly to the doctrine all this time that the students had a right to receive or not re- ceive the communion at any service as they pleased, and that the faculty bad no right or authority to coerce them in either case. And his action has been sustained by the Church, press and people, and the trustees of the seminary at a recent meet- ing have rescinded the obnoxious rules and resolu- lution’ adopted by the faculty. The American “High Church” folks are crowing over the decision in the “Bennett case” in England, which maintained that though Rev. Mr. Benuett preached doctrinal “heresies” he did not exceed the letter of the law. The “Low Church” men are equally jubilant over what they contend is a victory for their side in the sume case. The Rev. George H. Clark, D. D., formerly rector of Christ Chureh, Hartford, and now rector of St. dames church, West Hartford, has been appointed financial secretary of the Society for the Increase of the Ministry. Rev. Stephen H. Tyng, Jr. has received the hono- rary degree of D. D, froin Williams Coliege. The Rev. George C. Betts has resigned the rector- ship of St. Barnabas’ Church, Omaha, Neb., and ac- cepted the pepceon | of St. Luke's, Kansas City. He will take charge of the latter parish on the 13th inst. Bishop Kip has appointed the Rev. Elias Bird- sail and Rev. Wm. Tucker examining chaplains for the Diocese of California, in accordance with the requirements of the wew canon passed by the last General Convention. The Rey. J. B. Pitman, of Swanton, Vt., has be- come rector of St. Mark’s, Malone, Franklin county, N. Y., and has entered upon his duties, The Kev. W. T. Egbert has accepted a call to the rectorship of the Churcli of St. John the Evangelist, New York city, otherwise known as the Wain- wright Memorial. CONGREGATIONALISTS. Rev. Thomas Drew, late of Shepton-Mallett, Eng- land, has come with a colony of English Congrega- tionalists to Wyliesburg, Charlotte county, Vir- inia, There are 201 Congregational churches in yermont, with 18,500 members. The average sal- of the last graduating class at Bangor Theologicat Seminary, as accepted @ call to the West Congregational church im_ Portiand. Rev. J. Fd icLean was recently installed as pastor of the First Congregational church in Oakland, Cal. At the recent meeting of the Brookfield Association Conference of Congrega- tional Churehes the question of female representa- tion at conferences was discussed and laid on the table until such time as the sisters demand the bi Na ed Dr. Turnbull terminated a brief engagement as a supply of the University Place church, Chicago, last Baobath, and returns to Connecticut, His services have been highly appreciated by the Church and congregation. Rev. R. J. Langridge, formerly astor of the Coventry street church, has accepted he unanimous cali of the South church, Ohicago, and entered upon the pastorate last Sabbath. Warren avenue church, Boston, of which Dr. Eddy was pastor, have renewed the call to Rev. Way- land Hoyt, of Strong place. The renewal is made under such circumstances as to Saf the belief that Mr. Hoyt will accept. Rev. H. M. Storrs, D, D., of Brooklyn, will enter upon his duties as See. retary of the American Home Missionary Society about September 1. The Superintendent and teachers of State street Congregational Sunday school, Brooklyn, in order to reduce the vice of intoxication, have started a temperance society in connection with the Sab- bath school, and a committee of three has been ap jointed to draw out a pledge and constitution for he government of the society, to be reported to- day. i Congregational church has just been organized Lay ey ton, W. Va. Dr. J. residing in Berlin, Upton | his studies, and con- tributing occasional articles to the German papers on questions that are uppermost in American poll- tics. Dr. Henry Martyn Scudder preached his farewell sermon for the season to his congregation, Ormond place, Brooklyn, last Sunday evening. His new church ts to dedicated on the stu of Septem- ber, and will seat 3,500 people. ROMAN CATHOLIO. Father Hyacinthe is about leaving Rome to join tha Abbé Mlonaud in the pulpit services of a chapel ary of the ministers is $960, Rev. George J. Pierce, | J.P. Thompson, late of this city, is Mg d | which the Abbé intends to open in Paris for “Old Cathollos.’* ‘A age to the Church of the Curé d’Ars is being nged thror it France for the deliver- ance of the Holy See and conversion of Over forty thousand ns have already d perso! leclared their intention to ‘oin in it. His Eminence Cardinal Antonelit has entered the twenty-fifth year of his admission to the College of Cardinals, The Catholics of Ghent, Belgium, have made a to the shrine of Our Lady of Leyden. bishop of that diocese headed a procession of | Over twenty-five thousand persons, and, escorted by the clergy, regular and secular, mounted the hill on which Tema arg, the Virgin of Leyden is situated. eg ea vovsky, the new Catiiolic Sherr mp en loscow, Russia, recently took pos- diocese with considerable state, He was received at the railway station by all the principal Cat d roe gs the city. A correspondent of the Cati Review, writing from Rome, announces that the Catholic Church in that city received during the past year twenty-three American and English converts from Protestantism. The major- ity of them are Americans, and six of them are ro men of family an@ th education.” acinthe does not believe in the celibacy of the clergy, and has fallenin love with the only daughter of a Bavarian nobleman, ‘The city of Turin sent six offerings of large sums of money to the Pope du the last year, On Corpus Christi day @ wealthy citizen of the former preeeti Piedmont brought 12,000 francs to His The Rev. James Kent Stone, a granason of the late Chancelior Kent, has leit the Episcopal Church, and a few days ago was admitted to holy orders in the Catholic Church by Bishop Rosecrans, of Colum- bus, Ohio, Mr. Stone has been successively Presi- dent of Kenyon College, at Gambier, Ohio, and Ho- bart cae, at Geneva, N. Y. The old Catholic movement is active in Armenta, and the Turkish government is protecting and help- ingit. The clerey: have always refused to accept the Gregorian calendar, the syllabus and the dogma, of infailibility, and the Pope will certainly not con- firm the appointment ot the new Patriarch or tnose of the clergy ordained by him, so that there is every rospect of a complete separation of the Armenian un the Roman Catholic Church. JEWISH, The synagogue in Washington, D. 0., which about two years since changed its ritual from orthodoxy to reform, and which action caused a number of members to secede and establish a congregation where they could worship in accordance with the old landmarks, has resolved to withdraw female voices from its choir, and in future to have choris- ters of males. It has also determined hereafter to take back the old Rhodelheim prayer book. In Florence, Italy, Jewish boys have been gener- ously instructed for thirty years in the schools of the priest who have always opposed the Jesuits. The religious teaching has been modified according the wishes of the rabbi. At the distribution of prizes recently, in the cloister of Santa Maria Novella, Jewish and Catho- le children alike shared in the honors and a) trypan Incidents like these show how much the life excels the creed, and how the Jew and Catholic with the widest possible divergence in matters ot pee) are united in deeds of benevolence and gen- Rabbi Solomon Spitzer, of Vienna, has published the decisions of 400 rabbis of Germany, Austria and Russia, who all agree that the “omission of prayers for the advent of Messiah and the restora- tion of the sacrifices involves a denial of the heavenly promises, and that those who omit such prayers are not allowed to become members of the religious body,’ It has been suggested to the English government to send a prominent English Jew as Consul to Roumania, The suggestion has met with much favor in enlightened England. A Roumanian correspondent of the Ha’ says that the Papi be J efforts of the American Consul Piexotto in behalf of the persecuted Jews and the aftictions of his brethren have whitened his hair like that of an old man.” It must have been a strange sight to have seen, @ couple of Sabbaths ago, more than three hundred Christians and Jews re- joicing over the consecration ofa new synagogue in ‘itusville, Pa., with music and drinking and dancing. It might do very well for the Christians, but the Jewish Messenger very pertinently asks what the Christian guests must have thought of the Jewish religion when its professors thus honored this Sab- bath, The Jews of Manchester, England, are about to present a testimonial to Kev. Professor D. M. Isaacs, of that city, on the day when he com- pletes the fortieth year of his ministry. He was one of the founders of pulpit instraction among the Jews. Four thousand five hundred Jews have left Roumania in consequence of the recent raids upon them in that ie ovigg @ Having been refused shelter in Russia, they have found an asylum in Turkey. There is no place on the globe where Jews are residents and the Gospel is not preached, and among them it has secured many trophies. Of 30,000 Jews residing in London 2,000 are members of Christian churches, UNITARIAN. Rev. J. T. Sunderland, a Baptist minister from Milwaukee, Wis., has become a Unitarian, and last Sunday preached his first discourse on his new faith in the Church of Our Father, in East Boston. At a meeting of the Provincial Assembly at Roch- dale, England, several Unitarian ministers from America were Lbp oe among them Rev. Charles Lowe and Rey. Silas Farrington, who were heartily welcomed by the Association, The Fourth Unitarian church of Chicago, Rev. Charles W. Wendte, pastor, is about to build on the southeast cornér of Thir- tieth street and Prairieavenue, By a Joint arrange- ment between the First church, Second church and King’s chapei (Unitarian,) in Boston, King’s chapel, on the corner of Tremont and School streets, is to kept open for Sunday services during vacation, from the second Sunday of July to the second inday of September. The Boston Youn; Men’s Christian Union (Unitarian) has arrang with Rev. Mr. Cubworth to supply the Unitarians of that city with Sabbath evening services during this month and the next, while so many of the churches will be closed. The ‘Union’’ has held services here- tofore with great acceptance and profit to the people, The Arlington street church, the Church o1 the Unity, and the Church of the Disciples (Unitarian) in > ped willbe closed during this month and nex MISCELLANROUS. A Hebrew society has been formed in this city to establish on a firm basis the Talmud Tirah Ety Chayim in Jerusalem, and to foster religious culture in Palestine by assisting the buildings erected for that and other sacred purposes, and also to do away with the messengers froin the Holy Land, whose constant commissions tend to diminish the amounts piously given. Rev. 8. M. Isaacs, of Forty-fourth street synagogue, is treasurer, and Mr. M. Dunnen- berg secretary. ‘ The Synod of the Greco-Russian Church recently authorized the publication and sale of Bibles. The Emperor Alexander favors the movement. Rev. Charles Brooks died Sunday, July 7, at Med- ford. Born in that town October uated at Harvard in 1816; studied theology, was pastor of the Third Congregational (Uuita- rian) society in Hingham, Mass., from 1821 to 1839; chosen Professor of Natural His- tory in the University of New York in 1838, and went to Europe the next year, remaining abroad for four years to pursue his researches in his favorite studies. He was the author of quite a number of biographical, historical, religous and philanthrophic works, and also of a volume on orni- thology, A man of quite varied acquirements, con- stant alertness, untiring diligence, he gave his whole heart to whatever enterprise he undertook to advocate or advance, After a world of trouble and anxiety, the church of the Messiah have called a successor to Mr. Hep- worth. Rev. Mr, Ware, who comes from the shades of Harvard, has been selected. He isa Hebrew of the Hebrews, having had a father and a \dfather = stanch in the Unitarian faith. His grandfather had the honor of leading the Unitarian host from their covert defence of their views to an open avowal of what had long been charged upon the company. The Holiis Profes- sorship of Divinity in Harvard College was vacant. It_was needful that the chair should be filled by a Unitarian. There was an ugly little condition about the acceptance of the chair that would have bothered some men. Hollis was an evangelical Chris- tian, and a Baptist in his personal views. The condition on which he founded the chair was that no man should fill it but one of “orthodox” opinions. When the oath was taken that stringent condition had to be observed. But Mr. Ware was equal to the occassion. He swore that he was orthodox, accepted the emoluments and honors of the place, and did good service to his party. When the Rear yinten became vacant the glaring ab- surdity of violating the trust became so apparent that for years the chair remained unoceupied. No one in the liberal ranks was willing to run the guntlet of the oath. The Plummer Professorship was founded to get round this difficulty. Dr. Pea- body, Whose sympathies are much more strongly expressed towards the orthodox than the liberal faith, is the Plummer Professor, It isestimated that at least 900,000 teachers and scholars are connected with the Sunday schools of the State of New York. It is proposed to have some hour in each week set apart for Christians throughout the nation to unite in prayer. This will amount to a national prayer meeting. The theo- logical instructions at Mercersburg, Pa., are essen- tially papal, and the classis of the Reformed (Ger- man) Church have made a change tn the manage. ment aud faculty, Rev, Paul A. Chadbourne, L. D., has been inaugurated President of Willlams College, and kev, E, N. Potter, D. D., of Union College, and Rev. E. G. Robinson, D. D., of Brown University. kev. T, P. Stephenson, late editor of the Christian Statesman, has de- clined the degree of D. D. offered to him by Mus. kingum College, on the ground that the title, as nerally sought, conferred and worn at present, is consistent with the simpiicity and the iraternal equality which are proper to the Gospel ministry, that itis forbidden by the spirit of our Saviour’s command, in Matthew xili., 8, and because the interests of religion would be subserved by its general discontinuance. ‘The Rev. S. Sprecher, D. D., President of Witten- berg College (Lutheran), Springfield, Ohio, was elected to # professorship in Gettysburg Seminary, and, having been telegraphed to, he declined the call, The fewchurehes in Boston that are open have strangers in the pulpit, strangers in the pews, strangers in the choir and Strange fingers on the organ. Modern engagements with choirs, organ- | ists and sexton include, it is said, the usual vacation in hot weather. | Rev. Thomas T. Everett, late of Greencastie, Pa., hus accepted a call to St, Paul's Lutheran church | in Ked Hook, Dutchess county, N. ¥. Rev. b. V. Bolton has resigned his charge at Schaghticoke, and goes to Berrytown, N.Y. Rev. A. M. Daniels, | of yl Albany ‘county, N. Y., has accepied the call to St. John’s Lutheran church, Ancram. The Reformed church at Middiebuab, N, J., is rap- i 1795,’he grad- pec Fonovated. a6 idly Sorenring. to the of over 000, The me! now numbers 198, has and The Rev. W. i lo atte pore ere Se unchristian, anti-Christian and impious, and adds that no one has a real it to like what is not im itself worthy of bel ed, because the of the Bible, ts us, and desireth trath in the in Before the friends of the late v. Wm. roic had time co rakee Tel mains sward the spirit rns deserted wife went we beside him, if missionary, beneath the green his, and her body was laid in the itm Professor Seelye, of Amherst having taken their vacat around the world. Praise meetings are becoming quite common, and are greatly e d. They are devot e greatly enjoye ie oxp ted to singing JO! r and shi of itade. Maryville Sobers, Tab Bes has conferred te oo Broome Cube vor oangetist pRo ee Haines, of Rome, N. Y., and Rev. Theodore F. White, of Ithaca, N. Y. Rev, E. P. Gardner, late of Hoboken, N. J., was instalied pastor of the Woodland avenue cht Cleveland, on Sunday, the 30th of June. Rev. L. | Cummings, after two years’ service, from the pastorate of the Beformed Dutch churok of Manhattan, on avenue B and Fifth street, New York, because of the unfavorable position of the church building for maintaining an English ing Church. The population of that district mostly fo1 PIO NONO’S SUCCESSOR. Europe Gazing on Rome—Who Will Succeed Pope Piust—The Rising Question—Proba- ble Coalition of the Chief Powers—A General Muss in the Atmosphere. BERLIN, June 27, 1872, Fully conscious of its now prominent position among the nations, Gormany has not only pre- claimed war against ultramontanism, but evinces a decided inclination to secure, if not a direct vote, Nono’s successor. The fact that, contrary to the myth which limits the term of office of St.. Peter's representative to, at the most, twenty-five years, His Holiness has worn the tlara for twenty-six, and is approaching eighty years, sufficiently explains why the universal interest now centres upon thas inevitable event, THB RARLY VACATING OF THE PAPAL OHAIR, This general interest is greatly enhanced by the Catholic schiam and the Germano-Jesuit imbrogilo, with both of which Pius IX, is intimately com nected, if not as chief mover, at least as a willing Instrument in the hands of others. It is asserted that two years ago the Pope signed a bull which decrees—in the event of his death—that, presente cadavere, the election of his successor be procecded with by the cardinals In Rome. The prospect of such @ monopoly on the part of the Vatican may. well, as it is, be a SOURCE OF ALARM to Germany, as ner enemies might combine to ne lect @ French cardinal or an Italian im sympathy with France for the Apostolic chair. This new head of the Church might employ all the means at his command and avail himself of the wonderfully or- ganized hierarchical machinery throughout the world to form a hostile coalition for the overthrow of the German empire. Hence we find German omMcial organs lifting a warning voice against.the political plans now being matured at Rome, and asserting that it would be an unpardonable short- sightedness on the part of German statesmen if they were to neglect the paramount duty of avery ing in time a catastrophe such as, two centuries ago, through Rome’s lust of dominion, devastated the Fatherland and transformed it into an arena of most bloody religious strife. That the Jesuits, m the event of the Pope's death, seriously contem- plate forming a conclave exclusively composed of cardinals has been repeatedly intimated by their organ, the Vocede la Verisa, The Italian goverm ment seems now preoccupied with the same topic, An Italian diplomatist has recently published a work in Munich, only 100 copies of which were is- sued, in which he discusses the future conclave and the rights of governments to representation im it. Unquestionably Prince Bismarck has carefully considered the important bearings of the manner of electing a new incumbent of the Papal chair. The recent appointment of Cardinal Prince Hohenlthe, waich created so much surprise, can only be fully understood when considered in con- nection with the now numbered days of His Holt- ness. Nothing is more natural than that the Chancellor, having declared the “empire at war with Rome, ” should take advantage or every — sible means to thwart ultramontane desigu here and across the Alps. In the face of a clamorous press constantly urging government to use repres- sive measures against Romish pretensions, which, it is contended, aim at the destruction of Germany's national ieee a the Chancellor cannot help re- flecting that, with an enlightened and WELL-DISPOSED NEW POPE, one who would heed the claims of modern tim an agreeable modus vivends might be arrived at without embarrassing treaties and cumbersome concordats, The exceedingly limited influence, however, which governments have hitherto been allowed in Papal elections would not be likely to insure the desired result, History points to two agencies formerly employed in the interest of secu- lar power, viz., the so-called protectorate of cardi- nals and the jus exclusive: Lampe to some States, and entitling them to veto the candidacy of certain cardinals. has been shown by Dr. Augustin Theiner, the learned archivist of the Vatican, lately thrust aside by the Jesuists, in his work upon the pontificate of Clement X1V., up to the French Revo- lution, it had been the custom with the monarchs of France, Spain, Portugal, Naples and Poland to nominate one cardinal—the German Emperor even two—to represent their respevtive interests at Rome, and particularly in the case of a conclave. It stands to reason that the appointment of Car- dinal Hohenldhe was an attempt on the part of long-headed Bismarck to revive this ancient cas- tom, but the idea was put under a wet blanket on reaching Rome. This shows that history is advane- ing upon itself; that which, at«the birth of this century, was yet an honored and observed practice, Chie Protectorate” has to-day lost all vitality. ‘The so-called jus exclusive, however, is still con- sidered valid, though it dates back to the thirteenth century. It warrants to certain States the right of accrediting a cardinal who, in conclave at Papal elections, may object to the nomination of any one cardinal and so exclade him from the candidacy, In his ‘Memoirs on the Popes” Cardinal Wiseman expressly states that this mht of exclusion has been exercised up to the latest times. In 1823, if Leo XII, ascended the Papal throne, it Was because Austria had objected to the election of Cardinal Severoli, and in 1830, at the death of Leo's successor, Pius VIIL, it was Spain that, in 1831, exercised its RIGHT OF EXCLUSION against Cardinal Giustiniani, who, but for that, would have been voted Pope. This right of excla- ston, however, now only belongs to the three Catho- lic States, Austria, France and Spain. Itis main- tained that the last two have renounced this right and the Holy See gives it fully to be underst that it no ba recognizes the jus exclusive, But everything will Co tea at the moment of Pio Nono’s death upon the political condition of Europe, which will dictate as to whether the rovern- ments—and Germany is certain to pfiny in her claim—need make use of this Tight. And considering that England, France, Spain and Portugal are no longer Powers of much weight in such matters, it must remain to Austria, Kussia, Italy and Germany to watch and shape the course of the events resulting from the not far distant death of Pius IX. The German realm, enjoying much confidence, may act an importaut part im bringing about an agreement as to the course to be taken by these chief Powers. For instance, one of the mooted ways of settling the generaily spread- ing strife between Church and State would be a pe 9 refusal, on the part of these four Powers, to at all recognize a new Pontiff. But it cannot be the intention of Germany, by so ultra a measure, to throw a firebrand among the populations of Europe. At least she has always maintained that time and conciliation are the proper means of social development. Many look upon the religious strife now so prominently brought for- ward as a Vulgar “set-to”’ between the State and Rome, in which the one or the other must suc- cumb, ‘This view is utterly erroneous; for while opposition to the extravagant demands of the ul- tramontanes seems imperative duty, the fact must not be lost sight of that the framework of the Catholic @hurch is older as to its foundation, firmer as to its construction and more secure in its de- lence tian many an actual State government, and that the Papacy, though elective in character, has thrown its roots deeper in namberless communt- # than any legitimate hereditary dynasty of jurope. DISASTROUS CONFLAGRATION IN MICHIGAN, $150,000 Worth of Property Destroyed at Alpena=Four Men Killed and Twa Others Frightfally Burned. Derrort, July 13, 1872, A disastrous fire occurred at Alpena, Mich., to- night. Among the buildings burned were the Sher- man House, Burrell House, Union Hotel, Huron Honse, Eagle Hotel, Goodrich’s jewelry store, Dow & Goodnow’s general store, Potter Brother's hard- ware store, ©. OC, Whitney's drug store, A. Aus- pack's dry goods store, Power & Co.'s grocery, | Aher’s furniture store, the County Clerk's offices Albert Pack’s residence and office, several boarding ibe og Sot Pha of the mills or tum- er yards Were burne ‘he losses $150,000. brecibeite Four men perished tn the fire and two more were injured beyond recovery, et least a telling influence in the election of Pio - 5