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RELIGIOUS. Programme of Church Ser- vices To-Day. Interesting Letters from the Herald’s Religious Correspondents. Shelter for the Exiled Cer- man Jesuits. The Question of the Immortality of the Soul Settled at Last, pts, BELA stony Movements of Ministers of All Denominations. Services To-Day. Rev. David Mitchell bids strangers welcome to the Canal street church, morning and afternoon, T.G. Forster gets in a trance twice to-day at Apollo Hall. Bishop Snow tells about “fhe Oath of Elias” at the University. “The Reasonableness of Christian Worship” will be explained by Kev. E. C. Sweetser at the Bleecker street Universalist church, Rev. Dr. Flagg preaches at both services at the Church of the Resurrection. Rev. Dr. Krauth will discourse at the FE. L. Churck of the Holy Trinity, morning and evening. Rey. Dr. Verren lectures at the French Church du 6t. Esprit. Rey. E. L, Clarke preaches at the Second Presby- terian church, Harlem, at both services. Rev. ©. 8. Harrower will hold forth morning and evening at St. Luke’s Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. Dr. Robinson preaches, both services, at the Presbyterian Memorial church. Rev. A. J. Chandless, of Virginia, speaks at the South Baptist church, Rev. John E. Cookman invites strangers to Trinity Methodist Episcopal church, Rev. Mr. Pendleton will preach at the Fifty-third Street Baptist church, Rey. Dr. Thompson discourses at St. Paul's Re- formed church. Rev. Dr. Kendrick speaks at the Tabernacle Baptist church. Rev. J. L. Danner holds services at the Sixth ave. ‘ue Reformed church. Rev. W. T. Egbert takes a farewell of the chapel of the Reconciliation, Rev. J. Kay, of Scotland, preaches at the West- minster Presbyterian church. Rev. Charles B. Smyth speaks, morning and evening, before the American Presbyterian church: In the Orthodox Eastern (Kussian-Greek) chapel 051 Second avenue, near Fittieth street, there will be divine service at eleven o’clock in the morning. Free admission to every one. Rev. R. Heber Newton preaches at Anthon Me- morial church morning and evening. Rev. P. L. Davies holds forth morning and evening at the Berean Baptist church. Professor Edward J. Young, of Cambridge, Mass., preaches at the Church of the Messiah to-day. Rev. C. A. G. Brigham sermonizes to-day at the Bixteenth street Catholic Apostolic Church, Stephen Pearl Andrews delivers a “scientific ser- fon” at Naylor's Academy this morning, Rev. H. R. Nye preaches to-day in the Church of Dur Father, Brooklyn. Whe Heaven and Hell of Spiritualism. fo THE Epivor OF THE HERALD:— Recent communications in your Sunday issues on the subject of Spiritualism, its relation to heaven and hell (by Bible Spiritualist et al.), prompts a constant reader of your valuable :paper to submit some remarks on the subject intimately connected with this class of phenomena, and aiming at a fational explanation of the same. Scientists main- tain that the purely intellectual phenomena, as somnambulism, clairvoyance, inspiration, <&c., originate in mere hailucination, derangements of the nervous system, &c., and are a delusion and @ snare. Afinal settlement of this question, if possible, and rationally deduced from the govern- ing laws of the universe, would favor scientific pro- gress, while nothing is gained from simply rejecting as illusory what passes our ability to comprehend or explain on the basis of known premises, thereby erroneously presupposing the state of our present knowledge complete. : Even the imperfect state of our knowledge of gature seems to indicate the firm and practical vasls, from which logical and easy conclusions lead toa satisfactory solution of much that otherwise appears incomprehensible in the working of the mind, and a large field may be opened for fruitful, scientific exploration where before speculation only ran wild. We now know that the whole uni- verse is a conglomeration of matter, ponderably or Spectroscopically ascertained, or still undeter- mined, and we may reasonably hope to attain more extensive knowledge as our mechanical means, devised by science, shall advance. It is also ad- mitted on all sides that every part and particle in the vast universe acts mediately upon every other part by gravitation or otherwise, and that the in- terchanging action thus operates continually. Every (part of the universe gives and receives im- pressions from the communicated action of all other parts. Organic bodies are subject to the same law. Therefore we must allow as an un- deniable fact the existence of a network of sympa- thetic chords which connect us with everything else (and it may be presumed pre-eminently with terrestrial oiecr We are provided with the senses of sight, hearing, touch, &c., and we per- ceive by the aid of these organs certain kinds of the multitude of impressions constantly conveyed to them, but even of these impressions only a com- paratively insignificant portion (to which our im- Mediate attention ts [ha can be arranged by the brain, which has the function to analyze or deter- mine their import, to draw conclusions as to action in regard to it and to direct the respective organs to execute this action, We know furthermore that only @ smull portion of the transmitted light waves is actually visible to us, or of sound perceptible to our ear, Or other action of a certain intensity per- ceptible to our touch, &c. ; still the vast amount of other action takes place and is communicated to us though our said organs do not perceive it; and thus we have accustomed ourselves as studiously a¥ unuccountably to ignore, aye, to deny its exist- ence. A brief scrutiny of his own constant ex- perience will cohvince everybody that many in- fluences are acting upon him, for which he cannot exactly account, though he is aware of them. The ; to say, in subduing the activity of the ordinary or mere animal functions, Distance can offer no more impediment to the exercise of the ‘Occult sense to communication of electric action, bor seems material inacces- sibility to exist for it. It might gather intelll- gence with lightning speed from the closed book in any characters on a distant shelf or from others’ minds—that is to say, trom the working of their brains and reflection of intelligence received b. them. The impressions thus conveyed are as weil defined and as well understood by those cognizant of them as are those perceived by other organs, though all are as equally liable to deception by a variety of causes and influences, as our eye, ear, touch, smell or taste constantly decelve us. They require alike the correcting exercise of discriminat- ing intelligence in the proper use and comprehen- sion of the perceptions obtained, constituting the gradually acquired art. to se] te and analyze simultaneous impressions and to draw more or leas correct conclusions in re; to their reality. Only when we become aware of the imperfections of one ar the other of our senses and of the errors to which they give rise we learn to rely less upon them, The somnambulist or the nuine) clair- voyant—and every being has the faculty to some extent—exercises the occult perception pre-emi- nently when in that condition, either by his own volition or ne abstraction from a portion or all com- mon perceptions under mesmeric influence, at pe- culiar nervous excitability by disease or otherwise. Chords or plates of exactly the same tension vibrate simultaneously if one of them is touched; they sympathize. bring fellow creatures in sympathy with another their nervous systems must be made to assume the same tension. It is accomplished by working upon their sensibilities, and most frequently by firat rendering them en- tirely passive; music and incense are powerlul assistants, Some individuals are easily induenced ; others very ditiicultly and according to temporary disposition. When the sympathy is established the individuals are under the control of the operator, who sways their seclines, at will—tor good or evil— and who may read their minds, like open books, by means of the occult perception. [retrain from touching other questions, the solu- tions of which seem easy by the key which [ have tried to present to the public in these lines, The single fact of an occult or innate perception seems to open a field of inconceivably large extent to the student of the human mind, and of its faculty to explore external objects inaccessible to the Signe, touch, &c., of its possessor. R. D'H, New Yokk, Sept., 1872. How Catholic Schools Begin Their Term. To THE EprtoR OF THE HERALD:— , One of the most interesting spectacles I have ever witnessed was the assembiage of the school children in St. Francia Xavier’s church, On Friday morning services were held in the church for the special purpose of imploring light from on high to guide the young worshippers on the unerring path of duty and truth while pursuing the classic works of the pagan ages or diving into the depths of mathematics, This is a beautiful idea, a@ noble conception; youth bending in humble sup- plication beneath the shadow of the Cross, implor-~ ing light, strength and ald from Him who is the fountain of all knowledge, and from whom every good and perfect gift Nows. The centre part of the church was occupied by the students of the college, numbering 300, and under the immediate control) of the Jesuit Fathers. The parochial school boys, 400 strong, were on the right entrance, and commanded by the Secondary Jesuits, the Christian Brothers. The female parochial school girls, 300 in number, were seated on the left entrance, under the supervision of Father King, but are taught by the Jesuit Sisters of the Sacred Heart, who never leave their convent grounds. Father Cazeau preached a sermon and made a very good point when he said “education was the thermometer of society.” When commingled with the leaven of gospel truths education is good, and soctety must ultimately attain a high standpoint in morality. Impugn these truths, discard them from the school, erase them from the minds of the rising generation, and society will ere long fall beneath the zeroic point in Christian morals. In order to answer man’s purpose his knowledge should corre- spond to the particular intentions he has in view, but he should have only two paramount considerations—viz., his happiness and welfare in time and in eternity. If the child ie be imbued with the politeness and instruc- tions necessary for future career among his fel- lows here, why not train him also for a high attain- ment in the society of hereafter, where virtue only is to be the recognized standard of merit? Would any parent possessing the feelings of humanity say his dog and child were equal, both possessing mate- lit which require no training for the elysian lands: Such a parent, like the Indian, would go into another fe, Expecting his dogs, his battles and his wives. Myriads of your readers, Mr. Editor, would like to have an editorial from your well timed and dl- rected pen on the all-vital and momentous ques- tion of proper education. IER The Inductive Method Misapplicd. New York, Sept. 12, 1872. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD: ~ As the question touching the differences between the Christian and scientific camps continues to at- tract the attention of thinking men more and more every day, and as Dr. Carpenter's recent assault on the scientists has lent additional interest to the subject, I have thought it not amiss to bring to your notice a paper read last month, by Dr. C. M. O'Leary, before the University Convocation of this State, in which the same views are advocated a8 those set forth in _ the later address of Dr. Garpenter. li there is any credit due to priority of statement it undoubtedly belongs to Dr. O'Leary. The mistake of Darwin, Owen, Huxley, Milland Spencer has been one of method, and the essential defect of the so-called scientific theories consists in a radical disregard of the true scientific method and a Brienne of the system of inquiry which Aristotle introduced and which the experience of fifteen hundred years sanctioned. In a few words, the mistake of modern science, when attempting the solution of cosmic and anthropological problems, springs from a mis- application of the so-called Baconian or inductive method, the application of a wrong method to socio- logical and theological questions and the rejection of the syllogism as an instrument for the elucida- tion oftruth. As (seven) gral are amply discussed in the paper referred to it is not necessary toenter into a repetition of details. The credit, therefore, of pointing out the mistakes of recent savans in their dealings with the proviems of cos- mic and human genesis and destiny belongs to the paper referred to, in proof of which you are invited to examine the MS. SUSTITIA. The Bible as an Authoritative Book. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— itis a favorite dodge of some lawyers, whose talents are devoted mainly to devising means for evading the law, when the testimony against their client becomes overwhelming, to try to evade its force by seeking to destroy the credibility of the witnesses. Your correspondent, “Logos,” in the HERALD of the 4th inst., seems a little inclined to foliow in the wake of these enterprising lawyers, by attempting to destroy the foundation on which not only the “brotherhood of mankind,” but the dearest hopes of the Christian rest. It is true ‘that but few, if any, “antelli- gent Christians” of the present day claim that every word between the lids of the Bible was directly inspired and placed in the order in which it appears by God’s own hand. Those who make such claims are simply placing weapons in the hands of such men as “Logos,” who, in scent- ing out apparent discrepancies and contradictions that would naturally occur in the transitions through the great variety of manners and customs and forms Of speech that have marked the progress of centuries, imagine they have destroyed the credi- bility of all Bible testimony. The intelligent com- mon-sense believer in the Bible receives it as a Text blind, deaf or deficient in other functions obtains intelligence, for which the remaining outer senses | do not account. I conclude from the foregoing, as necessarily one of our faculties as the external senses, the existence of an occult sense, wuich | from T shall term “occult or innate perception,’ till a | after a better one is suggested, and by which impres- sions are realized, to which the ordinary senses are not susceptible, It seems dificult for any mind to deny its actuality. Owing to. however, that in the exercise of our mere functions tle ordinary senses are called into more prominent and constant service, the occult perception (as the servitor ofthe more refined intellect only), remained comparatively unnoticed, Individuals differ exceedingly in con- stitution; some recognize impressions which es- cape the sensibility of others; even the same in- dividual, under an exalted condition of nervous excitability, is able to realize what would go un- noticed at other times. Impressions conveyed by innate perception must be transmitted more rapidly to tae seat of determination, the brain, than by the ordinary way of the nerves—a somewhat slow mode of conveyance, as has been fully established—and the brain can, therefore, anaiyze and act upon @ larger number of innately perceived communica- tions in the same time than on ordinary ones. If it is considered that the existence of an innate per- ception had been scientifically ignored, it cannot be wondered at that the most complicated and im- possible theories were advanced (and the co-opera- tion of departed spirits suggested itself most readily) to unravel the maze of mystery in which @ large class of marvellous phenomena of an intellectual character appeared hopelessly involved. Intelligence is the result of certain train- ing of faculties, but we only intelligently cultivate faculties of whose existence, by etfect or implica- tion, we are cognizant. We voluntarily shut our eyes to pipe tag exclude noise to meditate pro- foundly ; in other words, we relieve the labor of our intellect on one side that it may accomplish more in another direction. The process to call the occult perception into more vigorous action con- ois in precisely the same oberativn—tlat is collection of the most authentic writings in relation to the creation of the world, and especially of the relations between God and man, the beginning of the world until Christ's death, resurrection and as- cension, that seventy of the most learned men under the reign of King James could procure. That there are occasional errors aud discrepancies and errors in translation all scholars admit; but as well might we deny that there is a sun’ because an occasional cloud obscures our view of it as to deny the spirit of Divine inspiration that runs all through the Old and New Testament scrip- tures, showing the adaptability of the moral law to the needs of weak, struggling humanity, beaming with additional splendor in the prophecies and theit subsequent fuliiiment and culminating in the assurance of @ future life of immortal bliss through the resurrection of a crucitied Saviour, “Logos” may admire bis own consistency in talk- ing about the “brotherhood of mankind,” and at the same scouting the testimony which says that God th made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth”— | Acts Xvii., 20—or in speaking of “intelligent Chri: tians” while he is endeavoring to set aside the record wi reveals to the world, so much in need of the revelation, the Author of Christianity, but, for one, I cannot see the point. Being myself a layman, | may, perhaps, be excused for inquir- ing of “Logos? how mnch better of the world would be could he succeed in pi if the Bible, root and branch, from the universe ? How long docs he imagine it would take his committee of “educated laymen’ to dig out from the musty records of the ages a more trust- worthy or reliable account of the progress of man from the creation to the present time, leaving en- tirely out of the question the spirit of hopeiul trust inspired by the prophe the spirit of grateful devotion that breathes all through the psalms and and ho) and to be thrust aside. Ifyou tee aah it silat once Fe ne in practice what you can understand and Ly more — come ; for it tells you that ‘‘He that ‘8 will shall know of the doctrine.” when the Take. he general knowledged truth and ‘then ad- acl of doubtful words or passages by that standard. For instance, the Bible asserts and everybody acknowledges that “God is love.’ Now, any creed or any theory that represents God to be anything else, or that He will even do anything inconsistent with that principle, must necessarily be erroneous, The problem of evil may be readily soived on that ground. We all know that evil exists by God’s permission. If tem- rary in its nature and finally to be overruled by jod we can easily imagine how ita disciplinary results may be strictly im accordance with love; but if it were endless in its nature and results there could no love maniiested in permitting it to exist. A limp is broken. The surgeon am- yg! the limb and thereby inflicts great pain. If e did it merely to produce the pan ie would be & flend, but in ding it to save the patient's life and restore him to health, his act is the result of the purest love. If a hint of this kind should induce “Logos” to attempt to reconcile apparently conficting points in the Bible, rather thun attempt the somewhat herculean task of overthrowing a book that has suc- cessfully withstood the most learned criticisms of by ages, 1 have, no doubt, about & RaRRIRC HOTS Pe sult, . Be The Immortality of the Soul—The Ques- tion Settled on the Testimony of the Bible. To THE Eprror OF THE HERALD:— “PF, OC.” says the doctrine of the immortality of the soul is not taught in the Bible and must go “beg- ging for a defender.” Now, if you please, let us call two or three witnesses—infallible witnesses—and hear what they say. First, the Lord Jesu: ind He says:—There was @ certain rick man, and that this same rich man died and was buried, and in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and he cried and said, ‘‘Father, Abraham, have mer- cy on me, and send Lazarus to my Father’s house, for Ihave five brethren, that he may testify unto them lest they also come into this place of torment.” Abraham saith unto him, “They have Moses, and the prophets let them hear them,’ and he said, “Nay, Father Abraham, but if one went unto them from the dead they will repent” (Luke xvi., 19). Now it was not the body of the rich man that cried and talked with Abraham, for that was ouried, neither was it the body of Abraham that answered, for Abraham’s body was buried by Isaac and Ish- mael (Genesis xxv., 9, 10), Then it was their liv- ing, immortal souls that talked and reasoned to- gether; nor were their souls asleep, but wide awake and alive to. their situation, The rich man had his whole soul alive—will, memory, understand- ing, conscience id affections, all which constitute the soul, in full exercise— and Abraham’s soul the same. I think this witness is pretty ae proof of the immortalit ot the soul; but we will hear the Apostie John, an he says:—I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God and for the tes- timony which they held, and they cried with a loud voice, saying, ‘How long, O, Lord, holy and true, dost Thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?’ And white robes were given unto every one of them and it was said unto them that they should rest yet a little season.”’—Rev. vi, 9—10, Again this witness says:—“I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and they lived and reigned with Christ.’’—Kevelations xx., 4. Now, if these souls are not immortal souls and did not inhabit their bodies before death, then let “FP, ©.” prove it and call his witnesses from the Bible. But we have one more witness to hear, “Paul the Aged.” He says, “To be absent from the body 1s to be present with the Lord,” IL. Corinthians, v., 8; and “having a desire to depart and be with Christ,” Philippians 1.,23. Then it was his im- mortal soul that desired to depart from his mortal body and be with his immortal Head, Christ the Lord. And “by the mouth of two or three wit- nesses every word shall be established,” even the doctrine of the immortality of the so! Le pt versally just all meaning then ad- Is Man Immortal ? To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— As the columns of your valuable paper appear to be open to the discussion of the immortality of the soul, I desire to avall myself of the privilege of say- ing a few words in reply to your correspondent, “W. HL,” in your last Sunday’s issue; not, indeed, in refutation of his Bible proofs as to the reality of its doctrine of immortality, but in regard to the false idea set forth at the close of his article, where he says, “That the soul rests in the place prepared for it, while the body sleeps in the grave, awaiting the glorious morn of the resurrection, when it shall rise and be again joined to the spirit, never more to be separated; for then death will be conquered, and the body, the mortal, put on immortality.” Now, here is where he places a stumbling bieck in the way of a rational belief in the immortality of the soul. He still clings to the old idea of a rests- rection of the materia! body, the fallacy of which is proved by his own quotation from the sacred vol- ume, where it is said, “Moses and Elias talked with the Saviour at the transfiguration on the Mount.’ Moses and Elias, then, must have been in bodies of some sort, with all their faculties and capacities about them, or they could not have been seen and known. St. Paul declares that there is @ natural body and there is a spiritual body—is, not is to be. The soul or spirit is the man—his material body forms no essential part of him; as regards His real selfhood, God is a spirit, and man is a spirit created in His image and likeness, He Is clothed witha material substance, which we call the natural body, which answers the purpose of keep- ing lim in time and space for a season, When by reason of age or accident this material body be- comes of no further use to him it dies and is thrown aside, like an outer garment, never to be resumed. What we term death Is but an orderly step in our existence, designed from the beginning. lan, as was said above, 1s a spirit; his spiritual nature is the all of his selfhood, and is indestructible, He lives within the natural body as his earthly house, and when he removes from it he leaves it forever. All the known operations of the “Deity” are gov- erned by eternally fixed laws. We see this in all that relates to the natural world. 1s it not reason- able to conclude that there are analagous spiritual laws which govern and control the mental or spirit- ual world? We see the dead natural body placed in the grave. We know it moulders away and its various parts return to the material elements from which they were taken. Not a vestige of it remains in its original form after the space of a few years; snd if man is a spiritual being in a human form, a! id as such adapted toa spiritual world, what neces- sity is there for @ reproduction of his worn-out and dissipated material part, which was adapted only to a material world? ‘Ihe resurrection of the ma- terial body could not truly be called a reaurrectio! for it would of necessity be a re-creation. Ani what a diMculty here presents itself. In order to be 5 1s these of dead bodies must be reproduced in precisely the condition in which they died; and old, de- crepit man inust be so resurrected, An infant must after the lapse of ages come out of the grave an infant, and so on through all the variety of hu- man beings who have livea and died on this our earth. If the soul or spirit is not a substantial tity and ina human Jorm, then what can it Is it a vapor, a breath, an ethereal something, wi out shape or form? If 80, then it is nothing al not immortal; for that which has no form can no intelligence, and how can it enjoy or sufler out reasoning powers, without brain and thought W. H. must, therefore, either abandon the idea that man is immortal, or that there is no resurrec- tion of the material body. The truth is, that what we term death isin reality resurrection, for as the material body is cast off the man rises out of it and enters at once upon the eternal life of hae ths The German Jesuits. The German Reischstag having passed a law for the expulsion of members of the Jusuit Order from the soll of the Empire, and also of members of aMilated societies, no time was lost in putting the enactment into operation. The measure was & grave one, and, of course, was not proposed with- out counting upon the consequences, From all ac- counts it would appear that by the firm attitude of the Prussian government !t is resolved to call in the aid of the civil authority to enforce the pro- visions of the new law, which at best is of question- able wisdom. Bismarck, if not interfered with by the Emperor William and his consort, is not dis- posed to allow the edict to remain a dead letter. Large numbers of Jesuits have been already ex- pelled from Germany under the direction of the Prussian Chancellor, and it would appear that tne ecclesiastics thus violently forced to leave North and Soyth Germany at the direction of Prussia are natives of the newly created Empire, They have neither been tried nor con victed, a privilege allowed to the meanest offender; but, without judge or jury, are subjected to a punishment—banishment and exile—which {8 only second to that of death. The purity, learning and devotion of these men are not questioned in any quarter, even by the Prus- sian Chancellor, Prince Bismarck. COUNTRIES OF REFUGE. As might be expected, England and Ireland have Offered to them shelter and welcome. The govern- the self-sacrificing love that blossoms in the Chris- vo. Friend “Logos,” do not give up the good old Bible yet, 1t is too full of all that is good and true ment of Mr. Gladstone would hardly venture to place an interdict in the way of these proscribed Cleravmen finding & refuge on British sol, It io ! been Tative, or at least its have never been enforced. Holland and Belgium are open to the Rooiahed (ethers. 8 on tt poo now known Russia nee m shelter. Turkey already expreased her wish to afford asylums to those Prussians who are expelled from ir native land, and France has now under her protection a large number of Jesuits recently arrived from the broken-up estab- lushments of the Order beyond the Khine. THEIR RECEPTION. The United States, the land of re! us freedom, has already seen tne arrival of a number of German Jeauits—Fathers Morey, Eisell, Ebersheogiler, Knoll, Eldenhofer, Dull and Melemayer, and i haps others have arrived in this country, and it is reater number are now in Ireland. m Lorraine have settled in Nancy inal in France. Some have gone to the houses of their Order in Austria, where they are, according to the latest Tapert joyfully received. In Alsace, one of the French ‘provinces lately wrested from France, the Jesuits have protested against the order !Or their expulsion, but they have only been abie to obtain a prolongation of their stay for two months. Satisfied that the edict would then be carried out, considerable numbers of the inhabitants have determined to leave the rovince and settle in France or in the United tates. SOME OF THE CONSEQUENCES. In other parts of German territory the Prussian penal law has created disorders of a serious char- acter. Inthe populous town of Essen the inhabi- tants wished to protest against the expuision ofthe Jesuits by having a torchlight processio! @ very usual way of Seproesing. Srmpathy an respect in Germany, on the eve of their depar- ture. This was ee a eer by the Prus- sians, probably through dislike of a manifestation which would prove the popularity of the fathers, andin consequence disastrous results followed. There was @ riot and several houses were destroyed. Two battalions of troops had to be de- spatched from Dusseldorf to restore order. ‘heir arrival did not intimidate the processionists. There was @ fusilade; several were wounded, while the exiled fathers were far away across the frontier. At Posen the SISTERS OF THE SACRED HRART, who are considered to be affiliated to the Jesuits, have been ordered to close their boar: school, established in that city, and in which all the noble ladies of the country receive their education. At Mayence a@ police agent repaired to the convent of this distinguished Order, composed of the first ladies in Europe, assembled the boarders, and read to them the law requiring them to abstain from carrying on their academy. The head of the convent protested against this interdict, contending that the civil authority had no right to interfere with their functions, and dented that their teach- ings were contrary to the laws of the State. The Jesuit sollege. and St, Caristopher church, in their charge at Mayence, were also closed by the au- thorities under protest, and the Bishop addressed @ remonstrance to the Grand Ducal government of Hesse against the outrage. These events, among many others reported, are not calcu- lated to prove the entire wisdom of Bismarck’s policy in reference to religious matters. Christian Brothers in Switzerland. The authorities of the city of Geneva, where the Arbitration Commissioners are now in session, recentiy expelled the Christian Brothers from their city and from the canton. The Christian Brothers are well known in New York as teachers, and itis but a short time since that we had to chronicle that @ medal of honor was awarded to the head of the Order in France in acknowledgment of their heroic conduct during the siege of Paris, The medal was prepared at the suggestion of the city of Boston, which had generously sent a shipload of provisions for the relief of the suffering people of France, and as there was a surplus after the sale of the cargo which was no longer necessary, the war being over when the vessel arrived, this surplus, it was directed, should be employed in procuring a medal to be presented to the Frenchman showing the most heroism and devotion during the siege of Paris. HOW THE CASE STANDS. Cases of persecution for religious causes are not usually expected to be heard from Switzerland, On this occasion, however, there can be no doubt that the Brothers have been, as far as we can see, expelled without sufficient cause. They ure not ecclesiastics; they are simply teachers of youth. A protest has been sent to the government at Berne against the treatment they have received. It is claimed that the recent action of Geneva isan in- fraction of the treaty of 1819 with Rome anda violation of the solemn promises made by the Com- mittee of State when it accepted the treaty in question. The federal government sent a note on this subject to the authorities at Geneva. The Catholics of Geneva, not satiafled with offering medals to each of the fifteen Brothers who have been expelled, have sent another to the Superior General of the institution to which they belong; they desire that it may be preserved in the mother house of the congregation as a testimony of their gratitude for the services which the Brothers ren- dered their children, One view of the case is given by the Courriere de Genéve, which says:—Our Chr&tian schools, freely founded by Genevese citi- zens, at their sole charge, without a shadow of aid from State or municipality, have existed since 1811. They have passed saiely througn the rule of conser- vative, radical and liberal pavements: and have now been overthrown by the most cruel oppres- sion. Nothing could save this work of faith, justice and liberty. Neither their beneficent existence for sixty years, nor the incontestible fruits of religion, morality and intelligence which the Brothers have spread throughout the country ; nor the respect and sympathy which they had earnea even from fellow citizens of another creed; nor the constantly in- creasing confidence ‘which they inspired smong fathers of families; nor the formal provisions of our federal and cantonal constitutions; nor the sincere practice of liberality in other cantons; nor the protests of the clergy; nor the remonstrances or petitions of 6,000 citizens, nor protests of 10,000 inhabitants received attention. Nothing of all this has been of avail to disarm the implacabie hatred and manifest hostility which have taken no account of the rights of fathers of families, and expelled from the country the schoolmasters Catholic pa- rents had chosen.” Help Wanted for a Weak Church—An Appeal from the Vestry of Christ Church, of Charleston, 8. C., to All Members of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America. The undersigned, vestrymen and wardens of Christ chureh, 8. C., respectfully make this appeal to their brethren :— The termination of the recent unhappy civil con- test found our church without funds and closed. The disturbing elements of war and the excitement following in the wake oi such a struggle as that which burst upon our country so suddenly, like the “fary of a whirlwind,” scattered our congrega- tio and we found them at our reor- ganization, after the lapse of more than ten years, as “sheep having no shepherd.” Our church, up to 1860, and even later than that period, was in a flourishing condition. Our congregation was lai and bation and the comfortable Gospel of Christ, eevee the ministrations of our beloved and devoted rector, Rev. J. Mercier Green, whom we have recalled to his old charge, was steadily winning souls to the service an obedience of Him who is the only true potentate— “King of kings and Lord of lords.” Our Sunday school was well and regularly attended, and we feel convinced that the seed sown in this direction has not fallen upon “stony und.’ We can now point with pride to some of our former scholars, who, in & auiet and unostentatious way, shine as lights in a dark world, seen and felt of men. Their consistent Christian llves are examples of the good wrought through this powerful medium. We desire, therefore, of all those who have the interest of true religion at heart to co-operate with us in this labor of love, and enable us to place this church upon @ strong financial basis. Our wants are great, our means limited. On every hand we behold the material for effective work. The fleld is | @ wide and inviting one, and we belleve that with the proper effort on our part and aid from our friends many now famishing for the bread of life can be fed, many thirsiy souls filled. This effort we pledge ourselves to make. We now ask of our friends to contribute their aid, Will they refuse it? ‘He that remembereth the poor and needy, and again, not, for with such sacrifices God 18 well cme We again urge upon all Christians throughout the length and breadth of this vast country not to treat lightly nor listiessly this appeal to cast aside sectioral prejudice, ifany they have. For are we not & common brotherhood, and is not this a com- mon cause in which we fight’ And perchance, even in some distant spot, some earnest and pious follower of the Gospel reading this appeal—the out- gushing of honest hearts—and inspired by that sense of duty which animates us, may have his sympathies moved to “come up to the help of the Lord, to the par. of the Lord against.the mi eh Me Ward ene Henry P. Archer, J. Mouitrie trymen—A, H. Hayden, Chairman; A. C, loward E. Vincent, A. P. Otis, Wows Sale, A. B. Wilson, Edwin J. White. Attest: W. W. SALE, Secretary. Papers in all parts of the country favoranle to the cause of rel ion @re earnestly requested to publish this appeal. New Light on the Holy Word. Mr. Felt, of this city, who has, as he claims, re- discovered the cabalia, the key of many mysteries In art and nature, is about to lay his work before the Committee of English Bible Revisers as a valpable aid in Leds J many of the questions which have always puzzled the transiators and ini | preters of both the Old and New Testament. discovery has been very fully examined by several of the rectors of our clty churches, who speak of it in high terms as throwing light on the puzzles of Scripture. Promotion and Appointment of Catholic Priests in the Archdiocese of New York. Archbishop McCloskey hag promoted (ue Rev. Kaufman, 8, the Lord will deliver him in the time of trouble,” | “To do good and to distribute forget | Peter Prendergast, assistant pastor of the Church of the Epiphany, Second avenue, to the pastorate of St, Mary's, Ellenville, Ulster county, N. ¥., vice the Rev. Daniel Mugan, deceased. In his new sphere Father Prendergast will find ample fleld for his tolic as the district comprises, besides Hulewvale, Bridgeville, Pallsburg, rf Mongaup Valley, Forrestburg, Liberty, Neversink, Ciaravilie, Gra- hamville, Parksville and Lackawack The Rev. Edward J. Flynn has been appointed assistant pastor of St. Stephen's, East enty- eighth street, Father Flynn was born in this. city and educated at the Urban College, Rome. During his nine years’ residence at the Propaganda he classics, philosophy and theology under the best masters, and will, no doubt, prove an eMicient aid to the zealous pastor of St. Stephens. Resignation of Right Rev. Dr. Persico, Bishop of Savannah, Ga. The Right Rev. Ignatius Persico, D. D., Bishop of Savannah, Ga,, has placed his resignation in the hands of the Holy Father, Pius IX. Dr. Persico was consecrated Bishop of Gratianopolis, in par- tébus, June 4, 1854, and translated to the See of Savannah March 11, 1870, During his episcopacy he has done much for the diffusion ot Cathohelty in Georgia. He has shown himself fully alive to the spiritual wants of the colored race, and neglected no opportunity to provide for them both secular and religious instruction. He will ich, U. SS. R., of ceeded by the Rev. William Wa: St. Alphonsus’, Thompson street, the distinguished redemptorist preacher. ' sy St. John’s Chapel. St. John’s chapel, in Varick street, between Beach and Laight streets, has just been newly painted, The chancel is very prettily designed, and the colors are both chaste and cheerfnl. The body of the church has also been much improved by the new colors. Hitherto this church had been almost entirely white, without any relief for the eye, The painting has much improved the appearance of the chapel freshening, as it does, the entire interior, ie mission work of the church is on the increase, there being now 2,500 children in the Sunday School. The members of St. John’s Guild, attached to the church, made 10,000 visits during duly and August, Ministerial Movements, Changes, &ec. PRESBYTERIAN. Rev. Samuel Carlile, of this city, has been called to the pastorate of the Walnut street Presbyterian church at Evansville, Ind. He has accepted the call and will commence his lavors the first Sabbath in October. He has also received and declined a call to the Presbyterian church at Sag Harbor, L. I. Rev. F. L. Nash has resigned the pastoral charge of the Westminster Presbyterian church, Sacra- mento, Cal, on account of impaired health. Rev. 8. W. Webb, who has occupied the pulpit of the Presbyterian church of Alameda, Cal, for the past two years has ngsigned and returned to the East. Rev. G. L. Foster has closed @ pastorate of nearly five years with the Presbyterian church at Howell, Mich.,when the labor was great and the pay small. On account of the unhealthiness of the place Rev. A. S. Reed has re- signed the charge of the Presbyterian church in Wabash, Ind. The new Second Presbyterian church of Chicago is lifting its head above the basement, and is rapidly growing into goodly proportions, Rev. W. B. Truax of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Chicago, has accepted the pastorate of the Presbyterian church at Santa Fé, N. Mex., and will soon enter upon his duties there. Calvary Presbyterian church of Mil- waukee, Wis., has calied Rev, J. B. Stewart, of Davenport, Iowa, to be their pastor. Rev. Andrew Luce has resigned the pastorate of the church at Rolla, Mo. Rev. C. 8, Pomeroy, pastor of the Ross street Presbyterian church, Brooklyn, who has been travelling in Europe since June, is ex- pected home in a few days. He is out on the ocean sailing. Rev. Dr. Burchard, of this city, has spent the last month in Oswego preaching for the Second Presbyterian church there. Rev. J. G. Mason, of Jonesboro, Tenn., having declined a call of the Presbyterian church at Kingston, Tenn., nas accepted one from the North Presbyterian church of Washington, D, Cc. The Presbytery of Brooklyn has, through its Secretary, recommended the General Assembly at its next meeting to take action prohibiting women from entering their pulpits or teaching in their public assemblies, and that Presbyteries through- out the land shall be earnestly requested to actin concert with this refusal, Rev. Dr. Hatfleld has brought out a new “Church Hymn Book,” and the Presbyterians are likely to crack voices, if not heads, over it. It is not orthodox enough. University Place Presbyterian church, in this city, Rev. Dr. Booth, pastor, will be reopened to-day. The Sustentation Committee of the Presbyterian Church have made their first report, They are now aiding 180 ministers who are pastors in full. Rev. H. Ritchie, of the English Presbyterian Mis- ston, has recently made a tour among the stations in the Island of Formoso, where the cause of the Gospel has made remarkable progress within the past year. At Toasia, instead of a private house, as vefore, for purposes of Christian assembiy, he found a chapel. At Laisia marked progress has taken place within the past six months. Here, also, a neat chapel has been built. In the circular plain of Posia, surrounded by hills, are scatter bout thirty villages, each having a population of about three hundred, In this district at least one hun- dred and sixty families have accepted the Gospel and become sincere Christians. Everywhere the success of the eer | of the truth is observed to be among natives of the island, and not among foreign Chinamen. The Rev. Frederick G. Clark, D. D., has gone east—one mile—from his church in Gates avenue, Brooklyn, to a new church in Tompkins avenue, taking with him to his new and promising field, without any quarrel, we believe, a portion of his new congregation, Tine new church has pur- chased five lots on the corner of McDonough street and Tompkins avenue, nearly opposite the Orphan Asyluin. On these a fine chapel has been built, in which they will worship till their cnurch is erected. Rev. Mr. Dickey, 1ormer pastor of Tompkins avenue Presbyterian church, has been chosen Professor in Lincoln College, Pennsylvania, and has accepted the appointment, eens B The Free Baptists of Nova Scotia are organizing their small churches into pastorates. Two or three churches located near each other are placed under the charge of a pastor, who gives his whole time to their service. Rev. John Tecumseh Jones, an Ot- tawa Indian, has ern $60,000 for Baptist minis- terial education in Kansas, Rev. Henry More- house, of Manchester, England, is visiting here and preached last Sunday evening in the Seventeenth street Free Baptist church. Rev. W. 8. Stock- bridge has not gone over to the Congregational- ista, as previously reported. He preached last Sab- bath as a candidate for the pastorate of the Free Baptist charch of Lynn, Mass. Rev. A. L. Haughton has just entered upon his labors as pastor of the Free Baptist church in Lawrence, Mass., his first charge. Kev. James Pattison has resigned the astorate of the First Baptist church of Westerly, Re He is an able and excellent minister, only a little too liberal for the straightest sect of Baptists. Rev. R. S. James, of the Baptist church in Janes- ville, has resigned that charge to accept a pro- fessorship in the city High School. Rev. R. A. Grifin, late of Weymouth, Engiand, succeeds him in the pastoral relation. In England and Wales the Baptists have 300 churches of not more than 25 members each, 1,040 of from 25 to 100 members, of from 100 to 260, 140 of from 250 to 600, and 32 of 6500 and upwards. Pro- fessor H. Wilson Harding has resigned the chair of mathematics in Bethany College, and accepted a professorship in Lehigh University, Bethichem, Pa. Dr. 8. E. Shepard has closed three years of service with the Churen in West Cleveland, Uhio, and returns to Troy, Pa. Rev. B. L. tay tema @ graduate of Hiram College, goes to Muir, Mich., to spenl a few months in labor for the Church there. Professor I. N. Demmon, formerly of Alli- ance College, more recently of Hiram, has accepted @ position in the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor. Rev. Di le, of the First Baptist church, Boston, has re: “i the thirty-fifth year of his settlement. Such long pastorates are uncom- The two Baptist churches in Trenton, N. J., have combined to form the “Trenton Baptist City Mission Board,” and the Rev. dames Thorn has been appointed as its missionary. This mission enterprise promises success. ‘Tabernacle Baptist church, Philadelphia, has called the Rev, J. E, Rees, of Cornwall, England, The Rev. Jacob Knapp, for many years well known as a revival preacher, is said to be hopelessly in- valided at Rockford, Ill. The Rev, Frederick Deni- son, of Mystic River, Conn., has been called to the Beers street church, New Haven. Rev. A. G. Law: gon, pastor of the Greenwood Baptist churc' Brooklyn, N. Y., after an abgence of three months spent in European travel with Rev, H. M. Galla- her and 1, . Runyon, of Plainfield, N. uy and others, occupied his pulpit again last Sabbath and received a cordial welcome from his people. His pulpit was decorated with a profusion of richest flowers, and he was surprised to find that in his absence his people had purchased a first class iano to enhance the intesest of their social gather- fogs. Rev. 8. Seigiried, of Newark, accepts the call of the cnurch at Port Byron, N.Y. Kev. Dr. Robingon entered on his duties as president ‘of Brown University on Monday. Rev. Dr. Brock, of mou, London, whose visit to the United States is remem- | bered by many with fet pleasure, has lately re- signed his charge. His congregation voted him a handsome annuity. Rev. John E. Chesshire, having resigned the pastorate of the Baptist church at Mansfield, Ohio, has accepted the call of the church ‘at Montrose, Pa. ‘The Rev. P. Taylor, of La Salle, Ii, 1s out against Baptist “ usage,” as a plea for the non-fellowship of Baptists with other Christians at tne Lord’s table. The Bible alone, he declares, should be the religion of Protestants, OC, H. Hodges, of Connelisviile, Pa., has given up, for the presen’ his home ministry, on account of his health, intends to spend a few mouths in evangelizing ‘The Rev, Peter Cartright, a venerable pi on . a vene: joneer Western Methodistism, is almost home, He ia entirely helpless and ui of bis surround. ings and recognizes only a chosen few of his most intimate soqneintan ces. iste however, por very us Con’ rt ch Bishop Harris lett this city last, Mer m for Magers, Ohio, where he is mee! with the Penge Ohio Conierence, which opened on Wednes- ay. Bishop Foster is in Portland, Or bue ia expected in'Ban Jose, Cal, on the sen inet. ry the California Conierence, Rev. J. M. Phillips resigned hig pastorate in Spanish Town, Jamaica. He has been tifty years in the mission work. Dr. H. B. Ridgaway, 0! rlem, returned last week from a brief vacation among his former parishioners im Portland, Me. Kev. Joseph Broad! py Wesleyan missionary at Lucknow, In led at post oa the 19th of last month, and . John Richards, missionary at Calcutta, had to bevy to the moun- tains to save his life. Rev. J. D. Geden, of the Britisa Wesleyan Conference, has been elected to ir. Lomas as Professor of Theology im batten tA College. Rev. M. ©. Briggs, pastor of Trinity Methodist Episcopal church, Cincinnati, has been transferred to pression, Ui Rey. 0. Van- dusen, of the Canada Western Conference, is on & visit to the Pacific coast. Bishop Peck has so far improved in health as to meet the Erie Confer- ence, at Akron, Ohio, last Wednesday. Rev. W. H. Miiburn, the blind preacher, has been spending several weeks in Atlanta, Ga., reaching every Sabbath to large congregations. The Metho- dists are building or completing churches at White- hall, Iil.; at West Charge, Jacksonville, HL; at Chestnut, [.; at Niagara Falls, N. Y.; Pokorign, Crogan, and at Half Moon Bay, C: Rev. Waite, of Buifalo, N. Y., was taken ill at the camp meeting at Aurora, and is yet unable to attend to his ministerial duties. The Western New York Con‘erence will meet in Rochester October 9, Bishop Harris presiding. Rev. W. F. Mister, late of Arcadia College, Missouri, has accepted a profes- pig in Soule Female College, Methodist Episco- al Church South, Murfreesboro, Tenn, The Rev. ‘homas Guard, pastor of the new Mount Ver- non place Methodist tsoger church, Baltimore, has arrived in England, with his family, from Africa. bre to sail direct for Baltimore on the 14th inst. P: churches, besides half a dozen mission chapels in Baltimore, Md. Rev. William Taylor writes from Bombay of a continuance of that remarkable suc- cess which has distinguished his labors from the first; and asks for reinforcements, that he may go to “flelds beyond.” He advises, in addition to work which the brethren are now doing, the organ- ization of ‘a light-footed army in tents,” that shall be more progressive than missionaries that ae simply planted and stationed in given locali- ies, EPISCOPALIAN. The thirty-fifth annual Protestant spistenee Con- vention of the Diocese of Western Bota’ ‘ork will instant. Bishop Bedell, of Ohio, w: against a clergyman of the Church of ing himself “‘the Rev. W. Walker Lane, D. G.3., F. R. 8.1.” He is supposed to be country, or on his way hither. letters of orders from the Bisho} field and a certificate to their genuine- ness from Bene Mclivaine. Nevertheless, Bishop Mclivaine has sent public letters which rove that “Dr. Lane” is unworthy of credit. Rev. . A. Holbrook has resigned as rector of the Chapel of the Holy Comforter, Rahway, N. J. The Protest- ant Episcopal ritualists are going into that business. with a wil. They have established a “retreat” at Bridgeport, Conn., to commence on the 17th instant and to continue four ogy8. The “retreat” is under the auspices of “the Evangelist Fathers.” What shall we have next? The Kev. D. Ellis Willes has resigned the rectorship of St. Peter’s, Hobart, Dela- aware county, an ee ra the charge of the Mission parishes of St. Paul's, Brownville; Christ’s, Sackett Harbor, and All Saints’, Dexter, in Jefferson county, N, Y. ot Bishop Clarkson, Nebraska, in the Spirit af Missions, gives in. teresting account of the progress of ipisco, 1 The Commencement of Nebras! 1 lege was encou! ig, and the finances of the col- lege showed a balance of more than $800 over the yearly expenses. The number of students is in- creasing. The citizens of Nebraska City of all denominations are united in an effort to erect an adequate aa se for the college, to be called Nuckoll’s Hall, m the largest contributor, although not a churchman. ROMAN CATHOLIC, The Pope has presented the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem witha piece of gold and silver cloth of great beauty. The charity of Pius IX. knows no limits, and even in his poverty he finds wherewithal todo good. The new Archbishop of Salerno has been received with enthusiasm in his diocese. This prelate, rather than sign the odious exequatur ex- acted by the Italian government, has rented @ private house aud given up his residence inthe palace in which his illustrious predecessors have lived for centuries, The Pope, owing his great age, is mot permitted by his medical men ‘to make any more speeches, or to receive deputations for this year, except on very rare occasions. He is much afflicted by the news from Germany. The beautiful Cathedral church of Alba, Piedmont, has been most judicious! restored. This noble building is a very fine speci- men of what is called Lombard architecture. The reopening of the sacred edifice, after six years, dur- ing which it has been in process of restoration, took place with great pomp last month. Tne Archbishop of Turin, the Bishops of Mondovi, Torea and Cumo assisted Mgr. Galleti, Bishop of Alba, in the various imposing ceremonies. Rev. Father Mesplie, of Idaho, has recent been appointed chaplain in the Uni States Army, by President Grant. This appoint- ment, though uBsolicited by Father Mesplie, was made at the urgent recommendation of Generals Sherman and Sheridan, and is a fitting mark of the President’s appreciation of the good missionary’s labors in the military posts of the Territory. Itis an appointment that does honor alike to him upon whom it is conferred, and upon him who confers it. The Very Rey. Dr. O'Connor, of Philadelphia, is at present staying in London. There is a Catholic Archbishop of Utrecht, Monseigneur Scherr; he, together with the Bishops of Haarlem and Deventer and 6,000 priests, direct the religious aifairs of over 1,332,000 Catholics. Monse! ur Loos, the Jansenist Archbishop, has under him 6,000 schismatics and twenty-five churches, eleven priests and a le tne with one pupil! So says the Catholic Review. Catholic priest has written to La Vrai France,@ paper published in Lisle, a very incredible story about a young girl named Loutsa Lateau, who regularly once @ week what he terms sé hat is, a striking repre- sentation of the wounds received by our Lord. It takes place from the Tharsday evenings, when swellings appear, which break and give forth biood on Friday morning, as algo during the night, and continue bleeding all day. The first bloody issue took place from her left side, near the heart, on April 24, 1868, It was tollowed, in about fifteen days, by bleeding from the hands and feet, On September 25, 1868, blood began to pour from the head ina circular form, as if a crown of tnorns had been laced upon it. The medical men consider that Pouisa loses about two hundred and fifty grammes of blood each time the stigmata appears. She has besides an ecstatic condition, which lasts three or tour hours, during which time her senses and sensi- bility are completely dormant, so that pinchings, buraings, &c., are not felt by her. She has not eaten food since March 31, 1871, but bi ih she receives the Blessed Sacrament and drinks the ‘water in which the priest washes his hands. This is apparently all that supports life. The medical men, as well as the priest and the public, it issaid, are puzzled to determine whether the phenomenon 1s natural or supernatural, ‘MISCELLANEOUS. . The new Bible House at Constantinople cost $65,000 and is four stories high. The Trustees of the Hillsborough Female College, Ca4 have elected Rev. J. McD. Matthews, D. D., President of that institution, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the resignation of Rev. D. Copeland. The Congre- gation Kodef Sholom of Chicago, Ill, consecrated their new syn ue in that city on Friday last. All the Jewish lodges and societies of the city par- ticipated in the ceremonies. Rev. Samuel Jessup, of Tripoli, has just returned to his old home in Mon- trose, Pa., for a respite of a few months. He has been absent from the country tor ten vears past, during which he has been @ most faithful standard-bearer of the truth in Syria. The Israel- ites of Dr. Lilienthal’s congregation, ‘‘B’nal Israel,’? in Cincinnati, last week decided by a vote of 36 to 10 not to abolish the second day of Rosh Hashona, as they had been asked to do to coniorm with the usage of the reformed Jews. Mr. Henry M. Per- kins, @ graduate of Hartford Seminary, son of the late Rev. Justin Perkins, missionary to Persia, hag been ordained pastor of the church at Tremont and Mount Deseret, Me. Lynn (Mass,) First Con- regational church was dedicatea August 20. The former house was burned Christi 1870, The building cost nearly fifty thousan dollars, and will seat about one thousand people. This church was organized in 1632. The tate Dr. Parsons Cooke was its pastor for thirty years, The Rev. 8. R. Denner, the pastor elect, will soon be installed, so the old society will have everything new. Maine has 242 Congregational churches, 168 ministers and 19,462 church mem- bers. Only sixty ministers are pastors. The con- tributions last year amounted to $41,587, Vermont has 201 Congregational churches and 218 ministers, sixty-eight of whom are whose average salary is $960 per annum. Rev. Mr. or To- ronto, has accepted the $7,000 call of the Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn. The Rev. A. B. Van Zanat, D. D., will be installed a8 professor of didac- tic and polemic theology in the. rmed Seminary at New. Brunswick, on Tuesday, 2th inst, A new Moravian congregation (German) has been organized at Unionville, Mich., not far from the head of Saginaw Bay. Rev. 8. G. Woodrow has accepted a call to the pastorate of Park street Free Baptist church, Providence, R, I. The Oak Park Congregational Society In Chicago will have a fv thousand-dollar free library in its basement, and @ fund of $8,000, the interest of which will pay for the services oe roane age librarian—all the gift of of Mr. J, W. ville. Negotiations are now pend. ing between the officers of the Union church ob Yokohama and the Rev. E. B, Waldsworth, D. of Oakland. Cal. relative to the 4