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RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE, September 22---Eighteenth Sun- day After Pentecost. RELIGIOUS PROGRAMME FOR THE DAY. Herald Religious Cor- respondence. A PREACHER’S SOPHISM. Virtue a Duty Without Regard to a Future State. ——--+ Why Seek Intercourse with Spirits? LIGHT WANTED ON THE SCRIPTURES, Ministerial Changes and Move- ments. Services To-Day. Elder Bowman, from South Carolina, will preach at the Cooper Institute. T. G, Forster lectures in a trance at Apollo Hall. Bishop Snow will speak about cleansing ‘God's Sanctuary,” at the University, three P. M. Rey. P. L. Daniels will preach at both services at the Berean Baptist church. Services will be held at the Evangelical Lutheran church. Dr. Wedekin4 holds forth at the English Lutheran Church of St. James. Rev. W. T. Egbert will preach at Wainwright Memorial church. Rey, A. R. Thompson discourses at St. Paul's Re- formed church. Rev. ©. 8S. Harrower speaks at St. Luke’s Metho- dist Episcopal church Rev. W. ©. Dawson preaches at the Christian church. Bishop Quintard will deliver @ sermon at St. Thomas’ church. Rev. J. Kay, of Scotland, preaches at Westminster Presbyterian church, ¥| Rev. Dr. Flagg will preach in the Church of the Redemption. Rey. John Weiss, from Massachusetts, will preach in the Church of the Messiah. In Grace chapel, near the Academy of Music, there will be services in the forenoon and evening. Rev. W. T. Clarke will treat the important sub- fect ‘Does Religion Pay ¥” in Unity chapel, Harlem: Rey. ©, A. G, Brigham will preach in the Catholic Apostolic church, Sixteenth street. St. Ignatius’ church will be open during the day. Rey. Dr. Ewer will be there. The Church of the Incarnation is open for divine service, Rev. Henry D. Northrop will preach in Twenty- third street Presbyterian church, There will be divine service in the Orthodox East- ern (Russo-Greek) chapel, 951 Second avenue, near Fiftieth street, at eleven o'clock this morning. ¥ree admission to every one. Light Wanted on the Scriptures. £0 PHE EpiTor OF THE HERALD:— Iam very much interested in that part of the Bunday HERALD which is devoted to the free dis- cussion of the religious question, and I notice that your correspondents are men of intelligence and education and, apparently, well versed in Scrip- ture. Itso happens thatI am not blessed with a high order of intellect and have tittle or no educa- tion, and consequently find it impossible at times to make sense of some parts of the Bible. Will you Kindly permit some of your correspondents to ex- plain one passage to which I take the liberty of in- viting their attention ? Mark. xvi., 15, “Go ye into all the world and preach pie Gospel t6 every creature: 18, "He that believeth and js baptized shall be saved ; but he that believeth not shall be damned.” It seems that the Coat peared for salvation are two—belief and baptism, therefore Mr. Brown, who believes and has been baptized, will be saved. The ticket for damnation is unbelief; therefore Mr. Smith, who doesn't believe, will be damned; but Mr. Jones believes, but has not been baptized, tneretore he cannot be saved, as_he is lacking in one of the essential conditions. He cannot be damned, be- cause damnation is the result of unbelief and Mr. Jones believes, Since he can neither be saved nor damned I am curious to know his fate. A Preacher's Sophism—Virtue a Duty without Regard to a Future State. To THe Epiror or THE HeRaLp:— “Deny that @ man lives beyond the grave and there is no reason why he should be a good man.” Thus said a minister of the Gospel on last Sab- bath evening in one of our prominent churches. His text was the question of Job, “If a man die shall he live again?” During the discussion of the subject he stated that Job had no clearly defined views of the resurrection of the body. In other words, Job spoke with reference only to this life. And I said to myself the preacher has not well said. He has for- gotten the declaration of Job:—“If I sin then Thou markest me,” and “If I be wicked woe unto me.” He has also forgotten the words of the preacher who gave his heart to know and search out, and who reached the conclusion that “one thing happeneth to all.” For he declares that “God giveth to a man that is good in His sight, wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner He giveth travail,” and “If a man live many years and his soul be not filled with good an untimely birth is better than he.’ And I sald further, “Let the sun and the moon and the stars cease to shine and to gladden and cheer the earth and all nature, because they are not to exist eternally.” And the sun and moon and stars said nay. However short our course let us send all the heat and light and gladness we can into the world, for otherwise ull would be darkness and sorrow and desolation. Let us rather do allthe good we cap. And I said to the beasts of the earth, and to the fowls of the air, nd to the fishes of the sea, death will soon come and you cannot live beyond that ; therefore, rebel against man, who holds dominion over you.’ And the beasts and the fowls and the tishes said “true we cannot live beyond death; but what gain would there be that we should refuse to do what of good We can while we live ? Shall we not rather do what We can to cheer and gladden the heart of man by doing to him whatever of good we can while we do live #’ And I said ‘The sun and moon and stars and the beasts and birds and fishes have no reason and no knowledge, and therefore are disposed to do d because there is no reason in them. They now no better.” So [turned me to man as the only being who had reason and knowledge and Judgment, and | said to man, “As there is no reason nor knowledge nor device in the grave, and you know not what 16 beyond it, there is no reason why you should be good.’ And he replied and said to me, “In the dark corners of the earth and in the habitations of crucity earth's benighted ones may 80 think and act; but as for me, let me go Jorth early and la and the stars, to do, even while life may be spared, what of good I can—to raise the fallen, to cheer the disconselate, to aid the needy and dependent, to visit and minister to the sick and the dying, and thus to do whatever of good I can, however short existence may be.” And 80 I sald to myself, “If the Bun and moon and stars, and if the beasts and the birds and the dishes, in their places and withe eternal existence before them, can, even if for only a time— n in the very nature of things that they should do iT #0—perhaps there may be a reason why man shouid ‘also do good, ey if he live not beyond the grave.” And as | thought upon the want and Wretchedness and misery in the world that might be relieved by inan in his efforts to'do good, even though he live not beyond the grave, I said there is & reason Why & man should do good, and the “Preacher Of the Sabvuth Evening” is wrong. Why It Is Wrong to Seek Intercourse with Spirits To THe Eprror or rue iitraLy:— It needs but the light of reason, iliuminated by revelation from the Lord, to enable us to see why we should not seek open intercourse with apirits and why i¢ was prohibited in the Bibie. «1 they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persiaded though one rose from the dead,” Persugded ef wnat? Why, to shun that whjch is » like the sun and the moon | | reports :—Mem| evil and to leat a good and true life which will lead to happiness and heaven, Whatever favors the life of regeneration, or repentance and turning from sin and the development of love to the Lord and neighbor, is desirable, whereas it is evident that whatever interferes with or retards our progress heavenward is objectionable and to be shunned. The second coming of the Lord, we read, was to be with power and great glory; consequently many things which in the letter of the sacred Scriptures were dark and obscure are beautifully illuminated and radiant with light in the revelations made by the Lord to this age through His chosen messen- ger, Emanuel Swedenborg. In the writings of the latter we are told that no one is reformed by visions and by conversing with ¢he dead, because such visions and such open conversation with the dead force the mind and deprive it of its free, rational life. Tne reason is that, instead of being rationally convinced and in freedom reforming his own life, if even good spirits were to teach him true doctrines, the man would be persuaded and compelled to reform ior a short time, but *% such compulsion,” we read, “deprives man of ra- tionality and, at the same time, shuts in his evils, the charm or internal restraint becomes dissolved, and the enclosed evils break out with blasphemy and profanation, This only happens, however, when spirits induce some dogmatic principle of re- liaion, whichis never done by any good spirit, still less by any angel of heaven.” in, says Swedenborg, ‘Those who speak by permission of the Lord never say anything which takes away the freedom of reason; nor do they teach, for the Lord alone teaches man, though me- diately through the Word in tllumination. That this is the case, has been made known to me by ex- perience, 1 have discoursed with spirits and angels now for several tditipl nor durst any spirit, nor would any ange/ say anything to me, much less in- struct me, about anything in the Word, or any doc- trinal derived from the Word; but the Lord alone, who was revealed to me, and afterwards continu- ally did and does appear before my eyes as the sun, in which he is, even as he appears to the angels, taught me and illuminated me.” It will be seen from the above that good spirits and angels will not attempt to teach men doctrines or those truths which lead to heaven, for it would interfere with man’s freedom and his rational reception of truth; and evil spirits will not and cannot teach true doctrines, unless they mix them up with that which is false for the sake of leading man astray, ple because they neither love nor believe them. The evil and the false in the other world are united, Swedenborg informs us that speaking with spirits is dangerous to man’s spiritual life, and a bar to his regeneration and progress toward Heaven; for ordinarily spirits, although associated with man, do not know that they are present with man in the natural world, and therefore they do not interfere with his freedom or injure him. If a man hears spirits speaking to him it is not lawful for him to reply; for ifhe does then the spirit or spirits know that they are with man in this world, which other- wise they would not know, But the reader reasonably inquires more speci- fically what harm can result to the man from speak- ing with Lie or communicating with themy In the first place, if man secks such communications and heeds them, he is turning from the Lord and His word for guidance. Then itis a law of spiritual association, recognized even by Spiritualists, taat like associate with like; therefore, man’s associate or familiar spirits, are like himself, neither better nor worse, and ‘sensible, open intercourse with spirits binds the man to the state in which the spirits are and prevents his spiritual advancement and regeneration. ‘Thus, the spirits with whom he has_ sensible intercourse are in false principles the man himself becomes an enthusiast in maintaining and pemoune the same false principles; nor can he possibly avoid being so until the seusible communication is closed and he is again led solely by the Lord through His word,” Ifa man is ambitious, avaricious, proud, lascivious, jealous, lustiul, &c., and when in these states has communication with spirits, he is necessarily con- firmed in his evil states by them ff he harkens to them, and he is quite sure to do this, believing them to be in superior light; and they are sure in the very nature of the case to use every effort to confirm him in his present state of life; for if the man changes for the better his associate spirits are repelled or driven away, better ones take their place, and their chance to use authority and dabble in the affairs of men is gone. Man's as- sociate spirits, then, are sure to teach him that progression and not regeneration is what is re- quired, and for his good. In this article I have but alluded to a few of the many reasons why men should not, and if they are wise will not. seek open intercourse with spirits. In the works of Swe- denborg, written more than a century ago, this whole subject is considered from a rational point of view. The laws of spiritual intercourse, the as- sociation of spirits and angels with men, the resur- rection from the dead, the life after death, the relation which this life and its deeds sustain to the future life, the correspondence between the natural and spiritual worlds, influx from the spirit- ual into the natural, and the laws which govern the organization of societies in the spiritual world are all described and ilustrated in tne light of rea- son, as they have never been by any one else. Re- volutionary changes and whole kingdoms in the spiritual world are carefully described by Sweden- borg, of which spiritual mediums and their attend- ant spirits have no knowledge and can have none in the very nature of the case, according to laws’ bottled to be true even by the facts of Sptrit- ualism. Why men should be satisfied with such manites- tations and communications as are described in the ater | literature of the day—to the neglect of the flood of light upon this whole subject contained in the writings of Swedenborg— is more than the writer can imagine. Evidentl; they are feeding upon husks, and neglecting the full corn in the ear. Man's senses pay deceive nim and may be deceived, and God has given us reason to correct the errors of our senses, and why should we not use our reason? Surely the rational perception of truth is superior to the evidence of the senses, Finally, the writer will say. after having for years carefully read the literature of Spiritualism and the writings of Swedenborg, that, in his opin- fon, all the knowledge upon spiritual subjects to be obtained through modern Spiritualism, when compared with what can be found in the writings of Swedenborg, is scarcely as a drop to a bucket, and the seeking for that drop is forbidden by Divine revelation and condemned by our highest reason as neither desirable nor reliable as a guide to hap- piness and heaven, but as dangerous in the ex- treme to our spiritual welfare. J. EB Rev. Thomas Guard’s Embarkation in Africa for America, {From the Port Elizabeth (Cape of Good Hope) Heraid, July 80.) The Rey. Thomas Guard, who has been so well known here for some years as an able and efficient minister of the Wesleyan Church, will leave by the Royal mall steamship Norseman to-day for South- ampton, en route for Baltimore, United States of America, where he is about to take up his abode for the future. During his residence in this town he has secured for himself a large circle of friends, who dee y regret his departure, but who fer- vently wish him godspeed in his new home. As a pulpit orator, Mr. Guard is without an equal in this colony, and since his return from America the religious services he has conducted have been attended by large and attentive au- diences, who hung upon his every word. There is no need for us to expatiate on the soul-stirring elo- quence of his orations, or the deep, metaphysical and logical tone which characterizes his pulpit dis- courses, They are too well known throughout the colony. As a mark of the respect and esteem in which Mr. Guard {s held by his feilow-townsmen, they have contributed a purse of £190, which ‘has been presented to him with the best wishes of the donors for his future prosperity and success. We shall be glad to hear of him when he has entered on his new duties in the United States, and he mi rest assured there are many in this colony who will long bear him in remembrance and will always be glad to hear of his weltare. Religious Personal. Dr. Schaff, of Union Theological Seminary, has re- turned from Europe, where he went last Summer to invite about fifty distinguished Christian gen- tlemen to attend to address the General Conference of the Evangelical Alliance, which is to be held in New York in Autumn of 1873, Most of the gentle- men invited have accepted. Dr. Schaff has also made arrangements with the British Committee on the Revision of the English Bible for American co- operation, and has convened the American Re- visers for active work, Ministerial Movements, Changes, &c. METHODIST. Bishop Peck {s still in feebie health, and unable to attend to his Annual Conference appointments, He expects, however, next month to be strong enough to go forward with his work. Extreme physical prostration has caused Rey. C, 0. Cook, of Baltimore, to give up preaching for the present, | Rey, Dr. Dashieid, Missionary Secretary, haw started for a tour among the Western and Southwestern Conference The Rev, Charles k, Harris and family, of Brooklyn, have returned from their Summer tour in Europe. Rev. 8. Bowers, A. M., pastor of Grace Methodist Episcopal church, Newport, », has been transferred to the Oregon Conference and stationed at Salem, kev. A. K. Sandford, presiding elder of the Prattaville | district, New York Conference, formerly pastor of Green street church, N. Y., has been very ill for several weeks with rheumatism of the heart, but he i# now convalescent, and his physician en- | courages the hope that he will be able soon to re- sume his ministerial work. A Welsh church, with fifty-two members, was recently organized at Wheatland Furnaéé, Pa, The Ohto Conference of the Methodist Obureh, (not Methodist Episcopal) 404; meeting houses, 1; parsonages, “1; valuation of Ohurch property, $171,705; Sunday schools, 77; oMicers, 402; scholars, j Volumes in library, 4,925; conversions for the year, 141. The Rey. 8. A. Steenson, of the Meth- odist Missions in Norway, who perin is. sion, after an absence fourteen years, to visit this country, has left again for his field in Roswey. St. Louis Methodists are agitating the Pro of building a comfortable residence ior op Marvin, of the Church South. Rev. J. E. Williamson, of the Ashland station, West Virginia Conference, has been transterred to the Iilinols Conference, and ay ited to Jacksonville stativn. John Wesley preached 42,000 sermons—fiteen week, He never had clergyman’s sore throat, 0! ear's leave of absence, with expenses paid. 1 jv. William Webster, of the New York Last Con- ference, has been Somaened, by continued sick- ness, to give up his charges at Olinville and Bronx- dale, Westchester county. Rev. Charl: s Travis has temporarily taken his place. The Methodists of Belgrade Mills, Me., on Wednet last dedicated a very neat church for worship. euty-seven per- sons were yoceired into a in Cpa mente yunk, fe! ntly, as the firs 3 OF Povival. ae Nast Winter v. J. Digson, pustor, Rey. Dr. King, of the Forty-third street Methodist Episcopal ab Gi eg city, has received into tull mombership tae first instalment of nity converts, the result of last Winter's revival. Rey as Cush- man, pastor of Garden street Methodist Hpiscopa church, Lawrence, , has received seventy per- sons on like conditions. The Rev. Mr, Witting, Superintendent of American Methodist missions in Sweden, has returned to this country on a yeur’s leave of absence, owing to impaired health. The Western Virginia Conference opened at Parkers- burg on Wednesday last. Bishop Kavanaugh pre- sided, The Rev. J. D, Herr, pastor of the Third Methodist church (not Methodist Kpiscopal), of Pittsburg, Pa., has resigned his charge to become a Baptist. In Compton, Cal., nineteen persons re- cently united with the Methodist Episcopal Chui fruits of a revival meeting just closed, The Ke Luther Lee, D, D., of Detroit Conference, has just closed half a century of active ministerial labors. He preached his semi-centennial sermon before the Conference at its late session in East Saginaw. New Methodist churches are soon to be dedicated in Blutfton, lowa, at Hamiin, Clarkson Charge, Western New York, and at Niagara Falls, N. Y. The new Methodist Episcopal church dedicatea for the Scandinavians in Brooklyn NA Bishop Simpson, during the late session of the General Conference, is already, by the report of Missionary Errickson, too small for them. Filty converts have been added to the church in three wecks past, and the revival continues unabated. ‘They have gathered a Sunday schoo! o/ 199 children, with eighteen officers and teachers, during the three months since the church was opened. They have collected in the school and expended for its benefit, during that period, $281 90. Kev. Theodore Hill, of the Maine Conference, is preaching occa- sionally to the Reform Club in Gardner, Me., and is doing immense good by his labors. The club con- sists of reformed inebriates, many of whom are Christians, the President being a member of the M. E. Church. The Rey. Benjamin Gill, o! the New England Conference, who was obliged to desist from ministerial work a year since by severe ill- ness, 1s noy gradually improving. BAPTIST. The story of Miss Smiley’s baptism and first com- Tounion having travelled on its rounds now for more than two months, and been so distorted and mis- shaped on the way, Dr. George F. Pentecost, who has received more than a@ due share of notoriety jor these acts, has, in last week's Examiner and Chronicle, made a full and plain statement of the whole case, which justifles him in the sight of God, and should justily him in the sight of all unpreju- diced men. The whole arranging of the communion service appears to have been ol the Lord, and though it Was a “mixed communion,” in so far as it rtaken of by “two Baptists, two Methodists, one baptined Presbyterian, formerly a Friend, two Tecently baptized Friends and the unbaptized but believing wile of the dying man” (since gone to his reward), in whose room it was administered, Dr. Pentecost declares that ‘never, during all the many communion seasons in his experi- ence, has he so sensibly realized the presence and blessing of the Master” as in that room, and on that solemn occasion. He begs his brethren to let the matter rest after this, and that they may ever keep the not of the Spirit in the bonds of peace. Key. B. F, Humphrey has become pastor of the Baptist church at Brighton lll, Rev. J. C. Bit- tng has accepted a call from the Baptist church at Imlay City, Mich. Rev. G, W. Miner has resigned as pastor of the Baptist church at Mendon, Mich. Rev. J. Heritage, having resigned at Le Pers Kansas, has accepted a call from the cnurch at Big Creek, Coffey county, same State. Key. KE. P. Dye, late of Geneva, vis., has become the pastor of the Baptist church in Owatonna, Minn. Rev. John Jones, of Fairbury, has declined the un- animous call of the church at Taylorville, Ill, Rev. A, D. Bancroft has resigned the pastoral care of the churches at Alaska and Bowne, Mich., to take effect November 1. Rev. D. Read, LL.D., of Winona, Minn., formerly President of Shurtleff College, has received and accepted a unanimous call from the First Baptist church of Lawrence, Kansas, There are only seven Baptist churches in Kansas which are self-sustatning—all the rest receive aid from the Missionary Society. And the same condition of things exists all over the frontier sections of the country, The “Six-Principle Baptists” of Massa- chusetts and Rhode Island, who counted about six- teen churches and 4,000 members, could not agree, and they have gone into the sectarian business again, each with the addition of another principle not laid down in the Sermon onthe Mount. They are anancient and venerable body, claiming to be 202 years old, and they certainly ought to have got along without further schism. Rev, Edward Love, late of Regent's Park College, England, is an ing to very good acceptance to the East Baptist church in this city. Rev. J. Hyatt Smith has re- turned from his trip to Vermont greatty refreshea in poay aud spirit. Rev. J, 8. Woodrow Is to be in- stalled pastor of the Park street F. Baptist church, Providence, R. I., on the first Lord’s day of October. Rev. Dr. Cutting, Seorevary of the American Baptist Educational Commission, goes to Ottawa, Kansas, to investigate the affairs of the umiversity there, whose landed en- dowment and general management are badly com- licated. Rev. H. Perry is laboring as an evange- ist in Ontario. He will return to New York about the Ist of December. Rev. M. H. Abbey 18 supply- ing the First Baptist church at Elwood, N. J. He wiil labor as an evangelist during the Falland Win- ter. The Baptists of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, have commenced the first church building ever at- tempted in that place. Itis again announced that Rev. H. M. Gallaher, of Brooklyn, has a very press- ing call to accept the pastorate o. achurch in Eliza- beth, N. J., and @ salary of $10,000 per annum and @ $15,000 parson: “What will he do with it?” Rev. A. H. Stowell tape Baptist church in Maplewood, near Chicago, and preaching every Sunday in the railroad depot. A great revival is in progress in Zion’s Hill Baptist church, Tecum- sen, Neb. Rev. M. Heath, being too ill to assume pastoral labors, has taken charge of Wyoming In- stitute, Del. Baptists of England, America and France have laid the cornerstone and are pushing forward the first Baptist chapel ever erected in Puris, It ison the Rue de Lillie. The chapel is to seat 560 persons and to be completed in a year. PRESBYTERIAN, A Presbyterian church of fourteen members was recently organized at Delanco, N. J. The congre- gation at Moweaqua, Ill, have completed a ver neat church editice, under the ministry of Rey. C. K. Smeyer, at a cost of $3,000, It will be dedicated on September 29, The pastoral relation of the Rev. G. M. Clark and the United Pres- byterian church, East Boston, Mass. has been dissolved. The Rev. Dr. J. B. Adger, 0! Colum- bla Theological Seminary, S, O., has returned from England in excellent neaith. The Rev, J. B. Gris- wold, of Brooklyn, has accepted the call of the Presbyterian church at Port Jetferson, . ¥. The First Presbyterian church of Bing- namton, N. Y., has invited the Rev. Dr. Gulliver, ex-President of Knox College, to become its pastor, Rev. C, D. Kellogg has accepted a call | to the North Reformed Presbyterian Church, Passaic, N. J. Rev. John Daniel has accepted a cail to supply the church at Venice, Butler county, Ohio. v. J. L. Russell, of Middletown, has ac- cepted a call from the Park Presbyterian church, of Dayton, Ohio, to become their pastor. In con- re (eae of his impaired health, Rev. F. L. Nash, of Sacramento, Cal., has felt it to be his duty to re- sign his pastoral ae Rev. E. B, Wright, for- merly pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Stillwater, Minn., haa left that city for Austin, Texas. Rev. J. Giftin has given up the charge of the Albany and Newton Prestbyerian churches and desires another charge. The First Presbyterlan church, Stockton, Cal., has given a unanimous call to the Rev. Samuel Robinson, of Londonderry, Ireland. Rev. J. A. I. Lowes has removed from Oxtord, Ohio, to Wooster, Ohio, and entered upon his duties at the University in the latter place. The Presby- terlan church at Oxford, Ohio, is making an ‘earnest effort to secure the pastoral labors of Rey. J. W. Clokey, recent pastor of the United Presbyterian church at Richmond, Ind. The Rev. George P. Fol- som has accepted the call from the church in Baraboo, Wis., and commenced his labors. His congregation expect soon to enter upon the work of building @ fine church edifice. The Rev. J. W. Evans, who has been supply- ing the First Presbyteriah church of Min- eral Point, Wis., for several months with much acceptance, has been Fogularly instalied its pastor. The Rev. Henry R. Waite, formeriy of Union Theological Seminary, who has been preach- ing at the American chapel in raris, is to take charge of the American Union church in Rome in Octover. The pastoral relation of the Rev. A. H. Fullerton to the Beverly Presbyterian church, New Jersey, has been dissolved, The Rev. F. G, Clarke was duly installed pastor of the Tompkins avenue | (Brooklyn) Presbyterian church on Thursday even- ing Jast, Rey. Samuel Donaldson, a graduate of the Queen's University, Ireland, has been sent out by the Irish Presbyterian charch as a missionary to auitoba. The Rev. J. L. McKee, D. D., hus re- signed tie pastorate of the Pewer Presbyterian | | church, Kentucky, to accept a professorship in Centre College. Rev, Albert McCalla has resigned | the pastorate of the First Presbyterian church in | Emporia, Kansas, | EPISCOPALIAN. Bishop Eastman, of Massachusetts, who died in Boston on the 12th inst., was one of tie leading Low Church prelates of bis denomination, He was seventy-one years of age and had spent fifty years | in the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal Church, | and fortwenty years filled tie kpiscopal office, | ng succeeded Bishop Griswold in is43, whi ant he was for a year preceding that gentie- | man's de Bishop Whittinghain, of the Pro. | piscopal Church, of Maryli of Old Catholics at Cologne. The Rey, ©, ) and the Rev, H, George have returned, trom ete | missions in India, which they report in a very | prosperous condition, St. John’s parish, Yonkers, | of which the Rey. Mr. Langford is rector, expect to | take possession of their new church early in Novem- | ber, The building is considered fully equal to any in Westchester county, amd will seat comfort rsons; the cost will not ex- Robert T. Roach, D. D., has St. Paul’s Protestant resi co lurch, Philadel to take effect on the Mth of October. The Kev. F, Weston Bartlett has acce, sremmnrngeorshlp of Greek and Latin in the State Normal Scnool, Bloomsburg, Pa. He will also be et as rector of a ci in thet The Rey. J. 0. 8. Weills, on assi the rector- ship of All Sainte’ 101 cnt ighlands, a few met at the Hi days ago, was depot by several parishoners and driven to the rectory, where tea was spread and the larders and cellars were found filled with everything necessary for winter use and the house itself thoroughly fur- nished throughout. Bishop Williams, of Connecti- cut has issued for the use of his cle! ® special prayer to be said from this time until the close of pe Old Catholic Congress, now in session in Co- logne. The Rev. H. D. Greer is called to be rector of Grace church, Providence, R. I. ROMAN CATHOLIC, The Bight Rev. James Frederic Wood, D. D., Bishop of Philadelphia; Very Rev. 0, J. H. Carter, + Gy r of the Church of the Assumption, and Rev. A. J, McConomy, rector of the Cathedral, both of Philadelphia, are at present visiting New York. * A new parochial residence is now being bullt for the Kev. Father Rhatigan, pastor of St. Augustine's church, Brool it will be a handsome brick editice, trimmed with Dorchester stone, in Gothic style. The new chapel dedicated on Sunday, Sep- tember 8, by Bishop Laughlin, of Brooklyn, is under the charge of a new order—the Fathers of Mercy—a branch of the house at Twenty-fourth street, New York. Situated on Broadway, within half a mile of East New York, it Commands equally a birds-eye view of the city ee a delightful country view. A beautiful site Sf about twenty-four lots has been purchased, and on this the Fathers propose building a spacious convent, chiefly for novitiate: ny ses, ‘ihe collections ai all the churches in the diocese of Brooklyn to-day will be for the benefit of the House of the Good Shepherd, now temporarily situated at Kast New York. ‘The demands for entrance are so numerous and pressing that it is necessary to build large! and soon. fhey have purchased property on At- lantic avenue, near East New York. The colicctions for the Pope in the Catholic churches of the diocese of Newark amount to $6,568 40, Apostolic institute Schools ior the education of candidates for the riesthood, which have accomplished so much for Jatholicism in France and Belgium and are now being tried in England, are also urged for ado; tion in America, The ‘Old Catholic” Arch- bishop of Utrecht continues his _confirma- tion tour through Bavaria. At Meering 184 per- sons were confirmed. At the various places where the Archbishop stayed the inhabitants hung out flag, bells were rung, fires lighted on the hilis, and every sign of a general rojollng displayed. The Archbishop of Munich vainly strove to stay his Dutch brother's work by appealing to the Minister of Worship, but Herr von Lutz would not interfere. A correspondent writing from Kome to the Catholic Review noticing the licentiousness of the press and the theatres there, says of the latter that “it is not unusual to see promised as a special ‘tidbit,’ on the play-bilis, ‘an orgy of priests and nuns: ‘the tall of Sister Mary,’ &c., &c, Ballet girls, dressed up as religious women, play their parts to perfection and add to their usual immodest dances an extra dose of lasciviousness, whilst the chief comict, or comic actors, with bottié noses and ponderous bellies, en- act the parts of shameless and hypocritical priests, For the last Aortalehs or rather month this style of play has been gradually reaching the highest pos- sibie pitch of depravity in Rome.” The writer inti- mates also that the actors receive bribes from the government for special caricatures of the Catholic clergy; and the editor of the Aeview states that he has omitted from his paper a list of several plays sent him and presented at the Sefrestoro and Corea theatres, whose very titles are offensive to Christian decency. The Pope, sympathizing deeply with the loss of the Catholic Protectory recently by fire, has sent a table service of six pieces en vermeu, marked with his name, to be ais- posed of by rafile or by private sale, as Dr. Anderson, the President of the institution, may deem best for the Protectory’s benefit. The work on the Church of St. Mary Star of the Sea is being rapidly jushed on., The framework of the spire is already in position, and it is expected to be covered in before many weeks. When completed the spire will be fully 176 feet in height. The Archbishop of Turin recently confirmed 1,200 children at Carig- nano. The Very Rev. Father Leo da Saracena, 0. S. F., left this port on Saturday, September 14, per steamer Adriatic, en route to Rome. The rev- erend gentleman goes to pay a visit to his relatives, whom he has not seen for sixteen years, He will be absent about two months, MISCELLANEOUS. A Lutheran church in want of a minister gives notice that, having been surteited with eloquence. they are ready to be content with the pure milk of the word, In other words, they are now willing to hear the Gospel. Professor Hall, of Colby Univer- sity, has sailed for Europe. He will spend the Winter in Germany. Dr, A. S. Gibbons, President elect of the University of the Pacific, has reached California with his family safe and well, Rev. J. N. Martin, A.M, has been elected Professor of La guages in the Untversity of the Pacific. The Re- formed Dutchmen of Irving Park recently dedicated @ new church for their use. Rev. D. M. Henkel has resigned the charge of the Lutheran mission at Richmond, Va, Rev. A. J. Weddell, of Norristown, Pa., has declined the call extended to wim by the Lutheran church of Winchester, Va... Rev. 0. H. Williams, of Boston, has declined the call from the Congregational church at St. Albans, Vt. ‘The Rey. M. L. Williston, of Flushing, Long Island, has gone to Galesburg, IIL, as successor of the Rev. Edward Beecher, D. D. Rev. P. Coombe, D. D., Corresponding Secretary of the New Jerse: State Temperance Alliance, is laboring in Sout! Jersey with great success, fessor Mead, of An- dover Seminary, is absent in Europe. His place for the time being is filled by Rev. Selah Merrill (Con- regational), who is now yanked among the best iblical scholars in New England. The Rev. 3. C. Bartlett, D. D., of Chicago, will preach the sermon at the meeting of the Amerioan Board in New Haven the first week in October. Rey. Mr. Dalton, of Newark, N. J., returned from his trip in Europe one day last week and was met down the Bay by a nae of his parishioners, who had spent a night on he water waiting for his arrival. They greeted him heartily, National Religious Receipts. The following statement shows the receipts of the national religious socteties for the year 1871-2:— American Bible Society, sales. ...$361,274 American Bible Society, dona- ions... —— $538,192 American Tract Society, sales... . $410,903 American Tract Society, doi tions.. 538,182 American Home Mission Society. 204,566 American and Foreign Christian 82,579 American Colonization Society..... 40,661 American Sunday School sales. $235,960 American § donations 93,375 828,345, American Baptist Missionary Union 214,199 American Baptist Home Mission Society. 195,650 American Baptist Publication Society. 368 American Bible Union, ..........., . 58,684 American Female Guardian Society...... 52,474 American Seamen’s Friend Society. . 60,126 American Congregational Union.. . 58,000. Presbyterian Board Foreign Missions.... 457,212 Presbyterian Board Home Missions. . 331,043 Presbyterian Board Publication... + 843,167 Presbyterian Board Sustentation. . 41,073 Presbyterian Board Education... . 81,013, Presbyterian Board Church Erection..... 105,888 Presbyterian Board Freedmen...... . 69,195, Presbyterian Board Ministerial Relief.... 76,613 American Board Committee Foreign MISSIONS. ........0.00 0000 Kf 432,847 Missionary Society Methodist Epi Chureh.. seeveees 623,; American Missionary Association. 366,825 National Tempera: ce Society... 49,348 American Church Missionary Society. 70,985 Evangelical Knowledge Society 45,622 Evangelical Education Society ° 48,287 Woman’s Union Missionary Society...... 60,731 United Presbyterian Church Foreign Missions .. se eveseeee see 48,344 United Presbyterian Church Home sions.. a 1,793 United Presbyterian Church Freedme: 12,271 United Presbyterian Church Publicatic 27,500 United Presbyterian Church Extension 15,624 United Presbyterian Church Education.. 6,564 Rejormed Church Board Foreign Missions 69,323 Reformed Church Domestic Mission: 87,865, Reformed Church Building Fund 6,229 Reformed Church Education 24,634 Reformed Church Pubilcation 10,809 Protestant Episcopal Board Foreign sions +e ee 114,377 Protes' pal Domes Missions. 151,435 Protestant Episcopal Colored People..... 21,308, Total. vee $6,724,410 ARCHBISHOP BAYLEY, The Primate Preparing to Move to Baltimore. The statement published in a religions journal that Archbishop Bayley was striving to be excused from the burden of the great office to which he has been elevated, is pronounced incorrect. On the | contrary, the most reverend gentleman is making active preparations to leave Newark by the middle of next month, about the th Prior to his departure the clergymen of the diocese of Newark intend to give hima substantial proof of their regret at his leaving, and their hap- pines at his having been the honored recipient of such high ecclesiastical honors. A few days since a pallium, a consecrated vestment in the iorm ofa scarf or mantle, composed of white wool and embroidered with purple crosses, worn by the Pope and sent by him as @ mark of honor to patriarchs, primates and sometimes — to bishops, was ‘received from Rome by Bishop ‘This if an honor which, in olden , Was conferred only when the new archbishop asked forit in person or by proxy. Upon whom hopic of this diocese will be conferred ppussibie to state, In New York, cll Of bishops Was held to decide vpon thr to be forwarded to Rome for the posi Lion. Jorrigan, of Seton Hali College, has requested that Rev. Pather Doane periorm the duties of the ovice left vacant until Bishop bay aid successor is appomted, This request is made by the Rev. Father in consequence of the aifuirs of the college requiring bis coustaut attention, THE GERMAN JESUITS, The Expulsion of the Fathers from the German Empire. BISHOP KETTELER’S REMONSTRANCE. Relations of the People to the Jesuits. DRIVEN FROM THE CONFESSIONALS. The Schools Closed and the Fathers Ordered to Depart. EXCITEMENT AMONG THE PEOPLE. The Police and Citizens of Essen in Bloody Conflict. WHERE WILL THE WANDERERS G0? BERLIN, Sept. 8, 1872. When the law was passed against tne Jesuits some months ago, there were some people who might have thought that the law would not have been carried strenuously into offect. “His bark is worse than his bite,” was the remark made by some with regard to the Chancellor of the German Empire; in passing this law he merely makes a threat; he merely wishes to show the Jesuits that if they venture to take any measures in opposition to his views he has an instrument ready to his hand, by which he can punish them.” This view of Prince Bismarck’s intentions has proved to be entirely incorrect; the law against the Jesuits has been carried into almost immediate operation; and at this moment the members of the Society are busy packing up their goods and taking leave of their old homes, and pupils and devotees, previous to an early departure from the German Fatherland. Many others have already leit Germany behind them. Let me give youa HISTORY OF THE PRESENT STATE OF THE QUESTION. First, there was a dispute with regard to the in- terpretation of the law. The Jesuits and their friends were willing to give up the teaching in the schools; but they insisted that this and this only was the scope of the law against their Order. The government officials, however, took a very different view of the question, and maintained that the State would be satisfied with nothing short of a complete expulsion of the Jesuits fromthe country. The Jesuits found an able defender of their view of the case in the person of Baron von Ketteler, the eloquent and energetic Bishop of Mayence. The argument of the Jesuits was that they could, as secular priests, hear confessions, visit the sick, and perform the like spiritual offices. Ina letter to the government the Bishop writes:—I can- not omit to point out that the carrying out of the Imperial law has received application here which even exceeds the severity of the action of the gov- ernment in Prussia, I must believe that a misun- derstanding exists on this point. The priests have been forbidden to hear confessions. Neither the imperial law nor the decree of the Federal Council gives this authority, and the meas- ure attacks so fundamentally the rights of conscience of individual Catholics that I regard its being carried out as morally impossible. No State authority can have the right to forbid me in my affairs of conscience from seek- ing advice where I please. This original natural right cannot be withneld from the Vatholics of Mayence.” ADVOCATES OF THE FATHERS. Nor was this the only effort made. by the Catho- lics to maintain the rights of their father confes, sors. As many of your readers are doubtless aware, the Jesuits, wherever they make their ap- pearance, at once become not only the favorite preachers, but also the favorite confessors of the Catholic population. This is easily accounted for. RELATIONS OF THE JESUITS TO THE PEOPLE. The ranks of the Jesuits are recruited from the ablest men, These men go through a training which is unparalleled for length and intensity; ac- cordingly, penitents crowd to the confessional of the Jesuits, for in them they find men capable of clearly understanding the condition of their souls, and of giving them the most suitable counsel. To deprive Jesuits then, of the right of hearing confes- sional, isto deprive many Catholics of their most trusted and best beloved advisers. It is not sur- prising, under these circumstances, to find that the Catholics of Mayence have backed up their Bishop, A number of citizens have presented an address to Baron von ¢Ketteler, in which they say:—‘As citizens of the German Empire and the Grand Duchy of Hesse we demand the freedom of exercising our religion, which has existed of old and which has been con- stitutionally recognized. For this purpose we should, in the first place, have free communication with those priests whom our higher authorities send to us, and who, as teachers and father-con- fessors, possess our confidence.” THE CATHOLICS NOT HOSTILE TO THE EMPIRE. In reply to this address the Bishop uses the fol- lowing emphatic words:—“Everything that has been said to justify these measures is only an un- founded pretext—everything said on the subject is untrue. It is untrue that the Catholics are hostile to the Empire—untrue that the Empire is threatened by the decrees of the Vatican Council. All the other reproaches which are uttered against them, and which I could not possibly enumerate, are untrue.” In addition to this a number of noblemen in Westphalia have drawn up an ad- dress, in which they strongly protest their admira- tion of the Jesuits and their dissatisfaction with the measures which have been taken against them. This being the state of Catholic feeling, some idea can be formed of the effects that will be produced by the carrying out of PRINCE BISMARCK'S LAW. I now proceed to detail the instances in which the law has been carried into operation. Opera- tions began in Prussian Poland, and nobody will deny that things were carried on there with promptitude. The very day the law was published the police authorities proceeded to a sniall town named Gniewkowo. Here the Jesuits were preach- ing what the Catholics call a “Misssion’—that ts, were giving a series of religious exercises, extend- ing over ten or twelve days, The “Mission” had Still two days to run before It terminated. The po- lice authorities, however, would not allow this in- terval of grace, and insisted that the Jesuits should cease to officiate forthwith. This is case No. 1, CASE NO. 2 is also in Prussian Poland. In Schrimm the Jesuits had a large establishment, partly consisting of priests and partly of what are calied lay brothers. The ist of August was the anniversary of St. ignatius, the founder of the Order, To celebrate this event the Jesait Fathers had invited to Schrimm a large number of Catholics, lay and clert- cal, from the neighborhood, On the very morning of the anniversary the authorities came and ordered them to de from the performance of any re- ligious offives. The students were ordered to leave within eight days, provided they were German sub, jects. Two Austrian subjects were ordered to leave Germany within three days. The church of the Jesuits was then closed and the keys taken away. Alter some time the Jesuit Fathers asked permis- sion to be allowed to say mass. This was granted. The Jesuits invited a secular priest to say mass in their church, and a large number of Catholics came to attend mass, Thereupon a number of gendarmes were sent to the charch, and these taking up posi_ tions at the door, prevented tne people from enter, ing. The rector complained of this conduct, and the gendarmes were removed, At the same time the Jesuits received = quict hint that the sooner they left the better. ASE NO, 8. ‘The Jesuits had an establisnment near Oppeta, on the estate of s wealthy Catholic nobleman. They were ordered to leave in eight days. OaSE NO. 4, The Jesuits, who had @ large teaching establish. ment in Metz, have all emigrated to Belgium. CASE NO. 6, In Munster the church belonging to the Jesuits has been closed, and two Jesuits who used to preach in the pulpits of secular clergy in the city have been ordered to do 80 no longer, CASE NO, 6, The Jesuits in Cologne have received orders te give up preaching, hearing confessions and au other religious offices. CASE NO, 7. In Mayence, which is a very Catholic city, the Jesuits were treated even more unceremoniously than elsewhere, Their doom came on a critical day—namely, the 14th of August. The 16th of Au- gust, as everybody knows, is a great day with Cath- olics, being the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin. 1t is usual for Catholics to receive the sacrament on the leading festivals of the Church, and it being necessary to confess before receiving the sacraments the confessionals are always crowded on the evening previous to a great festival. This was the case in Mayence on the even- ing of August 14. The Jesuit Fathers were in the confessionals busy hearing the confessions of the faithful who crowded the church. It would seem as if the authorities wished to make their conduct as disagreeable as possible, for they did not come with their communications until seven o'clock im tho evening. The priests had thus to give up hear-’ ing confessions at a moment when thelr services were most urgently required. OASH NO. 8 y 1s Just as hard, ‘This is the case of the Jesuit estab-! lishment at Marlasaach. In this establishment there were twenty priests, 120 students and twenty lay brothers. It was, in fact, @ central establish- ment of the Order. In a few months’ time the Jesuits will have to leave this establishment behind them. CASE NO. 9. In this case—that of the town of Essen— ° things did not go on as quietly as the au- thorities might have wished. When the people of the town learned that the authorities were about to expel the Jesuits great commotion prevailed. After a while things began to look serious. The people filled the streets and after a while # conflict began between them and the police. The people fired stones; the police made use of their swords. This kind of street fighting went on for two or three days, and Heaven knows how it would have ended had not a strong body of soldiers been de- spatched to Essen from some of the neighboring towns. As it was three or four people were killed and a large number wounded. OTHER CASES, In addition there are three or four others cases,’ which I shall pass over as I have already written at length to show how the war against the Jesuits is being waged. Imay add that Prince Bismarck has not confined his attacks to the Jesuits; THE REDEMPTORIST FATHERS have also been suspended, Even more, the Sisters of the Christian Doctrine and the Ladies of the Sacred Heart have been ordered to close their con- vents, WHERE WILL THE WANDERERS GO? The Jesuits now being expelled from Germany, the question arises, “Where will the wanderers go?” Austria, as being the nearest, was first spoken of, and thereupon the liberal press of that country began to grow very indignant. At pres- ent it is impossible to say what will be the conduct of Austria, One thing, however, is certain. Whether Count Andrassy, the Aus- trian Minister for Foreign Affairs, has any love or Not for the Jesuits, he does not approve Prince Bis- marck’s line of conduct. In the negotiations at Gastein last year Prince Bismarck endeavored to induce Andrassy to adopt a policy against the Catholic Church similar to his own. A journal closely connected with Count Andrassy declares that he refused to accept Bismarck’s suggestions, TEMPLE EMANUEL. Curs on Him Who Misleadeth the Blind—How it May be Done—<Corners” fim Gold and Grain—Sermon by Rev. Dr. Gutheim. A goodly congregation gathered yesterday in the Temple Emanuel. As the Jewish holiday season approaches this is the case annually in all the syna- gogues, for though Israelites may not enter a synagogue during the balance of the year, they are morally certain to be present regularly during the holidays and for a short time before and after. The Scripture lesson read yesterday in the Temple were parts of Deut. xxvil. and xxvil., than which Dr. Gutheim declared there was not a more interesting in the whole Pentateuch. Is- racl {8 commanded to write the words of the covenant in stone and the Lev- ites are divided into two bands and sent upon Mount Gerizim and the other on Mount Ebal, and to pronounce from one mount blessing upon the observers of the law, and from the other curses upon the violators thereof, And this is in ac-’ cordance with the doctrines of Judaism, which recognise man as @ free moral agent. But the Doctor invited his hearers to look especially at the last few verses of chapter xxvil. and the frat few of vxvill., wherein these curses are directed against THE SECRET SINS OF THE LIFR, which no eye can see but God's. To all such sins’ there is this counteracting command given, “Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God.” And in all those things where human law cannot speak God's law does speak out. Verse 18, to which the Doctor di- rected particular attention, pronounces a curse on him who turneth the blind out of the way. We can easily see, he sald, what a great sin it is to place a stumbling block in the way of the blind, or to turn him out of the way and lead him into danger. But this law applies to all relations of life—to whom- soever may lead his neighbor astray. He is guilty of violating its spirit. e Doctor TN sh out the many ways in which thfs jaw is regarded, and men deceive and lead their neighbors astray. Look at commerce, he said, and think how much it has done for civilization. It has thrown down the barriers and been the most potent nt in cultivating intercourse among nations. Yet how often is this law disregarded, and “CORNERS” IN GOLD AND IN GRAIN are created that the knowing ones may mislead the blind, And when this is permitted in a communi a Pa prevail and the fear of God is n known, id this is true of every phase of life and business. The gr advocate tries with all his skill and learning to lead the jurymen astray, that the criminal may not be punished, but go free. Nor is the pulpit free from this sin of misleading to-day. To-day its ministers are orthodox; to-morrow th are reformers. While they preach peace and will to men one day they are ready to resist every fancied indignity on the next. Politics, too, is amenable to the just censure of this law. Does it mean love of country now ? his the highest ob- ject of politictans? Read their speeches, The, slander some of the best men in the country, a1 work only for their own aggrandisement and care nothing for country or aught else. This ts not what Judaism teaches, ‘No. It harbors nothing, nor does it inculcate anything which may mislead ‘the blind or turn the simple out of the way. The Doctor quoted from the Talmud in support of this state- ment. Another bins 3 too, to which this law bo) No] is the education o! children, The relations o| Parents and children have been characteristically amiable in Jewish families, But he feared there are some parents who do not now train their children right, and it is sad to know that THERE ARE PRAYERLESS HOMES \ where supplications are never offered and religous instruction 18 never given, and where, conse- quently, there is no communion among the mem- bers of the family. “Let us,” sald the Doctor, “do God's will and deserve His piesa Let us try to be always true and not seek to mistead any, for in the most tender words docs God address us and bid us beware lest we turn the blind out of the way. And if we obey His laws He has .promised to bless us in our basket and in our store, in our going out and in our coming in, in our lying down and in our uprising, and in all that we undertake and do we shall enjoy the blessing of God here and shall He down atiast in hope of a blessed im- mortality, Amen’? “ADMIRAL” O'KEEFFE, The News! Cadet Off for Annapolis. The little lad O'Keeffe, who so nobly won the naval cadetship from the Fifth Congressional dis- trict, leaves this city to-morrow for his future home at Annapolis. Te carries wih him the good wishes of the entire city, inasmuch as his appoint- ment and advancement will be regarded as a test between democracy and aristocracy, He will be accompanied by Mr. Michael J. Kelly, who acted as chiefof the examining committee in this city,and his course will be watched by the press and public ofthe metropolis. He is a bright and active young ad and no doubt has a brillant future before bum.

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