The New York Herald Newspaper, December 22, 1872, Page 13

- RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. December 22---Fourth Sunday in Advent. TO-DAY’S SERVICES. A Reply to the Rev. George Hep- worth’s Disciple. THE BIBLE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Ordination of an Episcopal Clergyman as a Catholic Priest. Imposing Dedication Ceremonies in St. Thomas’ Chapel. Visit of a Russian Prince to cu the Holy Father. MOVEMENTS OF THE CLERGY. Services To-Day. A discourse on ‘fhe Cave of the Nativity” will be delivered at nalt-past ten o'clock, im Canal street Presbyterian church, by Rev. David Mitchell. There will be another great meeting im behalf of city mission work held this evening in the Allen Street Methodist Episcopal church. The following Bamed spenkers have engaged to address the @Meeting:—Kev. H. Aston, pastor of Second street churoh;@Mr. ©. H. Applegase, who will preside, and Mr. W. K. Peyton. At Apolio Hall Thomas Gales Forster, trance Bpeakor, lectures at half-past ten o’clock A. M. Subject—“Onristmas and Its Suggestions.” Bishop Snow will preach in the University, Wash- ington square, at three P, M. Subject—“Etfects of the Seventh Vial.”’ Rev. B. C. Sweetser will preach in the church Corner of Bleecker and Downing streets, Morning subject—Freparations for the Birth of Christ.” Evening subject—“Lucre Hill.” Services begin at ® quarter to eleven A. M. and half-past seven P. M. At the Churen of the Resurrection Rev. Dr, Flagg, rector, will preach morning and evening. At the Church of the Strangers Rev. Dr. Deems is to preach at half-past ten A. M. and half-past seven P. M. Divine service will be held at the French Church du St. Esprit, Rev. Dr. Verren, rector, at half-past ten o'clock. At the Lexington avenue Methodist Episcopal church there will be preaching by the pastor, Rev. ¥F.8. De Hass, D. D., at halfpast ten A. M. and seven o'clock P. M. ‘The Preapyterian Memorial church, corner of Madison avenue and Fifty-third street, will be opened for divine worship to-day. Sermon in the morning, at cleven o'clock, by the pastor, Rev. ‘Charles 8. Robinson, D. D. In the evening, at half- past seven o'clock, public service will be held, at which addresses are expected from Revs. Dr. Hast- ‘ings, Dr. Elder, Dr. Foss, Mr. Hepworth, Mr. Ganse and Dr. 8. H. Tyng, Jr. Rev. John Hall, D. D., will preach this evening, ‘at halfpast seven o’clock, in the Fourth Presbyte- risen church, before the Young Men's Association of the church. ‘ Rev. Dr. Butler, of the Mexican Mission, will preach at half-past ten A. M., and Rev. ©. 8. Har- rower at haif-past seven P. M., at St. Luke’s Meth- @dist Eptscopal church. Rev. Dr. Cheever preaches this evening in Uni- ‘versity chapel, on»“Prayer as the protest and demonstration of God in the soul against the philosophy of evolution.” Rev. W. H. Pendieton preaches morning and evening in the Fifty-third street Baptist church. Bubject—“The Annunciation,” and “The Angel’s Oratorio.” Rev. Henry Powers preaches at the Church of the Messiah. Subject of sermon, morning—“Profit of Godliness.” Evening, lecture to young people ; sub- fect—“Marriage.” At the Russian-Greek chapel there will be divine service at cleven o'clock. Rev. Father Bjerrigg will A third sermon to the young will be preached by ‘Dr. Holmes, pastor of Trinity baptist church, this @ay. Subject—“Consctence in the Pursuit of Busi- @ess and Pleasure.” “The Coming of the Lord” will be the subject at he Catholic Apostolic church. All are invited, At thé Wainright Memorial church Rev. W. T. Egbert, rector, there will be services at half-past ten A. M. and half-past seven P. M. Rev. A. B, Oarter will preach in the evening. At the Sixth Avenue Reformed church Rev. J. C. ‘Dutcher, former pastor of this church, will preach at balf-past ten A. M. and half-past seven P. M. Rev. Dr. Bellows preaches in All Souls church. Rev. Heber Newton in Anthon Memorial church, Rev. U, H. Dunnell in Free church, corner of Hen- ry and Scammel streets. Charity lecture, by Rev. J. L. Spalding, in Church Of St. Paul the Apostie. Bleecker street mission, sermon. Rev. J. L, Shackelford, in the Church of the Re- deemer, Eighty-fourth street. Choral service in Church of St. Mary the Virgin. Rev. Hugh Miller Thompson in Christ church, Fifth avenue. Rev. Drs. Butler and Harrower in St. Luke’s Methodist church. Rev. George Hepworth, morning and evening, in Steinway Hall. Rev. Halsey W. Knapp in the Laight Street Mis- sion. Rev. Dr. Ewer in St. Ignatius church twice dur- dng the day. Pastor Barnhardt in “Old Forsyth Street’ church. Catholic Apostolic church; preaching. Rev. John Cotton Smith, D. D. Fourth and last lecture in the Church of the Ascension. Rev. Dr. Morgan preaches in St. Chrysostom's chapel. Rev. George Hepworth and “E. B.” To THe EvitoR oF THE HERALD :— ‘Will you permit me to say a few words in your great journal in reply to “E. B.'s” “open letter” to his friend and spiritual guide, Dr. Hepworth? Of course all who are familiar with the higher walks of American literature know “E. B.’’ It is a pity thats soul so imbued with genius, so quivering with sensibility, should tremble upon the verge of eternal ruin because his beloved pastor has experi- enced a change of heart without making it certain that he has not gone astray in his new relations. Let me attempt to pours healing balm into that agitated soul; let me attempt to calm that troubled conscience. The two questions propounded are:—First—Has our friend found the true faith? Second—Isheduly commissioned to preach it? These momentous questions the gifted “E. B." cannot answer aMrm- atively—first, because his spiritual guide, having Jed him both into and out of Unitarianism, may continue to change; and, second, because the three leading pastors who installed brother Hep- srorth do not at all agree im sectarian opinions; hence no certainty, hence no spiritual confidence, ence mo salvation. This is, indeed, a sad state of roy Rep it admit of palliation. I grieve for the afflicted soul of poor “E. B.," which he fears may be rey sd aged lest, Shin position of his de cause of gue peer. ar spiritual guide. Bul there ‘ao baim in Gilead, is there n. fi sician there A Ly the soul Logg, Aigo dou ia — gs \f reason 3 no boon, dear “E, 'B.," to be quit of Unitarianiam through’ the efforts of the very man whe led you into that horrid heresy? Is it an unreasonable postula! beloved taecofery. Sead gone out, will stay Ham OS SGMPOBADIY Certain thes NeW YORK HEKALD, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1872.--QUADRUP;LE SHEET, ther changes will be im the opposite direction? Did not our friend, in relating his “ex- rience’ the assembled ministers in he = Brick own wp that he Was an vtter infidel before he was 2 Unitarian, and ignoring you, “E. B.," declare that he hi over made a@ convert to Unitarianism? Is it likely he would go back on himself when St. Hippodrome, is 80 nearly finished for his future vocal victories t Take courage, trembling neophite! By so much at heart may your soul's distress be assuaged. Your friend, if tie does not stand still in absolute cer- tainty, is marching on a greater and greater dis- tance from the 1oolish faith of Unitarians, And why be troubled about the regularity of our friend’s commussion to preach? Why not stick to him as weil as to another? Why not rather than to any other? Being commissioned by men of three creeds, is he got more likely to have the whole faith tuan either one of them alone? Who ssesses that unchallenged commission trom God Oo which you vaguel refer? Who has a certain commission ‘which nobody can deny?’ Even Catholics impute error -to cach other. All Protestants and Greeks charge error upon all Catholics. Of course all Catholics returm the compliment, Again, the inpumerable Protestant sects accuse each other of error, and even wor- shippers in the same denomination charge each other with error and schism. In every sect, ev where tndiyiduals differ, it 18 agreed that ortho- doxy 18 their doxy and heterodoxy is the doxy of everybody else. This they all positively know; are Certain of it; have it revealed direct from heaven by the lips of their own pastors, It is, perhaps, a great pity that things are not more regular in religion, but ‘KE. B.” is not responsible; his soul, Which tioubles him so nich, is not re- sponsible; noboay, whether troubed or By panos in his soul, is responsible. Some will pay ii it had. been infended toat things saculd absolutely regular, the Bible or some other aufhorized and universally recognized medium woul@ have down the whole process so that none could 20 things to. be a we must. either nate all mixed, attempts at unfiormity in religion are that the time for fixing things with mathematical certainty has not yet come about. Beeoher’s com- FEACLOS Hall's, bel mission is good enough, as long. as he good sermons ‘does good work, and 2 and 80 perhgps is Tyng, Jr.’s, although ho in his own Church, Truly says “KE. .,! can give another man {resection over soul it 1s the power of God which gives a man moral influ- ence over the souls of other men. God calls whem He wiils; and no ceremony, no form of words, no imposition of hands can confer spiritual authority (except in a pertunctory way), although men call- ing themseives a church, or the successors of apostles, or actually being such successors, may say “receive the Holy Ghost.” ‘Therefore, O friend “8. B, 1” follow him who is most likely tolead you, in your own sweet words, to “being forever with God.”’ If you found peace in Unitarianism until Hepworth gave it BP, and find peace in it no more, why not follow still where Hepworth leads? One with your susceptible and wavering soul should ever follow the lead of stronger nepnret The Bible im the Public Schools, To THE Epiror OF THE HER#LD:— Knowing the HgRap’s love of fair play I can justiy presume on your kindness to insert the fol- lowing :— “Atheos”’ holds, im his reply to Rev. Mr. McAllis. ter, that Mr. Weaver is right in his decision, and, therefore, right in excluding the Bible from our schools. This questien has been greatly mooted for some time past, and, since it isone in which noi only Rev. Mr. McAllister and “Atheos” are in- terested, but every parent and chilé throughout the length and breadth of the land, I respectfully take the liberty of saying a few words in reply. With all due respect to our State Superintendent, I beg to say that his decision is unfair and very pre- judicial to the best interests of this nation and to the wishes and long-established customs of the majority of its peaple. Our government is one founded upon the will of the people, and since we know that a vast majority ofour people believe in supernaturally revealed truths, as recorded in the Bible, and since that ma- jority desire that these truths shall be taught in our public schools and public institutions, it is a great injustice to our people to be deprived of the exercise of aright guaranteed by the will and by the established customs of the Err ial as the peo- ple. The right claimed is “not alone m the fact that the Bible is a record of God’s revelation to man, but also from the fact that the majority of our citizens demand that the trutls contained in a certain book shall be taught in our public schools and institutions, both as a preventative and a remedy for vice; and hence whether God exists or not; whether he has made a revelation or not; whether this book be a correct record of such revelations or not, are not the questions in dispute, and may or may not be assumed. “Atheos” helds that secular education does not lead to atheism. Icould wish that it might ever be said with truth that secular teaching does not lead to the fearfui and to the blasphemous opinions ad- vanced by ‘‘Atheos.”” The absence of heat, the want of heat, the negation of heat are expressed by the term ‘cold ;*' the absence of God, the want of God, the negation of God are expressed by the term “atheism.” The absence, of God in our pag and in our public institutions is in so far the ignorance of God, the want of God, the tion of God; it is in so far nogodism; it is in atheism. Therefore, secular education leads eism. Atheism, as Plato says, is a disease of the soul before it becomes an error of the mind— that is, what we commonly calla sin. Atheism is irresponsibility, and in its relations to society must be criminal im its logical consequences. Mr. Weaver, by his decision, has in so far aided in the dissemination of atheism, in the dissemina- pits sin and, indirectly, in the dissemination of crime. “Atheos” says, should the system of sectarian schools and sectarian appropriations be adopted, he hopes @ proportionate amount will be given to the sect that shall teach the non-existence of God, as well as to the various sects that shall teach their discordant ideas of the existence of a Supreme Being, and of their relationship to Him. This language ‘“Atheos” should know, is not high! Peete | to Christian ea! comes him te insult the convictions ings of any fellow citizen, to say nothing of the great majority of our fellow citizens. I hope the good vaste and sense of the American people and of the whoie human race will ever keep us from so great & disgrace as to appropriate the public funds for the dissemination of atheism, of falsehood, of sin and of crime, as proposed by “‘Atheos.” If we are to have atheism taught and supported by our government to our children and in our schools, if God's revealed word, His precepts and His laws, if the will of the great majority of the people shall be excluded from our jails, our prisons, our reforma- tories and our homes, institutions erected and maintained by this same majority, surely the sooner we understand ourselves and each other the better; for those who are taxed for the support of these institutions could hardly be will- ing nor could they be compelled to pay money for. the disseminati f the additional sin of atheism among crimit and culprits, and not only among criminals and culprits but among their own children. If the ignorance of God is the great good to be reaped in our public schools, our Institutions, our asylumns and our homes—if this shall be the glorious aim and future of our mighty nation, of a great and intelligent tctreied our government can exist only on condition that God shall be put out of it—ifGod must leave our ideas of public affairs, our conditions and our thoughts— if our public life must separate.itself from God—it God must be driven out of His-own creation, in order that the American government may exist— if I must choose between Scylla and Charybdis, then let me a thousand times prefer to write and raise the epitaph of this Republic rather than to bury God in the midst of his own creation. y PRESBYTERIAN. Dedication of St. Thomas’ Chapel, in Sixtieth Street, Yesterday—Discourse by the Right Rov. Bishop Potter. The Free Chapel of St. Thomas’ church, the cor- ner stone of which was laid in Uctober tast in Six- tieth street, between Second and Third avenues, was yesterday opened for public worship by the consecration of the edifice to the service of God. Rey. Bishop Potter conducted the religious cere- monies, which were participated in by a large congregation. The Bishop was assisted by a num- ber of clergy. Rev. W. D. Walker, of Cal y church, led the opening services; Rev. F. L. Nor- | ton read the lessons; Rev, J. J. Roberts read the morning prayer. The Bishop conducted the ante- communion services and delivered the sermon om the occasion. The celebration of the communion was by the Sishop, assisted by Rev. Drs. Walker and Price, ere were also present Rev. Dr. Flagg, of the Church of the Trans- liguration; K ev. Mr. Nesbet, of Brighton, England, and the rector of St. Thomas’ church, Rev. William F. Morgan. The chapel is a commodious orick structure. plain but neat in all ks appoint- ments, and is free to the public. It is the creation of the young men of the St. Thomas Association, who have long felt the necessity of the erection of a house of worship im this locality. ie of the chief promoters of the work is William J. Peake, of the firm of Peake & Opdycke. At the conclusion of the usual services Bishop Potter preached am earnest and eloquent dis- course, taking for his text the twentief ter of St. John, descriptive of Christ’ ance to Thomas, the discipie, Tr resurrection, In openimg his discourse the Bishop stated that on the 4th of October he had assisted in laying the for for chape! which on this St. mi secrated, The erection of the c! iL seemed like a wondrous Christian miracle, and to-day we re- turned to find ip place of @ mass of u ma- teriais that these materials had wh into a oodly house, made for the worship of the glorious inityethe Father, Son and Holy Ghost—where prayer and praise will ascend to God, and the way- worn stranger, the weary and heavy laden, can hear the truths and receive the heavenly light. After dwelling upon the Cia which the society had exhibited in the gomnies oh of the structure the Bishop exp the hope that it might con- tinue, for age after age, te be gnown as the houso of Ggg. OMy ypaerday tha Episcopalians of tue con. World—in India, the islands of the sea, in Rome and China—bowed dowa in prayer to God to send more laborers into the field. Everywhere we see the harvest ripening an anxious laborers ready to roer = it. we meet to in allowi us to erecé another temple to His praise. The Bishop briefly referred to ‘Thomas’ unbelief in the resurrection of his beloved Master, and ke of the divinity of Christ, which on the third day came through His triumph over death and hell. ° The faith of St. Thomas sprung w in the presence of truth, and it was afterw: vindicated by his labors in planting churches in the East and in his martyrdom. ‘this was a glorious faith that sprung up by the side oF the risen Lord, He explained that this faith is main- tained by these holy sacraments anu’ by this ex- ample shown in His word as plainly as if He were stlil present with us, The Lord is unseen by us, but with the visible body of Christ on earth doing its works of charity and love and Christ-like workers all around us, our faith in the anscen God is eatabiiaed,, se we may excinim with St. ly Lord, my God.” To do for thousands in this fm pie what the visible appearance of the Lord did for St. Thomas is to exhibit our liv- ing faith in Christ by works which will show that our Church is the Church ot Christ. The Paulist Chaurch—A Dignitary of the Episcopal Church Ordained a Priest— His Conversion, Career and Reception Into The Church—Ceremonies of the Ordination. i The Church of the Paulist Fathers, on Fifty-ninth strect and Ninth avenue, was densely crowded yes- terday morning by s congregation composed prin- cipally of the Osthotics of the ‘parish, but inter- mixed to a noticeable degree with mombers of various other denominations, ail of whom gathered to witness the ordination of Dr. James Stone, for- moerly ® distinguished clorgyman of the'Rpiscopa- Nan Church and President of the Episcopal Col- leges.of Hobart and Kenyon successively. The reverend gentleman was received into the Catholic faith about three years ago. The appeal then issued by the Pope in the form of an allocution to the numerous religious denominations of which Christianity is composed, to give due study and attention to the tenets of Catholic doctrine, at- tracted the notice of the reverend gentleman and tested with success the tendency of his ideas, as well as the sound reagoning of his logical mind, After some three months’ deliberation and hard study in his own private capacity he finally con- cluded to become ® member of the Catholic Church. After his conversion he immediately joined the congregation of St. Paul the Apostle, commonly known as the Paulist Order, and has since been prosecuting his studies for the priest- hood under their direction. During this time also he bas written the weil known controversial work, “The Invitation Heeded,’’ in which he tells the story of his conversion and answers all objections which can or may be brought up against the Church, The work, like the Rev. Dr. Newman's “Loss and Gain” and “Grammar of Assent,” has engaged the attention and patronage of thousands of his Protestant friends and admirers, and has been also the cause of very many conversions to Catholicity. Yesterday this distinguished convert reached the climax of his hopes in this world by presenting himself before the altar of God asa candidate for the priesthood, to which resj formally ordained by the McCloskey. nsible office he was jost Rey. Archbishop THE CEREMONIES commenced in the sanctuary of the sacred and graceful edifice ut nine o’clock A.M. In the sanc- tuary were present the Most Rev. Archbisho| with palium and mitre on; the Very Rev. J. T. Hecker, who acted as archdeacon during the cere- monies; Rev. Fathers Farrell and Brady, assist- ants tothe Archbishop, and Rev. Father Searle, assistant to the ordinandus, or candidate for ordi- nation. There were also present very many of the secular clergy of the city, with all the fathers and students of the Paulist community. At the begin- ning of mass the ordinandus preseated nimself be- fore the altar, with a chausable folded on his left arm and a wax taper in his right hand, indicating that he had previously received tonsure, minor orders and peepee During the interim of the Episde and Gospel he remained at the Episcopal side. Immediately before the Gos- pel he was allied by mame and _ pre- sented by the Archdeacon to the Archbisnop, after whose address he prostrated himself on the floor of the sanctuary and remained in prostration while the Litany of the Saints was being sung, which affecting scene was at length interrupted by the three solemn invocations iven him by the Archbishop, viz:—“Ut une electam preseniem benedicere di ”” repeated three times, with the words sanctijicare inserted in the second invocation and consecrare in the third, to each of which the choir answers, “Te bis vale) audi nos.” Then came the imposi- 9 tion nds, first by the Archbishop and then by all the priests present, each of whom put on & stole specially for so solemn a moment. The Arch- bishop then placed first the stole and then the chausable onthe neck of the ordinandus. During the singing of the “Veni Creator” the unction of the hands with holy oi) took piace, alter which the ordinandus takes the chalice and paten and re- ceives power from the Archbishop to offer the sacrifice of the mass. This closes the ordination roper. ‘the ordinandus afterwards knelt on a falistool in the centre of the sanctuary, on which a missal was placed, and read aloud with the cele- brant the remaining portions of the mass, After the communion the ‘Jam dicam non servos” was sung, during which the Archbishop, putting both his bands on the now ordained priest, eae him power to absolve sins, in the words of the Saviour, ‘‘Whosoever sins you shall forgive they are forgiven, and whosoever sins you shall retain they are retained.”” The chausable being then un- folded the Archbishop continued, “May the Lerd invest thee with the stole of innocence,” after which the newly-ordained priest pronounced the promise of obedience to superiors and received from the Archbishop the final benediction, con- cluding with the impressive words, ‘Pax Domini sit semper tecum.” After the reading of the last prayers and before plete Bier the sanctuary the Rev. Father Stone gave his blessing to the congregation and after- Wards individually to many visitors and friends. Being the teast of St. Thomas the Apostle, the vestments and ornaments of the altar were red, but the reverend father, according to the ri received holy orders in white vestments elabo- rately embroidered. The Rev. J. M. Spaulding, nephew of the late Archbishop of Baltimere, will lecture this evening in the Paulist churen, Filty-ninth street and Ninth avenue—subdject, “St. Columba, the type of Irish character.” A crowded audience is expected, The Grand Duke Nicholas’ Visit to the Pope—Probable Settlement of the Polish The Grand Duke Nicholas, nephew of the Em- peror of Russia, was at latest dates on a visit to the Pope. . His presence in Rome has given rise to considerable speculation. The relations between the government at St. Petersburg and the Vatican, which were fora long time on an unsatisfactory basis,have recently improved, and the consequences are made manifest in tne better treatment of the Poles. The Holy Father has always raised his voice in defence of the Poles, and when the Catho- lic prelates were banished by the Czar, he vigor- ously condemned the cruel policy. The Grand Duke has been received in a special audience by the Pope, and there is talk of an alliance between France, Prussia, Austria and the Papacy, but simi- lar rumors almost invariably obtain circulation when great dignitaries visit Kome, What has sig- nificance, however, ia that the Prussian govern- ment bas asked the exiled Polish bishops to renounce their sees, on which condition they are tobe at liberty to return and enjoy suitabie in-+ comes, This proposition the bisnops have de- clinea, One of their number died recently on his way to Siveria. The religious difficulty in Poland, it is thought, can be settled by the appointment of new prelates, to be nominated by the Czar and confirmed by the Pope. in 1804 the First Napoleon endeavored to induce the French prelates who sought refuge in England to resign, but they also retused. Lis object was the same as the present one of the Czar, The Grand Duke, who is to be followed in a few weeks by the Empress, in answer to the earnest remonstrances of the Holy Father against the treatment of the Poles, said that if he were Emperor there would be no persecution for religious opinions whatever in his dominions, The Empress will only remain a week or two in Rome, and itis confidently exp dd that some definite arrangements will be reached favorable to the Polish subjects ot the Czar. Progress of the St. John’s Guild Fund. The following donations have been received by St. John's Guild :— Previously acknowledged... $4,028 ev, 8. H. Weston Nice, Tialy, ~ WW Mra, Philip Lyi. iw Miss Rosalte Lydig... 100 John Sexton 19 rt. C. Messrs. J. Todhunter & Co...... 35 Mrs. C. P. White, Chrisunas dinner 25 For sick children, Fort Lee.. » 8. 8, Reilly rf Budiey Kell 2 , Ha rr B 10 10 10 0 10 5 5 5 Roth... H iby 5 jere Robert Bouselk, 5 Mrs, Herzog... w Miss Hossack, 2 J. K. Rodgers, Christmas d 2 Cash, throt + Mr. Hossack 6 A Friend, Christmas dinner. 2 Two sewing machines have been kindly donates by B. P. Howe. . Combrinptous to his fund mar he sdb ta GV. B. Ostrander, Eaq., President of the Merchants’ Fire Insurance “ coggh ory 141 Broadway ; Geor N. Zabriskie, Esq. Cashicr of the Peopte's Bank, corner of Gana! aad Thompson streets ; J. L. Davica, Esq., of Sheldon & Co,, 677 Broadway ; 15 West Twenty-first street; Kev. A! i, Master of St. John’s Guild, St. John's chapel, Varick street. All subscriptions will be acknow- ledged in the New York HeRatp. Donations of dry goods and cast-off clothing.will be thankiu! received, and may be sent to St. John's chapel Varick street, between ‘ht and Beach Mastic of the “Olden Time.” Among the oddities and amusements of this fostive season the church-going people generally provide something curious for charitable objects, and We notice that the Feurth avenue Presb; terian church, corner of Pwenty-second sireet, is to have on Monday an “Old Folks’ Concert,” with music of the “Olden Time,” in aid of the Sunday School, Ministerial Movements and Changes. PRESBYTERIAN, The latest statistics ef Presbyterianism have convinced the Herald and Presinjter that God has given the seal of hia approbation to the hymn-sing- ing Presbyterians by granting them greater pros- perity. It gives the ministerial statistics in proof, The hymn-singing Presbyterian ministers in the United States number 6,736, while those who dis- card vocal and instrumental music in their wor- ship number only 848. One church and congrega- tion belonging to the latter has recently gone over | to tne other side in Salem, Oregon, The Rev. M, MoKinatry, of the United Presbyterian . church, died at West. Newton, Pa., on the 10th inat, He ‘was one of the best ministers in the Church. The Rov. B.D. Austin, pastor 6f the Weatherford Pres- byterian church, Texas, had a narrow .eacaye with his scalp lately while returning from an appoint- ment, He was pursned a considerable distance by fifteen or tweaty Indians, whom he Anally eluded, The Rev. T. U. Faucette, of Orange Presbytery, has resigned his fleld of labor in Orange county, North Carolina, with a view of settling in Granville county and supplying some of the vacant churches and missionary stations in that scction, The Pres- byterian church on Edisto Island, South Carolina, have called Rev. John R. Dow, of Harmony, to suc- @eed the venerabic Rev. W. 8, Lec, who, after fifty years’ faithful service in the ministry, has resigned his pastorate. Rev. J. W. Neil was recently in- stalled pastor of the First Presbyterian church in San Antonio, Texas. The Rev. Mr. McMillan has become pastor of the Presbyterian church in Truro, Canada, vice Rey. W. T. Wilkins, resigned. Rev. J.E. Wheeler, late of the Presbytery of Ventral Mississippi, has just been installed pastor of the Old School Presbyterian church at Sedalia, Mo. Rev. J. W. Shearer has taken charge of the Presby- terlan church in Gallatin, Tenn. The First Presby- terian church of Galveston, Texas, are erecting a new church edifice, which will be completed early in the Spring. The Forty-second street Presby- terian church, New York, Rey. W. W. Newell, Jr., pastor, received to jts communion on Sunday last thirteen new members, and two others were taken under the care of the session, The Tomp- kins avenue Presbyterian church, Brooklyn, Rev. F. G. Clark, D. D. pastor, received nineteen new members last Sabbath, of whom twelve joined on protession of faith. Workmen are now making the necessary alterations in the old Presbyterian church on Spruce street, Philadelphia, for the ac- commodation of the Constitutional Convention. ‘The work will be completed by the 1st of January, and the furniture will be placed init by the 4th, ready for the work of the Convention, which as- sembles on the 7th proximo. The sittings in the new Presbyterian church at Rye are to be free— the society so voting ata meeting since the dedi- cation. The new building for the Metro- politan Presbyterian church in Washington city, of which the Rey. John Chester 1s pastor, was dedicated to the worship of God on the sti inst. Among those in attendance there were President Grant, numerous members of Congress, judges of the courts, heads of bureaus and a large humber of most prominent citizens. Rey. William Phraner, pastor of the Presbyterian church in Sing Sing, having been granted six months’ leave of ab- sence on account of ill health, sailed for Liverpool on Saturday, and will spend the Winter in the south of France, Members of the congregation presented him with $2,000 to deiray his expenses. The Rev. Samuel Jessup since his removal to Oneida has had no serious trouble with his throat, and there his labors ai evidently attended with the Divine blessing. Twelve have been received to the church—six on profession—and twelve have been baptized. A growing interest in the Sabbath school, prayer meeting and Sabbath services indicate increased prosperity in the future. The new chapel and Sunday school rooms of the Park Presbyterian church, Newark, were opened for divine service for the first time on Sabbath last. The pastor, Rev. Prentiss de Veuve, preached in the mornin, was assisted in the administration of the Lord’s Supper by Drs. Joel Parker and H. N. Brinsmade. The pulpit of the Free Church chapel (Presbyterian) in the city of Rome is to be supplied during the coming winter by representatives from the Church of Scotland, e Free Church and the United Presbyterian Church. A correspondent of the New York Observer states that the Rev. Donald Miller, of Genoa, repre- senting the Free Church, will have charge of the chapel, assisted during the first part of the season by the Rev. John Ker, of Glasgow, a glited minister of the United eroabyterina ody, and for the remainder of the Winter by the Rev. Dr. McGregor, of Edinbufgh, one of the very best preachers of the Established Church of Scot- land. ft aay ate hag two flourishing Presbyterian churches. e first is under the care of the Rev. Thomas Hopkins, and since the union there has been the Second church, of which the Rev. Mr. Thompson—a son-in-law of Dr. Tuttle—is now pas- tor. ‘The Second Presbyterian church of Geneva, N. Y., have resolved to erect a new house of wor- ship. The lot for it and® manse have been pur- chased and preparations made for the building. Rev. Dr. J. D. Filmore, of San Francisce, has been calied by the Presbyterian church in Clarkson, N. Y. Rev. ©. H. Dibble, of Waterloo, N. Y., has been called by the Presbyterian church at Perry, N. Y., for one year, with a view to permanent settlement. He has accepted. Rev. S. A. Stoddard dedicated a new church in Independence, Kansas, recently. ‘The lots and building cost $7,292. Rev. John Kelland, of Lawton, Miss., has accepted a call to Southfield, Mich. Rev. G. L. Foster has closed his labors at Howell, Mich. Rev. F. A. Harlow, of Florida, N. Y., has accepted a call tothe Presby- terian church of Monticello, Sullivan county, N. Y. EPISCOPALIAN. Three new missionary bishops of the Church of England were consecrated in Westminister Abbey on the Sth instant—namely, Key. P. 5. Roysten, of Mauritius; W. A. Russell, of China, and Henry Rowley, of Madagascar. The Episcopal! Bisnop (Clarkson) of Nebraska is now engazed in erecting the thirty-second church in his original missionary jurisdiction since the commencement of hi: Be ia ate six years ago. In his recent diocesan address e strongly cemmended the itincrant system. Rev. William B. Rawlings Pickman, the rector of the St. Andrew's Protestant Episcopal church, Baltimore, entered upon his duties on Sunday last. He is reputed to be an abie pulpit orator, and is highly recommended by the Bishop of Michigan. The Protestant Episcopal Church of the Resur- rection, on fForty-seventh street and Madi- son avenue, temporarily vacated, and for a time occupied first by St. Thomas’ church, and — afterwards, until Lele by _ Rev. Merrill Richardson’s New England congregation, which has disbanded, was on last Sabbath reoccupied by Rev. Dr. E. O. Flagg and his congregation, who have been scattered jor a few yeurs past, during the rector’s absence in Europe. Last Spring Dr. Flagg commenced worship in What Was known as Emanuel church, in Fifty-seventh street, near Lexington avenue. Services will be continued henceforth in the church in Madison avenue. The Rev. N. W. Taylor Root, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church at Portiand, Me,, died of smallpox at the City Hospital last Sat- urday. He was a graduate of Yale College, chap- lain of a Rhode Island regiment during the war, and an accomplished artist and writer, as well as a faithful minister. A ladies’ intssionary association has been organized in brooklyn, with Mrs, John A, Paddock for President. it will devote itseif to the cause of the Indians for the present. ‘Twenty-three Episcopal clergymen are caudidates for the office of Dean of the General Seminary in this city. For the Professorships of Ecciesiastical Polity and Biblical Learning there are about fifteen nominatious for each. The election for these onicers occurs in June mext. General Dix on Monday tendered his resignation as Comptroller of | Trinity Church, at a full meeting of the vestry, It | was immediately aczepted and took eifect.. The | vestry elected as his successor Mr. George T. Strong, who has also assumed the functions. The | Rev. Robert Scott, labering for @ short time in Christ church, Byde Park, near Boston, Mass., has received a unanimous call to become rector of the parish. The vonerable aud revered Bishop C. P. Mellvaine, of Ohio, yreiding to, the advice of friends, has decided to remain in Kurope during the Winter. It ts hoped that his healan may be restored by the Spring time. Bishop Malivaine and Bishop Smith, of Keatucky, have each deen jorty-one years tho episcopate of the Pratestans Episcopal in Church, ROMAN CATHOLIC. The Very Rev, Thomas Mulvey, Vicar Gencral of the Roman Catholic diocese of Richmond, died ap his resulenoe, Petersburg, Va., on the 15th insa, The venerable ecclesiastic was in the sixty-fourth year of his age. He was a zealéus missionary and @ fadvhful pastor, The Chereh of St. Mary of the Cataract, at Niagara Falls, was reopenod for service on the feast of the Immaculate Concaption, December §, St. Mary’s church, now being-arected New Haven, is te.sp8 about $200,000. Ca on plesais has arrived in 10 for the purpor., of obtaining the sanction of the Holy Father to ‘the “Proper”? for the Di of Paris, When that is obtained the Roman ‘liturgy will have been com. introduced into the diocese. Besancon pletoly Gnd Orleaga axe Bow the ayy deggie’, IA krande. ir re working unto God anly ia the prayer meeting. | Uy We UMa Mec ta laguiaok aR lan a thi . AXehvishops Felin: of Warsaw: ‘ast , and Bishope’ Po ie! and De- Tom.8ed the offer of the Reeasian v~ ernmens to restore so them their Hberty and ¢! emoluments, and tcays to reside wherever they pea save only tn thefe own dioceses, on condi- jon that sep sign the resignation o! their episco- oftices. ‘Parir deliverance will doubtless be the rst article of the treat: id to be on the point of being signed besween Tessin id the Holy See. For the present they remain exiled. Very Rev. Wm. Gleeson, Vicar General of the diocese of Buf faio, N. Y., im endeavor ing te catch a trainon ms return from Lancaster, icll ana iractured the bone of his right leg. Father Glatt, whois a count by birth, on claiming his right 0: residence in Ger- many aa a Count of tlic Empire, was informed that the government did not Fecognize Jeamts as hay- ing any rights whatever, and he has been obliged to go to Hotand. The tino-hon- ored Catholic cathedral in Jay strect, Brook- iyn, has, within the last few months, undergone Such @ complete renovation that it now presents the appearance of a new church. The work of renovation of }oth the interior and exterior was commenced tn the middle of last Suramer and is atill progressing. Among the Cathotic churches already dedicated or to be dedicated during the present month are five in Philudelpirta—namely, the magnificent Church of St. Charles Borromeo, under the charge of Rev. James O'Reilly, soon to be dedicated; St. Boniiactus’, under the charge of Rev, J, W. Gerdemann, one of the largest and most beautilul in the erty, dedicated last bonday. This is a church for the Germans. To-day another church jor the Gerinans is to be dedicated—the Church of 5t, Klizabeth, of Hungary. Thea tucre is to be dedicated on the tast Sunday of ¢e Month ‘& temporary Chapel ol st, Cect\fa, m Port Riel 1, Last Sunday Bishop Ward dedicated a large church at Pottaville, Pa. “Whiat a giorious recotd for tho: vorerable Bishop of Philadelphia! Five churches dedicated to Almighty God by hitn in one month! A report that the Pope would Icave Rome ti the ‘bill for the Suppression of ‘certain Ly tet ng rations, now vendmg in the italian rikament, should pass, is now denied. Lovty giris o: the Female Academy were received into the Fodatity of the Children of Mary, at St. John’s church, last ‘Sunday aiternoon, and Gity others enrolled their names as aspirants, whieh ts preligimary to full adinission, MATHODIST. Rev. Dr. ©. 0. Haven, Secretary of the Board of Eduoation of the Methodist Episcopal Church, has. ta&en up his residence in Hewes street, brooklyn, and will have his headquarters at 605 Broadway, New York. Rev, W. R. Webster, of the Now York East Conference, his returned from Saratoga He fully restored to health, He had been absent seven weeks, and on his return he was warmly welcomed by his church. Rev. Dr. Mal- tack, Of Louisiana Conlerence, is about to be re- transferred to the Wilmington Conference, which he left four years ago w labor among the colored people of the South, Rey. C. A, Malsbury, pastor of Bucksburg Methodist Episcopal charch, New Jersey, has been prostrated by over-exertion try- ing to free his church trom debt, He i# confined to his room and will not be able to preach for several weeks yet. The new Methodist Epiacopal church in Dallas City, Ill, built of stone from the Mormon ‘temple in Nauvoo, is nearly completed. Rey. I. G. Woodard is pastor, ‘The Methodist Episcopal church at Trenton Falls, having been rebuilt av a cost of $1,800, will be rededicated: on Friday, De- cember 31, The Metiodist Episcopal Society of St. James, at Smithtown, Pa, are building a new church for themselves. About thirty persons have united lately with the Methodist Episcopal church in Shoals, Ind., and the revival is stiil in progress, Seventy-ilve have been received into St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church, Lancaster, Pa., Rev. J. ©. Gregg, pastor. The Methodist Episcopal church at Xocky Hill, N. J., is suffering under a debt 01 $1,500, and its pastor, Rev. J. H. Boswell, appeals for aid to save it from destruction. The new ,Methodist Episcopal church at Northville, N. Y., will be dedicated by Bishop Peck December 31, Rev, C, M. Clark, pastor, The new Methodist Kpts- copal church at Wheeleraville, Troy Conference, wili be dedicated on Christmas Day. Bishop Haven preached in the United States Court room in Rich- mond, Va., on the 11th inst., to large ana inter- ested congregations, Bishop Merrill and family have leit Cincinnati for their episcopal home in St. Paul, Minn. Tne new Methodist chapel in Seventh avenue, dedicated last Sunday; has been arranged for a Sunday school normal class, to be conducted once a week by lev. Dr. Vincent, Secretary of the Sunday School Unio! Religious revivals are reported in Grahamville (N.Y.) Methodist Episcopal church, Rev, A. B. Barber, pas- tor; seventy conversions in North Sing Sing Metho- dist Episcopal church, N. Y., Rev. A. H. Morehouse, pastor; in Peekskill, Rev. T. W. Chadwick, pastor; in Market Street church, Paterson, Rev. L. R. Dunn, pastor; in Washington, Rev. J. H. Dally, pastor, fifty persons were at the altar a few nights ago; also in Hedding church, Jeracy City, where Rev. 8. P. Lacy, formerly of the British Conference, but now of the Newark Conterence, has been labor- ing, with great acceptance; in the Methodist Epts- copal church in Chester, Pa., Kev. 8. W. Gehrett, pastor, where 118 conversions are reported. ‘This church has grown in paebeEyaly during the year from sixteen to 135 members. In Brooklandville, Md., Rev. W. E. Bird, pastor, fifty; in Ryland chapel, Washington, D.C., Kev. James Shannon, pastor, 100 conversions. A branch of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church has been formed among the ladies of the Methodist churches in Washing- ton and Georgetown, D. ©. A new Metho- dist Episcopal church at Washington, Pa., was dedicated December 8, Rev. T. Jackson pastor. Rev. P.M. Marmon, of the North Mississippi Conference Methodist Episcopal Church South, re- ports seventeen conversions lately and eighty ac- cessions to Hickory Flat circuit during the year; Rev. N. 8. Burnett, of Littie Rock Con! re ed ference, 150 accessions to the church; Mitchell, of Banner circuit, same Conference, re-~ ports 129 accessions during the year, and encour- aging reports, without statistics, come from other parts of the Soutn. The Texas Christian Advocate (Methodist Episcopal Church South) thinks the Northern Methodists can find plenty of missionary work to do right here in New York without mak- iog appropriations for or sending men down South. It quotes tram a recent report of Rev. Mr. Wiswall, of ge John's Protestaat Episcopal church, in illus- tration of the heathenism that abounds here, and which far exceeds anything that can be found in the South. The Rev. S. M. Merrill, formerly pastor of the High street Congregational church, in Co- lumbus, 0., has become @ Methodist preacher and joined the Tennessee Conference of the Methodist piscopal Church South. Auburn College, Ala., has. jusc conferred a D. D. degree upon. Rev. W. A. icCarty, of the Alabama Conference, for learning aud eloquence as a preacher of the Gospel. Rev.. Dr. W. E. Munsey, of Baltimore, has. relinquished: his charge there, owing toa threatened attack of paralysis, and has goue to spend the winter in jonesboro, Tenn. He asks the prayers of the Chureh for his recovery and declares that he would. rather die than be permanently disabled to preach. Rev. Dr. Thos. Sargent, of Baltimore, who has been travelling on the Pacific eee for several months past, returned to his home lJast week invigorated and ready for work for the Master. There isa pretty general exchange and transfer of Methodist ministers going on now in the South, this bein; the Conierence season. Old {peti are resigne: by the people with regret and new ones are wel- comed with gladness and rejoicing. The chapel of Carroll Park Methodist Episcopal church, Brook- lyn, will be dedicated to-day by Bishop Janes and Drs. £. 0. Haven and Charles Fletcher. BAPTIST. The Rev. Mr. Johnson, of Swatow, and the Rev. Mr. Crawley, of Henthada, Burmah, are beth seri- ously il, Mr. Crawley has Lia eigs aptized be- tween thirty and forty Burmans. The lowa Bap- tists at a recent convention voted to raise $60,000 for home mission work throughout the State and to ald twelve theological students. They refuse, however, to aid any student, who uses tobacco. Dr. Jeter has been telegraphed.to to draw on the Board of Foreign Missions for $15,000 on account of the Rothan chapel. Rev. J..B. Morse, of White Piains, N. Y., has left his church there to engage in Christian work here at the Howard Mission. 1 Rev. J, D, Tucker has accepted the pastorate of the First Baptist church in Franklindale, N.Y. Rev. Hugh Stowell Brown has been lecturing in Liverpool on the Neild of America. He thinks we are distinguished for our sobriety and extreme affability and supertor personal cleanii- ness, but we have an excessive love of finery. The roportion of tall men hereis greater than in Eng- find: but there are few ifany fresh, Jolly-looking faces to be seen amongus. A very fair picture, indeed. The Rev. Mr. Spurgeon has returne home from the South of France in better health | than he enjoyed before., Rev. W. Ward Willis, late of Somersetshire, England, and formerly a member of Spurgeon’s Pastors’ College, Mas been culled to the pastorate of the Eleventh Baptist church, Phil- adelphia, and has accepted the invitation. Rev. Mr. Clarke, Sunday scheal missionary in Colorado, | reports the Southern Colorado Baptist Association organized, with seven churches and 135 members, two Baptist Sunday schools in good running order, and he hopes to nave four more very soon. Brother William Robert, of ble ve ansas, & Fe. cent graduate of Richmon College, Va., has accepted the eall of the Baptist church at Burlingame, Kansas, and will soon be ordained as pastor of that church. Rev. Thomas Reese has eived and accepted a unanimous calt from the Wyoming Baptigtchureh, I. This church has been without @ pastor for two years, and has been en- gaged in building a meeting Rouse, which is now compieted and dedicated. The membership is about fifty and the congregation good, In Eastern Connecticut there is a growing interest tn church | aud Sunday sehool work. The two Baptist churches n Norwich, and the one in, Greenville are holding a serjes, of union prayer meetings to invoke the blessing of Gad on their work. Since the war the Baptist denoniination Northwest Arkansas, bordering upon the di Territory, has ‘n from about 200 to more than 3,000 mem- ft , and’ irom seven to near seventy churches, so that the one small gssociation has be- come two and soon will be three. An association organized last year vith sixteen chorches has now thirty-one, and another session will doubtless add an equal number. A Boston correspondent of one of our religious exehanges writes :—There are many of the “largest and beat” churches in the vicinity of Boston that are without pastors id have been for some time. There is the usual wofal ery, “Where can the man be found?’ and the reli- ious cant about praying the Lord to send whom fle wil... God answer thelr P ers aver and over again, but they do not see i ere are sane & re ung men in the immediate vicinity ca) iminy aot these fletds, but these targer c! 18 to’ some man who hos a reputation that wit give hem apreiae ana draw @ big con- groga Nien once. It was significantly of one whe er closed the morning service, “If that man was from Brooklyn he would have a call before Mom night."’ Calis have been accepted also by Rew. B. Hibbard to South Adams Baptist church, Mass.; Kev. J. W. Daniels, of Cedar Rapids, lowa, t ha; by Rev. J. H. Castle, D. D., of the Firat Baptist church, West Philadelphia, to Torowte, Canada. Dr. Castic haa been iourteen years paater in Phitadelpbia, and his brethren last week paswe@’ resolutions of regret at his departure. Kev. D. Swigart has remgned the pastorate of Mount Pisaw aat Baptist church, New York, and is going wo Corsica, N Y., in February. During his three years’ pastorate there he has received lity persona into Chweh fellowship—forty-one by baptism: Rev. D. W. Hunter has removed from MoWit- liamsatown, Chester county, to Philadelpbia.* Brother Norman Thomas, pastor at Cambri 4 boro’, Pa. for seven years, takes his old‘ charge at Georgetown and Fairview, same Stase. Rey. Ross Ward has closed his labora with George- town church, Sheakleyville, Mercer county, where he has been: pastor for six ye: in connection with the Fairview church, ana entered his new field, the Rockdale church, at Cambridgebore', Crawford county, Pa. Rev. Joel EK. Bradley, pastor of the Moorestown Baptist church, haa hotified the chwrch that he will close his pastoral labors with them on the Ist of next April. The Sycamore street Baptist church, of Milwaukee, have revently called to the pastorate Rev. Geo! A. Oressey, late graduate of Chicago Unive: and Theological Seminary. Brother Cressey has accepted and entered upon Ins work. The Baptiat church in Carondeiet, Mo., Soute Bt. Louis, Rev. Thomng Hudson, pastor, have their new house of worship 49 tar completed that kervice will be beld.if-if to-day. ‘two new houses, Tully completed and nearly patd tor, will be dedi cated in Missouri next Sabbath—one at Walkers ville, in (he northern part of the State, the othee at Tipton, absut 175 miles west from Chicago, em the Missouri: Pacific where Rev. J. Reiderds pastor and has done @ noble work. Re ligious revivals are ee in, Kast Avenue church, Long- Island » Clty, Rev. W. F. Benedict, pastor, fifteen conversions since December 1, wits continued interest, and in Weat Troy fourteen, Rev. G. Guirey, pastor, At Dawson station, Pay- ette county, Pa., there ts @ Baptist society, but no Baptist meeting house. A Metnogist meeting house is opened ior preachers of other de- nominations except the Baptists, Rev. W. G. Brown resigns at Cherry Creek, Che ango county, N. Y., the resignation taking effect the first Sabbath in March next. Rev. James Heath goes from Preston, N. Y., to Farmingtom, Me.; Rev. A. Bb. McGowan, from Naauct to Moa- tana church, Oxford, N. ¥.; Rev. Samuci Smith, late of Detroit, accepts @ call to the chured at Par- shaliville, Mich.; the Rev. M. HH. DeWitt, late os Howard, Steuben county, is supplying the churols in Litchfield, Mich, MISORLLANEOUS. ‘The Friends have commenced # missionary Sem day school and tract work at Matamoros, Mexice, The school has grown very rapidty. During thie Christmas week a General Missionary Conference will be held in the Jumna mission of the American Presbyterian church im Allahabad, India, The Conference will comprise missiom aries of all denominations in India, native and foreign, including also ladies, who wilh present written reports of the progrese and prospects of Christians in their respective fields, More than fifty papera are to be read betore the Conference, and very great interest 1# maniteste@ in the proceedings of this the first Christian gather: ing of its kind in heathendom. The Kohemian Res formed Church, which, at the beginning of the lase century, had scarcely @ foothold in that countey, - has now sixty-iour parishes and more than ome hundred thousand Protestant communicants, The Moravians, though only numbering 6,000 in this country and 15,000 in Europe, have sixteen missions ary provinces, embracing 100 stations and out star tions. The Rev. Joseph Baker, the veteran English evangelist, has arrived in America, The Rev. Dr. Buddington, pastor of the Clintom avenue Congregational church in Brook. Ivan, has lately preached a sermon im favor of responsive worship—that is, the alternate reading of Psalms by the minister and people... This 18 one of the questions which the Saviour kas lel each assembly to decide for itself, There te very great need that the people shall have some part and lot in the matter of worship. At present they are mute spectators. The Weish and Welsh American Cop ces lonallats began about three years ago to cultivate an acquaintance, which has Tesulted in the union of their association with the General Congregational Association of the State of New York. They constitute: @ very valuapie class of citizens and Chris tians, Their assoctation consists of twenty five churches, mostly in Oneida county, having: about twenty ministers and fifteen hundred mem, bers. The congregations are fed by emigrations irom Wales, but @ constant depletion is also oo curring, because the services are conducted in the Welsh language, and the young people growing up amid English-speaking associations seek other churches. As some families become wealthy ané Americanized they also leave. It is estimated that., one-tnird of the strength of the two prominent Presbyterian churches ta Utica is composed of those who are Welsh orof Welsh extraction. 4: similar state of ane exists in Scranton, Pa. , where Welsh miners abound, and where there are materials frompboth nations for an English-speake. ing Congregational church, but none exist a proposition is, therefore, made to establish suck. churches at those points into which these peopl¢ can go, The Jews of Wilmington, N. C., have pur- chased @ lot for a synagogue, and have elected: oMcers of their first synagogue. A fair for the . benefit of the Home for Aged and Infirm Israelites ‘was opencd last week in the vestry rooms of the~ Thirty-lourth street gn ag and was quite suce cessiul. It closed last night. Rev. 0. H. ew ete chaplain of the Ohio Penitentiary, reports that' about nine hundred and sixty of the convicts have- professed religion since the formation of ne pane church, a year and a half ago. Of these at 2» hundred have been discharged and have joined churches outside and are living consistent Chris- tian lives. Nearly five hundred of the im... mates attend the prayer meeti and about four hundred the Sabbath school the prison. Rev. Converse, D. D., editor of tae Christian Observer, died at Louisville, Ky., om . Sunday last, aged 77. He was a native of New.” England. After the war he removed to Louisville’ wnd there cuntinued the publication of his paper. Rev. C. 8. Dod, of Centreville, La., died very sud denly a lew days since. He was sixty years of age, & food preacher, an accomplished teacher and & - jaberious evangelist. In 1838-30 he was Professor } of Mathematics in Jefferyon College, Pa. Dr. Bomy- berger, President of Ursinus College, who was for- bidden to touch theology ip Brhe of the subordinate Synods of the German formed Church, and. | Who appealed to the General Synod, the Supreme | Court of the Church, has triumphed over his adver-... | saries. His appeal to the Synod against the dect- ; sion at Martinsburg was sustained by a vote of 10¢ © to 78. This is a clear vietory for the Evangelical. om “Low Church” party in the Reformed Church, The Rev. Theodore J. Holmes, formerly of Hartfor@, Conn., was installed on Thursday night pastor os . the Lee avenue Congregational church, Brookiym. ; It is estimated that the various missions and tract societies of the United States disburse an- ; Dually $10,000,000. The Rev. I. M. Atwood, of Chel- J sea, Mass., Will resign his pastorate to assume the ; duties of managing editor of the Christian Leader, of New York, of which the Rev. Dr. Chapin is editor. The Kev. Mr. Wenzer, a Swiss miss! im India, has translated the Bible into, Sanscrit.. ‘The first Reformed church on the Pacific ¢ was dedicated last Sunday in San Francisca LEXINGTON AVENUE SYNAGOGEE. The Value and the Worthlessuess af Public Opinion—Hebraic Versus Moderis Jurisprudence—Discourse by Bev. Di. Huebseh. The sermon preached yesterday by the eminane rabbi who ministers to this congregation was of the most practical sort. It related to the worthi- ness or worthiessness of public opiaion, and was eloquently enforced with example and precept The text was from Exodus xxil.,,2—“Thou shal g not follow the multitude to.do.evil, neither sha jg thou speak in @ cause to incline after many tg wrest judgment.’ The Doctar took up the seco ag clause of his text frst, and said tl jag it had a special meaning for jzdges. The Mor ajc jurisprudence,*be remarkad, had precedence of ; aig others, and it has not heen excelled in mo¢ ferm times, Publicity in criminal trials and judg: agng by ajury of his peers is the. right of the offer ager, This publicity is necestary. fer many reasons ~ bug chiefly because it makes the Judge feel he b ag nog only the Judge of all dieearth above him, bug thas he is aiso amenable w the; PUBLIC CONSCIANCE,/ AND PUBLIC OPINIOY,, which demand that. his, judgment shall be accord. ing to truth and righteousness, even thonginit be against his brother. Hence, under the Miosaia economy, such trials were held at the. gate. of the city, Waore the people went iz and out, and in the presence. of tbe. elders of the aity.. These jorors were wet} chosen. for their book kmowledge, but because their sge and experionce ‘were presumed to qu: them ta,. give a sober and impartial judgment. re % no mention in the sacred records of the numbar such jurors, bet in later times ‘a eo Pi ay | rane ae bd eng, a ree ed to convict of w when the death in feationgs ‘was oral PR} ‘4 sae ie econo! mo was punished dadet it and the rained te free on account ofa disagreement of the jury. ca. dor our systems & {ore a a4 wilh tts & criminal a possibility, not a stro! ig proba- ulty, of ultimate exeape. ‘Hut the Scripture juris. z lence demands not only a majority of persons, ut @ rity of pezsonal convictions also, second Clause of the iext says thag Wwe must not incline gfter many or follow tha pinioas of others #0 as to secure Leng | hy am victlon, The judgment of mon must stan le | side. with the judgment of God. An aged rabbi an UssAring bed was geked by game younger