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6 RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. Sunday, March 2--First Sun- day in Lent. PROGRAMME OF SERVICES TO-DAY. Herald Religious Cor- respondence. THE SWORD AND THE CHURCH Rev. Father Brann Criti- cised. Strange Logic of the London Times on Spiritualism. ‘OLD TRINITY MAKES AN EXPLANATION, The Deity as a Constitu- tional Amendment. An Open Address to Christians’ in Convention. The Y. M. C. A. in Want of a Creed. Shall Public Libraries Be Open on Sunday? Whe Future State---Rev. Edward Beecher in the Pulpit. MOVEMENTS OF THE CLERGY. Foreign Religious Mat- ters. Services To-Day. _ Rev. Dr. Deems will preach at the Church of the Strangers in the morning and evening. At Westminster Presbyterian church Rey. J. K. Demarest will discourse morning and evening. | Morning and evening services at the Brooklyn \Academy of Music, by Rev. Dr. Talmage. { The “Doctrine of Sacrifice” will be the subject of Rev. Henry Powers this morning, at the Church of the Messiah. In the evening, vespers service. * ; There will be morning and afternoon services at mhe Bleecker street Mission. ' Rev. Henry Morgan, the popular Boston preacher, ‘will lecture on “Fast Young Mer” at Cooper Insti- jute this evening. { At Canal street Presbyterian church, Rev. G. J. Mingins will preach in the morning and Rev. Dr. Street in the afternoon. Bishop Snow will preach in the chapel of the University this afternoon, | Preaching morning and evening at St. Luke’s Methodist Episcopal church by Rev. C. 8S. Harrower. ' Rev. H. D. Northrop will preach this morning in West Twenty-third street Presbyterian church. Anniversary exercises in the evening. ‘The Spiritualists will have morning, afternoon and evening meetings at Apolle Hall; Miss Jennie Lees, inspirational speaker. Rey. E. C. Sweetser will discourse upon special subjects, morning and evening, at Bleecker street Aniversalist church. | At the morning and evening services in All Saints’ Episcopal church Rev, W. N. Dunnell will preach. Osborne Ward on “Government Employ” at Turner Hall this afternoon at three o’clock. Rey. Dr. Cheever’s subject, at University chapel this evening, will be “The Light that is Needed in Our Public Schools.” At Steinway Hall this morning and evening, Rev. G. H. Hepworth will discourse on ehoice sub- jects, Spiritualist s¢ances at Naylor's Academy in the afternoon and evening. Special Lenten services (including the “Stabat Mater”) at St. Ann's church this evening. The pastor, Rev. W. H. Pendleton, will officiate at Fifty-third street Baptist church in the morning and evening. Rey. Dr. Gillette discourses morning and evening at Plymouth Baptist church. At the morning and evening services in Trinity Baptist charch Rev. J. 8. Holme will preach. The pastor, Rey. W. H. Boole, preaches morning and evening at Seventeenth street Methodist Episcopal church. At tne Church of Christ Rev. W. C. Dawson will discourse Morning and evening. Rev. J, W. Barntsrt preaches at Forsyth street Methodist Lpissopal church this morning and evening. English services at eleven o'clock in the Russian- Greek chapel Bishop Lynch, ef Charleston, lectures this even- ing on “Bismarck ard the Jesuits” at the Church of the Holy Innocents, Spiritualist services at Union Mall, Jersey City, by Dr. ©. Stiles, H. P. Blaker on spirit power after- noon and evening. Morning, afternoon and evening services at Christ church (Protestant Episcopal), by the rector, Rey. Dr. Hugh Miller Thompson. Preaching by Rev. Halsey W. Knapp, at Laight street Baptist Mission, this morning and evening. Services at St. Thomas’ church morning, after- oen and evening. Rev. Dr. Samuel Cooke will de- liver the evening discourse, Rev. Dr. Robinson, the pastor, will officiate, morning and evening, at the Presbyterian Memo- fial church, Rev. J. M. Pullman lectures on “Marriage and Divorce” at Lyric Hall this evening. Morning ser- vices at the Young Men’s Universalist Association rooms. At Anthon Memorial church morning and af- ternoon services (the latter for children) by Rev. R. Heber Newton. Morning and evening services, with special sub- jects, at the Church of the New Jerusalem. Full choral services at the Church ef St. Mary the Virgin morning, afternoon and evening. Rev. Dr. Flagg preaches, morning and evening, at the Church of the Resurrection. A lecture on “Washington, the Myth and the Man,” will be given at Harlem Unity chapel, by Rev. W. T. Ciarke, this evening. St. John’s Guild and the Nature of Ite Work. To The Epiror or THe HERALD :— 1 saw a letter in last Sunday's HeraLp headed “A Hint to Trinity Church,” in which several ques- tions are asked concerning St, John’s Guild, Al- though these questions May not require any lengthy answers, yet a brier statement of the na- ture of the work of St. John’s Guild seems called for, in order that the poor may not suffer through any misipprehension on the part of the giving public. St. John’s Guild is composed of 160 citl- zens of the Fifth and Eighth wards, The object of the association ts to prevent, as far as possible, every one in these wards frem suffering fr: gad hunger, aud to furnish medical attendauce i) NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 1873—QUADRUPLE SHEET. the sick, without regard to creeds, nationality and color. No officer or member oi the organization re- ceives vd salary for bis services, no! expended for office rent, The grece! goods distributed to the needy are bought at whole past over sale, During the severe Winter just four hundred families, tnolui ing, 2,600 chil- dren have been fed and clotued, pally families of mechanics temporarily unem- plorea, Atter the citizens of these wards ave done all they can themselves for the poor tn their midst, they ask the generous public to hel them to continue this muck needed charity, and it is hoped end will not ask in vain, Of course noone upon reflection will maintain tnat Trinity or any otber church corporation is in duty bound to take care of all the poor of oreey: denomination below Fourteenth street. This, if done at ail, must be done by independent charitable liko St. Joun’s Guild. It is a well known fact that there are those who, being uawilling to contribute anything to charity themscives, geem to take par in trying to prevent others Irom doing so, ‘ould it not bo weil for such people to remember that tn accomplishing their object the poor alone suffer. Vory tri ‘oul ALVAH WISWALI hia. d. ‘Master of St. John’s Guild. The Use of the wd for the Defence of the Church. To Tag Eprror oF THe HERALD:— In your report of the sermon which Rev. Father Brann delivered in St, Michael's church, on Satur- day, 22d ult., from the text—“‘And I give unto thee the keys of heaven, and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shalt be bound in heaven, and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shalt be loosed in heaven’’—Matt. xvi.,19, Father Brana lays great Stress upon the words of his text, as giving biblical authority in support of the pretensions of the Roman Catholic Church. The Roman Catholic clergy claim that Peter was the founder of the pa- pacy, and often allude to this text as proof of the divine nature of that institution. But there is an- other pertion of the New Testament, wherein Christ addresses Peter, whichis not so often spoken of by the Catholic clergy—that 1s, “Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and smote the high pricst’s servant, and cut off his right ear’—John xviti., 10, ‘Then said Jesus unto him, ‘Put up. again thy sword into its place; for all they that take up the sword shall perish with the sword’”’—Matt. xxvi.,62. “And he touched his earand healed him’’—Luke xxil., 51. Now, if Peter rated his power to loose and bind through a lon; e of pontims to the present Pope, who cl to occupy the chair of Peter, did he net aiso transmit through them the com- mand and admonition he received from his divine instructor, as above quoted? Yet for centuries past the Popes have kept standing armies of men, who not ony. used swords, but more effective ‘weapons in the shedding of human blood, who not only maimed but killed. How can the last quoted parts of the New Testament be read in any way Other than contradicting the reverend gentieman’s assertions in regard to papal infailibility, when the Popes have been warring against a solemn injunc- tion given by Christ to Peter? It may be said that it was necessary to use the sword in defence of the son of the Vicar of Christ; but is the person of he servant more sacred than that of his Divine Master? It may be saia that the Pope was also a temporal ruler; but can the Vicar deviate from the ath trod by his Lord when the Saviour saia, ‘4 ingdom 1s not of this world?’ If the Vicar follow not the precepts and example of his Lord, is he the Vicar? Please let one of your Catholic correspond- ents answer. INQUIRER. Strange Logic of the London Times on Spiritualism. To Tne EpiTor OF THR HERALD:— Advice to Critles—Fling not dirt at new discoveries lest hereafter you may have to eat it—Punch. In an article on “Science and Spiritualism,” in a recent number of the London Times, the editor makes the following observations :— 4 volume now lying betore us may serve to show how this folly is spread throuzhout society. It was lent to us by a distinguished spiritualist, under the solemn promise at we should not divulge @ single name of those con- cerned. Jt consists of about one hundred and titty pages of seances, aud was privately printed by a noble Earl, who has lately passed beyond the House of Lords, beyond, also, we trust, the spirit-peopled chairs and tables, which in his liietime he loved not wisely, but too Well, “In this book thiags more marvellous than any we have set down are circumstantially related in a natural way, just as though they were ordinary, every day matters OI fact, We shall not fatigue the reader by quoting any of the accounts given, and, no doubt, he wil take our word when we say that they range through every species of “manifestation,” from prophesyings downward, What we more particularly wish to observe that the attestation of fifty respectable witnesses is placed before the title page. Among them are a dowager ‘and other ladies of rank, acaptain in the Guards, a ho- leman, a baronet, a member of Parliament, several of- fe ur scientific and other corps, a barrister, a mer- chi a doctor. Upper and middle class society is represented in all its grades, and by persons who, {udse by the positions they hold and the callings they fol- low, ought to be possessed of intelligence and ability. Certainly it {s time that thorough and practical inves- tigation cleared this cloud out of the intellectual sky, and the task need not be scouted by professors or other learned men, by royal or other learned societies. Were it not for the profound respect im which the Times 1s held, I should be very much inclined to call this a compound of obtuseness and presumption; unless, indeed, it can be shown, upon some logical basis, that the unsupported assertion of a writer who nippantly designates Spiritualism a “folly” and a “cloud” is entitled to greater weight than the deliverate testimony of the “fifty respectable witnesses” alluded to, embracing men of science, as well as members of the legal and medical pro- fessions, not te speak of persens of rank and others. But, as the Times treats the seientists and the professions, &c., just mentioned, so cavalierly, perhaps he. is of the opinion that the churches alone can supply the professors and learned societies competent to pronounce en this “folly.” Certainly his observations savor of this stale oder, else why throw such an aspersion upon the edu- cated and distinguished parties te whom he alludes * LOGOS. Trinity Rises to Explain. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD :— In the Mznaxp of the 25th ult. appears a comma- nication headed “A Hint to Trinity,” in which the writer complains that “Trinity, with her millions upon millions, permits St. John’s guild to be em- barrassed for want of funds to carry on its werk,” and he also asks, “For what are they hoarding their millions and the interest accumulating con- stantly?’ There are some people who, while doing nothing themselves, are always finding fault with their neighbors because they do not domore. If these complainers would first take a little trouble to find out whether they have just cause for com- piaint we should be spared many of the literary effusions which now appeag in the papers, Bat now fer the facts of the case: Trinity, so far from hoarding her wealth, is at the present time spending more than her income in carrying on the work of the parish and contributing to the support of churches in the poorer sections of the city, which, without her assistance, would be unable to continue their work. Instead of her millions upon millions, it was stated on the occasion of her cen- tennial, some years since, that her property, all told, was worth about six millions of dollars, The writer of the article in question, who signs himself “A Christian,’ could make a more prac- tical exaibition of his Christianity by assisting the work of St. John’s guild, instead of spending his time in writing wpom subjects which he knows nothing about. WORKER, God in the Constitation. To THe Epitor oF THE HERALD :— ABs aconstant reader of the valuable HERALD for the last twenty-five years may I crave for space in the valuable columns ef the enly peeple’s journal in the country? The Christian Convention, just adjourned, re- solved to petition Congress to add to the constitu- tiom of the United States of America the biessed and adered name of “God.” The object of sucn amendment is to ofMcially recognize this country to bea Christian land; 80, at least, the eloquent and reverend speakers in that Convention teld us. Speaking for myself, and as one of the humble and unworthy ambassadors of the kingdom ef Christ, I would sustain any and every attempt tending to the promotien of the glory of my Maker, and for the extension of the boundaries of the kingdom of Christ. But I candidly question whether the engrafting of the name of “God” into our constitution will make this country any more a Christian land, and the American people more devoted to Chris they are now. The single word ‘God’ does not denote Chris- tianity unless we add “God the Father, God the Son and Ged the Holy Ghost.’ The only belief in “Ged” does not make us & Christian nation, unless we accept and believe in the blessed “Trinity,” The Turks believe in “God,” yet they are not Chris- tians, The Jews believe in the ‘God of their fore- fathers” with a devotion and sincerity which puts us Christians atl to shame, and yet they reject Christ. In fact, almost every nation on earth be- lieves in some gre: inseen spirit, whom we call “God,” and yet we send missionaries among them to teach them the “God Christ.” suppose the constitution of the United States of America was to contain the name of “God,” I would like to know whether that God would be the ‘Jewish Jehovah,” the ‘‘Tarkish Allab,”’ the ‘Indian Great Spirit” or the “Christian God,” as revealed unto us by Christ, His Son. The bitter attacks made by some of the speakers on the harmless Jews on the Roman Catholics and on others differing with them in faith were certainly unwerthy of a Chris- tuan assembly and have done much to weaken their cause. They want the single word “God” added to the constitution of the United States of America. Does not every Roman Catholic believe inGod? Does not every Jew believe in the Supreme Ruler of this universe? In fact, does not almost every creature living in this geen believe in God, on whose Bnean ciioceh he'oy tony" seta sickn jt ie y jays healt ri the days of and prosperity? But the most serious juestic wil eompuilsory belief in God @ better or amore Christian jhe American nation really a Christian people? Can @ law make us Christians sinen cenriates Outen an anes an ‘ 1 ‘ant lol are "I fear not. was The simple word “God” in. our constitution Not designate this to be a Christian land. On the contrary, without the name of “Ohrist’ it gone nates DO Obristianity at all. The Jew and the Turk are both covered under the name of ‘‘God,"" and this Coa by such an act of official blunder becomes strictly s ‘Unitarian,” and not a ‘“Trint- tarian” land. us the religion of the Jew and that of the Turk, the Hindoo, the Indian, become onici: recor by the government of the United States of America, while the glorious reli- gion of Jesus is left out in the cold. All the world over this country is acknowledged to be a Christian land. In all our diplomatic rela- tions with the nations of the earth we are treated a8 @ Christian people. The Christian Bible 1s the oMictal oathbook of the mation, For the most Fe our rulers are Ohristian men. The ristian Sabbath 1s officially observed as the “Day of the Lord’ by oar national and State governments. Christ’s glorious name 1g adored in prayers in our legislative halls, Jesus of. Nazareth is enthroned in thirty millions of American hearts. Under our constitution ‘as it is” the boundaries of the kingdom of Christ are being extended with glorious rapidity. Under the non-official but national free-will recognition of Ohrist we are covering this glorious iand with Christian churches and Christian schools. Unaer the impartial laws of ‘freedom of conscience” to all we are leading into the divine flock of Christ tens of thousands of tae lost sheep of Israel every year. Would it be #o if Christianity were to become An ofictal force or dictate? I fear not. This dan- gerous experiment has been tried in Europe for Ages past, and it proved to be the greatest ob- stacle to the progress of Gospel faith and a most damning curse to the nations. America is the seat of Christ’s sovereignty. We know ine feel it, without being told officially through the constitu- tien of the United States of America. With unyiclda- tally, You to Christ and His Gonrel, lam, respect- , yours, Rey. SAMUEL DAVIES, EW YORK, Feb. 28, 1873, Christians mn Convention—The Public Library Sunday Question. To THe Epiror oF THE HERALD :— The consideration and courtesy which it has been my good fortune to receive at your hands in times gone by, and before the fair fame of reform had been tarnished with the slime of vicious and vili- fying tongues, give me the conrage to enter my protest in this wise against not only a ‘convention of Christians,” but the whole world of them who have the hardihood to exclaim against the opening of public libraries on Sunday. And “hardihood" is too mild an expression to ap- ply to such @ spirit shown, for in my opinion it is both barbarous and criminal; criminal, because crime mostly comes from ignorance, and the igno- rance of the present dayis due almost solely to that very Christian spirit of repression which shuts the lower classes out from the enjoy- ment of books at the only time they have for such indulgence. Hence every Christian who opposes any movement or any chance by which those classes might become enlightened ought to be adjudged as “accessory before the fact” of every crime committed by the ignorant, and punished accordingly; for he who conduces to crime 1s himself crimins The laboring classes are accustomed to be con- stantly occupied. Sunday comes, and although it is a day of rest it is also aday of idleness, aud, from mere force of habit, these people must be “pusy. “There aré no places of rational and elevat- ing diversion open to them, and they are naturally forced thereby to seek the irrational and degrad- ing. It is by this very Sunday idleness that drunken- ness becomes confirmed in the oid and is taught to the young, for proof of which, if any were needed, one has only to watch the extra liquor traffic of Saturday nights in those neighborhoods where drunkenness and debauchery abound—that is, when the Sunday liquor law is enforced. Chil- dren of all growths, from those who ought to be in arms—if their size and puny appearance are a cri- terion to judge by—to the nearly grown men and women, swarm to and from the drinking dens and their own, bearing in pots, pans, teapots, tea kettles, an AL that comes first to hana, the beverage that is to make Sunday a day of de- bauchery. Why do they do this? Simply to be- come oblivious to the ennui of an idle day that cannot be spent elsewhere and in other ways. They can go to church, you say. Bah! there areno churches for these very poor; and, besides, church is only for a short space and terribly dull at that. These people want diversion, not damnation; and they need it for the entire day or tor such portions oe the day as tney choose, not as others choose for em. As I understand it, Christianity comes by enlightenment, and enligntenment comes by books, if it comes at all, They are the civilizers and saviors of humanity. Can the ignorant, then, and the degraded and the unchristian have too much of books? And, im view of their poverty and inees- sant toil, how and when are these people to enjo: books, except they be held at all times accessible to catch the few hours of leisure vouchsafed by seme chance and Sundays and holidays? I do not say that these privileges would be eagerly sought and improved by the class who most need them; perhaps not at all at first. But we do not know how good bad people may be- come until we give them a@ chance, and we cer- tainly cannot know if they will avail themselves of the chance until the way is open before them; and not only open for them, but accommodated to their time, That is the important point of all. The privileges of the world would be nothing to tnese people unless available to their leisure. These Christians we wot of want to save souls. Is seclusion from books, then, an essential to salva- tion? and if so, what is the religion worth that depends 0} acertain kind and amount of igno- rance for its Rapport and perpetuation, for in its last analysis that is just what the Christian (a tion to open libraries on Sunday amounts to? Thus they deny aceess to books—for to consent to such times only as when they cannot be read is equal to refusing altogether, so far as the etfect is con- cerned—and that of itself is equivalent to denyin; the Christianizing tendencies of education, An this from Christians wko want to save souls is an indirect admission that a certain amount of igno- Trance is necessary to salvation. This brings us to the dispute about what kind of books should be al- lowed in case the libraries were open on Sunday. Well, it only the Bible and Pilgrim’s Progress are allowed the libraries might as well be kept closed. But, without entering further into the merits or demerits of that phase of the question, I shall close my already too long letter by stating a simple fact of my own observation. Having inyself enter- tained beth the ignorant and vicious by reading to or hearing them read, I have noticed that the bet- ter feeling imparted by the mere act of reading extended far beyond the memory of what had been Tread, which proves conclusively enough, I think, that the refining effects are due more to the pro- cess of reading than to the subject matter itself. Tam speaking, of course, in reference te libraries where nothing bad is supposed to be kept, and as between strictly religious books and general read- ing. Very respectfully, 8. F. NORTON, The Young Men’s Christian Association in Want of a Creed. To THE EpiTor OF THE HERALD:— Ihave oreason to doubt the sincerity of the Young Men’s Christian Association in their anxiety to guard against anything tainted, in their eyes, with heterodexy or heresy. But who among them shall be the great umpire, the supreme and infalli- ble judge, in the diMicult task of getting up a cata- logue or index of all the heretical doctrines of the present day? Itis no easy thingto expurgate an institution of all that might sound disagreeably to so-called orthodox ears. With the increasing light of science and Christianity many doctrines are now considered sound that were rejected as damnable heresies a few centuries ago, The old line of demarcation, drawn sometimes with so much ignorance and fanaticism between the so- called orthodoxy and non-orthodoxy churches, is becoming fainter every day under the rolling wave of discussion. The old landmarks of orthodoxy are fast disappearing under the swelling tide of that great sea of scientific and religious knowledge, which goes on rising and rising in spite of all agita- tion and opposition. The Church is advancing in knowledge, if not in faith and piety; or, rather, it is returning to the faith of the apostles, to that purity and simplicity of doctrine of the primitive Church, from which it had de- parted during the Dark Ages of ignorance and superstition. The dissenting voice may be hushed, the conviction silenced or the thought suppressed. But this cannot always last, for the very stones of the street would speak if those who believe kept silent, Of course, the fear of public opinion, and, still more, that narrow spirit of intolerance too prevalent still in the Church, may succeed for a while in putting a gag or sordine in the mouth of many professors of religion; but some will not and cannot be gagged or intimidate’; they will speak, happen What may and say what others like. We have had lately a striking example of this in the case of Dr. True, Who was not afraid to enter his rotest inst what rightly velie to be an Seror fate reject isnt ding its it, netwith popularity or antiquit rroneous doctrine of the immortality of the soul, such as taught and believed by most preachers of the EL pnag day. But even supposing that the Church js and will remain forever stationary; that all the different denominations and creeds must eternally wa their present forms, like 80 many Egyp- jan mummies, Wrapped up in their old musty cere- ments, or like so many fossils of seme very an- clent geological formation, and that the oan Men's Christian Association especially, all petrifie or encrusted im their religious ideas, should feel rovided gratuitously, and, duty bound to stand like so many terms against the progress of Christianity and stereoty; their creed in order to make it serve all their future generations, ths question still remains :—How can they lay down such a creed without exciting and allowing discussion, and without meeting the strongest opposition? Let us suppose that they int & committee of five in order te specifi t the association as a body ought to accept ani what they ought to reject in matter of faith; and Jet us suppose, moreover—which 18 not a mere supposition—that one member of the committee is @ Baptist, another Pedo-Baptist, another Quaker, admitting no baptism whatever; fourth a flery advocate of eternal is ment, and a filth a firm believer the everlasting destruction of the wicked—now, I ask, how will these gentlemen come to any gen- eral agreement on so many different questions and with so many different opinions? How can the: possibly contrive any sort of compromise that will satisfy all the members of the committee, and ca- Feet lly of the asgociation ¥ Would not the Bap- ist protest against infant baptism, some be frightened by eternal destruction, and others horrified by everlasting torments in the un- quenchable fires of heli? And would not all this create a bad teeling ainone the members, caust pernamnes discussions and secessions? Wha eh, Would become of the association, or where would it go? It would become a Babel, and would ‘0 with so many things that were, but which have en brought to an untimely ena by the over-zeal and over-wisdom o! those whose duty it was to per- igen their extetence and foster their prosperity. h, young men of tne Christian Association, take the advice of a man older than most of you, snd profit by the Sapezianoe of those otherwise good and zealous Christians who are daily wrecked or grounded on the shoals of sectariauism or fanati- cism! Be wise unto salvation; but see that you do not become too wise and too pure in orthodoxy. It you wish by all means to have a creed let it be so road and so deep that all the members of your association may endorse it. Ii you wish to discuss the tenets of those who do not think as you do allow an open and free discussion, or else you will draw upoa you the odium and contempt ofall that 4s intelligent and free in this country, If you sce fit to raise the wind ip your institution let it blow ireely, and loudly if need be, else if you try to sto} it, like the angry storm of Aolus in his caves, it will certainly burst out some aay, and great might be the ruin. J. KR. LAMOUREUX, An “Open Address” to Members of the Late Christian Convention. To THE Epiror OF THE HERALD:— To the delegates of the Convention for putting God, Christ and the Bible in the constitution, amen! To Mr. Tyng and all others who favor shutting up grogshops, libraries and other nui- gances on Sunday, amen! For these things effect the pecuniary interest of the Church and clergy> Amen to all wno would purify our government by ejecting all officers who are not members of Christian Churshes. Our country is rotten with infidelity; rotten with Spiritualism; rotten with Romanism; rotten with Judaism. To those who would wipe out these stains on our free land, amen! We know that curses are upon our coun- try. The infidelity of Tom Paine and Jefferson in the constitution is coming home to roost upon us, To all men who would raise their honest voices against such things, amen! The curse of the — gutcroppings gt infidelity culminated when an infidel President freed our slaves. To Mr. Hopkins and all other Christians who fought the hydra-headed monster, abolitionism, in the days of Buchanan, amen. To the Church of the South, tor proclaiming slavery the doctrine of the Bible and a gift of God, amen! Amen to all who favor the Bible in the public schools, Thrice amen to those Christian young men who put Mr. Train in prison for printing Bible quotations in his fool newspaper! The Bible isa pure book, amen! Whoever reads his Bible well and holds family worship daily, shall alone be eli- gible to office, to sit on juries, to take an oath, or to print a newspaper! Amen to all who fight the good fight for religion, pure and undefiled. But no amen to Catholics. They owe allegiance to Rome and the Pope. Let them hence—amen! They wor- ship the Catholic Charch and the Mother Mary. Mary was a Jewess. Her worshippers can- not be Christians, The Jews killed Christ Jesus, and they are the natural ene- mies of Christianity. We want none of them— amen! We shall have our pound of flesh, We are not mealy-mouthed about this matte’ Unitarians and Universalists are not Christial we want them not—amen! They shall be made ineligible to office, to places of trust and to testify in the Courts, Presbyterians and Methodists are the true Christians—amen! Some han ied may be Christians, but they shall be under the jurisdiction of the Methodists. All other sects are not Chris- tians; they are pretenders. They are the wedges through which infidelity has crept into our politi- cal fabric. Christianity is not a thing to be trifed with. We have able commentators on the Bible. We need no new religions, and, what is more, we will not have them. Beecher’s church is not Chris- tian. In all of Adam Clarke’s works it is not men- tioned. It is @ political machine and place tor fashions. Whoever goes outside of the ruies of the Presbyterian or Methodist Churches is a pretender and a_ biasphemer. We all know well enough who the true Chris- tians are, and we should have the meral courage to say so—amen! Whoever plays croquet is no Christian, Christ never played croquet. A ‘woman who speaks in public is no Christian. The old religion is good enough forus. We all know well enough that our Christian religion never would have amounted to much had not Constantine is- sued an edict commanding all persons to believe it or be put to death. Amen to Constantine! and shall we not have the moral courage to maintain the religion he gave us? Yea, verily. Half the people in the United States are Christians, and Shall we spare the rod and spoil the child? Nay, verily. It is our turn new. Let us be up and do- ing. The Bible shall be eur guide. It was good enongh in the older time. Whoever says the world is more than six thousand years old is an infidel, and should perish. Whoever says the earth is round and that the sun does stand still, or that there is not water enough to drown the world, is an _ infidel and should erish. In the language of President George, of jeneva College, we must have moral education, and everybody knows what that is. It is the teachiu; of our Church and mo other—amen. It is the teaching of the inquisition of Venice, it is the teaching of the inquisition of Spain and the teach- ing of the burning witches of Salem. Amen to those pious forefathers. They had God and Christ and the Bible in everything. But they were too lentent. They fell from . When they thus had the devil under their feet they should have kept him under—amen. There are now over three thousand witches (mediums) in these United States. They should be pulled in quarters or burned at the stake. This may seem cruel, but it is justice. We do net mean to have our free country deepotled by libertinism in disguise. They megs to join our Church or to migrate or to hang. ‘The Puritans founded this country, and it is theirs. We, the Christian people, in the name of God, Christ and the Bible, slaughtered the Indians, and shall we not enjoy the traits of our blessed lanor? How By, honrs burns to get this wedge into the Cokg die 102 5 The Future State—God -To THB EpiToR OF THE HERAL! The above was the subject of a discourse at the Plymouth Church in Brooklyn on last Sabbath by Rev, Edward Beecher, as reported in the HERALD on Monday. The discourse, on the whole, was an eloquent one, evincing much talent in the speaker, and, to my mind, far superior in point of ability to the average sermons reported from the pulpit of that church. The arguments of the speaker, al- though undoubtedly intended as a novelty, are not new at all, but are the same that all are obliged to resort to—that is the Bible. It seems to me hardly fair for the speaker to assume that he has really God for a witness, until he shall first prove that the Bible is really His word; for in so doing he takes for granted the very question at issue. That the Bible teaches the future conscious existence of man is very apparent, but that the Bible is really and truly God’s word is not so apparent to many, but is seriously questioned by a large and daily increasing class of honest and intelligent men in all parts of the civilized world. But if the reverend gentleman insists that the Bible is the Word of God, and places it as such on the witness stand, he certainly cannot object to a cross-exami- nation by the defendant. In doing this it will be seen that at the same time that the witness testi- fles to the future existence of man it also declares that. “the dead kuew nothing;” that men and animals “all f° to the same place; that “the wicked shall destroyed,” not saved alive, but, like stubble, “burned up,” and many other thi: the ideas of an endless future life. Again, it will seen that this witness declares not only that ‘man shall live ,”’ but that the greater portion of the Face shall live in a lake ef fire—ferever! ‘Broad is the road that leads to perdition, and many are walking therein,” and “narrow is the path that Jeads to life, and few there be that find it.” Again, he declares that in Adam all were lost, even 80 in Christ shall all be saved.” Nothing can be plainer than the conflicting and contradictory tes- timony of the Bible. No! believes such testi- meny. Men try to believe, it and many think they do, but they are mistaken, and the fact that ‘actions speak louder than words,” abundantly prove it. All would gladly believe that they shall meet loved and lost ones 1 other and happier world, but onstituted that they eannot believe without eviden This may be & misfortane, but it is nevertheless true, and it seems & pity, that candid, honest and well-meanti and women may uh) Le 80 important a ques A idence convincing, at least, as of much less fiaporteace. The Christian ministers are certainly having a hard fight in attempting to sustain their system founded on miracles and in Opposition to the declarations of science. There is an “irrepressible conflict” between the two. One or the other must yield, and science cannot, s a Witness. as God is indisputably its suthor—that is, of true science; and when and where the Bible conflicts with sctence or nature the sooner the Bible is abandoned as the Word of God the better will it be Deira conn oer: amas not fair for the reverend ge! he did, that all who disbelieve the Bible maxe God” @ itar, - In the first place; have too much revor- ence to use words—such words—in such 4 connec- tion; and in the second place it seems to me ae considering pe beige ane rho ay “asi 4 el ie eat many, that those who profess. to believe tho ible to be the Word of God come nearer making Him altar than those who do not believe it. To the Jew the Bible says tliat Christ was an imposter, and to the Christian that He was the Son oi God; to the Untversalists that all will be saved, and to the orthodox that nearly all will be lost; to Prot- estants that the Church of Rome 1s a scourge, even the Harlot of the Apocal: and to the Catholic cause © . that all without 1! Rioale of that Church are , deserving and destined to receive the wrath of God forever im the world to come, All, all ig conflicting, and the fact that “God cannot lie” fur 6 BtTON, rounds for suspicion that the Bible is not His | ord. Have I not stated the case fairly? I have endeavored to do so. a if I have not I ask to be corrected; but if [ beg your readers to consider the subject to heed, all that in truth I have d. If we live to merease tiie happiness of our fellow men we shall not only enhance our own in this world but prepare us for aavther, if that should be our destiny. ur ht, Th: ee il t Slitin the right wo staye ut am wrong, gh, teach my heart % ; VINDEX. Ministerial Movements and Changes. LUTHERAN. In Philadelphia there are twenty-five Lutheran churches, of whica eleven are German and fourteen English. Nine of these churehes are missions not yet fully established. The aggregate number of communicants is 8,000, The Scandinavians are building a church at Waco, Texas. Lutherans fresh from fatherland retain the old German cus- tom of taking up a collection at weddings and baptisms, Rev. Mr. Wiren has been serving the Swedish congregation at New Sweden, Me., at a salary of only $250 a year. He could do better than that making hats or shoes or digging ditches. In the Maryland Synod there are sixty-five minis- ters, forty-six pastorates, and 13,458 communicants. Rev, B, F, Alleman: late of Topeka, Kansas, has ac- cepted a call t© Woodsboro, Md. Rev. A. Buhrman has resigned the Milton charge and accepted a call to Lovettsville, Virginia. A German Lutheran church has been organized in Yonkers, om the Hud- son, and is supplied by the Rev. William Koenig. From October, 1871, to October, 1872, twenty-five Lutheran ministers died in America, and of these ten were between sixty and seventy years of age. The average age of all was fifty-two years and twenty-one days. PRESBYTERIAN. The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Canada have issued memorials to the Dominion Parliament and to the several railroad companies, asking that stop pe put to Binday trafic and Sabbath desecration on their roads, and in these memorials unite Revs. W. Morley Punshon, a Wes- leyan; William Stewart, Secretary of the Baptist Missionary Convention of Canada; Bishop Richard- son, of the Methodist Episcopal Church; W. F. Clarke, Congregational, and others. The Anglican Bishop of Toronto, while unable to sign the memo- rial in hig representative capacity, in a letter ex- poke his sympathy With the nidvement. Rev. . A. Kerr, pastor of the First Presbyterian church in Williamsport, Pa., has just been tried on charges of falsehood and unfaithfulness as a hus- band, preferred against him by his wile. The charges were sustained by a vote of 21 to7, and the Northumberland Presbytery has deposed him from the ministry and from the communion of the Church. Mr. Kerr has appealed to the Synod of Harrisburg. The First and Second Presbyterian churches have built new houses of worship within the past two years at Steubenville, Ohio. They are both on Fourth street, and within half a square of each other. Their aggre- gate cost is about one hundred and filteen thou- Sand dollars. Rev. J.S. Hanna has recently been appointed pastor of the Presbyterian church at South Amenia, N.Y. Rev, Mr. Thorpe has left Waterloo and gone to Dubuque, Iowa. Rev. John has accepted a call to the Presbyterian church at Lebanon, Ind. The Presbytery of New York at its last meeting adopted resolutions re- commending the operations of the Sustentation Committee and the Education Board to the confi- dence and aid of Presbyterian pastors and poopie. One week’s revival meetings in Hiawatha, Mo., ending February 16, resulted in fifteen additions to the Presbyterian church there. Among the con- verts were the father and sister of the pastor, Rev. . T. Davis. The Presbyterian church in Hastings, Minn., has received an addition of fifty-nine to its membership, the result of a revival just closed. The Presbyterian church at Farley has taken in nineteen on protession of faith; forty have united with the Presbyterian church in Michigan City, Ind. The First Presbyterian church of Bridgewater, Pa., on February 16, received ORAL making fifty since January 1, and the work still in progress, The Presbyterian church in Xenia, Ohio, at its last communion took in thirty-nine and the church at Tippecanoe City received fifteen. ROMAN CATHOLIC. Rev. Henry Ratte, pastor of the Fourteen Holy Martyrs’ church, Baltimore, left that city tor Eu- rope on Thursday, February 20. He will remain away for several months, and during his absence the parish will be attende’ by the Redemptorist Fathers of St. Alphonsus’. A mission, or series of daily meetings, is being held in St. Mary’s Catholic church, Gioucester city, N. J., under the ministra- tion of three Jesuit Fathers from Newark. Mo: Rev. Dr. Leonard, lately consecrated Bishop of Cape Town, Airica, received an address and £300 in Ireland recently. Father Fox, an old resident and favorite Catholic priest of St. Louis, died a few days ago. He was noted for his faithfulness as 8 pastor and visitor among the poor and sick of his parish. Even in seasons of epidemic, it was his custom to visit trom house to house. ‘The new Catholic church, the first brick building of which Fernandina, Fia., can boast, is approaching completion. Father Smith, of Emmettsburg, lowa, disappeared mysteriously during a recent storm and is thought to have perished. Very Rev. Bernard Canon O'Reilly has been appointed Bishop of Liverpool. Father Sullivan, formerly of Hudson, N. Y., is now at Salem in the same State. Father ee gave a mission in ees Va., last week. Very Rev. Arnold Darrien, S. J., has just concluded a “retreat” at Auburn, N. Y. Father Edward Doherty, an Irish priest, is at present in Philadelphia engaged in soliciting contributions ior the erec- tion of anew church. A handsome new church, 120 by 66 feet, is nearly completed at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and will shortiy be dedicated. To Rey. Thomas Walsh is due the credit of its erec- tion. Rev. Augustine M. Freitag, C. SS. R., for sev- eral years past connected with the college of the Redemptorist Fathert Annapolis, and lately the rector, has been transferred to Boston. Father Hayden, assistant pastor of St. Mary’s, Syracuse, New York, has just been appointeu pastor of St. Francis Xavier's, roe ee Mt del county, and its dependent missions, ther Hyacinthe, it is said, will visit America the coming Autumn, and will take part in the meeting of the “Evangelical Alliance.” He will present views of reform in the Roman Catholic Church. ome e Senge ant “URE 2s METHODIST, The following are the statistics of Louisiana Conference for 1872:—Probationers, 2,009; mem- bers in full, 8,750; local preachers, 192; infant bap- tisms, 1,482; adult, 794; churches, 61; value, $204,043; parsonages, 8; value, $2,360; debts on church property, $15,770; Sunday schools, 70; officers and teachers, 310; scholars, 4,914; volumes in libraries, 4,073; conversions, 815. Total amount of money raised for all purposes, $26,695 25, ‘The North Carolina Conference of the’ Methodist Epis- copal Chureh is im a prosperous condition. In 1871 it had 4,000 members; in 1872 it was within 120 of doubling its membership, or 7,890, and in 1873 it will report an advance of sixty per cent, or 12,608. They have purchased college property, and the Rev. S. Rogers is travelling through the Church to secure money for the pay- ment ofit. The new Trinity ‘Methodist Episcopal church at Lafayette, Ind., erected at a cost of over seventy-five thousand dollars, is to be dedicated March 4. Bishop MeTyeire, of the Methodist Bpis- copal church, South, has been spending several ‘sin this city, the guest of Commodore Vander- bil @ family. Bishops Janes and Foster made him a brief visit last week. The Fitth street Meth- odist Episcopal church at St. soeene Mo., has Catal) from sixty te about two hund! members juring the last three years. A mission Sunday school has been 01 1d in the southern part of the city, amd instead of the one home. num- bering frem twenty-five to thirty, there are now two flourishing schools, with over five hundred tis, The South Mission Methodist Episcopal cunrch, Min- nea] n., organized & 4 Sight memberk, and now numbers 200, Bishop Merrill apent two or three days in Cincinnati last ‘week, en route to preside at the session of the Kentucky Conference. He was formerly a mem- r of that conference. The new Methodist Epis- Soper church at Live Oak, Fia., is nearly com- pleted. The Methodists of Oxford, Ohio, have an Glegant edifice nearly finished. ‘The troy Von- ference will meet Til 24 instead of March 26, Bishop Wiley has selected a location at Austin, Texas, for the erection of a college for the benefit ofthe colored Peorios Atlanta is to have @ South- ern Methodist Book Depositery shortly. K, Als., is raising money to build a Methodist church. ‘The revival influence seems to be spreading all over the country. Our religious exchanges bring us additional reports of the progress of the work of grace in new sections. At Grandville and Peoria, lowa, about fifty-one have joined the Metho- dist Episcopal Church, At Tully, N. eighty een brought to Christ recently. In the have Willamette University, Oregon, about fifty dents have joined the Cuutch: At Oxford, Ohio, Afty-four have united with the Methodist Kpisco- fitty-five have anited with the Methodist Fp'scopal Church, On Phillipsburg » N. Y,, Over On@ bundred have presented themselves as penitents, most of whom have been converted. In Dubuque, Towa, 100 conversions are re} in the Methodist Episcopal church. At Hvosick Falla Sanat, evapora aoa ds Sanay Spring. hinge, Ma pincers lve have expe- seventy-five have loun eteatn te jeving. iD CONGREGATIONAL, Rev. G.S. Pope, of Oberlin, Ohio, was ordained to the ministry on February 12, and settled in Selma, Ala. Rev. Williath Allen, of Long Island, has taken conte of the churches of Big k and New Liberty, lowa; Rev. 0, P, Osborne, of East Hartford, has been called to the First Coagrega- tional church, Baltimore; Rev. ©. M. Palmer, of Cornish, has been called te Meriden, N. H., and Rev. D. L. Geer, of Cambridgeport, accepts a call to William: Pa. Rev, G. Gi Jam- bria, has bev aliea to the Welsh cl warob, Olncin. nati. Key. 3. W. n, of Brunswick, has set- tied at Lyman, Mei, and Rev. S. D. Peet, of Chatham. Centre, at Ashtabula, Ohio, Rev, H. 3. Kelsey, of Holston, has been led- to Weburn, A M. Landon, of Washington, Minn.. Penn N. Y., bas a Hanover street church, Milwaukee, Wis, fessor E. A. Park, D. D., of Andover, who, on account Pe eee soa Penal ot here ame - reach at all for four-years, “more: take the field for the Master. The church at Ke- Rev. J, Tompkins, pastor, are ope - let but deep and far-reaching revival. ‘There is also a revival of religion of great interest. in Pontiac, Iit., under the labors of Kev, 0. Parker. All the churches in the place unite in the effort. The first inquiry meeting opened with 200 present. The largest house in the place is full every evening. BAI PrisT. Rev. O. F. Filippo, & missionary in Delaware, haa declined a call to the pastorate of the Waverley Banat church, near Baltimore. A Pitts- burg firm of iron manulacturers are about to erect @ Baptist church at Pennsville, Pa. for the use of their employés, Rev. Davi Williams has been preaching in the ele lately, with marked success. Rev. D, W. Halstead nas resigned his charge at Dundaff, Pa. Rev. William A. » o Campbellite minister, has just been ordained a Bap- tist in Tyrone, Pa., and has accepted a call to the Baptist church a Curnensyille, Pa. Rev. J.C. Clark, ef Cincinnati, has been called to the Be: mont church, St. Louls, Rev. W. P. England called from Pine Fiat, Pa,, to Jersey Mills, Pa. Rev. T. 0. Geesfort, of Punxalawney, Pa., to Gettysburg, Pa. Rev. W. Hurlin, of Antrim, N. H., to Plaistow, N. H. Rev. 8, A. Kinsburt, D. D., of Huntingtoc, Ind., to Bath, Me. Rev. A. S. Moore, of Napoleon, Ohio, to Lockland, Onio. Rev. W. W. Robinson, to Bluf- town, Ind. Rev. H. M, Richardson, of Faiton, to Liberty, Mo. Rev. ©. D. Spencer, of mncer's Mills, to Lake View, Mich. Rev. R. Telford, of Warren, Ohio, to Rochester, Minn, Rev. G. Young, of Sandy Ridge, to Point Pleasant, Pa. Rev. J. P. Stephenson, of Rouseville, Pa., to Warren, Pa. Rev. N. Cyr, & Frenchman, has been appointee District Secretary of the American and en Bible Socte' for New England,. fis chiet work — will to circulate the Bible among Roman Oatholjcs, from’ which faitn be ia @ convert.” Rev. F. Waffies, a recent graduate of Madison University, has accepted a call to the pastorate of the Remsen avenue Baptist church, of New Brunswick, N. J, He will commence his labors in the Sprin key, H. Gray, De ‘Again leaVes Shelburné Falls, Mass., for pation: ton, D. C., where he takes charge of a newly formed Baptist church. Rev. Mr. Rogers has organized a colored Baptist church of twenty-seven membera in Philadelphia, to be known as Shiloh Baptist church, whose pastor he is to becomein a few weeks hence. A meedng. of the congregation of the First Baptist church of Harlem was held on Tuesday evening, February 18, for the purpose of considering the Feagpation the pastor, Rev. Elijah Lucas. Resolutions W passed asking the pastor to withdraw his resigna- tion, and tendering him a leave of absence to recruit his health—under the | impression that he would not withdraw 1t. But he did and the church folk are now mad as bulls because ne withdrew hia resignation. The Baptist Missionary Union employs 114 missionaries in Asia and 506 native preachers. The net gain of the Baptists in Massachusetts during the past year, on a Member- ship of 42,000, was only 48. EPISCOPALIAN, Rey, F. W. Raikes has peniened the bee of the Good Shepherd, Rochester, W. N. Y., to take effect the 31st day of March. By the wiil of the late James P. Haskin a legacy of $10,000 has been left to the parish of Grace church, Syracuse, to be applied toward the new church edifice. Rev. Charles H. Babcock has entered upon the rectorship of Guion church, Brooklyn, L. I. Rev. Jose] ton has taken charge of Christ church, Beatrice, Gage county, Nebraska. Rev. G. 8. Converse has declined the rectorship of Christ church cathedral, Reading, Pa. Rev. Charles D. Andrews has entered upon the rectorship of Christ church, Washington, D. C. Rev. W. L. Githens has assumed the rectorship of St. Peter’s church, San Francisco, Cal. Bishop Be. dell, of the diocese of Ohio, condemns both thea- tre-going and dancing. The vestry of St. Paul’ church, ey West, have invited Rev, John Reuther, curate of Christ church, Nassau, N. P., to become their Danton. The pp mecnbaians or (es ee! ja., are making arrangemen' aiid” @ church there. Rev. pag McOlure has become rector of Grace church, Providence, La.; Rev. A. J. Drysdale has taken charge of Emanuel church, Athens, Ga.; Rey. Thomas Bar- rows, of Georgetown, D. C., settled at Paradise, Pa.; Rev. J. 1. Tucker, D. D., has assumed the pas- torate of St. Paul’s Reformed Episcopal church, Troy, N.Y. Rev. E. A. Wagner has begun his pas- toral labors with Trinity church, Marshall, Texas. On February 11, in Madison, Wis., at the request of Bishop Armitage, Bishop Hun’ on ordained to the deaconate a Unitarian preacher, aged sixty- eight Hf botteratt fy years older than the Bishop himself. The Bishop and the convert were ac- guainted twenty-five yeal or more, but they ve not met for a quarte’ century. The ven- erable deacon dees not care to die in the faith in which he has lived, and is anxious to spend the rest of his days in missionary labors. MISCELLANEOUS, A Young Men’s Christian Association has been organized in Rome, Italy. New Orleans has a Hebrew Society numbering 3,000 members. The Rev. Henry Morgan, of Boston, known as the “Poor Man’s Preacher,” will open a course of lec- tures to non-church-goers this evening in Cooper Institute. The Fulton street prayer meetings for business men are now held in the church corner of Fulton and William streets, and are largely at- tended. The Treasurer reports the debt of the Board of Domestic Missions of the Reformed Dutch Church on the ist of February to be $12,746 30, One of the most attentive lusteners to Rev. Mr. Peeke’s sermons in the Re- formed church in Rhinebeck, N. Y, red squirrel that has made its home in the oe gallery. of the church. Rey. G. F, Muelder, of Wheeling, W. Va., has accepted a call to the Reformed German church at Corry, Pa.; Rev. J. J. Pennebacker, of Dayton, Ohio, has accepted a call to Rimesberg; Rev. J. M. Titzel hds removed to Irwin, Pa., and Rev. F. Pil- ‘am has taken charge of Shenango Reformed ferman church, Pennsylvania. Rev. G. Neef has accepted a call from the Reformed German congre- gation at Pottsville, Pa. Rev. A. J. Herman has organized a@new Reformed congregation at Top- on, Foreign Religious Matters. RELIGIOUS TOLERATION IN EGYPT. An Egyptian correspondent calls attention to the consecration @ short time ago of a new Jewish synagognc, of considerable architectural beauty, erected for the use of the Hebrew community of Alexandria by Mr. Menasce, banker in that city, at a cost of $70,000. The ceremony was remarkable for the interest in it manifested by the Khedive, at whose express desire the Governor of Alexandria, the Cadi, and a large number of other Egyptian fuiictjonaries were present. This demonstration of sympathy on the part of the government in the inauguration of this building is partly due to the Khedive’s high personal regard and esteem for Mr. Menasce, but in a still greater degree it may be at- tributed to a desire on the part of His Highness to render as conspicuous as possible the principles of liberality—displayed as Wellin religious tolerance as in other directions—which form the basis of the tive amme adopted by His rh. aeaewith tne Few of civilizing, materially im- wanee, Ill. encing & proving ana socially welding together the mixed population of his Principality. CURIOUS RESULTS OF RELIGION IN INDIA. The Rangoon Gazette of the 3ist of December sup- plies the following pithy paragraph of Church news :— The native catechists lately on trial for swindling at Tanjere have been sentenced each to five years’ imprisonment. CAVING IN DURING THE GOOD FIGHT. His Highness the Maharajah of Travancore, India, has had to make hasty return to his own territory, the mildly cold weather of Benares, whither he ne on # religious pilgrimage, proving too much or him. THE LOST TRIBES. A Yokohama (Japan) journal of the 234 of January says:— The lost tribes of Israel have been discovered (?) in so many parts of the world that at least a hun- dred sets are on hand now to represent the missii ten, A Mr. MacLeod, of Osaka, now insists that the Japanese are the true lineal descendants of Jacob. He professes to find a similarity in the Japanese and the cuneiform Assyrian alphabets, to find the Mia worship correspondent to that ef the Kings of Israel before the captivity, and to find in the history of Japan the literal fulfilment of prophecy. CATHOLIC CHURCH SCHOOLS IN Asta. Tne Punjab (E. 1.) Times ef the 14th of January says:— We are glad to learn thot the Loretto Convent school, recently established in Lacknow, not only bids fair to be @ great educational success, but, Mkewise, that the most sanguine expectations ot the convent authorities have already been realized as regards the favor with which the institution is bel Teceived b; rents and cams oF the comminity, The mode of "vencl ng pal Church. At Branchkport, N. Y., over one bun- red mew converts are reported. On cy Seventy conversions are re- ‘on the Oakwood charge, conversion and have united with the Methodist bg I Church. At Har- Wony Methodist Episcopal churgb. Fairfield. lows. and subjects taught both meet with $ it is @ matter for congratulation tat at engit we possess @ young ladies school'so that children need not in future save for a cl a ot climate) be sent to distant stations in order that they may be properly trained for the duties of life, and thorou Sent cham aeaaed in all the essentials of @ ’