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RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. April 27—Second Sunday After Easter. ae PROGRAMME FOR TO-DAY. Becond Adventism Revolving Around Puritan Ritualism. DDD ATTEMPT TO ENLIGHTEN A SCEPTIC, Yhe St. James Redemptionis Mission. ‘ —+ ENGLISH IN THE JEWISH SYNAGOGUES Is Purgatory a World of Spirits P Mysterious Phenomena in San Francisco. Marks of the Wounds of Our Savionr On a Young Woman. MOVEMENTS OF THE CLERGY. Services To-Day. “Shall the Bible and Christian Influences Be Driven from Our Public Schools ?” will be the ques- tion discussed by Rev. Dr. Talmage, at the Brook- lyn Tabernacle, this morning. Services at the gsual hour in the evening. The new rector, Rev. John N, Galleher, will Preach tn Zion church this morning, Rev. Dr. Ruius Clark, of Albany, will preach, morning and evening, in West Twenty-third street Presbyterian church, “The Jewish Priesthood” will be the subject of Pastor Robert Cameron’s lecture this evening at Beventeonth street Baptist church. “Abraham’s Place Among Religious Reformers” Is to be Rey. C. R. Baker's subject this evening at the Brooklyn Church of the Messiah. Rey. Dr. Gillette preaches, morning and evening, in Plymouth Baptist church. Rey. Henry Powers preaches upon special sub- fects at the Church of the Messiah, mornimg and evening, At North Presbyterian church, this morning, Rey, Thomas Street will daliver a farewell dis- tourse. Rev. J. W. Barnhart will preach in Forsyth Btreet Methodist Episcopalchurch, morning and evening. Services in English at the Russian-Greek Chapel, atil A.M. Services inthe evening at Steinway Hall, and in the morning at Tabernacle Baptist church, by Rev. Wayland Hoyt. Rey. Isaae Riley wit conduct the serviees, morn- Ing and evening, at Thirty-fourth Street Reformed ehurch, Special subjects of discourse, with baptisms fol- lowing, at Filty-third street Baptist church, Rev. W. H. Pendleton. Rey. W. ©. Dawson preaches, morning and eyen- Ing, at the Church of Christ. At Presbyterian Memorial church Rev, Dr. C. S. Robinson preaches, morning and evening. At Pilgrim Baptist church Rev. J. Spencer Ken- hard will dilate upon special subjects, morning and evening. Services; morning and evening, at St. Thomas’. chapel, Rev. Professor Roberts. At Westminster Presbyterian church Rey, J. K. Demarest preaches morning and evening. At Cavalry Baptist church Rey. R. 8, McArthur will preach morning and evening. Rey. Robert Sloss will preach in the morning €nd lecture on “First Principles in Church Lite? in the evening. Rey. G. C, Esray will discourse upon special sub- Jects at Grace Methodist Episcopal church, morn- ing and evening, Professor Hutchings preaches at Glass Hall morn- ing and evening. Services this afternoon at Christ church (Protest- ant Episcopal). Sermon by Rey, Dr. Hugh Miller Thompson, “Christianity Proves Itself’ and “Fating, Drink- ing and Dying” are Re¢, George H. Hepworth’s subjects for this morning and evening at the Church Of the Disciples, At All Saints’ (Episcopal) services morning and evening, Rev. W. N. Dunnell, rector. Preaching by Rey, P. L. Davies, at Berean Bap- tist church, at the usual hours. Rey. W. H. Cook will preach in the morning and Rev. J. H. Houghton in the evening at St. John's chapel. Right Rey. Bishop Armitage, of Wisconsin, will conduct the services, morning and afiernoon, at Calvary chureh. Rey. Dr. Orville Dewey will preach at All Souls’ this evening.~* “Moonshine " is Rev, W. T. Clarke's subject for | this evening, at Harlem Unity chapel. Rey. W.B. Hayden preaches on spectal topics, Morning aud evening, at the New Church house of ‘worship. “The Coming Doom of Antichrist’ is the subject ‘on Which Bishep Snow will enlighten his flock this afternoon at the University, Spiritualistic services at Apotlo Hall at the usual hours, Professor 8. B. Britton lectures on “The Philosophy of Inspiration’ in the evening, “Our Family on Karth and in Heaven” is the theme on which Rev. J. M. Atwood will address the Universalist Society (Ninth and Stuyvesant streets) at eleven A, M. Rev. Dr. Flagg preaches in Eighty-fiith street | chureh in the morning and evening. At Anthon Memorial chureh Rev. R. Heber New- tou will preach (special services) morning and | alternoon, AUsSt. Luke's (Methodist Episcopal) Rev. J. F. McCleiland will preach morning and evening. A. Higgins, Jr, will elucidate “Spiritualism and Yhought" at Franklin Hall, Jersey City, tbls evening, Vicar General Preston will leeture on “The Chareh and the State” at St. Paul's this evening. “A Novle Soul Ject this evening o Ot 1,288 Broadway. The Howard Mission Choir witl give a concert this evening at Trinity Baptist ehureh. Anthony Higgins, of Jersey City, will this afters noon address the Cosmopolitan Conference at furn- verein Hall, Will be Rey. 4. M. Pullman's sub- ' Lyric Hail, Morning services Episcopal Ritualism Among the Aa- ventists—A New Spoke in the Theologi- | cal Whee) of the @uritan Hub. To THe Evrrorn oF THE HERALD :— Lent is over, and the ac workers in the Episcopal Church are already preparing for the mext Christian year’s campaign, The Ritualists | in are undoubvtedly the “live men of the Episcopal etts, and the Advent Brother- ore,” around which cluster | the social influences and spiritual sympathies of Church in Massachu: Hood represent th the Anglican communion in w England, A new element has been infused into the Advent | party, and this element promises te work as @ | the two. Thit The “new de- , if the term may be used in connection with religious parties, consists in attaching the | lif Jeaven partu' ‘unto” important results, NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 1873—QUINTUPLE SHEET. the elaborate ritual, which has nitherto Deen ex- clusively relied on by the Anglicans. Father Grafton electrified, confounded and aston- ished many good people not long since by ‘iead- ing’ the services of the Young Men’s Christian As- sociation, He conducted the meeting rede suc. cessiully, and if rumor may be relied on it is pos- sible that this ardent missionary Will soon organize regular meetings for prayer in connection with the Advent Chureh. It is only necessary to go one step further and convert the ordinary “meditation” ser- vice, as now held at advent, into “Gospel” preach- ing, accompanied by congregational stinging, to in- augurate a wide-reaching religious influence here, ‘This has already been done in London by the ad. vanced Kitualists over there, and the effect on the people of the British metropolis is unprece- dented. The Boston Ritualists would then repre- sent three distinet phases of worship— First—The Adoration servieo, including the ritoal music, symbolism and other accessories for the “babes” inthe Chureh, Second—the Gospel service, including evangelical ngregatignal singing and the plain “serimon’? Seats “strong men’? who have advanced in Third—The ordinary prayer meeting, Such @ commingling of forces in one chnrch would produce an activity and a spirit of tolera- tion well caleulated to arouse the enthusiasm of ar- dont lovers of Gospel work. The congregation which now assembles regularly at Advent is one of the most imteresting teatures of Boxtor All Classes, all conditions tn life, all races, mingle to- gether in the worship of the Father of All. Can the Puritan be drawn in and made to unbend? Is he willing for the “babes” to have sugared milk, pro- vided he gets good, strong, wholesome meat ¥ And if the Puritan does “join i,” will he finally capture Advent or will Advent capture him? B Besron, April 20, 1573. “A Sceptie” Receives Light of Rather Questionable Orthodoxy. To THe Eprror or THe HEeravp: In last Sunday’s edition I noticed that “a sceptic” called for light. He wanted to know why the con- temporaneous writers failed to allude to the death ol the man Christ. Iam glad that he made the re- quest, and hope that the learned will come forward and thoroughly ventilate the whole subject, Truth is the only immutable thing Known to man, and all religious aifairs must ceuform to that standard or be rejected. The truth, as I find it, is this:—I know nothing about the absolute. My conscience is the outgrowth of my education and experience—that is to say, had E been born and bred a Hebrew [ would have had a Hebrew conscience, and no incli- nation to go to the theatre on Saturday; conse- quently IL have no channel through which te receive communications from the Unknown, Lam sure of this, for when I was a boy I “experienced religion,” and when I became old enough to do my own think- ing I analyzed that experience and found it self- imposed—found that I iad been one of the thou- sand strings tuned and twanged by the dominie. Measured by my standard [ tind that something came not from nothing, and that there is no eitect without a cause, A vile habitat and improper in- struction prodace tmmoral and wicked people; hence a devil and a hell are superfuons. Man is on an incline of even grade, but owing to the irregular speed with which be ascends, we can- not determine whence he came, His progress ever has and ever shall be upward, and by and by his intellect wili be evolutionized to such am extent as will enable him to understand much about some- thing which he now has the brass to sWear that he fully comprehends, Noah’s ark was not as large as the steamship Great Eastern, The latter cannot accommodate a pair of each kind of animal in Africa; indeed, half the number would pall her main truck under. The so-called holy conception would have been a direct violation of the law of nature. We are Without evidence as to the so-called resurrection. We know that all religion 1s the work of man, and that one denomination is just about as good as another, Icontend that the devil and damnation—part of the doctrine—will Kill Christianity, Inasmuch as a threat is a snre signof weakness. The Omnipotent that would obtain my respect must strike as with @ thunderbolt, A thoughttul man will uncover his head and calinly await the summons, He has too much self- respect to get down into the dirt and whine, and he ‘8 altogether too honest to make believe that he is going i¢ heaven on a imoss-covered yarn, New Yous, Apri! 24, 187 EXCELSIOR. The Redemptorist Mission at St. Charch. Since Passion Sunday a mission of the Redemp- torist Fathers, under Father Henning, has been given in St. James church, James street, of which Rey, Felix Farrelly is pastor. It has been one of the most notable Catholic missions of the past Winter. Its first part was devoted to the women, and of these no less than six thousand approached Holy Communion, Themen’s mission, whi be- gan in Holy Week ant still contmues, brought crowds to all the sermons, at cach of whieh there coulda not have been less than three thousand preent. Though it is commonly supposed that women care more for religion than men, itis to be remarked that at this mission the men's com- munions were 10,000 against 6,000 of the women. This is, unquestionably, a high testimony to tie virtue of the Catholic people of the Fourth ward and to their devotion to the Church. It may pe mentioned apropos oi this mission that the collec. tion in St. James for the orphaus on Easter Sun- day amounted to $1,300. This parish does not owe a doliar on itsecclesiastica) property. It has spent over $120,000 in building and fitting up schools, and it supports, at an annual cost of $12,000, over 1,600 children in its free school. In its mdustrial school it educates, clothes and feeds a large num- ber of destitute children, The etef sodalities of the Catholic Church have branches in the congre- gation of St. Anes, There are 500 young girls in Bt. Ce 8 Sodality who go monthly to commu- nion, Among the Children of Mary there are 300 young ladies irom sixteen years upwards, ‘There also are the Alta, red Heart and Rosary socie- or the boys there is St. Aloysius’ Sodality. there is also the Young Men’s Sodality of the Im- culate Conception, numbering 150, and the St. James re in the Sunday schoois no less than tholic pupils. English-Speaking Teachers in Jewish Synagogues. To THe Eprror or THe HerRatp:— Inotice in your religious intelligence, in alate Sunday's HERALD, that you alluded to the searcity o! English-speaking preachers in the Jewish syna- goges. I was surprised at the statement; and the paragraph called to my mind the name of a gen- tieman wiom I have never had the pleasure of meeting or becoming acquainted with, but whose writings I have read with deep inter I refer to vr. H. Baar, who is now, | think, professor in one of the educational instituuons of New Orleans, He was educated at Gotting and Bonn, and, later in lie, in England, He was fourteen years @ preacher in one of the synagogues in Liverpool, and came tothe United States. He has written for the Jewish Messenger and other papers, and his recent admirable article on the choeland House was copied into twenty-three papers. He is a man of tine mind, superior education and sound judgment; and Lam sure ranks below none of the foreign scholars who have come to this country. 1 am not a ¢o-religionist with Dr. Baar, andT know but little of the needs of Jewish pulpits3 but [ do believe that there are already in this country eminent Jewish preachers who are as eloquent in the English as in the Hebrew language, WASHINGTON, D, C., April 18, 1873, 53 Pargatory—A World of Spirits. To THE Epiror or tHe HeraLp:— Emmanuel Swedenborg, in his description of what he saw and heard in the spiritual world while he was permitted by the Lord to have open vision with that world, has given us from direct observa- tion a rational view ofthe doctrine of purgatory. It must be manifest to every one that scarcely any menor women are either angels or devils when they leave this world, either as to knowledge or goodness; and the great mass of mankind have in their views and creeds a mixture of truth and falsehood, Nor are their affections entirely free from evil inclinations on the one hand, or 80 per- verted on the other to leave no Remblance of goodness. No one, while believing false doetrines, or who is actuated by perverted affections, can become an inhabitant of the Celestial City 5 and no one be- Heving the truth and having even the semblance of heavenly goodness can become an inhabitant of hell. Man’s ruling love governs his destiny; and if his ruling love 1s love of the Lord and his neighbor, or obedience to the divine commands, he must be taught the traths which are acknowledged in the heavenly kingdom, put away his lalse doctrines, and coniorm his life to heavenly precepts by sub- duing all inclinations to evil bere he can enter heaven, Whereas if man’s ruling love is evil, love of self, or of rule, or of the world, or love of appro. | bation, or of sensnal gratifications, he must put away all true doctrines whieh are hot in harmony | witli his evil love, betore he enters False. hood and evil have no’place in heaven; truth and ss no place in hell, Trath and goodness are (Lin the angel, falsehood and evil in the devil, Swedenborg found inhabitants of the spiritual world divided into three grand societies, which he | Nurwes heaven, hell and the world of spirits, In | Heaven all acknowledge and worship our Lord sus Christ, or God manifest, a8 the one God one Divine Person, and are living @ life according to the commandments, joving the Lord, their neighbors, im obedience to the | Divine commands, All in heil ne found dented the divinity of our Lord Jesas Christ and were stuated by séifish love and required to be re- | Strained, there as here, by punishments, “The World of spirits,” he tells us, “18 not heaven nor yet hell, but is a place or state’ intermediate between er man first goes alter death.’? All men, we are told, at death are received in the world of spirits by good angels, wno strive to teach them heavenly truths and lead them to @ heavenly Ifa man’s ruling love is good he receives ‘prayer mgetipg” and sluple “Gospel gervice”? yo | buch instruction aud couforas lis day ive to it and gradually progresses until he is prepared for en hei mm. If the man has ‘ongly Con. firmed himself in false doctrines, a8 many good men who enter the world of spirits from Clrisuian lands have done, it is very siow and dificult thing for them to put away their false views. For this reason Swedenbor some of the simple Ree from heathen lands, who have believed in a upreme Being and lived according to their re- ligion, actually make more progress towards heaven in a Les night than such Christians do in many years. If the ruling love of the man when he is raised up into the world of spirits is evil he ts not satisfied with the doctrines taught by the els, for he has no love for the life which they tnenleate; he therefore voluntarily leaves the society of the angels and associates with those who are in like affections, and graduaily re- Jects ali genuine truths, and aets from selfishness, abd thus progresses toward hell or to a life oi genu- ine self-love. The Lord caats no one into heil, al- though the appearance is otherwise, for the truth judges man, and evil men hate the truth because it ns, their lives and thus torments them, and they flee from it to their like in heil, where they are permitted to enjoy their infernal delights, when they do not interiere with the rights of others; but when they do, as they are ever in the love of doing, they are punished, and must be, or life in hell would be worse than annihilation. The world of spirits, or intermediate state, in- stead of being a purgatory, as represented by Catholics, 18 simply the common receptacie for ail men when they leave this world, where they are gradually developed for either heaven or hell, according to their ruling loves, some remaining there but for a short time, others tor a longer pe- ried; but none, we are told by Swedenborg, since the last judgment, which he witnessed, in 1757, Jonger than thirty years, J. EY Aubarn Theological Seminary. To THe EDITOR OF THE HERALD:- The extraordinary liberality of an offer of en- dowment to this institution, on condition of its re+ moval to the neighboring village of Aurora, has called public attention to its past history and ren- ders some facts conneeted with at of general in- terest, The seminary was foundedin 1820, Auburn contributed $16,000 and eight acres of land, now in the centre of the city. Cayuga county con- tributed $35,000, The funds have been caretully managed. Nothing hasbeen lost by bad invest- ments, The sewlaary is virtually out of debt, Its funds have steadily increased. Within the last fliteen years its invested endowments have risen from $60,000 to over two hundred thousand dollars. Two years ago $40,000 was added to its real estate in a beantiul library building, the joint gilt of Hon, William B, Dodge and Hon. E. b. Mor- gan. Recently $5,000 has been received from another source for the purchase of books, Lega- cies of considerable value, some of them already paying interest, are ia promoect: Twice, says one of the professors, Within the past eighteen years the churehes of Aubura have saved the Seminary from utter ruin, In 1869 Auburn contributed more than two-thirds of the entire sum raised to in- crease the professors’ salaries, without which the Seminary must have been closed. Auburn has just expended more than $200,000 in erecting new church edifices, and yet is now again raising sub- seriptions for the Seminary. The Hon. bdwin B, Morgan, of Aurora, with rare generosity has of Jered to place the Seminary beyond financial want on condition of its removal to the place of his own residence. Ministerial Movements. PRESBYTERIAN. Rev. J. D. Fitzgerald, pastor of the First Pres- byterian church of Cumberland, Md., has accepted @ call from the congregation at Knoxville, Ill, The Fourth Presbyterian church of New Orleans has extended a call to the Rev. W. McElwee, of Kentucky, to become their pastor. A new Pres- byterian church has been organized in Philadelphia of thirty-three members from other churches, and Rey. Matthew Newkirk, of the North Tenth street church, was unanimously chosen pastor. A site for a church edifice has also been purchased. ‘The flne new Presbyterian church of Freehold, built of ‘Trenton stone, and costing $50,000, was dedicated on the 10th. ‘The Socicty wes origiually organized in 1725, by @ company of Scotch enfiarants who were wrecked on tie coast. Simultaneously with their removal to better quar- ters, the congregation have added $500 to the salary of their pastor, Rev. Frank Chandler, Rey. R. S$. Storrs, D. D., of Brooklyn, and tie Rev. Dr. Hall, of this city, exchanged puipits last Sabbath aiternoon, The Presbyterians of Cauada and the British Proy- inces are trying to form a federal union among themselves, They have held three representative conventions in different places and already ar- ranged the preliminaries, The overtures are being passed upon by the Synods and Presbyteries, and t is hoped that the union may be periected before isi4. The United Presbyterians have purchased $100,000 worth of bonds m Mecklenburg and Char- lotte counties, Virginia, and are founding Christian colonies of their faith thereon, The natives are heartily in favor of the enterprise and aid it as far as possible, The two Ptesny- terian Synods of Missourt, while awaiting an ecclesiastical union among themselves, have agreed to unite in support of Westminster College—the denominational college of the State. The present property of the coll with the endowment, is lett intact, without ug credited to either party. An additional endowment is to be created of $120,000, of which each Synod is to raise $60,000, and to have a corresponding control of the college, each Synod electing one-half of the Board ef Trustees, Provision is also. made for the election of one-half of the Professors in the iustitution by the Northern Assembly Synod, when provision for their support is nade by, that Synod, Each Synod is to invest its own funds, and have complete control of them, ‘The location of the college is lett an open question, The two Synods are to m in the fail of 1874 to ratify these arrangements, ie instalation of the Rev. J. K. Demarest, as pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian church, Twenty-second street, be- tween Sixth and Seventh avenues, will take place to-morrow evening, Drs, Prime, Burchard, Hastings and others will take part in the ser- vices, Lhe members of the Second Preshyterian chureh, of Brooklyn (Clinton street), deny that they are about to disvand, remove or unite with some other churet, as has been edly asserted by. other: Sunday school 900, They are in a good location, plieut weekly mncetings, and they know of no reason why they should leave their present state or station, BAPTIST. The Baptists of Galveste ‘Texas, have erected a new chureh, ata cost of $2,500, and are now look ing for help'to pay tor it. Fi embers of a Bap- ust church in Indiana, in good circumstances and in good standing, have been expelled tor & ness, hey had refused to pay their share of the cost of a new meeting honse. Rey. Hiram Hutchings, of Bediord avenue Baptist church, Brooklyn, who has been for some weeks prostrated by typhoid tever, is now slowly recovering, and itis hoped he will soon be at work again. Rey. Robert Bennett has resigned his charge at Eyremont, Mass, Mr, Thomas 8, Samson was ordained to the Gospel ministry last ‘Thursday night in the First Baptist church of this city. Kev. W. H. H. Marsh las accepted a call to the Central Baptist church, of Salem, Mass., of which Rev, David Weston, now Professor of Ecclesiastical History in Madison University, was recently pastor. Rey. IT. RK. Palmer, of Madison, Ind., has accepted a call to Aurora, IL. Mr. A. B. Tucker, son of the late Dr, Tucker, pastor of the Aurora church, is to be ordained at that R= to-d He will then travel in Colorado dw ing the’Suinmer for the improvement of his health, The Eleventh Baptist church of Philadelphia is dwindling away in numbers and running so deeply into aebt that the auction biock is but a little way ahead uniess there be reinforcements furnished both of money and of men, for which an urgent ap- peal is now made, This was once a strong and powerlul society, but from some causes not ex- plained it has become what itis now. At Newark, “N. J., the Baptist pastors have organized puters ence for the churches of that city an Southern Baptist Con’ Ala., May 8 and succee of Kansas City, Mo. inity. A nition will be held in Mobile, ding days, Rev. J. C. Maple, has just assumed the | pastor- ship of the Baptist chureh in Springfield, Mo., the late pastor of this chureh, Rev, Charies Whiting, having gone to Fort Scott, Kansas. A Mr. William H. Burlew, of the Methodist Bpiscopal Church, was on the 16th inst. ordained to the ministry of the Baptist church in Samptown, N. J. Rey. John juiney Adams, of this city, has accepted the pastorate of the First Baptist churen of Newburg, N. Y., unanimously tendered to him, Lots for the Baptist Home in Brooklyn have been purchased on Greene avenue, and work on the building 18 to be commenced.at once, although but a smail partof the probable cost has | been raised. The Baptists of Western Massachu- | setts have a Social Union of five years’ standing, which las planted a ehuren at Turner's Falls, on the | Connecticut River, and aided other weak churches, | supplied empty pulpits, encouraged weak and waning pastors and congregations, and has greatly unified the body of Baptisis in that partof the country. Poor ministers, their wives and daugh- ters are invited to the social entertainments and their expenses paid out of the funds of the Union, | and the religious papers of the denomination think | this example might be very profitably followed in other sections and among other Charches also, CONGREGATIONAL, The Congregational churehes in Hartford last year contributed $15,838 to home missions, of Which $15,5U 92 Was given by the First church, and included a legacy. Rev, G, J, Tilottsom, act- ing pastor af the Second chareh in Piainfleld, 1s Unanimously called Hampton, Mass. Rev. D. B. Bradiord, of St. Albans Bay, Vt, accepts a call to Bangor, Me. Rev. John T. Gullick and nis wile, who, with their little Chinese girl, have made the acquaintance of so many friends during their visit wave sailed from San Francisco on hina. The chnveh in Stockton in- to supply N. Bartlett, of Hipit temporarily to their return to vite Rev, Martin Post, of Santa Clart 5 their pulpit one » Rev, B. Woodburn, Ml, leaves Nis pi reernit his health, Rev, H. I of Marathon, N.Y. Key . Bb. Stewart has rport, and Rey, Wiliam N. Y. ‘The latter wbor in that vicinity. Jd Centre, Mass, bas removes to Oberlin, Olio, to | Rey, 0, P. Emerson, of Lynu The chureh numbers 339 members and the” to tak B, F. Parsons, formerly of Derry, N. H., who has supplied the Co! ich in Westmin- ster, Mass., one the Winter, aecepts their call. Mr. Charles W. Kilbon, just completed his course at Hartf and has nm a] pointed by the Amertean Beard to labor the Zuius in South A the Olivet church, Springfield, Maas., 10, He will be associated in missionary lal with Rev. Josiah Tyler. The Old South chureh of Beston dedicated their new chapel on Dartmouth and Boylston streets last week, and services will be heid there hereafter, The Globe Congrega- tional church in Woowsocket, R. L, which has been divided for some time, is coming together again under the ministry of Rev. W. 5. Stockbridge, ot Andover. Rev. E. Douglass, its late pastor, retired trom the field. The Congregationalists at River Point, R, L, having tried for several years to maintain worship at that place, and having failed, the church edifice was given over to the Baptists to try their luck. Tuey aiso failed, and the Metho- dists stepped in, but with no better success, and now the Congregationalists have taken hold again, to stay if they can. They say the population ig neither American nor rotestaut. Why not let the Catholic priesthood work there, then? METHODIST. Rev. William P. Corbett began the thirty-third ear of his ministry last Sunday as pastor of the DeKalb avenue Methodist Episcopal church. The edifice was crowded both morning and evening, and the galleries, which have been closed for sev- eral years, were epeoer. and room was scarcely to be had in the evening. ie Ladies’ Aid Society of the church gave the pastor and h family a fitting reception on Monday evening. This is the first time that Mr. Corbitt ever minis- tered in Brooklyn, and his presence seems to have created a little sensation among Methodtst circles. Rev. Dr. Maclay and familly are to leave on Wed- nesday of this week en route overland to San Francisco, from which pert they expect to embark for China and Japan by the steamer leaving May 15. Dr, Maclay spent last Sunday in this city and in the afternoon addressed the Sunday school of St. Pawi’s church. Bishop Andrews has decided not to live in Councit Bluffs or Omaha, but, it is understood, at Des Moines, lowa. The people at Couneil Bluits had purchased a house for the Bishop, but their plans having been changed by this decision, they have cancelled their contract and the subscriptions are being refunded. Dr. John W. Cosad, of Jersey City, eminent in Chris- wan work, and chairman of the De- votional Committee of the Young Men's Christian Association, has been prostrated by serious illness, but is likely to live. Rev. D. W. ‘Thomas, the tounder of the Biblical and training school for the native preachers and youth of the Methodist India Conference, arrived safely in this country again, afier an absence of some twelve years, which have been marked by most laberious and suceessiul labor. ‘The Methodists of Dor- chester, Boston, are buikling a new church edifice. The Methodist Church Seuth shews the following strength from the published minutes for 1872:—Number of ministers travelling and local, 8,147; number of white members, 637,526; number of colored members, 3,557; number ol Indian mem- bers, 4,710; number of Sunday School scholars, 312,759; collections for missions, $94,139; the in- crease in the White membership for the past year, 36,617; decrease colored members. Rev. Dr. Taffany, of the Metropolitan church in Wash- ington, D. C., has been leeturing in Toronto, Canada, on “The New Civilization,” and heap lle 7 up the Canadians with annexation sentiments. The anti- annexationists have therefore engaged Mr. Nicholas F. Dunn to reply to the Doctor, Itisa sign of progress even in Canada that the people have allowed such an eminent American to preach annexation to them at all. Dr. Lovick Pierce, of Macon, Ga., entered upon the eghty-ninth year of his age on March 24, 1873, still able to preach, but not able by any means to work as he has been wont. The Doctor has been sixty-eight years in the effective ministry of the Methodist Church, and was aiways able to meet his appointments until last. July, when sick- ness and loss ef voice overcame him and he hasnot preached or ex:orted in public from that time until the second Sunday in March. He says he has only recently learned how to preach, and he now wants the privilege of lecturing or preacaing at least once on Sabbath days to young mipisters and young men especially. Age, he says, has rendered more clear and distinct his vision of religious truths. The Western Christian Advocate tells of @ Sabbath school anniversary in Indianapolis which filled the Academy of Music in that city and two churches near by on the 6th inst. It was the fiftieth anniversary of the first Sunday school ever organized in that city, in April, 1822. Though designed to be a local affair nearly all the schools in the city desired to participate, and fiity- three schoois, with mere than eight thousand scholars, did unite in the celebration, Mrs. C. Paxton, the only teacher of the original school now living, was mtroduced to the large audience in Roberts’ Park Methodist Episcopal church, of which society she is a member. It was an occasion long to be remembered in Indianapolis. ROMAN CATHOLIC. The general summary of Roman Catholic mis- sions for 1872 gives 23 bishops, 440 missionaries, 320 hative priests and 700,000 native Catholics. ‘The total receipts of the society amount to’ more than a million of dollars per year. Roman Catholic jour- nais claim a rapid rate of progress for Catholicism in England. The Old Catholics at their meeting in Boum on Monday resolved to elect a bishop at Cologne on the 4th of June. Father Hyacinthe is having a rush, The Germans like him. ‘The hall he preaches in hoids 4,000 persons, but many more would like to getin, The Right Rev. Dr. Leonard, Vicar gees of the western province of the Cape of Good Hope; the Bishop of Maitland, N.S. W., and the Bishop of Ardagh are visiting Reme and the Pope, The united Catholic popula- tion of the United Kingdom is about two millions, whose spiritual needs are attended by nearly one thousand nine hundred priests. The Very Rev. Wm. Quin having been named Vicar General of the diocese of New York, it is found con- venient his residence should be at the Cathedral, Father Quin, therefore, about the Ist of May will leave nis position as pastor of St. Peter's church, Barclay street, and become rector of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, The Key. M. J, O'Farrell, who some years ago administered St. Peter's in the tempo- rary absence of Fataer Quin, is appointed as bis successor. The Rev, M. C. O'Farrell, lately assist- ant priest at St. Peter's, will be sent to the arish of Rondout, lately attended by the Rev, « J. O'Farrell, who comes to St. Peter's. The. Rey. Gabriel A. Healy, pastor of St. Gatiriel’s church, has so sticcessfully accomplished his work in the temporary buildings he has used for chapel and school houses that the corner stene ot the new church, Fourteenth street, between Eighth and Ninth avenues, will be laid by the Most Rev, Archbishop McCloskey on Sunday, May 11, ‘The number of names appended to the petition about to be addressed to the French Assembly by the Catholics of France in favor of religious in- struction now amounts to — 1,001,334. The idea of a pilgrimage to St. Francis of Assisi makes great progress in Rome, The faith- fal have taken it up with enthusiasm. The radicals talk of organizing demonstrations against the pilgrims, to intimidate them and cause the project to miscarry,. Father Barnard has been unanimously elected Abbot of the Cisterian Order in the Abbey of Lerins, in the south of France, for the term of five years. On the 16th inst, a number of parishioners of the Chureh of the Holy Cross, in West Forty-second street, New York, pre- sented the Rey. W. P. Flannelly with a purse of $1,100, Father Flannelly, ‘after five years’ assistant pastorate, has been transferred to Peekskill, Archbishop Bayley recommends the Bohemtan church of St. Wenceslaus, of Baltimore, to the purses and pockets of good Catholtes tor aid to remove the incumbrances on it. He heads a subscription himself with $250, To-day the Rey. W. H. Gross will be consecrated Bishop of Savan- nah in the Cathedral, Baltimore. The consecration of the Bishop of Newark takes place % Sunday, May 4, in’ the Cathedral of dito. cese. The consecrator will be the Are bishop of New York. The assistant prelate will be the Bishop of Brooklyn and the Bishop of Louisville. Ky. The Archbishop of Baltimore and fourteen bishops are expected. Father Doane will be the assistant priest of the Consecrator. Fathers Da Concilio and Hennessy, deacon and sub-deacon. Fathers Schneider and Messner, of Seton fall Seminary, will assist the Bishop elect, The cere- monial will be conducted on a scale of great mag- nificence. PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL. Rev, Charles Kingsiey has been appointed canon Pesidentiary in Westminster Abbey. A new and elegant Episcopal church is being it in Selma, Alabama, The Clergymen’s Mutual Insurance League of the Episcopal charch ‘now numbers 1,018 members, The members pledge them- selves simpiy to pay $2 each to the family or heirs of any member who dies. The heirs ot the last deceased member therefore received $2,986, Rev. BE. R, Bishop has accepted the rec- torship of Grace church, Lafayette, Ind. Rev. Alexander H. Rogers has resigned the rectorshi of St. Matthew's church, Moravia, N.Y. Rev. M. has accepted the rectorstip of the Charch od Shepherd, St. Louis, Mo, Rev, Thomas Newby, of New York, has become the vector of St. Paul's chureh, Central Colorado, J. G. Jones, of Kansas, has accepted to St.’ Mark's chureh, — Chey- enne, Wyoming Territory. The Bishop's church in the Diocese of Iowa, located at Davenport, is ap- proaching completion, and may he ready for conse- cration by the next meeting of the Convention, The funds for its erection have heen contriputed from ail parts of the Diocese, and the prop- erty belongs to and is vested in the Diocese, The children of St, Ann’s Sabbath — scnool in Brooklyn contributed $1,032 last year toward educating and supporting a Chinese mis- sionary in China, At the Easter services of Grace ehureh, Brooklyn, upward of twelve thousand dol- lars was contributed toward the support of the parish work and the sustenance of the aged and orphans on the Chnuren Charity Foundation, to which was added about one thousand dollars by the children of the Sunday school at taeir annual festi- val in the aiternooa, MISCELLANEOUS, The General Conference of che United Brethren church will be held in Cincinnati, Ohio, commenc- ing May 15. There are 109 American missionaries in Turkey, Persia, Patestine and Egypt. The an- nual meeting and election of officers of the Hebrew Benevolent and Orphan Asylum Society will take lace to-day, at the Asylum in Third avenue and Beventy-seventh street. A call comes from Wash- to the wealthy Israelites in this city, ington, D. ©. to help build a synagegne in the nae tonal capital for the weakiy congregation “Adas — Isra The site is already secured and $12,000, with What they have, will erect a neat temple for them, Israeittes throughont the coun- try have in contemplation the establishment of a metrovoitan svyhagogue in the city of Washington, effect July 2. Rev. with a tl heological school, which will be considered competent authority with Americans. They need such & school as soon as ft can be founded, since English speaking preachers cannot be found for the synagogues that are now seeking them. The Jewish Theological mominety at Philadelphia (Mar- mondes College) will probably be closed, as the num- ber of students is very few, and does net increase. Rabbi Debenedetti, who recently accepted a call to Naples, has opened a course of lectures on the Semitic lan; 8. Some prominent men of Wash- an , D. O., have cenceived the design of organ- izing a Church without Christ and the Bible. They e God the immortality of the 1, and ‘are willing to patronize the sacred Word as {ar as they shall judge it conforms to the truth. They judge that.at least one or two millions will unite in this movement. Kev. George H. Jolimston, of Somerset, has removed to Easton, Pa., and taken de of the Reformed congregation at | that place. Under the recently enacted liquor law of Koumania the Mayors of small towns and coun- try districts not only refuse te grant licenses to Jews, but have absolutely exiled them. The pre- fect of Tutova has issued orders to that effect to all the Mayors of the rural communities in his district, and the Mayors of Epirent (the THE EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE. The General Conference in This City in Octoe ber—Who Will Be Present and Who They Will Talk About—The Unifica- tion of Christendom Looked For— Cost of the Conference—Pur- poses and Aims of the Alliance. The great revival of 1857, which snececde! the panie of that year, and in which the Fulton Street Prayer Meeting and similar religious serviceg throughout this and other lands originated, gave impulse to the growing Protestant desire tor Chris- tian union, Many and repeated efforts have been made since to bring @hristians together in coun~ residence of the Roumanian justice) have notified all Israelites gee tite town at once or coercive measures will be used against them, Dr. J. G. Bartholomew, of the Unt- versalist church in Newark, N. J., haw suspended his labors for his health’s sake. 'The Boston Glove wonders how it is possible for so shrewd a man as Mr. Astor to sit in his pewin Trmity church and see eighteen feet of gold (his own gift) standing there without drawing interest. The eorperanon of ‘Trinity church should not bave econ. sented to countenance such a@ piece of extravagance, and while the Globe has no Sympath; with the old covetous spirit that once said, “Why was not this ointment sold?” &e., it fails to see the propriety of putting so much gold into candlesticks as appendages to ritualistic wor- ship. Rev. 8, Geodin, of Montpelier, Ind., has been appointed by the Board of Managers of the Amert- can and Foreign Bible Society agent for sald so- clety for tne State of Indiana. ‘The Rev. L. M. Pease, formerly Supermtendent of the Five Points House of Industry, and more recently in charge of the Retorm School at Bronxville, has returned to this city and will engage in missionary work in connection with the Howard Mission, THE STIGMATA. A Mysterious Phenomenon in San Fran- cisco—Marks of the Woands of Our Saviour on a Young Woman—Wonder- fal Restoration to Health—A Scientific Examination to Take Place. San Francisco is considerably exercised eoncern- ing a strange and, so far, unaccountable phe- homenon whieh has occurred to a young woman in that city. It is stated that she has been visited by the stigmata or marks of the crucifixion, or, in other words, the wounds on the body of Christ after death. The phenomenon, whieh, tt ts alleged, has occurred several times since Gooa Friday last, is vouched for by a priest of eminent standing and by ladies and gentlemen of the highest character, It is the first case of the kind reported in America, though many similar ones are represented to have oceurred in other countries, There has been an evident desire on the part of the woman's friends to avoid giving the matter publicity, but the particolars have become generally known. It is proposed, be- fore going any iurther, that a careful and searching examination be made by scientific men and ali doubts set at rest as to this wonderful infliction. Meantime it is not dentea that there may be fraud in the matter or that the persou who is the subject ol these sanguineous marks may have been, by re- ligtous fervor, induced to produce them with her own hands or by col!usion with others. MISS COLLINS. Miss Collins, the young woman in question, is the daughter of a man who, being a steward, intermar- ried with the stewardess of a vessel plying between England and Australia, Collins 1s not a Catholic. . About three years ago the daughter, who 18 a@ native of England, arrived in San Francisco, and, owing to afelicities in the family, she placed herself ander the protec- tion of the Sisters ef Notre Dame, by whom she was educated. Miss Collins has always been in delicate health, and has frequently been at the point of death. She has had periodical attacks of the heart disease and pulmonary congestion, from which she hag suffered intensely. Alter leaving” the convent she, with another young lady, com- menced the practice of charitable acts—visiting the sicv, clothing the destitute and instructing young children, They received the co-operation of many nevolent persons, and the Archbishep of San incisco not alone approved of their pious labors but 7s the rent of tie house in which they re- side ‘MISS COLLINS DYING. It is stated that one day last January Miss Collins was seized with a most violent attack ot convulsions, and on being taken to her home was again seized by congestion of the lungs, followed by congestion of the brain. The attending ph, cian, herself, and all her friends were convinced | that there was no hope ot her recovery, She took | leave of those who stood by her bedside and made final preparations for death. At twelve o'clock that night rie ikea present believed her dying, if not dead, e attendants recited the prayers fox the departing soul, according to the custom of the Church. Presently Miss Celling closed her eyes and drew a long breath. ‘They then conciuded all was over; but, to their utter amazement, she revived and made signs that she wished to write, ney gave her pencil and paper, on which she requested certain devd- tions to commence, The attendants state that they complied, and perceived that Miss Collins jomed | mentally in the prayers. As soon as she ended she | reached out her hands tor the crucifix, which she | Kissed with an expression of great reverence. Af- | ter partaking of some water the patient rose and declared, with a beaming countenance, and in a strong, clear voice, that she was cured, She then lay down quictiy and slept several hours, without signor motion, When awakened she cat heartily and seemed QUITE RESTORED TO HRALTH. Since that time Miss Collins has never for a mo- ment suilered [rom any of those diseases to which | she had before been @ victim, and which more than once had brought her to death's door, On being questioned about her recovery she stated that immediately previous to her restoration to health the Blessed Virgin spoke to her ina voice clear and musical, but as Wit were coming from atar, directing ler what to do in order to recover, approving her manner of life and giving her some counsel for her own guidance, The change in her Physical condition is regarded by all conversant with the facts as seemingly miracuious, and, con- trasting the subsequent excellent health of Miss Collins with her former miserable state, there would appear to be no doubt that she was saved by the merciful interposition of the Almighty, provided the witne have not been grossly deceived. After some weeks she ex- perienced, Without any assignable natural cause, an intense pain in her tempies, which caused her ineaiculable anguish, ‘These sufferings suddenly passed away, butin the course of a few days re- turned with equal violence, So far there had been no perceptible marks on any portion of her body, but during ler sufferings she felt an acute pain in her head, her side, in both hands and in both feet. On the Friday belore Good Friday last she expe- ‘J ae these pains in the same parts, and on that ay THE STIGMATA, OR MARKS OF OUR SAVIOUR'S WOUNDS, became clearly visible on the backs of her hands, and blood oozed from her left side, near the heart. Several persons witnessed the stigmata on this occasion, but were loth to reveal the fact, pre- | erring to await further developments, On Holy Thursday the same sufferings were experienced, On Good Friday the stigmata appeared on the sur- jace of both hands and upon tye upper surface of her feet. Blood again oozed frd@& her size. Durin, the day her sufferings were indescribable, and were Witnessed by @ large number of peo- ple, Among the spectators were J, A, Dono- hoe, of the firm of Eugene Kelly & Co,, bankers; John Suilivan and wife; Sir D, J. Oliver, brother-in-law of Rey, Dr, MeGlynn, of this cit George Hooper and wife; Robert Tobin, counsel at-law; Emmet Doyle, brother-in-law. of Senat Casserly; Doctor Paylicki, C. D. wife, and many othe®™ prominent citiz Francisco, Besides these ladies and pentiomen Very Rey, Father Prendergast, Vicar-General of | the diocese, corroborates the previous tements, | The next day Miss Collins attended divine services, | and was, up to last dates, in the enjoyment of ex- cellent health, ‘A SCIENITFIC EXAMINATION TO TAKE PLACR. ‘The young Woman will he subjected toa tiorough | examination, and if iraud is practised it can easily be discovered, The marks on her person and ap: pearance of blood with attending circumstances it would be dificult to ascribe to natural causes, She is vouched for as pure, and her reputation is be- yond question and is held up asa model of Chris- tian conduct and exemplary life. The stigmata ia of comparatively late origin, + Francis of As- sissium, who dicd in 1226, bore them. since then, according to @ work recently pub- lished by Dr. Imbert Gourledge, there has been no less than 145. In Gorzes’ fa- mous book on Mysticism numerous instances are recorded and which were tested. The way in which Maria Von Emerich and Veronica Gnigitant Were put to the test was so severe and critical as actually to border upon cruelty, In the present case the Catholic clergy in Cattfornta carefully ab- stain from committing themselves to any endorse- Ment of these aileged extraordinary appearances, They, however, as stated, have invited several scientific men to examine the condition of Miss Collins closely and exhaustively. Representatives of the newspapers have called upon and conversed | with the lady; but she has made it a rule, by the advice of her spiritual directors, to avotd making any statements beyond admitting correctness of published reports, and that she feels herself bound more than ever to continue in works of charity. The Monitor (Catholle newspaper) nfirms the particulars given in reference to Miss Collins, | comparatively poor, the distance to the New cils or conventions for the purpose ef comparing views and getting nearer to each other in spirié as well as in person, But all such efforts have either failed altogether or been only partially sue cessful, Out of this union idea sprung originally, the Evangelical Alliance, whose great council is ta, be held in this city from the 2d to the 12th of Octo- ber next. The first General Conference of the Alliance was held in London in the year 1846, and there it origimated. In 1857 the Alliance met in Berlim, and representatives from this country were present, among them Bishop Simpson and pr. Nast, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, who presented an expositien of the spirit and doctrines and purposes of Methodism, Repres Sentatives from other denominations and countries, were also present, and read papers of great im» portance, : A POSTPONEMENT OF THE AMBRICAN CONFERENCE. The wars which succeeded each other in Europe, and America soon alter 1857 somewhat dampened the enthusiasm of the Alliance, and its conierence, were few and far between, and were sparsely ate | tended, It was, however, arranged thac a general meeting should be held here in August, 1870; but the Franco-Prussian war interfered and | the Conference was postponed. We have how belore us the prospect of the consummation ot a hope long cherished by American Christians— the meeting of tue representatives of all Pret. estanlism on our own soil, The general councils of Protestantism must of necessity be tree agsociatiens. Protestantism is uot a i paerme controlled by a visible head. It is, above else, a spirit which has embodted itself in dif fering yet harmonious institutions, Essentially it is one, and needs only a fit expression of its oneness. To develop into clearness the come sciousness of unity, to deiend religieus liberty, which is the life-breath of Protestantism, to maine tain Christian morality, to stimulate as it may the spread of the taitn, are the worthy objects of the Evangelical Alliance. The General Conference will uot enact a singie decree, will assume lord} ship over no man’s conscibnce, will utter no anathema, but, gathering ail it can of hght ang love, wiil commend tae work of the Lord to Hig Jollowers all over the worid. ai OBJECTS OF THE ALLIANCE. One of the chiet motives which prompted this Ale liance into being was that Protestantista might | present a united iront to the heathen world, as. Romanism does. But in etfecting this purpose it became absoiutely necessary that Christians should be brought into cleser contact one with another, Protestuntism has gradually invaded every civik ized country in Europe, and has planted the cross in the centre of heathendom. Sut its influence has. been greatly marred by the unseemly wrangles of slightly differing denominations over non-essen- tials in doctrines or church polity. The Alliance has armed to suppress bigoted and seetariau con troversy, and it has in part, and to a 7 extent, In some parts, sueceeded, It aims alse ta secure religious liberty in every land and for all men, and its efforts in this direction have not been fruitiess, A couple of years ago, it will be rew membered, a deputation was seut te Russia to en- treat the Czar to grant relizious liberty and | equality to his subjects, ‘The mission was only pars tially successful, but yet it bore some iruit. While the imperial government will not publicly ree nize any other form of faith than Greek Cathol cism it does not interiere with other torms. Its apparent hostility to the expressions of religion is represented to be directed against Jesuitism yather than Protestantism, and is designed to guard against political intrigue and civil or ecclesiastical dissensious, RELIGIOUS LIBERTY IN RUSSIA. There is in Russia @ very extensive organization, at whose head is the Grand Duke Constantine, Whose aim is somewhat similar to that of the Evangelical Ajliance. It seeks to bring Christians more closely together and to help them to see eye to eye in spiritual things, But in ths effurt the Greek Church is to be the whale that is to swallow all the Jonahs that may be cast out of the eccle- siastical ships of Europe or Asia, A lew yeas ago Rey. Dr. Schaff, of the Union Theologicai Seminary, in this city, went to Europa on @ mission to induce the leading Christian men and men oi thought of that Contineut te atceud the General Conierence of the Alliance here next Fall. At first he met with very little encouragement. The representative men of Protestantism in Kurepeare orld reat, the expense heavy and time to them valuas le. They objected to leave their homes and tieir families, Tne American branch of the Alliance agreed, however, to bear the expenses of those who m ee accept the invitation both hither and back and during their stay here, This expense will amount te about thirty thousand dollars, of which sum $10,000 has been in the treasury since 1570. The American churches are asked to raise by subserips tions or collections the balance promptly, And to awaken enthusiasm in this direction a series of meetings in the uifferent churches in this city an@ in Brooklyn have been planned and are now being held on successive Sunday evening*. Such meet~ ings have already beeh hele’ during the present month in the ketormed church in Firth avenue and Twenty-first street, in Madison square Presbyterian church, in Madison avenue (<hirty-first percent Baptist church, in St. Paul's Methoiist Episcop. chureh, Fourth avenue and Twenty-second street, last Sunday, and to-night one will be held in the First Baptist church, in Park avenue and Thirtys ninth street. THE COUNTRIES TO BE REPRESENTED, Between five hundred and one thousand dete gat from Europe and the Hast are expected to be present here at the meeting of the Alliance, and their entertainment tor teu days or twa weeks Will, of course, cost a considerable sum, The British Isles, Germany, France, Spam, Russia, Scandinavia, Italy, the erlands, india, China, Australia, British North America, south and Cen- tral America and our own country will be repre~ sented in the Conierence by such men as ‘tischen- dori, Van Oosterzee, Hofmann, Cairns, Dr. Dorner, William Arthur, Rigg, Bishop Simpson, Dr. Warren, of Boston; Dr. Vineent, of this citys re resentatives from the Southern ‘States, and ’ pro! ably, though itis not yet certain, Délinger, Aya~ cinthe and such representative men of the Catholio reform movement. THB TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED are “Christian Union,” “Christianity and Infl- delity,”” “Christian Life,” “Protestantism and Row manism,” “Christianity and Civil Government, “Foreign and Domestic Missions,” “Christianity and Social Evils,” “Sunday schools,” &e. A report on the state of religion in each country repre~ sented in the Conference will also be made. These topics are coextensive with the whole range of Christian thought in our century. Meetings wiih be held during the day at Association Hall and the Presbyterian and Methodist Npiscopal churches adjacent to it. Pubhe evening meetings in the Academy of Music are also contemplated, and one or two meetings may be held im Brooklyn daring the sessions of the Conference Such a gatherin of evangelical Christians tom all parts ol the world cannot tail to have a bene~ ficial and iar reaching effect, both active and retro~ active, upon the countries ty represent and the country they will visit, We will have something to give them, as well as sometfing to receive from them. America wil exhibit to the Christians of the Old World the spectacle of religion prospering without aid from the State; of a nation living without standing armies and overgrown navies, and yet respected by the world; of a practical evangelism which is the appropriate supplement, | of Old World scholarship; of the great enda of Christianity attained by the most ener- getic use of its means. We believe that the effect of the Conference will be an in- ereased love of the Christians. of Europe and America for each other. And, in common with other members ofthe American press, who have done something toward the unification of Christiam sects into one common brotherhood of believers, the HERALD welcomes tne Evangelical Alliance ta the shores of the New Wortd, and will faithruny chronicle its proceediugs next October, ONLY ONE VOICE AGAINST THE ALLIANCT. The Independent is the only so-called religiou® journal that opposes the Alliance Conierence. In its view the Alliance “amounts to very little, being a fussy and pretentious body, which does quite as much hurt as good.” The only real advantage the editor expects from its meeting in October is that it will give us a chance to see some foreigners and them & chance to see how a free Church works in @ free State, One of the objects stated ina cireular of the Alliance is to unite missionaries in foreigm fields, to whicn the Independent gives its heartiest sympathy, Another object is to prevent the ex~ clusion ‘of the Bible from the public schools of this land, from = which the frees pendent stands aloof, This same journal thinks the alliance is just as sectarian as any of the sects can be and that its creed, short as it is, would have ex- eluded half the Christian Church in the third and fourth centuries and the most eficient mission eie= ment within it. The Independent holds there is TO need of a visible head or authority jor the Christian Church in America and the several Churches can be trusted teach religion and that the State has no business to meddie with it, It therefore lorbids the Alliance to attack religious treedom and — which are the corncr stene of our liber. ties, e have not seen anywhere an intimation of any such purpose by the Alliance or any of ite members, and it is hardly possible that such & pur poxe could for a moment be cutertained, Far dit Jerent are the avowed objects of the Alliance, ag will appear by the discussions at the Comerence im uctober, EE =