The New York Herald Newspaper, December 7, 1873, Page 6

6 RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. | December 7---Holy Exercises for the Day. HERALD RELIGIOUS CORRESPONDENCE, “Rift” in the Episcopal Church. —e The Cummins’ New De-} parture. Dr. ot MOVEMENTS OF THE CLERGY. Services To-Day. “The Shipwreck of the Ville du Havre’ ts Dr. Yalmage’s subject this morning, in the Brooklyn | Academy. Evening worship at the usual hour. A sermon on the same sad theme will be given by Rev. W. C. Steel, in the Beckman Hull Metnodist | church af half past seven P. M “The Mocking Spirit’ wilk be pointed out this evening by Rey. Mr, Pullman (of the Chureh of Our Saviour), in the Standard Club Hall. Mr. Louis Wuarin, of Switzerland, will this morn- | ing address the Freuch Evangelical church congre- gation. “A Creed” and its binding force upon men, will | be considered by Rev. Dr, Fulton, this morning, tn | the Hanson place (Brooklyn) Baptist churen, and “The Heroic in Christian Lue’ will be the basis of | a discourse to young men in the evening. The relations between “Young Men and the Church’ will be treated of by Rev. Mr, Sweetser, atthe evening service in Bleecker street Univer- | salist church, Rev. Moses Baliou, a former pastor, preaches in the morning. | The second of a course of Advent lectures will | be delivered this evening, at cignt o'clock, in the | Church of St, Cecilia, by the pastor, Rev. Hugh Plattery. Subject, “Trausu’ ntiation.”” Pro- | ceeds to liquidate the debt on the newchureh, Rey, Dr, Morgan will ciate at the customary observances in St. Thomas’ to-da. “The Basis of Dogma” and “Hildebrand” are the titles of lectures to be delivered this aitcrnoon and evening in Christ Church by Rev. Dr. Hagh Miller | Thompson. The second sermon in Very Rev. Thomas S. Preston’s Advent course upon ‘The Devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Our Divine Lord," setting forth its fruits, will be delivered this evening, ia st. Ann's, Rey. Dr. John Cotton smith, rector of the Church of the Ascension, will to-day continue his Advent course, Morning subjec State of the Blessed Dead.” Evening, “The Origin and Organic Unity of the Bible.” The congregation of the Church of the Heavenly Rest willbe tavored with discourses by Bi >| Littlejohn, in the evening; by Rev. Theodore | Irving, LL. D., in the afternoon, and by the rector, Rey. Dr. Howland, in the morning. | Rev, Mr. Hepworth, of the C! h of the Di | ciples, will give his attention to special topics at | the customary services to-day. | The usual morning and evening services in the Berean Baptist church will be presided over by Rev. Mr. Davies. “God's Sure Grace and the Wisdom of Trusting iv’ will be the fitting theme of lev. Mr. Ganse in the Madison avenue morning. There will be the customary sei the Central Baptist church, Rev. Mr. omMiciating. In the Church of Tracy. In Fourteenth street Presbyterian church, Rev. Mr. Glass. the Reformation, Rev. } In Fifty-third street Baptist church, Rev. Mr. Pendleton. In Forsyth street Methodist church, Mr. Sarnhart. In the First Mission Baptist ctw R Knapp. | In St, Luke's (Methodist), Rev. Mr, McClelland. | In the Presbyterian Memorial church, Rev. Dr. Robinson. In the Methodist Free Tabernacle, Sookman ; and In Plymouth Baptist church, Rev. Dr. Miller. it The Tabernacle Baptist flock (Rev. Wayland Hoyt) worship this morning in their own temple and in Steinway Hall in the evening. Rey. Dr. Morgan will officiate in the customary services to-day in St, Thomas’ (Episcopal). | Rey. Dr. Dix preaches in St. Chrysostom chapel at half-past seven P. M. j Rey. Dr. Osgood preaches in St. Peter's, West | Twentieth street, at the same hour. | In Zion church, Madison avenue, Re lener will ministrate this mornin, The claims of the city missions will be set forth | at the morning service in the Murray Hull Presby- terian church by Rev. George J. Mingins, The pas- or, Rev. Mr. Chambers, will preach in theevening. | Morning and alternvon services will be held in | Fourteenth street Scotch Presbyterian church, un- | der conduct of the pastor, Rey. Mr. Hamilton, | Mr. Lyman C. Howe, trance speaker, lectures before the Robinson Hall Spiritualists morning and | Rey. Mr. . Mr. Gal- | evening. “The Sacraments of Home” will be placed before the Indepenuent Society by tueir pastor, Rev. Mr. Frothingham, at halt-past ten A, M, Rey. John N. Galleher, rector of Zion church, will preach church, “Our Chitdren in Heaven" is the subject upon | which Rey, Chauncey Giles will lecture this eveu-*| ing in the Church ot the New Jerusalem, Brooklyn. | “Life's Illusions” wi'l be made clear to the con- Gregation of the Church of the Messiah, this even- | ing, by their spiritual leader, Rev, Mr. Powers. | In the Central Presbyterian church Rey. James | D. Wiison will preach at haif-past ten A. M. Prayer Meeting at half-past seven P. M. Rey, Mr. Newton will conduc in Antuon Memorial church to-d Rev. Mr. Dawson preaches morning and evening | in the Church of Christ. The North Presbyterians will be favored this evening with arepetition of their pastor's Thanks- giving sermon, Divine service as usual in the Church of the Res- | arrection, the rector omiciating, At St, Mark's there wili be morning and evening worship, Rev. Dr. Rylance preactung, A Spiritualistic Conierence will be held in Mott Memorial Rooms at half-past two P. M, ‘The alarming theory that “Our arth is a Hollow Globe, Open at the Poles," will be propounded in | the Humanitarian gatherings at be Garmo Hall to-day, | J. Peavy lectures upon “Basic Reforms” be@re | the Cosmopolitan Conference, at three P, M, Uus evening in Wainwright Memorial the usual services | | Bishop Cummins and the Canons of the | Protestant Episcopal Church. | To THE EpiTOR OF THE H&RALD:— It seems te me that the Protestant Episcopal | Charch has been placed ina false light before the | masses, Whe are unacquainted with her doctrine | and discipline, both by the action of Bishop Cum- | Mins and the utterances of those who support | ¢, him, In effectit is charged against those dis- Unctively called “nigh churchmen” that they are traitors to the Church, and, in violation of their obligations assumed in ordination, are seeking to introduce noveltics o: ritual aud rubrical interpre- ‘tation which are contrary to the spirit of both as held by the Church in the past. Lr. Tyng, Jr., espe- clally objects to the doctrine of “Apostolic Succes- sion” in the ministry of the Church 01 God as essen- al to valid orders in the same, and this doctrine | he declares in substance—and others, including Bishop Cummins, who Acted on his belief, hold the Same view—-to be contrary to the Spirit of the Church in the past, and @ novelty more | honored in the breach than in the observance. Now. Mr. Editor. it seems to me that the spirit of | the reception &s a “ Retormed church this A }¢ viees to-day in | more than tue intellect or judgment, as “helps” | is it noc the heart that God looks at? | us acc | Once in uty lie, and L was thea reminded oi waa | travel in a crowd.” | you.’ | hend the approach of death? | baptasin? | had they been tree agents? Among the v.ctims to 4 me the Church ts not to be ascertained or defined by the utterances or acts of any individual or number of persons ti ber ministry or membership, but by the distinct, positive declarations of her standards, rubrical and canonical, These, with us, are found in the “Book of Common Prayer’ and in the “Digest of Canons,’ Issued under and by authority of the General Convention, the legislative body of the Church. I give below, as notes, that portion of the “Ordmal’’ bearing upon the subvect, and such portions 01 the Canon as are also pertinent lo the same, The portion of the Ordinal quoted, found in the Prayer Book still, was adopted by the General Convention mm 1792, and is in substance the same as thatoi the Church of England incorporated in the second prayer book of Edward VI. in 1562 aud ascribed to Cranmer. The alterations made by the Generai Convention were sucod only a8 were necessitated by local political changes. When tt ts remembered that tuis “Ordinal”? was that used 10 the ordination er consecration of every Bier priest and deacon in this Church since 1792, am they, of course, were necessarily acquainted with the Preface and Ordinal, you and your readers Will be ubie to see with What justice we are ac. counted teachers of noveities, Wio hold that the Churen does not recognize the validity of “Non- Episcopal” orders, 1t will perhaps enftunce your admiration lor the consistency oi those who, hold- ing the ministry of thus Chu ro contraitict oy word act the distinct declaration of ber standarc a PRESBYTER, Woopsawcs, N. J., Dec, 2, 1873, (To the “Ordinal."") THE PREFACE. It is evident unto all men, diligently reading Holy Seripture and ancient authors, that trom the aposties’ time there have been these orders of ministers of Christ’s Church—bishops, priests and deacons—which ofices were evermore held in such reverend estimation that no man might presume to execute any of them, except ho were first called, tried, examined and kaown ta have suca qualities as are requisite for the same, and also by public prayer, with imposition of hands, were ap- proved and admitted thereunto by lawful aathor- ity, And, therefore, to the intent that these orders may be continued and reverently used and esteemed im this Churc!, no man shall be ac- counted or taken to be # lawful bishop, priest or deacon in this Church, or suffered to execute any of the sad functions, unless he be catled, tried, ex- amined ana admitted thereunto, according to the form hereafter tollowing, or bath had Episcopal consecration or ordination. The following “Canons” of the “Digest” relate to | andidate for holy orders” in the Episcopal Church, and the ordination of any minister of any denomination not existing by Apos- | toile descent, the Church not recoguizing toer previous oficial sectarian ordimatiou Title 1 to 13 inclusive, Section 7. by a minister of auot mination.” e therein, without ¥ 6 ot his being duy Liecnsed or ordained erin this Chureh: provided tha: noting herein shall he so construed as to forbid communican.s of the Church ty act as lay readers. | The Modern Lather, To rng Eptror oF THE HERALD:— May we, through your valuable parer, pay a small trit to our “Modern Luther,’ Bishop Cummins We nave Known bim in the several cities where he has labored so earnestly, Wasbing- | ton, Baltimore and Chicago, and particularly ta Baltimore, where his name Gow ts suMicient to col- lect. immense congregations, ana where he preached the ablest and most eloquent sermous ever delivered in any Episcopal caurch in wat | cy. A kind Iriend, a devoted pasior, ever taith- | fulto his trust, always sacrificing self lor the good of others, we believe him to be the purest and conscientious Christian. We trast God will | s the step he has taken; that his li ongel spared to the ( and that finally ne may | rec ive bis Maste! ing of ‘Weill done, thou good and faithiul servant, AN EPISCOPALIAN, Call Charcbes by Their Right Names, To THe Eprror oF THE HERALD;— t I was much impressed and {nterested by an article in your issue of November 23, entitled, “Under Which Religion?” I, as an Episcopalian, | have been asked these same questions many times, | and as Many times have been puzzled as to what | reply Lought to make. I have been informed that Bishop Potter oMficiates and administers the holy rigtt of confirmation at St. Alban's; therefore I have concluded that that church is under the cal rule of the Protestant Episcopal ndge that “Protestant” is ignorant of ct, thereore I cousider him justilavie in ag the iquiries whic he has. Ihave read the ‘Cathulie’ tn your paper of November 3), all Satisned with the explanations “Catholic’ claims that ‘ihey do 8 Catholics, for that the inheritance atholic faith is theirs, a8 taught aud borue Witness to by @ pure and apostolic branch of the Church.’ As to this part of the reply, | would like to ase if it makes any branch of our noly Church any purer to have it return to or “adopt those religious sentiments waich prevailed during | the ‘ourtn and f.th ceutaries, When the Caristian Chureh sunk {nto those superstitions which were alterwards continued and augmented by the policy of Rome”? “Catuo ice’? next attacks Protestants on the degree of reverence to be conscientiously felt on approaching the aitar, &c. Do we, I would d, intelligent and, for the most nistians, need ay parade of or gay ptiestiy vesture, or parade of our own ac by continually bowing service, or any conduct which will afect tne crosses, to make us or to Keep us Christians? Inu a word, Is 1t not by faith that we see? Do we need such innovanons and practices as “Protestant” complains of orought into our pure, holy Church, to make us, or to teach ptagce with Him? {have visited St. Al t Lou read Of a jady, @ daughter of the Farl of Devonshire, who became a convert to'ue Cuurch of Rome during Archbishop Laud’s reign, W qnestioned oy the Arcabighop way she had taken this step she re;lied, “Chiefly because I hate to The reason of this ¢xpres- sion being demanded, she replied, “1 per- ceive Your Grace and many others are making haste to Kome, and, therefore, in order to prevent my being crowded, I have gone bei 1 do not know that our dear Churen 1s hastening in that direction; but this I do think, that the saine superstitions and ceremonies which Archbishop Laud eniorced in tus time are being wain revived aud are damaging our Church in a similar degree, nail, doing that which their consciences dictate, but permit me to say that I think it wouid be prudence, HM. not policy, if all wouid go where they belong, and call Chemselves by their pie er names. A MEMBiK OF THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH. Baptism and Conversion of the Twenty, To THE EpiToR OF THR HERALD :— The Bishop of Santiago de Cuba expresses his ewinent satisiaction and gives thanks to God that | 20 of the murdered crew and passengers of the | Virginius entered the bosom of the Church, afew I am not averse to all and every one | | no { April, is hours belore their execution, to save teir souls, and that they were baptized by two zealous and worthy priests, That these unlortunate meu were baptized aamits of no’ doubt, So tar the Bishop | and his priests are. truthiul. But were they con- verted, as His Lordship tells us? It is but rarely that Protestants become converts to the Roman Catholic faith, and then only one or two at the time, and @¢ long intervals, when they are free, independent, fearless, and probably after due inquiry and instruction; scarcely ever when on the point of death. Here, however, we have a batch of 20 per- sons who all at once change their fgith on the brink of the grave, without inquiry or investiga. tion, Isitatail probable that these men, under these peculiar circumstances, voluntarily, spon- taneously, suddenly changed their faith, contrary to all experience, which teaches that aimost al- ways nen become steadfast in the iaith in which they have been reared as they behold or appre- Those men were in durance—in the hands of their bitter, their deadly enemies; bat, “provided they entered the bosom of the Church, their lives migtit be saved.” This 18 not a New trick, Jt 18 a8 Oid a8 the days of the In- quisition, when herevics aud Jews, already bound t the stake, were struck with ernciix on their lips, to make the pious 5; beueve that, alter all, they wished to die repentant and in tae faith, Were tin poor prisoners in a position to dasi away the vessel that held the water of Wouid they have subinitted to that rite cruelty aud ialsehood was a Jew—Samuel Hard, Perhaps the Bishop spoke truth, Now, of all re- Lgionists, the Jews entertain the strongest aver- sion to Catholicism, Thousands went into exile, avandoning all their worldly goods, all their pros. | pects; thousands of ail ages and botn sexes have uifered death on the pile rather than even merely submit to the bare, harmless formality 0) baptism ; thousanus, Who through iear had submitted to it, abjured the new faith as soon as they coud salely do so. Not one has ever vi known to die @ | sincere Catholic—to die otherwise than a dew, Is it at all likely that this samuel Hard, this Jew, with his uatred both of Catholicism and of the spanish administrators of the ri baptism, wouid have submitted to that rive hud he not been persuaded to do so on the promise that his lite would be spared? I know enough, not only of the Jewish sentiment, but of the domgs ot the | pac | I cannot otherwise re. gave thanks to God for having permitted him to practice a deception, slander these victims oi des- pots and publish a lalsehood over lis nome LA A Bad Practice. To ri& Eprrok or rox HRRALD I desire to reply briefly to & communication which appeared in the H&RALD last Sunaay deiend- ing the abominable custom wich has for some time existed in the Catholic churches of this city and Brooklyn, requiring strangers and others to pay for seats Ido not think the custom ta at all creditable to the church management. It cer- tainly deters some poor people who cannot attend the eariy masses irom atrending With their 1ami- lies the hau-past ten A. M. service at any rate. !t looks bad, too, to see “money changers,” if 1 may be pardoned for using the expression, sitting at each door of @ Catholic church to receive pay for sea'a in the house of God, The charge made, ‘tis true, for each person ts but 10 or 16 cents, but there are many who cannot afford it. Even the poor, who can, do afora to give & few pennies when the regular coliectious are taken up, and no stranger or resi- dent who 1s given a seat objects Lo the usual collec- tion; butldo say that many Catholics object to the plan of charging for the privilege of a seat, and Protestants take advantage by throwing their doors wide open and labelling seats iree to all, [ Know this to be a fact. Many persons or Catholics preter, Loo, to attend the hall-past ten A, M. masses vecause they cannot hear @ sermon but on few oc casions at the earlier services, I hope this custom wili be wbolished. CATHOLIC, The Catholics and the Public Schools, To THE Eprron oF THe HERALI Is there any just reason why any corresponden of the HERALD, like ‘An Irish-American,” should wholly and grossly misrepresent the facts regard- ing the educational system of Ireland, as he aid in your issue of Sunday last, page 13? He asserts that “the illiterate class" of Catholics tn America “ure Datives of Ireland, who, belng themselves deprived of education by the laws of England,” and now, “pot knowing the benefits of @ good education, prefer to rematn as they are and bring up their children likewise.” What is the truth of this mat- ter, a3 an historical record? Why, simply tua, that sine» 1833—40 years ago—Ireland nas had te very best common scuool system in tne world—a of “combined secular aud Separate religious iustruction''—open to tue entire chudren of the country, without respect to class or creed, and paid for out of tne nal exchequer of Great Britato and Ireiand, /ieve is ho man or Woman of 46 years of age, to- day, born and reared in Ireland, but could have | gota good common school education at the na- tional schools of the country. li they are “illite- Tate’ itis nut the fault of “the laws ol England,’ Ifan “irish-American” received any part of his education in tie uauonal schools of Ireland he Must know that they are equal, if pot superior, to any schools in the United States. Aud they avoid all honest objections on the religious question by giving lalfan hour each day to “separate religious instrucnon”’ oj ali denominations, vi rs have these simple facts in reply to “An a's" nuarepresentations. Yours truly, JAMES ALEXANDER MOWALT, dt PUrNAM AVENUE, Brooklyn, N.Y. system Ie Christianity a Failure? Yo Tur Epiror o¥ THe HERALD:— The Heep of the gvth ult. contains a long com- munication, headed as above, and signed “Free “Thought,” in wuich the writer prolesses to discuss the question asked in his heading, and conciudes by expressing the bope that some of the eminent theologians of America will answer certain ques- tions therein propounded maniully if they can. I @m No theologian and do not propose to answer or attempt to answer those questions, bat simply to call your attention to the fact that “Free Thought" | has evidently used free fingers in cabbaging bodily from an article entitied “Christian Theology and Mouerh Scepticism,” by the Duke of Somerset, and published li the Westounster Review tor April, 1872. “Free fnought’s” communication ts taken irom that article, Occasionally Varying the phraseology @ Little and then only to mar the beauty of that most | pungent and well-written production, li “Free ahough«"' had had tue manliness to have given the | uutuority Of is Communication, perhaps some of the (heologians le calls upon would have aforded bum the auswer he so ostentatiously calis ior, But theo.ogiun or other man oi létters Would be Willing to spend his time and talents to gratily a | boiu aud auolushing plagiarist. For the benetit of Fre " however, I will say that be may fud a very excellent answer to the Duke of Somer- sets work iu the London Quarteriy Review tor entitled “Modern Scepiictsm—ihe Duke of Somerset.” In this connection tt may be suzgestcd that discussions of questions so impart. nt, aNd, especially Wien sae invitation is so gene- 1, should, in a'! candor, be subscrived by the proper hame oO! the ambitious Controversiaiist. RIVERSDALE, Dec 2, 187, J. M. KEED, A Query for the Anshi Chesed. To THs Epivox or THB HERALD :— I wish to ask the oMlcers of the Temple Ansht Chesed through your valuabie jouenal why the Rey. Dr. 1. M, Wise did not enter upon his duties as rabbi of that congregation. I have purchased a pew under the impulse of hearing hun preach irom Lucir pulpit, but am disappomted. Wall the officers ol the congregation give me and the public tn gen- eral a satisiaclory ver why they did not gain the services 0. the reverend boctor? N. b,—It Was rumored that it was a trick played Dy th ngregation to advance the sale of tae pews. Respecituiiy, yours, 1 RAPHAEL. Christianity a Fallure?’—Reply from Kiev. John Cotton Smith, D. D. New York, Dec. 6, 1873, To THE Eprror OF THE HERALD:— A writer in your paper, in an article under the above title, signing himself “Free Thought,” cails upon any “candid and intelligent theologian’ to | answer the foliowing questions “if he can” :— “Is ott vangelists wih Were ihe tour g iled by the pe Ua the coutrary, is it cls @ tually s they bear, which Sappuo's ns OF tie Missing i D oes r y are lost? /—is i not adinitted that many and various biog: of Jesus were h ompiled duriug the first few acter his death ? ndid and snow read death of anid ba eved and Lig most trumped up of the m and inarvels being discarded and te vest believe most dugnitiod re wined ouwth—What is he date of the oldest kno . scriptot any gospet or ot any epatier s Snowe mand ; the genuinenesso! how many of the epistles Yariseh among ortholox ani heterodox h em woud a candid 103 | aud an gay thathe wureservedly believed them to be the wo k of writer to whoim th anouically | ascribed? 2 Sisth—Are ant paragraphs and phrases, even in those ass genuine, beueved to be interpola- tions? While there are expressions in this article which | Cannot but be painful to @ believer in Christianity, I recognize the perfect right of any man to ask th pect acandid reply. Forone! am glad of the op- portunity to consider tairly and dispassionately the inquiries [hus presented. Leould not expect that you would throw your columns open to such a con- troversy, but 1 will take up the subject in the pul- pit and will promise to consider and reply, not only to those, but to any Jurther inquiries on the subject or any objections which may be ajleged against my arguments or coneiu- sions. For tus purpose [ will uevote the next ti three Suuda (Sunday) eveni unity, diMeulti ginning with to-morrow @ consideration of the origin, nd inspiration ot the Biole, Aa the writer oi this articie and #ssure tim ol m iness to Ineet the did culties he has suggested kindy, cangidiy and fuily a8 possible, | venture to ask that you wall ine sert this communication in your paper of tumor row morning. JOUN COTION SMITi Rector Church of the Ascension, coruer of Fifth avenue and Tenth strect. Ministerial Movements and Changes. PRESBYTERIAN, Rev. Marcus Burr, having accepted a call to take charge of the Institute at Rockville Centre and of the Presbyterian church at Christian Hook, L. L, has resigned his charge at Freeport. Mr. Burr was ordained and installed pastor of the Presbyterian church at the latter place nine years since, The church, from being largely assisted by the Board of Domestic Missions, las become seif support. ing, and from @ memoership of 59 has now a com- munion of 117. Rey. A. W. Wright, iate of Stcel- ville, LiL, was installed pastor of the Presbyterial church at Blair, Il., on the 5th inst, The Rev. George Sani, late of Bellaire, Ohio, has removed to Hackensack, The United Presbyterians of Scot- land have completed a fine house of worship and two schoolhouses in the capital of Spain. The number of Protestant chur throughout the country is 27, Sixo/ these are in Madrid, at named bul. dings of the United Presbyterians are Said to have cost $200,000, Which looks as ul, Preaby- terianwise, they had come to stay. Rev. John M. Rogers, of New Brunswick, N. J., was installed pastor of the Presbyterian church at Morrisville, Spanish ciergy und tier uniect ts, to be thor. oughiy convinced Ol the fact that few or none of ctims were really converted—that deceit perhaps both, were employed in their baptism (not conversion) ; that fear aud hope and & Jovlish trusc in the promises of the two priests, and lastry, the useles#ness of resistance to force, made these men receive the water ol baptism at We hands of the two urtests. and that the Bishon Pa., on the vith uit, The Re an church 0: Monroeville, Olio. _ urti#, Of Galesburg, lil, Nas re- moved to Wankegan, lil, and taken charge of: the Presbyterian church tere, Dr. K. W. Patterson, D. D., at present pastor of the Second Presbyterian church, Chicago wilienter upop the dutics of ois | of Mr. Toomas Costigan, a well known e questions, and it 13 reasonable in him to ex. | C. W. Wallace, late | has accepted the unanimous.call | NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1878 —QUADRUPLE SHEET, Protessorship in the Seminary of the Northwest on the ist of January, church thus far, Proiessor bli Charlier, of tis city, suggests to the Kvangelis¢ the propriety and the necessity for @ collectionin the churches that sympathize with the misiortune which has befallen the families of Rev, Messrs, Promer and Carrasco, two of the Evangelical Alliance delegates who are reported lost with the Ville du Havre. Mr. Pronier leaves a wile and half a dozen children, and it is lixely his companion algo leaves a family, It wouid be a good thing if the coliection when taken was large enough to embrace tn its division those other delegates whose lives were saved, but who lost alleiss on board, Kev, N. M. Woods, Of st. ' Louts, bas accepted a call to the Second church, Nortelk, Va. Kev, R. A. Condit goes to Fulton street esbyterian clurch, Peoria, having de- } clined a call to Freeport, Ill, Rev, Robert Court, of Muicolm, bas been called to the Presbyterian { church in ‘Tipton, lowa. ‘The Rey, A. 2. Simpson, Hamiiton, C, W,, has been calied to the pastorate of the Chestnut street Presbyterian church, Louis- ville, Ky., the former parish of Gilbert i, Robert- gon; saiary $5,000. METHODIST. The Methodist of this city gathers from its ex- changes an aggregate of 210 converts in churches in New York and New York East conferences, and 847 in churehes in the New Jersey Conlerence dur- lug the present season, At Ziou’s Hill churca, Can- non's, Conn., 30 were reported. ‘The Christian Ad- vocate Of this city also co.lects statistics of 729 conversions during the past few weeks, but irom a wider range of territory. The Church Extension Committee of the Methodist Episcopal church bas | asked for $144,159 to carry on its operations jor the Conierence year of 1874. Bisuop Merrill dedicated on Sunday last a new Methodist Episcopal church at New Burlington, Oincinnati Conierence. ‘The Janadian Wesls) an Missionary Society raised last | year more than $106,000, an increase over the re- | Ceipts of the previous year of over $14,000, The | Swedish Methodist Episcopal chorch just erected in Dover, N. J., 18 to be dedicated to-day by Bishop Janes and Pastor Hedstum. A woaderiul rewval work is in progres# in tue charge. Rey. J. R. Daniels is the pastor, A new Methodist bpis- | copat churea is — being built at Darien, conn. A new church at Central Square, | Conn, was dedicated on the 4th — inst. | Rev. Thos. Guard, of Baltimore, ts to speak next Thursday evening in the Thirtieth street Methodist Episcopal church, ‘he basement oi the Clinton street Methodist Episcopal church, New- ark, N. J., will be dedicated next Sunday, the 14th inst. Rev. W Ryan, of Fort Plain, N, Y., has gone fora brief time to Australia. Rev, J. K. Cheese. man of Amsterdam, N, Y., lias resigned on account ofl health, Simpson Mission, a hew enterprise, has been opened in Philadelphia, in the south- western part of the city. Anew church has been dedicated at Tacony, Philadelphia, Rey. 3. Inskip 18 holding revival meetings in Ebenezer chureh, Reading, Pa., and @ large number has Leen converted there. The Janes Methodist Episcopal church in Forty-fourth street and fenth avenue, having been closed some time tor repairs, will be reopened next Sunday by bishop Janes, Five hundred conyersions in ten days are the result of the Tabernacle Methodist meet- ings in Baitimore—or, according to the esti- mate of One of the speakers at the Free Keligion- it gathering, representing a value of $620,000. Kev. Francis Howarth, one of the Wesleyan bretiren who joined the North Mississippi Conler- ence a year ago, is to be trausierred by Bishop Doggett to Calitornia, and placed in caarge of the cuurch in Gitroy. A revival ia the Kast ‘Tennessee University, Athens, has resulted in 39 conversions and others are inquiring the way of life, Rey, Charies Balson, pastor of Empire circuit, Missourt Conlerence, has just closed a protracted meewng at Empire Prairie appointmens, and 29 were added to the church. Bishop Bowman will dedicate @ chureh at Fort Branch, | Ind,, to-day, aud ove at Oberiin, Ohio, next Sunday, Bighop Avues has appointed Rey, Wiluam Crook, D. D., of the Irish Wesleyan Conference, late principal ot the West Jollege, at Beltast, Ire- land, to till the vacancy at Town street, Columbus, Obio, occasioned by the transfer of Brother Van Anda. It 1s said, however, that Dr, Crook will not accept this appointment. Five new Wesleyan “chapels” are reported in progress 01 construction in England, and the denomination is rapidly grow. ing throughout the kingdom, The London Wes- jeyan nunisters of the London districts have planned @ metropolitan missionary campaign. Nearly 150 services Were provided for to take place this month and next. The new Methodist tpis- copal church, South, at Christiansburg, Shelb, county, Ky., will soon be dedicated. The Balti- more Methodist reports 158 conversions selected irom its exchanges and revivals in many districts O1 Which no statistics are given. EVISCOPALIAN. Rev. De Witt C. Loop, rector of the St. James Memoria: church, at Eatontown, N. J., has accepted a cali om the Trinity Protestant kpiscopal church oO! Moorestown, Rey. Mr. Gunn has resigned st. | Luke's, Jersey City Heignts, and is succeeded by the Kev. Mr, Chambers, A new church, seating 200 persons, is about to be commenced at Houiton, Me. Spiscopal servi have been commenc:d in tue hapel of Yale Coli Rey. W. F. Lewis bas be- come pastor of Si. Peter's Protestant Episcopal church, Peekskill, N.Y. Rituasism in Great Britain has received the dignified title of the counver- relormation Movement, So the Bishop o1 Glouces- ter styles it, possibly to give it due weight and con- quence in his eflort to rouse the Church to com- bat it, His way of meeting the movement 1s simple, and, under ordinary circumstances, would be effective. He believes in that form 0! opposition which rests on moral influence and quiet, persuasive morai force, sustained and sup- plemeuted at times by sober legislation. A Cun- grezationalist church mm @ suburban village ((e- neva) lately invited Rev, G, E. Cheney, of Chicago, to preach tie dedivatory sermon. Oi course taere were a crowd and dee» interest. The Rey. 7. B. Bynum, D, D., Assistant Bishop elect of the Protes- tant Episcopal diocese of Delaware, will be conse- crated at Curist’s church, Wilmington, next Thurs- day, The missionary work o1 the Episcopal Chureh in West 1s progressing very favorably. Tne mite chest system has yielded In less than four years more than $75,000, The total receipts from Otner sources for the year are $175,000, while 231 mis- Siunaries have been sustained in 86 States and Territories. ‘The Bishop Gloucester recently preached at the Cathedr, at Bris- tol, aginst private contes as not sanc- tioned oy the Cnhurel: of England. He said of | those who were establishing the contessional that | they were introducing the most destrucuve and dangerous characteristic of an alien and repudiated | system. Bishop Odenheimer, of New Jersey, 13 re- ported to be very fll and unabie to perform any epis- copaiduty whatsover. The canons o! the kplsco- pal Church provide that in case a bishop abandons the communion of the Churei the standing com- mittee of the diocese shall make cert.ficate of the fact to the senior bishop, and unless within six months the facts aileged in the certificate con- cerning his departure irom the Onurch are proved tu be false he snail be deposed from the ministry. ‘This is what what will baypen to Bishop Cummins, ROMAN CATHOLIC. Fathers Daley, Dunn, Keogh, Dinahan and uyrbe bave opened a mission in St. Augustine's church, Brookiyn. It is to continue during the | present week. Rev. William P. Costigan, brother and es. | teemed journalist of this city, was on Wednesday consecrated to the priesthood in the Cathedral. On Sunday evening, November 30, Rev. BE. te Weich, 8. J., Of the Immaculate Conception church, Boston, by special invitation of Rev. Jaines Free- man Clarke, pastor ol the Unitarian “Church ot the Discipies,” lectured in the latter pt on tne “Catholic Doctrine of the Universal Church.” ‘tne audience, which filled the church to overfiow- ing, Was composed of members of various denominations, chiefly of the Unitarian con- gregation who worshipped there. It 18 some- thing bew under the sun to finda Catholic priest standing in@ Protestant pulpit and en the doctrines of his own Church to a mis congregauon. The Catholics of Wabasha, Minn, are (o lave a commodious new ciurch, The esti- | mated cost is $20,000, The Kev. Fred. Donner, late pastor of St. Joun's Protestant Episcopal Baltimore, was on Sunday, Novemoer into the Catholic Church of St Jonn the this city by the the Rev, Father Bonavenvra 0.8. F.C. The Xavier Alumni sodality ot | city, having spent turee days ina “retreat,” will to- day ve solemnly consecrated to ine “Sacred | Hear The “mission” m St, Stephen's chure: | this city 18 proving bighgs successiul, [tis to con- | tinue for more than tWo weeks longer. Father Damen, S. J., the great controversaltst, ia pre- senting Catholic dvetrines from diferent pul- pits in tnis city, He recently gave mis rea- sons for declaring that the Catnolic Church is the only true Uburch, and was listened to by an anx- jous multicude gathered tn the Church of tue Holy Innocents, On Saturday, Novernbver 29, 1,060 | persous were coufirmed vy Bishop McNierny, of | Albany, in the Church of the Immacula pe tion, East Fourteenth street, New York, The dio- cese ot Hartford, Coan., has contributed $17,437 71 | towards the erection of @ convent and chapel in that city, St.Mary's church, Dunkirk, N. Y., in charge Ol the Passionist Fathers, bas lately been | thoroughly renovated, and was rededicated by the ,_ re Rapti Right v, shop Kyan on the gut ult, Bishop Vink, O. 5. B, has issued a circu: | iar to the clergy and laity of the Vicarate Apostolic of Kansas, announcing tts consecration | totne Sacred Heart’ to-morrow, Last week the | Right Rev. didi Dwenger and Gilmour and | Archbishop Purceil paid a pieasant and interesting visit to the University of Notre Dame and St, » ind. This j new church of | Ano, Baltimore, will be ready to be dedicated, The new church of the Sacred Heart ot Jesus, in | that city, is also bearing completion, and wili pr i Ney be dedicated svon alter the holidays, | ze Monde, oa vecent date, gives currency to a rumor that Do6llinger bas repented his hoa- lulity to the Cathode Church, and is medi. tatmg a return to its bosom and intends | to go to Rowe to ask the Pope's pardon, | BAPTIST, The Baptist church at Matontown, N.J., has with- drawn the hand of ielowship trom its late pastor, Kev, W. D. Stegfried, for immoral cond ‘ihe | Pastoral Counci also has witudrawn its recognition and fellowship from him. Rev. §, Merrill, of Auama, X. Y., accepts the calloi the Bapust cuureh in Waterville, and has entered upon his duties there. Rev, D. C. Hughes, pastor of tue Fiith Bap. tist church, Newark, N. alter four years and a halt of successful work, has resigned his pastorate, to take effect 28th inst. The house of worship of First Baptist church, Somerville, N. Y., was dedicated on Thursday last. There are flve col ored Baptist churches tn Augusta, Ga, one of which bas = @ Membership of 1400, to whom the Rev. Wiliam J. White ministers. In 1858 Mr. White started the first Sunday school ever seen in tuat town, from which all the others bave since atown. The Abva A revival is in progressin the | Mr. Presbyterian church at Pleasant Ridge, Ala., which | Key, has resuited iu the addition of 20 members to the | sinian Baptist church tn this city, of which Rev. ew ingcren is pastor, has 1,000 menibers, ‘th ir. Lengar, @ learned Bap!ist missionary, vas H been appointed one of the vice presidenis of & 80- one founded in Bengal “tor the suppression of Public obscenity.” ‘The Florida Baptist says that | Should the denomination increase in the same ratio for .0 years to come as it has or some yeurs t, the Baprists will number 70,000, Rev. W. 5. unter closes his labors with the Baptist church at Independence on the last Sabbath in December, Within @ year 250 souls have been added to the German Baptist churches in the West, aking the nuinber in the Western Baptist Conlerence 3,300. They averaged 1 630 «apiece to missions, besides large contributions to other causes, Rey. G. M, Stone, D. D., recently of the Firat Bap- tist church, Milwaukee, has entered upon is duties a8 pastor of the Baptist church oi Tarrytown, N. Y. Rey, Noah Harper, of Indiana, has become pastor of the Baptist church, at Pomeroy, Ohio, Rev. We N. Tower has resigned at Cortiandville, N.Y. Rev. M. Barnes has resigned at Reed City, ‘Mich. Rev. GP. Gulid, of Bushnell, Ul, has’ removed to Alinopee, Wis, Rev. J.C. Webb has resigned at Bloomington, Wis, Rev. H. E, Adams, of Tuscola, has wccepted a call to Charlotte, Mich. Rev. L. W. Bicknell, of Sullivan, Ind., has accepted a call to Bediord, Ind, ‘To-day a new church will be dedi- cated at Maysville, Il, In aiew weeks churches will be dedicated aiso at Newtown, Ill, and at Blue Rapids, Kansas. Revivals are reported in the Baptist churches Berean, Philadeiphia; in ragie- ville, bear that city, 17; tn Kosville, lowa, 100; at Carbon, lowa, ik; at Westport, Mo., 24, Rev. B. P, Russell has resigned at White Pigeon, Mich., and Rey. J. G, Poruman, at Benton Harbor, Mich, Rev. G. P. Osborn, of the Chicago rheological seminary, has been ordained and instatied pastor of the Bap- ‘ist church at Hudson, Mich. Rev. J. Tavior, of Mount Pleasant, Pa., has accepted a call to the Baptist church at Lower Chest creek, Pa. Rev. 2%. T. Douen was ordained and Installed pastor of the Baptist church, at Willistuwn, N. J., afew days ago, MISCELLANEOUS, Gardiner, Me., with its suburbs, rejoices in 15 re- limions societies for » population of only 5,000 peo- lc. he town has its Congregatoualists, Baptists, Freewill Baptists, Episcopalians, Methodists, Uni- versalists, Swedenborgians, Campbelites, Second Adventists, Catholics and Reformers, and these do not include, probably, more than half the inhabi- tants, one-halt not attending worship anywhere regularly, tfatali, ‘Ihe Reiormers, 80 Lamed, it appears 18 a society of reformed men and their famules which Was’ organized by themselves and 18 maimtained with much interest. The text of their services is general temper- ance, Rev. Theophilus Lessey, of Arundel square chapel,: London, has seceded from the Congregational ministry and united himseif with the sect commonly Known as Plymouth Breth- ren. ‘Lhere are 237 Congregational churches in and around London, 87 ot which have been established Since 1852, Fourteen of these are the result of mis- sionary labor; 30 owe their existence to the efforts of individual Christians, 13 of whom were laymen and 16 ministers, A Congregational union has been formed, about 100 having united therein, Key, H. C. Heyser, of Greenville, Pa., has accepted a call to the Re ormed church at Kbenezer, N.Y. Kev, J. B. Davenport 1s obliged to close his lavors with tne Universalist church tn Wilmington, on account of ill health. Rey. M. J. Steere entered upon his du- ties as pastor of the Universalist Society in Me- chanic Falls, Me., last Sunday. A Universalist parisa has been organized in Mort Fairfieid, Me, tev. S. P. Carleton, of Zanesville, Onio, has ac- cepted a call to the pastorate of the First Univer- saust church in Pittsburg, Pa, Rey. 8. B. Rawson has accepted the prolessorship of Ancient Lan- guages in St. Lawrence (Universalist) University. An Evangelical Alliance meeting of the highest interest was held last week in Unarleston, 5. ©. ‘vbere were 17 ministers upon the piatiorm—four Episcopalians, five Biptists, four Presbyterians, two Methodists and two Lutherans, ar, Williams, ol Princeton Theological Seminary, has accepted a call to the Rejormed church of Griggstown, N. J. andentered upon tus duties last Sabbath. The first of & series of Sabbath evening meetings will be begun in Cooper Institute to-night by the city Missionary Society, Rev. Dr. 5. u. Cyng, Jr, Will preach. ‘a letter from India, from Sasihada Banerjee, an educated Brahwin apd founder ot a Sort | free religion association, asks Dr. Keliows, ot this city, to allow his name to be entered on the roll of the association as a corresponding member. ‘The objects of the society are to break down caste and to abolish idolatry and to promote the worship of one living and tiue God and Father of ali men, Hence the name of the society is “lhe Reliious A! clation tor All"? They have prayer meetings, lectures, Sermons and other adjuncts of Christian worship. Lr GTON AYENUE SYNAGOGUE, SaaS. ot aaa The Seven Lamps and the Golden Can- dlestick—The Difference Between Natu- ral Vi:tue and Religious Principle— The Characters of Leah and Rachcl— Sermon by Dr. Huebseh. A goodly congregation gathered In this elegant synagogue yesterday to listen to a discourse by the popular rabbi, Rey. Dr. Huebsch, who spoke from the text Numbers vill., 2—When thou lightest the Jamps the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick.” Not because the Lord needs hu- man light has He ordered to kindle lamps in the holy place o! His special presence. “He knoweth what ig in the darknesa, and the light dwelleth with Him.” This commandment intends rather to turn the human spirt to the foun- tain head of tight. Every man ts eudowed with an immortal spark, the soul. There is a latent faculty in this spark to expand, but not without proper nourishment, As the seed needs the rain to de- velop it into a plant and to bear fruit, so, by the aid of the heavenly food, the religious light, the soul becomes a cuitivated spirit. Tne spark de- veiops into a lamp, showing us the rignt path toa virtuous life. A man might say he cared little for religion, and followed his natural! disposition, giv- ing to the poorand supporting tae needy, not be- cause religion commands {t, but because he felt Gisposed so; and then ask, isit not all the same whether he was actuated by this or by another motive, a8 long as his action coincides with What men call virtue? It by no means al the same, the Doctor remarked. In the first place, im & being endowed with moral con- sciousness, a3 man is, we cannot separate the action irom the mouve. No good action can ex- cuse 4 bad motive, nor can a good motive improve abad action. Jo separate one from the other Is to sever the bond oetween Lody and soul, 1b is to say, My virtue 1s the resuit Of my religious princi- ples, Which means nothing else than that my soul us become enlightened by divine truth to acknowl- edge this line oi action as the only one conducive to my salvation; frou this path I will not recede, and if 1 meet with hardships and hindrances, I will struggle for the victory. I will not recotl; my conviction shall “make me siealfast, But a virtue growing out trom a mere natural disposition, without being supported wy religious principle, is ike that poor ship Viliedu Havre. Unsuspicious of danger, she satis in the darkness—a sudden coilision, # vehement shock, and ruin and death break in where @ moment be- fore all were saie on beard. Uncertain are the waters of temper; you cannot know when the storm of passion may rise that will overbowi the voice of your natural good disposition and wreck the ship of your virtue on the hidden rocks of selfish vices, “He was a good natured man, but temptation was too “strong ior him, and he felt in sin.) That is a story that repeats itself a thousand times a day, but you seldom hear it satd, “He was a well principled man, but temptition Was too strong for bim. Princ ple is a mighty siiteld, The power to resist is the criterion between a virtue derived from the firm belief! in a supreme tdeai of periectness and a virtue emanating trom the unreliavle source of good disposition. The former is as the shining light that shineth more and more unto the periect day. The latter is like an ignis satuus; iv leads you astray and then expires, Religion is a cre- ative power in man; it brings him up to the juli growth of manhood. That conceited beef in man's own wisdom, however, Jeaves many dormant faculties in him un- developed and leads him to a state of childishness rather than to manhood. Behold King Solomon, He is called the wisest of men; he asked God ior wisdom to govern the people, but not to govern himsell, He accompl.shed a great work, but aii his doings bear the stamp of # proud and worldly genius. ‘True, he bulids a magnificent temple unto the Lord, but be also builds magnificent paiaces for himseif and his wives, He makes gold and silver vessels for the holy service, but not less pompous 18 his own housenold. What we miss in him is that humble submission which is characteristic of true belief, He is the wisest Of men, he ‘ollows his own wisdom. But where docs that lead him to? It 18 clearly stated in the [ible—Por it came to pass when Solomon Was old t his Wives turned away Ms heart after other gods; and his heart was not pertect with his Lord, “his God, as was the heart of David, his father.’ So that Who began his reign with the Lord's promise There shall be none like thee? — ends it with the sad prospect that the greater part of his kingdom shall be torn awa, from his son. The reverse of this ad monishing picture we see in Abraham, He begins with obedience toward God, and marks out one line for himsell, which he follows vhrough the whole of hia ite. And Abraham believed in Goi the same submission in the will of God is ext! ited by him, whether as the poor emigrant or the rich pabob. Humility towards God raises him to the hign position of the friend of God, The prophet Isatan cails him the “rock whence ye are hewn,” And indeed @ rock he was; olten tried he never was shaken in his belief. Bvery new trial engendered new virtues in him: bis soul drank with holy thirst the waters from the eternal sping and he became strong in faith and radiant — with never fading light, ‘There are seven lamps tor man—weaith, love, esteem, health, beauty, aly disposition and ine telect, “When thou Men at the lamps the seven lamps shall give light over agaimst the candle. a Be always guided in the enjoyment of the heavenly gilts by the consciousness that wit God is the sountain of lite and in His light snall we see light. Are Doctor had some special words for the ladies of his congregation, In which he contrasted the beautfal temper and disposition of the hated and homely Leah with thator the pecvisn, petted and deceitial Rachel. He commended the pationt vir- tue of the former to their troltation BMASCULATED BPISCOPACY, pa ake ee SE An Interview with Br. Thompson an the New Movement in the Chnreh. ——————— What the Rector of Christ Church Thinks of tte Prospects of Bishop Cummine—The Negati' Position of the Reformers—The Clinging to Apostolic Succession—The Rector's Views on Ritualism—The Beanty of. Holiness, and the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, Dr. Thompson, rector of Christ Church, i & representative man of the Protestant Episcopal Church, He belongs to the High Church party, is @ north country Irishman, a man of broad views and large culture; and, above all, ts the editor of an influential Church weekly, the Church Journal. It was, therefore, deemed desirable that his views should be obtained in reference to the recent re- form movement in the Protestant Spiscopas Church. Dr. Thompson, in reply to inquiries 4s to the ulti- mate success of Bishop Cummings in establishing & church in thts city, said that, in his jadgment, such @ resuit was not very likely. The declaration of the bishop and the piatiorm he sought to lay down Was ol a hegutive character, It assumed the fora of a protest. For vitality to be preserved in any movement there must be positivism, and this the movement initiated by Bishop Cummins seemed to to him sadly wanting. “But is not this,” inquired the reporter, “a pro- test against practices that are deemed to be highly dangerous by many persons to the soul’s wel- jure?’ “Yes, that is so; itisa protest. But then Bishop Cumm.ns could have entered bhat protest just as effectually, and, indeed, more so, by remaining Bishop of Kentucky than he can by leaving the Church, 1 protest against these practices that Bishop Cummins condemns; s0 do all other High Church clergymen, Look at the position of Bishop Cummins’ party fora moment, Do they want to develop an evangelical spirit in the Church? They can ao it within the Church; they need not leave it for that, In their declaration of principles there 13 nos one salient point that is distinctive from that of other Evangelical Churches, Al sects have some distinctive feature, but our iriends who have separated from us pride themselves on what they have not. They cling to their idea of apostolic succession, and seem to have waited for the secession of a bishop ta order that they may be able to have tum fora head, But this apostolte succession will only recommend itself to the dis affected in our Church, and will become a sort of emasculated episcopacy. The Methodist and the Presbyterian wil care nothing for it, and wil laugh at tie Cluims of apostolic succession on the part of Bishop Cummins. His personal claims are entitied to tue respect of all men; his reputation is unbiemtshed; tis faithtuiness and his earnest- ness ‘are manifest, and nis intensity of feeling apparent to all who know him. But he is not distinguished for executive ability. ‘The clergy associated with him, with one excep tion, have been deposed, and, as a rule, are unsuccessiul men. 1 see the Bishop said that he had received jetters from 21 clergymen. Well, tere are probably more than 100 men who never ougat to have been ordained—good men, but un- successful mea, who cannot stay long in one parish, Who would be giad to have a new church and a salary of afew thousand do.lars attached. But if these men could not succeed when they had the benefit of an orgauization, a bishop and all the advantages that are the resuit of being ollicially associated With @ parisit, are they more likely to succeed when they have none of these things, and are certainly not strengthened by a positive aud distinctive creed, or by tue iorce oi character of @ reformer like Lutner or Dorner?” “What 18 Dr. Cheeney’s position in Chicago? Is he not a man 0: influence and, position?’ “As a pustor he i8; but he has beea deposed for several years, aud be may, as he said himself, be deprived of the church in whic: his congregation worsiips. The Courts have decided that a church built ior a certain organization cannot ve diverted from the taith of that organization. He has, there lore, no ecclesiastical holding uvon his people; ieis entirely personal, as & pastor.’? “But Bishop Cummius intends to meet some of the aiiicuities that are tound in a separation from the Protestant Episcopal Church by the introduo- tion into bis caurches of tne trayer Book or 1785, which, he alleges, Will Meet the case to a large ex- tent.” “the history of that Prayer Book is not very favorable to its adoption, Jt was completed by Bishop White, prompted by the socinian views ol the clergy oi the English Georgian period, and was during the interreynuin between one Couven- tion and another, beiore the clergy for agoption, The Convention rejected it, and Bishop White never exp.@nsed @ regret that 1t Was not accepted. Tuen the fact that the Nicene creed 1s omitteda— the only vec a hed aie in the Prayer Book, the prayer that is used vy the Protestant, the Greek and the Koman Church—atil pe found to be a dificuity ip the use of this book. lt is sot generally Known, and the want of this knowledge occasions great contusion im the minds of many persous Who pro.ess to con- siuer these Church questions, that it 1s only on the Nicene creed that | or any other clergyman can be arraigned for heresy. This gives the Charch a large liberty and woala enable Bishop Cummins to preaca any siade o1 thcoivgical belief that did not trench oh tuis creed, “Tue Prayer Book teaches ‘ritualism,’ as tt is called, Bishop Curmmins says, and gives the young clergya seeming authority ior mduigence tn’ wat he considers questionable practices. “itis true that Che Prayer Book does give a large liberty in that direction. It Dr. bwer, or any otner pr » chooses to put Candies ou tus altar and clothe himseif and otners in red petticoats, there 1s nothing in tue Prayer Book to turbid him. but this ery o1 ritualism is greatly exaggeratea. Take this city, lor mstance. ‘here ate tiree churches here that indulge m these rituaustic practices; there Were tour, but one has been suppressed by the Bishop. Now the united congregations o1 these three churches are not equal to my own congrega- tion, that of Dr, Potter's, or oF any represeutative urch in this city, 50 vou see how greatly tha cry 1s exaggerated. It is true that bisoop Cum- tuins would Consider my practice neatly as pad as that of Dr. Ewer or auy of the rituatsts, out Lde not. I hold there is a disuinctive diference. “E think Bishop Cummins would say that yours was possibly only @ preidue to the other, aud T shouid tke to know Irom you whether you tank that tue tendency of the Church 1s toward an ex. treme rituausm, and whether the Protestant Church is likely to drili toward Rome? think there was more justifiavie fear in that direction 10 years ago than there is now, Then ib Was said that our services shou.d be more orna mental, dod tnat the efece of an orbamental ser- vice was the promotion of good tase, Lrom which We got crosses placed ou the steeples of our churches and stained giass | windows for the churen; that tae movement was, in fact, in the direction of the beauty Of holiness, These representations won many Of us over, and there was .orce in tiem. uring the last three or jour years, however, this attitude has been changed, and the advocates ot ‘the beauty of be- levers’ are preaching ‘the adoration of the biessed sacrament.’ ‘Ihe disguise is thrown olf, and we kuow atid see the danger. Berore we did not. it ts true that Laud many other clergy teach the doctrine of the ‘real presence,’ but we teach itinavery diferent sense to the Rituailst. We say that the communicant, in partaking of the bread, is in the spiritual presence of Christ, and when’ we say ‘spiritual,’ we do not mean it as a metaphor, but as a spiritnal realty. We that the soulis awakened then to the presence é of Christ. But the way to & man’s soul is not down his throat, and, — therefore, we attach no importance ty the mere fact of of the bread, So that his ade | you see our Church is very different trom a sect, ‘A sect has a distinctive specialty as a creed, which men ascept or reject, and are sectarians, as they do this or ay they do not; but in the Chureh there ta a wider liberty, and, with the exception—t am happy to say—ot Unitarianism, almost 'y phase of Jaith finds its representation, This is the glory of the Church; and, therefore, | cannot see way Bishop Cummins should not have used tas liberty to e emphasis to his own views.’ nking Dr. Thompson jor his kindness tn giving 80 full # Statement of his views the reporter withdrew. A Correction. To Tue EpiTor oF THE HeRALo:— It was Bishop Mclivaine, and not Bishop Potter, who reported the opinions of the Archbishop of Canterbury and Bishop of London. Please correct, jor it 8 important, Yours, very truly, GHORGE Dy CUMMINS. THE DOYLESTOWN (PA) FORGERY, Marcus Chapman, the alleged forger, an accouns of whose urrest appeared in yesterday’s HktaLy, was incarcerated in the Mercer County (N, J.) Jatt yesterday, to await a requisition from the Gover. nor of Pennsylvania for his removal to Doylestown. He has engaged a lawyer to prepare & writ ot habeas ypus, bub a8 yet no acion has been taken to. have it paentod bevore the pr per horities® He assnines much nonchaiance and stubvornly persists in his inuo~ cence. He says he formerly belonged vo Hayerly's minstrel troupe, His conversational powera are very great, and he seems to de & young man of the orion. it is expec he wit be comoved te oviestown to-morrow: