The New York Herald Newspaper, December 21, 1873, Page 13

RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE. December 21--Fourth Sunday of Advent. ‘RELIGIOUS EXERCISES TO-DAY. Herald Religious Cor- ; respondence. ———S MOVEMENTS OF THE CLERGY. Services To.Day. Rev. Dr. Hall preaches the Sunday school annl- versary sermon in the Seventeenth street Baptist church at half-past seven P,M. Rev. Mr. Pente- cost preaches at half-past ten A. M. Rev. Dr. Crooks preaches this morning and Rey, Mr. Brown, a Wesleyan University graduate, this evening, in St. Luke's (Methodist). In tne Church of the Heavenly Rest Rev. Dr. Irving lectures this afternoon and Rev, Dr. How- land, the rector, will preach morning and evening, Uhe latter discourse upon “Judgment.” Rev. Mr. Talmage will minister to his (the Tab- ernacic) flock, in the Brooklyn Academy, at hall- past ten A. M. and hall-past seven P, M. At eight o’clock, in Association Hall, Rey. Dr. Jon Dowling will address young men, “The Life of Louis Agassiz and the Great Les- fon” will be fully treated upon by the Kev. Dr. Fulton, tn the Hanson piace (Brooklyn) Baptist churen this morning. A “grand old Methodist singing” jubilee will be indulged in to-day, at half-past ten A, M. and three and seven P. M., in the Seventh street Methodist church, Dr. Eben Tourjee, of Boston, being the “conductor,” Rev. Mr. Cookman’s (Tabernacle) congregation Will be favored at the same hours with interesting “awakening” exercises, led by the Halstead Pray-*| ing Band, “a ‘Truth, a Crisis and a Doom” will be pro- mounced this evening, at Steinway Hall, by Rev. Wayland Hoyt, of the Baptist Tabernacle. “The Religion of Minding One’s Own Business,” , isthe rare theme of Rev. Mr. Sweetser for the morning discourse in the Bleecker street Univer- } alist church. Rev. Mr. Davies will conduct the customary ser- vices to-day in Berean Baptist church. | Rev. Mr. Barnhart those in Forsyth street Metho- dist church. Rey. My. Tracy those in the Church of the Refor- mation, Rev. Mr. Dawson those in the Church of Christ. Rev. Dr. Robinson those in the Presbyterian Me- morial church, Rev. Dr. Miller those in Plymouth Baptist church, and Rey. Mr. Galleher those in Zion church, Madison avenue. There will be a pastoral interchange between the Central and the Laight street Mission Baptists to-day, Rev. Mr. Knapp preaching to the former and Rey. Mr. Evans to the latter, in the morning, and both gentfemen preaching in their own tem- ples in the evening. ‘ Rev. Mr. Hamilton, of the Fourteenth street Scotch Presbyterian church, preaches beiore his own congregation at hali-past ten A. M. and half- Past three P. M., and will address the Young Men’s Association of the South Reformed cnurch at half. seven P. M. Rev. A. C. Thomas wil! address the Fifth Univer- Salists, at eleven A, M., in Plimpton Hall. Communion service in Madison avenue Reformed church, (Rev, Mr. Ganse, pastor) this morning. Preaching at hall-past three P. M. “Realizuble ideals” will be presented to the congregation of the Chureh of Our Saviour, by Rev. Mr. Pullman, in the Hall of the Standard Club, this evening. Rev. Edgar L. Heermance will address the Free Reformed church, in Uarvard Rooms, morning and evening. ‘The Fiity-third street Baptists will worship at the usual hours in their tempie. A Morse memorial sermon will be delivered this morning in Eighty-sixth Methodist street church, | by Rev. De Los Lull. * The importance of the devotion to the Sacred Heart will be elucidated this evening, in St. Ann’s, by Very Rev. Thomas 8. Preston, this being the concluding sermon in the course, . “The Mean Man” is the curious subject of Rev. T. S. Pycott’s lecture this evening, in Cutler Memorial church, Brooklyn. A lecture on “The Church and Civilization” will be given at eight P. M. by Rev. J. L. Spalding, S.T.L., in St. Bernard’s church; proceeds for the vehoot of the new sanctuary. Rev. Mr. Hepworth will deliver a Christmas dis- course this morning, in the Church of the Dis- ciples. Miss Smiley preaches the evening sermon. Rey. Dr. Potter, of Grace church, will officiate this evening in Wainwright Memorial church. “True and Faise Forgiveness” is the topic upon which Rev. Dr. S. H. Tyng, Jr., will address the | Popular assemblage this evening, in Cooper Union, Our French adopted citizens will be favored with an address in their native tongue, by Rev. ©. Miel, at half-past three o’clock P. M., in Grace (Epis- copal) charch, “The Puritan Spirit” will be expounded by Rev. | Mr. Frothingham, before the Independent Society, | in Lyric Hall, at half-past ten o’clock A, M. “The Puritans in America” is Rev. Mr. Clarke's sermon topic for this morning, in Harlem Unity chapel. There will be services appropriate to the season fn St. Ignatius’ (Rev. Dr. Ewer, rector), at haif- past seven, nine and hali-past ten A. M. and half- | seven P. M. “The Tenth Plague” will be considered by the | Rev. Mr. Newton, in Anthon Memorial church, at | half-past three P. M. A Wesleyan experience meeting will be held at | Benjamin Albro’s at hal{-past three P. M. | ‘The customary services will be held to-day in the | Church of the Resurrection. In the Church of the Messiah, Rey. Mr. Powers preaching, and F In North Presbyterian church, Rev, Mr. Rossiter discoursing upon special topic: Rov. Dr, John Cotton Smith will deliver the fourth in the Advent course of sermons in the Church of the Ascension, this morning, on “The Eternal Life,” and in the evening lecture on “The Sense in which the Bible 1s Inspired.” “The Second Coming of the Lord” will be treated upon by Rev. J. ©. Ager this evening in the East Thirty-fifth street church. Judge Carter, of Cincinnati, will lecture on | “Shakespeare” before the Humanitarians, in De | Garmo Hall, this evening. {+ President Grant's Message will be discussed by the Cosmopolitan Conference tiis alternoon. ‘There will be @ Spiritualist Conlerence, at two o'clock, at 64 Madison avenue. Lyman ©. Howe, trance speaker, lectures before the Robinson Hall Spiritualists morning and even- ang. A Sceptic Wants Light. To THR Eprror oF THE HERALD :— Tam one of your readers who went to hear the Rev. Cotton Smith, expecting him to answer a sceptic’s doubts as to the authenticity and genu- ineness of the Gospels, I went in the expectation of learning something new and convincing, since he seemed to take up the challenge £o confidently ; but Tam glad to say, for the honor of God and humanity, that my expectations were not an- ewered, If any one willtake the trouble to turn up Paley’s or Alexander's “Evidences” or Horne’s “Introduction” he will find the same roots, and More, far more, minutely presented, with all of which sceptics are acquainted, and still are not convinced, Thisisa disputed point, and one which can never be settlod, and, even af Lt Is set- tled, will amount to noth It will not prove that Christianity ts a re’ tion from & Supreme Being, or show that Matthew and Jon wrote the history of Christ (for these are the every part ot the United States, only two that were eye My peed any more than it will prove that Mahom- j etanism was from God, because it cam be proved that Mahomet wrote the Koran. If you prove that Darwin was the author of a book on Darwinism you do not prove the theory to be true; neither will these Gospels, though they were genuine and authentic, ‘prove Christianity to be true, or that its founder porlermeg the miracles ascribed to Him, In prooi of the late miracles in France we have the testimony of hundreds of liv- ing witnesses, who can be seen and interrogated, both of clergy and laity, and still neither the Rev. Dr, Smith, nor any other Protestant, will believe them. Ten times the testimony can be brought by the Mormons in Froet of miracles performed in behalf of their religion, the possession of the Holy Ghost and the gift of tongues, and stili Mr. Smith will not believe in it, It isthe same with regard to Spiritualism. Probably every one who reads this can count scores who will bear witness to the truth of Spiritual manifestations, but until these phenomena present themselves to me | will not be likely to believe, neither will Mr, Smith. Then why, in the name of reason, should we be expected to believe what happened nearly 2,000 years ago on the uncertain testimony of a tew dead witnesses, Certainly it is just that we should treat them with the same respect ag we do other ancient writings; and when we find ahything unreasonable to doubt itund put itdown as a myth, saying to ourselves that the author 1s either deceived himseif or is try- ing to deceive us, When they tell us that Simon Magus performed such wonders before the Koman Senate that they declared him a ‘god | think he Must have been a great magician, even greater than Christ, who performed among an ignorant mob, When I read that Apollonius raised the dead, or, like Peter, was confined in prison, and, like him, released in @ similarly miraculous man- ner, I think that somebody must haye started a lie, not only in Apollonius’ case but in Peter's also; and when I read that Msculapius and Christ raised the dead I am inclined to think that others can spin yarns as well as the satlor. For the truth, JOHN MCOALLUM, 51 Warren street, An Appeal for Information fom Pro- fessor Pronicr’s Family. New York, Dec, 19, 1873, To THE Epiror or THE HeRaALp:— We have to-day received letters from Geneva concerning Professor Pronier’s stay in this country, With him all the intormation and materials gath- ered by him in three months perished also, He told me that 20 clergymen of this city ana Brooklyn had pledged themselves to heip the theological semi- nary in which he was a professor to the amount of $100 each. Will those clergymen be kind enough to communicate with me or Dr, Schait? Also all those in Princeton, Yale, Cambridge, Boston and elsewhere who conversed with him concerning his work, his plans, ms departure, his dispositions (literal request from his family). He expressed himself with the utmost tenderness and gratefulness for the cheering prospects before him, He spoke in the warmest terms of his friends in Any communica- tions received will be sent to his aMicted famil, hence it is earnestly hoped many will answer this appeal, Will the religious papers please to cop} it? The following letter will speak for itself. Yours, respectiully, . Pro essor ELIE CHARLIER, No, 128 East Twenty-fourth street, LEITER FROM PROFESSOR RUFET, OF GENEVA. EVANGELICAL SOCIErY OF GENEVA, } TIHEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, GENEVA, Dec. 3, 1873, My DEAR Srr—You must have heard of the terrible disaster to the Vile du Havre by which we have lost Professor César Pronier and his former pupil Carrasco, Promer had leit us with the proiound conviction that he would not return. He had said 8o to his friends, to his wife, but for him that'voy- age wasa double duty; towards the Evangelical Aillance first and then towards the Evangelical Society, of which he was one of the best prolessors. Of him we can say that he died as a faithful soldier while in the post of danger. César Pronier leaves a widow, sick for many years past, and six chil- dren, the eldest 1334 years old, He was absolutely without fortune, and, besides the grief, his loss 18 a disaster to his young family. We will do whatever we can for them, but our seminary has no endow- ment, no funds. We live literally from hand to mouth. Can I ask you to see if the American Christians could do something for Mr. Pronier's numerous family? How glad I would be if bread, least, could be secured tor the children of my fait! fulcomrade, We have lived together for the last 21 years and I have rarely known such a noble heart. Yes, youcan affirmit, dear sir, ne died a martyr to duty. The only consideration which could have induced him to leave his beloved family was the hope to gain irlenads for our Theological Seminary. Receive, dc, UIS RUFET, Professor Theological Seminary, Geneva. To Rey. Dr. P. Scarr, Bible House, New York. “With Charity for All.” To THE EpIToR OF THE HERALD:— Under the head of religious matters I take the liberty of saying that when a person attends church they expect to hear something spiritual that will comfort them and relieve any feeling of anxiety about the soul and the future state; but Mr. Frothingham preaches as if he were soured with the whole world, and, instead of charity and forgiveness being taught, he goes so far as to call the names of persons who have done wrong and Shower on their heads all the hard epithets im- aginable—for instance, Mr. Tweed. I think Mr. Tweed has suffered enough in what he has gone through with and is~ now enduring, and we should forget and forgive what is “past. I hope Mr. Frothingham may hereaiter study and preach charity to all mankind. A. E. Paying for Seats in Churches, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— This question, which is being discussed tn your columns, is, in my opinion, what “Catholic” calls in last Sunday’s HERALD an “abominable custom,” but it does not seem to be properly understood yet. In the first place let me say that at even the early masses a charge is made in many churches; at some it varies according tothe time, as for in- stance 5 cents for early masses, and 10, andin some even 20 cents for the iast. The charge for a seat is bad, but if that were all it would be more excus- able; most churches, however, charge on entering the church; now, surely any one ought to be avle to go inside without payment, and if a small fee is then charged for a seat it is not so objectionable. Unfortunately there is considerable difficulty, for inasmuch as the Catholic worship is very ex- pensive to carry on, funds must be raised in some Way, and there are many, to their shame be it said, who, if they had a@ tree seat, would put a penny in the plate and be satisfied they had done their duty. My opinion is that if some of the clergy would try the experiment of giving free sittings, however, and impress on their flocks the duty of supporting the expenses of tne church, they would eventually find their receipts as high as under the present ‘abominable custom” and avoid much scandal, ANOTHER CATHOLIC, Catholicity Not Opposed to Common sehools, To THE Eprror oF THE HERALD:— The Papal Sylabus ts frequently quoted as con- demnatory of our common Sphool system, but with- out reason. The proposition referring to the common schools is No. 48, extracted trom a letter of the Pope to the Archbishop of Friburg, dated July 14, 1864, and was applied to very different circumstances from those of our common schools. Here, for peace sake, since their establishment by the Church, 1t has been decided that no denominational or sec- tarian doctrine shall be taught in common schools, because children of numberless denomina- tions attend them, ‘The system of education condemned by the Holy Father was being established on the ruins of | schools under Catholic managemeut, brought to destruction through hostility to the Catnolic Church, And this overthrowal ofa system under Catholic management to make way fora system hostile to the Catholic Church, had received the approval of some Catholics, on the plea that edu- cation was the business of the State, It 18 clearly the object of the Holy Father to pro- test against such substitution, or in his own woras, against “ihe regulations that were making for a new management of public schools that in various ways bring with them great danger to the instruc- tion and education of youth in that they day by day remove them further trom the wholesome con- trol of the Catholic Church.” He shows that the schemes of expelling the authority of the Church from schools founded by her and fostered with care proceed trom a spirit adverse to the Church itself, and concludes that whenever such a pernicious plan is taken in hand of expelling the authority of the Church from schools under her control and es- tablishing in them a method of instruction that proposes to deal with the knowledge of natural things and the ends of this earthly social life and to withdraw from truths revealed by God, the faith- fal ought to be warned to shun schoois so evidenti: hostile to the Catholic Churca, while the Chure! will use the utmost endeavor to provide the necessary Christian Wendie and edacation lest youth should be exposed to loss of what pertains to faith. Hence the proposition condemned in the Syllabus that “Catholics may Win the system of educating youth which is disjoined from the Catholic Jaith’ @md the authority of the Church, aiming solely, ‘at least primarily, at the knowl- edge of natural things only and the ends of earthly social life The disjoining of Catholic faith and the anthorit, of the Church from the system of educating yout is that positive expulsion of them from schools under her control, to substitute in their stead a system hostile to her, which forms the object of the protest of the Holy Father, The sense of the extracted proposition is determined by the context Of the letter. It does not affect our common schools, where for the sake of peace, not through hostility to any religious denomination, denomimational or secta- Tian teaching is omitted. ‘The State as well as the Church would gain many bebe the ge} from the denominationar system, tifa practical plan is offered for its establishment where there are countless sects. While the burdens on our actual churches and the greater need of more churches and charitabie institutions render tt impracticable for the Chutch to erect schools forthe secular education of the more than 100,000 Catholic children that still fre- quent the public schools in thiscity (it has taken 25 years to obtain accommodation for less than 30, ! of them), and while the inajority of the peo- ple are growing less favorable to the granting of pecuniary aid to other than public schools, let the children be more earnestly provided by the priests and Christian brothers and sisters and pious laity with the necessary Christian instruction, This is the main, direct work of the Churen, which, in our circumstances, is most necessary. A CATHOLIC PRIEST, Who Can Tell !—Diversity of Sects. To THR EprTor OF THE HERALD :— In these times, when sects multiply like insects, and schism follows schism, bidding fair to bring forth a perennial crop of schisms, It may well be asked, To which of the 9,457 denominations that are gure to exist 50 years hence will the Christian Protestant of A. OD. 1928 attach himself, supposing that he earnestly seeketh the Lord and his soul ‘panteth for salvation? By that time, no doubt, every bookstall will retail a catalogue of sects, neatly gotten upin the manner of a pocket. dic- tionary, a railway or hotel guide; and this, com- bined with the newspaper of the veriod, will give & pretty good idea, in epitome, of that which the 37,614 quarto volumes of denominational theology and 314,000 less pretentious works on the same subject contain, The nomenclature aione, ponder- ous enough to be pondered over for a twelve- month, must inevitably have the effect of producing ‘ht sweats, while the exposition of doctrine will tainly lead to chronic dyspepsia, To master the jargon of terminology and the mdlange of meta- physics will require sufficient study to prepare the optics for permauent cataract; and i, alter weigh- ing, sifting and deliberating upon the 9,487 claims: that, marshalled like so many bottles in an apothe- ary Shop, vauol their nostrums each above the other, he shail at last bit upon a choice, without forever disabling the natural balance of his intellect, he will be obliged to provide tumsetf with @ memorandum book wherein to make caretul note of the name and the tenets of his sect lest he be- come considerably muddled as to which is which and what is what? ie may possibly argue that before deciding finally and irrevocably it might be best to await developments—wait for the forth- coming within the next 24 hours of another sect— and thus it may happen that, turning with every new turn, the poor soui finds no anchorage. Yet all this time your minister of God will say unto him:—*O youth, be of good cheer, It is true, we are split up like jogs into kindling wood; it is true We resembie a dish of hodgepodge, tuttt-irutti and Sausage meat; but our dissensions concern only the merest matters of form, matters of no moment, matters utterly insignificant, In essentials we are @ unit, a glorious unit; one Church, one congrega- tion that sees in every man a brother. While the word “brother” scarcely had time to reach the youth’s tympanum, the newsboy is heard yelling, “Secession of Bishop Slatters from the Eclectic Tabernacle!’ The latest sect, founded by the Rey, Mr. Angelface, and cailed Golden Fleecers, or Holy Herdsmen. Where, oh where will that youth look for a tata? ELL. Ll Bishop Potter and That Lace Petticoat. To THE EpiToR OF THE HERALD:— ‘Will you allow a reader of your paper to correct a few statements which appeared in its columns last Sunday in a letter signed “Protestant,” and purporting to have been written by a “layman of the Protestant Episcopal Churcn."? In the first place I should like to say, on good authority, that Bishop Potter was not at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin ‘‘a few evenings since, dressed in a purple gown and lace petticoat.” The Bishop has hot been in the church since last June, when he administered the rite of confirmation, and then only wore the usual robes of his rank. — Bishop Tozer, of Zanzibar, was, however, at the church a Short time ago, and he wears a purple cassock and ared hood, to designate his college. It was prob- ably he whom “Protestant” or his informant mis- took for Bishop Potter. CHUKCH GOER, Is Bishop Cummins a Second Luther? To THE EpiToR or THE HERALD:— Ihave desired for some time to say a few words onthe subject of the “new movement’ in the Episcopal Church. Severai statements have been made by the blind supporters of Messrs, Cummins, Cheney & Co., which it is as well to ventilate, by the way, so as to prevent, if possible, any more such ridiculous (so-cailed) arguments. In the first place, then, the late Bishop Cummins has been compared to Luther—will any one tell us why? Luther did not leave the Church of Rome until he had exerted vain endeavors to correct its vices. Mr. Cummins said never a word about the defilements of the Church of England and her daughter. Luther did not leave the Romish Church till he was forced out of it. Cummins deserts his spiritual foster mother in spite of her entreaties for him to remain. Where is the similarity? Again, Bishop Cummins has been described as so pure and noly and good—‘just the man fora true Teiorm.’’ Does a mau’s general goodness and pro- priety imply correctness in all his acts? Moses was avery good man. He made a bad mistake once, and consequently did not see the “promised land.’ David was an excellent man, but he was not exactly right in the case ef Bathsheba. St, Peter was reckoned a holy man, but he often went to extremes. Therefore we may conclude that Mr, cummins’ supposed moral character does not argue correct deportment in this case. Then there is one more statement [ should like to settle, and that 1s the accusation that 18 evan- gelical clergymen had shametuily deserted the new “reformer’’—in fact, had completely ‘gone back"? on him.” Now, what does that mean? Does it mean that Bishop Cummins expected everybody but the. ritualists to turn traitors? Does he think evangelical principles mean ingratitude and base desertion? Orare the honorable men who signed the repudiation reierred to among the 26 or more whom Bishop Cummins said would join him at the same time withholding their names? Can it pos- sibly be that the worthy presbyter, ‘whose name would be an honor to any cause,” and who would be a “reformer” it made a bishop, 18 one of the repudiators? By the way, why does not the re- doubtable G. D. C. make that presbyter the “Bishop of the Northeast #” I shall close these few re- gnarks with the announcement that if anything ‘more is to be said with reterence to Cummins’ re- semblance to Luther, Wesley, &c., or about his infallibility, 1 am ready to give satisfactory replies. P. WILLIAMS, Jr. New York, Dec. 16, 1873. An American Republic in Solid Aid to the Pope. . The following is a translation of the law which has been officially promulgated in the Republic of Ecuador :— THE SENATE AND DEPUTIES OF ECUADOR, IN CON- GRESS UNITED, Considering— First—That the Catholic population should con- tribute to the sustenance of the universal govern- ment of the Chureh ; Second—That this duty {8 more required at present when our Sainted Father finds himself de- spoiled by iniquitous usurpations of his lands and incomes and when no Catholic government should fear to comply, and Third—That the circumstances of the Republic permit it to give in some manner a solemn testi- monial of their adhesion to the sainted seat, Decree : Anticux 1.—Ten per cent ot the part of the Church rev- enue (eiezmos) that belongs to the State shfll be remitted annually by the Executive to the Sainted Father during the embarrassing circumstances with which he Is now aficted, and as an offer of justice, loyalty and reverence that the Ecuadorian people make to the head of the Church 2'—The present decree shall be considered in ‘om the beginning of the present year. Communicate it to the Executive for compliance and execution, Given in Quito, capital of the Republic, 1st Octo- ber, 1873. G. GARCIA MORENO, The Minister of State, i JOSE JAVIER EQUIGURE: Ordination in Brooklyn. Yesterday morning the cathedral of St. James, Jay street, was thronged in every part, the occa- sion being the ordination of tne Rev. Henry A, Gallagher and the raising of a member of the Con- ,gregation of the Mission to the tonsure\ and minor orders, The ceremony was most impressive. Bishop Laughlin, assisted by Vicar General Turner and the Rev. Father Keegan, officiated, The American Church in France. {Correspondence of a London paper.) Nick, Nov, 28, 1873, THE AMERICAN CHURCH, Thursday being Thanksgiving Day in the United States, it was chosen as a fitting occasion for the organization of the church here. A large number attended the service, including the Rev, Messrs. Childers, Govet and Hubbert, of the English church at Nice, who assisted the chaplain, the Rev. Dr. MecVickar, After an ex- cellent sermon by the chaplain the business of or- ganization commenced by the Rev. Dr. McVickar being led to the chair, while the post of secre- tary di red on Mr. Lemercier, of New York, A letter Was tead from the Bishop of Pennsylvania, authorizing the formation and establishment of an Episcopal church at Nice, then followed tne read- ing of the canons by which it would be governed, and the articles, the first of which gives it the name of “The Church of the Holy Spirit.” The following is a list of the warden and vestrymen :—General James Watson Webb, of New York, warden. Vestrymen—W. M. Vesey, United States Consul at Nice; Luis McLane, reg W. A, Du Bois, M. D., Connecticut; Geor any, Rhode Island; G, Lemercier, Nice, The Chairman, at the close of the proceedings, remarked that the voluntary contributions so far received had been suficient to defray the expense of the renting and fitting up of the present hall in the Rue Chauvain. This, it may be remarked, is only for temporary use until the building fund, to which liberal comtribuuons have aiteady been made, amounts to a sufficient sum to permit the erection of @ new church, American liberality may be trusted to make the period of delay a short one. Ministerial Movements and Changes. ROMAN CATHOLIC. The receipts of the ‘Society for the Propagation of the Faith in the archdiocese of Baltimore for the year just closed, including a balance on hand at the beginning of the year, amountea to $7,263, and the disbursements to $6,187. Archbishop Bayley has ordered a collection to be taken in all the churches of his diocese to-day for the theologi- eal students thereof. The Archbishop has also issued a circular asking for subscriptions towards the new Church of St. Pius in Baitimore. The lots have been purchased at a cost ot $16,000, and are by this arrangement divided into so many feet, which the faithiulare asked to purchase or sub- seribe for at the rate of $1004 !oot. As an induce- ment to do so the more cheeriully purchas are to have their names enrolied in 4 book, to be placed near the high altar of the church, that they may be prayed for even to future generations as its patrons and benefactors; and, moreover, a special blessing of the Pope will be asked for themselves and their families, Surely ail this must be worth $100, without taking into account the compliment to be thus paid to the present ven- erable Pontift. Kev. Fathers Damen, Masselis, Koopmans ana Putten, of the Society of Jesus, have just closed a v successful mission at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Philadelphia. The Unitarian Society of Athol has secured the tem- porary services of Rev, Mr. Bond, of Chelsea, Mass. On Thursday, the 11th inst., Right Rey. William H. Gross, D. D., Bishop of Savaunah, dedicated the new Church of the {mmaculate Conception, at Atlanta, Ga, The British and Foreign Bible Society spent $70,000 last year in sending the Bible tor Austria. One old Catholic priest sent for 50 copies of the Protestant Bible in order that his people | might read it and judge for themselves. The Rev. E, butler, chaplain to the forces at Colchester, and the Rey. A. J. Wallace, for severat years y Ipswich, England, have been appointed Catholic chaplains to’ tue ‘forces engaged in tiie Ashantee expedition, and have leit ior the seat oi war, Right Rey. L, dé Goesbriand, D, D., bishop of Burling- ton, Vt., visited our city during the past week, en route to France, where he pro- pos remaining @ short time, Very Rev. F, synch wili act as Administrator of Burlington during the Bishop's absence, The Rev. Joun O'Donnell, who was recently admitted to the priesthood by the Most Key, Dr. McGebtigan, is the first priest who tas been ordained in the new Cach- edral ol Armagh, Ireland, Rey, Paul Gillen, of the Convent of the holy Cross, Indiana, is at present in this city, renewing old irieadships and visiting relatives. Father Gillen has reached the age of three score and ten years, but he looks tresh and hale. Bishop Quinlan has so Jar recovered from the effects of his late injury in Albany, N. Y., that. he expects to return to his own dioct in a week or two. The Archbishop of Paris has directed his clergy henceforth to use the complete Roman Lit- urgy in their services, Archbishop Percne, 01 New Orleans, in three years an hali—from May, 1870, to November 8, 1873—admunistered the sacrament of confirmation to 28,417 persons, During tais year the number confirmed was 6,407. PRESBYTERIAN, Rev. James Litimar, of Londonderry, Ireland, has accepted a unanimous call to the Cidteau ave- nue church, of St, Louis, Mo. The Synod oi Lilinois, South, at its late session, passed strong resolutions affirming its appreciation of the general benefits of common schools, and recommeading its miuisters and members to guard against the encroachments of Romanism in this apd every other form in whichit atiacks the free and liberanzing institu- tions of thiscountry. On Monday evening last, at @ meeting of the First United Presbyterian church, the Kev. S. G, Fitzgerald was elected pastor in place ot the Rev. Mr. Bruce, resigned. The truits ol the late meeting o! the Evaugelical Alliance con- tinue to appear in this city, Last Wednesday evening, ior instance, the Methodist and Presbyte- rian churches, on opposite corners ot Fou ave. nue and Twenty-second street, held a union ser- Vice m the Methodist bpildmg.’ Next Wednesday aties will gather in the Presbyterian building. ‘This as it should be. The United Presbyterian Church, of Scotiand, has buut a church and two school,houses in Xeres, Spain, at an peuse of £40,000, .The Rev, Puilip H, of Springfield, Otio, nas vecome pastor cond Presbyterian church of Chester, Pa. The Rey. George M. Life has removed trom Du- buque to kvergreen, lowa. Key, Thomas J. Aiken, now pastor at Reeseville, Pa., has received a call from the church in Port Deposit, Md, Rev. J. M. Sturtevant, Jr., of the Presbyterian church, Ottawa, Ili., is about to take charge of the Von- gregational church at Denver, Col. There is a great revival of religion in progress in Texas, Oswego-! county, and also in Puoenix, 0. Rev. J. E. | Beecher, of Auburn, has taken a pastorate at Jasper, N.Y. Rev. L, WH. Taylor, of Lapeer, has accepted @ unanimous call to the Presvyterian church of Pentonville, Mich. The Fourth Presbyterian church, Thirty-fourth street (Rey. Dr. Thomson's), has just dedicated a new mission chapel and school rooms in Lhirty-third street, pear Tenth avenue. Rev. Henry F. Lee was settled over tie church in Pottstown, Pa., on Tuesday last, as the successor of Rey. John Thompson, who has been transierred to . Haggerston," Md. Rev. William Durant has become pastor of the Sixth Presby- terian church of Albany, N.Y. The society bas built a new church edifice at a cost of $20,000, all oi which has been paid. The Presbytery of Baltimore have engaged the Kev. J. Garland Hammer to resume his evangelistic iabors under the direction of a committee. Thirty-three persons were received into the Greenpoiut Presbyterian church, Greenpoint, last Sabbath; Kev. Wm. How- ell Taylor, pastor, METHODIST. Notwithstanding the report to the contrary, Thirty-seventh street churcu, in this city, imtend next month to take up a collection tor the ty Church Extension and Missiouary Society. The revéval spirit seems to be exiending turoughout the country. At Bowmansvilie, N. Y., 18 persons have recently joined tue church on probation and meetings are stillin progress; on the Greenville charge, Y%, 60 have sought the Lord during the Past six weeks; two new churches are nearly com- pleted in this circuit; at Westerly, R. 1., 90 have been addea to the church; on Concord circuit, Pa., 32 have professed taitn in Christ. In St. John's Methodist Episcopal church, Memphis, Tenn., a re- vival is in progress; also in the Methodist Episco- | pal churches of Indianapolis, where au aggregate of 100 conversions is reported. At Miueral Springs, N. Y., 50 converts are reported; in St. Paul’s church, Jersey City, on Sunday last, 60 persons were atthe altar seeking salvation, and 100 arose in the congregation to ask prayer in their own behalf; in William street church, Baltimore, 110 converts are reported. ‘Tae new German Methodist Episcopal church in Pennsylvania 2 nue, Baitimore, is nearing completion. Rev. S. H. Cummings has been elected Superintendent of City Missions in Baltimore, Seventeen persous | have united, during the past week, with Bethany Independent Methodist — church, Baltimore. | Forty-third street Methodist copal church, in this city, Dr. L. H. King pastor, raisea $600 last Sunday evening for the City Missionary Society. Rey. Charles E, Milier, of the New York Conier- ence, Who has been on a marriage tour to Europe, returned with Mrs. Miller on Tuesday of last week, and attended the Preachers’ Meeting on Monday jast. Rev. James Morrow, having recovered from his severe tliness, ts again at lis post of service in | New Orleans. Rev. W. V. Keliy has entered upon | earnest work as pastor of Asbury churcl, Builalo, A good revival influence rests upon the congrega- ton. Bishop Haven, who several months ago had his library packed and shipped to Atlanta, 18 still, the Advocate tells, making taat city his objective point, though he travels round in a circle by way of the New England, Middte and Western States to reach it. He spent last Sabbath in New York and Brooklyn very quietly, and is going to Cincinnati this week, The pastors of the Methodist Episco- pal churches in New Orleans report 191 conver- | sions during the month of November and 216 ac+ cessions to the Church. Bishop Bowen dedicated a new Methodist Episcopai charch at Oberlin, Ohio, on Sunday last. On the previous Sunday he ded- cated the Methodist Episcopal church at Fort Branch, Ind, The Sixth street Methodist church, Sacramento, Cal, Rev, A. M. Hough pastor, will be re-opened to-day. Rev. J. C. Maddy, of the Cincinnati Conierence, has recovered his health so faras to be able to preach again. Rev. A. S. Hank, senior pastor of the North Baltimore station, returned a lew days ago from his European tour and was warmly greeted by his congregation and friends, Rev. Charles M’Eliresh, eiec' to the chaplaincy of ‘The Seamen's Bethel” (East | Baltimore), made vacant by the death of Rev. Francis McCartney, has entered upon nis duties. Rev. J. Van Meter, Chaplain in the Naval Academy at Annapolis, has taken charge o! Emory station lor the remainder of the conterence year. Rey. Mr. Kinsey, senior pastor of the Union square Methodist Episcopal station, Baltimore, who has just recovered from a serious attack of brain fever, as resigned his pulpit and pastoral work and left for the country. Free and tntelligent communities know the value of churches of any’creed or name as has been illustrated by the citizens of the Thir- teenth ward of Buffalo, in which there was not a single church edifice of any kind. They called a public meeting, decided to build, and did build, and then ofered the edifice free of encumbrance to the Methodist Episcopal Church and a pastor has been sent there by the bishops. A series of meet- ings in Cumberland street church, Philadelphia, has added 62 tothe membership. At the new | Hamlin church, Washington, D. C., nine have been | converted lately. On January 4 Rev. Mr. Inskip and Rev. Mr. McDonald, evangelists, will begin a series of meetings in the same chu Twelith street church, Washington, D, C., nas gained 37 converts; Mount Zion church, Georgetown, 60, Revivals are in progress at Atiawangan, Conn. ; at Bremer, Me., and at White Plains, N. Y. new Methodist society has been organized in Lawrence, Mass., and a church building commenced, EPISCOPALIAN. The Standing Committee or Arkansas have re- fused their consent to the consecration of an As- sistant Bishop of North Carolina, Rev. Henry McClory has been degraued {from the ministry of the Eptscopai Church. The sentence pro- nounced against him by Bishop Doane, tn All Saints’ Cathedral chi ne Albany. Rey. W, A. Coale, as- sistant of St. Luke’s church, Baltimore, has re- sigued in order to devote his entire time to We church of St. Mary Virgin, near Franklintown, Bat- umore county, Md. Wisconsin newspapers say the pee successor of the late Bishop Armitage will Rev. Hugh Miller Thompson. Uhrist church, New Brunswick, N. J., is added to the list of tree churches. Bishop’ Pierce, Missionury Bishop of | Arkansas, has written a long and strong letter to presiding Bishop Smith on the secession aud pro- | posed trial an position of iishop Cummins. Bishop Pterce sees no good that can come of any z ‘oceecings agaist his “unhappy brother,” and is heartily in favor of leaving “the aoor open for his return until the last hour that the Church's law permits,” Bishop Pierce also demonstrates very clearly that Bishop Smith cannot proceed against Dr, Cummins under Canon 9, titie 2, as he proposes, but must act under Canon 8. of the same title. And in either case the proceedings could not end short oi seven or eight months; Whereas another Chure! bs the seceding prelate aiter s1x mouths. ed ina ridieflous light before the country, a3 trying a bishop al- ready deposed, and whose sentence at the end of the ‘trial might not be more thau admonition, He desires the matter to drop where it ts. The Bishop has sent a copy of his letter to every prelate of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, ‘Tne Southern Churchman agrees with Bishop Pierce, and would consider the trial of Dr. Cummins “a most serious evil,’ The vestry of st, Peter's church, Salisbury, Wicomico connty, Md. are about to opena public cemetery to all denomi- nations. Rev. Henry C, Mayer, or ol Grace Episcopal churen at Newton, Mas epted & call to Trinity church, Philadeiphia. The Dudiey D. Smith, late assistant minister of the Church of the Atonement, New York city, has ac- cepted a call to the rectorship of st church, Christiana Hundred, Del. The Rev. B, Lawson, VD. D., Nas accepted the call of the urch of the Holy Trinity, Nashville, Tenn., and entered upon his duties Rev. J, A. Atwell, formerly rector of, St. Stephen's church, Petersburg, Va., is now re tor of >t. Mark’s church, Charieston, S.C. The Rev. Mr. Fettwetl,.of West Farms, has abandoned tue Protestant Episcopal communion to connect imself with the Reformed Episcopal Chureh. A comiuittee having charge of the monument to the late Bishop Wilbertorce have decided that the m morial should consist of the maintenance of a body ol clergy and the provision of a building for home missionary work in South London. A Re- formed Protestant Episcopal Church 1s shortly to fe] be organized and establisned in Peoria, LiL, with Rev, Proiessor A, G, yng as rector. ' Rev. J. H. Hundley was onthe Lith inst, admitted to the priestuood in Fredericksburg, Va., by Bishop Johns. ‘The Church Journal intimates that il the Protestant Episcopal Church is a “sect,” with a weakness for bishops, it is “the meanest sect we know OL." BAPTIST. , Rev. Mr. Chase, of the baptist church, in Dover, N. H., accepts a call to Lewistown, Me. There are fewer Haptist associations in Maine this year than last, and a decrease of 266 in the membership. The champion immerser is @ preacher of tue Disciples of Christ, who was recently seen to immerse 143 persons in the Mississippi River in less than an hour, A revival begun in the Pilgrim ptist church of this city led to the baptisin of five con- verts last Sabbath. At Pieasant Lake, Ind, ten have been thus added to the Church, The Rev, T. #dwin Brown, of Rochester, who has been for some weeks recruiting His health in Virginia, after suifer- ing from a serious attack ol typhoid fever, finds his health so far restored as to warrant his return to his work. Rev, Dr, Harvey, of Madison University, 1s going with Dr. Strong’s party to explore the Holy Land, Or. Ridagway, of St. James’ Methodist Episcopal church, Harlem, also goes th this party, The Second Mission Baptist church of this city Was organized on the 11th inst. in Immanuel Chapel, Grand street, and Rey. Samuei Alman, un- der whose labors as clty missionary the society was gathered, was chosen pastor. The new Baptist church just erected at Vineland, N. J., will be ued- icated to-day. ‘The First Baptist church of Coving- ton, Ky., dedicated a new house of worship on tue The cost, independent of the ground, is A revival at Shokan, N. Y., has added 20 converts to the Baptist churcb there; at Sandusky, N. Y.,20 more have been gathered ito the fold. The Kev. S, T. Schoonover, o1 Farmersville, N. Y., is recovering from a recent illness. Avoca, N. Y., has been blessed with a revival and 20 have been added to the Church, At Che- mung, N. Y., 10 converts were recently bap- tized in the Baptist church there; 11 were similarly inducted into the church at Hamilton Square, N. J. Rev. Dr. Phelps has closed bis 23 years pastorate with the First Baptist church. New Haven, Conn. Forty have been added recently to the Baptist church, at Augusta, Wis. Key. Dr. Jonson, of Newark, N, J., is goiug to_ the Harvard square Baptist church, Cambridge, Mass. In the First Bapust church, of San Francisco, there are six Chinese converts, four of wnow are preache.3 to their own people, 100 Chinese children are also taught in the Baptist mission school Rev. R. PF. Parshall, Who 15 years ago was deposed irom the ministry of the Baptist Churca and went out West, where a year ago he worked himself into a pastor- ate at sacramento, Cal., and six months ago into another at Oakland, has been again deposed alter a trial of eight days’ duration, by a vote of 22 to7 he was convicted Of shametul conduct and an out- Tageous crime against morality. This ought to Hnish bis ministerial career. The Baptist denomi- nation in California has 78 churches and 3,45 members, The tast day of this year has been ap- pointed by the late Baptist Convention as a day of prayer for the outpouring ot the spirit in His ‘re- viving and renewing power. MISCELLANEOUS. The Rev. M. B, Smith having joined Bishop Cam- mins’ Reiermed Episcopal Church has wittidrawn irom the Reformed (Dutch) Classis of Paramus, N. J. The Classis, gn granting him letters dismiss- ory, adopted veh complimentary resolutions. Rev. Stephen Searles, of Carlisie, has succeeded tue Rev. PN, Chapman in the pastorate of the Reformed church at Coatsban, N. Y. Mr. Chapman has gone to Baltimore. Rey. C. Fritts, of the Re- formed Dutch church at Fishkill, has recovered from his late severe illness and is again around. Rey. C, E, Lasker, of the Reformed church of Guil- ford, N. Y., nas recetved @ call irom the Reformed church of Schoharie, N. Y. Rev. J. H. Merril has accepted the call of the South Vallejo (Cal.) Con- gregational church. Kev. E. H. Deidenbacher, of London, Ohio, has received au overture from the Delmont Reformed (German) charge, tn Westmore- land (Pa.) Classis, to become their pastor. Rev. Dr. T, W.. Chambers, of the Reformed church in this city, expects to sail early in January for a six months’ tour in Europe and the Holy Land. Rev. W. D. F. Lummis, of Cairo, bas been elected Presi- dent of the Northern Illinois College at Fulton, Ili, The nest. Paul's English Lutheran church, cor- | ner of McMechin street and Druid Hill avenue, was tormally dedicated on last Sunday afternoon. The Rev. John Binney, a graduate of Harvard Col- lege, has accepted the professorship oi Hebrew in the divinity school at Middletown, Conn., and will enter upon his new duties in January. A church near Bergen, Norway, which can contain nearly 1,000 persons, is constructed entirely of papier- mache, rendered waterprool by saturation in vitriol, lime water, whey and white of egg. Anew Unitarian society hay been organized at Newport, N. H., and Rev. George F. Piper, 01 Can- ton, Miss,, has become pastor. A Scripture Read- ers’ Association has just been formed at Rome, tor reading the Bible trom house to house. The Con- gregationalists and Presbyterians in and around | Chicago have resolved that hereatter, instead of planting rivai churches and sending miuisters to starve, they will unite in one strong church, which shall be called after and be controlled by the ma- jority, Whether they be Congregationalists or Pres- byterians. This ts good and proper, and the best way to demonstrate the theory of organic, as well spirttuai union, The New York Universalist Mis- sionary Society sustains ‘two missions in this city, one each in Brooklyn, Williamsburg and Green- point, and {s calling for pecuniary poker to carry on and extend its work, Rey. R, P, Ambler ac- cepts the call of the Taunton (Mass.) Universalist Society. Rev. T. S. Guthrie closes his labors in La- fayette, Ind., Dec, 28, and removes to Muncie, be- ginning his pastorate there with the Universalist Churea January 4, The various church missions aud schoois in San Francisco are attended by nearly 1,000 Chinese, aud more than 200 Christians are enthusiastically aiding to impart to these peo- le &@ Knowledge of our language and religion. Twelve missionary societies, American and Euro- pean, are already operating tn Japan, with about 74 missionaries Of both sexes. Other societies are preparing to enter that mission fleld. Rev. E. H. Greeley has accepted the secretaryship of the New Hampshire Missionary Societ FORTY-FOURTH STREET SYNAGOGUE, —_—_——. The Feast of Chanucka—The Heroism of the Maccabees—A New Rabbi on Jew- ish Indifference=Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Mendes=Isracl the Universal Mis- sionary. . A congregation very much larger than usual gathered yesterday in the synagogue in Forty- fourth street, near Sixth avenue, to listen to a dis- course by the Rev. Dr. Mendes, a nephew of the Rev. Professor De Sola Mendes, of Montreal, who has just come to this country from Europe, on the invitation of the congregation Shaarai Tephila, to whom he has ministered for two Sabbaths, Dr. Mendes ts a young man of evidently more than ordi- nary ability as a preacher. His manner and lan- guage are easy and graceful in the pulpit, and he is Wholly self-possessed; preaches extempore or witn the aid of a very few notes and appears to be con- versant with his subject. His theme yesterday was that suggested by the festival of Chanucka, Which commemorates the triumph ef the Israclites under the Maccabees over the Syrians Jed by Antiochus, Some of this hearers, he re- marked, might have heard of the rabbi who, when he was to address a strange congregation, prayed that the words of his mouth and the meditations of his heart might be acceptable to God and profit- able to his hearers. He feared bis own words might not be acceptable to his aludience, and he therelore prayed that the good spirits would give wings to his words in the dimicult task before him to address suck an assembly as this, accustomed to hear the glorious word of God from the lips of an eloquent and earnest teacher. He therefore prayed for grace and acceptability in hts remarks. And yet itis not diMcult to tell in what channel your hearts run to-day, the Doctor said. a tortious 4 DEEDS OF THE MACCABERS are known to you. The Doctor briefly recited these—the udeveadent reply of the Jews to Au- | gird ourselves for the battle, | and Rome—the warrior nations trochus, their flight (mto ¢he witderness, their aube sequent ight for freedom and the success of their arms, thelr restoration of he tomy ie and their pledge theneetorth.to keep & festival of commem- craton of these eventa lor eight days every year, These are records of the past. “The heroism of these wortlies of 2,000 years ago fill our hearts with national and religious pride, and cause us to Therefore tt ( thas we remember the days of old aud cail to mind the years of former generations. ‘Tis true that Israel does not go into battle for avparrow strip of land, out rather for knowledge and the treedom and enlightenment of the intellect. The war ol the Maccabees was a holy war for God an@ religion against oppression. And yet though bat tiles have been waged and won, and though these heroes have lain in their graves, are thelr Victories won’ Js Antioclus dead? I fear aot. see to-day how the modern Antiochua op- presses us. Dr. Mendes then read from Zecharich, Ui, 1, 4, in which Joshua, the high priest, ia made to appear before the Lord clothed in vile raiment, while Satan and the angel dispute about hun. Do you Know, he remarked, continuing, that this high: priest ts not yet deposed? He lives stil!, and haw the power to falfillus mission ’ Israel is this high priest. He stands before mankind as the legate of the skies by whom the law utters its tnunders to the world, It binds up the broken hearts aod Tallies to glorigus war the sacramental bost of Gow’s elect, But the Antiochus of indifference stands at Israel’s right hand to turn him away trom his gyre work. What the tires and persecu- tions of Greece aud Rome and the more modern oppressors of our race could not do this Antiochus seems likely to accomplish. These have passed away, bul ISRAKL STILL LIVES because we trust iu the Lord. It isnot by might hor by violence, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of Hosts, that this work can be accomplished, Bub Israel, thé high priest of the nations, 18 clothed im vile raiment which must be exchanged for the hotly girments of education. We toster the growth of our chudren’s mind with the histories of Greece of old—but the ected, We teach history of our own people is née them janguages, but are they familiar with the tongue of their forefathers, the language in which I hand David wrote and the lauguage ch Shakespeare and Mriton and the greatest joets of the world have drawn their taspir; But we seem to care not so long as our children are like the children of the strangers among whom we live. Antiochus of old destroyed the candie- sticks of the temple, but modern indifference does nore than that, it would have the whole tabric consumed. It would make shipwreck of the faith and priesthood of Israel. But our priestis still a his post. His garments are, however, covered with blood and scorched with fame. Is le not a brand plucked from the burning? And yet modern Jewq are content to appear in these garments. They are ail too ready to hear and to Do hn HE STRANGER BIDS, and to transpiant his creed into our own and to accept innovations that are discountenanced bythis own leaders, ‘The Doctor read texts to show that Israel should not do after the manner of the na- tiong among whom they dwell, and continued :— ‘Those who have seen Israel, like Joshua, stand tn the {discarded sanctuary, and are clothed tn une seemly garments, should go up and purily the temple, and take off their strange raiment aud clothe themselves in the priestly garments of purity of life. Then shall they have more respect trom those whom they seek to imitate than they now have. Away with this indifference to the bis- tory of Israel! Has the name of Israelite become & Shame to you? ‘turn your eyes inward and recog- nize the Lord, Clothe yourselves in the garments of majesty. You have leaders, neroes, poets, Statesmen, the equals, if not the superiors, of any other nation or peop! Mix with your fellowmen, as you will have naught to fear [rom competition; bat, wherever you are, remember you are Israel- ites. And not unto us, but unto,God’s great name, be all the glory. To us was given the law and. the legislation. We must extend the hand of friend- ship to the stranger, for we were once strangers, ISRABL IS A MISSIONARY to the nations and must show them all that ts good in men, and iead them to higher thoughts and direct their minds to God, This is your mission: do tt. But don’t think you can do this in a sort of hybrid fashion. And see that all your temple in- struments are kept in good order. Teach your children the language of religion and of prayer. Teach them how, when the world was sunk tn ignoranca, the Jews had a literature. A grand future awaits usin this great Republic, as well as in all the world. Itis not for naught that Israel hag been kept alive for ages. Our course ts not run, nor 18 our work done until the world shall believe in the one living and true God who deals out’ His gilts and graces to all His creatures without re- gard to rank, station, color or creed. Dr. Mendes {3 to preach in the same synagoy next Saturday, and it 1s likely that his services may be secured permanently by this congregation. The weight of threescore years and 10, and of 40 fas of pastoral labor in this city, together with cary and other labors of Rev: Mr. Isaacs, calls lor his retirement from active duty, and the discharge of the same by @ younger and more active man. 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