eliglous World Abroad.
GREAT BRITAIN'.
The Romanizing party in the English Church
ar to be very reluctant " to eat their leek," in
;,hence to the decision of the Privy Council
nst their innovations. Each one is to wait un
iv' receives some special directions on the sub
. i Crom his diocesan, before making any import
alterations in the service, Mr. Bennett, at
, tae, wilt keep his candles burning until some
, iv, authoritatively commissioned to do so, blows
tin out, while Mr. Mackonochie substitutes
~ vett lamps fbr his two, candles, and waits to see
hat is to be done about it. It is noteworthy that
tt the annual meeting of the Society for the Pro.
~,lion of Christian Knowledge, which they so dis
,:rved by their rowdyism not long ago, several ri
- members were dFopped, and evangelical
:lieu were chosen in their places in the Council.
•
The Penny Post in the Service of the Chinch.
.1 recent report of the, Congregationalist church
•.• (!ationhury, England, of which Dr. Raleigh is
.1-tor, has led to considerable inquiry as to where
rte church finds the means to carry on its manifold
-nterprtses. The Treasurer writes to The Daily
V..„-s of Feb. 20, to explain the method employed. •
1,569-63 the funds were raised by collection, and,
_rest efforts, the annual income had been raised
0571. In 1864 the method was introduced of
-.tiding letters through the post-office. The result
•.: , s the immediate and large increase of their chi
nv funds, to an aggregate of £1,343 in 1864, and
--it3ol-0 in 1667, besides £9OO collected for buildiwg
purposes, and about £BOO yearly received by the
t,enity banks, coal clubs, &c. And as a conse
,:,tence, the treasurer has never had to postpone
he payment of any bills.
Romanist Growth in London.—* writer in
77,t Weekly Register notes that, in 1839, just before
•he Oxford movement bad begun to shed its fruit
IZomeward, there. were bat ten chapels in.. theltike
-ropolis and its suburb's, where there are now fifty,
tilled with Irish immigrants, but bttilt and served
by Puseyite converts. In' whattis no* the Romish
diocese of Westminster, there were seventy priests,
a id all of them but two Jesuits were "seculars."
The " regulars," kr monkish priests of the diocese,
now number one hundred and thirty, of.whom.six-,
teen are Jesuits. The' teenier 'priests' number one
hundred and eleven. ' The e,huvente ndw nunibef
thirty-eight, an increase of thirty-six in thirty
ran. The Romanists claim that •thirty peers of
the three realms, and fifty baronets, belong to " the
I.'hurch," and that thirty-eight meinbers of parlia- •
went, and nineteen chaplains to the forces are of
the same belief.
The New Prelates.—The Bishop of London
;Tait) was enthroned, Feb. 4th, as Archbishop of
cnnterbury, and the new Bishop of London has
:,i-o been invested with his insignia of office.
The latter speaks out strongly in denunciationof .
t Romanizers , and Father Ignatius seems to have
taken the hint, for he has left the metropolis and
_one to Norwich to re-open his Benedictine Monas
tery. Among Bishop. Tait's last acts was his inhi
lotion of Ignatius (Mr. Lyne) from preaching in
the churches of his diocese, for having threatened
to excommunicate a young lady for breaking her
vow of obedience." He tried preaching in a pula 7
lie hall for a while, but it did not pay. Ildhce his
;a.it move.
THE CONTINENT.
"The Evangelical Society of France" is a
Home Missiouary.Society, supported. by the tines
tuldished Protestant churches. .It employs Evan
lists and other agents to labor among dispersed
Protestants, and the surrounding Romanists. For
..otne time past it has been languiehingfor want of
popular interest in its operations, and readiness to
Qintribute to them. To meet tate state of thinge,it
Las been reorganized on a more American basis,
fhe Board of Directors are to be elected annually
, y the vote of the members, and any one who con
zibutes $5 a year is to be considered a member.
l'he labors of the Society's agents have led. to the
organization of quite a number of new congrega
tions in various neglected quarters.
"The Free Churches" of France are working
;1 great change in public sentiment, in the way of,'
preparing for the ultimate separation of Chuich
and State, especially among the, Protestants, who'
,ee doctrines the most contradictory openly taught
within the same Reformed Church ; the rightnT
..litirch discipline totally set aside ; rationalists sup= .
ported in their places by governmental stipend,.
when the. people would let them starVe. A new
religious periodical entitled The Free
Church, , is pub
,.
tehed at Nice by the Rev. Leon Pilatte,.who re
,'ently visited the United States. The free congre:
'.ations are receiving numerous 'adherents. - Five
hundred citizens of. Tours recently petitioned -the
Senate that the Church may be separated from the
State, and that the pastors should receive no eatery
train the public treasury. They add that they can
not conscientiously contribute out of their pockets
for the support of rationalist clergymen, Who
preach doctrines opposed to their own beliefs..
The Wesleyan also are advancing with pertinacibus
activity, and have recently opened a fine church in
Strasburg, after great opposition from the Lutheran ,
pastors of the place.
Current FrenchNews.—Grattan Guinnessandbis
wife, who have long been faithfulco-laborers among
the degraded 'pan of England Anil Ireland, are now'
at work in Paris, in bringing the Word.of Life to
the same class. The Therres chapel (Meth.) 'is
nearly filled with these people, who come from cu
riosity, and come again from a newly awakened
sense of their need, and are addressed ,with the sim
plest directness by the Guinesses and other breth
ren.—The Y. M. C. A. of Nimes (a. headquarters
at once of the , Army and of 'Protestantism) , have
begun a work among the soldiers, lire that of our
Christian Commission_, throwing open their rooms
for their use, to which the men flock to write, read,
and sing. The services of colporteurs and Bible
women are also employed.—At Arbois, in the Jura,
and in Alsace—where the Lutherans are numerous
and indifferent—there is special interest at present,
and the Word of God is read with eager interest.—
The fruits of the Special efforts made' &trig the
bolding of the Exposition in Paris, are not all
reaped yet, and political distrust in Rome, with its
anti-national views and instincts, and its mighty
organizations for education-and police, seems to be
on the increase. The Protestant pastors are grow
ing lesstsqueamishss to the - use of lectures in pub-,
lie halls, arkLptbeit unnsuai waykof phblishing the'
t ruth. They seem to begin to feel sofne godly jefil- 1
ousy in that Christians of other lands treat their
country so much as a field for Foreign Missions
iu
charge of no competent br'efficient national 'church.
—Prof, Monod has 'beerklientissed •frotri the'-'charge
of the Student's Ilifhle "Montattham• a govern
mental position: - The Plata .Depaiirtient orPtfb
lie Placation emplOyViti the serVide of the State
the system of evionagOiiiiied by,the-Jeaults,'and
Prof. M. did not confOr& 'course' tcr Minh tfn
manly practices. He ifaalli,:tlie,'Plee 'a. *al hae.
—A Roman Catholic writer:aseer
t t l at
schools are not confined `to, Pro t tka4tA til es.
In the. Catholic churches Of 'gams, mdll i opeS.the
children are taught the great doctrines of religion
and the Church more thoroughly than aNT:OI
our sects.
Religion in Switzerland.—The
of the Clanton de Vaud, not darinipto prg i scr,ijoe the
Gospel openly, are manifesting their Fothility by
'' , eir petty annoyance of the members of the Free
THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN, THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1869.
Churches, one of whose members has been debarred
rom attendance on the Public Normal school
the Canton of Geneva the Evangelicals have long
been laboring under the cross fire of Romanism and
Rationalism, but Gasparin and Neville uphold the
good cause with eloquence and success, fighting
with both hands. They have been successful (with
the unexpected aid of (Le Journal de Genive) in awa
kening so much respect for the Sabbath that a
goodly number of retail stores and workshops are
closed on that day, and the employees of the post
office are mostly released from labor. The legisla
tive chamber of the Canton votes that without re
cognizing the authority of the Sabbath, public busi
ness be suspended and public worship protected
from disturbances on certain '‘ farial days" This is
acceptable to most of t , e Evangelicals as it releases
Protestants from the observance of Romish holiday s,
but others dread it as a step to new license, in that
it repeals sundry old Sabbath laws which have long
been a dead letter.—ln -the . Canton von Zurich the
Reformed Synod has adopted a new liturgy, which
contains two forms of prayer; one for evangelical
pastors, the other , for the use of those who hav,e
embraced the doctrines of what the Synod is pleased
to call the .Modern spirit. From this follOws.a lit
urgy with two faces or characters, entirely differing:
Every pastor has the, right to use the forth best suit
ed to his own tendencies. The evangelical minister
can read,the,liturgy which confesses the divine na
ture of Ohrist, his expiatory sacrifice and resurree
tion; while the so-called modern preacher, can use
the rationalistic formula, which allows homage to
the religious genius of Jesus, but nothing more I
In the Canton von .Berne a convention of Free-think
ing Churchmen, presided over by Rev. Herr Lang
haus, votes to found a Society "to continue the Re
formation by emancipating the Church:from Rom
ish and irrational doctrines," and by secularizing
education. They will give lectures, and hold meet
ings for worshiji.—ln- the, Cdnion-diNe7ufakatek.EY6- -
totantilim big been `fighting and Ra:-'
tionalism for many,years,,but wort quietly than at
Geneva. A young. Rationalist Professor—Hr. Buis
son—has been "scattering firebrands, arrows and
death." He inveigled the general public into corn
ing to hear his lecture on Educational Reform, and..
gave them instead a tirade against the Bible as a
text-book whickinjured both the and:moral
growth of the pupil. The Protestants have replied
in lectures midpatnphlets which have fityy_vindi
cated theWordlof GoiValid gained the ear lOf the
people as never before. Prof. Buisson invoked aid
from Paris, but the only lecturer who came was
hissed down by his indignant auditory.
Protesttint Worship in Spain.—The services
so auspiciously begun in January, have been con
tinued by Senors Ruet and Carrasco, and the at
tendance has outgrown the capacity of the room
secured, so that the committee are •looking about
for a more spacious ball. Rioh and poor,
men and
women, priests and laity, have come to hear this
doctrine, which, for centuries, has been " every
where [in Spain] spoken against," and all the de
nunciations of the priests and..their, orgaqs, have
only served to adverttee the Protestant preachers
the more widely. Ile most exemplary decorum
characterizes the audiences, in this respect utterly
unlike the Romish churches.of Romisti countries.
The editoiof one paper, the Igualedad, came to hear
for himself, and, in his next issue, spoke highly of
the movement, and warned the priests that the Re
form of the Church was, the only weapon by which
Prixestantism could be successfully Combatted.
An eminent ecclesiastic sent several persona to spy'
out what.was done, and all brought back wor&that
Christ Wee preached-in all simplicity/whereirpOn
he privately wrote, assuring the Protestants of his,
sympathy with their proceedings. as he hoped that
these would force the Church to reform herself.
The Alcalde,
when a disturbance was threatened,
proclaimed his purpose to protect freedom of wor
ship: ' , and detailed a squad of his police • for
the purpose.— In Cordova an Englishman has
preaching in his own house, which is throng
ed to its utmost capacity, and from, Ali
cante comes an appeal that a Christian pas
tor be sent thither. In Pall'adorq Senor Carrasco
issued an address to the People, rebutting the state
ments.of the priests, and laying dowh the outlines
of PrOtestant doctrine., Ten thoutsand,copies ,have,
been circulated here, and it has been., reprinted, in
other parts of Spain ;,:making such, a ; stir that. the .
Archbishop of Valladolid issued a pastoral letter
to " his flock" on the subject. A reply to this has
been prepared and. will be published.,
The Bible in. Spain.—T he Wcird of God and other
Protestant books are being sown in Mad
rid, not by gift but by sale: One English agent sells
about 500 portions of the Seripturee per day, and on
one occasion, sold I,ooo , copies of St. Johnie Gospel
in tWo hbure, an exercise oe ihe muscles as wifil
.threpirif. On the day 'of tie op'ening, of the C4te..v,"
he, with one or two others, who, volunteered to llelpz
him, sold in seven hours 3,000 copies of the Gospels
and 2,000 other portioniiilof Scripture, on_ a leading
street. Complete Bibles are not to be had, all that
there werecin hand having been sold. In Burgos,
since the Governor's assassination, two laborers
spent several days selling books and tracts and,
Bibles, and hoiding.prayer meetings, :The r'itficer
of the bought a "supply for hie rain, and
the Colonel of a cavalry,regiment gave them, by
written order, fre,e access to his command.. Two
agents, o'ne - th f i owner of a Stall On the lading stie l et,
the other an intelligent R. R. employee, were se- .
cured to continue the work.—ln Leon a stronghold
or the Jesuits, a Spaniard has founded and is• con
ducting a- newspaper on Protestant principles, and
has a supply of Bibles and tracts for sale. • At Pa
lencia, honored as a place of Protestant martyrdom
three centuries ago, a friend of the cause has become
an agent in this work of distribution.'ln Seville,
Senor Alonzo is preaching to audiences of ten to
fifteen hundred, which Meet under ttie, name of
clubs in abandoned Romish churches. Everywhere
the people are eager for the word of truth; and they
need it even more than they want it. One difficulty
in the way is the prohibition of the importation of
Spanish books printed abroad. The promise made
since the•Revalutio&to admit Bibles has not
'been kept. Tbe agents of the„Ameripan and For
eign Christian Union have started a newspaper to
meet this want, and as labor and paper are cheap
an indigenious Protestant literature - willspeedily b,e
obtained. • „ ,
Religions Liberty in Spain. :---There has beent
formed, at Madrid, with the Marquis of.Vilatna,.as,
President, and others high in rank as chief officers,
a "Society to protect and defend the . United Catho
lic Church in Spain." ' Ii; declares its first object' to
be,.to Obtain` the names' of the millions of Spain,
(without distinction of age or sex,) to the following
• ,
"We, the subscribers, pray the Constitutional
Cortez to piss, a deqree t , that the United, True, Ro
man, ApoStefib, Catholle continue,
and tbrever be, the religion *tale Spanish. Nation;
excluding all other worship, and,that , the enjoyment
of all the rights, privileges, and prerogatives, ,of the
Church, according to thelaw ot God, andall the
force of the holylaws of said'Olii
iich, be perpetu
ally guaranteed. ' • ' "-•
Thie petition is to be put in circulationby „ the
parish:priests in every parish in the kingdom; all the
names:are to be Olnimper of.nniformisizei snick ri)en
all are received at the Central office, will bound in
one or more volumes. Recent telegrams sh how
unlikely the Society is to accomplish ita obj, un
less by means of a bloody ckunterAeyolopop. A
majority of the Committee of the Cortes appointed
to draft a new constitution, reported ett Wednesday
March atth, in favor Oa septgationofAure,hifrom
State, while a minority report advocated the Roman
Catholic as the State creed, with toleration towards all
other religious professions. The liberty of the press
and the right of public meeting w ill b e guaranteed.
The Union of the North German Churches. —
Dr. Hengstenberg's annual speech from the throne
(thron-rede as some one nicknamed it) in his _Evan
geli.sche-Kirehenzeitung, contains an agreeable surprise
for the friends of Union. Speaking for the High
(though not for the highest) Lutherans, he expr.:s
ses his desire for the continued existence of the Na-
tional United (Lutheran and Reformed) Church of
Prussia ; and hopes that the Lutherans of the entire
Confederation may be able to join it. To this end,
however, he demands that the itio in parties, or sep
arate vote of the ministry of each body on all ques
tions relating to the Church's creed be established
as the rule in all Synods of the United Church. He
complains, however, that. Herr Mishler, the Prus
sian Minister of Public Worship and Education, had
four times censured the Kirchenzeitung during the
past year for its course. The Union party are , less
in need of such doubtful means of defence In that
they appear to everywhere hold their own. Two
Swabians (i. e. South Germane) are their leaders,
the famous theologian Dr. Dorner, and the busy
Ober-Kirchen-rade or Chief Superintendent, Dr:Hoff
man. The United Church is especially strong and
vigorous in the Provinces of Rhenish Prussia, where
Romanism has its seat of power, and where - Thigh
Lutheranism is as rare as Rationalism.
The Edlieational-Questiot continues to .4e. tifie
greit issue between Protestantismand Bonianiseta
the Continent. Rome has lost her hold on the na
tionwand would fain restore it through the schools.
Hence the Jesuit order, created to restore her pres
tige and preponderance in Europe; has especially
devoted itself to edn9ation. 'Hence they denounce
all secular' and United education as Atheism or in
differentism, and will agree to nothing less than the .
entire control 9f the public school. by the religious
orders. The Archbishop of Cologne denoutices
mixed schools and forbids " his flock " to•send their
children to them. The Archbishop of Prague,
whose jurisdiction extends into Prussia, has begun
a contest with, the Hungarian Diet on the same is
sue. The Bishop of Paderborn (N. Germany) claiins
that'aH the Protestants, of his diocese are of his
spiritual charge, .., that to him, therefore, belongs :
their education. The Kayor of Constance, in ,Baden,
has been excommunicated ostensibly for his 'dip
bedience t:O the Holy See, but ieally for his express-
ed preference •for the non;sectarian system;:.
Ritticinalism is, not in favor
.with the
POwere tiat: be except in .the Grand Duchy. et. Ba
den, where the Ministry have ; persisted in keeping
Dr. Sche,tikel,and PrOf„Ximitschli in their
The General Synod of the dEurch in Baden hail
gone so far'es to vote. that all opinions, are to be
equally tolerated within the Church, but the Uov
ernment hesitates to sanction =the vote. :For, this
the organs cif the " ProteVtant Union" cenkire:th'e
Ministry as in sympathy with "Prussian Pietisin.P
The refusal 'to appoint an incompetent Rationalist
to a chair at Heidelberg is another grievance.,
Rationalism Onpopular.,A. correspondent of
The angregationalia mentions a "noticeable cir
cuinstance.,heyond,the. Rhine. =The Uniyerskty of
Heidelberg contains , only, torty-five students, not
withstanding the.scientific abilities of its faculty,
while the University of Halle numbers more than
three lAundredmtkeit,ta.. Thp cause of this wide
difference. le (isms s to, th 6 fact that at
rationalism is dominant; ,while at Halle eiftrigeli.'
cal faith is in the ascendant"'
The Work in. Italy.—The district of lirali,
lying along the ,Sorth shore: of the the Adriatic„
from Venioe Westward to Trieste, vias in the XV'I h.
century, almost entirely Protestant: By brutal
force and serper.tine cunning• the light 'of thte tiiiith`.
was almost extinguished) a few feeble churXekr
(seven are :rte,n_tionedj alone remaining scattered
he're: and 'th'ere ihrotikti 'the i#lidfle? 'Bat:
inkta par, two years colporteurs, base _visited
every part of this region, and their' 'sales' of the
Bible andother books bave,,beeu very large, and`
-great„eagerdess to hear' the truth is evinced, In
Udine; the chief city tb s tle East, a mission station '
was established two years ago, and the church now
'numbers some forty methbers2 'Another Evangelist
is greatly needed to carry othlre work among.- the
'feeble Evangelical churches, whose members mourn
over their want ci(tde )V.ii , , pribe - Cifir ; In Treviso,
'the cl,ief ci e ty i bc theA r eet,,riu r cther young Evan , ge„ ;
list ifilaborits4eten pre:aghtp_git . b, an aa . dieiteehorf
two huliared or more, and the principal journal but
reflects the popular ppinipri in the fri endly , and en
couraging way in whieh it speaksiofdils. work. Help
'to procurefor a,time,the;_ustof aconvenifut place
of worship is pressingly needed. The field is on the
bordefbfigillCltaly arid Austria, :and ,much, good
may be done to both countries by its efficient culti
'Verona a church of more than a kin
dred meinberilies`been gathered withiti`six or eight
months including , many of the educated classes who
have long made the place a centre of culture. The
vick,l4,6le%liiio rikereased their mission stations
from t'',WeVitytt'Wo to twenty six, having now - a:Hear
one worker in every principal city of the peninsula,
except Rome. The adeeisione , in 1867 were only
1335 in .1868 they were 324 ; and in the Mission
Schools there' are '1,°864 pupils. They have eleVen
students in the TheologiCal Seminary at Florence.
—The forti-eight Corporteuis Of the IsTatioiial Scot
tish Biiile-Seeieti , sold in 1868 in WAY; 4,414 Bibles
and Testaments for $1,070.25, and 109 ; 1114 booke
and tracts for $2,117, a decided advance upon their
sales of the previous year, and a ivonderiully large
number for a country•in which so small a proportion
of the population can read.
,
The United ,Cnnferenee of Italian Protest
ants.--FoaftvAzzi's proposal for the tern:tat:ion ca; a
National EvangelicalAlliance,to meet aurin g the
sessions' of the 'Ec,uinftlital „Oilmen, has been
seized with byinanY.,„- l A:Px:o l vA,Wnat,Cont r
mittee has been organized,. and a stirring , address
has been issued in advocacy of the proposal. It is
hoped that the Christian love and zeal of the
church witl i be l incrawd, thkreproael d t,pt• -their di
visions be taken away, and united front present ;
ed• against adelpticiern . and 'superstition. It is to
meet in .May„ at. Florence, where, ,three hundred
and, eighty . Years thesame
Savonarola was inirneein the public scfuere, in
punishment of hie zeal for the refiartnitionof the.
Chasch an_d,the Aty. „ _ ,
Toe Gospel in Poland.—lt is the day of 'small
things'at WareaWi'but progress ie made in many
respects. The reading . of the 'Scriptures' in the
houses of the 7pilopkt .114'welconied - 3 kiyilncreasing
numbers.' • The English missionary and his assist
ants read in Hebrew,,Polish, and German. Many
'copies of the Bible are purchased, and some given
away to.thoSafteli buy..T,Portions of the
Testamene are widely diffused. A. Bible4.lass 'in
the missionary's house us attended chieflyby Israel
ites who nu mbei-SixoilidsiblifidUla iu Witisaiw.
= Reforms it :pridkithbOd-kd the
Greek Church.are required to :be ;husband of
one wife,'; ancl,wappAlte dies,th_e,h,us,band becomes
a monk, retiring to a monastery. Hischildren, if
he [ has any, barium!. Choose/ their ,a,k , o profession ;
'but must follow: that of:theirfatheli There erect),
extensive requirement§ in .regard tb„fitneeit, for i the,
sacred o ffi ce, and no gteat inducement'or a,bund
ancterriekriCfOr'-iiiipitiilteretie ritter'it is entered -
Upon. The wit is,tbittkbg, elergy ri are,a,degradeil
set, ignorant and atiipi . d, — to,Okefl'doivir ution,
,not
looked by the coinfounity;:
characteristic virtue except:am overflowing love
for, 'aid -care' or Weir Iwivetu Tb remedy; this - state ,
of thing theft:llBlin `Gcrierincient 'h'ati'srocittlx
resolved to spend more on the education and
port of the clergy, and to permit their children to
adopt any profession which they may prefer.
The Bible House in Constantinople.—lt will be
remembered that Mr. Bliss, the American Bible So
ciety's commissioner for the Levant, raised *50,000
in this country, two or three years ago, to build a
Bible Depository in Constantinople. A suitable site
has been obtained, in a commanding situation, and
a house is now to be erected, in which all the Pro
testant missions and religious operations will find
a permanent home ; and it is expected that it will be
a common centre for all the Orient. The extent of
only the American Bible work may be judged from
one recent fact: From June let to October Ist of
last year—four months—sixty cases of Bibles, in
six different languages—Arabic, Syriac, Old • Slavic
and Bulgarian in parallel columns, Modern Slavic
and Bulgarian separate, and Armenian—have been
forwarded from the Bible House in New York to.
Mr. Bliss in Constantinople. Most of these volumes
—twelve thousand in' all—are large and costly
books, and will be readily sold.
Oriental Prelates.
.The Coptic Bishop of
Cairo, who is Patriarch and Metropolitan of Egypt,
visiting the American U. P. Mission at Osiout, did
not (it is said) hesitate to confess privately that be
was at heart as much a Protestant as any or the
Missionaries, but said that he was unwilling to say
so publicly. Some of " his flock" are in much
the same stage of progressor a little farther on.
About a dozen leading men of Osiout, who are not
yet ready to wait on the services of the missionar
ies, meet: every night, and on Sabbath afternoons,
and spend three hours each time in the study 01
the Bible; :under the guidance of a convert of -the
mission.—The Armenian Patriarch of Conatanti
no'ple,- who: has so distinguished himself as a perse
cutormfthe Reforming party -in his own Church,
and Who accepted of the Pope's invitation to attend
the .Ecumenical: Council, - has "come to grief,"
probably for this last. trabeaction. A • company 'of
prominent ecclesiastics Waited on the Sultan's
Vizier to express a desire. for hid deposition front
his: high office. 'The -question was referred to the
General Synod, who voted 'to depose him. and to
'appoint another ecclesiastic to' administer the af..
lairs of the pdtriarch'ate until a .uccessor - could be
elected.. So much for "•Romaniiing."—An Arme
' nista archbishop, who, at the request of the British,
penetTrated into Abyssinia; to intercede for the re
lease of the 'British prisoners, it now appears, is,
with' his; suite, a' prisoner in the hands of some
barbarods Afridan tribes of that region, frcim whom
he.-ii experiencing Very rough usage..:—An ,Ecit
menical Council' of - the' Eastern Church is probably
'soon to meet either`at• Moscow or Constantinople.
• , Whether-our Episcopalian- brethren are to be invi
-ted this time (as they were not to that at Rome) we
are not told.
The Natiire ,
Protestant Churches in Syria
are awlikening to a sense or their responsibilities,
and, lo4evelOp pative, effort, more fUlly, it was re
solveir it'iecent Meeting of the mission, to estab
lish" a Theoloii'eal Seminary at Abeih. Three mis-.
,sionaries were detailed as instructors for seven
months of the year. .
Ibso' IN PRIZES
F-OR BOOKS
FOIL THE SUNDAY SCHOOL AND CHRISTIAN
WORK. VIZ :
$4OO FOR THE BEST BOOK, OF LARGE SIZE,
FOR.,THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL LIBRARY.
S3OO_FOK THE.SECOND BOOK OF' THE SAME
SIZE .AND GLASS,
$250 FOR THE BEST BOOK, OF MEDIUM SIZE,
FOR THE SUNDAY-SCHOOL LIBRARY.
$l5O FOR THE SECOND : BOOK OF THE SAME
SIZE AND OLAS
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$159 FOR THE BEST BOOK, SMAitIN SITE, TO
AROUSE THE IMPENITENT.
SISOTOR THE BEST BOOK; ALSO TO BE SMALL.,
GLI/PE7THE - INQBIEK;
$250 FISR THE BEST BOOK FOR THE:INSTRUC.
The maumi t cAipts for the.,smaller Sunday-school-Book past be.
serifßl thoie for the larger Book, by August 14.;
those for the other Books, by S it.tiimber ist x l§69. The names of
authors to be in sealed e1;e10i443. fill details as to the size of
the books, etc., may be haTbiaddressing the Committee's Secre
tary, Re‘,Raltit W."Du1105,33-4 Chestnut Streit, Phillidellthia.
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SACRAMENTS . OF THE CHURCH.
What constitutes a saciaruent. Their Number, Design, Enka.
cy, Modo Of' A diiiintistriiiio44A•ii suijeotii:
By Rev. S. W. Crittenden
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174 pp.ol6nist., cloth, beveled boards:.. ..
This bookjie'ait Issue& iebiliary i 2d but . lias already found
friends. From an Elder in one of our 'Presbyterian - nbnrches, we
have the following commendation of it :--!` I thank you eery much
'for your liiileliook: I beme ilready got half throughlt, and like
it very mucli.indeed. The nublieation of it I.y the'Preabyttrian
Publication Committee in so hanthome a form will give . it a Barg
circulation, apq..l . 7nst much good by instructing our
People on theta important ° ° =
Rll gSAY,_liEft lAN
PUBLIC4II,9N , COMMITTEE,
No. 1334 Chestnut Street,. Philadelphia
rHAti, -- Caps' -,r
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' . . FUT.NISIIING GOODS.
'' . 7r17..
W. C. DARE
Wonld,respectfuily(intonnhis friends and the _ public generallc,
that Ire bi- , r'retored' to 'his 'new add coinntodiime Store;' Ns': 3:.
South 2nd Street. between Market and-Ohestnut Sts., where he is pre.
pared u.- supply his rusrpeywwfflrall !belateet and most desire
lae etyles of
,• ,, ' l ' ..11A.T8t , AND . CAPS . 4, ' 4 -
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at redneed prices. A leo.oonts' FURNISHING GOODS, Ladle
Furs, Buffalo Robes, Trunks, Valises, Carpet !Bags, dtc:. Vihulesele
N.13.-LPartiettlar attention paid to Friends' Hats.
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- - , W. C. ' DA/E,
35 S. 2nd St., bet. • Market le,Chestnat.
WESTON & BROTHER,
NERtiIAAT:RILORS,
pr. 7
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tf-. 4 t
4 , "14[0454.PX
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SPRING AND SIPSINER GOODS
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for Eientlenien'a wear, to ;which they:ln - site the attention br their
fiThap.L_Lds and the generally
'A superior garment at a reasonable Price.
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EUTISFXOTPIi "
aprs-IF.
AIRY VIEW ACADEMY,
Near the Perryville Station of the Pen tea. it. R
JUNIATA COUNTY, PA
SIIMMER Se s , ou will commence mt M .NDAY. APPAL
Ttke location of this institution is convenient Will accessible
the buildings new and commodiona; the surrounding seem ry
beautiful nod pictur sane; the tone of morn's in tue cominkuut
of IA high order, and the whole adj.eent region is in healthful, as
plenty of fresh air, pure water and lofty mount ,ins can make it.
The school is deetoted for mak and
.1-Imile pup il s, ak d in snc
ceabful in operation. The mentor Principal, an we.l as the teach
ers of
MUM Attie EtAINTMG,
bate bad large and very emerge - al e xperience in teaching. The
whole •conete and method of inetruetion are thorough, and the
goterntoeut tirm and parental.
CAM F. KOLBE, Teacher of Instrumental Muqic.
Miss A. L. EI,IJIOTT, Teacher of Drawing and Painting,
with ether competent instructors. Address,
DAVID WILSON, A. M., Principal,
A. J. PATTERSON, A. M., Co-Principal,
mars-10t POKY ROYAL Poet Office, Penn-a.
WYERS' BOARDING SCHOOL
FOR YOUNG MEN AND BOYS,
AT WEST CHESTER, PA.
27 miles by Hail to Philadelphia.
The Scholastic Year of 10 . monthe opens
September 2d, 1868.
Corps of Instructors, full, able, and experienced. Bend for a
Catalogue.
William F. Wyers, A. IW.,
Principal and Proprietor
Agir No cbarge for Tuition for Clergymen's eons, or for young
men preparing for the ministry..
ELMIRA FEMALE COLLEGE
UNDER CABE OP THE
• SYNOD OP GENEVA.
This Is a Christian Home, and a fully chartered and organized
College, where young ladies may pursue a most thorough and ex
tensive course of study in COLLEGIATE, ECLECTIC, or ACA
moue _Departments.
TERMS :
Whole expense of Tuition including Classics and Modern Lan
guages, with board, furiaished room, , light, and fuel, $l5O per half
yearly session.
Address;
REV. A. W. COWLES, D.D , President.
junell=tf.. •
FREDERICK FEMALE SEMINARY,
FREDERICK, , ' Ml)
Possessing full Collegiate Power, will commence its
TWENTY-SIXTH SCHOLASTIC YEAR.
The First Monday in September.
Board and Tuition in the English Departments2s9 per acholastio
year. For Catalogues, Ac.. address
July 25-I " Yr Rev. THOMAS' M. CAIN, A. M., President.
GYMNASIUM,
Corner'of Ninth and Arch Streets,
r o ett liee op Ge en nt L e y men d sndhildre c n, open for the . Winter
evening.:person or send for
circulnr.•
• PROF. L. LEWIS.
oct3 6mos. '
' •• "THE HILL"
SELBC? 'FAMILY" BOARDING 'SCHOOL.
An English, Classital,' ifi athematical, Scien
tific and. Aitistio Institution;
FOR YOUNG - MEN AND BOYS ! •
At Pottstown, Montgomery county, Pa.
Pupils received at any time.
,'For Circalare address,
REV. GEO: V. ItIiLLER, A. M.
. •
REV. DRS.—Meigs, Schaeger. Mann, Krarttla. Seim, Mahlent.k.rg.
flutter. Stimk, Conrad, Bonibeige , , Wylie Sterret and Mu. ,
HONS.—Judge Ludlow. , beonard Myere, M. Russell Thayer, P.e,j.
M. Boyer, and .JscubYost.
..ESQRS —James B. Caldweil James L. Claghoru, J.. F. & B. B. Or ,, e,
Janice Hamilton, Theo. G. Roues, C. F. Norton, L. L. Houpt. S
Gross. Fry, Miller & Derr, Charles Wannemucher, 'James Kent,
Santee & Co, John Weis!, etc, . feblti4ut
Oakland, Female Institute,
2VORRI'STQWN. PA..
The 'Spring Term of 16 weeks. will. commence March. 23d. :For
Circulars address J. c4Aufips RALSTON
• , Principal.
lEVEIBI.IILE'SETTE,E,
Specially adapted' for
Churches, Lecture and Sunday School Roptus
Adress,
W. P. VINILIINGER,
Manufacturer of Patent School Desks, ac.,
COLUMBIA WORKS,
Columbia Avenue, below 2nd Street
novs-13
4 % )
IMPORTERS, • '
44 te
g 2
47 zracturers &De e 1" '
intz and Red Check:
*V2,lx ittsat
rah. aeon Tie.atrate a large. marifieCaild well aalibtad Rook
at rednothi prices.
No: 43 Strawberry greet,
/list street weert ' of &beard,
PHILADELnIA
PHILADELPHIA.