logy he affirms that " many poor Christians lose their immortal souls that have been redeemed by the blood of Jesus Christ," and exhorts to incessant prayer to the Virgin.

their profession as monks of the English Order of St. Benedict; they will be known in the Order as Brother Stanislaus and Brother Augustine. The Festival of St. William, in whose honor another Order has been" If, unhappily, we should be so cold and inestablished by Brother Ignatius, has also sensible that the sufferings of a crucified God been celebrated with great pomp. On one cannot move us, let us turn to his Virgin day in the forty hours' prayer lately con- Mother. It is for us she suffers, and for us ducted by Brother Ignatius, one of the boys she offers up her Eternal Son, to satisfy for of the Order of St. William knelt before the our iniquities." altar thirteen hours. The infant Samuel also knelt four hours at one time and three hours at another."

SCOTLAND.

In former numbers of the Christian World we have referred to the union of the Free Church and the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland. The committees of these two bodies met on the 15th of March. About two-thirds of the articles have been discuss ed, and it appears that after two years search by some of the shrewdest and most profound men of Scotland, there is not a single difference in doctrine, or discipline, or worship, which should prevent their union. We hope ere long to see the union effected. There is no plausible reason why two branches of the Presbyterian Church, thus united in doctrine and worship, should be separated.

At Paisley, a union meeting was lately held, which was addressed by Dr. Caines, Dr. Robert Buchanan, and Mr. Symington of Glasgow. This meeting removed many prejudices, and gave a mighty impulse to the cause of union.

IRELAND.

Dr. Cullen, Romish Bishop, thinks he has discovered the fatal evil of the National Schools, "The neglect of prayer." He asserts that most of the bishoprics suppressed in Italy have existed since the days of the Apostles, and that it was the Apostles who "ordained a fast of forty days," vulgarly called Lent. He heartily approves of the Encyclical, and laughs at the fury of Protestant editors. "The Pope has crushed the serpent's head, and as it was to be expected, the serpent and its infernal progeny endeavored to bite his heel." It appears to him that Italy is ready to throw itself "into the abyss of heresy and schism." In theo

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Defeated in Cork and Trabee, the priests made a stand in Tipperary. I dare you to vote against me," cried the priest from the altar. Yet at Negragh, when Father Cleary appeared to support the clerical candidates, the people dispersed, saying they had been badly kept down by the priests.-Father McRedmond took his place, but could not be heard for the groans. Two other " holy fathers" were hooted through the streets, the mob calling on them "to mind their own business." Truly even blind Ireland begins to see trees as men walking.

FRANCE.

The success of Guizot, at the second election, is truly a matter for unbounded gratitude to Him who controls all events. The very large minority, however, should be a warning to the active members of the Orthodox party. Infidelity is breathing its poisonous breath upon the masses, and the unguarded are receiving it, and alas! glorying in it too. But the victory will be gained in the end, not by argument, but by carrying the all-powerful Gospel down into the masses.

M. Rowland, at the close of his speech on the Encyclical, made use of the following language: "There are two systems which ruin religious sentiment, the revolutionary and the ultramontane. The first denies all divine revelation, exalts human reason,leaves the passions uncurbed, tells the Pope (whom I wish with all the energy of my convictions to remain in Rome) The hour for exile is come. Go forth into the Christian world and seek a shelter.' ** The second exalts the Pontifical power above the true state of things, denies the right of the State even when the State merely interferes to maintain the national institutions and the public peace, alters, does violence to our admirable religion, gives exergences to her not her own,

and exposes her to become irreconcilable to | has taken place between the Bible Societies the independence of the people, and to all legitimate liberty."

The Empress has made an appeal to all European Princesses to aid in rebuilding the Church of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem.

M. de Saint Jean, of Havre, leaves a princely fortune to his native town, on condition that 300,000 francs should be devoted to found a Protestant hospital at Havre, and the same amount, for the same purpose, in the north of France.

On Easter Sunday, the services in the American Chapel were very impressive.— Every heart seemed to overflow with thankfulness at the prospect of a speedy termination of our unhappy conflict. The fall of Richmond had only reached them on the previous Saturday. When Dr. Sunderland offered up thanks to God for his great mercies to us as a nation, every heart responded "AMEN."

The French and Foreign Bible Societies have lately held a most interesting meeting in the Taitbout Chapel. This year a fusion

of the Established Protestant Church of the Independent and other Free Churches.

"Le Temps," of the French journals, thus speaks: "Slavery is dead. The great republic stands firm, and the civil war, instead of ruining Liberty, has secured and fortified it." The correspondent of the " Independence Belge," seldom misinformed, states that Marshall Bazaine, who has been ordered home, has been retained in Mexico to be prepared to take command of Maximillian's entire army in case of a war with us."

RUSSIA.

The young Crown Prince of Russia, the Grand Duke Nicholas, has just died at Nice. He had been suffering from an affection of the spine, which finally extended to the brain, resulting in acute inflammation. The young Prince was in his twenty-second year, and very agreeable in his manners. The next son, Alexander the Crown Prince, is twenty years of age. He has the hard, heavy, Muscovite type of feature, but is very amiable and courteous in his manners.

BOOK NOTICES.

THE ORIENTAL CHURCH AND THE LATIN. By Jonas King, upwards of forty years Missionary in Palestine and Greece.

This little book, so beautifully printed, contains just such information as the Christian public are desirous of obtaining at this time. A man whom we all love to honor, could make no mistakes, after having studied for nearly half his life the subject he presents. He gives us in a nut-shell what the Modern Greek Church believes in reference to the worship of Mary and all the Saints, of the images, and Transubstantiation, together with the power of the Priests to remit sin; showing that on all these points she differs but little from the Romish Church. We speak for this book, therefore, a cordial welcome, for we think Dr. King has done good service in presenting the subject for the careful consideration of those who believe that the Greek Church has purged herself of all errors, and would re

ceive her into full communion with themselves. The book can be had at A. D. F. Randolph's, No. 775 Broadway, N. Y.

EXILES IN BABYLON, or Children of Light. By A. L. O. E., author of the "Shepherd of Bethlehem," "Pride and his Prisoners," &c. New York: Robert Carter & Bros. 18mo. 388 pp. This is another of the excellent books from the pen of the distinguished author named above. In commenting upon the history of Daniel and his three friends, it shows the value of Christian principle, and the blessing attending it. The book also carries along the history of a Christian family, who would not sacrifice their principles for gain, nor popular favor, but whose aim was to do right; and who, though enemies conspired against them, in the end triumphed over all opposition. The book is well written, the incidents beautifully narrated, and cannot fail of being read with deep interest.

As we have been urgently requested by several of our readers to publish in full the Pope's Encyclical, we shall in the next number comply with their request.

There is no passion so universal, or steals into the heart more imperceptibly, and covers itself with more disguises, than pride; and yet, there is not one single view of human nature, under its present condition, which is not sufficient to extinguish in us all the secret seeds of pride, and, on the contrary, to sink the soul into the lowest state of humility.

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CHRISTIAN WORLD.

VOL. XVI.

JULY, 1865.

No. 7.

ENCYCLICAL LETTER OF POPE PIUS IX.,
ISSUED FROM ROME ON THE 8th OF DECEMBER, 1864.

To our Venerable Brethren, all the Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops and Bishops in Communion with the Apostolic See :

WE, Pius IX., POPE, send greeting and our apostolic blessing. You know, venerable brethren, with what care and what pastoral vigilance the Roman Pontiffs, our predecessors, fulfilling the charge entrusted to them by our Lord Jesus Christ himself, in the person of the blessed Peter, chief of the Apostles, have unfailingly observed their duty in providing food for the sheep and the lambs, in assiduously nourishing the flock of the Lord with the words of faith, in imbuing them with salutary doctrine, and in turning them away from poisoned pastures; all this is known to you and you have appreciated it. And certainly our predecessors, in affirming and in vindicating the august Catholic faith, truth, and justice, were never animated in their care for the salvation of souls by a more earnest desire than that of extinguishing and condemning, by their letters and their constitutions, all the heresies and errors which as enemies of our divine faith, of the doctrines of the Catholic Church, of the purity of morals, and of the eternal salvation of man, have frequently excited serious storms and precipitated civil and Christian society into the most deplorable misfortunes. For this reason our predecessors have opposed themselves with vigorous energy to the criminal enterprises of those wicked men, who, spreading their disturbing opinions like the waves of a raging sea, and promising liberty when they are slaves to corruption, endeavor by their pernicious writings to overturn the foundations of the Christian Catholic religion and of civil society; to destroy all virtue and justice; to deprave all minds and hearts; to turn away simple minds, and especially those of inexperienced youth, from the healthy discipline of morals; to corrupt it miserably; to draw it into the meshes of error, and finally, to tear it from the bosom of the Catholic Church.

But as you are aware, venerable brethren, we had scarcely been raised to the chair of St. Peter above our merits by the mysterious designs of