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PRUSSIA. 



which he characterized the Congress as "a 

 gathering of clergy and laity from all quarters, 

 representing all shades of opinion that are toler- 

 ated within the Church." The regular sessions 

 of the Congress were occupied in the reading of 

 papers, and volunteer discussions upon a list of 

 topics which had been previously prepared, as 

 follows: First day, Tuesday, November 9th: 

 Ultramontanism and Civil Authority. Papers 

 and addresses by the Rev. Messrs. Francis 

 Wharton, D. D., LL. D. ; Clement M. Butler, 

 D. D. ; George Zabriskie Gray, William Chaun- 

 cey Langdon, and the Rev. Isidore Mombert, 

 D. D., of Dresden, Germany. Ministrations of 

 the Church to the Working -Classes. Papers 

 and addresses by the Rev. John Vaughan 

 Lewis, D. D. ; Henry Pellew, Esq. ; the Rev. 

 J. H. Reylance, D. D., of New York; Mr. 

 Samuel Wagner, Mr. William Welsh, Mr. 

 Russell Sturgis, the Rev. Dr. Gallaudet, the 

 Rev. Hugh Ray Scott, and the Rev. A. S. 

 Woode. Second day, Wednesday, November 

 10th : The Best Method of procuring and pre- 

 paring Candidates for the Ministry. Papers 

 and addresses by the Rev. Messrs. N. H. 

 Schenck, D. D., and E. B. Boggs, D. D. ; 

 Bishop Garrett, of Northern Texas, and Whip- 

 pie, of Minnesota ; the Rev. Messrs. T. F. Fales, 



D. D. ; Edward Sullivan, S. T. D. ; Robert C. 

 Mattuck, J. F. Garrison, M. D. ; the Rev. Drs. 

 Harwood and C. K. Nelson. Church Music. 

 Papers and addresses by the Rev. Messrs. E. 

 N. Potter, D. D. ; W. H. Cooke, J. W. Shackle- 

 ford, George D. Wildes, D.D. ; W. Ryce Morrow 

 and J. Vaughan Lewis, D. D. Third day, Thurs- 

 day, November llth: Nature and Extent of 

 Episcopal Authority. Papers and addresses 

 by the Rev. Messrs. Alex. H. Vinton, D. D. ; 

 John Fulton, D. D. ; J. F. Garrison, M. D. ; 



C. K. Nelson, D. D. ; D. R. Goodwin, D. D. ; 



E. A. Washburn, D. D. ; the Rev. Dr. Har- 

 wood, the Rev. Mr. Bolman, and the Rev. J. 

 Vaughan Lewis, D. D. The Parochial System 

 and Hall Preaching. Papers and addresses 

 by the Right Rev. F. D. Huntington, D. D., 

 Bishop of Central New York; Mr. Francis 

 Wells; the Rev. Messrs. Edward B. Boggs, 



D. D. ; Julius H. Ward, Julius E. Grammar, 

 D. D. ; S. H. Tyng, D. D. ; and the Rev. Dr. 

 Langdon. Bible Revision. Papers and ad- 

 dresses by the Right Rev. Alfred Lee, D. D., 

 Bishop of Delaware; the Right Rev. A. C. 

 Coxe, D. D., LL. D., Bishop of Western New 

 York ; the Rev. Messrs. William Kirkus, LL. B. ; 

 G. Emlen Hare, D. D., LL. D. ; Samuel I. J. 

 Scherenschewsky, D. D. Fourth day, Friday, 

 November 12th: The Mutual Relations of 

 Christian Theology and Natural Science. 

 Papers and addresses by the Rev. William R. 

 Huntington, D.D.; the Right Rev. Thomas 

 M. Clark, D. D., LL. D., Bishop of Rhode Isl- 

 and; the Rev. C. C. Tiffany, the Rev. Dr. 

 Leeds, the Rev. Messrs. William Newton, D. D., 

 and C. S. Bates; J. F. Garrison, M. D. ; E. N. 

 Potter, D. D. ; the Rev. Drs. Sullivan and 

 Gallaudet. The Best Method of promoting 



Spiritual Life. Papers and addresses by the 

 Rev. Messrs L. W. Bancroft, D. D. ; Phillips 

 Brooks, the Right Rev. Alexander S. Garrett, 

 D. D., Bishop of Northern Texas ; the Hon. J. 

 W. Andrews, the Rev. John H. Elliott, D. D. 

 The Congress was well attended ; it embraced 

 representatives of all shades of doctrine in the 

 Church, and the proceedings were satisfactory 

 to all who participated in them. 



The sixteenth anniversary of the American 

 Church Missionary Society was held in Phila- 

 delphia, November 12th. The home-mission 

 field of the society embraced nineteen States 

 and Territories of the United States. Its 

 foreign field was the republic of Mexico. 

 Fifty-five missionaries had been commissioned; 

 forty-three remained in service at the close of 

 the year. The missions in the city of Mexico 

 had increased from three to seven, and in the 

 whole country the number of organized con-, 

 gregations connected with the Church of Jesus 

 had increased from twenty-seven to fifty- 

 seven, with more than six thousand regular 

 attendants upon worship. The Church of 

 Jesus had organized a society, called " The 

 Christian Society of Mexico," to which it had 

 intrusted the supervision of a large part of its 

 work. The society had a depository of Bibles 

 and evangelical publications on the principal 

 street of the city of Mexico ; had charge of 

 nine day-schools, attended by more than two 

 hundred children ; and had established an or- 

 phanage in the building formerly occupied by 

 the Roman Catholic Convent of San Antonio 

 Abad, in the city of Mexico. 



The ninth annual Convocation of the Protes- 

 tant Episcopal Churches in Hayti was held at 

 Port-au-Prince, in May, Bishop Hally presid- 

 ing. It ratified the covenant, or Ecclesiasti- 

 cal Convention, concluded with the Protestant 

 Episcopal Church in the United States, and 

 adopted a constitution for a national Church, 

 with a prologue and devices. The constitution 

 and accompanying documents, having received 

 episcopal approbation, were publicly promul- 

 gated upon the adjournment of the conven- 

 tion, May 26th. 



PRUSSIA, a kingdom of Europe, forming 

 part of the German Empire. King, William 

 I., German Emperor and King of Prussia (see 

 GERMANY). The Prussian ministry was, in 1875, 

 composed as follows : President, Prince von 

 Bismarck, Minister of Foreign Affairs and 

 Minister for the Duchy of Lauenburg ; Vice- 

 President, Camphausen, Minister of Finances ; 

 Count zu Eulenburg, Minister of the Interior ; 

 Dr. Leonhardt, Minister of Justice ; Dr. Falk, 

 Minister of Ecclesiastical, Educational, and 

 Medical Affairs ; General von Kamecke, Min- 

 ister of War ; Dr. Achenbach, Minister of 

 Commerce, Trades, and Public Works; Dr. 

 Friedenthal, Minister of Agricultural Affairs. 



According to the budget for the year 1874, 

 the revenue and expenditures were as fol- 

 lows (value expressed in marks ; 1 mark = 23 

 cents) : 



