Christian herald and signs of our times . in the family property undivided,it was the custom for only one son of a noblehouse to be allowed to marry, while the others] either took orders or became knights of theOrder of St. John of Malta. Such bishops, andso chosen, could not be expected to be in sym-pathy with either the cures or the people. Theylived in Paris, and regarded their dignitiesmerely as sources of income, and were inces-santly mixed up in court intrigues in order toprocure their translation to richer sees. * From A History of the French Revolution, by H. MorseStephens, which, owin
Christian herald and signs of our times . in the family property undivided,it was the custom for only one son of a noblehouse to be allowed to marry, while the others] either took orders or became knights of theOrder of St. John of Malta. Such bishops, andso chosen, could not be expected to be in sym-pathy with either the cures or the people. Theylived in Paris, and regarded their dignitiesmerely as sources of income, and were inces-santly mixed up in court intrigues in order toprocure their translation to richer sees. * From A History of the French Revolution, by H. MorseStephens, which, owing to the discovery of a large number of im-portant documents the existence of which was unknown toprevious historians, is more complete and lucid than any of theolder histories, clearing up difficulties and explaining facts whichhave been mysteries from that time to this. In three volumes,the first of which is now issued. Pp. 533 ; price. $; Publishedby Chcrl(a Scriiiurs Sons, 748 THE CHRISTIAN HERALD AND SIGNS OF OUR TIMES. Nov. At the Pier-Head, (seepage Silas Epsteins Death-bed. The unpopularity of monks and friars with theparochial clergy is easily accounted for by thefact that in nearly every parish the greatertithes, and even the greater portion of thelesser tithes, were exacted for the benefit ofsome distant monastery, which did nothing forthe parish, while the cure had to do all the workfor a mere pittance. Most of these monasterieswere extremely wealthy, and as the number ofmonks had steadily declined for more thantwenty-five years, it followed that the abbotsand priois were richer than ever before. Theseappointments had fallen, like the bishoprics,under the control of the court, and were gener-ally filled by cadets of noble families on theirway to a bishopric, or held by them with a bish-opric. The wealth, absenteeism, and super-ciliousness of the abbes and priors made monksin general unpopular, yet the individual monkswho formed the communities had oft
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