New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-05

pie at Jerusalem, but as totally unable IS they to
comprehend an iota of meaning of either Pents-
touch or Temple, and rejecting, as they did, with
contemptuous disdain, all the subsequent prophets
differing in this respect from the Pharisees, both
old and new, who, however apt to reject live
prophets as impOstors are prompt and Jealous TO
pay to dead ones all due honor and reverence, and
perhaps something more.
Now, it is precisely this Sadducean spirit of New
England which. not content with its own special
organ The Boston Courier, and the influence II has
obtained over large number of religious journals
has developed itself in the above article OF The
Trar,tr-a little lump, perhaps accidentally left
behind. Of that old leasen which used to give such
yellow hue and pearlashy favor to The Trareier
previous to the recent kneading into it Of so much
new meal.
The TrGreltrs project for working our religious
organizations on the railroad and factory pIan-and
both railroads and factories are doing 30 poor bus
iness Just at this moment in NeS.England that no
doubt many energetic Overseers and contractors
might be induced by the offer of reasonable sala-
RES to enter this new line of enerprise-would be
very promising were il not for one little clrcum-
stance. which that in this instance too hasty and
saDguine journal has unfortunately left out OF ac-
count The kingdom of heaven is not OF this
world "a statement which comes from pretty
high authority, which is confirmed by universal
history and BY the interior experience Of every
man who knows anything e1perimentally of the
subect,-but state of the case absolutely fatal to
the business prospectus Of The Tra,eter, which
might Just as reasonably propose to engage the
New. England energy and industry which levels
mountains, builds railroads and cuts through forests,
in the project of building railroad 10 the skies
Unfortunately, it is emily very slight accents which
steam locomotives are able to climb. To the best
Of our recollection, the only successful extra-mun-
dane railroad after the fashion of The Trareter on
record is the one the construction OF which is re-
corded in the second book Of Paradise Lost, and
which keen reader will find advertised, with its
depOts time tables and rates of fare in adapted
to all sorts of persons, in the columns of great
many of our newspapers. We refer to the road
built across Chaos by the enterprising firm OF SIN
and Death along the line marked out by Chief En-
eineer Satan. Satan according to Millions account,
found the reconnaissance Of this route rather hard
piece of work:
But he once passed soon after when man FELL
Strange alteration! Sin and Desth ainain
Following his track. such wac the will Of Heaven,
Paved after him broad and beaten way
Over the DARK abyss, whose boiling guph
TaIney endured bridge of wondrous length
From Hell continued, reaching the utmost orb
OF this frail world"
1t is perfectly natural that, with their ideas of
things, our business friends Of The Trareler should
be wholly in the dark as to the true cause of the
unwillingness Of young men of talent to enter the
clerical profession. Every church no doubt has its
Judases drawn to it by the hope of carrying the bag
and having what is put therein; but We never
yet heard of any church largely built up by such
apostles The labOrer doubtless is worthy Of his
hire; but it is not the hope of bread and butter, or
the prospect of any quantity of Il, that will nil the
church with prophets. To make the schools of the
prophets attractive there must be liberty of pro-
phesying. II is the fast growing indispositon to
submit to be gagged-for the last generation an
Indispensable ceremony of clerical instaation-that
keeps young men of talent out of the ministry.
here the service Of the church is limited to the
same old siug-soD over and oye-, the less talent
man has the more likely be is to fill the place to has
own satisfaction and that of his parishoners