The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-09-07


following summary gives part OF the
results which have followed in the
course of four or five years
"Fifty-one Sunday schools have been
established in Germany and SwitZer-
land, with a few more than 700 teach
ers, and almost 5000 pupils. They are
found in nearly all the great cities OF
Protestant Germany and Switzerland
Berlin, Halle, BTeslau, Stettin, Dant-
zig, Elberfeld. Cologne, Wiesbaden,
Frank fOrt-on the-Main, Darmstadt,
Mannheim, Stuttgart, Zurich, Berne,
Schaffhausen, Basle, etc. The men who
began the movement still have their
shoulders to the wheel, and are more
and more convinced that the Sabbath
school movement is, under God, to be
the salvation of Germany. The little
paper edited by the Rev. Prochnow, the
Sunday School, has circulation OF
over 2 500 copies, and those excellent
men, Mr.. Neuhaus and Mr.. BrOckhel-
terPrlse. 1t Ia impossible TO estimate
the greatness of this field"
FORTY Hours DBvoTIoN.-We find
the following notice in the Washington
(Pa.,) Reporter:
The exposition of the blessed sacra-
ment, better known by the name of
The Forty Hours Devotion, will COM
mence in the Church of the Immaculate
Conception. at 1920 a. M, on Sunday,
September Sth. Service will open with
high mass of Exposition, at which
there will be a sermon explanatory of
the devotion, and the doctrine OF the
real presence. The mass pro pace will
be celebrated at a. M, on Monday
and mtSSG c'I1tdtd at the same hour on
Tuesday. The devotion Will close with
-, 4 N0,pn
on Wednesday. Each evening during
the devotion there will be solemn BEN
ediction of the most holy sacrament at
p. M, after which there will be lee
ture.
All who may be desirous TO witness
the solemnities, and profit by the in
structions, are respectfully and most
cordially invited.
JOHN O'G. SCANLAN.
N, B.-The same devotion, observing
the same order, will commencs at ST.
James, near West Alexander, on Sun
day, the 18th of September.
THE CAsTLEMAN's Run CAMP MEET
INa.-From the Wellsburg Herald, of
yesterday, we make the following ex-
tract:
Camp meeting on Castleman's Run
concluded on Thursday morning alter
II session of one weeks duration. The
Wheeling and Pittsburgh papers ap-
pear to have had regular reporters on
the ground ready to chronicle whatever
might occur, but not being in the sub
urbs of either of those delectable places,
there does not seem to hnve been any
thing happened OF a startling nature,
and they content themselves with
glowing account of the scenery and OF
the magnitude of the crowd in attend
ance. Notwithstanding the fact that
there IL reported no gross violation of
good order, we still cannot help think
ing that this kind of religious meet
ing5 had about as we'll be abated. If
people socially inclined, will congre.
gate in tents in the woods by means OF
horses, buggies, railroads and busses,
and enjoy lying. out o'nights, we say
let 'em; soCiability is good thing, but
call it what 1t is, a pic mic with preach
ing, melon and pop fair with ginger
bread and whisky perdu, or in TACT,
anything else Than religious meeting.
The time for the genuine religious
article has expired; in the Eastern
States they are only excuses for congre-
cations of roughs and rowdies with
newspaper reporters and extra details
OF police, and il encouraged, they bid
fair TO soon come TO that hereHbouts.
Call time on them.
SOME six weeks or two ID onths since
the School. Street (Universalist) Church
in Boston, dismissed its Junior PASTOR
Rev. Rowland Connor, for entertaining
and inculcating doctrines which set
aside the supernatural origin of Chris
tinnity. For this action the said church
has been freely denounced as "nar-
row" and "intolerant," by the leaders
of the Liberal Christian" faith in New
York and New England. By way Of
response to these denunciations, the
UniUerSdList, the organ of the denomi-
nation whose name 1t bears, has the
following paragraphs
The dismissal OF Rev. Rowland Con-
nor from the position Of Junior Pastor
of the School-Street Church, is an oc-
currence of deuOminational signiti-
cance. There are n great many miner
points between the disputants, on
which different men and different par
ishes would have judged variously.
But on the only question OF importance
settled by thai acLlon-namely, whether
the Church will be Christian or ration
alist-its voice is the voice of the Uni
versalist denomination. There are
many among us who will condemn
School-Street; but if the issue were pre-
sented to our whole body precisely as
presented to it, the "aye" would be al
most unanimous. And viewing the
matter in this light, and totally discon-
nected from all questions OF per-
sonal like or dislike as well as from
all points of blame or praise, we
feel sincerely gratitied at the re-
suit. 1t is Il new evidence of our
fidelity as a people, to the Christian
name. II is another proof OF the fact,
now many times tested, that we mean
to be loyal to what we profess, and to
deserve what we have claimed. Mr..
Connor may not be SO "unsound" as
fortunate; but he has permitted bimself
faith and good faith
was TO be tried in a venerable parish,
and he hes paid the penalty OF his te-
merity. On his behalf we regret IL; on
behalf of the Church and the cause, we
ure thankful for it. Itwould have been
a shame to US to have taken different !
ground, or emerged with a different re-
suit. And whatever we may lose in the I
esteem OF those to whom Christianity |
and Universalism are equally thread |
bare, will be more than compensated I
by the respect Of those who revere the |
former, and the attachment of those |
who love the latter.
Feeling deeply persuaded that the |
most stupendous religious swindle of
modern times, is that type of Liberal |
Christianity" which tries to make itself |
more agreeable TO a deist or an infidel,
than 70 devout believer in Jesus 1
Christ, we rejoice in every indication
that our denomination will never lend
itself to the base uses of such a fraud.
II, as is SO often and SO confidently as
serted, this is TO be the religion of the
future, we are immovAble in the deter
that it shall not be our religion
Of tho s1FasRnt Nor are we in the least