The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1867-12-05
Moral and Religious.
CONGREGATIONAL.


quite a spirited rivalry. The Ad0onee at Chi |
cago it will be recollected was established I'M
der the auspices of the Congregationalists to |
supply the place of the Independent in the |
west, for the alledoed reason that the la tier |
had ceased to be the organ or exponent of the |
Congregational churches. The Advance bas |
now been established three months, and its |
Patronage appears to have been increasing at |
an encouraging rate Most of the old regular
correspondents of the Independent in the west |
were transferred to the Adgance some time |
ago, and the paper had apparently monopo-
liked great share of the Western Congrega-
tional writing talent, The AdUdnne and its
especial friends, insist that the Independent
leans to broad churchism, and is not evangel-
ically, calls the Ad0once secular paper. And
so thrusts quite sharp, are not unfrequently
made on both Sides
Quite recently however, things have taken
a new turn it is alleged that Mr. Bowen
the proprietor Of the Independent establish
lishment has had an interview with the lead5
ing clergymen, who had been dsafected to-
wards the Independent, and reco nciliation
effected. The truth of this statement is I'M
questionable,as the distinguished western cor
respondents, who had ceased to write for the
Independent, nearly all reappear in that paper
in the last number. The -Aduaace insinuates
that these western clergymen, have been over
reached by the willy managers of the Iadepels-
dent, with promises of amendment which will
not be realized. Among other things the Id
yance says: e. M
"Mr Bowen, the proprietor of The Eadeoeaa
don't, made visit recently to Chicago, where
he busted himself in getting advertisements
stating that, The better to accommodate his adj
vertising patrons, he meant to add eight col
umns to the paper. = While here he selected
with care seven Congregational ministers, in
vited them to private conference, and paid
their travelling expenses and bills at the Sher-
man House. These ministers were the Rev
Drs. CULVER, Bartlett, Chaplin, e. Beecher,
ISturtevan, Magoun and Post In the confer
ence and in personal interviews it is said that
he made large explanations. What they re-
piled we cannot positively affirm, as the con,
ference, of day and half was secret''
This new accession would seem to indicate,
that the Ipdependent, has recovered in the
west, what it may have lost by the starting
of the .Advance. Nevertheless, the latter pa
per, is already too firmly established, and is
aided by too much capital, to be materially
circumscribed in its progress h7, tasga
EPISCOPAL
Ce1tbacy Of the cletgy A writer in the Amer
lean Cturc1naan, an Episcopal paper publish
ed in Chicago, argues very earnestly, that
Episcopal clergymen should refrain from mar
rying. Among the reasons given, is that un-
married olnruvnan wnuld raouira 1aCu colo
ries, would be less dependent for support ,conse-
: quently more independent in their pulpit
! preaching. The writer gives advice as fol-
{ lows: i]oa 79 aI
'Let' every candidate for Holy Orders de-
termlne to live in celibacy. He will in that
condition be prepared to preach the Gospel
without fear or favor and desire for popu-
larIty VIII never intervene to undo his work,
, and ultimately to endanger his soul.
Without going into reasons it is a sad fact
that the most helpless, the most dependent
man in our country is the parish priest with
a large family. Show me an unmarried priest
and L will show you one who is not afraid to
preach the Gospel, to denounce sin, and to
declare the power and authority oft the Church.
When our clergy cease to marry, then we
} may be able 70 grade our salaries according to
respective localities. We shall no longer see
one clergymen enjoying luxuries on so many
; thousands year, while his poor neighboring
priest is starving on few hundreds.
The writer in the Chuychnaan further main
tains that the preaching of the present day, is
far below the gospel standard, and he would
have it after the following direction:
away with this preaching of religion as
i luxury let the priests talk a little about its
necessity. 1t is becoming time that we
heard little more about hell and damnation
Our clergy surely believe that the man who
disobeys the command of our savior who neg
lects his religious duties, who refuses to avail
himself of the sacraments, who does not, in
the vile jargon of the day, ''join the Church, y
no matter how good how charitable, how just
how noble in all worldly relations he may be,
will surely go to hell and eternal perdition
i Why don't they talk this out Why do our
clergy have such close relations with the peo-
pie of the world? Why make of these goddess
sinners Vestrymen, delegates to Conventions,
legislators for the Church? Why these leagues
with damnation?"