The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-07-20
HELIGIOUs s1ArrERs.

The Fifth avenue Presbyterian
church, of New York, recently pre-
sented their pastor, Rev. DR.. n. [. Rice,
with a purse of $4,000. and also one
years salary, 81, 600. The Rev. DR.. has
purchased beautiful farm near New
Brunswick, n. j., where he intends to
reside.
Rev. DR.. Dix, OF Trinity church.
n. Y, thinks that although the Ameriss
can church is not old enough to have
special traditions, its inclination Is to-
ward Ritualism. He sees everywhere
a tendency toward an increased atten-
ton to impressiveness and athletic ac-
cessious in Divine worship. The ten
dency is not only manifested in the
Episcopal church but displays itself
similarly among the Presbyterians and
Congregationalists.
"A minister OF the Established
Church in England asked an itinerant
preacher: "How does it happen that
you have not more Doctors of Divinity
in your connectioD?" The reply was,
"Because our divinity is never sick"
DIR. johnson wisely said, HE who
waits to do great deal of good at once,
will never do anything" Life is made
up of little things. It Is but once In an
age that occasion is offered for doing
great deed. True greatness consists in
being great in little things.
"A change has been made in the or
der to be observed for the future ut the
London ordinations. Formerly the in
structIon was, "Gentlemen will appear
in black gowns with bands, and with
out academlcal hoods" This has been
altered into the following: Gentle
men will appear In surplices, and with
their acadeniical hoods. Candidates for
priests order will wear stoles."
"A boy of six summers surprised his
mother with the remark, "I have three
fathers!" "who are they2" was the
maternal inquiry. "My father who
buys my clothes is one, George Wash
ington, the father of our country, is
another; and our Father who art in
Heaven Is anotheri Turning to his
little sister he said-''If you are not a
good girl, God won't be your father"
He who after loss, Immediately
without staying to lament 1t, sets about
repairing it, has that within himself
which can control fortune.
"A Jewish paper deprecates the tilrt-
ing which goes on in the choirs of their
temples when Gentiles are employed.
ran away with IL lovely sopraua daugh-
ter of Rebecca, under the very drop
pinss of the sanctuary.
-"OhI (said Sydney Smith) accuse n
man of being Socinian, and it is all
men all think it has something to do
with poachiDg."
in "The Man With Broken Ear
Edmond About says ys:-"There are two
things in this world n man does not
often find away from home: the first
is good soup; the second is disiuter-
ested love-" All who have sweet mem
ories of a mothers doughnuts and a
mothers affection will smile fearful
assent TO that truth, without fear OF be-
ing ridiculed for sentimentality.
The true reason why the societies
of men are so full oftumult and dis
order, SO troublesome and tempestuous,
is because there is so little of truo re-
ligiou among men; so that were it not
for some small remainder of piety and
virtue which is yet left unsCattered
among mankind, human society would
in short space disband and run into
COnlu6lpue luz Lu "ouAN a.
great forest, and mankind would be-
a beast Ofprey, one towards another.
-Impurity secreted under beauty, is
like treacherous friend, who strolls
with us in garden of sweets, and
destroys US by the odor OF poisonous
flowers protfeTed to our senses.
"A few years ago, while residing in
the west OF New England, religious
society in the village got up a fair"
with all the modern appliances for OBJ
tanning funds. A stranger, a profess
sional gambler, happened to represent
A few days after saw in periodical
published in his neighborhood, COM
munication from him, describing the
''fair," the closing sentence Of which L
could not but remember. "The thing, :"
said he, twas exactly what we do, the
only conceivable difference being, that
was the church gambling; ours is The
reg ular business"
"A Methodist preacher of a large
muscular frame, and a huge hand, with
powerful grip, some years ago was
hol ling protracted meeting, in which
quite an interest was awakened. A
number of persons had come to the
anxious seat, and few had been con.
verted. A group consisting OF two or
three Young men and as many young
ladies, were present, whose object In
coming was to have merTiment. The
minister Kindly requested them to OBJ
serve the decoTum BETTING the place.
One of them ventured in u rather un-
gracious manner to reply that they hsd
''undersIood that miracles were worked
there" and that he bad come to see
some performed. Upon this our robust
friend coOllS took the young man by
the coat-collar, deliberately led him
down the aisle, and, opening the door,
without ceremony, landed him outside,
quietly remarking, 1--WE do not Work
miracles here, but tDe cast out deUiLs."
"A country Christian, whose hobby
appears to be consistency, writes Gu
rious note to the Northwestern Christian
Advocate, OF Chicago. He asks the ed
itor to 'say something to quiet the con-
sciences of hop-growers." BE is griev-
ed to inform the Christian public that
he knows "a local preacher, two class
leaders, deacons in the Presbyterian
Church, several Good TemplaTs and
many others claiming to be Christians
and temperance men, who are raising
hops, because they say there is money
But why, asks this logical brother, II
1t is right to grow hops, is it not also
right to make beer OF them? It Is
pnzzlIng question, hut perhaps DR..
Eddy resembles the older worthy OF
whom we are told, that,
"whatever sceptIc could inquire for,
For every why he had wherefore"
Miracles" says Fuller, "are the