The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-06-15
RATE OF sUBsCRIPTIoNs.
l1oRAL AND RELIGIOUS MATTERS

The idea OF a great metropolitan daily,
moral and religious In its character, is
revived again In New York. sa., -.
The World was started as such pa
per several years ago, Z, but gradually
fell away from the original programme
until now 1t is about as near the anti
pode of such a sheetas any of its cotem-
poIaries. gni "i q ~ 10 ""t"'' ~, t.t'
The author OF the revised idea prefers
the Herald as the least scornfnl OF the
dailies published In New York. This
will strike most people as curious
preference. --,.--.----
Here is his summary Of objections to
the leading secular periodicals and pa
pers of the day: .'-i.s
The North .Anaeried'i Regtea0, almost
the only general literary quarterly, Is
as evidently If not as offensively nom
Christian as are the writings OF Strauss
or Theodore Parker. The Atlantic
Monthly, the first literary magazine in
the country, Is the recognized organ Of
the most rationalistic free thinkers
about Boston, which is equivalent to
saving, in the world; for in point of ar7
rant scepticism, Tubingen is cast into
the shade by our American Athens.
Our New York periodicals, If less OUT
spoken in their irreligion, are scarcely
less decidedly nom Christian. The ru-
ling minds In the, editorial work of
both, of Harpers' able. and popular
works are certainly not in sympathy
tion, probably the ablest and most
scholarly weekly ever issued in this
country; Is managed by an editorial
corps OF "liberal Christians," which is
the euphemism for polite infidels. The
chronological Journal, a truly ably con-
Quoted monthly, Is confesssdly outside
the plane of orthodoxy; while the
the Anti.StGUery Standard (Which
two we name not because of any special
ability, however,) belong in the
same category. or the daily papers the
Herald has its established reputation
for reckless disregard for religion in any
form, though we have at times almost
c included that 1t Is, perhaps, the least
Tribune has always been anti Chris
tian, though in its chief editor'sstrauRe
way 1t has been humanitarian. We
doubt, however, whether all the good 1t
NAV have done IN the interests of anti
slavery, of education and of social
economy, can compensate for the harm
it has inflicted by unsettling the faith
land. The Daily Times, which for a
long time occupied an envlable posi-
ton as a moral and Christian Journal,
has lately passed over to the class of
sneerers at religion aud morality. Its
new department Of "Minor Topics" is
among the most objectionable things
found n any OF our daily papers, reck-
less alike OF truth, OF propriety and OF
decency: while its politics are as they
are, IL any body can find out how. or
the older style of papers, the Erentng
Journal Is a very decent political and
literary journal, with Unitarian pro-
clivities. The Journal Of Commerce,
once almost religious paper, is such
no longer. The Commercial Advertiser,
for long years the model for Il secular
newspaper, is now simply the MOUTH
piece OF very bitter old politician. dis
appointed and cynical. These are some
OF the periodicals. that are now giving
form and, fashion to the minds OF, the
people of this nation. The view they
present Ia indeed saddening and full of
evil portent. But where is the remedy !
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The following comparative tables
show the receipts and expenditures OF
the different religious societies that
have recently held their anniversary
meetings for years 1866 and 1856: $50