The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-11-30

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A course of Theatre meetings. will be
commenced in the Detroit Opera House
in Detroit, Sunday evening, Nov. 18th.
Rev. r. Laird Collier will preach on
that occasion. y
THAT you believe you have call to
preach is oil very well, az far a. it goes,
said On old doctor Of divinity to . thco-
logical student. But We must wait and
see whether people have a call to hear
you tsaaserf) s. es.asIs eEaas sft
The Unitarian Association have de.
cided to take the .sChristian Examin-
er" and unite the ''Monthly Journal
with it. making q new magazine, of
which Rev. r E Hale has consented to
become editor. 1r
A French girl asked the priest, tue
other day, Why is it, father, that we
ask every day for our daily bread in
stead of asking it for week, a month or
a year?' why, you little goose, to
have it fresh, to be sure.'
The reunion Of the two branches of
the Presbyterian church is being receiv-
ed with great favor throughout the
country. In many places q consolida-
tion of churches and congregations is
about 70 be effected to the manifest in
terest of all concerned.
A christian brother was lately reviv-
ing in religious meeting the expert
ence of himself and family, saying,
among other things, that his first wife
was very good woman, bat she sick
ened and died in a happy frame of
mind, and he should rejoice If his pres
ent partner would 60 just the same
way.
A young Episcopalian clergyman re-
Gently preached as candidate for the
church in Philadelphia Of " hich Rev.
Philip Brooks was rector, and with
very great acceptance. He afterwards
repeated the sermon in another church,
where it was equally admired, but, un-
fortunate for him, was recognized as
one of DR.. Channing's famous discour-
ses.
A ''hard- -shelr' preacher took for his
text, "Le5 there be no schisms in the
church." BY the darkness of the day or
the dimness Of the print, he read, s.Let
there lie no schemes in the church -
He commenced his remarks by saw
ing that he had reference to the latter
day societies, such as Bible societies,
the Sunday school Society, etc, which
he called schemes. A brother who had
looked up the text, discovered the error
into which the pastor was rapidly plum
ging, and rising, remarked, Brother
A., that is not 'schism' in the text, it is
sskism."'
One Of those earnest rural preachers.
who stand no nonsense in the house of
god, was invited one hot Sunday last
summer to officiate in one of our fash
ionable city churches, and was much
annoyed by the operate style of sing
ing. During the prayer that followed
he took occasion to relieve his mind on
the subject by saying, % Lord, thou
knowest, without doubt, what is the
meaning of the song which has just
been sung in Thy house; but thou know
est we know nothing about it. Never.
theless, we pray that it may, in some
way, be blessed to us ALL -
Returning from Divine Service in
Chicago, one Sunday, good little BiIly's
ideas Of propriety had been shocked by
the wonderful attire of some little fe-
male friends, who displayed uncom-
monty low necked dresses, which NOV
ed him to say to his maternal parent:
Its poor business for folks to go to
church just to show their clothes. WHY
my SOD, we must not judge those little
girls, We can not see their hearts
CaE see their hearts!' exclaimed Bill
ly; well, l should think you might
their dressers were low enough, I'm
sure rst4
A pertinent text was recently preach.
ed from by young clergyman near
Boston, who, returning to his parish af.
ter months vacation, brought with
him companion for life. It was Of
course surprise and the subject of
many remarks. Every body naturally
wished to see the pastors wife, and mex.
Sunday the church was crowded. The
attention of the congregation seemed
turned more to the bride tnan to the
service, until they were startled by the
of the text: what went
re out for to see?' It seemed to meet
,he case. Thenceforth they looked
lpon the minister.
Anthony Froude, the historian, speak
ng of late religious excitement in
England, said: we have had thirty
7ears Of unexampled clerical activity,
have been doubled; theological
BOOKS, magazines, reviews, newspapers
lave been poured ont by hundreds of
while by the side OF it has
'prung up an equally astonishing de-
yelopment of moral dishonesty. FROM
he great houses in the city of London
o the village grocer, the commercial
ife Of England has been saturated with
raud. So deep has it got that strict
y honest tradesman can hardly hold
lis ground against competition. You
an no longer trust that any article you
'uy is the thing it pretends to be; we
ave false weights, false measures,
heating and shoddy every where. Yet
he clergy have seen all this grow up in
bsolute indifference; and the great
uestion which, at this moment, is asi-
ating England's Church, is the color of