The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1869-04-08
6,ls From the Chicago Evening Post
Fashionable Christianity.

dSn1OnaDl0 CnT1SC1anlCy.
At the sale of the pews. in Grace Church
on Monday evening and Tuesday, the
prices obtained for sittings in that house
of worship, were greater, we believe than
any ever realized in Chicago. The, pew
admitted to be the hest, went off to- j.
Mason LOOMS, at the modest figure of
$2,15O, he having CALAMITY bid $3.50 for
! the first choice. From that sum down to
more moderate rates, the descent was easy
the sale of the evening, closing off No.
1876 to DR.. e. NJ Hale, the abort1onlst, at
the extraordinarily low sum of $500. 10
1t is clearly the right of every num-
Der of men and women of Chicago, asso-
ciated under any name to build such a
temple as they please, to express the force
and fervency of their religious ideas; and
we may not complain. of what they do
| IT any men are moved by any spirit to
pay $2,150 for pew, or, if any are so
lowly that $500 limits their capabilities,
theirs is the right to do as they please
with their own. Il But while indulging III
the conceits of ecclesiastical architecture,
/ the sweet strains of operate music the
luxury Of a house complete IN all its APP
lpointments, all in the name and for the
Glory of God, it is we'll for them to re-
member that the protestant poor of
Chicago arelapsing into unbelief and dark
ness, because, with the exception of the
/ few Mission Churches, there is no place in
the House of God for them; and that
while few of the pampered classes are
building theological show boxes and are
giving to religion that tribute W hich by
pocrisy pays to virtue, they are, from
their neglect of the souls and bodies
whom God has given us to care for sowing
the seed of infdelity and disorder, which
will in due time, bear their natural fruit.
No man who labors with his hands, will
and aplace in grace church We do not
say that such would be turned away from
its doors. A poor woman, the child of
toll; who had given six days of the week
to her task, might, if the sexton was not a
boor and bully, find corner in which
her humble raiment would not be brought
into too bold relief by contrast with the
infinite gewgawgery of her richer sisters;
but she would not be welcome twice. She
has not So, $50 for seat; She has never
Ipractised child-murder as trade, hence
even $500 are wanting; and the gospel in
these days is expensive, she must be turn
ed off to make room for the glitterino
ones who can pay. What we say of
Grace Church IS true of all like establislr
ments IN Chicago and throughout the
whole country. In them certain nun
Der OF lawyers, doctors, politicians, edi.
tors spectators, merchants, and some.
times abortionists meet to loll away an
hour and half of every Sunday, on lux.
lurlously cushioned seats, listening tC
Pwords which may be comforting to hear
but which have but infinitesimal effect in
the control Of everyday life. In all Of
4 them, the men who labor, no matter al
what, nor how faithfully or intelligently
are practically forbidden, just as effectual
I ly forbidden as if an angel with fam
! ing sword stood at the entrance. An6
this In all our cities is the curse of Pro
!, testantism which once regenerated the
world; and what is worse, this -Dractica
denial Of the escence of the GOSPEL tauoh,
i by Him who had not where to Law HI,
head, is making its way into the village.
and rural districts so rapidly and to sucl
ana extent, that thousands OF good mer
are looking upon the final triumphs O
the Protestant cause as thing that mus
wait the lapse of another era, in which
: Fopery and Slavery are again the rulers
OF the world. Oh men who call vonr
selves Christians what spectacle istbis
In the old days. when a Church wa,
: built for the honor of our Maker it wa
for His honor indeed 1t ACKNOWLEDGE
no ownership in man. Those who oavt
to 1t sent in their gifts because thew We're
: consclentiously impelled.a No matte,
what the value of these, nor the socio
state OF the givers, in the walls Of thu
sacred edlfice, all men were alike There
were neither privileges for the rich No,
Sights and disabilities for the door Re-
fore God and the alter, the rich and tbf
poor were one In his presence the gaudy
ra!ment, the Offering jewels, the hanghty
1mIen, and the arrogance of wealth, Were
less than the humble garb and the con.
seriousness of poverty. Prince and meas.
ant knelt together to acknowledge fhei,
brotherhood, and together to receive the
sacred proof that God is the loving Faith.
er OF all mankind. Grace Church Il SSer,
well: 1t is an ornament to the neicbbor.
mood In which it stands, and no do3ht a
source of pride and qualification to those
who built it. But sweep pew rents and
sales out OF 1t as Theron troopers swent
out the idols; open wide the doors. IN.
scribe on the front: This is the Hol1se If
Goblet those who will, come mi" and
see how wide and how benefcent ;ts in.
fiuence may become. 5Ha15 i, = - -
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The Wausau Wisconsin, Of the 25th
says the lumbermen are making active
preparations for rafting, and some have
actually commenced. River men are ex-
pecting good prices for running the river
this seasopn.-They are looking for the ice
/ to go out in few DAYS.