The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-05

building Of Concc rda College, Fort Wayne, lost
all their clothing and books by recent fire.
The committee appointed to selects site for
the new Lutheran College at Carthage, ILL.,,
have selected beautiful spot of ground, con-
tanning seven acres, and situated about three
fourths of mile from the Court House.
The Emanuel swedish Church =, Chicago
has 100 members, Az evening school is held
In the basement OF the church, the special
object being to educate the young Swedes in the
proper use of the English language.
CATHOLIC,
REV. p. j. Baltes an American by birth, has
been appointed Roman Catholic Bishop OF
Father ONein, ono Of the London preachers
during the Twelve Days Mission, has preached
n sermon in which ho warmly advocated the
Romsh doctrine OF praying TO saints. lie Ia
mented that the relics OF saints which existed
in England were swept away at the Reiorma-
ton.
the TribUne, says that the number of those who
follow the Archbishop of Paris and Bishop
Maret in denying the infallibility of the Pope,
but attribute this niallible direction Of the Spirit
to the united hierarchy of which the Pope Is
the head, is very small The large portion of
the minority, led by DupanlOup, are anxious To
leave the question unsettled; a matter on which
liberty of faith shall be allowed, as in the past.
The acoustic properties OF the hall are said TO be
so horrible that it is quite impossible to he
heard feeble voice is ilaudible, and loud
one Is drowned with echoes. Mr.. Ripley Is in
clined todoubt the story that Cardinal Schwartz
enberg has gone over to- the Papal party.
1t is believed ut Rome that DIR. Dollinger is
the Janus" whose famous book has been for
mally condemned by the Church. A letter by
the Archbishop of Malines against infalltbllity
has been suppressed by the Popes orders. IL Is
said, but can hardly be true, that an archbishop
has been despatched from Rome to Paris
to learn the Empcror's opinion on the
matter of infallibility The last telegraphic
news is that the Pope is very much incensed at
DR.. Dolinger's protest against infallibility, and
refuses to receive an address opposing the doc
tTine signed by 137 bishops. Father Hecker
was one of six who had the honor to be selected
to preach in English during Epiphany.
UNIvERsAIIsT.
O,uSiderS.-Rev. Z. 6. brooks. pastor of the
Church Of the Messiah, Locust and juniper
streets, will deliver the second sermon to out
siders or non-churchgoers, tomorrow morning.
Subject--"Ile Reasons Why
The sermon on Sunday eve last was devoted
principally to n statement of the facts in the
case. These are certainly somewhat startling.
The whole number of congregations meeting IN
churches or halls throughout the entire CONSOLE
dated city of Philadelphia is less than four hun
dred. These, IL is estimated, will not average
two hundred and fifty persons directly or indi-
rectly connected; but stretching the estimate To
the utmost possible extent, to call the average
three hundred and fifty would give total of
one hundred and forty thousand Those tdbt-
tuaLiy attending any place of worship might,
however, with safety be set down rs not more
shown by careful estimate to be IS5, 900; so,
stretching the number represented by our reli'
giOus organizations Of all kinds to the largest
possible aggregate there arc G45,OOO people III
this single city who utterly outside all
| church connections as If there were no such
thing.
ii religious institutions are of ary worth, this
is an appalling state OF facte; and what is true
of Philadelphia holds good, DOUBTLESS with un-
important variations throughout the entire
land, only from onc-iiih 10 onG-fOurth OF the
population being either directly or indirectly
| connected with church organizations This pro-
portion only Of the population is contributing to
| the maintenance of those institutions upon the
existence of which all else that is most valuable
| in the life Of our communities depends.
With rare exceptions, all intelligent people
| admit the usefulness of churches, and are agreed
| that IL Oud be n calamity to have them dis
| continued. They confess that our religious in
situtiOnB unGerlie all the most precious interests
| of our communities, and that they could not be
| overthrOwn without the most disastrous cOnsc-
| QuercCs.
| Look, for instance, from the dollar stand
| point. Real estate would not be worth more
here if there were no churches, or could be none,
| than it was in Sodom when it was burning.
| Perhaps, out of the 645C00 outsiders, not one
| hundred could be found who would vote for the
destruction of the churches, and yet sharing, as
by this admission they do in their benefits, they
| do not share In the expense OF their mainte-
nance.
This state of facts means, moreover that four
| flths OF our communities are totally Withdrawn
| from personal contact with the means of influ-
| ence upon which the moral health of society de-
| pends, and however the influence of the Bible,
| the Sabbath, and the pulpit extends indirectly,
| ii is serious consideration that 30 large pro-
| portion of our population are reached only in
| this remote and indirect way. The Church
stands for the moral power Mt work in Christen-
| dom. Other means of moral power there GER
| tajnly are, but the Church underlies them all.
| Whatever exceptions there may be, and there
| are doubtless many, away from the church or
without the Church, and in proportion to the
| absence of church influence, the rule is moral
| declensiOn. No man, however high toned and
unimpeachable his integrity, can, without moral
| risk, separate himself from the organized moral
and Christian life of the community, and no
community can have such class without having,
| to the same extent, aD element of degenera3y
and moral deterioration in it, and the number of
| this class in any community tells us exactly
what is the dead weight its Christianity has
| to carry
| Occasional lapses and fragrant crimes do oc-
casionally occur among church members but
who will say that the elements of misrule and
| immortality come as n general thing from that
class For ninety-nine One-hundrCdths of all
| our lawlessness must look outside of church in-
| 1uence.
| This non-church going means, moreover, that
| a very large majority spend the Sabbath in ways
| not conducive to moral or intellectual improve
| ment. Making all allowance for those who stay
at home, visit friends, stroll into the country
| what vast numbers spend the day in rum
| shops, gambling hells, or houses of infamy or
| in lOungng about the corners or in other places
of vicious resort! Probably more men spend the
| day in the rum shops and like places than attend
| ali the churches combined. We have. it is said,
| more than ten thousand kuch shops of all kinds
| hirh and low, and a moderate estimate will rive