Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1870-05-03

found in the Scriptures from the be-
ginning to the end.
1t ID now the fashion to build
churches With "church parlors."
where the people meet and cultivate
Christian friendship.
The Constitution of Tennessea
excludes from Office all who denV the
existence Of God or future state of
rewards and punishments.
The Norasng Star afirms that
there arc ia this country two thous-
and Baptist churches practicing open
communion, and are thus in sympa-
thy with the great body Of Baptists
in England.
The Episcopalians and Free Will
Baptists have adopted the plan, orig
mating with the Uniyersalists, of
distributing missionary boxes in
which to collect missionary money.
Tho plan is succeeding so well that it
is likely to be adopted by the various
churches.
Tho Sevonth-Day Baptists re-
port their total number Of churches
at seventy-six, twenty-four of them
in New York, and but one in Phila-
delphia. In fifty-four of these
churches there are seventy-two min
listers and six thousand six hundred
and sevonty-two members.
The Episeopalians now have o
"Clergyman's Mutual Insurance
League" numbering 529 members.
On the death of any member his
brethren each send two dollars to
the heirs. The second death lately
occurred, aud the entire amount was
forwarded within month.
Paul, writing to the Thessalo-
mans, says: Greet the brethren
with a holy kiss" But the seots OF
Christendom have hitherto treated
each other as if the command were
"Greet the brethren with holy kick"
Is it not time for kicks and cuffs to
cease awhile, that we may try what
virtue there is in a kiss and caress to
establish good livingP
There is reasonable ground for
hoping that one Of the most bigoted
ecclesiastical customs of England is
about to be abolished. We refer TO
the exclusion of dissenters from bur-
ial in the churchyards with their own
rites. The bill for reforming this
injustice passed to q second reading
in the House Of Commons, after an
animated debate, on the 23d Of
March.
The seventh-Day Adventists
have inst held their annual meeting
at Battle Greek, Michigan. The
statistical reports show that there
are nearly 200 organized churches
belonging To the denomination, and
$4,000 per year. pledged to the
missionary work Of the cause. Each
member pledges two cents per week
on each 500 Of his property, which
would amount to about one-tenth of
the average income from property
invested,
Tho hev. Atr Copeland, a Unlta-
rian minister, advocates union Of
that church with the Universalists
as an imperative necessity. He says
that united these two bodies would
WELD an influence that would tell
with wonderful effect in the spread
Of liberal principles. lie refers to oil
Evangelical churches as working in
concert, and concludes that il Unita-
rians and Univorsahsts cannot unite
for Christian worka they arc more
scctarian than any other sect Of
Christendom.
The question Of revision Of the
Bible is still agitated in England.
The Earl Of Shattesbury publishes q
statement to tho effect that the Brit
ish and Foreign Bible Society, OF
which he, is president, desire to remain
altogether neutral on this question.
but that, for himself personally, he
will be neither neutral or silent, be-
loving that new translation OF the
Holy Scriptures into the language of
modern days, though it viii not af-
feet in any degree our faith and doc
trine, will produce beneficial change
in the thoughts and feelings Of every
English-speaking people. The Bish-
OPP of Ripon thinks, on the contrary,
that it is not worth while, for the
sake Of minor and unimportant
changes, to disturb the present uni
versal agreement among all sects az
to the authorized version.
CHRISTIAN MoRALITY.-The ground
taken is, that religion is not necessa-
ry to morality that benevolence
may be insured by habit, and that all
the virtues may flourish, and be safe
ly left to the chance Of Furnishing,
without touching the waters Of the
living spring af religious responsible
ity. With him who thinks thus,
what can DO the value Of the Chris
tan revelation SO tho Christian
has not thought for by that Chris
tian world, throughout its broadcast
extent, it has been, and is, held as a
fundamental truth, that religion is
the only solid basis of morals, and
that moral instruction not resting on
this basis IS only q building upon
sand. And at what age Of the Chris
tian era have those who protested to
teach the Christian religion, or to be-
love in its authority and importance,
not insisted on the absolute necessi-
ty Of intoxicating it's principles and
It's precepts upon the minds of the
young? In what age, by what sect,
where, when, by whom, have relig-
ious truths been excluded from the
education ofyouth Nowhere new
er.--Daniei Webster.
There is o movement in military
driils known as "Marking Time
great shutting of feet, but no prog
ress. In the Christian Church there
has been vast deal Of this same
thing, marching on ones post. Then