The New York herald., 1871-02-28
RUTS AND ROMANIsM.>

Discussion by Methodist Preachers ON secfas
rim Misapproprlations OF rubllc Moneys
nud LunGs.
The Rev. MIR. Landon entertained the Methodist
Freacheis Meeting yesterday with an essay on
"Ruts," IN which he took the ground that there Is
little new or original in the pulpit preaching OF the
Gay. The same thoughts and ideas, clothed for the
most part, IN the same language and phraseology.
are heard to-day in prayer ana preaching that were
heard IN our grandfathers' days. He considered
TINS in many respects mistake ana a misfortune
Every age has its own lie ana its own thoughts,
and public teachers should talk up to the new life
and the new thoughts. and not run along from year
10 year and generation to generation In old ruts.
Rev. GEORGE l.. TAYLOR saw no way or getting
out OF the ruts but by daily baptism or the intel
iect ana the spirit and careful study Of books ana
people. This, he believed, would give them new
loeas, and they could present OLD truths IN new
garb. Rev. Mr. James and Rev. ]. N. Schafer de-
ienuea tne OLD style OF preaching and the ruts
Wnlcn all praised.
: Under the hoad Of miscellaneous business Rev.
Dr. FERRIS introduced the following
PREAMBLES AND RESOLUTIONS
large sum, Of money and millions In value OF
esSss have a. ssS from the
mostly OF the Roman Catholic Church and whereas app
srnmsn. for the appropraon lands for cortsin fro
:sssns charitable ias..aons and whereas such be-
intended ence Protestant press ana the
the Romsh cSSrch therefore appropriations to
Es.olvsd That, prnspe, opposed to all such
Resolved Thsw respectfully advise Methods. Church
tions - ~ -fl-op1'"
Rev. JOHN +. sEARLEs asked Dr. Ferris what Meth.
odtt Institutions had applied for such appropria-
IONS ana being informed chat the managers or the
Old Ladies' Home either had already applied or
would do so IN day or two ne defended their
action he thought the city was bound to take care
or its poor, and II 1t helped different dcnominatiOns
10 40 TINS work It was doing no than Its duty.
lrotestants pay large proportion OF the taxes and
wee entitled to some OF the benefits Aud they
might as well take what they can get, masmuch as
their refusal to accept any will net prevent appro-
prlatons being made TO the Roman Catholic Church,
mere.
Rev. DR.. CRAWFORD preferred to have every refer
ence 10 tile Roman Church eliminated irom the
paper and let the protest go forth upon principle 1t
looked now as II they objected, not to the appropra
tons OF money or lands Tor sectarian uses, but to
the direction in which they wont. lie wanted
every church to maintain its own Institutions.
such appropraons on Is pa a. e sea m
time 20 oppose Them as going to the Romlsh Church,
wnlch last year received from the CITY and State be-
tween lOur and i've hundred thousand dollars, whle
the Methodist Church received a little over three
thousand dollars. lie regretted that it had ever re-
ceived OF accepted dollar, and he hoped 1t would
The discussion was assuming wide range, and
not likely to lead to an immediate result whereupon
Rev. W. G. Smith moved its reference 10 committee
Of three to consider and report upon 1t next week.
This motion was voted down. Various amend
ments were then made striking out certain words
and phrases which have direct reference to the
Roman Catholic Church, but none OF which ap-
peared satisfactory to the meeting. Rev. S. i.
Brown then moved substitute for the whole as
fOllOws:-
THE SUBSTITUTE.
Whereas the practice of granting public money and pub
c lands TO sectaan churches and Institutions grown p
this city and States and whereas grants incie pre-
dces and are rerverson of public properly from its
sutiona use, therefore
Resolved That enter protest against any further
grants of public property 10 sectarian
To this was also added the second resolution,
0nered by Dr.. Ferris. This substitute, however, aid
not prove satisfactory, and Mr.. Smith renewed his
motion for committee OF i've, which was adopted,
ana Drs. Ferris, Crawford, Smith, Cattelle ana
Searles were appointed.