Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-12-20

its quickening and halIowing influ-
ence and peace.
There was change of priests but
not OF subjects in Lyric Hall yester-
day. The Rev. Mr.. Munday, OfSyra-
cuse, was substituted for Mr.. Froth-
iRgham. The substitute found in the
deelarition Judas Iscariot s'might 90
to his own place" a text suggestive
that the tendency of men as well as OF
water is to find their own level-tO 90
to their own place. The heart of the
king is often seen now in the breas-
OF the peasant, and the liberality of
the prince in the baekwOOdsman. A
good soul, no matter what its sur
roundings, is, by irresistible gravity,
drawn toward those of like good work
And men are not working for this
world alone while here, but also for
the future world. Religion and life
are bound up together, and while We
and constructing our earthly habita-
tions we are also building our future
and Interchangeable abodes. The
characters which we form here will
determine our relations to the future
world. And inasmueh as the ehaTae-
ter is formed by what we read and
hear-for as a man thinketh in his
heart so Is he-it becomes a highly
important duty to look well to our
literature. And Rev. Mr.. Pullman
gave his Universalist congregation
some useful hints in this line yester-
day. Whatever is read should be
mastered, but of cOusre only the best
should be read. The character and
style Of some Of the popular literary
works of the day were hit off, and the
sickly Sabbath school literature re-
eeived its just rebuke. The mental
faculties are ruined by this weak trash
Some writers run into mysteries
where no one can follow them. Sun
day school books which don't state
facts and convictions are tissues Of
lies, according to Mr.. Pullman, and
by giving examples of impossible
goodness fall in the very thing at
which they aim.
The Apostle of Plymouth church,
Brooklyn, spread himself out yester-
day against the despotism Of con-
science, and showed the want of re-
speet and regard for the eOnscienees
Of others which is everywhere appar-
ent in this age and country. Mr..
Beeeher very happily put it when he
remarked that If a man thinks his
duty lies in so absurd practice as to
count twenty rows of pins day his
conscience should be respected there
in. The standard of busines he deems
to be altogether too low, and it proba-
bly, grows out of this violation Of 9TH
ers' eOnseiences of which he spoke.
Mr.. Beecher is very likely to differ
with orthodox Christians in many
things, and we believe he enuneiated
doctrine yesterday which is not
considered strictly orthodox when he
held that in social usages there is
nothing always right or wrong ae-
eording to the effect it produces But
this idea will be found explained in
his sermon, to which we need hardly
call attention. DR.. Chapman, in st.
Johns Methodist Episcopal church,
Bedford avenue, gave his people an
exposition of the fifth Psalm instead
of regular sermon, and in the cOurss
Of his remarks he likened PLAUSIBLE
exterior wearing the garb Of purity,
but eOneealling q corrupt heart, to the
mantle of snow which the winter
throws over the cemetery, fair and
Beautiful above the dead that tester
and rot beneath. The only sphere on
earth, he said, which is not stirred
by enthusiasm, is the religious sphere.
This ought not to be. There is, as
suredly, power enough in true re-
ligiOn to make the phlegmatie ma
tures enthusiastic, and if the Doctors
words are true there ia great need
that the Church Of Christ be recon-
Verted before it sends out its mission
aries to teach and convert Others.