The New York herald., 1871-03-05
Our Religious Press Table.


Our Religious Press Table.
Our religious table is gay to-day, like
bouquets Of precious loveliness coming with
the new spring. We have reports from all
directions showing an improving spirit in revi-
walls, comprising all sects. If we were to
take our daily meteorological reports as they
come from Washington, for example, and give
glance through our religious horoscope, we
in the south, all clear in the east, all clear in
the west" Goodness and godliness every
where.
The Christian Intelligencer, mindfal of the
eighth commandment, gives due credit to the
HERALD in publishing the sermon of Rev. DR..
Ormiston, delivered last Sabbath in the Cole
giate Reformed church. Why do not our
other religious contemporaries do the same2
The HateIligencer has some suggestive remarks
about the poor pay of clergymen, and urges
renewed efforts in behalf of the New York
City Mission. The Golden Age shows new
and brilliant and welcome face upon our reli-
gious exchange table. 1t treasures as an heir
loom ga neat bit of the Kings English" written
by Horace Greeley. The Golden Age de-
serves golden success The Christian Union,
in concise and comprehensive form, not only
cheers with pleasant words written by the
''star" editor (Henry Ward Beecher), under
the title of ''Spring Is Coming, but furnishes
number of glowing articles, not the least
savory of which is paper on cooking ''Roast
Duck" written by Mrs. H. w. B. The Met1o-
dist reaches it's eleventh year, and soundly
proclaims:-''Were all the secular journals
owned and controlled by the civil govern
ment there could be no safety in the State"
Hence it is to be inferred that the Methodist is
not in the market and cannot be
bought by political adventurers and quack
advertisements. The O6seruer glerifes over
the establishment of Protestant worship with
in the walls of Rome, and under thNbeading
"What is Christian Burial ?" attempts through
correspondent, to apologize for the course
the Rev. Mr.. Sabine pursued in regard to the
funeral Of the actor, the lamented Holland.
The little church around the corner will not
be shaken to its foundation by this philippe.
The ngelist-always chaste and elegant In
its expressions as it is beautiful in Typography
makes objection to the speech of its excellent
brother, DR.. Bright, of the Examiner, in favor
of the acceptance by the Baptists Of the offer Of
Aged" Here the Evangelist is wrong. All
acts tending to the good of the aged, OF
any sect, should be encouraged, whether they
come from the New York Legislature or any
where else, and the religious society that de-
spises them fails in its duty to humanity. The
Eeangelist also refers to suspicious legis.
lation" in regard to the bill introduced by Mr..
Tweed authorizing religious corporations to ac-
quire lands for the purpose of erecting Sunday
or parochial schools. 1t seems to think there is
colored gentleman under the woodpiie.
The He5rep Leader is full of Purim,
Israel out of the hand of Haman the
Aggaite, the 2227th anniversary of which
occurs this week. The JeaoiM Messenger is in
the same jolly strain, while the JeWish Times
mixes Purim with little self-congratulation.
The Times confesses that religious journal
ism is no holiday labor;" therefore we infer
that it is in favor of plenty of Purims. The
Tablet gives list of the names of subscribers
to the new Catholic Cathedral, whose sub.
scriptions, in the aggregate, amount to over
sixty-fve thousand dollars, and echoes the
words of the Archbishop, that ''the work of
the Cathedral would be carried out" Let it
be finished.
The country religious press is working well
and faithfully in the good cause. A pious
people must become great people.
A BRITISH ROLAND FOR AN AMERICAN
OLIvER.-In anticipation of the proposed
remedy to be applied by the Joint High Com
mission now in conference at Washington to
settle all our great and ''little onpleasantness,"
action has been taken by number of British
subjects in our midst for indemnity for goods
alleged to have been seized during the war,
their property. 1t is charged by these British
citizens that they were deprived of their goods
under pretence of their having given aid and
comfort to the enemy in the late struggle.
The question as to the time when these several
claims are to be presented has been already
considered, and their counsel, Mr.. Edwin
James, is at present in correspondence with
Sir Edward Thorfton and the secretary Of the,
Commission on the subject of the amount Of
indemniication to be demanded.
HoLDINa OvER.-As politician Willard
Salisbury dies hard, and holds on to Office
with the grimmest tenacity even after having
been officially decapitated. At noon yester-
day the honorable Delawarian ceased to be a
member of the United States Senate. While
the Vice President vas organizing the new
Senate the old feeling overcame Mr.. Sauls-
bury, and he commenced to harangue his
former colleagues. This was more than. even
Senatorial gravity could endure, and amid