The New York herald., 1871-12-24


what the Almighty must dor
1t is this drawing the lines so tightly tnat has prob
spiritualism; falsely SO called as Il is really gross
Materalism. But the name has, no doubt, deluded
sse s sp1 M % % % Ss
Holy Spirit or the spirit OF prayer descends from the
Godnsad as suppose why may not an !, ange pray, pray,
respectfully, @. H H**s.
Is the Bible ssDead BookV'
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
H"W. c. D." mad q little more knowledge OF what
he writes about he might be able TO make large
number Of your readers understand him; but as 1t
is. he has written on the subject Of the "written
Word" evidently with the intention OF being pro-
found. His idea was not toyenlighten those who.
according TO his BELIEF Will ultimately be damned.
In trying to impress upon the readers Of your paper
his exact meaning he reminds one OF the ambitious
politician who exctedly exclaimed, "Genuemen,
the eyes Of the oOc popuH are upon you." From
the way he treats the subject 1t Is evident that he
has been trying TO make Others believe, with
him, that 1t Is basphemOus and decldedly
| wrong Tor Protestants to differ with Catholics;
| that It is an enormous sin to read the
| eighty per cent OF your correspondents on
religious subjects are Roman Catholics and.
He declares .4he Bible to be dead BOOK; that every
selfsufdcient fool mas read 1t to his own damna-
tionn Now, what puzzles me is this, what authority
have the Roman Catholics for asserting that their
religion is the only true one2 BY what authority do
dead @ LANGUAGE. but the Catholics use it almost ex
| Clusively. Why do the most intelligent people in
the world read the Bible II It is dead books Why
Is it allowed to be read to the children Of most
illustrous and best educated ctizensf Why do our
celebrated and learned Protestant divines ind so
much solid comfort In reading tnat holy Book II 1t
| 8 "dead 2" r. w. D.
Dr. McGIynn's Lecture ON the Bible In Public
Schools.
To EDVToR nj HERAID.-
In commenting upon DR.. McGlynn's lecture at
Hunters Point on the Bible in Public Schools you
say:-"N the Catholics object to ST. James version,
why not adopt another Sn Now never heard OF q
St. James Bible at all. II you mean the Bible the
Catholics handed down from the time of the Apos
ties TO the time Of James the First OF England and
was by MIN and his self constituted Judges revised
or perverted. think you win nnd It correct never
heard they made any pre- to be saints but
lie authority that navors Of proselytism, but the
books they learn from, particularly their readers,
70 Ba the cds MIND IN favor q the
Protestant method OF instiling religious principles.
Children b. Inc @eSos that S DIVINE
laid down for US, we would like to inst into them
have taught you you teach your children) solon.
for when . young Catholic once loses MS faith.
apt to grasp T another. out goes on perfectly %dlef
ent to any religion or morals and becomes as zone
ana 10 Sn see VINO ns and
nothing to sooth, nothing to restrain, nothing to
guide mt N the moment en- M Of 1 1rla ~ word nothing to
public school preJudiced teacning has brought and
FAITHFUL CATHOLIC MOTHER.
Beware of the Intoxicating Bowl ON New
Years Day.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
VIII you not as part OF the good work you are
doing utter protest the coming week against the
ruin0us and happily waning custom Of furnishing
WINE and O,ner alcoholic drinks to callers on New
Years. Dayp The number or young men who have
entered upon lives OF drunkenness, through this
open door Is legion ana 5ne Worss @ Phase o. the
drinking habits among men, and thus the destroyer
OF her own happiness. READER
Our good lady friends will please make note Of
the above, and act accordingly on New Years. Day
Couundrum for n Religious Correspondent.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
would ask "H. Co., Jr., how he accounts for the
difference between the genealogy Of Christ accord
ing to Matthew, and that according to Luke; II, as
ton OF the same Holy Ghost for 1t Is evident that
they can't both be corrects ENQUIRER,
The Streets and Lanes of New York.
The anniversary exercises OF the New York City
Mission and Tract Society held in the Presby
terrain church. Fifth avenue corner OF Nineteenth
| street, SABBATH evening, December II.
Brief statements OF the operations and results OF
the year were presented and addresses made by Mr..
Wetmore, Chairman OF the Executive Committee OF
the Society; Rev. Mr.. Mingns, Rev. Dr. Ganse and
two OF the city missionaries. Mr. Wetmore, whose
devotion to the work Of the society is well known,
stated that, with the same working machinery, the
society could expend three times the amount It does
cause. The receipts and expenditures last year
| were $5o656. The following are the grand results
Of ' good done with ne lie Ieas. amount Of
money! mission stations, 40 missionaries, l04 664
missionary visits loo $50 tracts distributed Is4
given, !, e7o volumes loaned 1893 children led to
saboath school, 7a7 children led to day school. 2s4
persons induced 70 JOIN Bible classes H. sos persons
pursuaded TO attend churches and missions, 2,049
temperance pledges, 4,s37 religious meetings, 1914
churches. q 100 prayer meetings, ss 239 aggregate
attendance; l61 preaching services 1871 656 aggre.
Union services, street % preaching To- meetings FOR
frendess girls, &C.. II, 800 aggregate attendance;
23s2 families and o,eoo persons aided, and 500
contributions given, besides clothing, fuel, food,
| medicines, DC. NH
| Church Dedication In Brooklyn.
| The Ross street Presbyterian church, Brooklyn,
Eastern District, will be formally dedicated to-day.
Tho Rev. DR.. Duryea VIII deliver the dedicatory ad-
dress In the forenoon, and two other services will
be held during the day, when the Rev. DR.. Thomas.S.
| Hastings and the Rev. MIR. P0meroy Will conduct
the exercises Mr.. Po,neroy mas been pastor OF the
church since Its organization. The congregauon
have worshpDed for several years In the Wilson
street chapel.
Female Moral Science.
the Boston Journal OF the 10th instant publishes
the following under the head OF 'Moral Sclence:"-
some weeks ago some Of the ladies OF this city who
interested In social reform organized themselves
into committee with the Intention OF forming
Moral science Association" AZ no distant day. their
object being to educate young women In the laws OF
life, such as marriage, maternity and social inter
course with the hope by means OF right education
to prevent much OF the social degradation that now
| exists Among the ladies comprising the committee
| are Mrs. l.. b. Chandler, Mrs Mary A. Lvermore,
Mrs. Caroline IA. Lawrence Mrs. Abba O. WoolsOn,
| Mrs. Sarah b. Otis Mrs. John Il. Nj. Giley, Mrs.
/ Mary A. 0rcenleai Mrs. John = Sargent ana MIS-.
held at Bumstead nall at three O'Clock wednesday