The New York herald., 1872-11-10

Gossip from the Religious Press.
The Independent, by the official authority oa
Uncle Sam, perhaps, announces The Ma
tion's Edicts," to witt. The American
people decree that the rights Of the enfran-
chised must and shall be preserved; 2. That
President Grants plan of civil service shall be-
fairly tried; g. That the President shall be-
sustained in his humane and Christian Indian
policy. These have been the main issues, and
on these the contest has turned. 1--WE now"
continues the Independent, "turn from the
personalities and recriminations Of the CON-
fict SO happily ended to the less exciting
political issues of this new quadrennium,"
and in a spirit of Christian charity and fog
giveness which might well be adopted by the
secular republican press generally the
Independent asks" May we not well
come back some of those few honest
though mistaken republicans who have tenn
porarily allied themselves to the democratic
partyp" The number of these latter, how
ever, is SO small that if every one were to give
copper the whole amount would not fill the
contribution box Of o country church. The
lndependea has also several other editorial
political articles, all breathing genial and
conciliatory spirit quite unusual when we con-
slider it's generally bitter tone when discussing
political topics.
The Observer eschews politics altogether.
and gives timely and considerate article on
'Worn-out Preachers and their Families"
and asks, ''What can be done for their sup
port?" In reply it suggests that every church
keep an insurance of ten thousand dollars or
more upon the life of its pastor. The pre-
MUM would be small for whole congregation
to raise, but it would be source of peace and
comfort to the minister and his family to have
such provision made. The Observer adds:-
II the pastor removes from the church he may
continue the annual premium himself or the peo-
pie he leaves may do the same thing for the man
who comes to them. This plan Is adopted In some
churches. and may be wisely commended to all.
Whatever plan may be selected to attain tho
object in view it is absolutely essential, for
the honor of the church, that something should
be done to prevent their spiritual shepherds
from being, like poor, old worn-out horses,
turned upon the highway of life to suffer and
perish from poverty and destitution.
The Observer has also something to say
about what it irreverently calls "a Row Among
Bishops referring to the annual Congress at
Leeds of the Established Churchmen of Eng
land which was attended by o large number
of the dignitaries and lights of the Church.
Among the distinguished personages present
were the Archbishop Of Armagh, the Bishops
of Winchester Oxford, Hereford, Manchester.
Carlisle, Litchfeld and Sierra Leone, the
titular Bishop Of Edinburgh and Brechin, tho
Marquis of Salisbury, Earl Nelson, Sir ]. PAX
ington, Mr.. Beresford Hope and many others.
the list Of names Of which extended to three
and half closely printed columns of a news
paper. The proceedings were characterized
by degree of turbulence that would have dis
graced o Sixth ward political meeting-all.
however, closing with the singing of ''Jerusa-
| lem the Golden" for which, the OBSERVER
thinks, the more appropriate hymn would
have been the familiar lyric of DR.. Watts,
'.Let dogs delight to bark and bite, &C. ''Ia
thy servant dog, that he should do thia
thing?"
The Evangelist is innocuous this week. Il
quotes from the Rev. Mr.. Spurgeon, the Rev.
| Thomas K. Beecher, the Londonderry Standard
and other authorities but has very little to
say editorially itself.
The Golden Age declares that the stnomina-
| ton of Mr.. Greeley at Cincinnati was the best
that could possibly be made eff such
things can be done in the green tree what
may not be done in the dry2" The Aga
makes full, free confession, and says ''if we
have ever seemed to wrong any of our old
time friends we hereby express our profound
regret. The personalities of the campaign
were written in water with pen dipped in
gall?) $50 far as we are concerned and we
shall hasten to forget those not already
effaced from our memory" This is certainly
very magnanimous, especially when we con-
slider that it comes from disciple Of q
thoroughly thrashed party. The Independent
thinks the campaign has given new demon
stration of the power and importance /of an
Independent press, and congratulatss several
Of the liberal as well as democratic papers for
the 'force and brilliancy'' with which they
upheld the banner Of Mr.. Gyeeley.
The Examiner and Chronicle (liberal Bap-
tist) thinks the acttn taken by the Hanson
place church and the Brooklyn pastors on the
"Communioyl question" is but the telling
illustrator of the old truth that among Bap-
fists tne law is principles first, then men,"
The Christian Union (H. w. b. labors un-
der the temptation to publish a tremendous
leader on the assumption of Grants triumph
ant reelection, although it's edition went to
press before the result was known. The
benevolent and large-hearted editor says he
has it all at his tongues Che means his PEN 81
end, to wit:-"No triumphing over fallen
foes but q genuine and great satisfaction at
the result; calm rejoicing over the danger
averted tribute to the steady common sense