The New York herald., 1872-11-18

The sPirfs and Gossip OF Our Religious
Press.
The confagration in Boston ia the subiees
Of editorial articles in several of our religious
contemporaries. Henry Ward Beecher lin
the Caristian UnionD presents really pleasant
picture when he says:-
IL would be profane TO assume TO read the fum
catastrophe. But 1t carries lessons on the physics
side which cannot be missed. To those whose dis
- Sr tns ss ar the
Is thas Gods sympathy Is close to every troubled
heart; that with infinite tenderness He feels'what-
ever we suffer; that the great surge OF His love u
to higher good
The Cunning to politics. thinks
'the democratic party had first rate funeral.
but that it is alive yet, and how long it may
last no man knows" The present political
situation, as described by the Unioa Is
this:-
been killed past all revival. The talk OF its profit
ing BY defeat and going on to final conquest like
Mr. Greeley tells the story when, in resaming TIC
ca p o. tne Tribune ne says very irankls tnat
parties which have hitherto divided the country"
That Is just it, there are two parties the republican
and the democratic The supporters Of Mr.. Greeley
constituted no real party animated by q unfying
principle, but temporary alliance, broken Dy the
nrSt great defeat
The 'Decline of Ministerial influence is
also the subject of m able article in this un-
usually interesting number of the Union.
The writer says ''the controversies of past
generations last longer within the walls
Of theological schools than they do any
w al ka tho 1;xy;, snA
of our time, is the controversy be-
tween Calvinism and Arminianism, or be-
tween the substitution ami governmental theo-
ries Of the Atonement, or the discussion con-
corning original sin, or Edwards theory of the
will, or the metaphysics of the Trinity? We
do not say that such subjects should be ig-
nored. They should be studied attentively, as
phases in the mental life Of the Church in
times past, and with considerable influence
on the present. But to make them the chief
subjects of study, to equip and drill students
with main reference to these, is like dressing
soldiers in medieval armor who have got to
face rifed cannon
The Boston Pilot is reported to us as GER
tainly to appear this week through the enter
prise and pluck of its proprietor, Patrick
Donahoe. The Pilot is one of the oldest of
Catholic champions in America and its lead
ing journalistic exponent in New England
The fact of its having been through small
purgatory on earth will, doubtless, make it
still more acceptable to its readers.
The Jewish Times discourses upon seThas
Irrepressible jew" who, it AYERS, seems to
stand in the highway at every crossing, and to
be in everybody's path he even has the
impudence, it continues, to remain there, in
spite of the thousand and one attempts to
remove him. Proceeds our Jewish contem-
porary:-
Let one be Jew, and he is sure to have that at.
tribute pointed out as being chiefest Of note;
statesmanship artistic accomplishment, literary
come next in consideration and mostly in spite OF
his being Jew. He had to rest on his arms
through ali the ages of his existence; the precau-
tonary injunction given to the lsraelites at their
exodus from Egypt, "Have your stan In your
Wa It's S With to
and his gifts accepted with surly humor. But he
stood manfully TO his colors and the unshakable
which never forsook his race, no matter how try
ing the ordeal, has preserved him and his faith in
tact amid the ruins and devaStat0nS OF ages, the
downfall Of nations and the collapse of empires.
luz AtOeJW CfUtSttuU \AsSV. LII. AAOhAJ We
Bellows) contains sensible article in relation
to american Warehouse Architecture" Says
the Liberal Christian =
Boston has exceeded all the world in the costlt
ness and spendor, the architectural ambition and
showiness OF her wholesale warehouses. They have
been solid and enormous, which Is well. But why
make places OF ordinary business and traffic, where
people store and sell merchandise, like palaces In
their external appearance and often in their inter-
nal fnishP
The Golden Age declares that it ''stands with
Ireland against all the world" So it did for
Greeley. Mr. Tilton gives pleasant retro
spect of the late Presidential campaign, and
seems satisfied that one principle at least was
settled by the result-to wit, that Sambo had
o right to vote.
The Eeemans Journal (CatholicI discourses
upon the ''Result of the Voting" and, refer
ring to Francis Herman democratic candidate
for Governor), declares that ''the cry raised
against him on the score of his being Catho-
lie was on afterthought we think it
can be proved, by Canal Board thieves and
others, who feared not his religious belief, but
his religious integrity and official honesty"
The Observer (Presbyterian) advocates ''Suns
day school REFORM" and sees no propriety in
''depreciating sound evangelical instruction
for the sake Of encouraging the singing
Of hymns. Sing them by all means, if
they are good ones Teach them to the
children, and let the words sing in their
hearts by the way and at home. This is
very well. But from child upward each one
should know the Scriptures and be thoroughly
instructed in the doctrines of the Gospel. It
is fatal mistake to suppose that children
cannot understand the grand truths Of the
Christian religion" And yet some of the
greatest geniuses of this age and generation
have been puzzled TO understand them.
The Metiodsi pitches into scepticism and
goes back hundred years to quote Bishop