The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-24

found in the columns of our religious con-
tempOraries this week. The music of revivals,
which we have all along encouraged, has
given place to small organ-grinding on the
score of politics, and peddling stuff about
how daily newspapers should be conducted
The music of this season of Lent has not
arisen to the grand necessities Of the OCCASION
Our present Lent has inaugurated nothing
new In the way of sacred music. Here our
religious music maestrOs are at fault. Ia it
possible that the spirit of the great masters of
sacred music has departed? 1t is to be hoped
that it has not
In the meantime we find that such Catholic
papers as the New York Tablet pay attention
to the Presbyterian Evangelist, in regard to
grants made from the State and citys treas
uries to certain free schools and charitable
institutions, founded and controlled by
Catholics, and in the course of an editorial on
the subject the Tablet makes the following
remarks -
The Evangelist does not see that while 1t upholds
state schools and charities and denies all public
grants to UNCONVENTIONAL schools and charities, 1t
Is really making inddety. II the contradiction will
cluoing all Christians, orthodox or heterOdoX, as
n0n-c0nformlsts or recusants. The reason why it
does not IS plain enough. It's motive Is to EXCLUDE
Catholics ana nothing else The sectarlans and in
f1dels being the immense majority Of the electoral
people, they can control the action Of the govern
ment and make the government schools and chart
ties virtually their own; and, under their manage
ment and control sectarians have natural affinity
with intdels ana would. AS a rule, much rather see
the world infde than Catholic
The Tablet, in another article, after quoting
from the HERALD on the demise of Mazzin,
exclaims -
Poor Giuseppe Mazzini the temporal power will
be again restored in all probability before the flesh
Is m0uldered from his bones, and "the spiritual
power of the Pope" Will grow stronger ana nrmer
from day TO day. strengthened ana consolidated by
the very efforts OF such as he to destroy" It, MAJ
zini Is gone; thousands like him will 60, but the
Church remains and shall remain. The spiritual
pewer' is from God, the cause OF the Papacy is
Gods cause, and His divine promise stands recorded
on The braZen walls OF Time, that against His Church
the gates OF hell shall not prevail.
The E00nge5ist rejoices in brighter Days
for Dark Country" referring to Africa. ''Of
all the four quarters of the round globe"
says the Eoange1ist, ''the darkest and most
hopeless to human eye is the Continent of
Africa" Hence such explorations in Africa
as those undertaken by DR.. Livingstone and the
representative Of the NEW YORK HERALD are
of more than ordinary importance, and should
be assisted by the religious missionaries from
England and America wherever such assist
ance can be rendered, for the benefit of Chris
tianity, civilization and science. 1t is posi-
BILE, however, that the missionaries will call
upon our non-sectarian expeditionists for as
sistance before the latter do npon them.
Preaching and praying sometimes do great
deal of good among the heather, but ''pay-
ing" frequently does great deal better
The Observer Presbyterian) appeals for
''Higher National Life :" not of Industrial life
nor church life, but that 1'higher life" to
which it invites attention, not of Christians
only, but all men, especially men of business
and political meu-the President of the United
States, the heads of departments, members of
Congress and of State Legislatures, Governors
of States and Territories, presidents and
directors of banks and railroads and insur-
ance companies, both life and fire; mer-
chants and tradesmen of all kinds, employers
of others, contractors, and all men who have
which they are required to deal with those
who seek their influence or assistance in any
shape or way. Continues the Evangelist -
Now, is 1t not time 10 make an appeal to the moral
sense and conscience and patriotism OF our public
men and the whole people for higher and better
national lie for revival Of honesty 10 all the rea-
tons OF society; for more exalted sense OF honor
arts and wes ana works OF the avaricious, crawl
and stealings that they get by fastening themselves
upon men In Oiilce or station
Of course there is demand for this ''higher
life" But the persistent and irrepressiblc
demands of higher law" advocates have so
damaged the ''higher life principle--if we
can call it such-that it will, we fear, be q
long time ere the wholesome desires of the
Evangelist can be realized.
The Observer is now sending free copies to
as many poor and deserving ministers as it
believes it to be its duty to do. Why not do
the same toward poor but deserving members
of Congress and our State Legislature? The
list would probably be very small, if the
standard Of the recipients should be confined
to their poverty and deserts.
The Christian UniOn-Henry Ward Beech
er-descants upon Government by Party"
concluding thus:-
1t Is natural to chafe at present Imperfecons and
to look hopefully FOR some new ana complete deli.
verance. But at such u crisis men ought to fully
understand what they are Dong. With sucn
course OF things as We have supposed the question
for voters would be, not between Mr.. Trumbul or
Mr.. Greeley or whoever he may be- aud General
Grant. IL would not he between men, but parues
between the OLD democratic party revamped and
faced with few vlrtuous and impractlcable repub.
lcans and the republican party somewhat battered
by long and stormy voyage, but sound and sea-
worthy yet.
The independent takes for its text the New
Hampshire election. Its conclusions are that
New Hampshire is not only a granite but a
Grant State, and says -
such Will be the view OF the great body OF repub.
can voters, even II "a lew auti.Grant leaders should
practically unite themselves with the democratic
party. While they would be dishon ored and polll-
cally ruined, as false 10 their own anecedents and
also to the principles OF the republican party tney