The New York herald., 1872-08-11
Spirit OF tho Religious Press.

wafer ana ulStr1Dute IT.
Spirit or tho Religious Press.
Most of the sectarian papers of the week
discuss more or less fully the opening
skirmish Of the political campaign and nearly
all tell their readers of the triumph of the
HERALD Livingstone Search Expedition. The
Observer (Presbyterian) says of Stanley
He acted as an army correspondent Of the NEW
sequently distinguished himself by sending from the
seat OF war In Abyssina important Intelligence in
ment. In his last expectation he M has displayed an
energy OF character and perseverance equaed
only by the great explorer DR.. Livingstone himself.
It's leading editorial is consideration of
the present tendency in liberal education to
cultivate physical science to the neglect of
classical studies. Neglect of either it depre-
Gates. sTo this end'' it concludes -
We do not insist that the ancient classics be re-
stored to the relative position which they occupied
generation or two ago, but that in some way the
better than the old classical course revived may be
pursue the study OF the ancient languages there
must be. Much OF the scepticism Of to-day, which
haunts over its head the banner OF science Is due
not to science itself or its legitimate tendencies
but to the too exclusive pursuit OF 1t under its ma
| teral aspects. We have invited the infdeity with
termined the very form it was to assume by the
extreme modification of the course OF liberal educa-
that reaction in the views OF educators and OF the
Christian community at large which will give IN
every system OF education Its proper place to the
study OF the moral system and the aspects OF Prov
| idence reflected in human life.
The Neeman's Journal (Cathoic) prints Mr..
| Summers letter and remarks:
| 1t is, nominally, addressed to the negroes. But
SambO Cuffy, Cesar &C.. cannot read 1t. II they
could they could not understand IT, II they under
stood tjudging from the course OF the few darkteS
that can read and think-it would not convince
them.
letter, that it was not intended for the negroes
whom 1t was nominally addressed What fraction,
then, of the white population was it intended to
impress? Not the struggling sorehead republi-
cans-for each one of these s going to act on his
own hook, as his selfish interests may dictate. Not
demOcrats-for he doube-coats, for democrats with
w0rmwOOd and gall the Greeley pill that most Of
them have been trying TO swallow.
We cannot help thinking that tn this letter Of Mr.;
Massachusetts Cicero pro dorno suo-for himself
As an offset to this the editor leads of his
second article thus -
| Grant is damned by his surroundings. OF his own
motion, If he could command 1t, he might be very
different man. There is one fact that has impressed
us in his favor. AS 1t Is somewhat isolated. among
! so many facts that tell heavily against him. we
think it the part Of robust polemics to give him the
Under Grant, for the first time in fhe history of
the country, what used to be counted the best two
federal ofdces in New York-ColectOr OF Customs
and Postmaster-were held by Catholic Irishuen,
by persons supposed to be the and the other
ex-senator Tom Murphy, Collector OF Customs,
and Patrick Jones, still Postmaster of New York.
The Baptist Union has an interesting histori-
cal sketch of the Quakers. In this we are
told that the sect-once powerful--has greatly
declined.
They were In advance Of the Purltans and far
more numerous; and had they established free
schools in the Middle and Southern States and re-
PEELED slavery, how far ahead those sections would
now be Of New England All, how our good or bad
acts influence our posterity! They have not fol-
lowed up sinners nor their own people to the from
tiers as times required. Their unconverted men,
| fathers. But a change has come; revivals are now
among them, and they sing in their meetings and
they ran into extremes. Once it was, "Thc Spirit
will tell thee when to repent and pray" and ut Is
sin 10 do so without" But now our good Friends
are having revivals, for which we rejoice.
The Christian Union (Congregational) gives
one Of Mr.. Beecher's lectures on preaching"
in which he considers love the central element
of power in the Christian ministry An article
on s'Womans Work advocates the expert
ment of woman suffrage, female preaching,
and in general opening to women the voca-
tons of men, maintaining that if there are
natural barriers the experiment will correct
the evil. 1t concludes:
| We believe that any attempt to radically change
the position OF woman in the direction OF isola
I tion-tO find for her sex higher mission than
that OF ministering within the fa1ny-can but fail
| SO far as reform works toward enabling her to do
this more worthily, so far as 1t seeks TO provide a
place for those women to whom circumstances
deny this, its effort certainly is well directed. But
that there should be found an intrinsicaly higher
mission than that OF wiichood and motherhood is
race there can be no higher. ~. -sssse sss f.,
The Union quotes from the Boston Plot /
paragraph advising kindness and conciliation
in religious discussions, and says -
It is rare to fnd such sentiments In Roman
! Catholic papers. 1t is not rare to 1nd them in the
/ Pilot. We have seen many utterances in its columns
which impress us with its good sense and candor.
But Is not such spirit rare in Protestant papers
! admit it; we earnestly deplore it; and we regard
it as foolish and wicked in every point of view. The
influence Of the ChriSti0n Union is pledged for the
reform OF spirit and practice so hostile to the IN
terests both Of religion and good lei9hborship.
We cannot indeed promise that ths Journal shall
never err In this respect; but we do engage that
such error shall be inadvertent, and when pointed
out, shall not lack speedy correction.
The Tablet (Catholic) undertakes to correct
the exaggerated and false ideas Of Protestants
as to the character of tho Jesuits. It afirn,s
that - -'r-.
Did but a glinmerng OF the truth break npon this
pitiable darkness, sedulous care was taken by his
Protestant guides and eachers 10 bar its way, and
prevent MIN from acquiring correct and reassuring
Views OF the Order which had been so entirely mis-.
aN.a.I -, Ia. A1y Us.