The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-10

The leading topics of our religious contem-
poraries this week are not very varied, nor
very full of pith and marrow. The public
school question in this country the disestab-
lishment of the Anglican Church in Great
Britain and the cost of royalty in the same
country, the approaching centennial of
American independence, the unhappy con-
dition of Spain, and the decline of Protest
antism or Catholicism, with one or two others,
form the basis of editorial thought in our
sacred exchanges.
The Christian Union Henry Ward Beecher)
devotes its talents to ''The Coming Centen-
NAL" and in its remarks upon that memorial
occasion regrets to find that 'for q whole
generation there has been a visible decline
in American reverence for its Revolutionary
era, whose heroisms have seemed
to be thrown back into remoteness
and belittled by the colossal agonies
and successes of the recent era of
the rebellion" The editor is, therefore, re-
joiced that the celebration is to take place in
Philadelphia three years hence, and hopes it
will be observed in q manner worthy of the
benign attitude Of the Republic towards man
kind the world over. For, properly under
Stood" he adds, cit is not our jubilee alone
it is the jubilee Of human nature exulting in
the possibility Of universal freedom" He
would therefore invite all the world to send
representatives. He would also have us learn
the lesson, from the memories of the past, that
1--WE must return to the civic purity, to the
virtue, to the self-consecrating patriotism of
1776; and unless we do that all our centen-
NAL display will be but magnificent mockery
and sham"
The Independent has little tilt with the In
teugencer on the question of heresy, and
rather gets the best of its Dutch neighbor.
In answering the questions, ''What is Heresy?
or What is Orthodoxy" the Independent, after
citing several authorities on both sides, can
not dnd<either very prominent anywhere. It
says:-
The fact Is, there is not, outside of the Roman
nifty in doctrine That Church puts Sag IN
every mans mouth and calls the silence unity but
wherever there Is freedom of thought and of
diversity OF opinion on religious subjects
The Independent has its fling also at the
amount OF religious property in this State
valued at seventy-fve millions of dollars
which escapes taxation, though it has the ben
eft Of every improvement made for other
property that pays taxes.
The Golden Age Theodore Tilton) is GER
tain that the reason why so few members of
either house of Congress have refunded their
ic t1o Io,
set them the example. It has an editorial on
the bigotry displayed by Premier Gladstone's
refusal tn serve on the memorial commit
tee to honor the name and the memory of
the late John Stuart Mill. Gladstone could
endorse, even in this indirect manner, Mills
heretical views.
The Observer warns the people who are now
politically at ease here and elsewhere,
throughout the State, that the same influences
which, in former days, organized rings and
robbed the city and State treasures are still
at work, and that after the Summer solstice
they will be more actively engaged than ever.
Unhappy Spain" and British royalty also
receive the editors attention.
The Methodist rebuts the statement that
Professionalism is declining here, and asserts,
on the contrary, that "Popery loses continu-
ally in this country" that everywhere else,
except in England, Popery is declining 1t
adds
In Spain, Italy and Germany Its decadence
Is unquestonabe; In France 1t has no new
signs OF lie, save In the ''sensat0nalism oi pn,,
grimages," got up by priestly management, anu
these tumultuous scenes are impairing us lnnu-
Classes.
moves from the past into the future. Protestant
ism should march In It's van and lead Its course.
The 4Siethodist does not like Rev, Father