New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-16

tsrainments, get up picnics, drum for the sunday
school and heaven and earth For this II anxious
clergy men toll. scheme and their souls. For
this II sections pull the awfml bell making me ny
activity Of the place ia due To the simple fact than one
half OF these churches superfuous On "a certain
s sga'aE S %as determined by actual count that
the whole number OF persons attending these
was $500 The entire church-going population could be
handsomely accommodated In One-haf the existing edl
fees. Why then do they not unite IL Is because none
OF quite succeed IN dying. While there IL to
there hope. They hold and will hold as long
1t IS possible Tor the annual expense to be met inc
law OF the survival Of the ttest for the eItnc
ton Of half of them but that bonencent law Is baked
aud frustrated by the exemption from taxation Thst
blessed bankruptcy which Mr. Carlyle 80 justly extos
fiyties hangs over thGm threatening but pOwerles3,
they do not have TO bear their just share oil the
public burdens.
CHURCHES KNOWN THEIR FRUITS.
Macbeth nationally alarmed when observing that
Banquo, though HIS brains were OUT, would not die lt
was dreadful thing indeed Nothing Is more neces-
sary for tho general good than that institutions should
Dire when they havo not life enough to live. In the
midst of these II weak and struggling organizations,
is one which is Astounding In hfe ygor enter
prise and resolnOn-the Roman Catholic Church., usu-
ally the largest and handsomest in the town, aud the
only one wlch ma ful congregation Nay IL accom-
modares several congregations on each sun
day. From 6 in the morning until IN
the evening 1t ia always occupied, often crowded.
and once crammed On that Sunday when
$500 persons counted IN the II Protestant churches,
in this one Catholic church the number was 1900 And
OF whom are these congregations comD0sedf They are
chiefly OF the the United states
that can spare Onehait OF their lncOineIu0hestic
servants and operatives In cotton mills And they do
Plus two ways first, IN eXendng the Catholic Church
In America; second, In bringing over to America
inc catholic Church 'a nSd s nho FRpd
the United States. In the manufacturing cities OF New
England they ada church to church. edice to edlce,
field to field Today monastery - begun now 1t ID
nunnery next year new house for the priest; and
houses Of the town Aud they know we'll the virtue of
holding land At the very beginning OF new enter
room enough sometimes, for centuries OF growth. Tho
seventeen Protestant churches look and shake thor
while they doing the priests keep quietly con-
yerng servant girls pennies aud dollars into w6stu
the properly belonging to the Catholic Church is
mense. In st. Louis It ia computed at twenty millions,
and in NewYOrk say within ten miles OF the CITY HAM,
should suppose their property would be valued by just
commissioners at not less than eighty millions.
The interests OF their church with so much enterprise
energy and tact Their conduct Is just what their be-
lief demands OF them. They could not be good Catholics
il they did not regard tue spread Of the Catholic Church
cOnsider-fOr who American citizens hrst and
every thing else seconds whether 10 Is best and safe
and night that they should go on thIs aosorDlhT me
Spain. Mexico, Peru-in most Catholic countries
wherever you editce groups OF eiices that
oyerwhcms the mind with wonder either for It, magni-
tnde its magnIicence, you may be sure that lt Is
cccIesiastca Tue people-man, sacred man. the
most sacred object IN the unlyersegroyes1n nuts, and
Wallows IN art, in order tnat the inanlmate God
and glisten vIGh beautiful gems. IL Is u sorry
Sigit fore God. ~ sorry sight May this
portion OF America witness It, At the beginning
of the French Revolution, which the benefcent
explosion that history records two acres out OF every
i've IN all France belonged 10 the Church. And the
Church was good judge Of land that, large mum
be parishes, the Church two acres were worth more
than the peoples three. France was then IN condition
similar 10 that OF England before Henry VIII. broke
up the ecclesiastc institutions aud seeularized their
pros pery, that a. stopped eXempung 1t nom taxation.
Now there are but two conceivable ways In which the
Increase OF Catholic property can be kept within SAFE
The country be saved from the necessity a Henry
VIII. or a French Revolution. one is by DESTROYING
popular faith IN the ncl0ns upon when the external
part Of the Catholic system r6sts But this VIII be
slow process. 1t can only result from the gradual
advance OF race in knowledge, health, happiness
dignity and courage And II Will be the more slow be-
large numbers OF the Proesants still adhere to
several OF the grosser and less picturesque OF these 1o
tons But the other method Is simply to tax all eccle-
sasucal property other property taxed Lot every
tub stdnd upon It's bottom Let all tho property
repeat which the State protects, pay its Jast pro
portion the states support Catholics themselves.
II they viii study the past cannot lnelSenty ooJect TO
tins measure because 10 would supply the great Lack IN
their system. Viewed merely Is an Organization, the
Roman Catholic church mas only one serious defect-
there no provision IN IL AGAINST lts excessive de
" Europe aud OF South America such sWarms OF
ecclesastcs such masses OF ecclesiastical property that
Catholics themselves. deyOut and faithful Catholics, are
among the foremost IN urging reduction Vi the &C.
cesIastieal orders. There Is only one Just and sure
mode Of proceeding In TINS matter IL IS 10 add every
portion OF the Chufchs estate 20 Tue Tax nsI large
portion OF what religion includes may be iairy cassed
under the head OF luxury, and VINO VIII deny that
luxuTes fair objects OF aXation In religion. as IN
life there Il the bread and meat, aud there Is
mans fustian and the nch ladys velvet CONSIDER our
Trinity Church. Tor example 50 pleasing an object to
us all at the head OF Wallet. few ago, che at
tendance at This costly temple on sunday was 50 small
you might have safely tried Cdryle's experiment
lire a pistol the church, IN at one window and
out at another, without much danger OF hitting a
Christian. OF late years, ON the contrary, It Is
/ once asked the clergyman In charge OF the
church. the late lamented Dr. yutOn-a genial soul
crease IA the congregation. His robust and honest
answer was this: " The blessing of God upon good
IIk..trh ..xFa Inn Inc FDs "a
highly accomplished Organist choir OF highly trained
men and boys sim. an orchestra OF strInged and
era cergymen trained to chant the service IN harmony
the music Ifuppose the entire performance can
enyoyeu rec az friends visiting the city by
no means TO overlook this interesting lion. Nay
more, 1 honor the principle OF , employing t19
ltdevolved upon to create church, ITS services
should be- in part the most magnificent e1hibono OF all
that man has accomplished In the way Of archiec
ture painting sculpture poetry and elOquence for one
OF my objects should be TO exat aud gloriry man
Rut never would cripple and degrade my church by
putting the free list by throwing any part OF the
burden OF supporting 1t upon felow-cizens who cher
sh perhaps the most opposite ideas, who would hold ia
contempt aversion al. the splendors OF my temple.
preferrng plain benches, walls uuadOrned, and merry
campmeetiDg hymns
A FEW HoMELY ANALoGIEs.
Now in the way Of music the greatest benefactors
the peope OF the United states have known, next
10 the great European composers are such men as Theo
dore Thomas, Max Marezek, Carl Zerrahn, and others
Of their class They do any week OF their lives
IN promote among love OF good music than Trinity
Church has ever accomplished during the whole period
of its EXISTENCE and this they have done IN the most
legitimate and honorable way, as their chosen mode
of earning their livelihood But these gen
tIemen are taxed every time they mt
their batons Every hall and opera house
in which they perform is taxed Surely II any musl,
ians should be exempt should not be the clergy and
oTc6estra OF Trinity Church the servants OF rich cor
Doratoni But Thomas, Maretzek, and Zerrahn, VINO
Minister TO the enjoyment and elevate the taste OF mil
lions of their fellOw-czens every year How heavily
rests the burden OF feIupon the shoulders and upon
the heart too OF an average citizen and virtuous father
of famyl For years he tolls and saves, denying
Smse many alluIing enioyments in order that ne may
a5e frst nayment upon a modest homo for those lie
nan Then he works and saves for another five years
LII lana UIL. In L.