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The New York herald., 1873-12-07
''is Christianity Failure :"-Reply
from Rev. John Cotton smith, ID. ID.

NE" IUhh, Dec. ., 1873.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
writer in your paper IN an article under the
aoove title, signing himself ''Free Thought calls
upon any "candld and intelligent theologiann TO
answer the following questions "ii he canp:-
FTR-Are lhe four gospels as we have them either
Transcripts or trahslaions OF tour gospels tualy
or ia other ,worIs We're the our 90 pels, they
M MeAi acualiy compliei by the persons whose names
they bear On tue contrary Is IL nos United thai the
Tour gospels rs orr nay written ist-lost that IA
M ~ We sese % IN whlcn sapphos poems or tle missing
S,c21d-ls NOT admitted that many and various bog.
Centuries ter hi- death
Thtrd-ls also admitted by the most candid and
competent OF thcolggans that he gospels now read
we're conpiled az least century after the death OF
worst beieyed and tne most trumped up o. tie
and mnryes Pcing discarded and the best believed
fouh-what is tlc date of the Oldest known manu-.
FVhUpon the genuineness how many Of the cpistles
has doupt sriy arisen among orthodox and heterodox
theological say that he unreservedy believed hem 70 be
the OF The writer to whom they ars canonicaIly
ascribedt
s1t-Are not important paragraphs and phrases even
unns,
While there are expressions in this article which
cannot but be painful TO believer in Christianity
| recognize the perfect right OF any man TO ask
these questions. and it Is reasonable in him to ex.
pect candid reply For one glad of the op-
portunity TO consider iairy and the
inquiries mus presented could not expect tn AZ
you would throw your columns open to such a con
trOversy, but VIII take up the subject IN the puI-
PIT and VIII promise TO consider and reply. not
only 10 those, but 10 any lurther injuries
on the subject or any Objections When
may be alleged against my arguments or concIu.
sions. For tins purpose | wal aevOte The next
three sunday evenings beginning with tomorrow
Sunday evening, 10 consideration oil the origin
unity difficulties and inspiration OF the I,ioe AZ
j cannot otherwise reach the writer OF this article
and assure him ol my readiness to meet the dlnl-
cultes he has suggested as kindly canddy and
fully as possible venture to ask that you VIII in.
sert tins communication 10 your paper OF tu-mOr-
row morning JOHN COTTON SMITH
Rector Church OF the Ascension, corner OF Fifth
avenue and Tenth street.
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- AN EPISc0PALIAN
CAL Churches by Their Right Names.

TO THE EDITOR Of THE HERALD
j was much impressed and interested by an
article in your issue OF November %. entitled,
'Under Which Religion ~ !, as an Episcopalian
have been asked these same questions many times
and as many times have been puzzled as to what
reply ought to make. have been informed that
Bishop Potter oriciates and administers the holy
right OF conf rmatiOn at st. Adams; therefore
have concluded that that church is under the
ecclesiastical rule OF the Protestant Episcopal
Church. I Judge that 'sProtestant' is ignorant OF
TINS lact, therefore | consider him justlhaUie in
making the lquiries whlcn he has have read the
re ly OF ''Cathohc' IN your paper OF November 3D.
and am not at all SATISFIED with the explanations
therein set forth. "Cathohc claims that ''they DO
call themselves Catholics. Tor that the Inheritance
OF the whole catholic faith Is theirs, taught aud
borue witness To by pure and apostolic branch OF
the Church, AS to tEis part OF the reply | would
like 10 II IL makes any branch OF our noy
Church any purer TO nave 1t return TO or adopt
those religious sentiments wnch prevailed dunn.
the lourth and h,th centuries, wnen the Cnristlau
Church SINK into those supersttons which were
afterwards continued and augmented by the policy
Of RomeW ''Catho lc" next attacks Pfotestdnts s
on the degree OF reverence TO be conscientiously
ielt on approaching the altar, &c. Do we, would
ask, as enlightened, intelligent and. for the most
part educated Ch istans, need any parade OF
crosses, or gay piiestly vesture, or parade of
our own acts, by continually Dowing during
service or any conduct which will anect the senses
more than the intellect OF Judgment as 'helps'
TO make us or 10 Keep US Christlanss ln word,
is ii not the heart tnat God LOOKS az? Is 1t not by
faith that we seer 10 We need such Innovations
and practices as protestant complains OF Drought
into our pure. holy Church. TO make u.s. or to teach
US acceptance with Him2 have visited st. Aiban's
once III my lie. and was then reminded oi waat
/ once read OF a lady, o daughter OF the Earl OF
Deyonshire who became a convert TO lie Church
OF Rome during Archbishop Lauds reign. When
questioned Dy the Archbishop wGY she had taken
this step she re.lied, "Chiehv because hate TO
travel IN crowd" The reason OF this express
sion beng demanded, she replied, Il per-
celve Your Grace and many others are
making haste TO Rome, and, therefore. In order
to prevent my being crowded, | have gone before
you.m / do not know that dear church Is
fastening in that direction; but TINS do think
that the same supersttions and ceremonies when
Archbishop I.aud enforced In his time are Deing
again revived aud are damaging our Church in q
similar degree.
FINALLY, / not averse to all and every one
doing that which their consciences dictate. but
permit me TO say that think it, would be prudence
IL not policy II all would go where they belong
and call themselves by their pro er names
A MEMBER OF THE
HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH.
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a Had Practice.

To rnE EDITOR OF TIE HERALD
! desire 10 reply briefly TO a communication
which appeared in the HERALD last SUNDAY defend
ting the anominabie custom winch has for some
time existed in the Catholic churches OF this CITY
and Brooklyn, requiring strangers and Others TO
pay for seats do not think the custom is at all
creditabe 10 the church management II cer-
tainly deters some poor people who cannot attend
the early masses rom attending with their lam-
lies the hai-past ten A. NJ. service at any rate. ~
looks bad too, 10 see 'money changers" n may
be pardoned Tor using the expression, sitting
at each door OF Catholic church 10
receive pay for seas In the house OF
God. The charge made tits true, for each
person is but 10 or l5 cents, but there are many
who cannot AFFORD It. Even the poor, who can. do
anord 20 give lew pennies when the regular
collections are taken up. and no stranger or rest
dent who IS given seat objects TO the usual coec-
ton; but do say that many Catholics object 10
the plan OF charging Tor the privilege OF seat, and
Protestants take advantage by throwing their
doors vide open and labelling seats tree 20 all.
know this to be lact Many persons or Catholics
prefer, too TO attend the halfpast ten A. M. masses
because they cannot hear sermon but on lew oc.
casons az the earlier services. hope this custom
Will be abolished. CATHOLIC
The Catholics and the Public Schools.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
Ia there any just reason why any correspondent
OF the HERALD. like .'An Irish-American,u y should
wholly and grossly misrepresent the facts regard
ing the educational system Of Ireland, he did In
your issue o sunday last, page l3r lie asserts that
.the iiterate class" OF Catholics In America "are
natives Of Ireland, who being themselves deprived
OF education by the laws OF England" and now,
mot knowing the benefits or a good education,
prefer to remain as they are and bring up their
children likewise" What Is the truth OF this mat
ter. an historical recordS Why. simply this.
tnat sine iSS3-4o years ago-Ireland mas had the
very best common school system in the
word-a system OF combined secular aud
separate religious instructon"-open to the
entire children OF the country, without
respect 70 class or creed. aud paid out of the
naGonai eXcneGuer OF Great Britain and Ireland.
Jnere Is no man or woman OF 40 years OF age. To-
day, born ana reared IN ireland, but could have
got IA good common school education at the ma
ttona schools OF the country. II they are 'illlte-
rate Ii not the fiult OF 1.-The laws OIL England
II AN "lrish-Amercann received any part OF his
education IN the national schools OF eland he
must know that they are equa, II not superior, 10
any schools IN the United StaIes Aud tney avoid
all honest objections on the religious question by
giving half an hour each day to separate religious
Instruction. ol ali denominations.
Please let your readers have these simple facts In
reply to San lrsS American 5" msreprese n atlons.
Yours truly, JAMES ALEXANDER MUWAfT.
~ PUTNAM AVENUE. Brooklyn, n. Y.
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a Guery for the Ansni Chcscd.

TO rHb EDITOR OF rHB HERALD
| wish TO ask the officers OF the Temple Anshi
Chesed through your valuable journal why the Rev.
DR.. l. NJ. Wise dill not enter upon his duties as
rabbi OF that congregation. nave purchased q
pew under the impulse O hearing hun preach rom
their pulpit, but am disappointed. VIII the officers
oil the congregation give me and the pubic IN gen.
era satls ac 0ry answer why they did not gain
the services o. the reverend Doctory
y. Bit was rumored that II was a trick played
by the congregation to advance the sale OF the
pews. Respectfully, yours, |. RAPHAEL
The New York herald., 1873-12-07
A Correction.

To THE EDITOR or THE HERALD
1t was Bishop McIlvanc, and not Bishop rotter,
VINO reported the opinions OF the Archbishop Of
Canterbury and Bishop OF London. Please correct
ior ~ - important. Yours, very truly, -
GEORGE ID. CUMMINS.
The New York herald., 1873-12-07

gave thanks To God for having permitted him 10
practice deception, SANDER these victims ol des-
potism and publish ialsehood over his name.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-12-11
Seem What You Are.

II God made you half a fool, it is
better that you should seem to be
half fool than that you should make
believe that you are wise. All sorts
of animals are willing to seem what
they are. An ass is always willing
to be thought an ass; and he honors
God in it. An owl is always willing
to be thought an owl; and he fulf1s
the function given to him, even if h
does look wiser than he is. And a
man should be willing to be just what
God made him. Not that he should
not desire to increase, to augment,
his talents; not that he should not
put his money out at interest; but a
man who is ignorant, had better ad-
nit himself to be ignorant. A man
who is not genius had better not
think himself to be a genius. A man
who is poor had better think he is
poor A man that is unskilled had
better admit that he is unskilled.
Whatever you are, while you strive
for greater excellence, stand on that
which is true and great, and do not
make yourself out to be more than
you are. Do not attempt to put on
guise and pretense, in vain hope of
winning praise.-[Beecher.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-12-11
Switched OFF:

A good joke is told of a little four
year old fellow who, having disobeyed
his father, was about to incur the
penalty-a switching. The father
deliberately prepared rod, while
his son stood a sad and silent specta
tor. As the parent approached to
the unpleasant duty, the boy started
at brisk run toward neighboring
hill. The father pursued, and for a
time the youngster increased the dis
tanee between them; but gradually
his strength began to fail, and when
he reached the hill and began to as
cendhe soor lost his vantage grouud.
Nearer and nearer the irate father
approached, and just as the top of
the hill was reached, and as he
came within arms length of the
little fugitive, who was ready to fall
from exhaustion, the boy quickly
faced about, dropped upon the
ground, and with an indescribable
cast of countenance exclaimed: Spa
pa, that-makes a fellow-blow-
don't it?" This changing ofthe sub
ject, was so extremely ludicrous
that the father laughed, heartily over
the strategy which his hopeful son
and the rod was notused.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-12-11
The Cash System.

The determination on the part OF
our grocers, to sell goods for cash
only, after the 10th of this month,
has given rise to considerable discus
sion in the community-some taking
one side of the question and some
the other. There cannot be doubt
that the cash system, if it could be
introduced, would work to the ad-
vantage of both seller and buyer.
Our grocers are terribly crippled in
their business by their inability to
collect what is due them. Their long
standing accounts are numerous.
Many persons come in and buy goods
month after month, and sometimes
year after year, have them charged,
and never say word about paying
for them. Their accounts thus run
up to large amounts before they are
aware of it, and when bill is pre-
sented, they are not only surprised
that it is so large, but they have not
the wherewith to pay it. The result
is that our grocers are obliged to do
without their money. There is not
a grocer in the place who has not
hundreds, and some of them thous
ands, of dollars thus outstanding,
which he greatly needs just now to
enable him to replenish his stock and
pay his own debts. 1t is to put
stop to these long standing accounts,
to get what is actually due them, to
guard against loss and to put them
selves in shape to do business as it
ought to be done, that our grocers
have adopted the cash system. Such
system, every one knows, will work
to their advantage.
But it will work to the advantage
of the buyer as well. Let US see
how.
1. The buyer will not purchase as
much under the cash system. When
a man buys goods on credit, he inva-
riably is more extravagant than when
he pays cash. 1t is easy to go to
store and buy things, when one has
them charged. Besides, a thousand
little things are bought under such
circumstances that would not be
bought if he had to pay cash. Thus
it is seen that the cash system leads
a person to be more saving of his
money, and will enable him to lay up
mora than he would under the credit
system.
2. One always gets goods cheaper
when he pays the cash. A grocer, or
any other business man, who sells on
credit, must charge per cent. on his
goods, over and above living rates,
sufficient to pay fair interest on the
money he has standing out and to
cover all bad debts. These two items
foot up large amount in every gro
Gerry in town-and the buyer has to
pay them. But under the cash sys-
tenn these two items are cancelled, and
consequently the price of goods is
lower to that extent. The advantage
in this is all on the side of buyer
When he pays cash, he has nothing
to pay, except what the goods are
worth and fair per cent. Of profit to
the seller for his trouble in handling
them.
Our advice to every one, whether
he sells or buys, is to do cash busi-
ness as far as it is possible. He will
find it greatly to his advantage in the
long run Exchange.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-12-11
Whole No. 1859.
The Baby.

When a baby comes into the house
hold, it is only little shapeless, red
faced thing, with tiny double fists
that move themselves about at moth
ing, and an appetite disproportion-
ally large in comparison with its
other qualities.
Yes, it comes as a sort ofa mon
arch-that helpless little handful, and
it begins to reign forthwith.
Its voice-not exactly the voice of
a turtle, either-being heard in the
land, all other sounds are forgotten.
1t matters not who has no dinnerr
SO that he has his, nor who is tired
SO that he enjoys himself. Ordinary
occupations cease, and the group
gathers about the cradle to see him
put his fists in his mouth. A small
fringe of hair on the back of his head,
is more beautiful in the eyes of the
household, than the floating locks of
any golden blonde on earth; and
while some adult is quietly advised
to have his aching wisdom tooth
pulled out and not bother any more
about it, the family rush pell-men to
the cradle side, to see what won
derful thing-baby's first tooth peep
ing through its gums.
King Baby, do you know any
thing about all this? If you did.
you might look forward very sadly.
In after life there will be. no such
alteration of you. Words of wisdom
will fall unnotieed from your lips
then, though when you have learned
to say ''blal bla!' the household now
goes into ecstacies. -..
Your little natural kicks and wrig-
giles that are so charming, are moth
ing to the hard work you will do
without ''thank-you" from any one.
Your sleeping, eating and smiling will
interest no one but yourself when
you are man. It is well that you
do not know it. But now you are a
king, and, in truth, a home is made
happy by such a little monarch.
Reign on. 1 am one ofyour subjects,
and I pity any one so stern and cold
that ne does not bow little before
the great Grand Llama, the Babe of
the House. MARY KYLE DALLAS.
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Bang

Almost every boy who goes gun
ming, if he can find nothing that he
wants to bang away at, considers it
the next best thing to kill few wood
peckers. They look so funny, wrong
end up on the side of tree, bobbing
and whacking around the loose bark,
that the temptation is strong, and
the poor, jolly hammerer has no
friends-so 6a1ag!-and down he
comes, and he is given to the dog to
play with and tear to pieces. That
poor little bird, if over ayear old, has
killed and eaten many hundred thous-
ands of bugs larvae, in the form of
grubs and worms, and almost every
one of kind which is injurious to
vegetation. The cat-bird, one of our
finest singers, and bird that is al
ways sociable, if ever permitted to be
so, eats cherry occasionally, and OF
course he must be banished or suffer
death. He pays better price for
every cherry he eats than any fruiter-
er would dare demand in the market,
in the worms he destroys, and throws
in complete bird-opera several
times day in the bargain. = From
st. Nicholas for December.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-12-11
Why People Don't GO TO
Church,

Why do people not go to church
more? One thinks it is this, and an
other thinks it is that. You can
open a church in a hovel, and let a
voice go forth that has the power Of
touching men, and you will find it
crowded and thronged You do not
want the cobs that used to have corn.
That which man wants is sappy food,
refreshing food. Men are willing to
be dealt with, to have their sins
flashed in their faces, willing to have
their conscience aroused, but do not
want to be handled. Shey want a
preacher that takes hold of them in
some way, and if he can do more
than that; if he can give to them
that which every man needs
some men have aspirations, and some
more indulgent in superficial thought
and if he can give him strength to
bear his burden. Men that are sore
in life; men who are in sorrow; wo-
men who don't know how to bring
up their children, and who are con-
tinually having more and more added
to their flock; people who want to
know where the next hod of coal is
coming from; people who are afraid
of the Sheriff; men who are pricked
with the ten thousand nettles of hu-
man life-they come to church and
hear long discussion on the fall of
Adam. Well, that is not importune,
but still they'res so fiat themselves
that they feel as ii they would like to
know something that deadens the
struggle that is going on within them;
a minister who brings God down to
the side of men, not as an everlasting
condemner, but one who brings God
down as a present help in the time
of trouble Henry Ward Beecher.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-12-11
Night schools.

Talking of lessons, I wonder if the
ST. Nitholas children have any idea of
how many girls and boys go to
night schools. The poor little things
have to work during the day, and SO,
rather than not to have any school
ing at all, they say their lessons at
night. Not only young persons,
but middle-aged men and women at
tend these schools. l know of one
man past forty years of age who has
learned to read at a night school
within the last two years. All honor
to him and the school too. Such
schools abound now in the large cit
les. They have fine rooms, good
teachers, and many thousand pupils
in all. Capital thing; but (whisper)
I'm glad L don't have to CO. Jack
in the-Pulpit-St. Nicholas for De
ceInber.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-12-11
Meaning ofthe Hands.

Profound study has led NJ. d'Ar-
pentigny to the conclusion that the
hands represent three. types. Those
who have fingers with pointed tips
are possessed of a rapid insight into
things; are extra sensitive, pious and
impulsive. To this class belong the
poets and artists. To the Square
tops" belong scientific people; sensi-
BILE, self-contained characters, profes-
sional men. The spade shaped tops
thick tips, with little pads of flesh
on each side of the nails-are mater
ialsts, commercial, practical, with a
high appreciation of all that tends to
bodily ease and comfort. Each finger,
no matter what the kind of hand, has
also one joint-that which is nearest
the palm-representing the body; an
other-the middle-the mind; and
the top, the soul. Each of these di,
visions corresponds with one of the
types above given.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-12-11

A gentleman the other day, saw
his daughter dipping her little doll
baby's dress into lineup, and in
quired: "What are you doing, my
daughter?" I'm coloring my dolls
dress red" "With what?" "With
beer" "What put that foolish no
ton in your head, child2 You can't
color red with beerl" eyes I can pa,
because ma said it was beer that made
your nose red" And the man had
business that required him down
town Immediately.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1873-12-11
Youths Department.

The long evenings have come again, and the boys
and girls have now more time for reading and writ
ing We want them all to try to contribute some
thing to the youths Department" of the News
which is intended for their special benefit. Let us
have original Enigmas, Charades, Puzzles, Prob
lens, Refuses, Anagrams, Conundrums, &C. &c
Be careful TO make no mistakes in spelling, and al
ways send the correct answers, together with youl
real name, which will not be published, unless you
desire it, but the editor wants to know UhO the
tributOrs are.
We know there is talent enough among the bright
wide-awake young people who read the News, tt
make this Department interesting, and keep it sup
piled with original matter. Let all of them put Oh
their thinking caps" at once, and send us theil
productions.-[Ed. Y. d.