The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-03-09

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| Tho Religious Press ON Current
Topics-Stin Harping ON the old
Themes.
Our religious contemporaries this week still
cling to the corruptions in the late Congress.
and the project of the Christian amendment
agitators in regard to the national constitution
as the chief topics for editorial comment
President Grants Inaugural, however, is the
theme for one of Theodore Tilton's usua
causic articles. Admitting his admiration
for several points in the Inaugural, the editor
of the Golden Age goes on to say
II President Grant thinks that his reelection was
tribute to his own personal character in com.
parison with that Of his rival IA rival who excelled
him both in intellectual endOwments and moral
gts) or II he thinks that in consequence OF this
reelection he can now afford las he phrases it) to
'disregard'' all that was said OF his nepotism OF
his personal favOritism of his federal interference
with local law or MS mediocre appointments, Of
his trihng with the civil service, Of his money
making secretaries and jOobing friends and asso-
ciates, OF his Custom House cOrrupti0ns from New
York to New Orleans, and OF the general intel
lectual and moral decline in our politics which he
inaugurated with his first presidency-if he lays
such a fatterng JUNCTION to his soul, then he has
voluntarily put bandage on his eyes and blinded
himself to the signs OF the times.
After giving a long and apparently faithful
resume of the State constitutions, which &C
knowledge the Divine Paternity the Age an
nounces its condemnation of the Christian
amendment movement and says it shall strenu-
ously oppose it. "We took no stock in the
Credit Mobilier," says the Golden Age, "and
shall take none in the religious amend
ment.''
The Evangelist touches on cdr. Bentiss'
Acceptance" (of new professorship in Union
Theological Seminary; Poverty and its
Relief (conceding the efficiency of the '.As-
ISOLATION for Improving the Condition of the
Poor" and calling for increased means), and
various other non-startling subjects
The Independent, after making an editorial
visit to Washington, comes to the conclusion
that the ''great briber" (Oakes Ames) is really
quite popular, as was indicated by Mrs. Gen
eral Sherman's bouquet which graced his desk
during his trial The Independent presumes
That the prevailing Judgment which refused to
expel him and which quite belittles his crime Is
was doing criminal act. He was business man,
and had been in the habit OF quitting stock" where
he thought It t., would ,o DO good; 1t Is generally
ence have stock at low or nominal price, that the
guarantee OF his name may be used to Induce other
men to purchase at the full rates. Now this also
may be fraud, but it is not generally regarded;
and, II some scrupulOus teacher Of morals thinks
the contrary let him remember that 1t Is precisely
the same in principle the action of book agent
who gets the name Of minister on his subscrip-
ton list without receiving full price for the book.
Now that a prominent religious journal
compares the operations of Cakes Ames to get
the good opinion of Congressman with those
that are planned by book agents to get the
right side or good opinions of clergymen lin
the former case in favor Of doubtful stock;
in the latter in favor, possibly, of poor book),
we suppose we may invoke the aid of old
Diogenes to find anywhere what he SO assidu-
ously searched for with his lantern-an honest
man.
tions for the General Conference of the Evan
gelical Alliance" which is to meet in New
York in October next
The Profanity of Preachers is the subject
of brief article in the Observer, but long
enough for the editor to say
The most fragrant instance Of ministerial impro-
prety in this respect We saw ana heard last Thurs
day afternoon in the Cooper Union hail. clergy
HAL Wdw duNOCbtluS Tie SO-Cdueu 'TenglOuS
amendment" to the constitution. He said the
constitution was once regarded as sacred
instrument, and to alter IL was a sacrilege.
But 1t has been amended sixteen times,
securing to negroes and all men equal rights, ..and
now,n exclaimed the reverend gentleman, 1--WE
rights OF Almighty God." The proposition to ex-
tend the constitution OF the United states the
Infinite Ruler OF heaven and earth, and that, too,
under the pretence OF doing honor to God, seemed
to u.s. the words fell from the lips of the speaker,
to be both irreverent and preposterous.
The Observer also refers to a subject, no
doubt very familiar to our readers-namely,
the litigation in regard to the Jumel property.
''The endeavor to cloud and disfgure the MEM
DRY of Nine. Jumel," says our orthodox
contemporary, ''has failed, and, although she
was undoubtedly q child of INDECENT parents
and woman of singular temper and manifold
eccentricities, there is no reason why candid
persons should not agree with the intelligent
Jury, who, after three months consideration
of the case, have by their verdict practically
indicated her good name" 1t would be
curious to know what the ideas of the old
Madame were on the subject of religion.
The Examiner and Chronicle, in treating of
the subject of "Good Listening" tersely re-
marks, that although much is said about the
art Of preaching very little is said of the art of
listening. 'The preacher" says the editor,
'might as well speak Choctaw if you simply
hear without understanding, and you might as
well stay at home if you don't remember what
is said until you get homeland very likely
not then, might have been added. Suppose
the business of 'paid listeners be started
and carried out on the basis of the trade Of
'paid mourners' OF funerals. How would
that work?
Religious Journalism" ia the leading theme