, 1874-11-01

r a. once peaceful Church thrown Into dt<co
= t., Tne Presbyterian churches all through
q Northwest excited almost to d1yfaion.
{3) Friends transformed into enemies.
~ Presbyterianism thrown under cloud anao
= the most educated classes Of the community. "
3 {5.> The Gospel ministry somewhat degraded in t
eyes Of tho business md comtnon-htnse T. men.
beautlfed by tho forced contrast with Prof. P2toI
form Of ecclesiastical organism.
. | The game paner has 10 editorial on Il The o
ward March OF true religion one on the il
!. por:aat duty Of discharging ones pecunia!
J | liabilities, even In hard times; and tatiric
account Of the conclusion Of the late trial
Prot. Swing in the Synod Of Illinois North.
TEE INTERIOR
congratula1es the Synod Of Illinois North upo
the gravity and promPtncss With which its wo1
was done, and the Christian spirit It exhibited
Tho Interior uatursl1y thinks the rcntence OF til
Court in the Swing trial will commend iteclf t
the Church. The editor thinks the Synod es.at
lished two facts;
Ftrst-The Presbyterian Church will maintain th
doctrines Of her standards, and will not tolerate fur
d.nental heresy. Tho secular press may "a we'll +,
consider its affirmation, that the Presbytsri-n Curc
has no creed. The action Of tho Synod shows th.
| .Second-The Presbyterian Church ia in no danger
division. The effort to nuke tie Swing case ssu
failurr.
The Inferior chaxac!erizes the sending Q
delegates from the late Unitarian General Con
| ference to the Congregational Council whic
assembled at New Haven as - remarkable over
| tures." 1t observes that the parties to th
correspondence afo-
not given to gushing like Bishop Lee at the Norther,
eamp-meettng They ere gentlemen whose ou1tur
gives them cannesa and seh-command. This warn,tl
Of expression never would have been INDUCED with
out first being subjected to the dry cool light OF th
intellect: It is subject upon which neither part.
could aford to trust to fmRlse aud emotion. Suci
4 being thu thAfe cnu5
cusson than one which should bring the relations
Of tho two types Of faith clearly to view.
The Interior has ''Another View Of Sound Doc
| triue," and takes note OF Mr. Gladstone's essa,
| OIL Ntual,su,, and the defeat OF ntualism in the
Protestant Episcopal Convention.
| THE STANDARD
discusses the question OF how pastor shall col
lecs his delinquent salary. Acorrespoudeut asks
IT it would bo right to sue the church owing the
salary, to which tho editor ausMe1s:
We w1ah somebody else would answer this. Doubt
less Is what none Of Us would like to ministers
and parishoners in oourts Of law "1mplesding QUO
auother." But wlat shall minister do whose family
are suffering simply because his brethren ,el MT pay
what they pronise7 Unqoeetionkbly, tho necessary
should bear chcerfu|y; but how about those which ara
net necessary The injustice and un'-~ illness OF
godT men he should bear in si]ence A~ about thoss
Ct his osn brethren? He are much mistaken II there
not matters involved in these queries which call
for the most serious consideration II Is not likely
that the writer OF these lines woad go 10 law"
tan brother. Yet If he should hear rome day that
the writer of the letter quoted above has resored to
this e1pedent the alternative Starvation be Is not
sure that he should blame him very much.
But have not tie churches remedy for this very
made matter Of discipline in member to treat with
the contcmp: many do their promises to pny toward
chure, EXPENSE? Nay ws not 60 still further, aud
ask II the refusal to sitber promise. or to taks any
share III the pee ,nsry burdens of the church Is mot
just GAUGE fo- discipline 7
THE ADVANCE
speaks it's mind about the action Of tho Synod in
Prof. SWINGS case, as follows:
Tho Syuods aetlon upon the caae was extraordinary
We think We Are safe tn saying that The public outside
the Presbyterian Church, universally regard that &C.
there anything solemn In H. Inside that church
the feeling seems 10 be very generally Of Enorh-
cation. that 71 for sound doctrines should have
led Chrict4n men 30 strangely to disregard the p7in-
est dctates Of common sense and Of ordinary justice
We should he'isae to use such emphatic language TIT
Judicial TRIAL has brought small reproach upon our
qness did not hex itsfas anaIe Il eegen s n r.
fsndant ii enasi in santeson .has tae2 lad had not. M
The cass ras act properly issued by euspenston OF
the findings Of tte Court: the synod directed the
Pzeeayte1y to strike his from the roll thing
which tho psesoyeFy had already done, and which the
q vengeance!
Tie Same paper discusses tho question Of the
control OF the religious societies within the
Cone1esatioral body. It i,kewiss expresses
ITS mind sbout the lase article 90 Unirersalism
fro11 the pen OF Mr. Marian, ono Of the editors
OF the Ch's*tidn Cnson- The Adcdnce says:
A r. Merriam becomes familiar with tho literature
Of tue subees+ he will thxt intense sathete have
sen mofs shsn .a:p.tod ;, many ohss rre
by Williamson, BAIou, aud others. AL these things
aavs besa @ lopg md Aoy pushed. .od fully consid-
with the evangelical churches he would ind hs mn
tlons concerning the desueude OF the doctrine Of fu
tu:e punishment to 10 quite exaggerated. II he had
attended church With u.s. for example, fo:tnish. ago.
as would have head 1t fully discussed and every ob-
'tacle he ratses and mora Also cxtermnated root aad
branch. No doubt the influence Of some noted nreacn
rs and soma p1ofessediy religious journals has been
steadily set against this doctrine sud, perhaps even
more than some other ere: truths this has been lataly
sept IN the background. Bat the atmosphere Of tho
chrstlan Union must not be mistaken for the genera.
atmosphere Of the churches. So far qu.iat
ccept the ultimate aud binding authority Of tho New
re.tsnen. nrnay hold the doctrine Of endless punish
ions among the churches Of this country.
THE INDEPENDENT
las an article on ''The South a. Theologian."
'v Prof. Swing, at the close OF which comes the
o1lowing:
Persons living far away from chicago-the aren.
low far the theological hght rigging IN that city
las sprung from ths fact that Virginia colony some
.tsutions. but to accumulate riches: and viii that
motive alone 1t migrated. Hum itA1iam Dortans Not
Mfe3 army tout compromising for any numerical |
'e~kness by individual I,roress and sef-conscou.-
sss) this colony has always found ample tlxue for
ur.uing either good worldly pursuit or doubtful
aeoaoSan. We have no sympathy with any one who
ays that along with their business checks they ketn
lang "nppeais, and "protosts, and :" charges 10
. signed when their religious courts asse1nIla: for
s Is not habit Of the cfass that can be wall infested
nd hence. ~ should rather continc oursalf to tha
eucral remark that, 30 fur opportunity oerA they
Fe always ready with kind Of theologle1I challenge
pFonhnE time nod place wsre religious ssftefacttun
IN ba had On sias1t notica
The great and Aidustrioua Prof. Patton ,yho nnn,4
eoenuy to lead tAeee exilee from virginia did not
nlpy import his peculiar dttre1ecs but hn hns
ssher gathered up and formulated the kor
'~s that had been lying around loosely hero
y years among this peculiar peorle Com
aint has been mAde bJ hasty cewsp.rers that |
10 PROFESSOR gathefed up 80 many twenty-tieht !
'nentatlons; but as good woman onco told her i'll |
ntured boardcrs that they would think her butter
~ clean II they had only wuat she had taken
1t OF IT, they would confess his charges moderate In
ambee did they only know what vast amount of in,
Tits to religion he had been compelled to omit A !
eagyman who some yrars ago proposed to taini.teT
ehss pecu1ar people WAS w1ited upon BY chief in
'Ter, md was rebuke1 for drawing an tllunrnton =
ON battle Of the Iron Duke when there Eerr 1olv
ttles IN ahe Bible that could he alluded to with mra
opr1etJ from tho sacred desk aud tho sa1ue hannv
rT1nt <as requested not to losn auy Boston nnara
ne to the YOUTH because anything that eatne froro
,ston ~as almost certain to have In i'm In Il ~
me shape. Wonderful the compilation of crime n
which brother Patton has made and pnhli.he+9 - =
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