The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-18

The Religious Press-Their Views O.
the Topics OF tho Day.

The Religious Prsss-Their Views o.
tho Topics or tho Day.
Our religious contemporaries this week
take no'one particular subject as their theme
for editorial remark; but while ranging over
the wide fields Of their different theological
tenets they here and there express their views
upon the general current topics of the day.
The Methodist thinks that Economy is the
cure for financial distress :" that the wealth
Of a nation is not in its paper currency, which
is SO much defaced paper, nothing more.
unless it rests on q substantial basis. "A
government note" says the editor, sis merely
promise to pay, and varies in value as public
faith in that promise increases or dimin-
ishes. Neither is it in the abundance of gold.
If oil the gold now in circulation in the world
were to become the property of the nation,
and 1t had nothing else, it would be poor
indeed. National wealth consists mainly in
these three things: in the crops which are
gathered, in the coal and ore taken from the
mines and in manufactured goods, which
enhance thirty, sixty and hundred fold the
value OF the raw material" In regard to an in
teresting subject the Methodist says: Very
slowly, yet steadily, the public opinion Of the
country grows up to the idea of compulsory
education" and hopes that before long it
will be the accepted policy of every State in
the Union.
The Christian al Worlc (Rev T. De Witt Tall
mage) sees in recent article that there is some
doubt about the Darwinian theory of our origin
'Just as we who have given up the Bible"
says the editor, ''were getting ourselves recon-
ciled to the monkey theory some one comes in
and shows that the real origin of our race wa
the soft-shell clam. We confess, he continues,
'that this last theory is the more agreeable.
We like the habits of the soft-shell clam better
than the monkey" 1t has been said that
''there is no accounting for taste All this
may be very amusing, but is it really digni-
fed? The same paper affirms that San un-
mitigated nuisance to God and man is half
and-half church, with piety tepid." Does the
editor desire all pious people to be in hot
water continually, or would he have them
adopt the '.noble Briton's" alternative in q
certain emergency and take it "half-and-half'
without grimace?
The Baptist Weekay, touching upon tho
theme of praying Pastors, remarks that, ''to
be an able minister Of the New Testament.
man must live in constant communication
with Heaven, maintaining unbroken inter-
course with the Throne Of Grace, having q
consciousness of Divine power working within
him and making him increasingly earnest in
prayer, and by consequence increasingly
effective in preaching" 1t is very pretty
nay. an electric-fgure, but suppose the wires
should break; what then?
The Observer discusses the subject Of the
Universe Without God, or the Attempt of
the Philosophy of Evolution to Destroy the
Souls Relief in Divine Designer" remark
ing that cit is difficult to set forth adequately
the absurdity of the attempt to drive the
doctrine of design out of the rational universe.
Yet" asserts the editor, ''this is what those
philosophers are attempting who seek, by the
system of evolution, to exclude the presence
and Intervention of God as the Creator and,
consequently the Redeemer of our race
The Independent demands thorough over
hauling of the petty thefts in Washington.
Why not take cognizance Of the big ones first?
The little ones will naturally fall in in due
course The Independent positively denies that
it has been sold out. 1t is the people who
think so who have been sold.
The Evangelist, discoursing upon the subject
of Science Recognizing God" quotes the tes-
tmony of Agassiz as given in the last of his
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from Brazil adding that "Agassiz is a true
successor of Newton, and though both are
gone from earth the race of intellectual giants
who were at the same time believers in divine
Reality is not and, we trust, never will be,
extinct
The Christian IateHigencer announces that its
accounts of the observance of the week Of
PRAYER indicate that it has been attended with
many blessings.
The Christian Union declares that the upper
most political topics of the day are financial
"Here," it says, ''we suffer extremely from
the low state among us of the higher political
education. If there is one earthly subject on
which the average Congressman is ignorant it
is political economy" The ignorance of
the average Congressman" might form the
text of an excellent lecture by the editor of
the Union.
The Liberal Christian breaches upon the sub
ject of moral Independence" the Je,oish
MESSENGER upon the Omitted Charities" the
Hebreao Leader upon the ''One Hundred and
Twentieth Psalm the Heenan's Journal upon
the Baltimore Plenary Council and the God
less Schools" the New York Tablet on the
ssCatholc Union in Ireland" the Catholic Re
cleo on "Unchristian Marriage" the Je,oish
Times on extending the freedom of religious
organizations to the Jewish Church in Ger
many, the Christian Leader on adding to the
Church. and Church and State on the ques-
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