, 1874-01-18
The Religious Press on Things
in General.
Common Sense in Religion---How to
Pray.
Meeting Of the Chicago Presbytery-..
Revival Matters.
Personal Items---Rcligious Notes
Services in the Churches
To-Day.

cincinnati has been looking at Chicago as re-
faced from the spacious aud polished columns
=, the Herald and Pres6yter. Who the core
.nondent is NC cannot say, but "Ohio il
thsnom de plume, from which it may be inferred
,ha gritsr is o "foreiGner," who gives his view!
~ .he city in the order aud measure in which
fr,v impresB him. We make the following ex-
tract:
vhsteyer elee may be eaid Of this town. 1t cannot b.
s,,d tha, church enterprise is lacking. Whether i
t1lcs tue form ct prolagAndism III planting, thicl
touu churrh organizations, church missions, cnurcl
huildincs church semuaries, church Sabhath~schoos
nr tbe form Of Christian work In relief soctedes pcoi
societies. social societies. reading societies, sewing
fstiyal societies, the form Of associations MINIS
ieal aszocat,ou Presbyterial association, Baptist
sn3on Methodist association, Episcopal association
Evangelical association, Alliance association lecture
sstocsatiou, Chicago will parallel any city in the
lad for effort for industry, and for results, not 60
ooe step further. The latter form of combined work
ing mas broken out recently with unEsa force The
xhole current u things cccesiascal seem run to
eoaost and common counsel. AL Christian churches
III In with this stream. The city paper the 4 4
Aante, I. but symptom Of the movement. Whether
iii this comes, il; its new impetus, Is wave of the
worlds Alauce in New York. is really but sign of
the times, which you doubt recognize in Cincinnati
y IS done here leave to the philosophers. 1t is
tin entering Of Christian work II not
ii Christian life.
The huxley Darwin materialis Is reac.ing On those
sleics III way they Ind not foreseen- Their spccu-
hhuna and dosmatic ncgations awakening spirit
al life and activity among Christian people sud q
cobin,ton Of their forces such us ne have not seen
Yo Of years. II requires prophet to that
IN the generation in which they horn zise
these theories Of no-creation, sou-matter far away
among the debris Of Yolueyisn and Tom Paueie1n
staong the foIssken relics Of the past.
another feature OF Chicago Christian life ia the
s7hering Of crowds TO famous preacher. Church,
going in Cntcago, from wEat have ut various
times, rather above tile average Of our cities. An.
man Of any creed who has something to say can he
II A a
ean be sure OF large following. Quite number Of
such here could be named who rise head and shoulders
ktoye the common level of our city congregations.
THE RELIGIOUS PRESS.
The city religious press is out with the usual
tmount Of varied interesting matter. No single
silrer-thread ,uns through all, but wise miscel-
1ny is foand III all the papers.
The 4uiance opens with an editorial On the
"3Tental Equality Ct Society" in which it is
slated that the sermon il now listened to by
audiences Is wise as ths preachers, the lecture
Is heard By thousands as learned AZ the lecturer,
scd the newspaper is read by thousands az
harmed rs the editors. Other editorials are
siren Oh Useful Clergymen," :. Common Sense
n Religion" ' E. P. Goodwin, D. D., Personal
Liberty in Matters of Religion etc.
The following extract from the article on
Common Sense in Religion " is pointed and
pungeut, and ought to go lopgwaye in adjust
ing the relations to religion OF that particular
commodity:
Archbishop WhAte1y has forcibly observed that the
generality Of hive strong prediIection in favor
oi common sense, except in those points touching
xh they respectively know Of system Of rules but
n these points they drride any who trusts
Aided common seuBe sailor il ready to treat dis
ese By common but he would scout the idea Of
navigating ship by common ee1Be regardless OF the
Of nautical art. physician will desrse, per-
haps systems Of political economy, and insist the
Of common in such matters but who ever heard
Ct docto1's trusting to common sense in the treat
ncnt Of dseaees7 The fact that every man thus
trusts to unassisted common sense only, where he has
nothing else trust to- and invariably resorts to thu
principles Of science or the rules Of art whenever he
has . knowledge Of them, proves conc1ueiyely TINT
mankind universally prefer, whether consciously Or
this true Of al other spheres Of thought and acton
*hy shoud theology be an cxcepton2
We have spoken of some errors into which common
seuse has led mankind. We might add to them some
Il the common sense views in political economy which
unce universally prevailed such that benefits
knation,hat national debt is national blessing
hat nation 11c in proportion to the amount of god
advantageous to nation 10 export more
FOODS In value than 1t imports, 1t is bad policy
nt-that spendthrlfts are blessing to community
bocauFe they hep to circulate Money" ETC., etc.
q conclusion, We would ask those who 10 nodesty
aam to take only broad, commousseuse views" If
religion, What ja common Eense2 Whose common
tense is the standard Of trutA7 Is it that Of DR..
C!aske or that Of Christ uneducated disciples or,
t1at Of 1.-THE educated Christian Judgment" DR.. C.
declares in one part Of lis book; or that Of " the
sFe,age mind Of Christendom," he declares il
oshe which is certainly not very favorable to Uni
anaolsm o., is il common sense that Is very IN
common !? Is religious truth thing Of majoE1hee,
neees7
The Aduanes treats on Dr. Strauss 'Con-
!esHlons under the suggestive caption s'Terri- |
~ DE;" On the 'Flnal Victory" and |
PEayer:' The latter, says the editor, should |
oe hlial. large in it's DESIRES uniting heart with
aeart, epriuglng from personal union with |
ocnrist, u inspired By Gods spirit, and always in
eailst name It closes aa follows:
6elievt1, learn how to pray! Solre this great |
psacucal problem 80 that you can ask what you will
soo naFe whit you ask. The saints Of old were not
tpssl s:nts, but men Of like passions with our
aeaee NAY he at our disposal What greater works
;'sa than Christ himself did may We perform by the
osp he Slidt. We need noser be disappointed in
9h, eat Tod b:ware LETT you be lnckng in the faith
naeh can look for mighty and immediate blessings.
~ not inpatient Of the spiritual conditions which lie
Il liz ee1 ps1esS sgcsessfui M TIE The
I a. sTosEox1u the vicious. the hardened and sban-
I y. Ne" and yet moro glorious answers to prayer
~ ~ 10 aeusese IN this new ytAr Of our Lord
=, 41e northeastern Christian Adroc01e :; wants
1ae M ehureh to educate" All churches, fays the
ton: 1f''
.h, nuc oaT MY come when in younger States the
.;.a ;us may convent to support in common one in
anl bet t pot we guess VIC VII not rress th's point
h1 ~ concentrate upon one pince Of worship. Now,
suosests, We hope they will make common cause Us
,ss secular, which is but another name for dis
sea sts aati-c Christian, education. Study, under the
ssaee OF TEACHERS who give allegiance to God, is not
49, q partial, since culture is broad aud liberal
,i.. :sges Delty into Panthesln, and that contem-
r. sses saGres God the theory tL1t perhaps Nature
r ~ ao Tod. The denominations have been mutually
itaoons md Jealous long enough. Let them now
,t s 4gIlnst their more formidable and more real
r as. We have long had National Educational Con-
css!n. cs.on. Let US now have National Conference OF
;sn ;nuan Teachers, who in such presence need not
r, ..e fundamentals lest they shall be suspected Of
y, 1ae Inferior contains three-colnmn editorial
-. ~ LIE Trinity" which claims that the Bible
ccssaes THAT God is :" that there is only one
~; ~ tnat lie is extramundane that He IL
,HHu1I, Hsm,a person that Jesus Christ is God The
.ey ;s!y Ghost is God; after which follow cxpan-
:, soos OF the Sabcllian aud AtLauasan doctrines.
~ tc1oslng as follows:
rn. sad that the subject is Of no great practical
-, 1Af too, is grave mistake. Tuis il funda-
tt,el aoctr7ne. Sin IS the violation uf Gods law;
80 our need OF ardon. parlen H1lst be preceded
~ fulaua'lon- The rroIitiation Is made by Christ;
rss, gre 1t value, Christ must be divine The di-
~! " Cl17st proves tie doctrine It the Trinity.
= Rho deny the Trinity deny rule, the Deity
3nS ~ ~, deny that Christ atoue1neut, and
tuat s!n is such violation Of Gods l2w, that 1t
10 Ts 9ods wrath and curse to all eternity.
NC uoe1riEes Of Scripture related that, re
~ toe Ittuity, we part conpauy with the Gospel
~ toe n .SdnddrTs leader ia on tile University
- - eMcano," followed bv 1.-THE Wonderful IN