, 1874-03-29

he was mad. Church difficulties are better thai
and sloth. They often prove spiritual patent mcdi
cine which the tardy secreons of the churches
LIVER and luEgs, and works with V1eoe ia ea1aaae
pumps. .-
/ TIE NEW COVENANT.
The Ee,p Corennnf Of March y. referring to
the recent attacks OF certain religious papers
upon The Tc1suii::E7 s:JS:
! sblo advertisement By tho Ad1aace, Interior, md
Christian Ad1ocate retaiatea most sayssey and Just
ious eheets that throw their citation into the shade
and prove their litle fEg.s thicker than TIE TRI-
ons Tey re ae{ esns tho 10 t6Fss H.
naDers have conducted this attack and their own d.
Tense is dscredit.ble TO journalism, minus the quail
| flying word religious.
| The Interior derotes it's leading editorial to
| consideration OF the sabbath-School." It Re-
| crets that "Tbere is too much disposition in
some quarters to make the Sabbath-scbool IN
aus and sg oesrs
! it's own choosing" 1t should ALWAYS be Under
stood says the Interior, that the pastor il pastor
OF the 6abbath-school aa we'll 81 the church.
the remark that the sabb.ts-achoof vas more
important than the church this is wrong; the
sabbath-schoo1 is as much part Of the church
as the adult congregation. The Interior verY
Justly denouncea much Of the Sabbath-sohool
litegatu1e that finds It's way into the libraries for
1act persons Of the rlpest piety and best culture
to select the books which the youth are 10 read,
aud not leave that business to ignorant and un-
educated people, rs it zoo freQucntlyis.
THE EonTHwEs1ERS ADVOCATE.
The Northwestern Adroc1fe OF lust week is
very largely devoted to the temperance crusade.
It expresses the belief that God is in the move
ment. It ia q religious campaign which any
moral compromise Will kill on. Therefore, the
editor sAys, AT is not proposed 10 merely re-
strnin society from getting actualX drunk, bnt
to induce all men to abstain from atl uso OF all
drinks that under any clrcumst ances can intoxi-
cate anybody. The mnn who drinks tbs mi1dest
ent Christian effort ia to remove danger OF fu-
tnre drunkonneBs." The Adeocate clalns that
The experience Of wino-making communities it.
america is tnat tho b,1sinesy il demornllzing
apd increases rather than dlminishes intem-
perance.
TIE STANDARD.
The Standard reG1etting the excessive multi
plication OF religious Organizations for benevo-
lent purposes, says:
That hurner:st exaggerated, who proposed 70 gtve
cant to the teathen and dollar to get 1t to them
auce 10 the Christian public after n Nor was It much
more e1trayagant than fact stated by the Southern
ChHreh7nRt. That paper referring 70 the Yir11nia
Bible Society, shows TINT the amount received By
them, during the year 1873, vas Sl0,5393o The |
money Was thus exrerded:
SALARY Of General Az mt. $685.
Salary OF District agents. 246l.cs
Travelling ami general expenses. 1,03517
Expense Of distribution. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. l,f03.l7
Total. ................ $3.50
81 that out Of the whole sum contributed for the |
circulation Of the Scriptures 1ess than the sum Of
500 invested in Bibles and Testaments In this
1t cost S to the expenditure OF 81 fur
the objects cf the Society," This ia extrems case,
and, We hope, does not often have counterpart.