The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-15


Current Topics Of the Religious Press.
The Christian Advocate enters it's strongest
protest against the whole musical arrange
ments of the churches, and with equally for
chile language advocates congregational sing
ing. 1t objects-and we most heartily endorse
its objection-to the number and character OF
the Sunday school hymn books with which
the market is flooded What real gems they
contain. it says. are taken from older cOllec-
lions, with here and there a specimen not
positively Objectionable, and enjoying tenn
porary popularity quite above it's merits, while
the great mass is simply worthless. and much
OF it scarcely better than execrable. Why
could not two or three or more churches in q
neighborhOod, of the same or differing denomi-
nations employ . competent musical in
lstructor to give lessons to the people during
ono OF two nights in the week, and thus en-
courage congregational singing, and eventually
dD away altogether and forever with the objec-
donable features in our church musical ar
rangements
. The Csrissi0n Union recites the progress Of
tho women's temperance crusade in Ohio, and
comments thereon favorably. yet with evil
dent fear that "the permanent effects will not
be such as to justify measures so eKtraordi-
nary and go at war with the principles. in
stinots and habits that characterize our Ameri-
can civilization"
The Examiner and Chronicle takes issue with
Michigan Moderator" on the similarity of
installation and ordination. which the latter
contends are one ordinance It also comments
on the Unitarian Bishop, Jules Ferrette, and
thinks that the SAVIOR of Episcopal grace is
getting pretty impartially difused.
The Independent reviews the Ohio women's
war on the rumsellers While it believes in
morh suasion as the only means of effecting
radical cure of this evil, it thinks this should
come after the law has been tried. Such q
crusade as the women of Ohio are now carry
ing on, and as the women of Massachusetts,
propose to inaugurate, may do for inland
towns and villages but the Independent
thinks. will not work well in New York,
Boston. Cincinnati, Chicago Of any
of the large cities Of the nation.
There are too many establishments here to
be attacked simultaneously, and counter
mob of loose women could be easily secured,
who would, the editor thinks, be too much for
their reputable sisters. But the law should
first have its perfect work. fit fails, then let
the women try their plan. 1t is not the high
est style Of piety to pray down liquor selling
unless we have first done all we can with
the law.
The Evangelist sees a strong likeness
between the movement which separates the
Old Catholics from the Church of Rome and
the Reformed Episcopalians from the Epis-
copal Church Of tie United States. The
Evangelist also touches on church discipline
and church quarrels in which it advocates
mild treatment toward offending and weak
brethren.
The Catholic Review quotes extracts from
Herr Reichenspeiger speech in the Prussian
Parliament, and comments thereon, in proof
that Prussian Catholics had been always
loyal to the State until the State placed itself
in direct antagonism to the Church. The
Revies0 continues its controversy with the
Nation and exposes the absurd blunders of
press dispatches respecting the health or death
of Cardinal Antonelli
The Tablet rejoices in the prospect of a
Catholic university being established in Eng
land and in the educational movements on
the Continent Of Europe. The Tablet is also
very naturally indignant at the arrest and i'm
prisonment of Archbishop Ledochowski, of
Posen, by the German government for the
simple act Of consecrating priests without
consulting that government. 1t thinks that
the German government cannot afford to let
this prelate out of prison again lest itself ap-
pear ridiculous in the eyes of the world. 1t
must keep him there or do worse The Tablet
also reviews the Rev. D. 81. Miller late anti
Catholic sermon published in the HRRALD),
and shows the falsity of some of his ar
guments and deductions. The Catholic Mirror,
of Baltimore, comments vigorously on the
arrest of the Archbishop of Posen, who, it,
says, has been torn from the altar where be
ministered and from the sanctuary where he
prayed. It classifes him with the confessors
and martyrs
The Methodist sketches briefly the literary
life of Strauss, just deceased, and, after &C
cording to him the full merit which was his
due, and to whom, it says, we owe the great
attention which since 1885 has been given to
the life of Christ, it points out the falsity or
feebleness of some Of his arguments, illustra-
tions and propositions in the working up of
his theory of Christ. The weakest point in
all Strauss system Of thinking was, the
Methodist declares, that after having destroyed,
as he supposed, the Gospel history. he tried
to hold the life Of Jesus as ideally true. What
he meant by this it is impossible to tell. The
Methodist, discussing the contest between Bis
marck and the Pope, justifes certain appar-
emily hard measures against the latter by