, 1874-03-15
Continued Gains Of the Evan:
>. gelical Churches.
Opinions Of the Religious Press
on Current Topics.
What the Independent Says Of Prot.
Swing.
Immortality of the Soul---Sacred-
), ness Of Human Life.
Notes and Personals at Homo and
Abroad.


Church Services To-Day.
THE DELICIOUS PRESS. !
THE ALLIANCE.
Tho Auiance, speaking Of the ordinance pend
in: IN the Chicago Common Council Tor 1egu4at-
ing the s-s6ic in liquors, says: ....
It Ed not seem to occur these legislators that the
general welfare would be vastly more inpeE!ea ~
1Ms F Sn TDoash 60 10 pretty
lar!y ana do nee5e In open WHISKY saoons ~ u & IL
Lords day. m with our since1e n ,nteres ERE, te M Saloons
oren be,wa< :. and p. N. on SUNDAY, aaIJ
must be opeca ct Al and then @ Go elosen end nicht
Ne believe that good order and public deesney anu
1norzhty would get the advantage ~ tnis caans ~
toneIs csre to drinE much before midday. The man
wlo viii ret drunk before "a o'clock 15 1ar soas' "
shoula be cent to the Washingt9niaa Aone. ,,;a.
But as stu finer picce Of leeslause co.upioths 80
The ur1insnce actually referred W Tue SU.e ~ t
Council requires the door. to be e Sioseo rec VIE
tbs mock respect paid public opinion Is Froposea
Liquor ao1d and drunk as freely on taas sae1oa
day xs apy other. It is an attempt 10 ~ -
pcarance Of dseepcy where the decencs ooss no1
exist
The .Adrocdfe in an article On "Cuttlng Drunk
enuess in Tso," argues that there is no possible
compromise between excessive drinking ana
total abstinencc. The editor Gays:
3ust now wo hesr men, in the pulpit ana ous
n it. nro1,ospe to giye truce to WEI on wine and
Iar md 70 reinforced to win aled triumph oVe1
whisky Such propositions are often maao ~ COCA "a
iacr Int sre Wiling to enlist the sympatntes OF the
German IS against the Irish and polite American
-o ~ extirr.aa tutc1nperance and often OF weak
faith both In the dreper instincts OF huHhnts ano III
ID not assent to the rropozAl It is contrary to
experience ard is mpra ccah!e. When the rery first
temperance movement IN THIS country oegan ne @ *
creased. uuder the proner logic, thousands aestsn
from vi sti,nuants. but sooa as you
vine and beer hundreds Of young men WILL dt1ns te
l.tter ly permission, and soon, when appcte grows
apace, they vii 60 to whisky without petn1lsaion-
TIE NORTHWESTERN ADVOCATE
urees that the preHent revival may oe 1ne Pc
rinuipg OF one that shall never end until al the
1Torid shnll have been converted. The editor
says: .-.
II. million may come each year. all the millions 1caJ
eae this yezr, or next, OF yet within yanr 7sA
touh It nav not add as many Thousands IS hereto
fore 70 The Church, Will yet add vast volumes OF tnas
rsastlye, magnetic sympathy in wide church more
mEnts Thich las It's pace in tho plan legtimaely
as pxavcr and cong. Some day when these ontposts
al pauted work VII begin I'M snd seens ennsr on
oarh has heard the tidngs- The pure nationalist anu
tbe ratiopalizng Methodist minister viii ats:aSnWa
AtA :,
vil be 60 shocked by uneducated and unnurtuIed
converts th.t the whole thing vii be failure Eot
III Tiers u nothing save heavnn that Is 80 potent
to eaucste aud strengthen tne new conyett as ron
tued reErat Ihs pe thas ~
he born again Tie goT TIE enthusiasm ,sor
this breath Of recent victory 1nase cnsaan m YER
easy, and such wo-l both evidences anu gsas ns
TIE STANDARD.
The Standard, discussing the status o. I'M
Bible, fnds that although not written to e1
Press exact scientific truth, it nevertheless II
beautifully adapted to tie wants OF the presen
tine:
I. no scientific inquirer wou1a any real difficult:
be e,er found in adjusting the record in revelation T
tbs disclosures Of true science. seeming connie
must ruiinize more carefuly he supposed scientih
fact On the side, and the Interpretation Of "a
Bible Words o.: the other. such methods Of inquir
Az legtimato they bring forward some Of tho mos
intensoi, interesting subjects that could oecup; =
ansa ~ s 81 uoset Of inteecta
inspiration and osse!orment Even aa ne &c case no'
stands, lis ovieent t.a=t Gods book is tue gram
conrcieuioss nol the turaa inellect just b5 con
tact with tas book, sroraed. stirred put upon th
improred moro than tt<1,a~s. We would not, On ou
own part, co1cede . s,r&r wel-estanhshed pGtne1pi
present sgc; neither, ,pon The other hand do "
Aink it an omen wholly eyl That such eriticsr
:.ss Ee bove 5. ,ta aeEe Is ., Ut aats fSoa a
Of the Lord will su:ses inJu11 becaase the o1e
stumble. . "
TIE INTERIOR.
The Interior thus discourses o. CONSCIENCE:
But ner do not think Of this seriously, sa- OF IL
Eu-t1on which intelligence and cultr1e and u NOR
Geye to dseasy d h;e 2 y,
make IT, angels weep" and al in Tho sacred 'Pn
OF consrtcnctI Every day our felloT-nen are u
whist .se aee to mem things, uarTo5 Things, ana
E-rinB that thelA conscience conpe1s them 70
course What IN an 9nt it is to meet conFc!entou
penuriona man, or *eraou consc1cudous:y sus
cip,iB, or jeaious, hate1qli Instead ct being mo
fkd by Tho fact, one become. half E1eynd and half
diena1t. that tho man ahould he the owner Of sucl
conscience something as al fe, not long since, vt
strain vas involved in fatal cos-sion by being
hor or more out OF It's time, and the conductor O.
nngtnecr plea4Ied that his watch %7s s1 hour VITO
ar had quite run down. Hlnt buslncu Ind m
n,accd III such responsible charge, 70 carry va
and refu.. to consult examine it TIL II MAS IN s.
condition conscience !s an e.ctlent ihlne io
snan' 10 haze il quite Indispensable, in Tact
fakcn Is compound Of sense, OF obligation, and
rarious degrees Of knowledge OF Of ignorance 1t ne
eontinucI winding up and regulation
THE ADVANCE
Tho 1dr03ice in its iesue OF March IL, adm
,s,era q rebuka to the Chicago School Board
attending the school hours from five and
n daily sessions Of six hours by new rnl
I'he real facts are, first, tlat the Board OF II
..1ion hsd not extended the length OF the {
,ons hy a new rule, but had, two days bel
he date Of the Adrdace, reduced the hours
Ava for each daily session. Such paragraphs
1;cate neither enterprise nor very good deg
, Of information in regard to the subject IN
discussion.
CORRESPONDENCE.
THE INDEPENDENT on PROF. SWING.