, 1874-10-18
THE RELIGIOUS PRESS.
THE NORTHWESTERN ADVOCATE

Other Denominations Copy Our Itinerancy Sys
tenn ?" It also gives it's Vows On 1.-THE Gospe
Of Love-" and concludes it is not to be blame
for the falling sway OF Mr. Beecher or any othe
preacher who may teach That gospel little to
practically. Tho Adcocatc, after CONTRASTING
"The Gospel Of Law With "Gospel Of Love,
| says:
with as much boldness ~ nc think he should, th
willingness Of God in the salvation Of man. must nee
essary leaye himself open to The charge Of preachn,
Of those naheza Of men who embarrassed by th'
fear that more fish w!n hits than azs predesttnet
their s and 0esos soms p taR$'So while
some tumble, head1onR. In so far as tht
| man e1Iediency for the divine requirement. arr
sorry to eay that the orthodox house has too much
glass about it to warrant Of its occupants in throw
certain Protestant well in certain Catholic
iee, the common people complained Of for being
deyotedy retgous, while la1 in morality. This Is the
hv,-not tie mornf i.v Of tho Now Testament, but =
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. law formulated from 1ts
pages. II NO Substitute theory OF how to get 10
heaven for q theory OF how We ought to behave On
Garth NC become ns Pnul said OF tho Athenians, too
rect in opinions Of the future life than to be right
IN practice during this life.
THE ADVANCE
has rcviev Of the National Council at Now
Haven discussion Of the prevalence Of lying,
stopped; aud an editorial on the e Dollinger
Conference Of tho Old Catholics"
The editor Of tho Adndnce has gotten into
controversy with q lady contributor, because her
last article was hpaded 'f Tho Per Sc OF It. in
stead Of g. Tho Prose Of IT," as abe wrote IT.
She thinks tho printer is to blame but the cdi-
tor, after examining tho manuscript, thinks the
fault is With the Indy contributors writing
mastar. and he 10 dead SO nobody is to blame.
The Adrdnce is getting on well in its fund for
hUy7nr hnrGa fnr ira fn3 nivar Hor1a
ary. who has travelled on foot Is, 600 miles the
past year. aud now longs for Rosinante. Tho
sum is already S78.
TIE INTERIOR
defends itself and the fifteen PresbYters who
voted to couTfct Prof. Swing. from statement
Of DR.. r. y. Patterson. in tho Eoangelist, call
ing attention to the fact that the opponents of
Prof. Swing were chiefly Qld~School dirines and
sympathiZers With tho lato Southern Rebellion.
The same paper claims that the recent cousoli-
Presbyterian and Congregational Churches was
first suggested by Dr. J. E. Roy, Of this city. and
was discussed aud favored in both the Adcdnce
and tho Interior. F'Woman's Work" in the
missionary field is also discussed; and the
ladies arc exhortcd to raise monev for the in
crease of mlssionaries' salaries rather than to
ship ''boxes" to them. Comparing tho New
York and Chicago pulpits, the Inferior says:
Any one who will carefully compare the sermons OF
IT, Ssw York and ch,eaEo M pups aa reported each
VIII perceive that there is not only wide contrast be-
tween individual sermons, but that they represent df-
in this 1atter it appears to the writer Of this that
matching orthodox against orthodox broad against !
broad aud liberal against liberal the Chicago pulpit
displays degree OF originality, freshness, vgor and
II rhetorical beauty, Amounting here and there to
lplcudor, which exceeds the pulpit OF New York
.hcse !. more attention paid here to the grace Of
which comparison gives is that tho ministers Of the
EASTERN c'ty are going along In an easy, comp1aecnt
cye best striving for the highest ideal Of their art
nd putting forth the utmost strength OF Intellect and
atoms There IL no city in Tho world who're men use
henaseves up so rapidly, eveu recklessiy, ~ here
THE HERALD AND PnEssYTEn,
leading Presbyterian paper publish ed in Cn-
inpati, las the following:
The Interior Of laat week sayr: "Tno Synod Of
nnois North will meet in Chicago on the 18th inst.
he occasion will be Of great interest, and tho
uties which viii devolve upon the body will be Of tho
'instcrs whether one has been unfaithful and il uu
'nnd. or whether tho other is slanderer." We don't
link that the Synod will be obliged to pronounce DR..
alton slanderer," even though it may fail to pro-
ounce Mr, Swing '' unsouod." Our Discipline aays |
II an appellant is found to manifest ltigious or
her uuchrsttan spirit in tho prosecution Of his |
pesl be shall bo censured according to the dceTeo Of
j. oaense." We guess that Prof. Patton hardly In
nas to mantfeat m evil spirit Our Book Of Dis
ITO "in proportion to the maltgnancy or rashnsss
at shall appear in the prosecution" Succeeding o.
II IL IIe PROSECUTION VIC presume uf. r. trT TO
old being rash or malignant Whether Prof. Swing
found to be sound or unnouud, faithful or unfai.l-
!. 1t y not necessity that either glory or shame
all fall on DR.. Patton. It would he IS we'll for the
terror to leave it to the Moderator Of the Synod to
arge the body in regard to the solemn responsibility
rolYed In trying tbs appeal Of the editor Of the In
It is isorderly and very oppressive as well as un-
i und unuaual, for the Interior to use its columns,
lorsng various heresies, withholding righteous
rdics, as induging in bitterness OF feeling intense
conspicuous, in prejudce unparalleled, in mad q
editor who Is prosecutor to use or allow hs paper
bo used in snch way7 Who the men thus e
Seminary, colleagues Of the prosecutor and editor,
seyoral pastors OF tho highest standing and sue
IL kitsfedgs, THOMPSON 5ohnson-pas.
csc orthodoxy. usefulness and piety known aud r.
d Of al men These hard thing. are said, because e
user, and whilo his appeal is pending before the the
&c, and whereby one may eiify aaother? ' '01 o.
The Standard considers editorially 'tThe ! t
'uld "Work Thei: Pocketbooks" for the best ! r.
crests OF Zion, and the promotion Of the causo tt
religion. In regard to Mr.. Beecher, the edi- 81
says: Il
'e must remind the brother who sends Ms list of a
stions from the utmost down East.n that We ! ty
. never expressed IN opinion Of Mr. Beechcr,s al
It. He must also say to him, In plain te1ms that r
~ from considering it QUE duty to uphold man cl
M B Lat
mister and processes to be Christian, make =,
amensble to standard all the more strict just 90
ause he bears those tro sacred names before the nf
Id. Peaao Observe that The caso il not that OF th
simply accused, but Of man with amount Of IT
lenco mzdo public against him, which stagEers os
~ Of his stauchest friends, wha the defense be no
tes taken at its very best Is dabby and weak as E
Z almost ~ damaging rs the accusation We are ~ ~
under oath to sustain Mr. Beecher right or wrong Da
TIE ALLIANCE Eli
les the Rev. Mr Thompson for urging that it ~
only 4 lack Of courage that would induce as
listers to try to harmonize Tyndall and Chria-
ity. The same paper charges that tho New :.
X Obserrer- 80
Ok passage from Universaliet newspaper and. ~
ing Oh the confession OF the paper that Mr. Swing
no Universalist. printed the remainder to show 81
afr. Swing did well on Withdrawing from in
rch where separate Too1ns assigned to Dives -,
Lazarus Whether, after whole year Of rest nil VIZ
great Primes and their companions worked up to-
er tho editorial as Beaumont and Fletcher COM RAJ
i In their great stuEies whether It was the ~
1t Of some single mind, We know not, but as they oe
each other the withdrawal Of Mr. az
49, would love to congratulate editorial associa- prt
= withdrawal OF the Ooserstr gentleman
any tripod that was connected in any way with | ),
raj or revealed religion. ~
mother editorial thinks Mr.. Tyndall has 1t ~ ~
th I" reached the bottom Of tho controye1- ~ ~
etweeu religion aud scepticism ~ ~
has gone atl the ground and has found in ~,