, 1874-04-19
TIE RELIGIOUS PRESS.
THE ADVOCATE.

| lHE AuFQtAIE.
| The Northwestern AdCocnte has something
say in regard to the districts OF Presiding Elders
and in the discussion Of large small district
| takes sides IN favor of the latter:
| Largs districts disqua1fy Presiding Elder fro1
that Personal acquaintance TINT brgets personal
and stimulates tho how Of the few dollars ncccs
Gary to his support: but smaller districts will cnahl
the right Hnd OF man to demonstrate the yGlua G
his office. We verify believe that twelve pastors Ills
tricted under man equal to the hest Of them will d
more and better work thar fifteen undistrieted
maldistrcsed With such proper organization ever.
local and connectioaal enterprise would gain q ncS
lease Of ufe. We do not believe th.t the dignity Of t
office depends near much upon the number Of mel
in it, in Inc quality Of work done. These local su
rertntcncnta should he appointed By the general s1
Ferintendents and the latter should rec to pass b,
ineligible men by reason of ample provision aireatl,
made to retire end support those who have become dis
qualified for PASTORAL and therefore district, work
Tho Adrocdte also DISCUSSES the relative yalut
Of textbook and oral instruction in the Chicago
sch ocls.
In regard to politics the Adroca!c has this tt
say:
The country will some day waks M to knog,e.1ce
that We are nation Of oI1ci4l thieves. From tia
Credit AIobiller down mofcrate-axed civ steal
Ing FROM the public Treasury is the rule and. worse
leope do not appear to lie particularly horried
defaicntions are made public; anu wolst, tia very
most frequent exposures are NUDE not by PROCESS Il
Law. but by political enemies who ruin MI lucunlbaut
dvE for the sake Of obtaining the oalca thua made
vacant We think Congress is entirely too de!ibera:e
and too enient in Investigating The iniauiHes OF the
Sanbarn Contract while eyea The President .olarates
in office Some Of the most unworthy ecamps in the
couutr3. Long tenure Of power gives shameless con-
Wondering how SOON the Republican party viii nc~
eoa,noaaiins1y 60 to pieces It has done good wors,
two or tlrea real good iFsues.
THE ALLIANCE.
The editorials in this paper are in great part
devoted to the temperance question, aud take.
ae usual, moderate and reasonable view of the
subject. In one Of them. exception is inlirect-
y taken TO tie exclusive outpouring IT the
walls Of wrath on the heads Of saloon-kceE ers,
while the d,unkards arc wcpt over aud pitiell.
He In such unfortunate person: with 80 many
glorious qualities OF character-s1g ercrou. end E;i-
hearted. 50 much more noble and magnanimous tL:u
people who never get drunk. To hear Mr. Courh and
the rest one might imagine that the runlArs uf the
land are superior order Of teings. who have fatn
tmonE thieves by no fault Of their own and that 90
cie1y must turn out in force to play the good sa-
ttfan No doubt societS owes the nebria.g sympathy
aud au manner Of a5d But to represent him rs a.,
unfortunate innocent Is both failac3o,1s and re,u
cious TO I'll concerned. The who Viii a.: drunk
lot only degrades .nd disgsaces himself l, bccomc7
an enemy to society The man who becomes intosi-
Gated foffelts his right to liberty just truly rs does
the criminal Ic Is The criminal, waiting in his de-
hriuE for the opportunity to perpetrat. the crime
trene!y guilty. That he canuo. control lis actita
IL apology; his ain lies in having acquired the ap-
Referring to &c Wine and the Bible" it is said:
not strange shat earnest advocates OF tot.1 alb
sstnence should with to forily their position by
Scripture authority. But tust so1oe Of them have
injudiciou4y endeayored to wsest the Scriptures,
Win perous violence, toward thia theory cannot ba
denied. When they tTst the meaning Of worls used
to express the one fact Of wine make them dig
crimlnase where the original writer's Intended no such
1t vicious process Of interpretation
IL matter how wel1msant 1t may be. That there are
or three kinds Of wine spoken Of in tic Bible-a
fe5nsnted It. and IN na'ermented kind, the former Of
Occasionally approved-~is hatly denied BY tbs best
Of the And to pezstst In the face Of
this ta:t IN Affirming that tbs Bible canuot possibly
shoW the drinking Of fer1nented wine without wreck
Ing is disine authority upon pIatn incons1s.eucT Ia
to undermine tbs ercdibl,y OF scholars in ali thei.
son 5iusons and thus spread net By which in1dety
bhau hrug II great ha1l GcR Eioleaca 20 the pai1