, 1874-04-12
The Spirit Of the Religious
Press.
Their Views on Temperance, the
Plymouth Council, Etc.
Communications on a Variety Of
Subjects.
Notes and Personals at Home and
Abroad.


Services in the Churches To-Day.
RELIGIOUS PRESS.
THE ALLIANCE
The bU,once contains an editorial On prayer
and olitics." from Which wo take the following:
We would not for moment question the entire SIN
ee7ity Of many pereons engaged IN me psa:tnff, 4,
eaIcn but prayer, like every ying else, has its con
ditious and limitations, and it IS useless to ignore
these, to venture upon VIII e1pea'ions aou ;tt
Gods u1rposes that prayer prevail It is not
Gods MAN that tho prayer Of one person: or dozen'
or hundred persons shall change the Divine 9oFern
ent from the baeis Of nersonal liberty and individual
responsibility. to compel everybody 10 10 Juss
Thero e Va no good resson for believing that prayer
could change the set purpose Of the City Council nor
that 1t could carry the late elections IN favor OF fauc
Temperance measures in tho cities where tha majority
Of the voters were opposed to such policy. It would
be lust az reasonable suppose that prayer could put
3aue IN eau y infsucde the socaf ev PRIDE dishonesty
ec o. TINT it could control the temperance question
the p9es e o3 ide a oaa sneo be zaved wo
mutt work well ~ pray, and wait ~ wen "o1x' 4na
be willing TINT society advance by the Ways and N tao
time it best and not expect 70 DI1uH eFe13pou3
aud everything to our plans.
THE ADVANCE.
Tie Adraace pitches into Ruskin and high
art in the construction OF houses Of worship
6ays tho Adrance: .......
Tho reproduction Of cruciforn and extreme Gothic
or MODELS with little regard to convenience or
modern notion to put given number Of tttnss ID
near and urobstructed communication with the pu!-
Rahted. M oth day and evening and thoroughly ven,i
1ated. This CHIEF apartment must be escorted by
proper suadayschool accommodation md such other
social ago requires The standing puzzle Of
acoustics, which is getting at lest .
bcased the fundamental utilities Of moAern Christian
home The dim religious Light for sore-e5ed CErls-
DENIES e The eaIn ehiil Of damp vals, taat nIy Of
which bewders the mind though the painted angels
were ratting through gymnashc exercises the open
work Of tho cengsheso lnnatlc effects have
Of Tie mast High art has delighted In cities filthy
with low pe8dlonce, and whose s1burhs we're combed
By banditti-
There is an editorial on the Temperance ques-
ton, which recommends, among other things,
the discouragng OF the social custom Of trent
ing, and suggests that an anti-treating society
would scrvo good purpose. Another thing
recommended is, to havo the laws against dis
prder And Drunkenness strictly enforced. and
allow no intoxicated person On the Streets A
strict enforcement Of the laws against the adul-
tefation Of wine and beer is also urged. In no
plher article Of commerce or general consump-
tion. it is said, aro the people so shamefully i'm
posed upon as in the auulteration Of liquors, and
no reason is seen Whv the law in this case should
not bo as rgidly enforced as against ths adul-
toration OF food.
It also contains an article on tho 'ConeoIda-
ton OF Scminarics," wherein it is stated that
there arc half-a-dozen theological schools in the
Presbyterian Church which should be me1ted
into ons At some such place as Chicago. In
come OF them it has cost the Church $4,000 a
year for each student.
THE sTASDARD.
The Standard, commenting upon the recent
Council which tried the Rev. Florence MCCARTHY,
thinks that Councils hereafter should bold their
SESSIONS in secret. The Standard remarks:
1t bas been most trying service for the brethren
delegated by tho churches actin the made the
fEg hq 1na % e IT. m er nGr
proceedings or to prevent the paradng OF al the par
iiculars of tho case-eren the most unseonly-be-
the public eye. The Council haye evidently wished
charging thom with intention to oct under cover,
no naa choice. a' Mons .hs les. il It to bo re-
GREETED that church councils, especially whom
a 81 Of ta
allowed to respect the public sense of decency
ly holding tteir sessions without the presence OF To-
The brethren engaged upon this Council were men
every way competent to conduct proceedings Of thta
tan honor and honesty. We cannot see how it was
possible for them to reach different result much ~
We regret the necessity that Was upon them
This whole matter has been an exceedingly painful
one. Mnny things in the history OF it lit only for
oblivion, not in any scuse for record OK eren dis
cussloo.
The Interior contains five '' hints to North
western Presbyteriaus: !. Sustain the Interior;
2. Oppose any attempt to cut OF the Board Of
Publication from contact with the churches 3.
Sustain the denominationsl educational inetitu-
tions and endow new ones; f. Look compla-
Gently and Kindly upon the younger colleges,
from which the ranks OF the ministry arc re-
cruitcd; s. Make Che Theological Seminary the
centre OF Presbyterian theology for tho North
west.
The Inferior contends for tho sectarian organs,
as against the last Scrlbner, which s'sees tho
Church papers feebly trembling about, hat in
Of poor old man, whose tottering limbs have
borne him to your door; buy my little chrcmo,
and may God reward you" The editor thinks
there is no cause for levity or melancholy when
tho belief that much OF the interest and ad-
yancoment in the churches ia attributable to the
organs aforesaid.
THE NORTHWESTERN ADVOCATE.
The Northwestern ADVOCATE discusses the reln-
hon Of the aexes to the question Of work, and
thinks tho time is coming when women will re-
ceiye just credit and reward for work well done.
That paper says:
When the day Of thorough common sense on this
subject arrives shal an and to al the 1njus-
ce that denies certain things to applicant because
she ts woman, and end also to The Illogical weak
that grants other things simply because sho who
asks u . wontn- W must neithe1 rnde1do nor
overdo tho matter. Ask only Can this applicant do
the work ?" and Can he abe give equivalent for
htrs ~ well "a another person OF the sano sex2"
Very soon sh2l-or shou.d-hear far loss Of
mens work and wonans work and OF uaen's societies
and wonAn foeietiea For instance In mission work.
our church win by-aud-by. ceaso to hear Of the Pa
rent and the womans Missionary societies. The body
OF devoted womnn-worke1s, already Ftroug, Is .
logical outcome Of uaans monopoly Of management Of
thas enterprise. Tho long list Of managers and COM
afees does not contain tae namo OF single wornao
Inst haa been enough in the past but It
may 10 dscussable question for the Tutrse. We
Little uiore roason why woman shall have
ohdAl appointment on general conference mission
sry board, than why al missionaries nhall be men
only.
RELIGIOUS CORRESPONDENCE.
TOLERANCE AND INTOLERANCE.
1u the Editor Of 1he Chicago Tribune:
SIN: We al talk very glibly Of the beauties OF
liberation, but there is nothing more difficult
than it's exercise, and nothing more essential to
the order and well-being Of society.
Ioiesatlon is state Of mind which nations