, 1874-07-12

the Ealarlcs Of tho clergy bc n.do such as tc
enable te: to ly. comfortably End decen.ly, get We
do Eope tAst the desire Ee ri. viii never come &c
contanate the heart that lretends to le welded te
| spiritual Thugs.
Regarding AIr. Beec,er, tho PAPER says:
In Epita Of what our usually sensible nejynbor, tha
ddrnnre, s4ys ths week. remain Of the opinion
thst weF1 Mr. Icechcr some NAN in tie moon and
his church corrcspondinsly secluded" the busy
bodies in other 1nens a1aits would BY no ist
hing alone. Tho orthodox ecclesiastical telescopes would
be leyeled Ut him together with all manner Of private
gasses, to discover il possible, At least old
burnt-out crater Of gossip No, no transferring the
Plymouth Church to the moon would make no differ
ence. There would have to be council and I'LL the
other churches on this planet would be solomniy
bound 10 know ~ about t. Does the Airanee @ sprose
whether hercsy we're in the moon, swinging round
the circle among the rings Of Saturn or n Chicago
PRESBYTERIAN church Distance may ':lend encha.:t-
mrt 70 The view" but 1t does not discourage lnssr-
| 1ucIdlcrs.
- TIE INTERIOR
| thinks some Methodists do not like to carry ont
! tho opposition Of the Northwestern 4Gcocafe
| to the ordination Of women as ministers of the
| Gospel for text. Says the Interior:
II they like feminine pulpit oratorv 50 vel, why in
ha d. h{ IF 99 M Rsy ss
Arabeia, Josey, and Susie, in place Of TIE light and
hravy docurs who now ornament the MeEoniH. rul-
tonrs crack with their weight. There are 70 on Tor
aanodl Metholiet preachers in this glorious land Of
woman among them!
According to the Interior, whofo managing
editor is dong all tho editorial, now that Prof.
Patton is sick, Proebyterianism is not such u::r
row creed as ne have been led to bel!eTe. Says
the Interior:
Conld ANYTHING be further from narrowness un-
chsTitableness bigotry intolerance thaa tue Ioty
known y9' Of VII men, Of the Pr.sbs*esian Church:
pnt them through the 400 propositions Of tlo
confession of Faith? The t.c IT, there is no Church
on earth requires 80 little creed Of its members 10 the
IrHS4StErl3u feH yE
apcstoiic test Dslteve the Lord Jesus Christ"
Even our dear Congregational bre,hFen often require
whether they believe with the heart. So far from
curing them to b. calrtn,stic IN TIER thealcsy,
tha. Of faith in the Crucjned. Or they 1nny hold |
theology different from ai outlying points.
Il .a,, 'hoali rome before any hess!on saying ~
the ti: aud pollution Of sin, aud trust ny wirked
hear. in u:s blessed hands" and should then further
ray But do not accept doctrine OF psedcstna-
ti'' uru not convinced Of tia vine nature 1res-
bytcriau government, and hold immersion havo
THAT y.4sio:i say7 They would asy: Whether you kro
ehurL en e x uy II tho sa Of IN
If you will be at ho,aa with Us these doors stand
vile. We c!aim therefore for Church tn this
respect the widest Christian liberty. Our ministers
thirsteth comel"
THE ADVANCE
has editorials On - Faith in God" !" Glorying,"
aud The Crisis of Isomanisn in Gor,nan:"
It answers the question of the Alliance rs to
what right the public has to thrust itself into tho
exclusive business OF Nr. Deecher'B church, az
follows:
Briefly bocau.e it is no: the exclusive business O.
msn in the moon," AMI his church correspontliu2ly
SECLUDED, the cass rso,d b. wholly different fto1n
er las stood ut the yer! IRON: Of tie Continent and
been the most thoroughly public ecclesiastical peseon
the c g'eat to to e'1 fos
OF CHURCHES To protect from wrong tho reputation of