, 1874-02-01

| uyerances must ba sc7ut1nized before they can b
trusted and oras must wat The i9ng hsv hssf s1eaR q, XII
often pure arroSanoa ths bald theory Eees M
less conjecture, The proud, lotty deltseranee jna
,1,T hurst Il h9S e2ne Deay ye abo bo
is Irvine revelation, and stands upon LIE mn
ground Of Al Thus saith the Lord"
The Standard also. answering correspond
sn auere9 70 whether ts shG o
as 3 Baptist "etrongkold must be abandoned
since even if they were Baptists III the earlier
ages they have fai}en AWAY from tue truth. nnti
they now approach nearest the Reformed Church
in France IN character. The editor thinks the
only Baptist q stronghold" ia the Naw Iesta-
nlent. ....
THE SOUTHWESTERN ADVOCATE
ronews its argument against State universities
and says:
The State university is indeed Christian than
the State but as the State advances in rationalism or
that is the tendency just now Its untvertJ
will follow that WAY too. Tha aatc must be eeculnr
and 1t. university is bound i by mantfsst destiny:
and wo trust It may retain its happy atatus.
Our CHIEF nim B to persuade our church to be alive
whero approach her work though there were not
state university in the land The churches arc not
stess evidenced by the fact that Of the 368 col
1eges the country only o3 State institutions and
2Si are controlled 6y religious DENOMINATIONS.
The editor also looks into the question raised
in Scrbnera' Monthly as to the fate OF denomi.
national newspapers. He argues that, within
cortaln boundaries, there is ample room for do
nominational papers to be independent; for that,
in all Protestant churches, while there are cortnin
matters that are not subjects Of discussion,
there are others which are unsettled and which
arc debatable. The editor says:
That ts, our plan Of eFiscopac5, our Presiding Ei.
derahip, our term OF pastorate, our hymn-noos-
must be Bacredly undesirable There is, indeed, an
uueasy spirit Of nkcriug that teuds to
with al ne have and which will be equally ready to
debate to death everything Te my hereafter Obtain
econuny should be examined and II, for exnpPie, our
hymn~book is not good may be-, ws should agt-
tate until We get one worthy Of u.s. II tue pfesldluS
kindly debate until Its possible perfection II manifest.
TIE ADVANCE
gives advice to the large number OF converts now
coming into Congregational churches. It advises
them to form the right ideal Of religion; not
think Of it as mere hesVenly, ,spasm; to press
forward in private rather than public life; to
study the Word Of God for instruction aud guid-
ance; to take the immediate responsibility Of
some regular Christian work to join tue church
az soou as thoy eau without prasumptlon; and.
finally, to reconstruct their ivea by the strictest
moral and religious principles. The -ad:ahce
also discusses editoglally ''Tha Famine IN Len
gal,' aud the growths of republics.
TILE INTERIOR
is as 7}oleraic Is orer It aussTerB, in its leading
editorial this week, Dz. Rytier's queries:
Must one believe TINT Jesus Christ IL tara1ly God,
in order to be entitled to the orthodox nancy and
mus. he also believe that the atoning sacrifice Of Christ
God) plncatea the wrath Of Cody In other WORDS must
he believe that Christ tho very Cod died to reconcile
God to Himself, OF God to man7
The editor says: "We believe that Christ is
God. The man who believes that He is not
God, does not think right, or, in other words, he
is not orthodox"
And further on, the editor still further nar-
rows bis definition, as follows: "We believe
that nan is not orthodox who denies the valid
ity Of infant baptism" In regard to the reasons
wly Unitarians, UnivorsaistB. and Roman Cath
otics were not invited to join the Alliance, the
ed dltor SAYS:
Ronan Cathoca were not asked to Join the Alliance,
for one object of the Alliance is to protest against the
corrrptiops Of Rumanistu aud to do what be done
to hasten its downfall Nor are Unt:riaua asked to
unite In the work Of tho Alliance. For the distance be-
tween him who believe that Christ is God and him who
believes that Christ is creature Is neasu1elcss. The
EyauRecal A1uce intended to protes. agsiast Ar1ar
ism, HuantsartGaazD and MI lorna OF Chr1soloEtcal
error.
THE ALLIANCE
expresses the belief that:
Our vast bulk OF pu1pt-talk must have taken rise in
days when there were books, no newspapers, nc
pubiic education aud when the pulpit therefore dealt
out the needed rattons Of wisdom tho multitude.
them hat the passage Of tho camel through
the eye Of the needle was tgnze of speech,
aud that Ncoeus went to Jesus By night ~ because
1t COOL {) because 1t was pleasant {3 because he
WAS idle, ~ because he WIS a1haIned, {S} because
chr:st wss as Leisure ) eeeaase night il solemn @
turea to infant mind, the clergy needed gTeat
many hours Tor their eloquenee, and many OF them
oniy + partf.lIy seeompiishod. Thoueands q books
dliiy and weekly newspapers, public education, tho
Sunday the Wednesday evening meeting, have
epeatls to ehsnge I is % auaty Tbe themes which re-
main for the pulpit ara fewer In number and uozo
fundamental and dtgnsaed.