The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-04-05
RELIGIOUS INTRLLIGENCE.
The Public Voice Through the Herald's
Correspondence.
Programme of Services for
Easter Sunday, April 8.

Rev. David Mitchell will conduct services IN
Canal street Presbyterian church to-day at the
usual hour.
Rev. 8. N. Hamilton viii preach in the Scotch
Presbyterian church morning and evening.
DR.. A. O. Osborne will preach, morning and even
ing, in the South Baptist church. Baptism alter
evening service
Preaching morning and evening in the Berean
Baptist church by Rev. r. L. Davies, pastor. Bap-
tism in the evening.
Baptism Will be administered by DR.. Armitage in
the Filth avenue Baptist church after both services
to-day.
The Rev. j. v. Osterhout will preach in the Har-
lem Baptist church to-day at the usual hours DR..
Armitage will dedicate the new temple for this So
ciety next Thursday afternoon.
Revival meetings continue to be held IN the
Fifty-thrd street Baptist church every evening
during the week. Mr.. Pendeton Will preach at
Dotn services to-day and Will baptlze in the even.
ing.
Rev. d. q. Miller will deliver an Easter sermon
In Plymouth Baptist church this morning and will
receive new members in the evening.
Rev. q. ID. Simons, OF Troy, will occupy the pull
pit OF the Tabernacle Baptist church this morning.
ana In the evening DE-. Fulton, or Brooklyn. VIII
preach memorial sermon on the late Elder Jacob
Knapp.
Services will be hel morning and evening In
the Baptist church In Flftleth street.
DR.. Morgan will preach in 81. Thomas Protestant
Episcopal church this morning, and will direct u
children's festival this afternoon.
DR.. Rylance will preach in st. Marks Protestant
Episcopal church this morning. and In the alter
noon children's festival will be held.
The new Reformed Episcopal church Will meet in
Lyric Hail this evening. Rev. J. H. Bradford will
preach.
"Evange!istIc preaching" in the Catholic Apos.
tolic church this evening.
The seventeenth street Baptist Society will unite
with the Church OF the Disciples OF Christ in q
communion service this afternoon In the house of
the latter. Revs. J. hyatt Smith, II. E. jeffrey. W.
II. Pendleton, w. c. Dawson and Robert Cameron
Will assist in this service.
Rev. P. A. Chadbourne, LID, President of Will
lams College, will occupy the pulpit OF the Re-
formed church on Filth avenue and Twenty-nlnth
street to-day at both services.
Bishop Lttlejohn Is to preach in Christ church
protestant Episcopal), Brooklyn, to-day.
Rev. I. Dewitt Talmage Will occupy the pulpit
OF st. Johns Methodist Episcopal church, Brooklyn
this afternoon.
Rev. J. B. Faulks, OF Newark Conference, will
preach in st. Lukes Methodist Episcopal church
this morning. The sacrament OF the Lords Sup
per VIII be administered there in the evening.
Rev. John E. Goodman viii preach in the Free
Ing. The sunday School Missionary Anniversary
Will be held In the evening.
9ev q. N. Pratt will preach for the new Metho.
Episcopal Society, In North Tarrytown, to.
da This society is building o beautiful church
edJfce In commanding position in that town.
The free church services In Harvard Rooms this
morning Will be conducted by DR.. Phelps, pres-
dent of Hope College, Michigan. Preaching also
IN the same place on Thursd4y evening.
sermon this morning before the Umversalist
Church OF Our Saviour In the standard Club Hall.
Rev. 4. q. Sweetser will talk about Heavenly
Mansions this morning to the Blocker street Uni
versalist church.
DR.. Ludlow win give the result OF some studies
in the Book Of Daniel to his Reformed Church peo-
pie this evening.
The Progressive Spirltualists will be addressed
this morning and evening in Robinson Hall by L.
G. Howe. conference OF progressive aud stand
still Spiritualists Will be held in the afternoon at
Germania Hail.
Twenty persons are to be baptized to-day in the
Sixteenth Baptist church by Rev. David b. Jutten.
Climax Criticised.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
The great distress prevailing throughout the
country at the present time has attracted the
serious attention OF the people and the comments
OF the press. Numerous theories aaording relief
have been preached but as rule, they contain
but little sense and much nonsense. Among those
deserving notice, for its length II for nothing ese
is the communication IN late Sundays ISSUE
signed Climax IL was entitled ''The Problem
OF Poverty from Practical and Theoretical Stand.
point" though there was but little theory and no
practice IN 1t. The following is the substance OF
the article :"Christianty Is the only remedy, and
the best thing to do Is to create Christian public
opinion" Chrlstlanize the community and you
viii cause poverty TO disappear. "Cnmaxn tails
to give US an insight into his understanding Of
ga Christian puollc opinion" The wondrous pow
he ascribes to 1t betoxcn the novel conception
he must have formed OF the meaning OF this
phrase. 'Cmax, may be conscientious, but he
is certainly ignorant Of history and exceedingly
llllberal and Utopian 10 his views.
TO begin with that venerable history, the Bible
The Israelltes closely followed lis admirable pre-
cepts, and as consequence poverty was rare
among them. PhIologists tell us that there IL In
Hebrew no equivalent lor the word ''beggar,n and
the reason they assign Is that beggars almost
unknown 10 the ancient lsraelltes. We thus see
that Christianity is not the only remedy, II 1t DC q
remedy at all, for poverty. And now to use a
tram OF reasoning similar TO That employed by
the community. There Is tnis decided superiority
in this theory over that advocated by Climax"
that the former has been tried with success,
whereas the latter, for 500 years, has not effected
the desired result This Is but one phase Of the ap-
surdlty OF ''Cumaxsr theory.
1t matters little to which Church ''Cmaxn be-
longs. Ii he DC Catholic or Protestant he must
know that Catholic and Protestant countries are
alike burdened with host OF paupers. We thus
see that Christianity and poverty are by no means
Incompatible. Full many one has realized with
bitterness OF spirit and the anguish Of despair the
sad lines Of tue poet
Alasi for the rarity
OF Christian charity
Under the SUM
"Climaxn tells US that after the people become
Chrstanized, the peihorc purses Of the rich VIII
be opened to alleviate the suferlng5 oil the poor.
They will assuredly starve II they wait for the real
ization or 'Gllmax's' scheme or dream. Eighteen
centuries have elapsed and yet 1t appears accord
ing TO Climax that the people have not become
Christianzed Must we walt, then, I'LL another
eighteen centuries shal have passed before the
people win become converted to Christianity We
see the absolute necessity Of seeking another rem
cay, one which VIII not take ages before u pro-
uuces active, beneficial results. ANTICLIMAX.