, 1875-03-07

Color !. lonssr to b raetened among crimes IN tn
] United States.
Il handles without gloves an Ohio legiafasol
named Butterworth, who wante Ia" 70 enaolf
State officers to visit conyents TO see Wnesne1
NJ any OF the inmates are confined against tnel
will. In regard to this the Urstnerse aasef1s tna'
the fact "that the inmates OF our con1ents az
free to go or remain is known to every Ames1
can who is not hopeiesaly lunat1c~"
THE WESTERN cHR.s11AN ADVOCATE
DISCUSSES the subject Of !" Youthful Precocity
and describes tho unhealthy ssimulua to which
children arc subjected, resulting in blaae adults
| before they shou1d have reached their pt1me-
It concludes with the following warning:
The time has undoubtedly arrived IN our socA DE-
veopent when 1t behooves Us to stop and Put On !he
Of men snd women viii pe feobe in mind and body,
and viii 30 degenerate In thu matter Of early discipline
that hs young v e sGTea f g a. efna
aiono but there ID moro SERIOUS ono than this
Church and ths ease of tfas rs1slon u
that your homes ara attractive Christian aara TO yor
growing famides
| Under the caption OF Tho ALI Power it dis
| cunses the * fashion-an absurd and pretentious
| fashion-of the timss, to speak OF force as an
] entity, separate thing, subject OF thought in
itself and to hand the universe over to the gov
erument Of matter, mind, and force" It then
disposes Of the scientific doctrine Of tho correa-
tion and conservation Of force as regards its the
/ D1OK1Ea4 pthIAuE.
Il also bids the temperance raformers to be Of
good cheer and to keep up stout hearts, as their
dav OF SUCCESS znust dawn sooner or later. 1t
makes note on spelling and thinks
they have becoms too much the rage. It says:
though of Ittla practical benrft unless the words
spelled ara also written defnedand theJ signaly
exhibit ths national characteristics, to unite profit and
pleasure. But 1t may be well enough to remind our
friends that theao days and weeks Of the year when
ali the energy and moral Of the should
cnnrchcs are actually IN progress Do not hinder the
but rather give them all the help you can- Il no re-
vyal meetings being held in your own church, go
where they are held.
TIE INTERIOR
has an editorial note On the case OF Thorne, the
H1cksite Quaker. who was expelled from tho
North Carolina Legislature, an account OF Wh1sh
was given in The TRIBUNE OF few DAYS since.
It says: s'This il the most ludicrous exhibition
OF medieval intolerance made in this country for
m aye. It will be repudiatsd by au enlightened
Christians but this will not prevent some IA
tionalists from charging 1t upon the chrlatlan
system.
Tho Interior dovotes its leading editorial to
review Of Prof Lighttoots eHsay on the Chris
tian ministry, tho Talua Of the opinions OF which
it deems to be enhanced by the position winch
conclusions it obtains from his essay are as fol-
lows:
Frst-NeIther Scripture nor ths sarly Fathers
the dea that thu Chrsan ministry Is priest"
Second-Tha Bishop Of the subapostolic age only
Preabyter, invested with the Office Of President OF
ThirdEBisIop and Presb.ter are synonymous in
scripturs and thsre is not the ehadow Of authority
the doctrine that 3shos are the Successors Of the
Apostles.
comments approvingfy upon Gov. Tilden'a cold
water reception to William Cullen Bryant, and
snys: s'We regard tho act Of Gov Tilden IN ig-
uoring the fashion and custom which require the
suAo. r1rAn + $3rSA
entertainments an important step in the d.
reetion Of great reform, It ia the breaking Of
at least one link In the chain which binds the
average American mind in slavery"
Discussing the sectional feeling displayed by
the criticisms of ths p1ess in the Beecher trial.
it says:
1t Ia fact with lesson, that the most enormous
scandal Of modeEn times, involving pro7ortionats
gIt on the side or the other, should hEncetorth
stand forever linked with names once brightest and
faireat among c1.mpions Of the right and tbs iust
That lesson Is that other treasures besides that Of the
Gospel, are committed TO earthen vessel" and that
nothing good, nothing trna Is either to stand OF fall
with tnose who maintain it. The true and the good
live their own life and stand in their own strength.
TILE 1EDEpENpEET
discusses the Forca bill and the Civil Rights bill,
and says: ''Had Gen. Butler wished to pull
down around him in his Own political destruction
the Republican temple, he could not have done
it more etfectually than by embracing these two
pillars"
TIE cHRrsT1AN UNION
has thoughtful article on the Louisiana ques-
tion cr,ticising the course Of the Administration
as 'huga mistake" As regards the general
relationship between the National Government
and the reconstructed States, it says: ."We
would have the National Government 60 to tho
very verge of its legitimate and lawful power in
this direction but in The interest Of the blacks
no less than ip that of the whites, We nay, it
ought not and must not, even for this good pur-
pose, break down the barriers Of the Const1tu-
ton and make this a Centralized instead Of
Federal Government"
THE ALLIANCE
has an editorial on the vote Of the Diocese Of
Iowa for Dr. De Koyen. It says:
That tho Diocese Of the late Bishop Henry r. Lee,
who has been in his gravo hardly six months, shoud
officially indorse Dr. De kovcn, il tho stzangest theo
would be ludicrous, il it not sad If the good
Bishop ia permitted to know that the Church for
clarea, through its highest authority that Mtualst
ought to be Bishop, with all the Agn that has been
thrown npon ths subject Ry p1ssopal Pastoral
must feel doubtless that his long and arduous abors
in that State we're In vain. |
PROT: Swing has an editorial ridieuline the as-
ing the Hic ksite Quaker, Thorne.
The Alliance in an editorial note says:
There ia Al inclination on the part Of neross
the to make light Of Mr. Moody and Mr. Saniey. !
The other day at the Royal Circus In Dublin in pres
to feow-clown, Wei, I'm rather MOODY tonight;
how do yon feel Z" whcreupop ths other responded,
feel rather sankcy-rontous myself But It did
ring.
CHURCH MISCELLANY,
AT HOME AND ABROAD.
An Episcopal revival is in progress in Christ
Church, Cincinnati.
A revival OF = good deal or interest has been |
going forward at Highland Park for two or three
weeks, the result of union effort. Quito
number OF conrersions have taken placs-
Tho British and Foreign Unitarian Association
intend to raiae jubilee fund OF 100000, to be
devoted to the promotion Of Unitarian Chris |
tianity. About :E5, 600 have already been sub
scribed.
The Bishops Of tho African Methodist EpIsco-