The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-08
Echoes from the Religion. Press.

Our Jewish contemporary, the Hebre,c Leader,
evidently has an artist, poet and musician
contributing to enlighten its readers and to
make their lives cheerful and bright. 1t finds
poetry III life, music in man and beauty in
creation-all of which it treats this week with
becoming gravity. The Jecish Times looks
with profound interest, as it believes every in
teligent Israelite must do, upon the contro-
versy now pending between Church and State.
The Times sees in the contest the inevitable
consequence Of a system which bids man to
abdicate his sovereignty, as o being endowed
by his Creator with Intelligence, heaven-born
system which recognizes the right of NOR
tai being to proclaim in the name of the lntal-
lible One what is right or wrong system
which would drag God from his throne and
fill His place with one of His creatures, wa
vering. weak human being. The Je,cish Mes.
senger gives its views OF rapid transit, which
include a continuation of Vanderbilt road In
road station. The Observer, too. lifts its voice
in favor Of rapid transit up and down the city
and for the building of the East River Bridge
1t thinks the necessity for those two things
has been made clearly manifest by this win
ter's blockade of the streets and rivers
The Evangelist welcomes DR.. Newman's
reply to MIR. Gladstone less as reply than
rs chapter in the experience of one of the
purest as well as most illustrious converts
that Rome has made during the present GEN.
fury. But the Evangelist calls attention to the
fact that the Roman Catholic Church, which
processes to assure mental repose as well as
salvation to those who seek refuge within her
fold, has neither to give, but is wandering
around herself seeking rest and finding none.
The Christian at Work says DR.. Newman is
conservative; he surrounds his position with q
hedge of limitations, and is very careful to
say what he would not do in obedience to the
commands of the Pope; and DR.. Talmage
thinks that Dr. Newman position Is not only
wholly against precedent but is against the
present spirit Of the Church and the assumed
authority of the Vatican. The Boston Pilot
thinks Dr. Newman has the best Of the argu-
ment with Gladstone, and that he made a
foreible point in his reference to the defeat
OF Napoleon's army in Russia, which is
credited to divine interposition as the re-
suit of the Pope's accommodation of the
Emperor. The Catholic Reuiev objects to the
stress that has been laid on q few points in
DR.. Newman's letter, which the full text of
that letter, it says, does not warrant The whole
weight of that letter bore hardly on Mr. Glad
stone, and displayed the weakness of his argu-
ments and the disingenuous manner in which
he had misrepresented facts and garbled quo
tations The freeman Journal is not in the
least degree satisfied with DR.. -Newman's let
ter. 1t is based on the analogy Of natural
and revealed religion furnished by Bishop But
Ter it is full of errors of doctrine as well as
of fact, is carelessly written, and is exceed
ingly dry reading except for limited few. 1t
proves nothing and, as the Journal intimates,
is worth nothing He is, it says, without
standing among exact theologians- his prin-
cipal studies having been made before he be-
came O Catholic his later writings are favored
with the air of the old shop. This Is rather
poor estimate OF the ability and labor of an
earnest and learned defender of Catholic faith.
The Baptist press is more directly and
specially interested in discussing their denom-
national and the nations centenary and the
best means for creating such. enthusiasm
among the people as will rouse them to pay
of ali their church debts. endow all their cd