The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-12-25

hcaf from tnOusaibS OF pulpllS productions
of sudden death and eternal damnatiOn
for all who fail 10 support the oject of
giving the President n third term of
office, including, Of course, third term of
Brother own, Brother-in-law CASEY
-SIoss -sruruEs-, and .Msa..Ss s--B .IrocK.
provided the lnst-named statesman es-
capcs the penitoutarv.
Any way, the contest for the Republican
nomination promises to be unusually in
terastnc; and who can say that GRANT
will net gctit?
Bishop HAVEN and the other ecclcsias-
tics IS no are laboring 10 secure the nomination
Of President GRAST for third term as the
Anu-Cath Ole candidate, have been so absorbed
In the work Of arranging the machinery for that
purpose, that they seem to have overlooked the
necessity of providing a candidate for the sec
ond place their ticket. THIS is a serious over
sight, for In the case OF the Presidential Office
becoming vacant through impeachment or death,
the vice President becomes the Chief Executive
and In order to render certain the success Of
the programme devised by Bishop HAVEN aud
his associates, tits as essenta that their cand-
date for Vice-President should be sound In his
theological views. a. that the nom inee Tor Presi-
dent should I've a man for whose election they
could consistently pray. THE SUN IL always
ready TO assist In every good work, and In this
emergency we would respectfully suggest to
Bishop HAvES Co. as a suitable candidate for
Vice President on their peculiar platform. tho
honorcd name Of the venerable Uncle DAN'L
DRrw. There are many things that can lie said
In vor of such a nomination. while Uncle
DAN'G DREW IS as strong on docirinal points as
President GRANT, h. excels the latter In personal
pictv. He hos been very liberal. too in gifts. ami
although fhprp f. a ierpu1 n "A IN af
unguarded confidence he casually mentioned
to friend that as reward for hls
prircely endowment 81 n Methodist theological
seminary he was provdcntially enabled to 9" skin
them fcllers in Wall street" out of double the
cost Of the institution. 10 an entirely une xpec,ed
manner. we have always regarded the story as n
fabrication unworthy OF consideration. IL Is
certain that the financial genius Of Uncle DAN'L
would prove OF incalculable value TO the party
In providing the sinews OF war. and doubtless
his well seasoned brain, acting under the stimu-
lus OF a nominated for the high Office in ques-
ton, would devise new methods for getting a
twist on the sons of mammon who howl In the
Stock Exchange, for the tenent Of n campaign
fund. and thus compel them to contribute TO the
success Of this great movement In spite Of them
selves. No moral objection could be advanced
ac inst such strategy; II would simply be de-
spelling the Egyptians-that Is all. That Uncle
] IAN 1 Whulu RECEIVE tue uutnltnhH' support OF
all anti Catholics, no one can doubt who has
ever observed tue Difference paid to him by tho
cleiRy whenever he honors conference with his
presence. By all means run Uncle DAN'L for
Nice-president. II Bishop HAVEN and the Dos-
! ton and Philadelphia ministers are TO dictate the
! choice Of President for the next four years, let
/ them be- consistent and provide us with Vice
| President likewise. Tie names Of ULYSSES
SIMPSON GRANr and Uncle DAN'L DREW
| would form symmetrical ticket. To he
sure, In the earF days Of Aeth1dism
/ 1t Is not likely tia; the fathers Of tn.
/ Chlrch would have even thought Of selecting
I such CHRISTIANS IS GHANr and Uncle DAS'L as
the standard bearers OF their denomination, but
/ neither dii they entertain In those DAYS the
/ idea Of making their Church what q distin.
guished Doctor Il Divinity is fond Of calling a
power in the State" but times have changed
since then, and the Methodist denomination
has gained greatly IN power and wealth.
Our excellent critic of the Elmira Id
! rcrhtr. who thinks that the clergy should
preach in the sentimental vein, and not ia the
| STYLE ~ PAUL, saws that most OF our modern
church gJers would as little understand a SER
mon like that Of PAUL on righteousness, tenn
perance, and the judgment to come, a. would "A
Hotteutot or FecJee Island fresh from rcri.
inG himself ON a well-cookcd Yankee of the
| newspaper prrSudslou. ! MS Is a queer notion,
quite beyond our understanding. 4f II be true,
1t is nigh time that the Clergy TO whom hc refers
should stop their sentimentaty LONG enough to
give their people some knowledge of the nature
Of the subjects about when paul preached.
These sub jects were not so ahstrtlsc or rebound
"a TO be teyond the comprehension OF ordinary
minds, PAUL preached about them to the null
tituIes who Aocked to hear him at the hundred
places he visited in the course Of his extensive
travels Europe and Asia. The Christians
| Of our day ought at least to be as intelligent rs
the pagans of that time who must certainly
have understood PAUL for thousands OF them
were converted tn, ough his preaching. II our
modern church goers dislike Paulst sermons,
as our Elmira critic says they do, 1t s not be-
cause such sermons would be beyond their UNI
! Outstanding. 1t Is because pAUL's way OF preach
ing was practical he applied that terrible thing,
the truth, to his hearers he required lis con-
vers to change their lives, to turn from their evil
ways 10 excmplify genuine virtue in their prac-
tice. lie did not amuse sinners, but made them
| tremble; he did not entertain them with sooth-
ing dispositions that were merely sentiment 4,
but held up before them the Divine law, and
called on them to measure their lives by Its re-
| quiremcnts. OF course this sort of thing Is not
agreeable 10 sinners, and II seems they now pre-
| tend that they cannot understand IT, They had
better begin to try to get an understanding Of
n and TO do this, they should rather lmplorc
their clergy to preach like PAUL than induce
them to get as lar away from him a. possible.
According 10 n London paper, the best
result yer attained with any gun In existence Is
that which has been arrived at with thirty
eight-ton gun at Woolwlch. The gun was being
Ared ID determine the proper proof charge for
guns of It's class, and when discharged with one
hundred and fifty pounds Of gunpowder and an
eight hundred Tound projectilc, 1t recorded the
extraordinary velocity OF 1905 feet per second,
the pressure on the inner surface Of the gun
at the same tlmo remaining moderate This
most wonderful and Unprecedented result was
due, 1t Is said to the use OF the newly designed
cuhioal gunpowder, as IL is termed, the grains of
which are In the form Of cubes of one nd half
inch diameter.
A law should be passed requiring pawn
brokers to render to the Superintendent Of Po-
lice every morning, de allied inventories in writ
ing of the articles received hy them as pledges