The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-10

The Hebre,o Leader, which constantly aims
to combine the aesthetic with the religious,
endeavors this week to encourage its male
readers to be both manly and benevolent and
its lady readers to seek for bodily grace as
well as mental culture. Manliness and benev-
olence, it intimates, must be acquired by
home influence and education, but bodily
grace must be impaired by the dancing mas
ter. The .a,cish Messenger, which Is usually
both practical and pious, calls up Ezra and
Nehemiah as model preachers of the olden
time, who "expounded the law unto the
fully ignored the latest sensation. The
preachers of the present day. Jewish and
Christian, might very proftably initiate them.
The very pious editor of the Freeman s Jour
nal gives his ball-making and ball-going
readers an explanation, which he thinks is
vertise these entertainments, though their
objects be the worthiest in the world. The
chief objection he has to them is that round
dances are sneaked into them; and, besides,
many of the bishops of the Church have con-
demned balls, and the Plenary Council in
Baltimore condemned the round dance as
vicious and demoralizing The Boston Pilot
exults over SPANS latest choice of a ruler,
and says his preliminary steps-asking the
Papal blessing and proclaiming pardon to the
Carlists and declaring his desire for the pacifi-
cation of Spain-show wisdom and promise
well for an era of peace. The Pilot thinks
that nothing but long war can now displace
him from the throne and such q war between
two Catholic claimants-Don Carlos and him.
self-is thing to be deplored. The Bllti-
more Mirror, on the same theme, looks upon
this new move on the Spanish chessboard as
an acknowledgment that the government
could not carry on the war against Don Car
los. And he will view the new regime rs the
same old foe under another name, and his fol-
lowers will become holder even, than they
have been. The Mirror, therefore, sees every
prospect of a prolonged war in Spain, and if
it goes on that unhappy country will be fear
fully punished for the sins and mistakes of
her monarchs.
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the editorial lash on the backs of those who
indulge in what it calls "Straussism in the
pulpit is, so idealizing and spiritually
ing ordinary facts in the lives of patriarchs,
prophets and apostles, and building some new
or peculiar doctrines thereon as completely
to cover up the fact itself. It thinks o much
better method is to be more literal, and to pay
some small respect to the actual statements
and the real forms of Scriptural teaching.
The New York Methodist referring to Alfonsos
accession to the throne of Spain, remarks
that Sin vain do the Latin nations make re-
peated efforts to reach the plane of well-or-
dercd liberty which the Teutonic races have
gained. They rise only to fall again. The
courage, the gallantry of their leaders are be-
yond all praise; but despite their courage and
gallantry the yoke which they throw off comes
down with the certainty of fate on their necks
again." That yoke it adds, is the Church,
and it is on the common people and on the
leaders alike, and until this yoke is thrown off
the Methodist sees no hope for the elevation or
amelioation of the Latin races. The Christian
Adrocate answers some inquiries in regard to
the disposition of the missionary moneys of
the Church, and shows that the disbursement
OF seven hundred thousand dollars last year
cost only three and a half per cent The col
lection of this sum cost nothing. And no
other society in the land, probably, does this
kind of work so cheaply and so well.
The Christian Union celebrates its fifth birth
day under its present management, utters
sublime eulogy on the late Gerrit Smith aud
discusses the bases of Christian union among
churches and individuals. The union in
which it processes to believe is that of all
men in brotherhood Of mutual service and