The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-11-07
CHAT BY THE WAY.

The uptown evening meetings will probably die this
week The people are either too bad or TOO good to
support them
The biennial meeting OF the Evangelical Alliance
recently held In Pittsburg. There nothing
else to talk about and the delegates dscoursed Of
Church unity but they disagreed even about that
The attendance and interest in the religious meet
ings OF Brooklyn both falling on little. If the
oyangests New York and its suburbs they
will and easy work elsewhere.
Some Of Mr.. Sankey's hymns have been translated
into the language or Madagascar They said to DO
very effective in soothing the savage breast
1t is now thought that every missionary to China
ought to be physician well Allopathic drugs and
homeopathic religion are the order OF the day
Dr. Fulton has resigned last and so is his society
II the history OF that church during the last
twelve months told II might excite the surprise
Of the credulous and the derison Of the thoughtful
or all fuses the world fuss among Christians is
the meanest and the worst. When those who set US
examples set US such examples that even outsiders
have too much honor follow them then it is time to
sing one Of Mr.. Sankey's hymns 60 home
what be the matter in Brooklyns The great re-
vival goes very slowly and the best and most hope
ful disappointed but can't tell what the difficulty
is The meetings are sometimes ncomparably dull,
and everybody looks at his neighbor and whispers,
",
sankey sings IS wen as he DID when all England took
up the chorus the people have stopped their ears
aud packed their hearts In ice for safe keeping You
can't weld iron unless It's at white heat and the
gregations across the river not warm enough
hiss make single sputter II you should dip them
into water
The Conoyegctionalit has been occupied Of late in
trying TO discover the proper length Tor sermon The
is not difficult Of solution, the following
proves:-A young clergyman who had rub dry on sub
ccts for dscouros but who in the habit or preach
ing until the pews yawned went TO Of his deacons
and said "Deacon, am N despair, for don't know
what TO preach about next Sunday The deacon
stopped in his work for moment, and said. gruniy
'Brother smith, It would be good thing for Us all II
you would preach about twenty minutes F."
We sometimes wonder what the effect would be If
the entire missionary force which Asia, Africa
and the other outlying groups Of barbarians should DO
gathered 70 focus and concentrated for instance
New York We might have sort Of portable religious
furnace After having burned up the refuse Of one
city il might be transported to another until the whole
continent WAS ceansed Something, certainly. must
be Done II this revival does not fresnen mp little
shall have do what the government does in Of
danger-call the whole feet home nom every part Of
the world to protect our own borders What we shall
come by and by not the clergy tell If there
IS not revival both ~ business and religion pretty
soon.
Hero is Christianity for you with veneeance good
deacon became unduly excited the other day and dc.
cared that he would rather the whole Baptist
denomination sink than have IL give up close com
munion, II a Roman Catholic had uttered a similar
sentiment the whole country would blaze with the cry Of
"Bgoun and "Fanatic" and the alarm would be
sounded In every sensational pulpit. That man evi-
IDENTIFY believes In total abstinence from the holy Spirit
but he takes 70 cold water with the enthusiasm OF
Newfoundland dog
The Cincinnati clergy are either very iacetious or
very foolish They recently met In solemn couclave
aud resolved to have visitation from the Lord the
shape Of revival during the year 1876 Their object is
TO do up the Centennial aud the revival the same
bundle. One shot aud two birds IL their notion Of
economy. or course tho Lord VIII come after an in
vtaon Of that kind; but the conversions may possibly
be a little mixed. One can't tell whether the people
are 10 be converted 10 religion Or 10 PHILADELPHIA
DR.. Fulton says IN his letter 81 resignation :-"My
experiences IN Brooklyn have brought health to ny
soul shall bear with me 70 my latest hour memories
Of those days when we have wrested together prayer
for the good Of Zion" We bad supposed that such
vigorous exercise that IN which the Doctor has been
recently engaged was little too straning Tor health,
and as fer the wrestling the congregation likely
to remember that a. long as the pastor viii
Mr. Moody's Bible has excited the curious. II Is
dog.eared and soiled With thumb marks Il seems to
be bad looking book for gorgeous centre table, but
GOOD enough for constant use FavOrite passages
marked II blue red and black 10 attract the attention
at once and marginal notes and skeletons Of sermons
to be found ~ every available place rive hundred
ministers 70 to hear Mr. Moody aud listen 70 him crt
cally TO discover the secret 81 his success Perhaps
after all 1t lies IN tho simple fact that no has made
hls Bible dirty by constant USE Ordinary people can
afford 10 have clean Bibles but every minister ought
TO have one that Is well covered with tho thnmo marks
q daily perusal Less eloquence and more Bibles
would be 4 valuable experiment todry.
The papers complaining beca1se less than hai
dozen 81 the graduating class Yale propose 70 enter
the ministry A vexod question IS certainly presented
By this fact We are flooded With doctors enough 70
kl cure whole generation, and with legal hedg-
hngs enough TO get tho universe into an ineKtrcADe
snar but the young gentlemen d the present age %
not take naturally 70 white neckcloth and tho west
minister catechism. We sometimes wonder that
larger number Of The really religious people DO not
enter the ministry sefdcienCo because after all u
Is 50 much easier 70 preach dull sermons than 10 listen
70 them II those students Cambridge who amused
themselves and frightened the Faculty with couple q
Jars 81 nitro gycerine would enter the theological
school and carry with them goodly amount Of the
explosive compound Of earnestness aud cloquence this
whole question Of The general or interest ght be
settled at once.
Some people blamed Mr. Moody for not accepting the
Invitation Of the Unitarian minister In Mortified to
cupy bis pulpit d. IamaRo nov says II because