The New York herald., 1875-11-07
Views OF the Religious Press.

The Observer and the Evangelist treat the
Brooklyn revival from the orthodox stand
point. The former points out two errors
into which the churches here and elsewhere
seem to have fallen-frst, that because the
labors of Moody and Sankey have been so
greatly blessed in Great Britain therefore
revival of religion is not to be expected in
city until they visit it, and second. that
revival is certain to attend their labors. The
latter thinks that all the aspects of the re-
vival seem to affirm that it is from God and
not of men, and unite in pointing to Mr..
Moody as one diyinely directed and helped.
The Christian Union thinks it makes little
difference to the masses what form his
theology takes if Mr.. Moody comes to them,
as he does, full of helpfulness, of cour-
age, Of contagious and irresistible
confidence in divine love, calling
men to itself The common people
hear him, as they heard his Master, gladly
1t is love, faith, hope that men hunger for,
and getting that divine wine the shape of
the cup that holds it is of small account
The Christian at Work gives the reason why
Mr.. Moody would not preach in the Unita-
rian church at Northfeld during the sum-
mer 1t is that few years ago he did
preach there by invitation of the pastor, and,
having finished his discourse, the "Chris-
tian" minister said to Mr.. Moody, "Christs
blood has no more to do with US than the
blood Of chicken" This was such an in
suit to MIR. Moody that he resolved never to
mt hipooaIf in, tho xvau of racaiuinn another
like it. The Methodist says there is some
danger in special services that frivolous
and distempered enthusiasm may take the
place of common sense and fervent piety !;
but nothing of that sort, it adds, is charged
by anybody against the evangelists of Brook
lyn, in whose services the interest has
steadily increased.
The Boston Pilot has very sensible article
on working for the Church, in which it takes
the ground that q Catholic voter should not
cast his ballot at the dictation of priest, nor
should he drag his Church questions into
secular politics any more than Methodist,
Baptist or any other citizen. If Catholics
are honest men, who live good lives, worship
ping God according to their faith, good
neighbors, good citizens, they are working
for the Church, says the Pilot, in the best
way The address of Senator Herman on the
public schools, as might be expected, has
received the attention that it ought from
both Catholic and Protestant papers. The
FreemdnS Journal is in great grief because the
Senator had the temerity to say that the
Roman Catholic clergy are wrong in object
ing to the public schools. 1t regrets that it
gave him its support three years ago for Gov
ernor and later for Senator. But now the
editor and the Senator must sail in different
boats. Some Of our Protestant exchanges
are delighted at Mr.. Kernans utterances,
though they think he did not speak by the
book. The charge made by Dr. Ryder at the
late Universalist Convention that his breth-
ren and Church did not aim to convert men
to God also receives good deal Of attention
from the religious press, which praises him
for his stinging rebuke Of such apathy.