The New York herald., 1875-12-05

are by the details Of this whole business people would
feel little easier In that pars of their organization
where they keep their conscience IL some competent
ecciessiastcal authority would render verdict or ex
press opinion way the other In spite OF All
that has been said Of the position or Drs Storr Bud
ington and Taylor, the community is waiting for the
lud ment Of couRcil IN which these gentlemen shall
act 10 the interests cf truth and Oongregationasm
~ is very curious TO note the DISCUSSES under
which the same thought makes It's appearance we are
inclined 10 laugh when read OF the little hve-ycar-
old who went up 20 his newborn brother and asked
"How was God, baby, when you left2" and yet there
Is something very tonching and tender IN ~ Twas ~ was
precisely the state mind which mpciied Words
worth TO sing
Our % birth i sut 'ssP and az 1oTEssHs re- ,,s
Hath had elsewhere It's setting
Aud cometh from afar
Not ia entre orgetiulness.
AMI % no. N utter. utter darRhsSs ~ sr do 20 coma
From Cod who Is our home
| Heaven lies about us in onr infancy
Dr. John Cotton smith, who is one Of the rlpest and
sweetest scholars among the city clergy is about to
I publish volume OF miscellaneous essays which have
been delivered intervals during the last twenty years
One Of them is 4 review or the somewhat famous "S1s
pense OF FAITH with which DR. Bellows was afflicted
some time since The essay will probably be applicable
the eloquent divine as long as he ves ior he has
the faculty Of suspendng his faith at VIII and at
Will assuming II again
Mr. Spurgeon denies with clerical expletive that
he said that men seldom converted after forty
A great many OF US who have painfully watched the
gathering white on our heads ought be grateful
the London preacher. There is a story somewhere
about wild set of fellows who tumbed about the
world until the eleventh hour and even then received
good for some OF us who are belaed To be sure
the time TO look for warm weather is in July and
August; but even nature is merciiu and gives us an
Indian summer, fenced in by snow and ice on either
side We sometimes think that the heart has its In
dian summer well as nature. However, the clergy
\ will perhaps set right ON this matter.
\ great many ministers on Thanksgiving Day, which
to be the canoncal time TO vent the feelings
which the Sunday restralns, talked TO their people
about public schools and the necessity OF continu
ing the practice OF reading the Bible as part OF the
regular exercises They used great many adJectives
Of decided
opinion on the subject, and altogether abused the
Kings English unnecessarily. We have already sug.
gesed the question 10 be answered before the quarrel
goes any further and we feel that II is no more than
\ fair to meet the question honestly, Which Bible
ought be read the schools the KING James or the
4 DoQay 4" II the schools intended 10 perpetuate
any single sect the is already given IT, the
other hand they intended to educate the people,
without interfering with religious pecuiarities, then
let this hue and cry about destroying the public school
4 system be confined to the pyrotechnic orators who
4 gush az the slightest provocaton Thoughtful men,
who love fair play will settle the matter when 1t comes
the right issue, only easily, but in the interest Of
all parties and all religions.
\ Mr. W. r Greg informs us that Christianity can be
saved only by clearing Of all mysteries, dogmas and
miracles and by giving up our belief in the Gospels as
genuine historical narratives This is what Mr.. Greg
calls smooth sailing but TO our limited understanding II
looks like being high and dry the hugest rock
of all and fast there that no tug could ever haul us
INTO deep water again. Just for the sake of discover
ing how much OF the Good Book should have 10 give
up if followed Mr.. Gregs advice, we took down
od-fashoned Bible the other day, and crossed out all
the mysteries and dogmas and miracles and to
prise the red line of elimination was broken only at
half dozen places, which curiously enough,
filled up with denunciatons OF the very work
doing and after awhile abandoned the task TO the
less sensitive nerves OF Mr. Greg's disciples great
many people have tried to improve the Book il is
generally undertaken after the Book has lost It's power
to improve them. II is curious fact that they who
try to show their wisdom by denouucng, severely
crcising the Bible, are men who would not stand a
first class examination its contents in mission Sun
day school
| new and novel project is on foot in the Hanson
place Baptist church, where even Dr. Fultons pacific
mnistratons fail TO produce serenity. They propose
TO connect the church tank with one OF the boiling
geysers of the North and in that way mex
haustble supply Of water, both hot and muddy The
Doctor Is in such fearful quandary having resigned
and then taken 1t back and then been tempted to
sign again, that wise brother will probably be
called in to make up the PASTORS mind for him
How beautiful and edifying is church quarrel The
/ Doctor must either 60 stay, or-something,
shall soon have IN Brooklyn another mammoth cave
THE PRISONER AT THE VATICAN.
The Rev. DR.. Field, OF this city who travelling in
Europe writes thus to the EUangest concerning the
voluntary Imprisonment of the Pope in the vatcan-
II great loss travellers who Rome to see
the sights that the Pope has shut himsef.up in the
Vatican In the good old times, when he not only
a spiritual but civil potentate-not only Pope but
Kng-he used to ride about great deal to take
vey Of his dominions. One might meet him OF az
ternoon taking airing the Pincian Hill on
some OF the roads leading out Of Rome He always
appeared in magnificent state carriage Of
red, trimmed with gold, with six horses,
richly caparisoned, and outriders going be-
fore and the Swiss Guards following after What
would poor old Peter have said IL he had met his sue
coming along in such mighty pompp) The car
dinas too arrayed IN scarlet bad their red carriages
and their line veries and their horses pranced and
down the Corso Thus Rome very gay The pro-
cessions too, endless, and they glorious
behold 1t was, indeed grand sight TO see the Pope
and all his cardinals in their scarlet dresses sweeping
into ST. Peters, and kneeling together in the nave,
while the muskets OF Swiss Guards the pave
ment in token OF the might OF which then at
tended the spiritual power
But now, alas all this Is ended The spoer has
entered into the holy place and the Holy Father ap-
pears more in the streets Since that fatal day
when the italian troops entered Rome-thc 10th Of
September 1s70-he has not put his foot in carriage
nor shown himself to the Roman people The
dinals who live in different parts OF the city, are
obliged go about; but they have laid aside ali their
hne rament and gtierng equpage and appear
only in solemn black, as II they were undertakors
attending the funeral OF the Papacy. The Pope
has shut himself up closely in the Vatican.
He IS, indeed, just as free 20 go abroad
There is nothing 10 prevent his riding about Rome
usual But no. the dear old will have il that he
is restrained Of bis liberty and calls himself "a
prisoner !" To be snre be is not exactly in guard.
house cell such those in the InquisitiUn Just
the square Of ST. Peter where heretics used
be accommodated with rather close quarters His
'prison" is large one-a palace with hundreds OF
richly furnished apartments where he is surrounded
with luxury and spendor, and where pilgrims flock
him from all parts OF the earth IL is princely
treat for one In his old age, and grand theatre
which TO assume the role OF martyr. Almost anybody
would be willing to play the part Of prisoner II by this
means he might attract the attention and sympathy Of
4 the whole civilized worlds
But complete Is this voluntary confinement OF the
Pope that he has not left the Vatican in these five
years not even 70 90 into ST. Peters though adoins
the Vatican and he can enter IL by private passace
II is whispered that he did 20 one occasion 70 sec
his own picture, which Is wrought and placed
over the bronze statue Of St. Peter But on this oc-
casion the public excluded, and when the doors
opened he had disappeared He viii not even
take part n the great festivals Of the Church. which
thus shorn Of half their spendor
How we'll | remember the gorgeous ceremonies OF
Holy Week, beginning with Palm Sunday and ending
with Easter was Of the foreigners in the sstine
chapel on Good Friday when tho Pope's choir com
posed or eunuchs sang the 'Miserere;n - and on the
Piazza Of ST. Peter Easter when the Pope was car
RED mems shoulders TO the great central window
where, in the presence Of an immense crowd he pro.
nounced his benedicton uvbt et ORTIZ and the cannon
the Castle OF St. Angelo thundered forth the mighty
blessing which had thus descended on ''the city and
the world" saw, too that night the illumination OF
ST. Peters, when arches and columns and roof and
dome hung with lamps that, when all lighted