The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-02-29

But the Christian Register says: "What-
ever may be true OF New York and its vi.
cinity, and the West, in New England,
where to-thirds OF our Unitarian
Churches, including nipe-tenths Of the
strongest ones may be found, the observ-
ancc Of the communion service is nearly
universal. Some OF our ministers who
arc considered most radical, like Rev.
DR.. Bartol, engage in this service with
hearty sincerity, and make it 4 means Of
great heIpiulress to all who attend"
A writer in the ChWrchmGn advocates Il
limited clerical c0libacy in order to sup
nv the missionary work Of the Episco-
pal Church with unhampered laborers..
it is pretty generally known that the sup
ply Of young men for the Episcopal min
istry grows more scant every year, and
now Rev. DR.. Bingham proposes to attach
condition, which is hardly TO beconsid-
cred M rendering the vocation more in
vi,ing. He seems in lact to allow that
possibly "four-iittha OF those now offering
would decline the terms" but the other
fifth, taking up the work without the ex:
pqnse and incumbrance Of family, would
equal the present supply OF the article
sought, and at onc.fifth the present cost.
SAYS DR.. Bingham :. "The whole fnan-
cial difliculty-and the financial is the
foundation OF. every other feebleness,
whether in men or the needed mis-
sionary morale throughout the Church
Lies in tho maintenance OF the fami-
lies Of the clergy" There would be no
trouble in maintaining young, unmarried
ministers, and there Ia n constant need
and call for them. An efficient way
would be to introduce condition or pro-
misc Of celibacy Of the Office for ordering
deacons, covering the term OF the diacon-
ate, or fixed period dating from its com.
mencement. But against this DR.. Bing-
ham finds sufficient reasons in the per-
plexity thus arising in tho case Of already
middle.agcd aud married candidates for
orders, and in tho rcpugnance existing in
the church against connecting with the
VOWS for orders apy vow OF constraint
upon the freedom otindividual life. But
he proposes that those who receive aid
from societies for the increase Of the
ministry shall pledge themselves to re-
main unmarried and at the missionary
service Of the church during the first five
years after receiving the order OF deacon.
The Hartford Churchaldn says that since
the dogma OF infallibility the Pope has
logically become the object of idolatry in
The Roman Catholic Church. In the
ALMANAC Of the Faithful Friends Of Plus
H." recently published by the Jesuit
Father Huguet, the Pope is deliberately
presented rs "the image aud living per-
sonitication.of Christ on EARTH" so that
love OF tho Pope corresponds in souls to
tho love Of Christ; and it is explained
that "thcre are secret atlinities between
Plus TX. and the Virgin" who is bound
10 repay his proclamation Of her immac-
ulate conception by restoring to him his
temporal power, apd has already given
miraculous limitations Of her intention
10 discharge this debt OF gratitude. The
CRurchn,un cites other evidences, among
them a sermon recently preached in
Paris by Bishop Bertrand, Of Tulle, in
which he shows that The Pope is in full,
direct and confidential relations with the
first Person Of the Holy Trinity, so that
he is probably privy to secrets in which
Christ does not participate. This is, we
need hardly say, only n going back to
the centurics.old idea Of the Popcs ex-
otFcio character Of divinity. II has not
manifested itself in this country, so far
as We know.
Mr. Sturgeon in 4 recent sermon gave
his ideas on eccentric preaching, which
he thOuhgt defenSiblc when natural and
not Overstrained. He illustrated what
he meant by citing Us an example TO
avoid the bishop who thus explained a
passage In parable: "The wedding
garment signifies the outward ordinances,
and tho only people who have not any
ordinances Of religion are the Quakers,
and so it is written, Friend, how earnest
thou in here%Y ooh ~ and daughter"
came in here, the report says, and then
the preacher went on to laugh at the robes
Of the Anglican clergy: Why could
not q man dress like gentleman and
not like u woman? uaughter.) He be-
lieved the time would come when all these
things would be put in q museum, and
when our grandchildren were told that
preachers wore that kind Of dress they
would not believe 1t. He liked Latimer,
who told about tho woman who couldnot
get any sleep till they took her to the par.
ISL church, and when shr heard the par
son went of to sleep ut once. And did
he not tell them about watering the milk,
and when they sold their harley, placing
tho best at tie top, and then declaring he
must stop lest he should DO showing them
how TO do these things2 Coming down
TO- WeslGy'S time, there was John Der.
ridge. A person once asked him what
three pictures were that were in his room,