, 1876-07-02

missions, the free churches in the country pay |
$3.50 per sitting, half as much again as Is !
raised in the other churches for expenses.
There is little use nowadays for the Elders to !
try to restrain the young people, when dancing
is called for, Despite the aetion of the recent |
Presbyterian General Assembly, the young folks
Of Dr.. Duryea's Church in Brooklyn had jolly |
time the other day on the occasion Of their pic
mic. They danced as much as they wanted to. |
and the Elders had the good sense not to molcst i
of DR.. Scuddcr's Church, which is Coug1cga- !
tional, and not bound by the authority OF the |
General Assembly. These things. shock some
OF the Strengthened sort OF people who have !
yet no fuss is made about it. The old people,
who arc shocked, sit quietly in corners or stand
aside and take their shocking Us easily and nat
urally as possible. II anybody were now to
bring case Of dancing into the Presbytery with
Il view Of disciplning the Christians who had
taken comfort und pleasure IN ''lanccrs" or
"quadrillc," he would speedily be nonsuited.
People have found that they can dance, sing,
whistle, jump, play croquet, and still be Chris
tians. When the eloquent and genial pastor OF
large city church thinks it not beneath his dig
nifty to play the violin while his young people
dance, there is hope that the rising race will
not be rudely rcpulscd from the church and sent
to seek their pleasure in the outside world
The Sun
Nothing, perhaps, is SO conspicuousl5 comi.
cal in the Evangelical May-monarch as his total
incapacity to perceive the humor Of his own fun
ny stories. Mcssrs. Moody and Sankey have been
much talked about during the May meetings,
especially Mr.. Sankey, his " sung gospel" hay
ing left more rcverberating echo behind It than
his partners preached gospel Lord sha1tes-
bury told his hearers that he had lately Neon-
cludcd all address in the very depths Of White-
chapel" BY quoting from Mr.. Sankey's hymn:
Hold the fort, forI am coming.
q It was taken up" he said "by the whole OF
that degraded and miserable population. They
sang It with intense forcc,-cyialsntly prefer.
while went out Of tho room; and I am told
they insisted Oh singing it several times after
wards" II Lord Shaftesbury lad visited Lon
don Bridge Station on Easter Monday, and
their lnsses TO Greenwich Park, be would have
heard them singing 'sHold the Fort,' aud
other tunes OF Mr. Sankey's book, with persis-
tent gusto. He would probably have reioiced
in this evidence Of the great evangelical work
going on in the hearts of the masses; he would
not hare taken pains to listen very accurately
to the words which they had fitted to the tunes
words which it would be impossible to quote
in Il meeting Of respectable men and women.
He might have produced similar result by
closing his discussion with the words, Tommy
make room for your lnclc."- ."-.Satnrday l2cvie'o.
TIE JEWS AND SUNDAY SERVICES.
Ne'o York Sun
The introduction OF Sunday religious services
among the Jews in New York and other Amerl-
can cities Is the occasion OF deal Of agitation
| and dissensiou. The proposed Sunday meet
ings, y wilicl. Prof. Felix Adler is to preside,
| are approved by many only because every pre-
| tension that they are religious meetings OF the
| rccornizof nattern is carefully avoided. The
nosf ortho;1ov members Of the Jewish faith do
not object to ethical and quasi-ph1os sophical
II % is ntherwisc With meetings for religious ob-
| servanccs. ., .-
T.mne Fmmannei heiner in fayor Of religious
sor,.ices .mps az Snnday1 With thew MIGHT aItcud
;+ho,,t nonectn@ bsiness rccently moved in
that Congregation that such services be organ
e-atnn ,,, tfe motinn was rejected. The majority
rc9ar1c du s1,r stenas an entering wedge that
t .re,,id Undermine onc Of the most distinctive
features Of Judaism,-its sabbath,-and u1ti-
nlatcly lead to the substitution Of Sunday for
satnrjav aitogcther.
oatu1n.rs ~ ~ Hucschss Lexington Avenue syna-
~ ~ ~ ras;s4,nca - Sunday services is
sosuE ~ ra ~, I'M ,,art II tbc rahh;,
equallJ uec!oeu, anu ~ te Pper4 Pat -. .S
DR.. Huebsch, it is almost too Vehehent LOT eA-
| preston. He preached upon the sup!ect on1y q
few weeks ago, and in the pulpit took solemn mn
m innnyotion in his synagogue lie vowed By
God that it should not happen while lie otii-
eiated there. s-,o. oo.,,oos r. 1o7,;e,
synagugues are estapl1snc0 III IAI1aueipu'a, , auu
bic, lid in the latter in DR.. Kohler's. Both Of
thesc rebhis arc advanced rcfOrluers, DR.. Hirsch
| h1;nor thc firsr American rabbi to officiatc in
| tha nsaS SS,,1nit wifi, uncovered head.
SAe Fnn~,ns ~ rur rrrcuEp MATTER .
AN ol4'1oA' ~, yra Jars. SIN.
The little 1,ouse Of worship in One Hundred
md Eleventh street, few doors west Of Third
avenue. ;,as dedicated twelve months ago. The
anniversary was celebrated yesterday by new
cnneccr,ti6n and was participated in BY the
stat;oned m;nistrr the Rev. George HeStnith,