The New York herald., 1876-02-27
CHAT BY THE WAY.


sad appearance There is than ono ''star''
there that is fastening to It's setting.
In ordinary railroad travel you can be accommo-
dated with drawing room car, but the only one in
which we can go to heaven is very narrow box
great many peoples religion is contained in this
free rendition of familiar
And If I die before wake
- But guess won't Amen.
German scholarship indicates patience unravelling
details to conceive of which WEAKNESS to an ordinary
brain ~ fear" said a dying scentis. to his son, II
fear my life has been somewhat OF failure. was
ambitious and tried TO investigate the whole truth II
l had confined myself to one wing might have done
more" And, with sigh of disappointment, he
turned his face to the wall and died
| Deaf people sometimes appalling 'Have you
been to Christyls MinstrclsSn whispered dashing
youth in the ear Of Grandamc who had come to tho
city to hear Moody and sanky. "wel" she said look
ing him full in the face with smile; 'well try to be
one and have great peace in my heart Are you
one tooS" or course he couldn't undcceive the old
| lady, so he turned away very thoughtful
| The Alta Californian speaks of the work of the
evangeliss Ga gigantic speculation" Everything
In California big, and there ia why its mis-
| takes should partako Of the same popularity.
| Ever since they havo been in the 1eld NJ Moody and
Sankey have kept the OF poverty II they were
working on large salary the confidence of the
munlty would ebb like the tide ana leave them high
and dry The greatest factor Of the revival In this
city the voluntary poverty and perfect singlencss
purpose which characterize these men,
We nave heard of great many men, but here
is who towers above. ordinary folk as Mount Blanc
among surrounding hills He TO church regu-
ary, for the religious instincts not have been
entirely oberated but he always the very last
pew, the one nearest the, door. whys do you ask.
Well because by doing he saved the interest hts
money until the contribution box reached him.
We have at last discovered the origin of Darwns the
of evolution. 1t found in the musy metaphysics Of
India: and Adam was the FIRST man who had glimpse
Of this startling fact According to the Indian tradi
ton the first mans name was Vradi, who finding his
solitude unbcarable fell into the deepest grief He
yearned intensely for companion that Eve or the
FIRST woman, evolved from his body. She re-
mained attached to the man for while, and happiness
prevailed, but one day she persuaded him the
gament that bound them together and since the
| woman has been coy and hard TO please. There may
be little historic value in these legends and perhaps
they would stand the test of severe criticism,
but sometimes think, in the above instance that
they are the ougrowth of an experience which, like
| DEATH comes to every In
Eve undoubtedly lady OF afgc literary acquire
ments though in this respect she did not greatly eAcel
her husband In the times d 81 Epphanius Gospel
OF Eye was extant and among the Gnostics it was for
time hold IN high repute. In Genesis w. l, the
words, This is the book oil the generations of ADAM
| led many tosuppose that Moses quoted from a book
written by the nrst That such q book OF course
apochrypha did exist in atcr times appears from the
| spurious 1t is evident then that come stock
which was intellectual even IL II was perversc Our
ancestors know enough when they failed to do
enough II they had not stolen tho apple we should
have every reason to be proud OF them.
Mr Frothinghams sermon Of last Sunday q re-
| markablo production IL interesting as showing
how lar man can go in tho denial Of what the world
| calls sacred He ridcued the custom of sending in
requests for prayer at the Hppodromc and assures
| with an eS cothedra air, that they will not be
| swered and that are wasting time.
How he is sure that they viii not be
answered he does tell us. Well it may be so. Still,
If tho Bible is truo then rockingham wrong We do
not intend to derogato the authority which may
attach TO the reverend gentlcmans assertions in int
mating the possibility that the Bible may be true
but there is an impression abroad in the community
that prayers really answered and that prayer
very sweet and refreshing service Mr.. Frothingham
intmates that the only prayer no utters is Thy
will be done" and that this exhausts him that he
can't do it every day, bot only once in a while most
remarkable clergyman, and an equally remarkable con-
| fession.
This reminds us that the Iader the editor OF which
makes his mind the measure OF the possibilities
| OF God has a column called Sanctuary OF Supersti-
iion in which Is to be found iavorite texts of Scrip
ture and of the sweetest sayings oil the martyrs
and the holy men OF the Church The InGer is the or
| gan OF those macontents whose lasting grief is
that they were not consulted in tho making of the
universe, and who have never recovered from the
slight The actual hold on the public mind and
morals which ''puro and undenled religion"
has be better illustrated than by tho nearly
| bankrupt condition Of the few in0dcl publications
which spend most OF their time in gaspng life Tho
great tide of faith sweeps on, lifting the poor soul
arms Of giant, to the shore Of the immortal life,
| while few hypcrcritical and eccentric people who
| secm somehow 10 be intellectually waterlogped insist
! that everybody is In their drowning condition.
| Rev. Dr. Thornton has read paper before British
audience on the sorrows of Scepticsm." He
serted that every who has for any length of time
entertained doubts shows IL IN the lines OF his face.
Faith, like happy temperament draws the lips into a
natural smile, while sceptcism, like saturnne tenn.
permanent, draws all tho lines OF the face downward.
II would not be strange if this true, least in
part Belief in revelation Is closely allied TO happiness
and tho hereafter throw gloomy shadow
on the iic especially after the baby dies II faith
| dclusion and scepticsm the truth, we should
hug the deusou and hate the truth II hardly be
that all the true happiness and contentmont have
| come from lie, and that the more know OF the
truth the more miserable VIC II IL be indeed
we live In very strange world, and the greatest mis-
take that ever was made was in making you and
belief in revelation Ia the only silver key that
| locks the problems OF life.
That Is a beautiful Russian proverb :-"Behind the
orphan God himself bears the purse" Here another
| or a somewhat different character FIN the other
world have 10 count redhOt coins with bare
hands, This Indicates a sorry prospect for some OF
In Wall street millions change hands at two per
cent month, and, II the above rule is rsidy en-
forced there is hot work before US with good chance
| II there isn't revival in your church whose fault
| Is Il Are you locker at the Hippcdromc
ment are you part OF IL The visit OF the cvangcl
lists will be vain unless you do what the Druds
TO do every year. carry home live coal from The altar
| OF tho temple. The LORD will be In New York long
after Moody leaves and II the big revival shall hc
up into about 500 pieces and distributed among that
number OF churches, then each church will become
sort OF galvanc battery but II the thing dies when
Moody buys his ticket for Chicago then churches
will CONCEAL again and probably freeze solid for twcnty
| years to come
The inquiry rooms at the Hippodromc are well filled
| every evening, and without doubt an incalculabe
amount OF good is done. Men and women creep In
there who would think OF going to any Of
our churches and a chance word OF encour-
agcment may change tho course Of O lifetime
Mr. Moody's generous manner will open almost any
onos heart and his singleness Of purpose commcnds
him at once 10 the seekers confidence He Is the most
earnest man OF The century, and when he that
| you ought TO git religion, you instantly spell the
word get" and then apply for tho article lie tolls
vou ha mil bufs
grammar and remember only that he really did do H.
He reads the Bible very badly; schoolboy could do
better if were merely matter OF defamation but
you have feeling all the while that he is simply hurry
ing through the words In his impatence to tell you
what they mean afterward His prayers not iar-o
petitions but face 10 face talks He prays as though
he very OF getting what he asks for and Is
not at all surprised when the comes
The Brooklyn Is the despair OF the century
Ihe narlles IN 10 seem TO hnXc cOmhlned O