The New York herald., 1876-07-30

mempcr oi rarliamcnt, has just delivered a speech
which has attracted great deal OF attention and be-
hold, it Is the He in a, the forccasc,
but now comes out the quarterback. He got ready
for the place, and after while place vacant
and he was elected to MI It,
The Irish Pres5yterians have been making the world
merry and themselves miserable by certain criticisms
on tho use OF tho organ in public worship. One rever-
end geptlcman stigmatzed those VINO believe in help
the service of the Church by the introduction of the
organ Gas brainlcss nnovstors" and prophescd that
the hour not far distant when shall have IN our
pulpns dancing masters, p,pers and numbers" II
some OF the conservative dvines should happen to
hear the Ninety and Nine" played by Arbuckle his
cornet they would probably become unbalanced for tho
rest of their lives, or IL may be that they little
unbalanced new-whchs
An English bishop lately complained OF "the unsat-
isfactory state of London society,"" and said further
that some OF the Protestant clergy had introduced the
confessional with great profit Now, then, VIC have a
chance not TO be lost The confessional among Prot
estants. Is will never do the world That Is blow
the very uncerpnning Of the protesting structure
and cannot be tolerated Tor q single instant II is
crime against the usage OF centuries tor young man
30 TO his pastor and his little peccadlloes
whittier are We drifting. and where, oh where, shall
we bring up at lasts Arc becoming Romanizcd.
ods of Romanism under the subtle plea that they are
"proftableW Just imagin ne the revelations which
would result II the young OF New York should lay
before the wondering eyes OF the clergy carefully
prepared biography. 1t might change the whole tone
OF pulpit teaching and make 1t more practical II
might act check the temptations OF the future.
Still. in adopting the confessional We should lay our
selves open to the charge of borrowing from Rome,
and that would never do Most Protesants afford
to denounce even practical good # The suggestion
comes from rival, and therefore this English bishop
rank hereto with very dangerous Poplsh tendcn-
cics
Somehow find 1t difficult 10 associate the ordinary
ills of life with men who have made themselves ilrs-
trious Great geniuscs seem to live apart from the
common herd un ouched by tho pangs ana pains
which others suffer We hear, however, that Bis
marck has a terrible Inflammation in is legs which,
when the fit is on, does not conduce TO amabty OF
disposition. The pain is likely to take him at any
ment In the midst of State paper which he Is CON-
posing with that wondrous ability to say everything
and anything he suddenly slaps his legs, and,
with an oath uttered in dead language to take the
rage or makes rush for soothing niment Just
think of the man who makes Europe tremble every
timo he dips his quill in the inkstand roaring in
sciatic agony 1t is Kind OF comfort 10 know that
the sciatca and the toothache deciousy ignorant
OF the quality and station oil the man they attack, ana
take hold of the rich and the poor with the same
lentlcss grip.
Pere Hyacinthe is evidently rumbling over cordu-
roy road in a cart without springs. He can't be
Catholic, and he finds 1t equally impossible to be q
Protestant, ard so he compelled to about In
what is marked on maps ''uncxplored territory"
'Gifted, good, unsettled" are the words which de-
clare all that his life amounts to- He wlelds big
hammer. but he has not yet hit any nail the head.
Unhappy, restless and married-that tells the whole
story.