Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-01-30
SUNDAY READING.

,HentS to the constitution touching the
School question This j. the great
political issue with which Congress
has TO deal. The doubt is OF sufficient
courage in the House of Representa-
tives to act upon a question which so
nearly touches the Catholics on one
side and the great mass of Pro!estants,
north and south, On the other Bat
the Protestants of the South care but
little for the public schools. Those
institutions have never fiourished
under the sunny skie. that grow corn
and cane and tobacco. Therefore the
Catholic movement TO take a great
slice and share of the school moneys
gives but occasional offense in that
section of the Republic. Their con-
stituents not being interested i'll this
matter then, but, rather. more inter
ested in devising ways and means TO
take the ballot out of hands that are
black and loyal and put ii into hands
that are white and with the weight Of
cones upon them, i il more than
probable that when the question comes
up on Mr.. BIaine's amendment the
majority will be toward the previous
question and summary Indefinite
postponement-
LONG AND SHORT SERMONS
We rather admire the plncky tone of
the Springfield Union IN dealing with
the question of long and short ser
mons and confess 10 a certain sense of
sympathy with a way of stating things
which tells Us mot in rnournful |
numbers but a very terse aud /
worldly way tina. professor Phelps |,
Of Andover has ext tine hzmstrings of !.
the Congregationalist'S recent "Sho!t /
sermons" stampede, by i vigorous I
and in spots indignant protest against /
the gag of twenty-five minutes, and |
the garrote of half an hour. Nothing !
ran come of this. the professor thinks, !
but I" Liliiputian ministry 1t 10
out of the question, he AYERS, to prop /
erly treat any really vital religious
question under any sr,c, s.rai. jacket
rules. And when he thinks that
Rufus Choate argued a side-saddle
case three hours, and a stolen turkey
suit four hours, he grows red in the
face ION paper at this attempt to rule
down the pulpit 10 a paitry thirty min
utes. Honor TO one man = Hon.
Alpheus Hardy, he ezclaimsl, who
had the wisdom TO see and the courage
to say Il, among the recent testimo
MES in the Congregationalist. that
good sermon is worth . hearing OF /
three-quarters of an hour" We said,
at the time, that the crusade OF the
religious press against the sermon
making profession was uncalled for, |
as they were the best judges o: their
own work, the psws TO the contrary
notwithstanding. Moreover, that there
was no great shining nowadays against
these in the matter of undue prolixity |
IN the pulpit. When there is, We will
be happy to help abate the evil. In
this connection, we make bold to give
speech to query which has more /
than once arisen in looking over the
columns OF these church weekIies-
whether it is altogether IN good taste
for them 10 indulge in SO much dicta-
ton to the clergy as they sometimes
- y /
patience OF the ministers in taking SO
meekiy good deal Of his patronizins
\ newspaper bishop
is anything bu: All apostolic institu-
ton. :" We are fam 10 Wild an unre-
sisting acguiesceuce If no , full and
hearty assent 70 this last declaration,
even while conscious that in so doing
we are half admitting that we are not,
in the strictest construction OF the e1-
preston =. all apostolic institution. ."
MISCELLANEOUS.
Say. one Of the APPxAI's religious
raiders:
4 remarkable feature of the times.
tLe growing reach and power Of
he secular press. il seen IN the publics-
lion BY il of religious news The make
1p Of the n Y. Herald in this respect is
very full and SO far n va have observed
quite reliable.
The Christian Mirror informs rs as fol-
ows upon a matte. OF which we had nos
my previous knowledge:
1t il not generally understood that ths
of Maine provides that :" all
eligious societies il this state shall at
ii times have the exclusive right of
,lectisg their public teachers. Under
his provision any Methodist. Episcopal
u Catholic Church hsa the right to Sc