The New York herald., 1876-12-24

10 mako every body else 40 the same
Rev. Joseph Cook says that existence after death Is
but postulate Of the psychological analysis OF the
soul, He seems 10 have been injured in the phreno-
logical bump OF language IL is well to talk as simply
as you can because every carries dictionary
in his pocket.
Christmas Is appropriate season In which TO or
press your gratitude Tor blessings received But graft
tudc can't be all expressed in day, and is bet
ter TO let II extend from one Christmas TO another
II is well enough to be Sunday Christian If you
can't be anything better. That one day may lessen
the shadows that hang the rest OF tho week. but
to be an all the Christian is better still II res
ion Is worth having all then It Is worth having in
the middle OF the week as well as on the nrst day.
Another woman has been preaching in Newark pull
pit and the chnrch authorities have once more
sumed the attitude Of holy horror. Tho masculine
biped will not brook rival He monopolizes the
right preach poor sermons and TO draw small sal
ary for the II to 10 ask some we
hardly know whom, whether woman who really can
preach not the equal OF who tries to preach,
but fasa Still advise the synod to reprimand the
offender and make him promise that he will never, no,
never. do again; for women by nature ambi-
tious, and II they once get oothold nobody knows
what will become OF US Tho only rule is to crush
out any and every attempt TO usurp our masculine
prerogatives.
Cato, who heather, used to say that "every
man must give an account not only Of his labor.
but also OF his leisure" According to this state
ment there is vacation in the religious life. Now
we plead for that numerous class which goes to
church three times on Sunday, under the impression
that during the week they can do as they please
They very religious that day; indeed, they
are extremely punctilious in all o9servances
OF the ceremonial law that they themselves for
the the week. They 10 think that II fair
average Is struck between the wordlness OF six days
and the marvellous acknowledgements Of the one day
tney Will make good showing. It Is 10 be hoped
that the pagan Cato in the wrong. otherwise there
will be trouble among Christians in tho day Of
reckoning.
Rev. h. r. Nye said in a lato sermon that il Mr..
Tamage had been Brooklyn ho would have told US
the souls of the 800 victims Of tho fire had gone
straight TO hell and many Of the orthodox ministers
would have sustained him. He then proceeded to tell
his hearers where he himself thought the victims bad
gone Yes but Mr.. Talmage wasn't here, and didn't
say any thing OF the kind. man must be badly
pushed for subject when he takes for his text what
brother minister did not say; besides there is no law
by which you predict what the eccentric Brooklyn
preacher will say any subject or at any time. You
can't judge comet by planetary laws. Mr.. Tamage
s gyrator who denes every known rule OF business
enterprise and pulpit eloQuence
'What you want" says DR.. Lands, ''s oxygen"
That the pauacea Of all Ills 1t is Of medium
weight and therefore, occupies Tho centre OF room.
But what is man to do il ne Is tall that his head
runs through II as mountains summit piercing
cloud what those short people to do who can't
reach up 10 it9 Thank the Lord II you are just ave
feet ten, for then you keep your head in the
disc Of oxygen. Oxygen Is life, it Is SOUL 1t is mmor-
tality II is evident that the gas is escaping
where.
The misfortune OF the Rev. J. A. Bedient, OF Mis-
Waa n IN
borrowed the Celtic prefix and been known as J. A
OBedent he would mover have fallen trouble. He
professed to be able to out devils but there was
pet of his which he refused to cast out. He
insisted that all the women of his church should
fess to him every crime In which they had been i'm
picated, and the result general uphcaval Of tho
community. It is dangerous tell all you know,
sometimes, and is equally dangerous to become the
recipient Of family secrets Mr. Bedient found 1t SO
when he dangled from the lower limbs OF troe, and
when cut down just time his life he confessed
that he had, perhaps, been q little impradent and
pressed great willingness step down and out.
There is something graveiy funny about cemetery
literature. The poetic effusions which carved on
headstones generally the production Of genius in
tho raw state. They full OF feeling and
doubtedy intended convey tho idea OF inconsolabe
grief but there no Lindlsy Murray and rhym-
ing dictionary near and is little to De wondered at
lack the unimportant element Of grammatical
rectnesa We heard or poor fellow, who buried four
wives, and who, alter the las: funeral concluded
put the four into grave The puzzle to got
fitting eptaph, but in due time II found Re-
member that his nrst wife was named Hannah ana
that she had been dead many yoars that he found
some difficulty la gathering the remains. and you will
then understand the palhos Of the last lne:-
Stranger, pause and shed tear,
For Mary Ann lies buried here,
Mingled in some mysterious manner
With Laura, Jane, and probably Hammer.
II Is said Of King Boesaus. Of Poland, that when.
ever he about to engage in an important adven-
ture he would take out little picture OF his father,
which he always carried about his person, and say,
sDear father, wish may do nothing unworthy OF
thy name" II would do no harm n Christians were
to adapt the Incident their own circumstances.
That kind oil loyalty incorporated into religion
and carefully practsed would make great change in
our lives.
Religious zeal In The pursuit Of heresy may possibly
be carried too far mother in q Methodist church
OF Connecticut determined convince her Of tho
truth OF the doctrine OF sancticaton The said son,
however, avowed certain Unitarian procllvi.les and
expressed grave doubts about the In question
at which the maternal ire and fire at
once aroused, and she proved that she did
not understand the practical bearing Of sanctdcaton,
however sound she may have been on the theory, tor
she ut proceeded 10 commit assault and bat
tory which left the youths checks and and
in very diIapdated condition. II may be dangerous
10 DO Unitarian In Connecticut but 1t is equally un-
fortunate TO be 'sancthed" in that particular way.
The Rev. Uriel Graves has lately been tried by a
Lutheran synod nominally ior schism, but really for
ecconircity One witness said that Graves had been
to him to consult about church. Its popularity
that each member was 10 be ''pure in heart and
pay ten cents q week." Tho witness was evidently
from the rural DISTRICTS for he observed Mr. Graves
that he thought nc might run his church the
pure heart platform, but for the
cents week he thought that asking too
much Another witness testified that the preacher
once told him that he happy .shat
made his teeth jingle" which he considered sensa-