The New York herald., 1877-10-28

she Court, and that tho other party had gone homo
very badly bruised, but acknowledging himself fairly
beassn. Do surc that you properly understood
when you give good advice.
These scientific days In which We live and
Il may happen that theology viii have to be entirely
reconstructed In order 10 suit the critical Of
some people. Professor Draper says that instead Of
''the finger OF Providence" ought to say smechan
teal force" The truth IL We must reason the
Almighty out Of the universe as all hsxarda
The Idea thai our scientific men can ever
bow down 10 anything which they believe greater
than themselves 10 simply prspostsrous, and 70 AJAX
them TO believe something which they do not fully
understand . direct implication that there things
which they do not understand, and therefore In
suit In the meantime, however, ordinary mon 40
cept oven the mysteries Of religion, and deludsd
enough to feel that they are the happier for h.
The Episcopalans are q sad quandary The
feminine communicGhts have seriously fallen OF In
numbers because tho present stylc Of dress VIII
permit the wcarer 10 kneel Who would have
thought thar fashionable pullback would become
. religious drawoacks The omnipo.oncs Of
fashion, hswsver, Is clearly shown In the fact
that whom religion and dress come an issue reiL
Eion quietly steps up TO tho wall until tho fashion
ohangea Indeed We compelled to bolisvs that
one reason why Mr. Moody Is " present laying siege
70 the frontier towns and avoiding the great cities
tina, he Is waiting Tor the advent ofshs fall and
winter ssyos which viii allow Of greater freedom In
gonunexion
How many people have an idea that there soms
things which she direct gfs Of God while others
are tho result Of their own watchiulness and TOLL
Thoy resemble the little girl who prayed and 40
God We thank Thee, specially for those rabbits-An
bus the cage--we had that before" The better way 10
70 thank God for cage and all
Il is said that troubles, like babes grow larger By
-
on pe.ting an silmeps disappointment until ~
grows like an ,do,ic child who rules tho household
with whimsical despotism and makes hfe burden.
They their Joys . temporary resting point
tho determined hunt for something which Will keep
up tho ensrvesconcs Of misery.
s very we'll 20 say that all the rogues belong Ia
tne Church, and that man who Is superintendent Of
. sunday school needs 70 be watched by . strong
tectve force Rhetoric IL cheap and dcnunoiat,on
popular The adjectives of condemnation stronger
and moro numerous than those OF praise. Nsverthe-
less, you run through the list Of the mon
who are spending long vacation at Sing
Sing, and who have been removed thereby from
the temptations Of troublesome world TO tho medi-
tative seclusion Of cellular f you surprised
find that they have not all been deaoons or class
lsadsrs clergymsA. Some has said that
although you may possibly and pearl In an ssh heap.
is nevertheless, not tho most key place In which
to look for one and 30 wc may say that, although
scamps sometimes found In the Church, Il ts net
the most likely place In which hunt for them. ltha
great deghs 30 certain class to hold magniiying
glass the dirty spots . minister's robe and
the bigger they can mako Il tho moro they chuckls.
Still, " you should gsnoralixs with their logic
and refuse to trust them because their next door
nsghber had ence cheated you they would resent is
Insult Because bad man takes medicine it
doea mt folov NJ unAdLnnA alwava nakas n man
bad. o.
There is custom at69g the Aieppo girls which 10
extremely Whom lovers present them
solves they put live coal into tho hand Of each
the one who holds II longest wins VITA fhero u .
great deal OF honesty IN this practice which 10 DO
commended They mako II hot for before mar
rage instead Of AFTER Our customs entirely differ
ent for the young girls nowadays put smile In your
hand 1t arst and the 1--we coal aSsesward This IL
called domestic Bliss
EPISCOPAL CHURCH CONGRESSES
FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN
CHURCH coNoREss-AxoIIcAN coNoREssxs
AND CONFERENCES.
Tho fourth annual Congress OF the Protestant Epis-
copa Church In the United States Will assemble In
Chickering Hall, Now York, next Tuesday and throe
following days Tho Congress OF last year hold IN
Boston and very successful Bishop Potter OF
this city, will preside. But how changed tho Bishops
attitude within threc years When II was first pro-
posed 70 hold such meeting nore no not only with
Crew his Official sanction from II bus condemned II
officially. Seeing, howevoY, that an ecclesiastical
earthquake did not follow, he changed his
attitude toward Il and now not only consents 70
preside, but makes Official recognition OF Il IN
his annual address 20 the Diocesan Convention, and
adds that be has every encouragement TO hope that
al all
credi.abls alike TO the ability and good oong those
who shall deliver addresses before the body Besides
the Presiding Bishop, Bishops Littlejohn, OF Long
Island; Clark, OF Rhode Island; Lay, OF Maryland;
whppie, Of Mnnosota; Hare. OF Niobrara and Dudley
have agreed elthcr to road papors or to deliver ad
drosses; aud Bishops Ncely Elliott, Tuttle. Wilmer,
Carkson and Wlngneld arc also expected to DO pros
ent, together with Row. >. G. Ever, d, D.; Row. Dr..
Narn, Row I. q. Addison, D. D.. Rev. Dr. Hanckei,
Rev. j. v. Lewis, D. D.. Rev. Il. NJ. Thompson, d. D.
Rev. y. Courtenay, Rev. Charles W. Ward. Rov. DR..
N. H. schenck, Row W. W: Newton. Rov. Henry c
kav. Francis 4. Henry, Rev Percy Browne.
Hon W. r. wai.halI. Mr skipwith Wilmer, ME- Lewis
somsry % BLAIR, Hon. T. ssuaos 0 Hon. e' Elssus US
Brooks, Professor Cowiing, N. D.; Mr.. Richard NJ
Hunt. Mr. Emiyn Lis,sll. Mr. Donald G. hi.chell and
OF Tho holy communion nj Trinity Chapel ut
o'clock tuesday morning. the addrcss DO gvon by
the Right Rev, q. 7. Bedel d. D., Bishop OF Ohio
This year the Congress comes atIer and not
Immediately before tho General Convention,
as it did thros years ago The order Ia
which the speakers TO appear has yet been
ranged, will be- before opening session. Tho
Congress will hold regular sessions, beginning at ton
A. ~ and half past sevon p. NJ. All male members OF
tho Protestant Episcopal Church attending mem
bcrs oi Congress-. All who interested
tho subjects DO discusscd whatever thcir religious
associations may be, cordially invited attend.
TOPICS P0R DISCUSSION
Tho topics TO be discussed Dy tie Congress and
which essays will be read nine, folows:-L
introductory address, by tho President Of the Cou
gress ''Ihe Church Architecture that We Need -
'.True Policy Toward the Indian Tribcs." l. "rhc
Relation OF tho Popular Press to Christianity In
America" g. fhe Spiritual Forcos In Civilization"
O .'Christianity and Popular Amuscmenls" Z. ..rhe
Influence Of the Pulpit Upon Modern Thought and
Idlc.n s. 'Ur2anization and Adm mat ration Of
Charity" o. .The Relation OF tho Christian Church
and National Life Ia America"
Church cong rosses OLD Institutions In the AnRli-
communion. They ara In sense other thero
here legislative bouios, but they have considerable
moral influence IN the Churcn. Indeed. during tne