The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-18


Wen de nashuns OF de earth Is a sianum all aroun
Who's a-guine ter be chosen for ter " ar the glory
crown.
WHO'S a-guine fer ter STAN n.kneed an bolr
An answer TO der name az de calm OF der roll.
After reading tho above, which is wanting more In
than sense, eye caught the refrain which
bit Of revival earnestness not to be surpa
No use ter be stoppn' an a.lookin'.
III you TOOL via Satan you'll! get took in;
You'li hang on de edge an get shook IN,
FL you keep on a-stoppin an aookin'.
Our complimentary phrases are sometimes, to say
the least, little exuberant. A parishioner, who
thought nothing too good for his pastor. gave him
pun IN the county paper, and aztec making him al
Apollo In person ana Paul IN eloquence added
Sand no will probably occupya corner in the
house not made with hands" Tina, minister ought to
be gu exhibtion
II seems TO be contradiction, but Is nevertheless
true, that you have bad temper the best thing you
can do is to- lose Il.
The force Of compliment depends largely the
perspicuity OF the language IN which It Is expressed.
When you say, "rhat was splendid Sermon" there
Is Dephic incohercncy about IL, and the minister
who hears you ought TO feel encouraged. But when
| you say Of a man TO whom accident has occurred
that "under the skiui OF his physician he lived
just ten days, you have the shadow OF doubt
whether that physician tho proper person TO give
| you medicine not.
DR.. Slade, who could summon spirits from Vastly
deep at SIS per angelic head, Is not unlike ordinary
inortals In that he was unwilling to 60 to prison. ana
IN that, being in the British service without pay no
desires to DO released from the wholesome bu. homely
fare OF that class OF the Queens subjects II SAID
OF him that he called into this neither
world tho soul OF an atheist who. when the question
was put, "What do you think OF the other life now"
replied with logic quito bcnung the whole occur
rencc, There is no other life; always though. So
| nd
| would mt believe Il bu, now have found out to a
certainty that was right and when you die you Will
| Ind II out TOO /"
| Politicians form target at which every tyro may
| throw his lance with mpunity. II Is rather sad
comment on the next grandest science 10 that OF
oogy that It's disciples universally looked upon
with suspicion Politics are a boiling cauldrou, in
which the scum Is apt 10 como to the top said
once and although It excoriates the throat to say It
yet just criticism. In tho midst OF great po-
| litical excitement clergyman gave the by mn
''Sriko the Resembling Tyre" and celebrated ONCE.
holder Immediately lodged and prepared TO defend
himself.
The human conscience, in these guttapercha times,
has an admirable II not an awful elasticity. Marie
Cclvet concluded to murder her julio for the
sake OF few hundred francs, which her greater thrift
had saved She arrested, and ut last fenced by
rdhcarted judge to twenty years OF prison life
ono time the Judge on the point Of rclentng He
saw that Marie was IN tho deepest black. Perhaps
these weeds for great aflction he thought ard
under the alteration OF grief she has committed this
foul deed. So he said "Marie sec you are dressed
in black. Pray. tell me, who is 1t for ?" She looked
at tho Judge with sad and fearful glance and replied
with o sigh, 'Your Honor, II Is for my poor sister
| julio"
There Ia many clergyman who Is altogether too Ill
TO 90 through the fatgung duties OF pastoral life. but
~ho nvrht otoa
II fact, but It Is nevertheless true. that
quircs strength to make parish calls for a week
than spend the length OF time wandering from
gallery to gallery through the Louvre The brings
the minister 10 his bed with sick headache, and the
latter brings him to u restaurant whore he discovers
the extent OF an American appetite. We often think
OF II with sigh Of sympathy that there multi.
! tuGes OF cergymcn weakened by ycars Of arduous
toll that they have not strength enough left refuse
= trip to the Continent the coming summer. An ex-
| pertinent will attest the truth OF what we assert
II Is not strange that some OF churches should
BIO open TO the charge OF excusiveness They are
costly ana tho minister and choir. the choir
ster for you cannot always tell which put FIRST
| so expensive that ono Is compelled to welcome
rich man warmly than a poor one.
We always give the hcartiest welcome 70
| the most available material. A minister once
preachei-such minister has described-on tho
| A
minded man him after the and said,
''Pastor, Pm glad VIC shall recognize each other up
there. 1t will DO great change though, for I've been
to your church going four years and not per-
son has recognized me-"
There are two things which have surprised every
that has lived In turn-Frst, how II DO pos
sble that he small the newly born babe
! which the nurse puts Into hts arms and second how
he camo stop growing when no got close feet
high. It is a law that gives
equally curious law that puts the check on whom
| arc under full Roadway and hhng out and filing up,
and says, "Thus far and farther" Tho beginning
ana the stopping are equally wonderful
The religious papers are discussing the best way to
pronounce the benediction. Let the minister SO
pronounce II that no includes himself in i.s prayer.
great many ministers say, 'The Lord be with you."
| when they ought TO say, ''lhe Lord be with u.s." We
| arc all travelling together and what wants all
want There Is larger matter In connection with
Protestant worship which ought to be criticised to the
hit ofhe sword II the habit getting ready 20 out
OF church while the bencdiction being uttered One
puts on his coat another fumbles after his hat
and still another stands in tho In great cager.
ness as though the word "amen" the equivalent
OF the word 'go." II is painful thing bolt ones
food but 10 bolt ones religion and then bolt for tho
Is neither just TO ones sell dccorous toward
tho Offices of religion.
| II seems TO be a bit difficult to raise the money
necessary to the completion OF Rcv. Joseph Cooks
lectures in Boston. only halt the money orhcom-
ing, and the lectures only halt through and may
be legitimate to say under tho circumstances that
the course is only half cooked. Boston can hardly
| take caro- OF than genuine sensation at a
time. Mr.. Moody has crcpt right into the peoples
hearts, and Mr. Sankey, like a troubadour of old, has
sung his way into the stronghold OF rationalism Bos-
ton Untariansm has struck It's flag and od-fashoncd
| orthodoxy Is carrying all before II.
Threats get worn in certain directions just tho
public park does English surgeons assert that there
Is Dissenting sore throat and Church of England
| sore throat 1t is not caused by any difference In
theology In pcty, bot In the OF the Disscntcr