The New York herald., 1877-01-07

m.re The driver said to passsr by, ''Sam, do you
hope TO 20 to heaven'' 'Cortainly I do" was the
answer. ''Then take hold and help get this wagon
on solid ground" 4"
Be kind enough to remember these words Of Cowper
and they may save you many heartburn
A moral, sensible and well-brcc man
WIZ not anront me, and no other can.
Since Fellowship is the general theme for the day
the FIRST day OF the week OF prayer--why not quote
Moore's famous lines
Shall ask the brave soldier who fights by my side
In the cause OF mankind Il our creeds do agree
One OF the hardest facts 10 accept Ia that contained
In these two lines OF Samuel Rogers
The good are better made by ILL.,
AS doors crushed are sweetcr STILL
When man goes to the Polar regions he ought not
to drink. People who take order 10 keep warm
really open door TO let the cold in The recent ex-
pedition the high attitudes bears testimony the
fact that mans endurance be taxed 10 It's "
most he must abstain from all stmulans. To be
sober is TO survive, while to drink Is TO de-
Some people are lifting the estimate OF Mr.. Moody's
converts in Chicago TO figure which appeals to the
Imagination rather than the judgment TO our mind
Mr.. Moody's greatest good Is done 10 the churches,
not TO the masses II undoubtedly truo that
tain number made thoughtful, and become better
citizens and men, but is also true that large num-
Der are simply excited emotionally, and when the
mood passes or the good resolutions die. Mr.. Moody
HANDS He has DESTROYED their aloofness and taught
them how to work In double as we'll as in single har
ness. II the clergy stand side by side In fraternity
the chances OF Satan materially cssened. quar-
relling Indifferent clergy is tho mill from which
Satan grinds out sceptics.
The pupits supposed TO preach to-day on "Chris
tan Fellowship" We have just hoard story OF Plus
IX, which may point a moral. He observed
young man studying painting by Raphael IN the
Vatican ''You arc Of tho Academy, my SOM" 'No
Your Holiness, poor. f" ''Go put your
name there and will pay tho fees" 'But, Your
Holiness. am Protestant" .sThe Academy is for
artists, and that is enough tor me-" It is just
things which mako the whole world wish that Plus TX
might 1.-Two the next Centennial.
The editor OF the IdeS vcry irrational rationalstic
paper, is in sad quandary He says, with great nrm-
ness that all 'moral dutes' are deducibe from equal
rights but what 'cqual rights" 1t is not always
easy to determine. AS for believing in the Bblo as
moral spiritual authority why that is out Of the
question in these Darwinian days OF enlightenment
We prefer you know trust in the revelations Of the
glacial period. II you ask what those revelations
the answer Is that one knows unless II DO
Tyndall, and he wont tell. We may find out In the
course of few million years In the time throw
the Bibe away and wait What satisfactory cate
chsm such man could edit. He might run thus:-
Question-What ought every man to dof Answer
dvery man ought to do right. Q.-what is right? A.
No knows Q.-How can find outs A.-You
can't find out. Q--what, then. is the chief end Of
manS A.-To deny the Bible and do just he plcascs.
Speaker Randall has been falsely accused OF knowing
Cushing's manual by heart He made few mistakes in
his many decisions and the inference that he had
carefully studied parliamentary rules. He says that he
has simply decided matters their equity; that he
has been fair majority aud minority alike, and that
he has always been able to lind rule to sustain
him. The statement has an application larger than
Congress Be fair to all parties and you will find some
verse In she Bible which will commend you
A Canadian minister has advertised for wife, We
have always been under tho impression that theo-
logical student who good slo'utouist and parted
his hair In the middle could tahe his choice OF the
fair daughters Of the parish. But up in Canada the
rule does not hold good, else the qualifications
quircd not easily found. What these qualinca-
tons which the reverend gentleman advertises fors
Listen-"Taent and abty to assist tho cause, al gift
to sing ability to weigh argument and $1,000 in
hard cash." There is perfect galaxy OF brilliant
adornment and there Is lttle wonder that the aspi-
rant advertises to the whole world that lady. Of
any age certain uncertain need hope to be
wife OF Canada country parson unless she has tho
wings OF angel and silver in her pocket What he
offers a quM pro quo for this $1,000 and their at
tcndant virtues do not know, but suspect that
' The Philadelphia Radical Club, which organized
few months sincc, and which 'opposed to idol
airy tho worship of days. books or people," Is
dead II rot invcieratcy the habit opposing
existing organizations that last opposed ITSELF and
so quietly expired
The Church Is certainly progressive II does not
resemble in any OF its appointments nor yet in tho
fiery zeal Of its pulpit tho Church of old Puritan days.
Then the stovepipe used to run along tho sidc ases,
meet just the minister's head and In a while
part joint and fill the church with smoke and the
congregation with dismay. Now have steam
boilers down cellar, and not the slightest ntmation
that the mcrcury s down TO outside allowed
to the devout mind which lstlessly reads the
pages of gilt-edged prayer book. Then the hoarso
bassoon. the very bass vio, the shrickng nddc and
few other Instruments OF torture formed the back
ground Of harmony for volunteer choir which
offered such differences OF tme tune and pitch that
temporary paralysis Of the organ Of hearing became
q bcnediction but now We float upward the notes
of $lO0 900 quartet, and sing Gods praise by proxy
We have such that every thing viii 60 with
perfect decorum that We even drop asleep during
the sermon. The drawing idea has invaded
the Church, and want go to glory In ne Same
style in which VIC go TO Chicago.
Please to remember that man can have a quarrel
with you unless you strike back. 1t always
ond blow, tho blow that you yourself give, which
really organizes the disturbance.
Every once IN a while we hear that far
oil regions has seen tailed man, and wait 'npa-
ticntly FOR further particulars, which never come
Moses holds his own, and Darwin takes seat in The
while this uncertainty as to facts prevails. We
the entcrhooks OF excitement all the time. for
do not know whether really created men
or whether wo are all chimpanzecs, who havo suf
fered the loss Of the caudal distinction II we never
had any tails then We can 80 way rejoicing,
but II havo had them and lost them, then, like
Chinaman whose back hair is gone we have, indeed,
lost caste. We have searched Tor the traveller who
has those tailed men, but he can't be found We
have discovered man, who knew u man, who
had man, who had heard that in Central Africa
It was very common thing for chimpanzces or men,