The New York herald., 1877-03-18
Professor Adler and his society for ethical culture this
morning
CHAT BY THE WAY.

that they have great nucncy OF utterance are really
suffering from q chronic nuidity Of speech
How many times In our boyhood have been made
and sadder BY the admontions OF stern parent
which admonitions accom- PAM ed by illustrations
IN the way OF woodculsl When the act OF putting
the forbidden cup Of Jelly to lips for instance
have heard prophetic iootstcp which convinced us
that IN order with the difficulties OF lfe we
must Immediately retire behind the neares, woodprls
however, we have been taught sing that cheering
hymn which begins
There's many slippc.
'Twixt the cup and the lip, ah
Il may be very we'll when you in the mids, Of
great emotional excitement to sing
III would not live Away. / ask not 10 stay
but n the church clerk should requested 10 pass
round diary that you might put pencil mark
against the year and day when you would hike
part. you would probably DIX the next centennial as
the earlios, momen, when you could get things prop
erly arranged.
The colored gentry Of the South having
stani jubilee over their freedom. They may be under
misapprehensons 10 the general nferiority Of
the white race, but the,r good nature boundless
They have reconstructed earth heaven and
that neutral tint shall have any rights which coal
black is bound TO respect. Here Is picture Of tho
other world which only colored Imagination could
Walk In darkeys troo de gate;
Hear de kullered angels hoer;
Go way, white folks, you re too late.
We's de winnu kullerl Wait
TIL de trumpet blow 10 foller.
There seems TO be a subtle and intimate relation he.
tween money and resignation under some kinds Of
serious bercavemcnts This statement may look like
exaggeraon at rst sight, and yet II distant rela-
tive dies having made you sole ,nheror OF his million
IT gives peculiar character TO your tears kind
ofp ~ he
bestows Tho rich are mourncd, Dut there miti.
eating circumstances which hop their legal heirs and
assigns to bear the trouble and spend their money.
Human nature Is very curious composition.
That the times are hard nobody deny, but,
strangely enough. there Ia no fuctuation as TO the
wagos OF sin. Employees in every other department OF
activity the strike for larger pay, those
working for the devil not only get ull and prompt
pay, but sometimes more than they want This Is al.
ways In Now Jersey and n,ermittently in New
York
II OF the Joys OF boyhood, when we were
both chemical and reckless, TO play practical jokes
We once persuaded youth who accustomed
TO the paths OF great city TO swallow the parts
Of a seidltz powder alternately. The young
perienced ''true inwardncss" which mortal pen
could describe We have been reminded Of this limo.
cent episode by what occurred in one OF churches
recently. society worshipping at the corner of
Madison and Thlrty-1rst street assumed the
name OF the Madison Avenue Baptist Church and In.
v;ted Rev Dr. Robinson, OF Brown University, TO
preach for them In the innocency Of his clerical
heart he accepted the invitation and camc 10
the city with very gentle and lamblike man uscript
In his pocket He discovered, however,
that the gentlemen who had asked him preach had
assumed a church name which did not belong them
and that they acting In bad spirit toward the
old church-Dr Elder pastor-which they had
monously elected DR.. Robinson took in the si,ua-
alton a, once, put back into his pocket
hts sermon love and delivered discourse which
largely resembled a thunder storm, with orked light
ning scurryng about with such rapidity that the old
pew owners instinctvely lodged their heads His
subject was Goods Judgments on Evil Doers." The
society tho alkai, tho Doctor was the acid ard
the eGervescepcc made one think ofvesuvius. Tho
moral of all this that church people ought
do right sometimes
The Rev. Fred Re, who began life by hitting sin.
the face, and who continues II by hitting thcm
In the heart, is in trouble He has largo congrega-
ons. who are ready to applaud when he breaks into
appeal and relieves tho monotony Of discourse by
song but who look the other way when the contrbu-
ton is passed. He proposes to charge dve cents
admission hereafter and hopes to prove that the work.
man is worthy Of his hire 1t is little curious that
people will crowd to hear a genuine scnsationalist
Is and tho stern facts OF specie payment present
themselves button looks like a dime, and a counter
felt bit OF paper shows The estimation in which the
performance Is held. The greatest novelty with
preachers would be an old fashioned Gospel sermon.
1t might surprise both speaker and people, perhaps
but, after ALL there is nothing like 1t when you ask
money. The world is unreasonable about some things
but 1t has touched hard pan on that subject.
There q vast deal Of common sense In the ad
dendum to her prayer which little girl offered.
Her mother kindly taught her to ask God tafe
care OF papa which certainly worry thou ghttu
The child who seems to have been very obscrvant
said, .Dcar Lord please look after my papa" and
then, turning her head. added In undertonc, "And
you had better keep eye mamma too''
Mr.. Felix Adler seems to believe neither in tho
priesthood nor in the religious laiiy His en-
trey appropriate, apparently for ho has himself
the gracious task of adding the public mind on ques-
tions Of theology. He is or those dcstructonists
who delight in satirizng Christianity, but who are
perfectly willing live under its wings He speaks of
priests and ministers as 'poor. puny babblcrs," and
yet because there is priesthood ana a ministry he
can send his children to school and rest securely In
that religious public opinion which is willing to toer.
even his bad logic and ingra.itudo. How
these materalists consent 10 receive so
much at the hands OF blind faith
which they despise Is something we coui
never understand. We have often wondered why thcy
DO not coonzc and try the experiment OF living under
their own principles That however, has never oc.
Cured TO them, and probably will not long US
Christianity Is willing not only to protect them, but
also allow them grumble to their hearts content
Naturasts cannot agree even among themselves
They by unanimous IN their opposition
10 the Bible. The curious part Of 1t is that when
a scientific man accepts tho Scriptures he goes fur.
ther than is always necessary. gentleman OF this
kind has been lecturing Jonah and presenting to
dclghted congregations diagrams Of tho throat Of the
whale that swallowed him. Hc says that the muscles
Of the above mentioned throat elastic that II It's