The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-05

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rse Vn;tarans have college In Humboldt Iowa. 70
which they had contributed quite literally Tor sx
yeArs when shsy proposed TO inquire how and where
The money went They began not n moment TOO soon.
The President. Rev. Mr.. ra made large donations 70
the college which he could easily DO when, according
TO the investigating committee. no sold " iands
q, $sss an swnich 1t would be ex'nsa-
CANT estimate at $50 an aefs In
this way he received from the denomination
BY sale Of lands and donations to the coiicse $e2oo'
he paid hi msef for land slosSa aS 10 DINERS LOT
land $l4 s4s 49, paid for building and improvements,
$5Ss77 "a: paid salary to himself sio,o4S 81; pmd
salary 10 teachers So 4S6 81; paid interest not less
than "a, 600; total sll4,125 So There is debt OF
se7 500 The college has property worth, at fair es
timate, $50, 600. Deducng tho debt, $27 500, she
total present value Is So. 500
The ease with which Sunday school hymns and
musici manufactured Is amazing. Before tho pupils
have learned dozen tunes or stanzas In one book
another is thrust into their hands And the last H.
OF course always the best They sing Songs OF Faith"
few weeks and then Songs of Hope" or Of "Saiva-
tion' or 'Chrslian Songs" crystal Songs, "Gos-
pei Songs'' s.Censcrs" &c oiden Showers" 'Fresh
Laureis" bright Jewels" ''Dadclns" and namo
less host beside come troopng along The result Is
that the children forget them all learn them.
il Sunday school rhymsts and composers left out
fifty rer cent Of the trash they publish and divide the
other fifty by half and give something worthy Of
worship and OF the age
Our colored brother Of tho CAystian Recorder Is
tho high road toward heresy unless no stops short
whore he L. He tells his sable Methodist readers that
an s'cder" has right consecrate the sacramcntal
elements for the Lords Supper and send them to
different churches to be distributed to the people ny
tho hands OF "deaoons" This Is what contemporary
calls vaticum In full blossom" Tho idea IL incon-
venent II not absurd that minister must have two
or three "ordipations to at bin for acts which ono
failed in. Why, If there be any virtue In tho
act OF ordination at ALL is 1t not conveyed to the can
didate all ut and lot him 20 forth full hedged In
stead OF half Aedged So long MS this
prevails churches and minister's will suffer and oil
kinds OF makeshiits will be resorted to-
One Of religious contemporaries Is In thought
full mood II Is not the railroad strike nor the tenn
psrance crusade nor the depleted churches nor
the Eastern war that troubles It, These arc
minor considerations whom compared with
tho loss Of manhood and moral charac-
OF commercial travellers We IRE glad 10 see that
this large and constantly growing class IS not entirely
forgotten Thousands OF city young men arc constantly
the road. They live in the best hotels aud on the
best fare. They spend money freely aud indulge In all
the vices Of the times because thcy think they
must do to win custom, and when the SOLDERING time
OF lie comes they are unable TO settle down on small
salaries aud to care for wives families. While trsv
cling those young men know nothing OF home infu
ence or Sabbath restraint, and from q low grade Of
those agents. says our contemporary, unprotected
ladies' have most How shall commercial houses
get rid Of this system which obIigcs them 10 keep SO
many agents IN the leld continually Our conrere sug
gests a return to the old STYLE whom buyers from
every part OF tho land came here twice year and
made the purchases themselves. And some OF those
are now discovering that they can purchase At less
directly from the jobber that there is hope for
. reform in this line ere long.
Every person into life with certain degree Of
vitality, which may last him her one, two, ten,
thirty or seventy years. This be increased with
caro- or essened by neglect Evon So likewise, every
to maturity with certain measures OF intel
lectua vitality certain amount Of thought aud brain
power and heart power These, too can DO increased
or reduced by care or neglect young man OF
twentyhrce or twenty-five enters the ministry, and
five or ten years later fails No church asks Tor his
services What is the matters Was he called to the
ministry He probably was, but his thought has
given out; his capacity is exhausted. What shall DO
done with hlmY What shall be done with the thou
sands like him in this land to-day, who have ceased 10
be acceptable preachers even to the average country
congregaton9 Let them 20 into some other business.
They manfestly out Of place holding either the
the Office OF minister to tho exclusion OF others
who may have thought and fresh thought which
they might give 10 the people to build them up in
truth and doctrine. But while they arc counted
among tho ministry, whether tLey be needed or
not, they exclude others The churches and the
ministers, too should recognize an end as we'll as
beginning to the teaching office. And If a man Is
In ,ho haa ma tal ha
should use that with all diligence. and then retire
when Its further use estopped. This might BIO in
five years; but longer shorter It would be better
for himself and the churches. Another with two tai
ents and q third with FIVE could preach with accept
and profit ten twenty, thirty or more years. but
in every there should be recognition of a time
demit the ministry we'll to take It Thcn
would not feel embarrassed injured In his per-
in his ecclesiastical relations when he retired
he would no withdraw for other pur
suits.
The "Perfectonsts' arc making circuit Of the
country, visiting various camp grounds and promui-
eating their hercs,es 1t is remarkable that while they
profess the sancti1caion of some faculties OF their
higher nature they very silent about others
Faith love- the will are invariably consecratcd God
SO that they delight to sing
Pm trusting in Jesus for all things,
Ny will Is the Will OF my God
But pride Is not sanclined. We never know Of
this class that did not say spirit and act II not In
word :-'.Stand back, for am holier than thou" In
deed, pride seems to receive wonderful stirening aud
strengthening from this mysterious process Of sanctin
cation. Self concet TOO, is seldom touched by this
process. There does not exist anywhere under the
in the same number Of persons more egotsm of a
coarser and more offensive type than you Ind any
day among "hphcr hfe'' professors How Is this {?
Brother Inskip writes from Wisconsin to tell what
wonderful inspiration and revelation he and Brother
Thompson had at camp ground out there SO that
sled by impulse irresistible he went forward and
carried into region OF thought his mind had
before explored, and experienced an amounting above
and beyond anything he had ever known" And this
IS the Brother lnskip who tells the New York East
Conference from year to year that having been sun
struck few years ago he is untitled Tor tue pastorae
because he can't study aud preach his old SER
mons But here, at q Western camp meeting, he can
traverse region OF thought never before explored