The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-08-14
Spirit of he Religious Press.

"NorHIN' AGIN CHRISTIANITY"
The i"isIsadsnt saws Of Harvard College,
which. like ur own University, has been
accused Of an:i-Chri-tian tendencies, that
1T has nothln' agin Christianity, but that
i, is utterly Indifferent to it," and that
"there is no ves,ige al squarelv Christian
teaching in the curriculum. Believers AMI
unbelievers are indifierently appointed A.
instructors and the students are simply let
alone" That Is a. il should be.
cHUEcH SCHOOLS.
The Faci6c (hurchmaa repeats its recent
lie clara,ion that MANY are dissatisfied with
the purely secular system Of education
adopted in public schools, and points with
consratulaiicn To the large number Of
church schools which have been established
I'LL over the land where religion, according
I, the Prote-tant Episcopal idea, il made -
large portion 81 the education. No less
than eight furnishing schools of this class
have been established on this coast within
the last ten wears.
THE MOLLY MAGCIRES.
The New York Tadit repi.liates with
scorn the attempts that have been made
in some quarters 20 associate the Molly Ma
CURES with the Catholic church or with the
| Ancient Order Of libernians, holding that
all such aiteu.pts are ''the outcrOp Of stu
pid and malignant bigOtry" The Freemmns
.J.arnI takes the same view and quotes the
last speech of one Oi the members on the
scaifold: ''liad I listened tn the admOni-
,ions III the Catholic priesthood would
not have been here"
PAINE AND INGExsOLL INDORsED.
ci,os Rev Mr.. Cha.lwick's recently pub
lish-a lecture ON TLomas Paine, for the
statement that Paine dishOn0red his noble
record by 'naking charges OF ohscenity
against the Bible" and says: I'VE must
calmly take our place at Paine's side and
share the 'diSh"mOr,' for We believe the
Bible with all its exceIlencie<, contains We
80 much that ia obscene and pOlluting that
have always ~hrunk from putting j., 4
whole. into the hands III our children, and
have preferred to read to them alond such
partitions " may benefit AMI not dePrave
their tender minds" The L'}sr comedies
.the absence of immoral motives in the
Bible writers" IA claimed by Chadwick,
,vers that since many Of its passages 'can-
not be read aloud to women or children in
.,ecent society,"" il IL fairly open to the
charges III oi,scenity made against Paine,
insersOll and Others.
A DAY OF LIBERTY AND OF REST.
! The Bos,on Investigation highly commends
4 pamphlet written AMI published by w.
Mcdonnell, Of Lindsay, Pa. upon "The
Day of Rest" AMI calls special attention to
hi. statement that, while efforts are almost
continually renewed to demand the inter-
, ference OF the law, in order to make the
p seventh day a. rigid and as austere a. il
, was in the time Of the Covenanters, one
D fact il evident, that Puritanic Sabbath
2 will never more he tolerated in ChristeDdOm
= II has come to this for q certainty. People
must not be forced to consider Sunday IN
; infection, day for religious or eical
,lc~pot ism. day Of sternness and om.
= II may yet he that, By the stxer-
cise of discretion and common senae, the
Sabbath or Sunday may be made period
which will be welcomed by all, young and
old. AZ being in it's truest and most proper
sense day Of liberty and day Of reat."
; COMMUNISM AND FREE rHAUGHr IN RUSSIA.
The New York Emngsiis contains an i'm
terestiny review Of q new work On "kus-
sia" bv Mack nzie Wallace, an English
man, who has spent six years in the conn-
try and has made careful study Of Rus
sian lite. One oi the s,ngulor features OF ru-
raj life in Russia, he SAYS, in the surpris.
ing popularity Of socialistic and cammunis-
tic ideas and prsctises. Their Organiza-
tons are called "Mirs," and their business
gatherings resemble an American town.
: meeting, except that il il held out OF doors
and women, whose husbands are III, take
: part in the deliberations and vote" The
Greek Church exercises, Mr.. Wallace says,
'partitnlarly very little influence, :mo"e
|. the educated classes there il great deal Of
, free,hinkipg."