, 1877-11-11
The Strange Story Of the Simple Faith Of
the ReY. George Muller, the
Phianthropist.
Notes from the Church at
Home and Abroad---Per-
sona1 Mention.
pious Perversions for the Uncon-
yerted---Services To.
Day.

Address BEFORE THE RECENT EPISCOPAL
CHURCH CONGRESS-
Tn New York last week Prof. R. o. Cowling,
nj tue University OF Louisville, read paper on
the above subject at the Church Congress. He
said:
Itwa just after the War, when politics were
running high, that 4 Southern Bishop visited
Washington to represent the evil deeds Of the
the gentlemen with scant baggage. He fell
iu with Northwestern politician not unknown
IN impolite circles, who, SO far from giring
rim comfort, siowered upon him his hatred for
The ' fallen foe. :.Do you count yourself Chris
lin n,an!'' said the Bishop. II do," replied
liz politician; II am a member Of the
Methodist Church, And will you tell
me M xaeFe'" asti5sasbcd xour hr'ii,an's irom tns
swear and l don't dance.' However true this
auerdote may be (and l get it, by the way, from
3 Bshop), it is an undeniable fact that the
McthuCists look uoon both accomplishments OF
Gancirc and swearing in IN 1n1n1xcd horror In
their booK Of disciplinc they provide for the
1rial and expulsion Of members for "third
ofrnse'' i'll dancing, playing at games OF chance,
attending theatres, horsa-races, clrcuses, dane
Ing parties, or patroninug dancing schools. In
a sermon once heard by the speaker, delivered
by Baptist cler4yman,-a gentleman who now
Occupies QUE OF the most important pulplrs OF
that denomination i'll this couutry,-he said:
II see my Lord uucited anew when ! see
though this may have beei4 the somewhat torid
expression Of one individual, it was in meas
rre the sentiment OF the denomination against
this amusement
The Baptists and the Reformed Baptists (tbe
followers Ut Alexander CampoelD are CongEe-
cssivuai in their government, aud do not enact
ecclesiastical laws of application, but the IN
Giyldual churches are opposed to dancing, and
proy7=ion is made in many OF them for exDell-
leg members who indulge in it. This is curl
In IF fIa4E Eoff ri
kner distinguishing feature is the rejection OF
crrcIs. tic adoption of s.the broad platform OF
the B.bic,'' aud the acknowledgment OF ind1-
y!Guai opinion i'll its Interpretations. DI- Heck.
CT, i Presbyterian clergyman, and President OF
Hanover College in 1n01aua, ends With this ap-
peal III in argument against dauclng: "By
the so:rows Of many pious parents whose
children have stifed conviction in the dance; By
the ucatll-agouy Of many youths whom this
amuSesneut has sent apparently unpreparcd to
NEE, Goi; by the grict o. parents whom 1t has
sent to u,stil1lely graves: BY the ample testl-
mony Of the world, the Church, and the Word
Of God against it, I entreat you touch not the
Cncle.n tElET.'
Tue Presbyterian Church joins in commend
ing tie iuIlv4Gual expression OF this gentleman,
fur III Ibis 1t declared Ii General Assembly
stuat the greatest danger is to be apprehendea
toreligion troa uancii1S-" IN lsoo atu leo9 the
soul: :crn Assembly enacted laws against it, aud
this wear ut New Orleans 1t was again confirmed
and ue:a.ls given. 1t diseourages the modern
Gan:y, and urges Christian parents MOTTO pat
Iou!zc :.nc.n--schoois. 1t commits o1euucrs
u the - tlu7cl, SESSIONS WITH rccotnnenoa.
ton to mercy. declaring THAT in most cases It
is the Tcsui, of thou@htlcssness or ignorance
During the debate, Mr.. Kennedy, fro.N len
nessee, remarked that card-2laylng and dancing
have nearly ubliteratcd the lines between the
Church and the world.
Tnr i;1l1.an Catholic Church has declared
ega:lst round dancing ln National Couucli Ill
Bait uurc, taking the ground that the Sin lies
il tle excess. Such IS the view also OF thc
lnitar:ans. Thc Church OF England and tue
A:aer.yan Branch have not considered the mat
Ter directly. The denominations that condemn
the dance are also op2oscu to the theatre
"The theatre we have always considered
syAoyl Ut immortality said the Fresoyterlans
IL general synod. When the fremont ncal1G
in Eu,tun WIS converted into a Congregational
Chur.h Dr.. Beecher rejoiccu that temple Q!
Satan had been converted into Que OF the Lord
Lat year Dr. Tal1n:lgc preached against
actors and remarked: II have tired many shots
into the camp OF the devil, and, judging BY the
Eut1vriag which SEE, believe have uit him
ct la*t.'' The English Church is the only one
Of thr principal bodies OF Christians which has
lot condemned the stage. The Roman Church
regards it at the present day with com mpaTatFe
indifference, but in the last century We'd Will
Puritln$m III its persecution ol all Its abcttors,
and denied the communion aud the rights oi
bGrlal to actors. .ltlicrc. too, "nly escaped un-
rnsecratcu ground by the eunniug Of the k1nsss.,
lr.,tb s.1.,;,s' - t;orri,l. and siddons, and Old
field was taken with regal pomp to the Abbey,
viii ~. ~ s;n1,e dioeesc has lad
noIine to s,y ar,;nst the stage. Cush1nan and
Adams src -, n h.. '.mnn,rni',,i Of saints There
hsrr hs-.n ;n,;r.,ns ~ i rxaress;ous OF clcrrymer
Iponr in :uce imitation Of The seyerest Roman
1s1scc,,t;',.' wes ;,,'1,,1"a in. when s.ILe Little
t:hnn, 4,1,,n.I ,le r,5rnrr,, was nmortalized.
Nanv 1.rmnr 1oot VII, ryil ere upou the stage,
hut thry ar,. j., = Trcat mnnritr. It will bc re-
menl:crc,1 tnn. ti7at The rlernyuan who refused
10 b,ry the aid a~tor has ioincd more liberal
urrsniz,t;'n wt.rcin he ro,1li exercise lis par-
tiatsr ,r,ys';"nc,. IN s,1cl, matters without re-
na-s 49,
Tns is +ha ,f,;c;,, rccor,7 and the exact meas
ure of condc,n,.t;nn whirh certain religious
buIies ,,,va ;,n,nse,l ,non fi,r drama and the
dame. and # - MT ton stronsr to saw that these
tTo s1nuse,.n,. ,re s;,1rrd hr many to con
s1ita,e = @r.o,sr no,t;1n ri that worldliuess
.ea,nst r1;;',, ,,,e Anos;lc nreochc,1.
The r,n1;1era,;n,, t, . ooyen hv tho religious
yorll to ,ha tira,,a anil hc nn,cc is not over
estin,,e, ~ -, ~ nnne others
have s1-,,, 10 90 WIFI, a1trntion. TIE circus
i nn,r 49,, - 81 ;,.,r. hnrse.rncfnr is