The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-29
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1--we JOIN In happy chorus
Tho dnn highway viii much less bore 10
Obituary nosices have become dhi!ncs department
Of current literature Here which economies
words sricently tiled BY curiosity be peepsd into
the muzz!s Of his fathers gun The funeral was web
attended.
We have just heard Of . man Who has written .
book on "Haif Hours with insecta" he must have
hac sad time OF u Poor man, he found II quite i'm
possible to tell In volume all he did and all be said
IN that perilous s'Ha.f Hour"
Dr. Howard Crosby says that " . man v ~ drink he
viii drink, and that all the laws IN Chrstendom can't
stop him The total abstinence socistes soy. on the
contrary. that whether . will drink or will not
drink, nevertheless he shall drink and that's the
end Of H. Dr. Crosby has tho sense and the others
have the sentiment
theological student declared that the reason why
the Good Samaritan promised 10 pay tho innkecper
more when he camc again was thai he had letter tn
his pocket which made necessary for him TO start Tor
the Eas, the day. and hs proposed to put
Up AZ that hotel again
Poor Beck. who lately executed IN Georgia,
looked about on the crowd assembled 10 see him die.
and said naively:-"It was rum and bad company"
Wendell. Phillips has never had moments unailoyed
happiness II has been the work of his lie 10 exam
the machinery Of governments and the doctrines OF
the Church. ir order TO 6nd . screw loose somewhere
whea he nnds II ne grows wildly eloquent and with
magnificent command OF all the supcr!ativcs Of thc
language demands that the whole concern be torn
down worthless j. you ask MIN to pu, something
better In s place hc shakes hts and tells you that
every has his MISSION and that his own mission
Is nrsI not DO anything himself and, second, TO
1nd fault With everything that anybody else docs.
J! this be really 80 then NO man In the country has
fulfilled his destiny SO completely as Wendell Philips.
His statue ought to be placed on Boston Common with
this inscription under n:-.rhe only In the
world who forgot that 10 hts mission
grumble."
colored m,pister IN Georgia having received call
larger field OF usefulness scnt TO New England for
. pair OF shoes twenty inches long His reason was
that his new parishioners demanded . man OF cnor.
nous understandings
grca, deal OF the popular religion 10 illustrated by
the story OF the little girl who, when she wanted TO
stay up little longer forced herself 70 got into bed
BY crying "Ratsl" which frightened her so that she
go. between the sheets as quickly as possible
Nothing SO ascinaies the ordinary clerical mind
the story OF the second advent Men arc constantly
fixing tho date Of that event and AZ constantly
making mistakes. We remember the great Nilierte
excitement. Everybody, NJ least those who had
more imagination than judgment, gave away their
worldly possessions, put on their white robes aud
either climbed tho branches OF trees or went up
TO the roof tops assured this worlds affairs would
be closed up and that the explosion would NJ
or about half-past ten In tho morning. News came,
however, that tho prophet reckoning up the figures
had forgotten to dot and carry one, so there was
fash IN pan 1t Is well enough 10 get ready for
the second coming but quite unnecessary TO ak the
exact date Of
We have great respect for the coiored scepttc who
said, You jess get blue glass sssscr, and see tho
'fcct when you go de coeckshun. II dat sue
coed I'm ready to bleeve In de science Of blue glass;
and not befo."
The reason why Eve was persuaded TO cat the apple
has at last been discovered by Frcnchman. Satan
said 70 tho listening couple, .'EG Mons Adam eat
apple no will become like Dicu: but you Nine.
w. cannot become more Of a goddess than you are
now" This compliment closed tho question with
mime. w." and she determined to accept the fruit
which the sentlcmany devil offered her even though
she ruined tho universe by doing so.
The clergy are divided as 10 ST. Paul's meaning
when no lightly and vaguely touched the subject OF
women preachers. But ST. Paul exhibits ambiguity
when he says that women who "proiess godlness''
have no right 10 wear "brodcrcd hair, or gold. or
pearls or costly array" You may read that text In
English. Hebrew Chaldaic yet you cannot misun.
dcrstand II. Now, then, gentlemen of the pulpit,
your you This springtime. just as tho
ladies are aboutto blossom all tho gorgeous variety
OF new costumes aud 10 robe themselves In such 10.
descrlbabc destinations OF color that they mako con-
servativo flower garden hide It's head In very shame,
will alord you opportunity 10 open tho ca mpaigr
You had BETTER however, mako your Wills and provide
tor your families before you into the contest Tor
man. lay or clerical hope to live through the
mer who dares tell woman that she really ought
not to be SO fearully and wonderfully made up
We are always ready TO laugh when some one tells
us tina. at the touch OF the Popcs fingers certain
hat nf all
fanacism AS for us have got beyond all that
Of thing but the other day the Bishop OF Ely told
the people who came confirmation that when they
were sprnklcd in their infancy they rcgcneraod,
although they able 70 see only ind,stinctly
but" he added, "as now lay my hand upon your
heads Jesus will touch your souls second time, and
then you will perfectly" There may be only one
real Pope and he Is at Rome, but there arc great
many other people who would be very glad to think
themselves popcs. Now please don't say anything
against Romanis, because II Is IN very bad taste
deny others the rights which you yourselves claim.
The Free Religious Association is not so worry ircc
after ALL Colonel Hieginson said something which
The index did not like and tho instant the Colonel
was put into the editorial mortar and pounded with
the editorial pesc until be nearly reduced to his
original elements and dust had almost got back TO
dust Tho funny part OF It oil Is that the quarrel
between those who insist that everybody shall think
lust as he has q mind 10. profound knowledge OF
human nature has led to believe that unless every
body thinks as he has a mind to no should DO CON-
PEELED 10 do SOL and further that nobody can possibly
think just as he has mind to unless he thinks exactly
as do. It's queer world
Rev. Or. Duryca has lately developed degree OF
muscle and exhibited pugnac,ous tendency which
causes little alarm in pacific clerical circles While
speaking OF tho way IN which the inmates Of insane
hc satt nat Al mi a
family were stricken and the health officers were 10
attempt a removal to a so.calcd asylum he would
stand at tho iron, door with revolver In each hand.
and probably end the controversy by becoming in
mate OF Pottcr's Field himself This Is the strong ex
presson OF q strong man. who knows what he is talk
ing about II has long been question with US whether
the Keepers OF the insane would not be benefited by