The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1877-07-24
Spirit Of the RELIGIOUS Press.

II has been often said OF ministers that
there is no limit to the
POWER OF PRAYER,
anil in accordance with this idea little
volume has just been issued, containing
four hundred pages, bearing this title. 1t
shows BY. innumerable examples how peo-
pie have got money. in various sums, and
many other good things, from wife to
pair "f shoes, in direct answer to prayer.
All that is Necessary v, saws this remarkable
lis to go to God for whatever YOU
want, and with faith and constant hope,
ask for whatever YOU may want and You
are sure to get it," II was doubtless in obe-
dience to this injunction that
THE OLD MAID,
whose story is familiar to all the readers Of
the B,AOO, asked for a husband. Unfnr-
tuna,ely she failed to obtain what she AK
e'i for; but there must he exceptions to- all
general rules. Nevertheless the little volume
~ IN interesting compendium Of religious
miscellany and will no doubt In read with
great interest. II inculcates some novel
ideas which are perhaps no worse than
great many other delu-ions OF which the
world is in tender memory.
The NoShyN. Christian .idto~aa Me,io-
dist hotes that the Presbyterian General
Assembly, which met in Chicago in MAY,
voted down a motion t. recommend that
unfrrmented grape juice only should be
'>s.i at the sacrament. and saws: I've are
glad that they had sense enough to DO that.
Wine Ia wIne-not raisin-water, but the
fermented ju,se Of tn" grape, nothing else.
There is no danger that any Church will do
IA the Corinthians did. nae ii so freely as to
become intoxicated with it in this sacred
ordinance. The cause Of temperance -
we'll IA religion Is injured by rncra.ite ttee-
total fanatics.
TEN THOUSAND PER CENT. INTEREST.
Rev. W. 5. Plumer, D. d., according to
the New York Christian, considers that
great mistake is made by elergymen. from
which serious less ensues, by not insisting
upon il that "tiodllness is profitable for the
life that now is. as we'll AZ that which is to
come" or that temporal as we'll as spiritual
wealth results with piety. He thinks that
II ministers would dwell As frequently and
fully upon the fact that all sacrifices and
contributions for Jesus and his gospel shall
be repaid san hundred fold now in this
t,me," (see Mark <: ~ as upon the prom
ise Of eternal liie," they would be more sue
cessinl in their la.ors, since 1.-THE rate Of in
terest allowed is hundred to one"-Or TO-
ON per cent.
THE INEVITABLE CONFLICT.
The Congregational Quarterly has an arti-
Gle severely scoring those orthodox clergy
men who reject the sacriieisl or blood"
theory Of the atonement, and adopt what
is called "the moral influence theory" 1t
insists that this latter theory "does not be-
long to the orthodox SYSTEM" and that
those who hold it are ION the high road to
Unitarianism and, If logically consistent,
would join the Free Relisionis,s." In the
orthodox communion, il declares they are
"bearing flag to which they are disloyal!'
Rev. Washington GLADDEN., Of tie Congre-
gational Church in Springfield, Mass.
prints u spirited reply, joining issue with
the writer squarely at every point, claim
ing that the moral influence theory is the
only truly orthodox theory, but that, or
thodOx or not. il Il his theory.
CLERICAL sABBArH-BREAKERs.
The Cr,stian at Work declares that "some
ministers need looking after-they DO not
keep the Sabbath" I'VE do not mean," il
says, that they 20 fishing or tramping on
the Sabbash-nothing OF the kind; instead
of that, they preach morning and evening,
and very likely in the afternoon, and not
subsequently address the Sunday School, or
attend funeral. Where il his Sabbath
his rest dayy He has none. 1t is wrong.
The Commandment Sig days shalt thou
labor and do all thy work. applies to min
isters a. we'll a laymen, and it il difficult
to see how . minister has better right to
work seven days in the week than any one
else. So We say to our clerical friends. get
Sabbath from The work-be it Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday or
Saturlay-as least get it and enjoy it,"
The same reasoning apples 10 printers.
horse-csr drivers and others who serve the
public by Sunday labor; although II may
not be 20 easy for them to take the liberal
advice Of the Christians at Rork a,d choose
any day they like from Monday to Saiur-
day for their Sabbath, or rest day, and zen
joy it,"
RELIGIOUS NOTES.
The Glasgow United Evangelistic Assoc
citation has asked Rev. A. N. Somerville,
Who is noted for ,,is evangelistic tone in
Europe and India, to resign his p: storate
in Scotland. and devote lis life to the EUR
,hesance Of the gospel at home and
abroad"
A Lutheran Of Russia denies that the
Cars Government has prosecuted the Ln-
therans in Russia. The trouble in the Bal
tic provinces arose, he says, from the refu-
sal Of the Lutherans to drop the German
and take up the language Of the country.
The Lutheran Home Missionary warns
"uneducsted and ignorant ministers in the
East" that they must not 60 west, because
IL they cannot succeed in the East, they are
not wanted in the West. The average West
ern audience wants a. good preaching rs
the average Eastern congregation.
The Board Of Jewish Delegates reports
that it has received statistical returns
from LA congregations and 80 societies,
from which partial data it appears there is
q Jewish population in the Union Of 1885,