The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-02-25

going 10 send for as pretty soon, and we dont know
exactly when, hadn't better buy trunk and begin
to got things ready for packingf"
How strangely ludicrous inappropriateness
sometimes Is. When the congregation standing
tptoe TO the bride AS she passed out Of the
church choir sang the cheerful strains OF "what
Shah the Harvest bef" II almost makes feel that
marriages must be discontinued or Mr. Moody sup
pressed.
|, Is said that the only game which ministers ought
TO ENJOY Is blind mans bun, and they should indulge
that every possible occasion, because II consists
OF fellow feeling tor fellow creature.
That ntemperancc unaduterated pagansm
thoughtful man doubt When We have listened
the flowing periods OF tho lecturer this subject
have been impressed by the debate which going
On in the minds OF the audience whether they
would give up their Jug-or-not. That have thou
sands OF these idoators New York calls for quick
work on tho part OF missionary societies
II II shall be your good TO DO baptized
keep your purse your pocket during the ceremony.
great many people make the mistake OF laying aside
the pocketbook at such tme and tho consequence Is
that wniic they themselves baptized their pocket
books just worldly The better way Is
TO take everything with into the water that tho
cleansing may be complete.
We are bcing tossed from hand 10 hand by three
thrilling excitcments First the reformed
arithmetic OF the Returning Board. The American
people taking lesson simple addition, and are
greatly surprised that according to the judgment OF the
gentlemen who are looking into tho mysteries OF
Florida and Louisiana one ana one only make two,
whereas in former times they elastic that
under political manipulation they made q majority,
whatever that number might be.
Next to this comes tho clatter md CONSERVATION
among the dry bones the valley OF Boston rational
ism. when Mr.. Moody. forgetting that there
such a thing a grammar denies tho old story
that II born In Boston he
need not DO born again, and asserts that tho
shadow OF Harvard College won't count for much on
tho Judgment Day. This IS such startling assertion
and the doctrine entirely new that the philoso
piers becoming bew,ldered and heard to say,
'Wel II Boston really not the Hub. then the UNDER
pnning OF the universe Ia gone and chaos will have
all its own way.
And this tho panacea Of all tho Ills to
which flesh heir the last and greatest Of
imnginaton-blue glass. rheumatism and sick head
aches quietly folding up their tents, and like the
arabs will silently steal away because their OF
usefulness IL ended. We are about to enter on the
millennium OF good health. And yet theologi.
cally troubled by the question, "Why did not Lord
mako tho Of blue glass. and US the
sity Of this great discovery" We SHALL however get
that httc difficulty by taxing the people to root
the city with blue glass; and then shall oil be happy
gospel is-Every pain OF the body gives way pane
Of glass
That newspaper reporter should sometimes cause
the unregenerate part OF man to como suddenly TO
the surface Is not to be wondered At 1t Is always
pleasant to in accurate and impartial type what
has said under the afatus Of cxtempore speech
but to have a reporter add his blunders yours
and give you credit for BOTH something which few
men endure unless they have been very thor.
possibilities which sometimes reached. give tho
following. youthful asprant for clerical famc
quoted In his sermon the liues:-
y come thou goddess far and free,
In heaven ycept Euphrosyne.
Imagine hts theological horror tho next day, whom
he read us lines thus phrascd
O come thou goddess fair and free
In heaven she crept and frozo her knee
In tho midst OF those hard times charity Is an IS.
pecial duty. II could only drop his
really needy hand It would be q satisfaction. The
other day we thought wo were giving the of
bread to bcgear, but really gave tho get
mug of beer a tramp. At FIRST were indignant
but SAID to ourselves. "'rs better to have
loved and lost than have loved all" Its
good rule TO give aims to the deserving poor and
good strong shoe Of large size to those whose facial
expression Of agony Is thoir capital in trade.
Feminine fascinat,ons always powerful, and yot
| II must DO admitted that tho spell which tho young
wife throws hor husband when she tchdcry cries
out after him, "By. by" is worry differently spelled
when she says ''Buy, buy" This is ono of tho de-
moralixing influences OF married life which the
most jealous cannot guard against.
II Is the general impression that mans life ia
greatly improved when he concludes to .tura over q
Leaf" And yet, curiously enough, history affords
ample evidence that It has not always been q saic
proceeding and, indeed, that has In times past been
met by 4 rebuke, as, Tor instance, when Adam
and Eve, u certain act Of dsobed,encc .turnod
over q new lea" it not regarded as an Improve.
menL Sun It Will, on the whole, BIO sale experiments
| for you 10 try
| How sadly truo It is that unless, as watchtul
parents, you keep your boys in check In the midst Of
the obstreperous exctemcnts OF thor youth, you will
find very difficult Keep them in checks when thcy
como 70 DO boys OF larger growth.
1t said that certain clergymcn, In consequence OF
the hard times, have requested reduction Of salary
Their wishes have, in almost every instance been &c
corded with with alscrity which makes feel that
the vcstrymen anxious to In
families except their But Is tho secret OF
this desrc for retrenchment the part clergy
| In some instances It is undoubtedly owing TO con.
scentious scruples about taking very much money for
the amount OF work done. In other instances how.
1t has arisen from the TACT that the minister
has received nominal salary OF ST. 900 per annum has
had much worry and trouble In collecting that
amount he compelled either to have his salary
cut down AMI his task proporionatey lessened TO
give up his parish. The congregations have
sally sympa,hizcd with their overworkcd pastors and
voted UNANIMOUSLY give each only halfhs former
salary. and to let him that the best way he can
He must expect no donation parties, however, since
they have materially cssened his labors, done HIM
favor fo- which lie should be grateful tho end Of
hts days.
Tho peculiar characteristics OF intolerance are very
distinctly defined whom they exhibited by so-callcd
"bcral Christians" Mr. Moody's visit to Boston
To have the effect this class Of thinkers
that red cloth Is said to produce tho noblo quad
ruped OF tho Spanish Mr. Savage, a Unitarian,
published book awhile since which no declared