The New York herald., 1877-09-23
means to support it, should be .orriby chloroiormed

There Is no God, tho foolish saith
But none, there is sorrow;
Ani nature OF the cry OF faith
In bitter need will borrow;
Eyes whicn the preacher could not school
BY wdysdc groves are raised,
And lips cry. "God be ptiful"
That meier said, "God, DC praisedt"
Connecticut munster, preaching against extrsva
gapce dress, told the women OF his congregation
That they ought not 10 better clothes than
those by members of his own family; and the
most exaspcratod women IN that congregation to-day
his wife and daushters "Just If they didnt
dress well anybody, they would like to know"
Too much bell ringing In Philadelphia church .
few months ago called tor tho interference OF the
courts and the abatement modification OF the
nuisance. Too htiio bell ringing driven the Vicar
General the diocese Of Quito Ecuador
Tho President supreme Cncf OF that Republic
having suppressed an uprising In tho North returned
the capital and ordered the bells of the city runs
honor his victory. The Vicar General, who since
the death OF tho Bishop has administered tho
cccosasticai Affairs ot the diocese forbade
tho bell ringing because hc had not been
previously consulted. His order obeyed
N all the churches He then summoned before
the chief and given the choice permit the ringing Of
the bells and pay Gno OF $500 leave the country.
He len, but placed a general intcrdlct all the
churches In Quito SO that If Chief veintem,lia wants
any boil ringing will probably have to do it
himself or compel his soldiers to do It.
"Facts will bring money" writes DR.. McCabe, from
Kansas, touching the work of the Church Extension
Socloty Of tho Methodist Episcopal Church, OF which
he is q secretary He gives a couple of "facts" In
proof:--Rev. John Kirby to Columbus Kan,
with missionary appropriation of $500 In year
he gathered about him congregation which paid him
salary Of $500, returned missionary collection OF
$40 built beautiful church by close Of
ond year, which Is now scif.susaining ana contrib
the misso onary and church extension treasu-
ries Under promise Of $3.50 from tho Board OF
Church Extension good church, seating $50 persons.
was built at Cherokee Kan, aud s now out Of debt
! They havo recently built good parsonage, and tho
congregation Is constant contributor TO the funds
| the Church Extension Soce,y.
Tho eastward position, which has caused much
| trouble aud controversy among High Churohnen
In Europe has been settled by Australian prcsbyter
who delegate to the late Council at Edinburgh
Having been appealed to by High Churchmau re-
gardng the proper position to be nearest God tho
| Presbyterian rcped:-"Wo are told TO look ior the
divine presence which you so anx'ously seek not TO
the east to the west to the north to the
south The declaration Is Grcat is tho Holy One OF
Israel in the midst of thec.'' Tho Rituast puz-
| zled, but NOT convinced.
| '.Have you my Catholics among tho Jews?"
| tho question recently put by Christian of supposed
intelligence to Israeite. The impression In the
qucrist's mind was tnat "Jew" another Tor
",oreigncr," perhaps tor German, Israeltss, too,
show a like ignorance when thoy "Americau"
and "Christian" as convertible terms ''rhero
still localities IN this broad land, }" says the Jeoish
Messenger, '.where Jew is mystery, whore people
cannot conceive that he may be refined
tlcmxn as any deacon vestryman, and where his
appearance would make much commotion as tho
sight OF hobgobn Fifth avenue during promen.
ado hours"
10 ran IN tha uiniet etrve Ia tha md rum
started In the spring by our Baptist brethren here,
and which they have not yet settled satisfactorily. II
is feared that there many In every church
who have not been called to DO teachers OF the Word
but the problem nnd them and weed them out If
our Baptist viii do this and teach others the
way they will do good thing for themselves aud ,he
Church at large.
Have we o Christian Sabbath After tho essay
road by Rev Henry NJ San iors, before tho Baptist
Minister'S conference last week, We hold the answer
In abeynnce. hs and many Of hts brethren think We
have none. wo have ''Iord's Day" or SUNDAY"
| az a matter OF human convenencc, but the old jew
ish sabonth has bosn modified by jesus Christ to
be substantially abolished, and every man now Is In
sense awloss-he IS law unto himself SO far as tho
sabbath is concerned. We thought there must be
some philosophical reason for Sunday dosecraton, and
now We have IT..
Some silly persons are sending printed postal cards
|
works in reiutatou OF Mothodsm to bo found in tho
As,or Library Ono oil these cards has fallen into the
bands OF Dr. Fowler, who gives to tho public through
the Christian Advocate with comment two. He
thinks the benevolent persons distributing this vaua
BILE information must bo making room Tor tho Re-
formed Episcopal Churcn for the need OF being super
seeded by something reformed Is evident at is hard
to bolevc," he adds, "that having tall boots fancy
hook and bait and patent pole reachng back to tho
| apostles) and empty basket has moro TO do with
making true fisherman than a full basket of freshly
caught fish. Methodlsm has taught mankind that the
tools belong to him that can use them."
The demand OF the ago Is for mon OF thought, not
necessarily philosophical scientific thought, but
something fresh from tho OF tho divine Word
Thus thoroughly furnished unto every good word
nan oil three score years and ten will be acceptable
to a congregation US one OF twenty-five But two-
thirds Of our young mon would "kecp" and would bo
bottcr for keeping ten years before going into the
pastorate Many OF them don't know what they think
at ,wenty-l five, and hence they run around from
church another seeking ecclesiastical and
finding none II should be recognized also BY minis
tcrs and churches lnat thought well lie very
limited to most mon; and PROBABLY more than fifty
per cent of all tie preaching clcrgymen In tho United
States ought to stcp down and out" after ten years.
service II they did they would make room other
and froshcr thought and be themselves young and
healthy enough to engage In other pursuits, where
they might perhaps, serve God and the Church
acccptably than in the pulpit
rhe Caristian Standard uttcrs prayer for
to ''oome out and help keep the altar fires
burning and save Methodism from dying with propri-
ETY. responsibility, culture and coldncss" We have
an idea responds tho Christian Work, that Mctho.
dlsm Is dying; If 1t Is, IL Is tho jocst aud lvci-
| est patient ever q death bed. No Metho-
dism isn't dead; isn't oven very sick; II felt little
bit under the weather, perhaps But It has bccn
rustcatng in the woods and under It feels bet
| ter. stl. as we said, Mcthodsm may be ailing, but
It ism y culture coldness that is tho trouble
| The difficulty is ono that is mot with In othor
! churchcs--a feeling shared not by tho Church, but
by a select iew-that personal, passive holiness
Is all that is wanted to-day. Wo believe in