The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-10-30
DRIFT AND DIscrssIoN.

= For some years the Friends have been
agitating the question Of q revision OF
their discipline. With the growth Of more
liberalviews on some subjects and chang
ing relations to the world, some OF the
rules have become obsolete and some too
rigorous. The ohiomeeting, at its session
recently, received the report OF COM
mittee on revision and adopted some i'm
portant changes. Hereafter the men and
women will meet together ut the monthly,
the quarterly, and the yearly meetings.
Hitherto they have met separately, and
the women have had no voice in the trans
action Of business. The chapter on mar
riage is changed SO that members marrying
! those not members can be married under
| the care Of the church, as II both were
members, and members who were disown-
ed years ago for certain offences not now
offences are restored to membership.
DR.. Pussy has just issued letter to the
Archbishop Of Canterbury, England, on
"Habitual Confession not discouraged by
tho Resolution accepted by the Lambeth
Conference" The learned professor ad'
mits that for some forty years he has, as
his Bishop, he says, knows, received the
confession OF all persons who came to him.
| These confessions, he says, in many places
had become habitual at the wish OF those
who made them. OF some persons still
living he had received confessions for
some thirty-five years. What, then, he
saws. concerns him Is TO know whether or
not in SO doing he has come under any
censure from the hundred Bishops Assem-.
lbled at the lambeth Conference in that
part OF their resolution which ran: 1T Is
the deliberate opinion OF the Conference
| that no minister OF the church is authoriz:
ed even to encourage the practice oil
habitual confession" A niece OF Dr.. Pu,
sew has left the Church OF England and
Joined the Church Of Rome.
John B. Coughs carrying on a really
n6bletemperance campaign in England,
his native country. He has the counter.
ance and help. of -clergymen OF the
Established Church, who have OF late
years 50 awakened to the necessity OF re.
forming the people from liquor.drinking
that many have abandoned thcusc ofwines
on their tables and at their social occasions,
ACTS which prove sincerity beyond any
amount OF talk. Tho archbishop Of Cantor
bury has expressed at least his willingness
to the self.lenial 1.-THE bishop OF hanchcs-
ter has actually foregone such indulgences,
and the bishop Of Exeter has shown his
sense OF the new reform by presiding at
one OF Mr.. Coughs meetings at Plymouth.
Cough now takes Murphy's ground that
substantial and permanent reform can
only come through religious conversion.
He says: "Facts prove that q man can
become tectotaler without becoming
Christian: but such man does it at a
great daily risk, especially II he be a re-
Claimed drinker." Mr.. Cough has also
declared that the churches have no right
TO discipline one member for getting drunk,
| Il they do not discipline anotherfor drink
ing. aul...f ur 90 l.H. ..,la
Serious attacks are made in several
religiouspapers on the Christian character
Of students in theological seminaries. The
charge is sweeping in some OF these, but
"seminarian, whom the Christian at Work
certities to be college professor, speaks
thus specifically: Certainly no one
familiar with the conduct OF theological
students in Princeton, New Brunswick,
and in tho vicinity Of Union in New
York, will deny that theological students
appear, by their shocking looseness and
frequently iudecency ofspeech and action,
10 be absolutely free. from any-even the
remotest-proicssorial oversight or care"
"Seminariann further says that some pro-
fessors don't seem ITO care rush about
they arc training for tho ministry"
The lhthodia holds up singing by the
people as the best test Of religious interest
and feeling among the people:
ave called attention about year ago to
the great importance OF making the people
realize that the public services OF religion
arc theirs, not simply that they are for
them, but also that, they are by them.
Singing by the congregation is the point
OF power in church or hall. The singing
auickcns tho interest OF those who sing; it
Interests and attracts those who listen.
After, q hearty singing both classes will
come again, and invite their friends 10 come,
and every service will increase their inter.
est And there is moro chance OF spiritual
quickening in them as result Of their own
singing, or OF the singing Of their neigh.
bors, than as q fruit OF their listening TO
tho pastors prayer or sermon without the
accom- pahImcnt OF full tide OF religious
song. What We want. Ia more and better
singing in the church. Whenever We sing
we'll, we pray well and preach well. Fill
your church with the voice Of congrcga.
iional music and you will easily fill 1t with
people," -
Attic recent Church Of England Con.
gross, at Sheffield, England, Mr.. G. L.
Wood, president Of tho English Church
Union, said that tho difference between
the English and Latin services was "only
matter Of FORM" and concluded by de-
claring that he and his party would not
and dared not surrender the ritual and
ceremonial Of the church, which expor-
fence has shown to be so necessary bull
wark OF the faith, where it has been restor-
ed with the good will Of all concerned, at
tho bidding OF courts whose existence, so
far as they touch spiritual matters, is ian
insult to all Catholic principlcs-or in de-
ference even to Episcopal authority plac-
ing itself avowedly at the disposal OF the
civil power" Canon Rylc, who announc-
cd himself "as infected with Protestant
ISM" made the following plea for COM
Iprehensiye spirit: r..a
"Let us not exclude from the church
those whom the church has not excluded,
nor ostracisc and excommunicate every
ono who cannot pronounce our shibbo-
leths or work exactly on our lines. | ain
an Evangelical Churchman, and l am not
a bit ashamed OF it; but | have no sympa-
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