The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-06-25
Religions Driit and Discussion.

11eEt NA lively Oepatc ~ bae be1e-
raj assembly Of the Prssbyterian church
South, which recently met st Knoxville,
over an overture from the synods OF Ala
bamA and Memphis, complaining OF the
IN Christian, denuneiGtory and yituPeta.
tive language OF the religious journals
and askinS the assembly ito consider and
bear it. testimony against this evil"
The committee reported in favor Of doing
something about Il, bot finally the over
ture, report and all were tabled and the
editors will 20 on 'eussin,.n The assen6-
" we're very right, but come OF the
religious editors ought to Be either con-
yeried or turned on. Of church, never
theless.
There is to Be a lree-thinksrs' eouyen-
zion held at Watkins, y. Y, August q .
inclusive, and the committee have invited
= tremendou. list OF speakers. Ipgersoll,
Robert Collyer and ElIIabeth Cady stan
tor head the roll; from Boston, Editor
seayers Of the Investigator, Abbot OF the
Indsx and Colby Of the Banner Of Light.
Rev. NJ. J. Savage, EliEur Wright and
Prof. Denton: Elder Evans oil the ShAk.
en: Prof. YoumAns OF the Popular
Science Monthly, O. B. rockingham,
james Parton Of NeNbaryport, Rabbi
Vie Of Cincinnati Acting President Rus
sell and Prof Oliver Of Cornell, Felix
Adler, J. ". Chadwick Of Brooklyn,
Rev. Tom Beecher Of ElmirA Mrs.
At1t;Id. Joslyn Gage, Mrs. Julta Ward
Hove, Fred Douglass, "Nssby" and
Andrew Jackson D1Vis-sre some OF the
number.
The cOpgres.tiOuali.t and Boston
Recorder warns thus solsnnly: at nay
save time and money for these planners
Of Broad churches Of all sorts, 70 bear in
mind one thing: that it Is easy to make
the church 90 broad that nobody will care
70 come into Il. Those who want spit-
itual help know thatthey cannot ind 1t
there and those who do not want it are
a well of where they are. Besides, il
costs nothing to keep in the worlds
church, into which they were born and
all experiences shows that men are very
SLOW TO pay for being told, and having
others told, What things they do not be-
lieve. A hundred men will pay for
afirmatioas, where one will pay just to
hear an everlasting reiteration Of dsni-
als.', This is Of course intended to hit
Mr.. Murray, whose New England church
scheme i. The i.sue At present.
DR.. ". Taylor, writing of the move
meut for the revision Of the standards in
the Scotch United Presbyterian Synod,
says:
For ourselves, We are prepared to
agree With DR.. Cairns in desiring shor>
Ter, simpler, les metaphysical, and more
comprehensive creed, on which Pfesby-
terisps Of all stripes and congregation.
slsts (may We not add also BaptistsI)
could unite bot, a. that seems for the
present 70 be impracticable, We rejoice
that at leas. one Church, and that the
church into which We were born and in
which We were reared, has had the cour-
age TO lead the way in the great work Of
confessional revision
At the Annual Protestant Episcopal
Convention Of the diocese Of Illinois,
held at Chicago, strong resolutions were
passed on the subiec. Of intenperauee,
sdvising the encouragement Of healthy
temperance literature. one Of the reso-
buttons was a follows:
HTha, the clergy Be requested to EN-.
ploy every means within their reach,
such a. sermons, platform addresses, Sun
dAy.sehool instruction and the distribu.
ton Of judieious Temperance tracts, with
view 10 the creation Of 3 healthy pub.
lie sentiment on this momentous subject
and The correction Of the extraTaglnees
BY which the cause Of 8 true scripiural
tenperaDee has been grievously Uoun.
ded 10 the house Of il triends.'S
The Ses Eogland Quakers have taken
some steps in advance By admitting uo-
men 10 equal vote In the election Of or
Gers Of the yearly meeting, deciding that
all conferences OF real estate must be
signed By both males and females
concerned, and also voting that women
are eligible TO the Offices tthe Society Of
Friends. This il What the Friends logi.
cally ought TO have done long ago, but
the present result is good. The goodly
people prayed for the quelling Of the
var spirit in Europe and when COM
nitlee reported untaTorsbly on the Ia
bors Of the Roman Catholics among the
Indians in Maine, the clause was stricken
out, ooe brother Of 81 years Of age ari-
sIng TO eloquently champion the work Of
the Catholic church.
The Troy presbytery have had here
tic on future rewards and punishments
before them ia the person OF Rev. Dr..
Webbsr, Who has recently Published
pamphlet. The report Of the committee
90 his error expressed surprise and
grisf" in sadly verbose gay, bat did not
recommend discipline, and none was ad-
ninistered. Il was considered = knock
down argument that "the confession Of
faith says that in time" ma redemption
i efeetually communicated to all those
Tor whom Christ had purchased it, that
Immediately after death the souls Of
these are received inIo the highest he1v-
en- while The souls OF the wicked are
at death cast into hell" This Comics
sion can never be obsolete TO Us, they
declare.
The Laaependsat says: 1.-THE Glasgow
FreaOytefy oil tne EstAoIlsheo Cdurcn OF
Scotland has presented an overture to
the General Assembly TO the effect that
the requirement made Of the native
preachers in India that they shall sub
scribe TO the standards OF the Church Of
Scotland 10 hindrance to the establish
Ing Of a native church in India; aud the
Presbytery asks that the General Assem-.
bly, will order the preparation Of sim.
pie evangelical creed, which shall be ad-
apted TO the uses Of missionaries and
their native churches. The General As.
sembly has directed the Committee on
Foreign Missions to take the subject in
hand and report next year, after confer.
euce with other Presbyterian bodies.
This is wonderfully sensible. Its ride.
ulous that the Gospel should be sent 10
the Hipdul, and the simple converts ex.
peeted to understand and adopt all the
rsfnsmsnts Of an utterly foreign reIigi-
Gus logic
MIC. F, Thwing, writing in the Chris.
tiaa Uaioa, gives the following figures to