The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-01-14

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place. Now don't everybody 80 TO work
with q subscription paper 70 raise funds
10 export johnson, Tor ] don't want 70 be
held responsible for his early taking
of" A good rough ocean ride, however,
10 q first rate method Of stirring upre-
pentance IN q truly wicked fellow like
the Leader man, and II he landed at 6las.
gov he wouldn't have time to get into
many Of his wicked ways before his doom
was sealed; 80 perhaps II might be q
kindness 10 send him along alter all.
MUSIC IN THE cHuRoHEs.
In some Of the churches the music Is
good, but as a rule tits abomlnably bad.
Organs are rarely used, and the "old
psaln,sp are sung In most Of the churches.
TO my mind this satisfactorily accounts
for the bad singing, but my good U. 2.
friends would not agree with me on this
point. The Free and Established churches,
both Presbyterian. use the psalms, some
Of the congregations TO the entire exclu.
sion Of hymns, while the United Presby-
terrain Church seems 10 held more ad.
vanced views lat any rate different yiews)
on the psalmody question. They not
only have organs, but also use hmyns in
church worship, in some congregations
the psalms being entirely excluded. l
asked a U. P. elder, with whom | recent
ly sat in church, where their psalm books
were. 10, we have got away ahead oil
that" he replied, and handed ne q large
Hymnal filled with good music and
hymns that have not only the spirit OF
devotion but also Of poetry in them.
Whether the U.P. Church OF this coun-
try has any relationship with that Of
America, I do not pretend to know, but
certainly their ideas on this question are
radically different. Bysome ministers Of
the Free Church the q. Ps are held to
be quite unorthodox. Al . meeting
Of the Free Church resbytery held here
last week, DR.. Begg, n OF their most
distinguished ministers, gave very EN-.
phatic expression to views on this and
other points which would be considered
rather peculiar by the Presbyterians Of
Wheeling. For instance he Opposed all
changes Of posture during worship las
rising to sing, &c.,) and the introduction
Of the use OF instruments OF music in
worship, which be regards us q Popish
corruption. The introduction Of hymns
also was never sanctioned by the Assem-
bly,, and the observation OF Christmas day
by holding public services in the chur..
ches, was a thoroughly Popish custom"
Another gentleman ut the same discus
sion, said that "many Of the Innovations
now in our churches came from the Sab
bath school, where he had known organs
to be used, which II not stopped, would
soon lead TO Prelacy and Popery." Sill
another remarked that "there was not q
whisper in Scripture Of the apostle Paul
or any other apostle, going about the
country with Al American organ or any
other organ" Il Is only fair to record
that these sentiments received the en-
dorsement Of ten out Of t~hirty-four votes
cast.
REINFORCEMENT PHYSICIANS
Of Edinburgh, quite generally, are not
only church members, but are active
workers in the churches. This Is true OF
at least half OF the University Medical
Professors, and OF 4 number OF those at
tached 10 the hospitals. Some Of these
men, whose names are familiar TO the pro
fession the world over, have classes Of
students on Sabbath night at their houses
for Bible study, and 10 various other
ways make active efforts for the religious
as we'll as medical training OF the young
men here gathered in such large numbers.
/ have discovered no evidence OF the pre-
valence OF scepticism here, (eyen though
il be so much nearer the influence OF
Huxley, Tyndall and others Of like
yiewsl, 10 anything like the extent it has
reached in America. Possibly, however.
| am not in a position TO speak on this
point. These Scotch people are charitable
as well as religious. The city Ia filled with
the evidence OF this fact. new building
which is TO serve instead Of the present
Royal Infirmary, is now almost conplet.
ed at a cost OF upwards Of five million oil
dollars, all OF which was raised by volun.
tary subscription. The present %institu.
ton has always been supported by contri.
button, and the new one will continue TO
be supported in like manner, and yetit
will be open to patients from any land in
the world, (more especially perhaps il
their complaints happen TO constitute
what the doctors are in the'hsbit Of calling
Interesting cases." such as would form
the basis Of agood lecture.) This is only
one Of many public institutions in this
city that are supported by the charity OF
the good Scotch people.
pRuNKsssEss.
But in the very midst Of this earnest
zeal in religion and charity, Ia another
phase Of Scotch life, namely, the awful
prevalence Of drunkenness. l do not ex.
aggerate In saying that have seen more
drunken people here In three months,
than in America in any ten years Of my
life. In taking a Saturday evening stroll
about the historic spots Of High street
and Canongate with an American physi'
clan recently, we attempted TO count the
persons we encountered who were under
the influence Of liquor, but were compelled
togiye up the undertaking. And the sad.
dest part Of the story Is that no small
proportion Of these unhappy creatures
are women. One meets them reel
ing along the streets with young babes in
their arms, or sees them lying helpless
on the pavement, or vaiuly e%ndeavoring
TO struggle TO their feet by the help Of the
walls OF the houses. l have seldom pas sed
along the streets after dark, that l did
not see women IN some saloon, or coming
out with a jug or bottle, or drunk on the
street. But you must not think the COM.
munity Is totally Indifferent TO all this.
Far from it. The temperance question
Is constantly being agltated. l notice in
the papers numerous announcements Of
meetings. Good Templar Lodges and
Church Temperance Societies are In OPP
Grafton here. There are even q large
number OF teetotalers here, many OF them
ministers and u number Of them physi.
clans.
A DETER IxAMrLE NEEDED.
But the people, as a rule, still have
wines at dinner. l have been at no house
where wines were not on the table. And
this is true in the houses Of ministers and
church members to q much greater ex.
tent than in America. The temperance
sentiment, however, seems TO be growing,
and I have heard expressions from medt.