The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-09-08
CHAT BY THE WAY.

Rev. MIR. De witt OF Sturgis Mich, at o recent
TEMPERANCE meeting held that II perfectly right
to drink liquor II person wished to do SO. me
Presbyterian church OF which he was pastor there
upon notified him that his services would be needed
no longer than the end Of his year. which expires in
few weeks Mr. De Witt was thcreupon presented
with an easy chair by the liquor sellers OF stursis-a
suggestive present
convention OF representatives of city synagoaues
was proposed several weeks ago 10 consider, among
other items, the subject Of Tree synagogues ior Inc
poor. Convention or not, thoughtful minus shou'o
not forget necessities OF the times and that more
than ever synagogues for the poor are needed The
Jewish holiday season Is approaching and the subject
of free synagogue for the poor pressing Tor atten
tion. AS the synagogues are at present constituted
free seats are extremely limited, in some entirely
wanting, and the poor are increasing provision
must be made Tor their accommodation simple
means suggested by the Messenger would be the In
siupg services for the holidays IN the easements
of largo places oil worship, TO which, under proper
restrictions, the poor could be admitted Under ms
arrangement the expense would be trnins readers
could easily DO secured, and the raobs would IN
doubtedy consent to their humble but devout
before aior their regular sermons.
Dr. Rigg, OF London, writes to tue New YORK
Christian Allocate that the success OF Moody ana
sanHey In Great Britain and the spread and growth
mater,alism which has set in throughout tho land.
And what ia peculiarly noticeable about Spritualsm,
he says Is that CARRIES the war into the enemys
country Men Of science becoming Spritualists;
spiritual power, or psychic force. is coming more ana
more be recognized, even among scientific men, as
real, widespread, ubiquitous energy. or agency,
which longer be ignored
If you have got Christianity put it into your life
and don't think to mako Christian reputation answer
| -aI nd OF
looking out OF the upper window OF small grocery,
and addressing another girl who was trying 10 enter
at the front door, ''we've all been TO camp meetin
and got converted; so when you want milk on Sun
day you'll have to come around to the back door"
We tear there 100 many shack door" Christians
The eminent Bishop Horne 1t who said that he
who seldom thinks OF heaven rs not likely TO get
there The way 10 hit the mark is to keep the eye
fixed upon it. And yet should not be overanxious
about getting to heaven For, as another divine mas
said an xety the poison OF liethe parent OF many
SITS and OF more miseres. Why then allow 1t
place in our hearts when we know that all the
future is guIded by Fathers hand?
Mind not much who isS!ith thee, who against
thee but take care that God may be with thee in
everything thou doest
Variety is the spec OF life An Irshman is reported
to have said that he had nothing to live on but pota-
toes and for the of variety he ate the large and
SIN all mes together That OF the sod understood
the PHILOSOPHY OF common things"
The Mileage Committee Of the late Presbyterian
General Assembly, whose annual report has been
printed is rather rough on the Assembly. They say
that the fact Of their being prevented from sharing
In the services OF The body, "has been means OF
grace TO them?' THAT is about equal to the school,
boys composition ON the uses OF pns:-"Pins have
saved grea. many lives by people not swallowing
them" SO the mileage men would assure us that
they enjoyed themselves better outside OF the AS
sembly chamber than within
American Episcopalians are somewhat divided In
op1niop concerning the value OF the late Lambeth
Conference, in which SO many Of their bishops took
part 1t was purely private assembly, aud yet it
undertook TO address TO doceses aud people
who were not represented nor Interested in their
private chats. The only important act which the Con-
ference attempted, but failed TO accomplish, was to
select spatrarch" or little pope Tor the 'AngIcan
Communion of the Archbishop OF Canterbury.
American Professionalism. and especially Amer-
can Epscopacy, is better without any such
aristocraIic adjuncts What the people
want Is not limitations OF the ''isoinan
Comm union''-tney are satisfied with what they have
of the gen uine-but more true democracy In Church
and Stale aud greater simplicity Of administration
both When the Israeiies asked a king that they
might be ike the nations around them the Lord told
Samuel that they had not rejected the prophet, but
the Lord God Himself II Is bad sign Of allegiance
to God when churches or bodies OF Christians must
look about for visible 'hcad" when the Lord Jesus
Christ claims to be aud was accepted by the early
Christians the head OF all things to the Church.
Besides, there such communion" existant as
the Anglican. and consequently no need for pope or
head Tor It, But this little piece OF prelacy
terbaanced by some other acts and resolves which
Indicate sounder sense and cooler judgment.
ri Iat m eu n n a
lad, beg inning
Who will come above me, sIghing
Whom the grass gro VS. over meY
We can'tSsay positively who but II the cemetery
fence is in the usual repair II Will probably be the
REOPENlNG OF THE CHURCHES.
To-day appears be tho great reopeniug day IN all
our city churches, and had they not stated this fact
u would hardly have been supposed that SO many Of
them were closed during the. summer. But the i'm
provcment in this regard becoming moro and moro
marked every year. fcw years ago 1t was rare
thing to find minister in town or a church open
during the months OF July and August Now, II the
pastors 20 away they provide supplies for their pull
pits ana unless the church buildings need repairs or
improvements they are kept open. The south
Reformed Church, ST. Thomas Episcopal, the New
York Presbyterian, Blocker street Umversalist,
Church OF the Ascension, Eighteenth street
Methodist, Hafiein OonercBatohai anu noy
Trinity church. Harlem Madison Avenue Bap-
list aud Rutgers Presbyterian, the Pilgrim bap-
tist and Canal street Presby and Others
that have been closed Will reopen their services to-
day Madison Square Presby teran Church, CHECKER
ing Hall and lew other places OF worship will DO REQ
pened Sabbath and by the LIST or october all OF
pastors will DO IN their puplts and have their
work well in hand as If there had been INTERRUPT
ton. very prosperous season spiritually Is expected
th7s fall aud winter.
MELROSE BAPTISTS AT WAR.
THE, CHURCH DIVIDED ORIGIN OF THE
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES neutrality-suspicious.
MANGspvREs.
plous old Hebrew some centuries ago remarked
how good aud pleasant IL was for brethren to dwell
together UNITY But II he had lived In these days
he would emphasizes the TACT much more than he did
then 1t is strange that little band OF church mem