The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-14

mamie IN "a cosset the minister until he loses his
psnl,ness and vigor He must b kept In glass
and pus IN the sunshine, aud taken out only 70 be
handled on the knee OF the congregation. or ques-
toned to wnetney mis- throat 10 veil enessh 70 en.
dure the fatigues Of voyage 10 Europe We think
va all duo sympathy for 'ths clotn but q the
same time We believe that clerical profession 10
all tho better the Of Tor hard work and
compstision. Give ministers more ample encourage
.neni pay their church debts. Keep them from get
ting into tho same financial snari again, pay them
promptly, and pay them wol enough 70 I'm them
above the possibility Of want and then demand Of
them right honass work AND good healthy sermons.
and you viii do more for shem than you BY this
maudiln policy which would reduce their iabors and
their salaries the minimum. Less cossstsing and
moro honest encouragement 10 what the clergy stand
in need Of Ms rses
Tho Methodists are our religious radicals. Tnsy
are all arstocratc THAR methods but roll up
tneir sleeves aud prepare for long days work.
Years ago they took their position on the temperance
question, and ever since been foremost in that
reform No man can enter their pulpits who does
not know the constituent elements OF lager beer and
sbhor them Now they have attacked another head
ofthe hydra They have pronounced their uitimatuin
concerning tobacco The genial weed - not 20 %
chewed, but eschewed. There IL 70 DO NO smoke IN
tho Me.nodist camp The pipe Of peace viii hereaf-
ter be cause OF war; The Grst question asked Of .
candidates. question which takes prccedence Of all
theological tene.s-is, ..Do you use tobacco In any
formS" He can b Baptist, and smoke
under water; an Rpiscopal,an or risuaiist. and
evolve his sermon from The clouds Of hts Havana.
but IL he 10 to DO Methodist tho grateful perfume
OF tho weed must % ioresono The dear old pipes
which has changed is color from white 90 delicate
creamy shade then doepsned into brown, and lastly
clothed itself in The gloss OF rich black, Is %
DO laid, with . sign, the SHELF and the convivsai
cigar which has bid dull caro- bsgone 10 many times,
Is no longer 10 b. crematsd In tho cause OF human
happiness.
Ynere ia a Dr. Wild IN Brooklyn whose vagaries
make his name suggestive. He Is the peer Of Jasper,
OF Richmond, who insists, ON bbicai GROUNDS, that
tho sun moves round the earth, and NOT the eartn
round tho sun he has discovered certain facts which
viii amusc even whom they have ceased 10 instruct.
In the drst place. he says that 81. Passtek and tho
propnes Jeremiah arc and tho same person; that
tho old prophet lived Tor : time 10 Ireland
under q nom de ptxme, and under CIR.
cumstances which were, 70 say the least. BIZ
susu,c,ous He lied with Hebrew maiden, OF whom
he tired and whom he attsrwafd gave IN marriage 70
one Of the kings the northern part Of the issnd
In the second place, ho says that Jeremiah carried
with him the Identical stone which served Jacob for
inflow when no had his remarkable dream. Whether
he carried under his arm or sent u BY express We
are not told. In tho third place. be says that that
very stone 10 70 be seen 10 Westminster Abbey now,
under the coronation chair In the last place. ne says
that Jeremiah established the nuth or arch degree Of
Masonry. VINO says there Is nothing new under the
suus discoveries are pressing hard IN oil d,rsc-
lions that, lie 10 becoming burden. What with
huxley and Tyndali on tho one hand and Jasper and
Wild on the other We really cannot toll whether 10
are orthodox or not Having accepted the story OF
Jeremiah however, that little account Of The whale
passes into tnsignilcancc. What nsxtf