The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-06-13
Religious Drift and discussion

credit OF having anticipated canon tArreF
and DR.. Wilton in the s%criptural argu-
ment for U~niversalisn, and says that the
Unitarians had not the courage to open
their mouths on the subject for s full
generation after it had been thoroughly
discussed by the fOrefathers Of Univer.
salism.
The ..Quakers at their recent annual
meeting 10 New York discussed their
HFirst day schools" which are an limo.
walton Of recent yearsin their polity; and
the conclusion is, that Notwithstanding
the elder Friends still look askance at
them, that they aye OF great value 10 keep
up the members Of the society by hold.
ing the young people, who are greatly
interested in the work.
Two Of the musicians in Queen Vic.
toria's service being strict Methodist, re.
fused to practice on Sunday. They were
dismissed and she has restored them, say.
ing: n shall not permit any Of my peo-
pie to suffer on account Of their religion,
and shall not allow any rehearsals on
Sunday"
Involuntary confession Of sin is illus
trated in this incident, narrated by the
Christian Union: It is the custom in the
Presbyterian churches Of Pittsburgh for
the congregations to stand during prayer
with folded arms, raised heads and open
eyes, gazing directly at the speaker. On
8 recent Sunday in one Of these churches
the Rev. DR.. Junkin IN making the long
prayer used the words, ave are guilty
guilty-guilty" An eastern clergyman,
who was also occupying the pulpit, and
who telis the incident, felt a curiosity to
nee II the congregation responded TO the
confessions and uncovered bis own eyes. At
the first guilty" he says, the heads were
still erect; at the second, they scarcely
moved; but at the third, as though by a
common impulse, every head was bowed.
At the May 'rpsetiug Of the English
Congregational Union it was settled that
among the English COpsregationalists a
man may be recognized as completely
evangelical while denying eternal pun.
ishment or the natural Immortality Of
the soul. Among those persons who spoke
most vigorously in favor Of the fraternal
recognition Of those not recognized as
evangelical we're Mr.. Dale and Mr.,
White, who are known as earnest oppo.
nents OF the current doctrine; it was in
difference TO their views that the synopsis
Of doctrines accepted by the Union as
evangelical conspicuOusly omitI eternal
punishment and the lie everlasting.
At the annual meeting Of the Religious
Tract Society in London, a few weeks ago,
Pastor Monod, OF Paris, gave an interest.
ing account Of French evangelization.
at is quite a mistake" he said, "to think
that the people Of Paris-and they fairly
represent the people Of France-are gen
orally far gone in their opposition to the
Gospel. Some Of them are; the news.
papers are; hut the common people are
not-at present, at least. The great OBJ
stacle is their profound ignorance Of Cos.
pei truth; but they may be reached, and
are reached" According to Pastor MOnod
there is at present 4 most striking move.
ment in France toward Protestantism;
and this from very different quarters.
Reports from I'M place in the Haute.
Loire tell OF the ~unlinching steadfas,ness
Of converts in the midst Of persecution
and loss. At Troissy the people have
built a church and secured a pastor, and
this in a Roman Catholic village.
The United Presbyterian Synod Of
Scotland refused to entertain a PROPOSE
ton to revise the standards, but pro.
ceeded 10 revise them by passing aseries
Of resolutions declaratory Of their mean
ing. THIS decIatatory Statement. is con.
tanned in seven propositions, and asserts
tina. the atonement Is universal, not lin.
tied; that the doctrine Of election Ia 10
be held in harmony. with that Of mans
free will; that total d~epravity does not
mean that The natural ma cannot per.
form actions in any senEe good; that the
doctrine Of the eternal lOsP Of infants and
Of the heather Is not involved in the
standards; that the spirit Of intolerance
is odious 10 the church; that II Is bound
to maintain foreign missions, and that q
large liberty il 10 be allowed in the in.
depreciation OF doubtful'passsges OF Scrip
ture, such as the FIRST chapter Of Genesis.
In short the synod adopts the New
School theology and the modern spirit
10 its Interpretation Of The Confession.
This action, important itself, Is still more
so as an indication Of that growing ten.
dency in the Presbyterian Church 10 in.
terpret and eventually TO revise the
standards, 40 as TO make the Confession
Of the seventeenth century conform more
nearly 10 the simpler and more intelli.
gent faith Of The nineteenth.
The CAnHian UaiOn says: 1.-THE growth
Of Reformed ~Episcopacy continues TO agi.
tate the established church in England.
The subject has been already a matter Of
discussion in the House Of Bishops, and
has been referred to the approaching
Episcopal Conyocation al LAmbetb, when
1t is expected that . number Of American
Bishops will be present, and will be able
to give fuller information about the
ischism' than the English possess. The
London Guardian apprehends all sorts Of
dismal consequence growing out OF the
movement, and pictures the lamentable
result II any person ordained BY Bishop
Gregg should go far presume upon his
pretended orders rs 10 solemniEe what he.
may persuade himselfis holy matrimony
according 10 the riies Of the church,
The mArriAge,' it goes on 10 say, would
he no marriSge-the celebranl not being
in orders Of the Church Of England; and,
moreover, as the Archbishop pointed out,
he would himself be liable to heavy pen.
allies as a felon. This rather serious a..
pect Of the question may serve TO open
the eyes Of some persons 10 the dangers
and miSchieiS Of the course on which
they are entering In giving any counte>
nance to Bishop Gregg and bis CONDUCTORS
The peculiar enormtty in their case con.
sists not at all In their being d~issenters,
which might consist with respectability
and 4 good conscience, but in their pre-.
tending 10 be Of the Church Of Eugiand
whan ihAv ara nntao II so.l A.