The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-07-16

Ionged pAstor1tes are eQuAlly represents
among both clergy and and l1ily. VIVA
IL sought D not & total abandonment o
itinerancy but the doing way with III
rigid three.year limit and leaving tht
length Of 4 pAstorste optional with III,
bishop. Some Of the reasons for th
change are that the diruption Of th,
p2storl relation IL frequently disAstrou
TO the best interests Of church, and tbs
becAuse Of the present arbitrary rul
many converts and families Of Melhodis
.ntecedents affiliate themselves with oh
er churches whore the pastoral Tie is NOR
permanent
A correspondent OF the Churehmau
writing about the controversy, which hs
been going on in that journal as 70 whsth
er 81 actor can be good Christian come
TO the following conclusions:
The great msiority Of operas, plsyl
and farces are icertious, pandering Y
the wort passions OF the idle and cor
rupt, setting premium on vice 2nt
sneering At virtue, Astounding in oath
and indecent iests. There are said u
be : few pure plA!s, but todiscern these
and pGtroniIe thee only, requires 81
amount Of good taste mot to say re
ligious seatimsnt) possessed by very few
The theatre has in al sges been tb'
first lesson learned by the beginner il
vice. It stands At the entrance Of 4
vsy station on which are the racs
course, the liquor saloon, the brothel
the gambling house, and the end-de1ih
When = young man SETS out 10 be 1
rake be begins fret Of all with the the
atre. The theatre, by exact:ng larg'
oDtlays Of money and giving little il
return, encourages exEayagAnce. i
also eompels late hours and waste o
time. It's surroundings are the resort o
the idle and the vicious. Where the the
atre il, the bsrroon and the brothel ar
not far Of. Nor an / entirely ignorant
Of what an talking Of. l have beer
considered 8 veteran theatre goer. Dur,
ing ten years Of my Life rarely missed
an opportunity Of attending the theatre
I have seen all sorts OF plays, in all sortl
Of theatres. beth the high.toned and
cheap. I hsTe seen nearly every living
American actor and actress OF note
A few years sgo ] determined 70 live &
Christian life-result: / do not 90 tc
thestres nov, and Try TO keep every one
else from going. Wb1! Ny observation
teaches me that religion and the theatre
are two conflicting things."
There hAs been a great lack Of Jewish
ministers, say. the New York Herald,
having knowledge Of the English tongue
for tie Jewish congregations Of America
This lack hss cost them q great many
young Israslites, who hsvs gone into
Christian churches or absented themselves
altogether from the synagogue, and 'pend
the JEWS Sabbath in fun and frole. A
feeble effort Was made some time ago 70
maiptain = theological school in Phil.
sdelphia, butt failed after year or two,
Now that college has been firmly e.
tablished in Cincinnati the IsrAelItes Of
New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and
other cities hsve organized preparatory
schools in Hebrew and church history, or
20 that lsds who have \ turn for The
MINISTRY OF their church shAll be able 70
command the very best education for
their work here that the English or Ger
man universities cAp afford. This is The
main object Of the Milwaukee council
though il will elect delegates 70 the inter.
national council, which meets in Paris next
month, and will schedule for that body
Its wants for the amelioratiou and eleya.
ton Of co-religioDists the world over.
The "NIional Baptist" saJs that At
= late meeting Of the Philadelphia BaP'
list conference 8 pastor relates the fol-
lowing: 81 bad an evangelist lAboring
With me. He received = tslegraphie
despatch from =, where be vas expect
ed to 90 and labor after leaving rs.
The despatch said that 4 revival had
commenced, and that he wa needed Al
once. he sent word back: @Hold the
work in check till eonsr Comment
ing on this paragraph, the Independent
ssys: awe have . we'll grounded sus
pieion Of these evIngelists who Are
erosding themselves on pastors, leaving
pastorsteS 10 wander among other pastors
docks. We uDder1taDd that soue o
them do not End the business unrenun
erative."
oEthe more than three hundred young
men nov receiving aid from the Cougrega
tiOnll Education Society, Only one de
elined to take the April appropriation
because Of the suggestion in the recen
circular Of the directors that none car
IN good conscience, receive these tund
unless holding 10 good faith the com
mon doctrines oil the old New England
churches.
Ministerial salaries seem to have stTucI
hArdpIn At the West. The Union Plrl
church OF Chicago has Just let itl pas
tor 70 because be Uo1ldn't sabnit +
having his pay reduced from $1,000 u
5000. Very few western pastors ar
now getting more than 5000 a yea,
Centenary, the leading Methodist ehureI
| Ia Chicago, has DR.. Thomas At $500
and the Evanston Nsthodists sit bsforl
he gifted Dr.. B. N. Hit6sld At : Cos
cost Of only 5000.
Tia y. 7. Waterman hu glimpse
Of ukIt 1t calls "a grave danger" in tn
forthcoming nssly-revissd bible vhieI
Is slowly being prepared By the mos
learned biblical scholars Of this eountr.
and Great Britain. Where representa-
lives Of 20 many faiths are united in ID
work. 1t says, 4ths union eau be nsin
tlinsd TO The end only By passing, vitA