Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-09-27
RELIGIOUS TOPICS.

Evangelist Moody will leave Mortified, Mass,
early in october, for q months labor. at Cieve.
land, Ohio. The wallis OF his new female sem
nary building, at Northfield are almost up, and
the edince viii soon be crowned with roof.
And now 1t Is alleged that the oneida COM
munity have got ahead of the public by pre-
teLding to comply with the demand for the
abolition OF the "complex marriage" system,
which was such an offense. The New York
Oose' rer, says: 'rhere is not the slightest
chahee OF principle or practice indicated by tn.s
new arrangement. Under the original plan. all
WHO preferred TO marry and TO respect the laws
OF GOD and man were free TO do so. They sur
ienGered tnelr property and their children, but
they could keep themselves to themselves if
tley chose so to do. II a man and woman ara
PLEASED 70 call themselves husband and wife,
~ Is hooodys business but their own 81 IL al
wa! has been, so II is now under the new
system"
Bishop Campbell, who Is a colored man, is
creating quite sensation In Wesleyan circles,
In England, where he is described as "a grand
Old gentleman" and is wanted at missionary
meetings. Lately he preached at SpiJatieidS,
snd the service, says correspondent OF the
Hafchman. will long be rene ;nberet for Lae
hiehty Baptism OF the spirit which attended it.
writer In the Methodist taxes exception 10
tie practice OF pauperizlng the clergy nv giving
them either for nothing or at a disc Iunt Ja5
things Which they receive He saws that tina
habit Of dead head SIN has grown up and OUT VI
IRE 'mlecuLious condition Of preachers IN ear
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their support Was rot at all commensurate
with the value OF their services
The Christian at Work says that the scolilnr
minister never gets on well with hts PEG Ne
He sfckens and sourS them at himself and
either sends them away altogether or temots
them 10 remain as thornS IN his Side or as Il
smt ke In his eyes. SO, again. a CON III aiming
people will never make The best OF their pastor
lfthey want to improve him. let them TRY nj n
Win compliment" Instead OF spe iking At
him when his discourseS do no good, let Uhs n
tell him when his words have been helpful ID
them, and very soon they Will have more sucl
sermons from his lips. IL may be that his very
tartnesS is Itself the consequence OF deSpon-
oency, because he imagtneS that he Is doing
little good, and cheering sentence from one
whom he has benefited may be all that Is
Leeded to Sweeten him.
AS this is newyear and holiday season among
The Jews, the Jewish papers are now as full of
new year thoughts as Others are about the be-
ginning OF January. The Jerish Record says
lnat me enemy most to be feared Is indiffer-
ence concerning religion. but Rosh Hashanah
and its surroundings which act as a monitor,
teach how TO conquer that foe.
The Archbishop OF York, preaching before
the members of the British Association at
Sheffield said, In the course Of an eloquent SER
mon: .'SceI ce aims at generalization: faith
81 ekS the perfection OF the individual Science
seeks to know; faith strives TO do science is in
tellectual, faith is ethical. Science throws
light on the worlds history and upon the arts OF
lllS anu tuc NOuutTS VI CTtd,lOu. SCleuce Is
now and must long continue TO be the posses
sion OF the few, for nothing Is more re n Arkaele
then the feeble interest OF the masses In the
world which is their home. Religion is uni
versal. II there are exceptions, rs some con-
tend, they are such as by their degradation
furnish the best comment on the rule; and In
every nation he that fears God can come to
Him and serve Him. Science makes no pre-
tence to supply those motives which religion
has furnished through all ages for devotion of
life and high endeavor. Gan epochs" In which
faith has prevailed, says Goethe-and this is
remarkable coming from such source-"All
epochs in which faith has prevailed have been
tie most heart stirring and fruitful both as re-
CARDS contemporaries and posterity; whereas,
on the other hand, all epochS In which unbelief
has obtained Its miserable tr1umphS, even wnen
they boast Of some seeming brilliance are not
less surely doomed to speedy oblivion"