The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-03-18
Religious prIfl and nl.rn..lon.


Wheeling, W. Va
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Religious Drift and Discussion.
Rev. Samuel Steele tackled Bshop
Kain,s serr,on nm tba I,,ro Chr.,,, a, ~
~ c..-.,1rT - r,,S "'s" ~ ,''e
No''n 9steet M''h r. OnureR on sunday
last pretty vigorously. He intends to con.
tinue his remarks next Sunday. He wound
nm bis sornon With Tho toIlow;nn ro,na,l. y.
u'T 80, "' s. Wv '0''o"n ie'ia'A :
hs lhtenu returning 70 ms subject
t ie%s SuIuay, anu speaS OF tLe ehurch, Us
to ~! t' ineh9eFS, &c, WIN conclude
~ sayIS Inat ~ consequence o. the
pJ ~ Vi hLllsnl N lne Onileu oates
anu ~ political power; we must study thus
so Dltl, " anu as fTotestantS De pre-
y pafieI 70 STAND u2 lor 19a ana lhe truth,
' $500 ~, =, Vtu 'S S.ao, S"'l9''
~. $500 u, =, -. - ,,, s'tutOn' we
To,ho,,s. 80, o.V =; .' .o,,. O",O'' VI
m,va s"a, Wv" ~ isaI ' 49, " .' nv Il,
during these days Int wa S see No o,to,nn,
to prove that our Lords "forty daysD Of
temptation were by him commanded to
i ~ HUSesSeS GE Win iaS l. Is mode o.
yery easy in these times: int we we ,a na%s
find any Scriptural authority for this class
oil limitations. II they arc based on the
dSSSoaoemess 81 II, %e snoula perceive
ali Inc Injuries Of modern life mt ator,v
daysD ONLY. INT always Sclecting tbis M.
ticilar incident In tho Iiie of onr / ord toro
sham imitation, seems 10 be without ron.
condolences and a way of substitutinS n
pretended penance Of the flesh mr. nRe.
dience OF the spirit. Every one knows
that lent ia sham an far I'd fastin, l. con- S%S
cerned: our Lord wonld NOT have 7.heCmn
to be an hungered" after his "forty DAYS :"
il he had lived upon The luxnriss which
these sham imitatos allow themselves
during their fast"
The proposition that the Ohio Legisla-
ture license lottery scheme for the relief
otthe bankrupt Archbishop Purcell has
called forth aremonstrance which is being
circulated Tor signatures by the evangeli-
cal ministerial association OF Cincinnati.
BY the way, Mr., Beecher's head appears
TO DO level" on the church lottery ques-
ton In announcing fair lately in aid
oil the Bethel mission he said: "There
will be no gambling, latent or obvious,
ana no undue solicitation. The lips OF
beauty can be better employed than in
i'm. IoI un%il'IR people 70 Dny what
charging and no cheating in makiny
change. Gambling, lying and cheating
are worse rs, in church fair than anywhere
sse nJHey are ~ infamous ian anu ought to pc
with q whip drove the sellers 81 oxen az Su and
droves and the changers Of money out Of
the temple"
The Philadelphia Society OF Friends is
taxing active steps towards the formation
OF settlements in the West, SO as to bring
together isolated members who were grad
uaIly losing interest in the principles and
customs OF their sect, 1t is intended to
form m association which shall purchase
tracts Of land and sell farms and lots to
Friends or those in sympathy with them,
and also to aid persons whose means are
limited with help in the erection of dwell
ings and other necessary things in their
settlements. The a2socistioa will lay out
roads and erect meeting houses and school
buildings. In all deeds a clause will BIZ
inserted prohibiting the sale OF intoxica.
ting liquors as . beverage.
DR.. Deems in the Sunday Magazine tells
Of little girl who, on being asked by her
mother on her return from church how
she liked the preacher, replied: "Ididn't
like him at all. He preached so long that
he made mo sIhspy, and hollercd SO loud
he wouldn't let me go 10 sleep.h
The clergy appear to be making special
study OF the theater question since Anna
Dipkinson's recent championship oil the
stage. Rev. j. II. Buckley PROCESSES to
have made q careful analysis OF sixty popu-
lar plays sometime since, and ofthat num-
Der he found only two which seemed 10
him unexceptionable
ph;I,lolnL;o ,ono, o.oo.I,;noJ tbnk
a fhilauelpha paper ascertalheu 'nat
on 8 recent Sunday there were 2l,0Ii
women and children and II, 3l4 men pres.
ont NJ twertv.nIne .bnrcbos M THE
"s 49,, oo ooo -" ~" .-''"Ds.,1 cs VIZ
NUMBER zz'OVV a''ehueu louF roman 0a'h'
ole churches.
A Baptist council in Minnesota, called
IN ordo;n vnrny m;nis,er of,or clovino
49," }HE"e t,,.iS.',, ",'I' C'ou"s :
their examination Oh Tue eRndldaIe. passed.
a resolution declaring that, while they
heartily approved his Christian character,
ooIl N ,ho mir;stry and doctrir,I ,.,ows
eau ~ .uS ' any uS'''""' '''"S'
nus denial oil inc rlSht Of women 10 SPEAK
in church was designed 10 interfere with
his usefulness, and thew therefore declined
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