The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-12-30
RELIGIOUS DRIFT.


edena Of the right lung, and that he has
symptoms o. Brishts disease, butthat in
spite Of these additional disorders bis
strong constitution bears up well against
the strain,
TnE Rev. DR.. L.w. Bacon, OF Norwich,
Conn, cOntemplates preaching a series Of
sermons concerning the excellences in
tho Roman Catholic Church that Protest.
ants have occasion to admire and initiate.
1.-THE series will be a very short one" re-
marks the Chriaidn at Work, ratherspi
fully.
An English clergyman at Salisbury has
introduced an innovation on the present
system Of preaching, by which at present
he is reading course Of Bishop Jeremy
TaylOr's sermons instead Of preaching his
own, his reasons being that the parochial
clergy have not time to prepare the neces.
sary weekly sermon.
THERE are fresh reports Of intolerance
in Bohemia. An American physician
learns that the persecution Of Protestants
is even worse in Prague than in Vienna.
In one Of the rooms Of the American Con.
sui at Prague an English service has been
started, and was finally given in German
to benefit some Auatriuns who attended ;
but when the police heard Of It they or.
dered the place 10 he closed. At Vienna
a service in German has been beg1n in the
Scotch Presbyterian Chapel, but admission
can only be obtained by means Of tickets
with the names of the bearers written on
thom,-N Y. Tribune
In the parlor Of Joseph Cook recently
was gathered a notable company Of men,
among whom was the venerable Bronson
Alcott. The subject Of discussion was:
"Why is the Church still orthodox
After the essay Of the evening Ind been
read, Mr.. OlCott remarked that 1.-THE ali.
solute, eternal lmmutable truth is ortho.
doxy, found in God Himself" and that il
Is because Of the partial revelations made
to each one that We belong to different
sects. Individuality is the trouble with
us all. In his last Monday lecture Mr..
Cook referred again 10 Concord Theism,
and, after temarking that il hewas wrong
in representing Mr.. Emerson as a Theisl
he should be corrected, for the philoso,
phcr OF Concord was looking into his
lace. He said, rs II addressing Mr.. Emer.
son "Be unilinChing. Walk out on this
reef OF scientific theism, even ii the
waves roar to the right and the left, 10 the
front and the rear. You are sure OF Ger,
tain ground principles concerning the re-
Sponsihility Of person TO person, and you
have lifted your culture TO such height
you believe that, whereas there is thought
not your ownin the universe, there is in
it thinker not yourself"
THE New York Heard discusses the
present status OF the Rev. De Witt Tai.
mage, after the following fashion: "Dr.
Talmage is the great religious puzzle of the
age, u kind Of holy conundrum, which
most people give up. Some OF his late ut.
teranGes have been peculiarly significant.
He left his native land with shadow on
his character, but none OH his theology.
Whatever lie might be rs man, 1t was
conceded thHt he was thoroughly ortho-
dox. Now that he has returned he de-
clares that any mans theology Is good
enough ii the man does his "level best :"
A Ilottentot comes within the rule, for he
certainly Elves and moves" and does his
'level best" TO have This being" for sup
per-some prisoner whom he has Captur.
ed, and who is serveIup in a roasted or
meal. Does Talmage contemplate o
trip TO Africa. and an exchange"
with same Cannibal chief. or is
he trying to throw the Presbytery oil the
scent and compel them to arraign him for
heresy and stop talking about his Charac-
teri 1t is said that Socrates once chopped
OF the tails OF his dogs, and when asked
the reason why he shrewdly answered
that he did it in order To compel the peo-
pie to change their topic OF conversation I;
they had been talking too much about
himself, but thereafter they would talk
about the dogs tails. Is Talmage the
owner OF dog, and is he swinging the
shining blade above his caudal extremity :?
Why has the orthodox so suddenly be-
come heterodox? AS We scent the morn
ing air We are convinced that man Of
Talmage's calibre can't be Cabined, crib
bed, confined within the narrow limits of
Presbyterianism, and that it will be better
to leave under the charge Of heresy than
under the stigma OF certain looseness in
business transactions and the soft i'm
parchment OF untruthfulness"
Mn. RusKlS, writing OF some inconsis.
tencies in the services OF the Anglican
Church, says:
Surely our clergy need not be sur
prised at the daily increasing distrust in
the public mind OF the efficacy OF prayer,
after having so long insisted on their offer.
ing supplication, at least every Sunday
morning at II o'clock, that the rest OF
their lives thereafter might be pure and
holy, leaving them conscious all the while
that they would be similarly required TO
inform the Lord next week, at the same
hour, that there was no health in theml
Among the much rebuked follies and
abuses Of 'Ritualism, none that have
heard OF are indeed so dangerously and
datkly Ritual as this piece Of authorized
mOckery OF the most solemn act Of human
life and only entrance OF eternal lile.-re.
pentance."
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