The New York herald., 1879-07-06
from de grocery whar dey got trustsd for Goldfish.

wild pew rent when 1t am due hez yet TO be bon.
know fokses in dis town who hav been trsbblin'
tords heaven for de last twenty Vars. prayn in
voice loud 'nuf to shake de plastcrin down. an yt
in debt 10 de church for pew rent till dcy can't
reckon up dc fgsers."
Africa. according to the prophecy is stretching
out her hands, if not toward tiod ut leas. toward
the Methodist Episcopal Church. Tho 100000 little
and big Africans i'll the South who hold membership
In that church are yoicing their desire for bishop
OF their own race. Bishop Haven is their resident
Bishop at presents but while his religion and poll
ties are of the most approved orthodox style. his
color Is not of the African tint. He did not stay
long enough in Africa when he there. nor has
he resided long enough in the South since he be-
came Bishop to give him the preferred hue. Africa
in the South therefore, is ''going back on" their
| genial friend and defender.
Oar Episcopalian brethren fond of speaking Of
their denomination the American Church and
using big G for church But capital c does not
make big church. And Dean Stanley. who
was here few months ago, regales his English
hearers with laugh at the assumption of his Ameri
cousins He declares that the latter perpetrate
double absurdity by calling themselves by that
name when there other churches in America Of
far larger dimensions, and also because. from the
nature of the case. it is absurd to speak of the
''Church Of America as it would be speak of the
American Episcopalians guilty Of folly In claim
ing an impossible exclusiveness.
Men have right to change their minds and man.
| ners II they please Sometimes q change in
either means change for the better and sometimes
| for the worse. few months ago goodly minority
OF Brooklyn Methodists were in favor Of removing
the restrictions from the pastoral term of their
preachers that could be retained in
church longer than three years. 1t was then agreed
that a preacher had not time in three years to
| do his best work. that the churches needed
family pastors as much community needs
! family physicians. &c. Now the same respectable
minority think three years is too long pastoral
term. and that the restriction should be removed
that preachers every year. And SO conf
dent they that they right this time they have
organized association, and last week elected off,
GERS Have the antiitnerants really changed their
minds or only their tactics? There is room for un-
favorable doubt and criticism. which they should
not permit to exist in such case.
| little while ago We announced the organization
here of an anti-marriage society of young and beau
! tiful. accomplished and wealthy young ladies Of
New York. As Offset to that society we are glad
now to be able to report that Cincinnati has ma
| tional association for the promotion Of marriage
! composed wholly of men. Now let the Cincinnati
promoters come along here. and each one choosing
have the field all to themselves. The promoters now
! number 1900 members. The ministers should en-
courage such a benevolent society. The society has
already succeeded far that it proposes to have
| picnic in the neighborhood of that city August
TO- when one hundred marriages will take place.
Talk Of sectarianism among Christians war in
the Fairfield County Medical Association in Connec-
ticut has eliminated in the expulsion of Dr. Pardee
of South Norwalk He is gray haired allopathist.
and some time ago married lady who has since
studied medicine and practses homeopathy. The
Doctor fellowships her and her system so far to
consult with her professionally, and he attended
her patients sometimes. But the society. 1t appears
doesn't believe in mixing things up In this way, and
has turned him out.
''Is there anything more humiliating.' asks the
Boston Transcript, "than to go to a strange church
with your GIRL and to suddenly discover when col
lection is announced that is at home
in them other pants?" There is, my friend; there
is" responds the Oil City Derrick. "It is to be re-
membered that your pocketbook isn't in them other
pants because you have on your only pair"
Our Jewish friends generally credited with OBJ
serving two Sabbaths. bu. this from the Jecish
senser doesn't read much like It'll Ike the idea
very much OF establishing Sabbath afternoon SER
vice for children" said OF our ministers lately
las you have repeatedly urged in your columns. 1t
ten years. But Saturday afternoon the children 20
to dancing school and that settles the matter
THAT settles the matter?" Well it oughnt to settle
it. That writer TO be sadly in need of whole
Sabbath. and VIC hope some one else will help him
to it. And there plenty of Christians who need
the thing.
Those who get through the world without ene-
mics commonly of three classes-the subtle. the
adroit and phlegmatic. The leaden rule surmounts
obstacles by yielding to them the oiled wheel es-
capes fricon the cotton sack escapes damage by its
impenetrable elasticity.
Water and wine not very much alike, but per-
haps the just sacred in its the other
1t is seriously proposed by our neghbor Of the
Methodist to substitute water for wine in the admin
stration OF the Lords Supper. not because as tenn
perance fanatics declare reformed have been
sent back to their cups by communion winc
tasted in that sacrament. but because the
compound used in that service is not wine. but
coored water. and contrere prefers pure
water to the indescribabie compound called com
munion wine Isn't Dr. Wheeler laying himself liable
to indictment for heresy by advocating such SUBJ
stitution? But he tells that wine was the CON-
mon drink of Palestine. whereas water is our COM
mon drink. We fear the Doctor has not been readirx
much temperance literature lately. Water the COM
mon drink of Americans Shades of Francis
Murphy and ali the temperance societies. male aud
female. of the land. what have they been talking
about for the last half dozen years. Why Doctor
IL water common drink the great army of
temperance evangclists who make our hair stand on
end with rectals of the OF intemperance would
have to break stones or do something else for lv-
ing. Not bit of it, Temperance societies and
evangests must live. and part of their stock In
trade we must keep wine on the communion table,
A little girl was punished by her mother for some
misdemeanor. When the correction had been An
shed sho looked up pleadingly and said. ''sng to
me. mamma" "what SHALL sing?' ''Sng There
is rest for tho weary"
sometimes for venial faults ministers are harshly
dealt with. but the restoration of men guilty of
fragrant immoralities to place and power scarcely
necessary. That, however. Is what is advocated In
ccrfain nuartcrs toward n Rantist minister In Mich