The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-04-22

Of this creed. But he further believed,
what many liberal thinkers yet do not,
that It Is necessary 10 the happiness OF
man that he be mentally faithful 70 him
self. Iniidellty does not consist In believ'
ing, or In dlSbelieying, II consists In pro.
Tossing 10 believe what he does not be-
lieve.'".
In a recent lecture Professor Felix Al.
der made the following remarks concern.
Ing atheism: Ut atheism means the de-
NAL ola being conceived by superstition
as an enlarged image Of mortal man, then
the sooner We accept atheism the better.
But II It means, and this Is tsessential Gig.
MITIGATION, the assertion Of tho rule OF
chance, the denial Of the transcendentim.
portance Of morality, the blasphemy
against the ideal, then there Is no system
from which we soutterlyrevo as atheism.
Let those who bear the name Of God on
their lips without cease, measure their
own hearts by this standard and they will
often find that they themselves are the
goddess ones. As for us, to fulfill the law
Of righteousness is our task, and in the
performance Of this task we also are hal
lowed in the service Of the unknown God"
Ceremonial Judaism appears to be wan
ing in this country, and the Jerih lsSen.
ger "hangs its harp on the willows and
sadly laments this wise over the degencr-
acy Of Gods chosen people: "a few
years ago the practice Of ONE non.con.
forming Jews exhibiting a matzo on their
diningroom mantel during Passover, as a
symbol Of the feast, their table containing
bread and dishes such as the vast majority
deemed forbidden during the festive week,
found no favor. The law OF the %unleaven
bread was then considered simple and ex-
plicit. It wa either leaven or no leaven;
compromises were unknown In religion,
and rare in business. A few years have
changed this, and while coniormists are
still ir the majority, and the homeopathic
r%eligionists are increasing, and the men
and women who hang a matzo on their
walls as an emblem Of old times are nu-
merous, and fine apologtstsi in the ranks OF
people generally deemed pious. Let the
rage for symbols proceed. Family worship
Is rapidly becoming %emblemattc. A cool
nod to q parent on Friday night Is substi-
tuted for the old fashioned kiss and bless
ing. A hurried meal and a rush to the
theatre succeed the good old Sabbath sup
per aud family reunion, and synagogue
and temple are filled with empty benches,
and many Jews are accustoming them.
selves to learn no religion save that Of
Wall street."
DR.. Lyman Beecher, who came TO Bos-
ton half a century ago ito root out Uni
tarianism," was the father Of the great
deal Of theology quite different from old.
fashioned theology, and his own sound.
ness was never established to the ~satisfac-
ton Of the brethren. 1t is related that
when he was under examination before a
council OF ministers, the test question was
put: Are you willing to be damned for
the glory OF God?" and he declined to
answer in the affirmative. Then rose a
hair-splitting and heated discussion, till
at last Beecher struck o fair compromise
grouns for declaring thatif the divine will
decrecd the damnation OF the whole coun-
Gil, 1t would meet with his entire %acquies-
cence,- Chritian Register.
The congregalionata says; at is re-
freshing-and in q sense instructive-to
find 0berlin, which used in some quarters
to be considered the loosest Of all theo-
logical seminaries and claiming to be Con-
gregational, now a unit in the conviction
that Congregationalism fairly involves the
belief in eternal future punishment" AZ
ter quoting this sentence the Christian
Union adds: "Will the CO~ngrtgatOndlia in
form Its readers what the special refresh
ment' is in the contemplation OF eternal
punishment"
The Catholic Reriew labors to show, in
connection with Pere Hyacinthe's breach
Of his vow OF celibacy, why a Catholic
priest may not marry. "Just as there is a
reason why, though marriage be honora.
BILE, yet no man may be allowed to double
the honors derivable from the source by
multiplying the number OF his wives, or
by successive divorces, 80" 1t says, there
IS a reason why a Catholic monk, such as
Loyson was, cannot enjoy those honors at
all. And that reason is, that he has, oil
his own tree.will, after arriving at the
years OF discretion, solemnly avowed
TO Almighty God that he would forego
them for his sake. Bishop Coke objects
to an amended Bible, but before he talks
so gllhly about the lawfully contracted
marriage OF q Christian priest vowed to
celibacy, he should read up what St. Paul
has 70 say. about those who, having vowed
chastity, have afterward contracted mar.
riage.. Does not the King James's version
say OF such that they have damnation, be-
cause they have made voidtheirf first faith? ?
The archbishop Of PARIS rebuked Loyson
most justly. The monk who wilfully en-.
tertained for one moment the thought that
marriage may be possible to him also, is as
guilty as the married man or woman who
contemplates divorce as the easy means to
break a bond which has grown irksome,
in order to form another"
During the lastyear the New York Bible
Society circulated 1854 volumes. Several
hundred foreign vessels were supplied
with the Scriptures, and 1900 copies
through their aid have found their way
into Roman Catholic ports. With few
exceptions all the Immigrants to this port
have been offered the New Testament in
their own language. Every part OF the
island, from the Battery to Kingsbridge,
and including the new wards in Westches.
ter county, has been repeatedly canvassed
and 'supplied.
A conundrum for the Confederate Brig.
ndiera.