The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-07-28

toned to hear L said that II we are only
good we shall be happy; 10 which men
might well reply, II only we are happy
we will be good.' For Il Is as true one
way as the other; goodness Is the founda-
ton Of true happiness, and, on the other
hand, happiness Is the road and the In.
strument OF goodness, .
Praying and cutting don't 80 well TO.
gether; praying and an irritable temper,
praying and an ascerb countenance, are
incongruities. Children may DO 80
brought up that righteousness may be the
most unpleasant thing in their minds,
They may be brought up with q positive
dread OF Sunday. The household should
be made happy to children. When ! find
child that hates his home there are no
terms strong enough 10 express what l
feel. On the other hand Il child Is
brought up happily the chances are nine
hundred and ninety.nine TO thousand
that he will not make Shipwreck In after
life.
THE EXAMINER thinks 1t Is sure sign Of
prosperity In church when unfavorable
rumors are constantly circulated about 1t
by those who are-well, not In sympathy
with 1t. Nobody thinks 1t worth his while
to circulate such reports about church
that Is really dying. II hardly needed the
almost indignant denial Of the Rev. DR..
Sabine 10 assure the public that the Re.
formed Episcopal Church was not dead
yet, even II one Of It's most liberal giVers
had passed away. The late Thos. F. Pow.
ers, OF Philadelphia, gave largely to all the
enterprises OF the church, and his loss will
be felt; but he did not make the church,
nor will his death destroy 1t. During the
last five years Of financial depression,
when most religious bodies have had
enough to do In holding their own, the
Reformed Church has accumulated a
property worth about 81, 100000, OF which
Mr.. Powers Is said to have given some.
thing like 100000. Last year 800 persons
were confirmed, and 935 more received by
letter, while six new parishes were
founded and six new churches opened.
This does not look like speedy dissolution.
Neither does the fact that liens TO the
amount OF $500 have lately been re.
moved by the Council from the Cummins
Memorial Church at Baltimore, by which
the church has been saved to the demon.
nation.
No MAN has a keener nose for "heresy''
than SCotchman, and he improves on It's
natural keennesS by keeping Il in constant
exercise. There is always heresy trial
or two going on and convulsing the Scotch
Presbyterians, and yet they are not salts.
fed. They are now following up their
theological students, ministerial game hav.
ing become for the present somewhat
scarce. a student named Gillies having
applied for license to the Free Church
Presbytery Of Edinburgh, presented some
specimen disCourses. Some OF the Pres.
bytery discovered ia them unsound views
oil prophecy and inspiration, and com
mtttee was appointed to investigate the
matter The young man declared that nc
such construction as had been put upon
them was intended in the Objectionable
passages, and withdrew or modified them
Having done this, he preached the dis
courses before the Presbyterv TO every
bodys intense edifcation, and received
his license. It must he admitted that the
Presbytery showed unusual good sense in
the matter; the easiest way TO prevent
heresy is to see that heretics do not gel
into the ministry. Prevention is better
than cure in this as in most things.
THE Universalists have now a total Of
7S7 churches and 10 ministers in this
country. During the past year the de
nomination made some important gains
and met with considerable loss. Forty.
six churches, 1870 members, As Sunday.
schools, 20 church buildings, and $4,000
increase in the value OF church property
are reckoned among the gains; and II
ministers and one college among its lesses
while its benevolent contributions have
fallen of 100000.
Az exchange says that Cdr. Morgan
Dix, OF Trinity Protestant Episcopal
Church, New York, in his Manual OF the
Christian Life, warns churchmen not to
attend the places Of worship Of the demon.
nations or sects. 'Go.not at ALL he says,
neither to hear preaching out OF curiosity
nor to obligs friends. Keep TO The Church
alone. You have naught TO do with those
without the church, but to pray for them
and treat them with Kindness
The attractions of Coney Island prove
so powerful over Sunday-school teachers.
church members and even deacons on
Sunday, that it is now proposed TO build
a chapel at Manhattan Beach, where those
who choose may attend divine service and
still receive the benetitof the ocean breeze.
The project originates with the Rev. Noah
Hunt Schenck, D. D., pastor OF St. AIMS
Free Church, in Brooklyn.
A CATHOLIC priest offered the PRAYER at
the public exercises in Boston on the
Fourth OF July, and it ia affirmed that Il
Is the first instance Of the kind in the his.
tory Of the city founded by the Puritans.
On the same occasion colored lad read
the Declaration Of independence.
Tue Jesuits of France have purchased
three establishments outside OF France
one at jersey, another at Fribourg, and a
third at Monaco-in anticipation, it is
stated, OF expected orders 10 leave that
country, for which thay claim TO have
made suitable preparations.
IT is estimated that over 100000 colored
people have been added 10 the Methodist
Church since the war. They have caused
more than thousand churches to be
built, and more than 5000 colored young
men are in their aid schools in the South.
The editor Of the Methodist advocates
the election OF colored bishops. Were
we young man." he says, I'VE should
reckon tia honor to be ordained by a
bishop whose face showed that Methodism
does not stop at race lines"
A WRITER in the United PresbNsriap puts
in plea for uniermented wine at the
communion table. "Can It be-" he asks,
that that which sends souls to hell Is a
proper symbol Of the blood Of CHRISTI"
1T IS singular fact" observes the
Catholic Mirror, that many criminals seem
to be drawn toward the Catholic Church
when all earthly hope has left them"
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