The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-06-22

--ODpOSlllOu 10 inc Ouelud community
folks growing stronger among Of the cergymeu
their vicinity very prominent whom is Bshop
Huntington Of the Protestant Episcopal church. lie ana
others have been obtaining evidence from e1mem
bers Of the Community Tie Bishop says that som. Of
the literature which ~ sent out from the Community si
legally obscene and that Of the practices the fro.
lovers are than those Of the poygamiss Abs
lawyers are said 10 be cooperating with cergym.u
and a demonstration on the Community may soon BE-
looked for involving the arrest Of Of its principal
me nd women The trouble viii be to prove the ehaea
The oneida people arc exceedingly shrewd
This is the way in which Sunday school
boy rattcd on the Third commandment with tn. ,n.s,
OF making his mother think he was civ ng Cherokee
version Of Of hymn.
shltnut axe thname
Thlorlthcgoin vain;
Furduut uidm gius
Takthsnamiu vain.
His mother showed him how that this lrreverent styh
Of saying 1t really involved breach Of the very com.
mandment he repeating Then she gave him Eve
cents for saying it slower and more distinctly There
are many ministers and SUNDAY school superintendent
who may take a this hoy aud his mother and
greatly improve their methods Of reading both the
hymns and the passages Of scripture.
The Methodist Episcopal Church is short
Bishops having the death Of Bishops James Nor
rs and Anes only ten left As the work Of the Church
Is every year increasing there is call for the constant
service Of at least thirteen Bishops and there is
ing disposition to make the number greater Methodist
Episcopal Bishop needs 10 be healthy in the prime
life his official work is enough to keep hun very
busy outside Of his official labor there other things
for which he is continually called upon. such laying
stones dedcang churches and making speeches
patriotic and other great occasions II there were
eighteen twenty Bishops there would be work enough
to keep them all busy The only difficulty would be
raise for their support
Most people remember the case OF the
girl who arose IN revival meeting and said that n she
found her ewelry making her worldly aud dragging
her down hell she had got rid Of it by giving it to her
younger sister The New York Obserrer. without intend
ing refer this case cites instance in which
tain railroad directors similarly rid themselves Of sinful
stock The company Ia which they were stockholders
had Sunday trains but determined 10 yield to the
popular demand Tor them. Thereupon these gentlemen
let other people have their stock at $40 share. Asa
judgment the Door fellows who bought IT, this stock
began TO drop till 1t reached 80 then 20 aud finally
touched bottom at 10 And these good men who
loaded In time. saved their money aud had the saisAe
Of seeing the buyers OF their stock suffer heavy loss
The Rev. DIR. Francis l.. Patton resigns
his proessorhp in the geological Seminary at Chicago
to accept the one to which he chosen in Lon.
don His resignation will take effect In April next DR..
Patton has within the past few years risen frou
parauve obscurty less degree Of fame than the
honor Of being Moderator Of the General Assembly lie
elevated 10 this position compliment the part
Of the serny orthodox men for his acute scent after false
doctrine and irreguarty. while pastor OF church in
Brooklyn he distinguished himself by appearing prose
cutor against Dr. Cuyler who had invited Sister sarah
Smiley speak in his church. when he went to Chicago
he ferreed out the alleged heterodoxy OF DR.. David
Swing and brought that gentleman to the bar Of Presby
terry for his The trial resulted in Swing,
swinging on into dependency Dr. Patton has not
elements Of popular minister. His tones
musical and though his said by those who
understand them be very profound there lack
| Of magnetism in his delivery.
The ground OF most OF the opposition to
the elevated sunday trains sixth is based
the increased noise compared with that which 10
made By the horse Years ago the horse
opposed OF their alleged wckodness; they
were found to be necessity, and the churches would
be seriously the running Of cars to
be stopped. It must be remembered that in summer.
when by reason Of open windows the noise is oh.
lecuonabc Of the churches half deserted and
others closed It supposed that the present op.
position will amount TO much more than few com
plants sent 10 newspapers for Of the principal
pastors whose churches along the line Of noise
must out OF town TO take their vacation,
and the rule. established by long custom, is that
vacation takes precedence Of every other religious duty
BY the time the vacation over the Sunday trains on
Sixth avenue may have become an old story and may
| awaken no more opposition than those do which now
rattle along the highways OF Third and Ninth
A somewhat self-opinonated clergyman
endeavorins present the Roman Catholic Church
uniavorahe light possible said In has sermon " Dr.
Newman boosted that he pastor Of the poorest
| church in London. And Cardinal MCloskey may claim
10 be pastor Of the poorest church IN New York And
both may also claim be pastors Of the most criminal
churches Win the civil authorities Of New York dare TO
publish the religious proie sson OF erminals' No.
The statement would show that crime from the
church that ruined Spain and converted the city Roms
INTO HE'LL This learned gentleman forgets that when
people turn criminals, It is not church members
Many arrested persons report themselves CONNECTED
| with churches d ar Id
bers Of any church. II the denominations wer'
TO parade the statistics OF official thieves and bank de
multers 1t might be found necessary to close h'
record and To listen 10 the whisper floating through h'
He that is without sin among you let him cast th'
FIRST stone" Human nature is poor stun al best and
most people sinners one way or another Not'inl
gained to Christianity by trying to prove that ihs OIL
that denomination has within It's nominal bounds
larger percentage OF sinners than any other
The Sunday school lesson Of to-day II
OF great practical importance to all who profess sn'
call themselves Christians It's SUBJECTS "ConsrerauoI
to Cod the passage being IN Malachi, the last book
the Old Testament. third chNpter. verses to H.
speaks o. the way IN which h,nocrtes Of old brough
thes and offerings In conformity With the law yet
dcred no real service to God on of this lack
true conservation, the Jewish nation cursed witt
successive judgments and v>iauons OF the Of God
The promise IN the seventeenth is eNceedins
pleasant TO those who live honest and true lives
They shall be mine saith the Lord Of Hosts in tha
day when make up my Jewels" Next sundays esso
will lie REVIEW Of the dozen lessons which have bee
studied during this second quarter the present veal
The warm SUNDAYS are beginning 10 Interfere with stud)
AMI the sunday school children are giving much after
ton to picuics During the summer weather the lesson
will lie largely on the docrnal matters treated " in n
Epstles The teachers will have almost A. tough tim
IN interesting their children with these as they had
some of the recent selections from the Old restamer
about zerubbabel, Ezekiel, 2echariah the Of Ber'
chiuht McshulHn, Hashbadaua, aud other worthie