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he should say must be false. he believed
Mr.. Emerson to be Christian theist.

Nv 1uVuld say muht W lAIhes ne ptuSNS9
Mr.. Emerson to be a Christian theist
AZ the second International Congress
on the observance OF Sunday, held re.
Gently at Berne, Switzerland, Mr.. Alex.
ander Lombard said;
"You who by q word or stroke Of the
pen 80 easily do away with the Sunday,
aud with It those peaceful and holy meet: |
ings In which young men and old, the
husband and wife, parents and children,
meet beneath the eye Of God, permit usto |
ask you, what will remain to the workman
aud the laborer in the world without God
that you dream Of? What will happen
but that they will become devoted to ma.
terial enjoyments and TO gross sensual
pleasures? The inevitable consequence
must be the Impeachment Of the race,
and the gradual weakening Of the faint.
est notions Of individual and social
morality. Short sighted philosophers,
your end will have been attain.
ed. Churches will be closed, or you
will see there, as Is too frequently the case
already, only women, children and aged
men. But, on the other hand, you will
have filed the drinking shops, the haunts
Of impurity, and the prisons; you will
have sown tho seed Of every disCord and
ensured the enslavement Of worklngmen
81 every, type to modern PlntoCraoy and
TO o reinlesS industrialsm."
DR.. Mandach discussed the subject from
hygienlC point Of view, and suggested a
committee to make inquiries and 10 oh.
tain statistics. He proposed that eight
towns in France and America should be
selected for examination, half Of them to
be those places in which the Sabbath was
observed and the other half where it was
not kept.
BROTHER INsKlp, The Of Holiness iamel,
has been gaining notoriety for himself at
recent camp meeting at Urbana, o. Rev.
Mr.. Webster, a dissenter from Inskip's pc
culiar views, was attacked by the latter
from his rostrum as a man who should be
expelled from the Methodist denOmina.
ton. Webster requested permission to
ask a few questions, and another Methodist
clergyman reports in the Cincinnati Ca
setle what ensued as follows: Webster
''Do you believe that God can sanCtify
sinner instantaneously?" (Explaining)
zone who trustingly comes to Christ for
salvation" InsEip-"No! he is not
ready for ityet." tyebster-"DO you be.
lieve now is the accepted time, and now
the day Of salyation% Inskip-Yesw
Webster-"Why not preach it to sinners
then?" Mr.. Webster was then in the act
Of taking his seat, when Mr.. 1nskip ex-
claimed, "You want to argue tho question
then; | thought you wished to ask ques-
ton. don't think you are sanctiAed, from
your talk, or you would not interrupt me.
Have you got it?" Webster-'I have,
and this Is my proof" "If we confess our
sins, He Is faithful and just to forgive our
sins, and 10 cleanse US from all upright
eousness." Again Mr.. Inskip denied his
sanctifcation, and called in question even
his justification. At this point ! rose up
and said, Brother Inskip, that is Brother
Webster, OF the Central Ohio conference,
one OF our best men, and entitled to re.
spect." At this Mr.. Inskip turned upon
me and shouted, II know who you are;
you have been down in the straw, and
have hear you profess this second bless.
ingw My answer was, Never brother,
according to your style. I profess to be
saved, and am saved this morningv Mr..
lnskip then proceeded with TRADE Of
abuse and wound up by calling upon the
president Of the local committee for pro.
lection.
AT ministers meeting in New York
last week, theme Of discussion was the
expediency of admitting newspaper re.
porters. The Obserrer, by way OF comment,
remarks; Ministers have more reason to
complain than any other class of men OF
what they suffer at the hands of the re.
porter. From the early day when a relig.
ious newspaper reported DR.. Bethune as
saying the devil sawed trees for sOwed
tares down to this present, there has been
some mischief at work in the reports of
sermons and speeches at religious meet
ings. It has come to such a pass that
when q preacher or speaker sees one of
the light.dngered gentry at work, he has
a chill in thinking OF the fate before him.
The trouble often arises from the writer's
effort to express the speakers ideas in
fewer words, while his want Of Familiarity
with the subject renders it impossible
for him to put the ideas into any
words but the speakers. We have heard
preachers say they could not recognize
the report as having any relation 10 the
subject they had discussed. But as it has
come to pass that the pulpit and the re-
ligious platform are the grandest exhibit
tons OF moral power in the age, and moral
ideas are the most powerful influences
now shaping the civilization OF nations
we see with satisfaction the increased in.
terest which the daily press takes in their
manifestations. Honorable competition
compels iullness and accuracy. Every
year marks an improvement in these re.
ports. No obstacle should be thrown in
the way. On the contrary, the largest
facilities should be afforded, that the ut.
terances Of good men on all subjects dis
cussed in their pulpits and assemblies
may be diffused rs widely as possible
among the masses OF the people. We
would love to see the time when six days
OF religious work shall command as much
attention from the daily press as the pro.
tracted meeting Of pedestrians did last
week.
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