New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-10-10
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

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DOane, of Albany, has published o pamphlet
| on Kindred and Affinity, or Gods Law OF Mar
riage,' in which the sixty prohibited degrees ~
| the English Table are fOtcIbiy advocated. VI
these sixty degrees all but Six are commonly
assented TO- so that the argument is based
mainly on the remaining six: These turn upon
| the pivot of the two prohibitions A man may
| not marry his wife's sister = and :" woman
| may not marry her husbands bIotfer." Inc
| Bishop aims to show: LIST, That marriage with
| a deceased wife's sister is forbidden in Holy
| Scripture, because it is the same SIN as marriage
with a mans own sister. "a. TO give, from
| various sources, the catena of AUTHORITIES snow
| ing that this has been understood TO oe the
| meaning and intent of Holy Scripture, In all
| ages and in all portions of the Christian Church.
| He argues the question closely, and fnds only
| two real difficulties the sentimental difficulty,
and the difficulty of dealing with persons VINO
ignOrantly or wilfully have violated this law OF
| God. OF the first it is very simple to say, In
answer 10 the sentiment OF the sister Deine the
| best mother to her SISTERS cbidIen Let her be
| the mother as she can be, and is, III lnnumeraole
| cases, wherever aDd whenever the impossibilty
| of her becoming the wife of her sisters husband
| is recognized man to whom the bitterness
of widOwhOod has been sent must take his
| choice Ii he wants mother for his children,
let HIM take home to them his sister, by
| affinity; the blood sister OF his wife. III he
wants a wife, let him take to himself some
other woman than the one whom Gods
word doth not allow him to take AS 81.
not ne %" nassaa e 10 RIGHTEOUSNESS" The Bishop
| adds: How can man sOberly lift up this SEN
| tmeDt, this expedlency, thls IMPRESSION Oh
| what he tees to be the sweetest and most
natural thing, against the enormous weight OF
| Gods law as witnessed 20, in its meaning, by
the Church of sixteen, aye OF eighteen cen
turtles. / call it sentiment, taking the inonen-
| siye name IL is often q sckly sensuallsm
poorly disguised under thin veil. And
against it is to be set up the fact that the I'M
possibility of marriage establishes firmly the
sacred and most blessed relate nsnip OF tne
wjfes sister in the family. The very name by
winch the relation is known involves ire GER
taiDty of this protection. She is a SISTER in
law l.e in the law of God as our good Eng
| lish speech defines it, sister, with WHOM De-
cause marriage is In possible, the wise intimacy
| of brothers relation Is possible ana safe"
| The Bishops arguments are directed manly 10
the Pi Otestant Episcopal Church. Day after
| dayu ne SAYS, the lOOsest and lowest theories
about the marriage tie are finding expression,
in legislative action proposed or PASSED. Anu
~ becomes us, however small, in prOportionate
numbers, this Church may be, among popular
denominations or goddess lawmakers or the
cay venaluy of Roman dispensers with the
| truth, it becomes us, all the more, TO let our
little candle throw his beams and shine like
| good deed i'll naughty world"
| SUNDAY-sCHooL LITERATURE.-The Rev.
NJ. C. Lockwood, of Albany, delivered
| striking address at the annual session OF the
! Hudson River Baptist Association North, last
| Tuesday night. He declared that the Sunday
| school libraries of the present day are full or
books navored with cant, which, under the
| thin veneer Of religion, preach hypocrisy.
would advocate" he said, "a library that
wonld contain standard works, for SO lar as
literature for the children and young people is
concerned ] deem the present character OF our
| Libraries extremely poor. The rifiDg genera
ton Is a reading one, and there are few children
| but that like to read, and do read. Reading
| matter is much more accessible To-Day IMAM
| 1u
| but of it's cheapness, and books are written
not only to cater to the taste OF our grown
people but to catch the eye and interest OF
our little people. Most of our great publishing
| houses publish paper especially Tor cnildren'
Weeklies, mOnthlies, and stJry-b00ks are
| dropping from the press 10y thousands Ihey
are hidden under the desk In the schoDl-honse,
read at night in hours stolen from neediui
sleep, carried IN the box or inc snoepiack, Ieau
behind the fence by the farmers boy, under
the pillow by the chambermad, in the. hand
/ of the nurse when she should be attending 10
| her infant charge-everywhere DOCKS ma
theis way, and the worst of it is that most or
| these books are no books. Ihey are tne
nampess spewIngs of obscene vulgarlty, the
rare conceptions of coarse fools, the braiDless
buffOOnery which jests mt holy things, d prison
| literature which makes a hero OF the BOY VINO
| dIsregards his parents, plays tricks upon us
teachers, runs away from home, and JOINS
piIates or brigands. With proper attention,
| the Sunday school library can overcome this
great evil, by putting into the hands OF children
| hooks that would cultivate a taste for only the
| hest reading. The wise man will open to II
child the treasures Of fiction. The mistake or
orr library system has been the attempt 10
| adhere To what is termed the purely religious,
| and in order to carry out this purpose ,ney
| have accumulated "a quantity OF weak ana drlv-
cling stuff the prlm Miss Nancy mix and
water gush that makes Christianity pore
and the go0u little child prlg and cantine
| nuisance. Most religious novels have nothing
1 4 hon. fhn n
up for being relgious; they are yertahie
| hypocrites, whited sepucfTes, novels OF
| low order aud poor style, with enough
religion as a sugar coating 10 induce IL sunday
school library to take them. nave conie 10 'n9
opipiOn that day of reform Is not fa1 OH, ana
| the time is near when our best and purest tic
ton writers shall have place in our Sunday
school libraries"
| TURKISH INTOLERANCE.-A Moslem lady and
| her daughter living in the town OF Suria, III
| Southern Armenia, embraced the CHRISTIAN le-
| lgon, and the girl married an Armenian Inc
| M0slem inhabitants, excited by fanaticism,
| armed themselves with clubs, daggefs anu
| guns and attacked, on the night or August
s. the houses Of the ArmeniaDs, thereby spread
ing terror among the Christian families. Ihey
arrested the newly married couple, and led
them before the Mosem Governor, who
| thanked the MahOmetaD mob for their de-
yOtiOn, and put the Armenian aud his wife III
prison. Incidents such as this and the murder
| of Mr. Parsons impair the value Of the moral
which journals like The Telegraph and The st.
James, Gazette draw from some correspond
ence lately published on the subject OF Prot
estant educational efforts III Turkey Amerl'
can and English missionaries, by. means of the
Robert College and other agencies. have done
great good, and have not been oifensi'el
proselytizing. Their principal difficulties have
arisen, not from MahOmetan but from Eastern
Christian fanaticism. The much abused Turk
is, as q rule, thoroughly tolerant in practice as
well as theory, and the unchecked spread of
Protestant missionary effort Is the visible re-
suit of this-a result which cannot be wit
messed IN Russia, whose zeal for liberation only
extends to her neighbours practice. and never
TO her own. The distressing thing is that