New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-11-21

structure winch, in the coming ages should Dc
reared upon them. No faith could have been
stronger no cODsciences more sincere. no de-
| sire to live near TO God and to ms cniidren
| deeper than theirs. They were aitoge,her
single, and, as men account, narrow. ! lneJ
sought the kingdom of God almost rs those
might who cared little whether or no anything
else should be added to it,
CHURCH AND -Monseigneur Cur
| bert, Bishop of AmieDs who few years ago, as
Bishop of Gap, scandalized some or ms Dfctnren
| by pastoral condemnlng any political partisan
ship among the clergy, has Just puDisDe
pamphlet entitled LA Crise Religleuse OF la
| Publication" The subj0ined passage VIII
show that, while deporing the present conflict,
| he does not hold the Republicans solely fespOn-
| sible for it he dOctriDa eXaggeratIons OF
certain self-styed Catholic papers, the Needless
| controversies of certain members OF the clergy
! above all the foolish enterprise of connecting
religious with political parties, have not llttle
contributed to excite unfortunate pIeludices
against religion. For, unless one IL blind, 1t
! is difficult not TO see that II many or our
sfaunch defenders are sincere Christians, placing
religious interests above everything, there are
| also some WHO regard only their political IN
! terests and would make religion an Instrument
! for the success of their cause. Our atheist and
materiaist sectarleS, who Lave sworn hatren 10
every religion aud even To God, nave not faIed
| to profit by these inprudences IN order 10 make
| the Church odIous Incompatible with modern
society and with kepublicanlsm III partIc-
uar. From God alone can, and. In tact,
| does come all sovereignty THIS principle OF
| faith and reason evidently stands Tar above all
political forms of government, and should be
paramount TO them. Whether power ls IN
trusted 10 several or to one man, whether It 10
elective or hereditary, matters little. These
various systems are good IN themselves AMI
have their advantages. God leaves each
nation tree TO prefer that best suited to Its par
tIcUlar situation. Instincts, ana temperament.
Whatever the political system, however
authority is intru5ted. to one man or sereyii,
heredltarily or by election, that authority mas
always its essential source and comes from God,
who wishes wel-regulated societies"
A lady made some very practical remarks at
a Sunday school Convention in Kingston, n. Z,
few days ago. She spoke strongly against the
decentralization OF tobacco, and remarked she
might be- treading on somebody's toes, but there
was no doubt If there was less smoking among
the male superintendents and teachers their
influence would be greater. She sad one or
the greatest hindrances 20 school work was the
excessive dressing OF children for the sunday
school. Ii seemed sometimes To her ike o
dress parade Many mothers, she thought,
who sent their children 10 Sunday school
spent more tine IN dress and fur0elows ana
filings 10 make them SHINE oil than they dld
in studying their lessons. She was afraid the
women we're much to blame for this evil. IL
they wished to dress their little girls so much,
il would I've better TO do it for some other place
than for the Sunday schools.
The Rev. w. Fl. II. Murray's devil is mis-
directed mental force, the principle OF nance
imDersonated. the essence of all EVIL condensed
into wOrdr He'll 10 him I" Is remorse, Is
regret is disappointment and IL, therefore, as
a possibility, univeI sazed In every breast"
The common conception OF the judgment DAY
looks absurd. rs Mr.. Murray undefsia nds IL.
His idea is that. instead OF all he;ris oeing
brought to one Judge In Judgment, one Judge
hrnn vkf a
Judgment day is personal and not universal
event. The conception that moral education
stops at death is to him equally an error
In excusing himself for being unable to at
tend funeral reform meeting at oldham,
Bishop Fraser, OF Manchester, discusses the
question of extravagance In funeral expenses,
and strongly condemns It. The pressure usually
comes upon families when they can least Afford
it. and surely a more irrational way OF show
inc respect for the dead than that Ut foolish ana
wasteful extravaganza mt their burial couid
not be devised he does not DOUBT, however,
that improvement in this matter will come az
soon a. people bring their common sense TO bear
upon 1t.
Chicago people have no need to go to CHI uIch
i'm order to hear a fav0rie minister. One OK
the Sunday papers of that city recently puo-
lshed Professor Swings sermon on the morning
of its delivery and many members OF the con-
cregation took the paper TO church and fol-
lowed him as he preached The Alltdnce an
nOunced last week that the next number would
contain the sermons or Pr0fessof SWING III:
Thomas and DR.. LOrmer. It will be delivered
to subscribers on Sunday afternoon immediately
after the sermons aIe preached.
The Pope has addressed second letter to
the Cardinal Archbishop of Paris, on the sub
iect of the relations between Church and State
In France. The Pope c0ngratulates him on MS
energy in the cause OF religion, and holds him
I'D as a model to the episcopacy OF the c0un-
Ela a ~
cations and that of Catholicism are bound TO-
gether, and instructs all Catholics To continue
"hghtng the good fight OF faith"
The First Baptist Church in Newton, Mass,
which was organized July 5, 1850, celebrated
last Sunday the one hundredth year OF
its organization. A large audience filled the
meetin house, including past members OF the
church and delegations from several churches
that were OffshOots from it. An historical dis
course was delivered by the Rev. ". n. Clarke,
DID,, pastor of the church from 1869 TO 1850,
and now of Montreal
A letter from Cardinal Manning was recently
read in the various Roman Catholic churches OF
London, asking that the names and addresses
of parents whose sons are attending n0n-R0man
Catholic schools should be sent To HIM through
their respective clergy on or before a certain
date He wishes to find out what support may
be expected Tor proposed central school III
London which will meet the higher educational
wants of the Roman Catholic middle class.
The Carthusian ifriars, having been exiled
from France are TO make the famous ChartIeuse
wine in England. They possess tie secret
which imparts the peculiar flavor to their cele-
brated lidueur. and the secret discovered many
generations ago has been regarded rs an Lertd
tary possession by the order.
CURRENT RELIGIOUS DISCUSSION.
COLLEGE PRAYERS.
From The Waterman.
A Christian man who takes pupils into his family
o~,acts than Tn attend FANNY worship, IL some OF