Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-06-26

that 1T IL becoming very ma rsl that
the enormous proportions 10 lIch the
church has grown demand Sol adjust.
meut ut its methods at artIuu, adapt
ID a. IT'S changed conditions n bust.
ness at administering lts ailalrss be-
come too wide aud tou much COM atcd
with special and variable Cuuditit, Ia
allow u Ia be- vllcCtually dune
single central body, sitting iur a tnnth
once Iu tour years. Sumc Way sh Ia
be- tound cut by which the power IN
concentrated IA the general cnulcreir
shall he more widely dIllu~rl, 80 n
the whole Church shall hc hruught In
closer contact with both ~ Legislation
aul administration, which should b,
adapted IA different places aud Condi
tinus Ia lOcAl circumstances ad III,
changes prTpetualiy occurring IA yarioui
| PLACES. and tu the manners and customs
aul modes at thought If the peoples ano
natIuuahtIrs tu which the mission ut ~,
church N going forth. Imperial Rom,
DESTROYED itself hy ten much rrutUuIu
ton. papal Home tell hy a sUullal
pul,cy. let Mcth"ilsm profit lay thcI
example
Same one draws this parallel between
preaching North aud south The
southern pulpit confines itself more
stri,tly than the northern
to What may be- called the theory ii the
gospel, aud aims ia every scrmo' To-
present some central d"Ctrlnv II pur
theology while the Northern mlitcT
takes "A lar wider range at topics, dal-
Iug with variety at questions at OH
nary lite, aud Judging them IA the hit
AT our religion. The southern prrah,
/ ers, as one at the most eloquent amWg
| them said not long agu, thJuk how q
/ rrslate effectively the uld truths, al
venture little beyond the thoughts 10y
have learned from their prcdcccssn,
Nhllc the Northern preachers tTy {" lc
/ original. aud are stimulated IT, hr orb
nal hy the demand ui their chur,lt.
the southern preacher IL fiery Uud 4
/ eryrtIr, a. his trmpCTatncut aud u
| tastes at h's people require, while ~
| Northern hTcavhcT may hc thus, "r ma
! ruuliur himself tn sober andqulvt mrtt
/ obs 1T speech With almost equal hope 2
a hearing.
pr IlItrhcork, hhurrr ia the Pro
iestaut cause IA PARIS, Is alarmed oVcl
the progress oi suciriy ut atheist!
lately turmrd IA the French capita
/ This soyiety claims. hc SAYS, a member
chip ut la.WDin Paris alone. They have
their conferences tu DISCUSS aud glory
! atheism aud sing the MaTselilalsV. IhUy
! are socialists at the worst type. lhcII
influence Is not supply negative. They
make aggressive war upon the churches.
The municipal Cuuusrlers ui fhT',, Suue
at them AZ least, would he glad ~ seize
all the church property -caihcdrals,
churches, temples, synagngues, prcShy
trnes and sell them Tot the benefit oi
the city treasury, and so voted while
agu. Thus SnCirty ut suvIallStiC tree
thnkrTsisa VrTltable propaganda, sCarrc-
ly less active than the Jcsults them
selves, though lacking theIT sclt-druIal
aud sIuglvnrss at purpose. Like them.
they are ambitious tu obtain control at
the educational institutions. They
would supplsnt and suppress all DIS
uurtiyrly religious instruction M the
schools, aud having done that, iuculcatc
their own principles,
That vast WORT Gud-lt stands Tor
something hclo,, which all our driuI-
tiuus tail, hut which the snul in it, SUI
prcmest moments tccls and knows, aud
thrills 10 the core ia the recognition.
Be Il IA the glow oi Worship when no
bic hymn surgrs upward from great
congregation. be u When the solitary
suul IA midnight darkness ~ lifted ahnvC
all Tear hy ayvIcr saving, ut IN he not
afraid he u When the tl,r ut nature
becomes to the aNc.struck aud aduring
behOlder the manifestation at a divine
presence, he u whatever one at those
moods that have inspired the psalms
aud prayers aud prophesles IN which
humanity touches its hlght-always
there Is the living sense at some all per
waiting rrality, Ia man vet above man,
never sO profoundly lclt as
Nhen expression even thought stands
bvggared before something tTansCcndIug
~ utmost powers,
Rev. pr, T.. T lIiscock cambats the
,iea lately advanced that the driit ri
Baptist sentiment Is Ia the direction at
free communion. II ana thoroughly
convinced" he writes. that there never
has been time in the history ot Amer
can Baptists when the conviction was
so deep aud controlling as at the present
that only haptlsed believers, living oT-
DERBY lives ln the fellowship oi Baptist
churches, nave night oT can With pro
priety ha invited IN tho Lords table,
ky baptism immersion u, ut course,
here meant. Aud this rule as tn the
t,rms of communion Ia held not out ut
rrgari to pieecdents. nor tor the sake oi
excluding Christians at other names
nom their fellowship, but as a logical
Necessity inevitably resulting trom their
views III what constitutes scripturai
baptism aud the nrcesslty of a strictly
spiritual church membership
The venerable Dr. Henry White,
when professor Of theology at Union
Seminary, was much annoyed by
young upstsTt who preferred circumlo-
cution 10 plain English, and who hal a
misty way OF expressing himself lie
asked this student in what the happi-
-. al heaven consisted The yDlny
man rs;mis5T,s,Y Trpii,.,i --lu l,kIans,s.
"a n,.l,,.l ,nJ ssnsihiIitiss m.
" w -, - Il - ,,I,,,s,,,I,
pTO'eSsI WhSu $50 ~. VIZ t-' '''
sarcastic smile suppose YOU hSI
been on . visit Ia the sesShOre, and
should say ON your Uturn that you lad
enjoyed there "a proper balance Of the