New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-29
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

SUNDAY SCHOOL PROGRESS.-SIr Nli'ani
| HafcOutt, Home Secretary, made speech al
Derby early this month on the Sunday sci DOL
system Its gIOwth, he remarked. had been ike
the grain of mustard seed, which from small
beginning had Oveislad0wed the earth. III
had been q very extraordinary history. IL was
like a small spring, which swelled into a
mighty river, OVERLOOKING and teitillziug the
country through which 1t flowed. hundred
years ago was the date OF It's birth IN Eng
land. That was the period at that remarkable
revival of religious feeling which III great
degree bad regenerated modern society: IL
belonged to the time Of Wesles and OF DJdd-
ridge and of Wiiberforce, men who 10 thtlr
days had rendered services which England
never would forget. The Noncontormlsts un-
OuestiOnably led the way In that glorious paul.
and the NOnconfOrmists would not deny that
the Established Church had endeavored 70
| follow their example. That the Sunday school
| system had been most remarkable engine III
| IegenerGting the condition OF the people III one
| of the poorest paris OF London was the testl-
mony which was borne almost In the infancy or
| the system. Adam Smith had said No plan
ha, promised 70 effect change OF manners with
equal ease and simplicity since the days OF the
| Arestlesr and, coming from such man that
| was a remarkable prediction, which had been
remarkably fulfilled. Since that time teachers
| In sunday schools might be numbered by nun
dreds of thousands The system, too, was to
great extent gratuitous, and Tor the dement,
! which it conferred 1t was most extraoI dInarlly
cheap. The system had the great merit about
II that il had In II the element leclaliy OF lay
teaching 1t interested every class OF the COM
munity IN that which was the highest interest,"
| of all, and it dispeiled that which was one OF
| the most mIschievous things which had ever
! injured the social and political system OF the
would, that of making men believe that the
! teaching OF religion should he the monopoly Oh
! n caste or class-that il should be confined eX-
clusiyely to a cOrsecratcd priesthood. II was
| because the Sunday school system Was what ne
| had briefly endeavOred 10 describe that 1t Lad
commended itself TO the heart and judgment OF
the English nation.
THREE DEsPIsED RACEs.-One of the recent
preachers in the amphltheat1e at Like Chau-
tauqua was the Rev. Joseph Cook, tbs sermon
was an apDpal for the black, red ana yellow
races ia the United States. He charged upon
the Southern churches the responsibility or
indirectly promoting the civil war put pre-
dlcted that before another census is taken the
whites will have outgrOwn their prejudlces
against the blacks. For one, he pledged HIM
self TO labor for the maintenance or the pIlD-
ciples established by the war, TO wipe out all
traces of the m0nStrOus crime of slavery, ana TO
make sure that government or the people
by the people and for the people shall not perish
from the earth Mr.. Cook, as he repeated
these historic words, gIasped the hand OF one
of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, and standing up
with him called upon the audience To rise ana
likewise pledge themselves. The effect was
electrical the audience numbering th0usHnds,
rose as one person, and gave ChauIauqda
salute, each one waving white handkerchief.
The demonstration was continued Tor some
moments and the c0lOred man sank back III his
chair his ewes suffused with tears, as indeed
we've those of many i'll that vast thrOng OF Us
teneis. l he Indian race were next taken up,
and some broad assertions were made relating
TO the corruption and rascaIlty IN the Indian
service Ct the Government. he Importance or
the Chinese problem new routes opened ~, the
intellectual progress Of the race, were all
spoken Of MIR. Cook considering the Chinese
the most industrious and peaceaDle people on
the Pacific coast. Not alone are CHINA aud
JaJau the only countries 10 be Iegene.ated, out
there are many others IN Asia and Africa. Mr..
Cook SAID he had written In the sand or the
Pacific shore " May God hasten the Tege nela-
ton Of ASA" He had tried to write II on the
Atlantic coast and here. Oh the western edge
OF the Mississippi valley he would write II that
it might resound from Niagara to Pixies Peak.
God grant that it be Lot erased, was his
closing exclamation.
HEREsY IN ScorLAND.-Professor Robertson
Smith has not ceased 90 be IA stumbling block
10 the Free Church Of Scotland II S article on
the Hebrew Laugla re and Literature III the
encyclopaedia Britannica and another article
IL The J0HrHai Of Phi0iO0y have ser Ills brethren
on keen scent for LeIasy. his Opinions con-
celniug marriage III Israel animal WOIsbIp
among the Hebrews, and TIE wOgsnD of God
in Israel are regarded by many members OF The
Presl,yer cry OF Edinburgh Is extremely UNSET
Free Church Of Scotland met at Edinbu IN,
August II. Among Other business several
memorials from PIesbyleries GLen statements
made by Professor Robertson Smltn, in an
article which appeared III the eeye urh volume
Of the Encyclopedia Britannica were sab
mited and considered. Professor AGcgIegoT
proposed, That wuile deeply re2rettiD- the re-
ncWe1 agitation Ia CONNECTION VIII the case,
con iderne that 1t had been dealt WIN by me
Assembly, and that tie matters wnlcl had
emerged since fell to be dealt witt 10y the col
lege counsel ami the PTesbytery OF Ablceen.
the Comm is>iOners resolve 10 take no acton III
the matter ID. Wilson proposed that d com
mI,tee Si OIld be appointed matUcly 10 eS-
anime The ", fittings referred to, and consider
their bearing upOn The accepted be 1et and
teaching Of tie Church, and 70 report their
opinion 20 IA meeting OF the Commission, 70 be
held on October p. After l0lg discussion, a
& vision WAS taken, when 2lO voted FOR Dr.
Wilson's motion, and 139 for Professor llac-
Hegors.
TIE PARISH QrEsTION.-An open letter oil
the PARISH question from the Rev. Dr.. ". c.
Laugdon 10 Bishop Paddock, OF Massachusetts !
IL published in The boston Daily AdUert,Ser |
The writer thanks the Bishop tor pa ssage III
hs trlennlal charge relating to tins subject and
a asserts that the course OF the discussion has !
already revealed two evils greater 10y fal and !
more deep-seated than any of which mention |
has vet been made as the result OF the present |
conditions of the parish system. II mas re-
Yealed 10 the Whole church, Win sad distinct !
ness how widely parish indepondence and i,o-
lation are separating the rank and file Of The |
parish clergy from the practical sympathles OF |
large part Of the popular, prosperous city rec
tOIs, who alone. perhaps, have the power TO |
secure the application of a remedy, even could |
one be found, and from among whom for the |
most part, the Bishops are naturally taken. lie |
has displayed also an intolerance of dscnssl Il
readiness to put down criticism 10y sheer |
force of influence instead of answering it with |
honest argument. Dr.. Langd0n, Therefore, |
which us panstakng cOnscientiOusness and |
serious tone extend over others of less in |
tfuential and less independent position in the |
church, who have sought or who may yet seek |
to contribute something 10 this end, and OF |
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