New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-18
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

RELIGIOUS INTELLlGENCE.
PRIME MINISTERS ON THE SUNDAY Ours
TION.-A circular IL being issued by the Work
iDgmens Lords Day Rest Association, IN
opposition 10 the two motions introduced IN
Parliament for opening museums Sundays
which gives the opinions Of the late ana
present Prime Ministers on this question as
follows: The Earl of BeacOnsfeld in voting
against the Sunday Opening of Museums,
SAID in the House Of Lords OF all Divine
institutions. the most divine is that which
secures day of rest for man.
bGd it to be hs to most @on Is
the corner stone Of civilization, and ITS re-
moval might even affect the health OF the
! people It (the opening of museums on sun
days. is a great change. and those who sup
pose for moment that 1t could be limited TO
the proposal Of the noble Baron, 10 open ml-
scums, will find they are mistaken" Mr..
Gladstone has always voted against the sun
day opening of the British Museum, etc, ana
in reply TO deputatlOn IN March, 1863, ne
said: 1.-THE religious observance of Sunday
is a main prop OF the religious character OF
! the country. From moral, social. and phys
ical point Of view, the observance OF Sunday
! is duty of absolute consequence" In a let
ter dated 18Th January, 1876, Mr.. Gladstone
! wrote as follows TO Mr.. G. HIl Believing
in the authority of the Lords Day as re-
! ligiOus institution, l must as a matter or
| course desire the recognition OF that authority
by others But over and above this, | have
| myself, in the course of a labOrOus life, sig
nally experienced both its mental and IT'S
physical benefits. | can hardly 0verstate It's
! value in this view, and for the interest of the
wOrkingmen of this country alike in these
| and IN other yet higher respects, there is
| nothing | more anXously desire than tDat
they should more and more highly appreciate
the Christian day of rest"
CAMP MEETINGs.-The present Summer will
| Of daoi of opti VtV thp
erOus and thriving camp meeting associations
of the country The camp -meeting 10 a large
extent has lost its primitive characteristics, and
in the most thicky settled parts OF the coun-
try, and particularly in he neighhoi hood OF
large cities, would scarcely be recognized by
those who once knew it best. Whether owing
| to the spread of knowledge, bringing with II a
clearer sense of religious truth and sacred obi
cations or to some other cause, the terrible self
! arraignment for sin and the rapture of forgive
ness which made the camp-meetings OF years
ago the scenes of wild excitement, even II still
common, are less cOnspcuOusy manifested.
Not less striking than this change of spirit. Is
the change in external surroundings. The
spacious aside resorts. frequently owned by
! Methodist organizations, and occupied from
time to time during the Summer by various
educate nal and other associations are ais un-
like the camping grounds of thirty years ago
az Gothic cathedral Is unlike gospel tent.
No doubt there still remain numerous tented
fields and groves as simple as the old camp
tive places of outdoor worship Is the old
ground on Sing Sing Heights where the forty
ninth annual meeting of the New York Camp
meeting Association Will be held from August
Q to 20. The first week will be devoted to a
Sunday school Institute, and the second TO a
series of sermons, accompanied by prayer
meetings, praise-meetings Bible readings, and
other informal services.
THE CREED OF THE " DIsCIPLEs."-The re-
;ofn or N wi General (,artald halOpO o
numbers about 100000 communicates IN this
country. One of its pastors thus defines its
creed and practices " l. We call ourselves
Christians or Disciples. The term - Camp
belhte is Il nickname that Others have ap
piled to us, as the early MethOdlsts were
called Ranters' 2. We believe III God the
Father. 3. We beiieve that Jesus is the
Christ, the Son of the living God, and our
only Saviour. We regard the divinity of
Christ as the fundamental truth in the Chris
tan system. 4. We believe in the Holy
} Spirit, bOtn as to its agency IN conversion,
and as an indweler III the heart OF the Chris
tan. 3. We accept both the Old and the
I New Testament Scriptures as the inspired
word of God. 6. We believe in the future
punishment of the wicked, and the future re-
, ward OF the righteous. Z. We believe that
; the Deity Is prayer-heaIing and prayer
answering ans Cod 5. We observe the instltu
ton OF the Lords Supper on every Lords
Day. To this table 1t is our practice neither
to invite nor debar We say it Is the Lords
Supper for all the Lords children. 8. We
plead for the union OF all Gods people on
the Bible and the Bible alone. 10. The Bible
is our only creed. IL. We maintain that all
the ordinances of the Gospel should be OBJ
served as they were in the days of the Ap0s
! ties"
AN OLD CHURCH IN VRGNIA.-In 1710, a
German Lutheran colony immigrated and set
tied III Robinson Valley. Madison County, Va.
The title-deed for the ground on which they
built their church, still standing. and known
as the "0ld Dutch Church." was made in
1920. The stout timbeTs upifted then are as
stout as ever, and the mortar in the fOunda-
ton has hardened to the consistency OF stone.
The audience-rOOm is crucifOrm in shape, with
two side galleries and OTgan-l0ft. The inter-
! Tor was somewhat changed about ten years
ago. The high pulpit has been replaced by
one OF modern construction. In front of the
pulpit, within the altar railing, stands the
! baptismal bowl of silver, made and pre-
sented May 13, 1927, by Thomas Clifton, of
, London" This inscription Is found also on
+, the communion service. In the loft at the
rear of the church stands the pipe organ,
! presented 70 the congregation by GustavuS
King of Sweden. It's pipes have faded
to a dull lead color. lt was made more
than 100 years ago at Lutzen, Sweden, under
the direction Of the King, expressly for this
church, and is in very good state OF preset
vation The keyboard is complete re-
yersal in point of color those keys being
? black which are white III modern instruments,
the raised keys being ebony, faced with
ivory. The tone of the instrument Is said to
! be still yeiy good.
NEw-YoRK CITY PAsTORs-Mr. L. E. jack
son. corresponding secretary OF the New-YOrk
City Mission, has prepared little pamphlet
directory of the pastors of evangelical churches
in this city. There are, no doubt, churches
which have no settled pastor stated supply
at the present time, so that the number of
pastors is probably not a perfectly accurate
, index to the number of churches Ii is suf-
! GENTLY accurate, however, TO present their
al ~ 1rpaa-