New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-18
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

I IlSililcnl III LUGIdllu, WHO lcdE tudJ itS uCoti
! ton will be used as an argument Tor compass
! ing the overthrow of their own Church. Inc
assailants of the Irish Church, they claim, tol-
! lowed the same line of attack when they as
| ayOwed any untrendlness TO the ESTABLISH
ment in England or Scotland The Scotch
! Church, they point cut Is chosen FOR attack
| first because it is the weaker of the two. Their
| argument that, in case of its overthrow, the
| enemies of the Anglican Establishment VIII he
! encouraged and strengthened, seems justified
! by the past. If the Scottish klrl falls, OK.
! claims The 81. Jdn,ess Gazette the anomaly OF
| an Established Church IN only one OF the three
| divisions of the United Kingdom will be the
/ theme Of all the LibeTatiOnlst platforms OF the
! country" Talking OF the meeting IN ci hdln
| burgh of the Commission OF the Free Church
| General Assembly, at which by vote OF 20 to
! %. it was decided to raise the question OF dis
establishment, I he Saturday ReUtew cannot
refrain from saying: IWlce as many Jealous
ministers and elders habtually take part IN the
proceedings when from time to time IN alleged
! hereto deyates to the right hand or 10 the ielt
! from the strict lines OF the Westminster Coh,
| fessiCn. . That the political and economical
| results of establishment Will be Wholly eSll
! is consideration which will have little weight
either with ecclesiastical zealots or with sub,
| vcrsive democrats. Eager PIesbyterlans VIII
find too late that their organization Will be as
! turbed and their influence fatally weakened by
| the victory which they will assist Sccularsts IN
! winning. Even the endOWments or the free
! Church, amounting to some millions, VIII DC
! less secure when the property OF the Est;lo-
| lished Church has been alienated Some time
! will elapsc before ecclesiastical interests are
| cnnfded 10 the care of an English or scotch
| Minister of the type of VI. Paul Bert; but the
| tendency of modern revolution Is Illustrated
| by the present condition in France OF Church
| which not long since was supposed to DC ma
| tiOnal and dominant
| The PREACHING OF OLD SERMONS
Preachers who are astonished to lind the interest
! in their sermons declining but continue never
| thcless to preach the same sermons they wrote
! thirty wears ago, will read with interest the
| little episode from the life OF the Rev Dr.
! Ircnaeus Primes father as given In his own
words and quoted by his son IN Ihe NeU- Iorh
| Observer: Being now settled IN cambridge,
{ Washington County, \. y, ana tWehty-elghJ
| years old, on a competent salary lt was SIX nun
drcd dollars, aud he had a wife and three enid
| rem, and with large charge extending SIX OF
seven miles in every direction, telt the I'M
| pOrtanCc OF settling myself down 10 study ana
! vet from the strong desire Of the people to see
! their new minister, and Iy own wish to become
acquainted with them, was induced TO Spehd
| much time IN visiting After pursuing Jhls
| course for three or -four months, relying on my
| old stock | found | had economical time 10
write only ten sermons. Under the deep con-
| victOn that this would not answer, performer
| an act which, from the benefits resulting, can
recommend to every young minister upon
changing hi, field OF labor. Taking out all my
| Old -crnOns,-nOW amounting to three hundred
and iifty,-and selecting about a score rs specl-
mems of my early scrmoniZiDg, made bonfire
of the residue. 1t was the noblest act on my
! own behalf ever performed; ana, presume
no los, to anyone; and the process OF burning
! gave more light than the most OF the material
| had ever done before. Young men may he slow
| to believe il, but one OF the best ways to con-
| vert poor sermons into good ones = To commit
! the old ones 60 the ilames. am 80 luiIy con-
! WINGED of the advantage, that have repeated
! ihc experiment several times since, and calcu-
! late to do it again. / thus placed myself under
! the necessity of spending three or -FOUR DAYS
: each week IN my study, as had dettrnncu
not 10 be a sluggard IN the Lord vineyard
ST. THOMAS THE APOSTLE OF AMERcA.-A
/ recent number OF The CdttOHc World contains
q summary of the evidence thaI II: hoilas
! WAS the APOSTLE of America. Ii Is pointed out
! that the ~raulards found among the natives Oh
! Mexico ard Peru many religious Ideas, customs
/ and ceremonies, which bore more than a IKE
| ness To thusc OF Christianity. lheY were
| shown "a Temple OF the Holy Cross, sald TO
/ be- the oldest sanctuary in Mexico. W dteT bap-
! t-m. both by immersion aud aituslOn, was
/ prartscd everywhere a. sign OF new
I birth. The Lent fast of forty days vas StlctlY
| observed. and was % followed by great te>ti-
/ sal thr pruciuHi feature OF which was the sol
/ rW1 conservation OF bread and VINE, WHch
/ were aitcrVard distributed 10 the people as me
/ body and blood OF the god HuulHpochtli, me
/ ur1u'. uIr.al.ug OF them with the G.ta.t est
| ,rr,rl|isp." Ouctzalcohrau. the peacock
/ .rlY.nL" is one Cf the mos notable peHs2naEeS
/ Oh Mexican my thOOyY, and Is described "a, Il
/ whit. man with flowing beard star ana
/ mantle adorned with CROSSES, VINO came from
/ ,hr north and was the ptophct OF new ana
/ pure religion The tomb of ~ Thomas aJ
! NJnpoIr IN the East Indies. also bears the en-
/ n.pm of 20 peacock with ciO>S IN Its bHl. &c
| ror,.iug 10 NcNcau tradition the prophet Is
| said 20 have wandered as TAR soulh as Icru;
| where the same religious practices were found
I lid. t,r standards, There is nothing Gyrcdl-