, 1881-05-15

questions. \ motion was made calling upo1
tne wear to resign, which the Chairman re
| auoeu u - put 10 tue meeting, but it was de
| g,atsa 20 oe carried BY Il majority. Another
~ t..ol.ol 1. requesting the Bishop of Rochester
! carried" "A~ "''0
A correspondent Of the Lfviu0 Church.
crltlcislng the manner in which the priests OF
ene Episcopal Church are sometimes tossed
tloln dlocese to diocese, because they cannot
iaWn on th: solid parisliioners, says: "Aieth-
uulaiil 1 a1ia Komanlsm are two organizations
eas! sr.ilaf Lay IN many respects. and they have
tsleinIehts or power utterly unknown in other
poules: One of these is the opportunities for
cseIy cast OF mind and temperament to find
Mselll employment in some way in the vast
prest a Koe OF eidrs aM nst5 The1s is no
Ism in good standin. for whom there is m
plaee; and there isa loving, fraternal SYM
pa;i'y an@ hclpfulncss to encourage him in
aisstSr hIs Willingness to work for our Common
THE SUNDAY NE WspAPE1:.
LII all able article on the Sunday question.
IN the iitnntlc Monthly, Julius il, Ward
pays the following truthful compliment to
Tie Sunday newspaper:
me narrowness of the distinctly religious
ptess e 8 On tho one hand. aud the demand Of peo-
tIo not nttracted to Sunday services Or detained
Ir0m them for the freer bantillng Of ethical and
renSlous subjects on the other, hts brought into
tnpint:, pronanSnce me Sunday daily paper il is
!Io1eenbie tact that the movements or the reljp-
ious world have for some time, and never moro
, at,elllsently than now. been brought within the
sphcre ot editorial comment iu tho press. II ia
one OF the marks Of religious advance. If fs huT
4 step from the daily To the Sunday treatment of
te soc,a1 ana religious matters and the change has
nous demand Of the public. In Que sense thpsa
sunday papers are detrimental to church, going.
,cnt; wney arc e likely to keep at home those who
held They furnish q variety Of cntertain-
ment and instruction with which no religious
soc1ety can or ought to compete. They occupy
ulHeFcnt sphere, and serve Il different pllr-
pose, aud tha cry. Of conservative religionists
against them Is both unreasonable and un-
y, 9'!st; i ,cs; The sdnse pulpit reaches 5oo
70 mil million. There Is channel like it for
the utterance Of words which touch the interests
OF whole communities, which produce immediate
eucct' or Which sow the seeds Of new ethical
i'nrvests. The Sunday puper Of to-day is lust
beginning to touch the tield of immense ps,ssi-
oslitics: the Sunday paper Of the future is to be
one or tho detective msencies III developing tho
pest tendencies ot American Christianity 1t
mas the ears OF the ml1ltitule: it is read when
people are enough at leisure to think over what
II says: 1t must always treat questions Of ethics
ano ftifgiOn OH the broadcast mud hest side; 1t
can never simply emphasize tho personal con-
Slctions OF the responsible editor; and in the
nanos nan OF tho men whose strong common sense
'lId wise insight into coming directions of life
enables them to sit in leading editorial chairs
it is to be OF the chief teaching elements in
the church Of the future While meeting Nil tha
demands OF IA legitimate newspaper. it can more
End more be tho channeI through which rclis-
lous prejudices muy he softened, and through
which tho great moral interests Of the coiumu-
nifty may be eifectually served.
A STRANGE PREACHER.
There was once Il minister of the Gospel
who never built church.
Who never preached in one.
Who never proposed Il church fair to buy
l church n new carpet.
Who never founded new sect.
Who never belonged to any sect.
Who freuucnted public houses and drank |
vine with sinners.
Who never received salary.
Who never asked for one. |
Who never wore black suit or white !
leck1ie.
Who never used prayer-book.
Ora hymn-b00k. I
Or wrote Il sermon.
Who never hired cornet soloist to draw |
ou1s to hear the Word.
Who never advertised his sermons.
WHO never went through Il course Of theo-
oEical study.
Who never was ordained.
Who was never even converted.
Who never went to Synod.
Who was he?