New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-03
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

RELlGlOUS lNIELLlGENCE.
movement among the churches has left largo
districts in that part OF the city reaching from
the Battery to Fourteenth st. alm0st destitute
of churches. The only denominations which
within this densely populated district are the
Episcopal and Roman Catholic. The Rev: I'd
ward Judson, who seems TO be imbued with the
missionary spirit of bis famous father, will soon
enter tins field and endeayor to build up
strong church for the people. in o talk with
The Christian Union, he gives the folio wing
outline OF what he hopes to accomplish Be-
sides reaching the non church-goiug native
element II is necessary to reach the great mass
OF foreigners in that quarter of New York who
make the Sabbath simply day Of amusement:
We must try to influence with American ana
evangelical ideas the rising generation OF this
class OF people. This can only be effectively
done Ivy an evsngelistic church, with Sunday
schools and missions attached to it. There are
two ways of proceeding. One IL to 20 TO woIk
in an old church properly located, and try to
kindle up the old devotional IRE. IL there
should not be an opening OF this KIND nOthihg
will be left but to purchase ground ana Dulid
new church. The exact location has not been
decided upon, but it will be somewhere between
Canal and Fourteenth ats. The seats VIII be
tree, AMI the support OF the enterDrlse largely
come from the voluntary contributions OF the
w0rshppers. If there should be need OF fur
tber financial contributions In order 10 sustain
the work, money will certainly be forthcoming
from those Christians whose places Of business
are down town, and who are themselves w0r-
shippers uptown or III the suburbs. | shall
begin with corps OF two or three ministers.
For the first years expenses wealthy New
York gentleman has made himself Responsible.
My salary will be about half what have
in Orange about rs small an amount as Il
peroOn can live on heal thiully III New lcrA.'
Dr.. SrORRs's LECTUREs.-Dr II. s. StOIrss
Boston lectures on - The Divine Orlgin 01
Christianity" arc warmly praised by lie Con,
DrcgGiUHdiiSt. The lecturers plan has confined
HIM closely to a single department Of Christian
evidences, bis sole puIpo being to illustrate
the divine energy OF Christianity from ITS effects
among men. Up 10 this test he has brought
history, science, art, music, letters, politics ana
social life and compelled them all to testify To
the controlling or the pcrNading power OF
Christianity. Everything best known III the
lie of the world has been made to bear witness
to the influence Oi Jesus, and 10 point, with
prophetic finger, To His final, universal soy
errignty. Few living men, The COngr9d-
hohdiSt thinks. " are equal to the work that Dr.
otorrs has accomplished. His triumph, or
rather his series Of tilumphs, at Huntington
Hall des,r vcs to rank az phenomenal. Two
nights in week for five successive weeks, dur
ing tie most Indictment months OF the year,
Thousand people have been drawn together, ana
thrown under a spell which made them obliN-
iou> fOr the time of every passing event. he
master magician was lccturcl, standing
quietly behind his desk, on which lay manu-
script, from which he read continuously Tor
sixty minutes. No tricks of voice OF OF manner,
no stage attitudes or violent gestures; his sub
| i.ci the oldest, most common question IN The
| world his audience, many of them, masters of
| its treatment, and all OF them exceptionally
| familiar with It's answer; vet the speaker has
| woven about tins ancient theme charm or
| reason and OF grace that has fascinated his
| heaters ard translated them for the time into
new world. And not for The time only that
would be- bur u rhetorical victory He has COM
! pcilcd assent 10 MS conclusions.
ErrFc,Ivr CHRISTIAN WoRK.--Bishop Simp-
son gave some wnolrSO me- advice e. the minis
tcis and stewards of the Methodist churches IN
! Wheeling. West Virginia, last Monday evening.
! Nh, said that II they aimed To Oring more into
! the fold OF the Church unity OF action was
| needed more than anything else. II all worked
! together with feeling OF fellowship great good
could i,c accomplished. The sinners must be
/ sought ort and persuaded 10 give up their EVIL
WAYS. II was not only the respectable that
", ~ TO be looked after, but the young men
vino wee IN the saloons and those IN the lower
! walks IN hlr. These must be brought into the
! Cinrrh by kindness The Church would prosper
y, re-. he thought, # better te"llng OF
! -nri.lhiiity WAS cultivated. There was a certain
| class III tie ChuIch who thouGht they were use
! lr-, He ADVISED tina; these br Put 10 wo. h
| c-,,eri Ills IN, Young ncu, who must soon take
ne pl.rr, of the older. The bishop dw,lt on
me subject OF advising thr ministers to employ
| H., talent ol the Church actively IN some work
| ~ other. Make the yOung men usherS, ana
! cmpioy them IN other WAYS, that then tmr may
! BE- engaged he spoke IT y e iault fiHnrr> amt
.n,-.rs aul advised that these lcup'c turn t'.ii
a.i,n.ion t. ,hAiiy AMI good wUih'. lie
y..i,f,d lo see she Hrt,.Ddst Chmch p.oSp,l.
ava to urr IN li>h his there mn,i 20 uni',d
cAoit t1r ny Val oi irligi" tc'IIhS'
A-lyr.:.>r.-Tlp Re-. .laTcs r. rrran
C,.!hr..t.,.,l 10 boston la,i SUNDAY ~ ,uc
subject ni "l.calloD, AEON, nCui. IL" toh'
tended ia [ the hahn a. the Gals ihi>t't 'irt-
uiu, l. ti1t % IRE, "nt, men from appearing
uuhn,l,bt ncrc,. l. - lot God wnn re, Is 10 toe
lrbpti,trd. /; l. he who mak's pinpIIa'i' ~
20 IT,. Bat why was hri-ts death NC N'"ly
!, j. not the fact of death which Touches, lot
lhr fact that Dcaih Is cll-,hLici"d. Al }, TIC
nubinly of the ic.Im tlai mahts death cA't,d.
TIE H., rlatt.n # tnIs. : dca'l " the reveal,
,.,n of GODS rr,>cncr IN a." heat al man AMI
rl rs power 80 ~uppOr' ran ~ inc h"nf ~
DEATH Ihat !, the c--crtal thing III ihr DEAN
ui Christ. Gods 10y" works through human
love io save nrn. Fear and force may rr>'lan
men #, m crime, but OILY gcncron, love makes
men better and upliits the world. ihciti 0rr
do not look on Cnrlsis death "a an exceptional
event. but rs the highest manifestation ~ me
nuvrT of love Twu classes at beliefs are held
:, to the atnncmrui-;he mythical and the
moral The first holds that Christ : death was
To enable God u some way Ia pardon man The
second holds that Christ died tor the sake of
n oral effect on men. 10 bring them nearer to
God All human suffering tor truth paIfakes
of the nature OF ChIlsts suifcrng The love
of man, like the love OF CbIist, helps to recon
Gle men To God.
BrRrIs N FRANCE. Nj Rsmeau recently
brought forward in the French Chamber
"A law repeating the fifteenth article OF the
Burial Law of "23 PTarial. An NIL which
drcrcrd that in PAL shes inhabited by mel OF
JfIrrcnt crecds each sect should have lis own
burial place or its own section OF the general
rnm.tniv HE nrnnOsa WAS carried bY 3iS