New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-30
CURRENT RELIGIOUS OPINION

Is there any rock hardest to hew and carve, any
coors costly and rare TO procure, any woods
precious to sight and nOstrll. any structure harno-
NOUS TO the eye, any ceiling dltlcut 10 mould, any
draUerics rich and delicate in wool ana aye, any
organ son0rous and peal ng-let these be the very
things purchased with Sacrlhee, WIN patent ChotSs
and persistent endeavOr whercwIth 10 build the
house of the great God, seeing that at the best, We
can give him back only what he has tTst freely
given us and that our NaStest eIlOIts 10 MAKE maze
shrlnes worthy of His praise fall below the daily
wonders of the dawn and the sunset, the archltec-
ture of the pllared woods and the turIeted clouds
the glory Of the heavens, the altar-llghts OF the
stars and the Incompatible splend0rS, stained into
e. e yeSturc OF the autumn hills he Rev. Dr. A.
Bellows ut the Claiming Memorial Church Service
The vapid sensational literature Of this age is like
the seeds OF nOXious plants IL yItates anu degradeS
wherever IL gets a tOothold. III makes slckIy
mothers sentimental daughters, hayward sons or
essenced fops and tawdry homes, wherever IL taxes
deep root Nor is this its worst. 1t opens the hood
gates of moral corruption. IL sweeps away the par
rers 10 social vice. and lets in upon society under
softer names what Ezekiel and Paul call ab1lnlna-
tons From the time when certain religious
writer's for the popularity 1t gave theln, Degan 20
make merry over the Puritan sabbath, ana the ola
time blue skins in religion, until lngeTsoll iilled the
largest halls the country with eager listeners 70
his silvery tongued blasphemy, the sentiment OF
reverence has been waning and the END Is not Yet.
Ii behoOves all Christians To set the race as NM
against this spirit OF evIl.-lThe Religious Herald
The death of Dr. Holland has removed not only
one of most accomplished editors ana sue NC ,,
authors but one Of the pest specimens VI !" ao
Christian manhood. hat II 10 say, ho na' w
manly, sweetly humane. unaiiectedly human IN al
his syInpathies and intercourse. HIS writlnss naso
Sometimes been moderated on account OF TINS very
quality which has made them level 10 Tue common
thought and precious to the common nea ~. VI
human kind Few successful men nave ogen ~ ul
spoiled or so helpful to those VINO needod COUNSEL
apd enconragement in their early struggies.-llne
Christian IntellIgencer.
We cannot wonder at the action Of the Methodist
49, .,oos;t;as mr. Thomas may be wise man, and
SUI, ,raacher and in thousand ways estlmable.
Int Il we understand him, by his Own avowal lac
D1 himself place on the wrong side OF the lina
49, senorates Evangelical from n0n-Evangelical
believers, and see not how his best friends could
have done other than, by his Own words, to decide
tthatwhateyer else he may be that Is good or great
he is not a Methodist The Congregationahst.
A rabbi recently died in Hungary In his l01st
wear after holding for seyentY-ive years the same
1ositon in his native tow In America such long.
eyity among rabbis Is impossible. They change
their views and positions too fast, and 50 do the
people.--IThe Jewish Messenger.