New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-02
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

THE PULPIT on THE LATE PREsTDENT.-
There was only one theme for the pulpit last
Suuday-the life and services of President Gar
field. Our Mondays exchanges from all parts
of the country were filed with the dlsc0urses
that had been preached to thrOngs OF saddened
men and women on the day before. seldom
has the public and private life of a man fur-
nished such rich material for glowing eulOgy.
The lessons to be learned from his splendid
career were many, and that they will have
marked effect upon the youth OF the land IN
shaping their characters for good work i'll the
world there can be little doubt. In the course
of his remarks the Rev. DR.. Phillips Brooks, of
Boston, said In the first place we cannot but
remember how truly he was n man OF his time.
He recognized what was the best thing to be
done. His recognition of what God was DONG,
and therefore what a servant OF GOD should DE
doing, is a striking feature IN hls history.
Faithful to human freedom loyal to the Union,
faithful to the honesty of the country, lnslstent
upon the purity of the Government, ana deter.
mined that it should not be in the interest OF
few but in that of the whole peOple-standlng
before all these issues, he quailed before none
of them. With that record he stands IN history
glOriiied indeed by the death he has died, but
having his real claim to fame in his eloquent,
earnest, answering allegiance through all MS
life to these causes" The following is a part
Of the tribute that the Rev. Dr. George -;
BOardman, of Philadelphia, paid to the dead
President: Swift in insight, keen Ill oDserVa-
ton, patient in investigation, subtle IN dls-
cIlllI dIlOl, Cdli III ItdSOillnEJ .''
clusiOn clear in judgment, broad III comprehen-
sion, atlluent III memory, sagaclous III plan
ming, wCighty in counsel, delicate III humor,
rich in Imagination, aesthetic III senslDiilCy,
fluent i'll uJterance, perSplcuous IN dlctloh-
these native gifts were enriched by the most
scdul0Gs culture. Born with an intense thirst
for knowledge he spared no pains To inform
himself in all possible directions revealing III
all varieties Of intellectual toni. An adept III
the langIageS-ClaSsc and mOdern-a cOnnOlS-
Il l.v~. ,..Nf lao Ian Y.
Il master in political history and constitutional
law and fiscal science and social economy anu
the civic problems generally, President Uarheim
Wa III an eminent SENSE our schOlar-stateshan'
We have selected these extracts at random, anu
COnld easily fill Il page with others equally
good. The words of these two representative
preachers, however, ind, cate fairly the drllJ Oh
the sermons on that memorable Sunday.
TIE CONGREGATIONAL CREED.-For several
days last week the commission of twenty-five
prominent CiCrgymcn and laymen appointed by
! the National Council OF the CongregalonaI
| Churches To revise the creed and catGGhiSm %
| the Church, was III session IN IlymOutn
| Church. Syracuse. The commission organized
Tuesday .cning by the Clt ctlOn OF the lOlOW-
| ing officers: Chairman, President JULIUS H.
! Seelye, OF Amherst College; secretary, the rev.
! DR.. A. +. Beard, OF syracuse; ana assistant
! Theological Seminary. The following commit
! tees were appointed: 4 committee OF ten TO
! prepare a rcstatcment of Christian DOCTRINES
! President James II. Fairchld, OF Oberiln Col
| lcgc chairman Il committee OF clglt, 10 pre-
pare a Confession of Faith, suitable for the
churchcs,-thc Rev Dr. G.. +. Goodwin, OF Chl-
/ ca.o. chairman Il committee OF elght, 10 pre-
pare a Catcchsm of systematic truth ior Ile
/ instruction of yOuth,-the Rev Alexander Nc
KcnIic of Cambridge, chairman. lheSe
! committees will report to Il full meet
! ing of the commission to be heId not
! later than July - next. Inc cur
! rent number of The christian LatoR, OF winch
! Henry Ward Bcechcr and )r. ADbott are the
! editors, contains this paragraph from cores
! pondcnt: Is there to be Il new creed 1or me
! CONGREGATIONAL churches Is there need fof
! opc( What shall he done with 1t when pre-
| pared We are not Church. but churches'
| Mhy should not each draw NJ Its own state
| Iurut of belief as formerly DO we not h0ld
| for substance of doctrine the belief common
| To all the evangelical churches Is 1t not t!e
! essential spirit of C0ngregatlonalism tlat II Is
! truly catholic p The AdraHce thinks that the
! commission might do worse than To adopt the
! foIInving creed which was sent 10 the journal
| by the Rev. j. G.. Merrill: 81 believe III Go9
| the Father Almighty, Maker oil Heaven ana
! earth and in God the son, Jesus Chrlst our
| Lord and i'm God the Holy spirit one GOD
| ,ybose name il Love. | believe in our need of
! God. our weakness, and our sin, III New LIE,
| i'm sin forgiven through Jesus death, III DllSs
eternal for all who love the Lord, ANA Tor those
! who will not love Him everlasting woe. pc
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! Lords Dnv. the Lords Book, the Lords House,
| and the Lords supper, IN Baptism with wafer
| and by tine Spirit, in the Church universal ana
! thc Communion of the Saints IN the coming
| of the King and the glory OF the KING
TuE PERILs OF METHoDISM.-Ihls subject
! in all of its phases was discussed at the slAth
! dav of the Methodist Ecumenlcal Conference
! i'm London. The Rev. j. Guttrldge (Unlted
NcthodiSt Free Church, thought that I'VE
| n tho ppiutS which we,
| ms ProtcStants, diner trOm PapiSts ana Sacer-
! dotalist,." The Rev Dr. +. i. Ryckman
! NIcthodiSt Church of Canada) thought ina.
! there was danger % III the needless sectl-
| liunism of Professionalism; 90 III the convent
! schools established by Rome, especially lor
| Young ladies; and CD III the extraordinary
! vigilance and persiStcncy IN politics ana III iile
grcat wealth and graSpng disposition ot the
! Church of Rome The Rev. Dr' NeNhlah St9,
! however that " in an open field ana III 4 ialf
| Gght Mcthodism had nothing to lear from
! Rumr." The Rev. DR.. Daniel Curry, OF New
! York. thought that the sccpticiSm which Is Il
| pcrpctual source of peril to vital religion WAS
! nroruiurntlv dangerous to MethOdlSm. Inc
| Pcv DR. g. K. Crooks, of Drew seminary
| maintained that sccptiCiSm was on the decline
! The points which were made by the lteY. W. i-
| Watl,iuSon british Wesleyan Church) may oe
! Summarized rs follows: NcthOdlSn Is peihS
! constantly criticised as Il ChuIch WIN SleIco-
| tvpcd and unprogresSlve creed, ana 'hcle II
| danger lest we should bc provoked by thes9
! criticisms to assume IL more liberal thcol0Slca
character. Another peril is, lest there should
| bc ANYTHING like an attempt to recaSt our
! theology with the view of bringing 1t more lhl9
! harmony with modern thought Another peru
NAV he found in the ministry lacking adequate
Iln9?wI c ' of the various forms of existing
error. Another peril may arise from the de Zee,
| tive Scriptural knowledge of car people; me
mere thoroughly our people are EtouhuGiu ~, III
| the p0sitiVe truths of revelation the less nave
we 10 fear from the all-encompassing presence
of error. Another peril would he found IN me
| decline of our spirituality. The final penn
would suggest will arise when; from any cause
whatever we abatc our elangellcal a't'oh'
NEw-YoRK BAPTIsrS.-Thc .thirty-trSt an
niyrrsary of the Hudson River Baptist Associa'
| ton North was heldat Albany lew days ago,
| and I'm the course of the session Il resolution OF
j ~. H.. ~ ~ ILnSilnnl LLlrI!nll