New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-01

future. The Church Is the nursery OF grief,
the theatre the home of mirth and Joy; The
Church tOrges letters, the theatre breaks
them. The Church represses, the theatre IN
spires. The Church thrives on ignorance, the
theatre on intellectual development 1t Is put
fair to say that the Church is full OF gooG m
tentions and the theatre equally full or folly,
but the good purposes of the Church are mostly
frustrated by the impOtency of age, while the
mistakes OF the theatre generally those OF
youth. The Church has OutIved all It's useful
ness, while the theatre is full of undevelopeed
possibilities Of good" Mr.. Chainey must he
very supplemented if he expects the world to
accept this absurd statement Evidently the
fools are not all III the theological camp.
A TIE DEUM AFTER VICToRY-The ap-
pointment of last Sunday, by the Archbishop
OF I ork, IA day of thanksgiving IN the Eng
Esh Church for the triumph of the English arms
in Egypt, has called forth sharp and merited
criticism. For Christian Church TO celebrate
victory which has involved the lives OF
thousands of innocent men, is an act OF doubt
full morality, even when the war is undertaken
for a sacred cause. But when the Church
sings lie Deum over the slaughter OF war
that may have been caused by genuine grlev-
ances or a natural misunderstanding, or by the
wlles of diplomacy, it is committing a highly
immoral act The wild and ignorant savage Is
excusable when he beats his tOm-tOm over the
corpse of his victim, and sings pecan OF We
troy to his fetch but it is humlliating that the
the globe, representing the high-water mark of
modern civilization, should do what is practi-
catly the same thing.
The Central Christian AdrOcnte SAYS that
within the last decade Canada Methodsm has
been making rapid strides, and is now an i'm
pOrtant factor in the Protestant element OF
the religious condition of the Dominion, and
neutralizlng the power of Catholicism III the
older parts. The aggregation of power, by the
union of the New Connection MethOdists and
the Wesleyan Church, and forming the MethO-
dist Church of Canada has enabled the united
body to advnce in every department and the
success attending this union is now felt in all
the other branches of MethOdism, and the SEN
tlment seems ripe, that at least the lnclplent
steps should be taken to unite all into one
strong Church that will be as wide as the
dominion.
1t is stated in The american Missionary that
some OF the cOlOTed preachers In most parts OF
the South are ignorant fat. lazy and licentiOus.
Many of them use intoxicating liquors freely.
The influence of such men Is Of course curse
to the cOlOred people, and Is the cause OF much
immortality among the married women who are
members of the "colOred churches" In the
meetings they work themselves into IncOherent
fury, stamp and yell, and appeal only to the
feelings of their uninstructed followers.
These old men denOunce ode high-tiyin
prTeachln' we has desc days Ihey say us
all book rarnin' dey amt no Holy Ghos IN
it at all. Dis new religion mighty smaht, an
mighty proad, but it hain't got no teelln to It,"
The Wdtcbtoirer announces, as though 1t
were new discovery, that religions revival
becomes necessary from time TO time. Or
course it does. SO does physical revival or
an intellectual revival, or revival OF interest
in the study of botany. All these facts are
truiSns. The interesting thing would be to
have a discussion OH the question how to get
genuine revival Of genuine religion, rs opposed
to a revival OF sectarlan influence and prejudice.
Tie prOpOsal to build cathedral for the
archdiocese of Westminster, adjoining Cardl-
nal Manning's present residence in the NauX-
hall road, at a cost of 100000, but which
was temporarily abandoned live years ago, at the
request OF his Eminence, has been again re-
vived, and subscriptions are now solicited to.
ward carrying ont the project. The plans OF
the Cathedral, which is to be in the early
Gothic style, are already prepared.
Bishop Ryle. of Liverpool, according to the
Bourbon ChuGchmen, has done two dreadful
things during his holiday in Scotland he has
not only preferred to attend the Presbyterian
Church at Pitlochle rather than the Eplscopa-
liam. but he mas preached in the Presbyterian
Kirk of Blair-A thOl The incumbent OF Pitlo-
chic lays his complaint Ill the Kltuallstlc
organs. and no doubt will receive the deepest
sympathy.
The Rev. VI. L. Firor, of Baltimore, re-
Gently preached sermon on the evils OF slang,
which he denounced aB prelude to profanity
Ii may be SAID in answer to tins sweeping aoser-
tiou tLat Christ and His Apostles in their utter
ances sometimes made use of cOlloquial express
sions which in our day would be called slang.
81 Bow preachers" appear to be the rage now.
Tbev seem To be called boys" simply for
effect. as some OF them are more than forty
wears of age. The last one heard from is
= Mr." G.. X. Little, who is working up u re-
vvals in Maryland.
The first sermon Of the Key Newman
Snvthe. as pastor OF the Centre ChuIch, New
Haven, was on the subject, The Church the
Leader