New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-29
CURRENT RELIGIOUS OPINION

LISA groat mistake to underrate the value OF
morality This error Is often maze oy JA'se 40
attliuabe. without tue and Of divine grace 10 Us
MY the soul. In warning meu OI the danger 81 Ig-
living on morality for 5alyatlun the impression -
made that lt Is Of no value. IL Is true lu"1 IIo
VIII, dies with no other preparation TOT tle-
Judgment than his works OF righteousness " III
have better chance OF final salvation tuah du lul
moral man. For the ground OF salvation is loC our
own righteousness which Is never perfect. NEE up
10 uhe reauirement OF Gods law, DuI tug Il-At
oOu,nes5 which Is Of God DY laIA. ~ uogs -
follow however. that morality Is OF no value ~
ftelf and a, related 70 the ChrlStah NE II ousnl
IN be encouraged both for ~ own sake ana LOT me
ankle of Its tendency 70 lead men TO OuIlst ,t'oIl
one ocl,noU lodges the de-iraDlene OF uprsuiuesS
integrity. morality IN community ana most peO'lo
seek such Il community IN preference ~ AZ III.
moral and avless one. IL IS not without I c.sou
III 4, socIetv prefers man Of thorough integrity
,thout religion to one who makes proles'loH To-
lii0n but is not strictly uprtgh IN al hls elHtonS
10 his frllow-meu. The one mas lhtI NuIOL y i
,coI -alue 10 socpty while the other however louu
his professions. has neither mOIdly nor III
and ls REGARDED 10y all alike as disgrace % .ue PlO
frs.ion ne makes The Northern CHRISTIAN ANU
cate.
Ministers are ant to make great mistakes in the
selection of themes when tley pItAIA a. -
~. have recently heard o. several SURF r'9lus III
stances IIusrati W. of this. Instead OF uIscOursus
ON 0rdingrv texts and topics they have useu some
specal preparation upon when they nlRo sp Tt
o,,siJ.r, lie tirnc md in reference 70 WHlch buJ
few hearers feel any particular interest ,onc
fines curious text chosen. aud tle ony eueVl Vi
itsaunounce meutI 20 excite the cutlOatJ5 "a
t,rsg,tion A. IN what the preacher Will stI ouJ Ol
it, Not unfreqIently liD"Ieu ,i 19Cu.I "a -
some difficult theological sub5etl II 7e4eOIc'' Vi
profound attempt Is made TO AdrhouIe 9 i az.
revelatlon or TO rxuOse he errors Of iuA4ey VI
Darwin All of which l. a. un wise rs ~ - uIie
cessarv Ii pastors sometimes Ieel /. CO TO- 90 Yin
Qiye attention TO these SUBJECTS lucS may W ~ -
| comparatiye impunity. But IN preacuII3 an oCud-
sIonal sermon and especially when c1hu. Vdq
best course Is 20 use simple leAV' Sue-''.l'C II
I nd vii
an otIsr course IL gerOus. We nave heaIu OF
younp man who cauGidated with Il seiiii9u od'o "
tGe ris-uDctIve coniunctIOn-" bM Inc expert
uao 90 d allure and the last time he tried &c
n good deacon made bold 20 say to MN oI, 10
was most ingenious discourse anu We @le 90, e.
ngly obliged to you Tor H. On, you b nc RJntist
preacher that will do Tor Us Limo D"p'''O
Weekly.
The Personal Liberty Lea-ue Is the tue OF an
organization formed In many parts Oh to CJ'I,,y
iarnpIv bv our German felOw-c SZens LOT Ult p'tI
ma, Of MAINTAINING q mans right 70 drlhb al '.e
iquor be wanrs-termented OF !ta rs1,1ant
/ defeat the Vaccinations o. tnoso l H, ~
tyrInfs > the prohibtlonsts To Us there Is SOME
! tbiug exceedingly funny IN the solemn poinp1"19
ness III ;be pretens.ous of this ofgahLaItou. NC
Iie,ror dealers and drinkers who form IL nave L'I
liberty TO undermine the health ~ea'.h au" lll'
of their respective communities IOI StIIs, OF e.,
! body now proposes 10 Interfere NllA ~ ~ = - Ill
dido dividuallv whether JLeY VIII Hahe vi scr
liuuOr But the state mas the rlgAt' Il a l 80 %
! it, voters so demand, TO Dlu Ihese foue0NiGn ~
aI.s t4RW
~, no. liberty to run "A bOne-bOlling factory IL no
likes and his freedom Is not lnlrhge1 ny Lls ocits
forblddcn to maintain 1t WITHIN Guy II'I' w
r1ota - thpre any uniairness IN hlddug ahOInoI Lau
~, ~, mi sell his luuOr somewhere else, Whch MS
Az doing within the state Is demonstraDIe evil
! The COngregatIouaASV'
| . notorious den of vice was opened in London
few DAYS since, TO the intense delight OF EngtSn
rones and debauchees W orse SUN uhe PidoI1 -
| anfhorIzed By law to DO the deyils worK. ne
/ establishment had been closed for about Two years
T',.;ro tbnt perod the frequeuters OF Tue uen III
| nne.tion made night hideOus with tneir orgies III
the adjoining streets. This Notorious zen y Know
as the argyle Rooms VI c 0uIso ~ u,atcono
To- which reek with crime of the worst Klhel' anu
where iuiquty burns out all that is goou anu nc
| m human nature; but that such pLace snoou ILL.,, 10
sanctioned by law in the very shadoW Vi tno ~
| a. something that IL sufficient 70 horrily even n
" Beeeher himself. It s no WONDER tndS nit t.s
morality il at such low ebD Wheh Tue Id" 'sei =
! tsnJs to nurture eifemnacy 10 legahze vice anu
,no-e ,nnoceut victims till they are utterly Iose
IN society and God And this in the gfeat cei,le
| of civilization - sanctlnoni0us, blOIe'Ieau'"s
| England = The New-fork Tablet
| r,io s,rarge that tie preacher Of the old-iash-
ioned doctrines OF sin, and its eternal penas,es,
should be viewed with dlsfnyor wueh We les
and dramatist find the armament s .as h
| admration at their equally lurld pictures 1t the
| wnrkiu0. of "A guilty conscience. froIesSOI neIps
In his new portfolio" says that Iol1 -t-scy 'us ~
Shakespeare dramatic tragedy ulscIoses sra anp
tie cIannr OF Coincidence in the same way that old
| ,,n,s fhsologv has indicated, aud not otherwise
cnnld genius keen literature true 10 tDe lacls OF
life The Marble Faun.' with 10 tneologica,
| coior,ng the biblical idea of Gods wrath against
sin manifested in an an akened conscience; 90 y,
| Uolmes,s Elsie Yenner" and George Eliots Mo
demarch the facts, when lntetpenettsa.o si -
vivid prominence 1.-THE Church Union.