Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-07-30


The worldrenowned hymn, commencing
"Jesus, lover Of my soul,
Let me TO thy bosom fly"
was written by Charles Wesley under very pc
culiar cir cumstances. The brol hers, John and
| Charles Wesley, with Richard Fillmore, were
one evening holding twilig ht NEE ting, when
they were assailed by a mob. and a d from its
fury for their lives. They took refuge behind
hedge-row, and were there protected from the
missiles which were hurled about them like
hail by the Infatuated m,screapfs In the
deepening darkness they mace their escape
and at some distance found an unoccupied
"spring- house." and there took refuge, and
struck a light with a nt-stone, and there
| Charles Wesley, with a piece of lead which he
had hammered to point, wrote the immor-
tai, soul-eustaiDine hymn alluded to.
in a moment OF uustfui in pirx-
| ton, ceasing from man and looking
alone to God. Rev. DR.. Cuyler, at
the close of his sermon in Plymouth church
| last Sabbath gave out this remarkable and
celebrated hymn to be sung by the choir aHd
congregation, remarkiDg that it was saturat-
the convenience of the reader We present this
! wonderful ~ devotional hymn of trusting faith
as found in the hymn hOOks.A
Mr.. HENRY WARD BEBcHER assails the
| basis of the the logy OF the day, in an article
in the North American Rcriear for August,
attacking and deriding The Presbyterian con.
fessiOn of faith with an abandon that will fire
the envy of Bob Ingersoll. Heexails ''science"
above inspirations; denies the inspiration of
the Bible in the Mosaic account of the cres-
ton, the temptat on and fall in lhe garden;
and Houts as puerile and childish the alleged
conduct OF the Creator in placing inno-
cence and iDexpenence before such
temptations, sure to be corrupted, and
to entail preordained corrupt race
upon the world. Mr.. Beecher's positions
will attract wide attention, and call forth
caustic criticisms and denunciation. He has
assalled the integrity of Bible inspiration, cut
loose from the current orthodox theology of
the time, laid blow at the very foundations of
the Christian church, and swung of into the
cold and gloomy domain OF cherries scepti-
cism. He must, inevitably, henceforth cease
to be regarded as an orthodox clergyman, and
his church. unless his seductive platitudes
leads it away into his new school OF infidelity.
will, from the necessity of the case, be COM
PEELED to bring him to account for his rank
and amazing heresies.
In last Sundays "Timely Topic" column
of the GLOBE we descanted on the custom of
selling young girls at auction to raise church
funds We this week extract the following
from devout religious journal, as a fitting
commentary on such strange and improper
practices: "The spirit of progression in the
church, as it is interpreted at rhe present
day, means, we fear. progress
sion from the simplicity and humility
of Christianity, as exemplified in the example
and teaching OF our Lord and his disciples.
There is such tendency nowadays, In the
church everywhere, no matter what the de-
nomination may be, to break away from an
cient moorings-to become sssimilated to the
| thoughts and ways of the world, and to do it,
| too, under the cloak of religion. 1t is sad
/ sight assuredly to see such q wholesale de-
| clension from the simple practices of ancient
Christianity and such determination to con-
form to the world in everything. Judging
from the way IN which some men reason on
this subject we might conclude that the gos.
pei and its requirements was subject to change,
and what was ADAPTED to the first century of
| the church's history was not, at all suitable
| for this enlightened age. W. are living in
progressive times, hence the simplicity OF
those early Christians cannot be suited to our
dau ND cf ho hon 70
Christians SO very odd, and subject to remark,