New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-12
CCRREAT RELIGIOUS OPLNION

II is difficult to say which has suffered the
greatest loss in the death of Dr.. Bellows Of New
York the social the literary. or the religious
circle in which he moved, and 70 all Of W hich be
was recognized as a leader. Ills laIge-hearted
Jenevolence carried to practical results By quick
an, clear insight into the relation OF means 10 the
ends proposed. made him efficient IN execution
as be was wise IN planning. II ~ eminent services
To the nation in the sanitary Commission, entItie
him to grateful remembrance bv All the people he
was perhaps a. prominent and as useful al things
considered As any of the many eminent ministers IN
New York City, and with him we believe mat
lbeIality was not merely another name i0r loose
ness He c0uld hold, express aud defend his own
views of doctrine and Of duty, without yllitying or
needlcssly tending others from whom he diHeteI.
He was a man whose theology was 20 thoroughly
immersed IN his Christianity that few, II any IN
meeting him. or listening 10 bin. cared to distIn-
guish between them. All persuasIons and parties
loin in the admission, A great ana gOod mah has
fallen."-lThe Religious Herald.
Once in n while we still hear the old croak that
reigion has lost its hold the general public that
the church and IT'S pu PIT are no longer power Iu
the world: and that religious reahlng uaS gwen
Mace 10 the daily newspaper 10 thls NeheraDso
bticn there Is no better answer than that gwen Dy
me ANIMAL statistics of the Dumber OF books, ia tho
several classes of literature. published ~ America
and England. From the hgures OF the EhgIIsn
hook trade for last year. II appears thai as nhus,
theology heads the list with nine hnhuEeu aIu
forty-fye works; educational and Grass ca p.i III,
on i0ns are Second with six hundred ana eiSnty-
-, p" etc Publshers issue books % sell, and they
are not accustomed to put fcrth year py Nedt ,na'
nobody
,1n ond ale of rell giOus books Is perfectly lalr
test If fine general demand. That little colere on
readers winch no longer cares tor religious books
makes the ostricb's mistake OF measuring the
nanarIties of otner heads 6y the situation OF It's
own.-lIhe Suuday-School lines.
Our esteemed contemporaries the Protesting
xe.lSlies. are full of the Mormon problem. They
do not consider the divorce problem worth atten-
ton. though IL is nearer to them. good Protest.
ant IL seems may Inuulge IN TWO or three wives IN
succession, and put them away IN success on; but
the Mormon, who prefers TO have them all at once,
is loudly condemned Even Zi0R's Herald, torgets
lis amusing stories about Indians and Papists VINO
learned to love their Bible, and turns TO smite me
Mormons While the Protestant secis show snen
tenderness toward absolute divorce, thoy womb oe
consistent in letting the Mormon probleh alone. A
man with a living wife and wlie-in-law Is not
more moral than the Mormon who keeps harem.-
THE New-York Freeman's Journal
A nroblem. let it be remembered is something 70
he done not discussed We have been taxing
abont Mormonism these many years; u Is tlino 70
ston talking and 60 to work Utah mas been = ny
namited so far as words can do H. quite hul'ogs
~ times: on such treatment polygamy tar'es. II
the surviving twin relic" Is to oe eAtirpated es
ns have n swift decision upon the pest Weapons
and a resolute use of them.-IIbe Christian Cnions