New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-04
CURRENT EELIGI0US OPINION

Tho differences between the two wings Of the
Corgrr-ationalsts the liberal and the consetya-
tive. are differences wholly III theolcglcal eNpliha
tiors OF Christian experience; they are not differ
ences i'm tie experience, Themselves. They exist IA
all denominations though Just now they are especi-
ally prominent IN one. 10 partlcularlIe; All Con
crccationallst- believe that Christian parents ought
IN consecratr their infant children TO Christ the
conservative thinks BE- should do tins by sprnAin4
watr upon him, the liberal thinks 10 makes 10 par
tlcular difference whether he sprlnhles water or
NOT All CongrccatlOnI!lsts lind The burden or SIN
removed in the presence OF the grand historic TACT
of the life sntferings and death OF the Son OF tod
fine conservatives are sure thai ths Is due 10 some
effect which that death has had upon God ana HIS
government. the liberals are sure THAT they DO not
no,y how that death gives peace 10 he uertu-bed;
and they are inclined 10 think that no one else
knows. An CongrcgatIonaists are agreed III bring
inc the richest treasures OF ther heari5 dGoIl'l'h
10 Christ Jesus: lie conscrN ives 'hIIih iHoy
l-uow what is meant hy lie drclarItlon thAt ne u
of one substance with the FATHER the Hbei AIS are
sura tbat they 90 not All COngre gatlonallst5 are
agreed in the solemn sense of Their personal ac-
Countahilitv 10 the IuiEe of all the earth; the
conservatives are more or less clear IN thelr
prophecy of the final results OF lncorrglUie SIN ihc
liberals are more or less inclined to eaVe tha' Ina
result in the hands OF God rs among inc uhsoiNeb
problems Of the universe. An army WIN an ID
cibic centre il none the worse ipt TWO Wln-'' Inc
t.,n WINS may Ice tar apart az he tlp II they are
united firmly in the centre. heueFef tie HptIdi
- ,et. - f1r from the centre rs 70 deny he
vital spiritual facts of sin, pardon and DIVINE
c,viour and Life-tiiyer. whenever the cOnsefYa-
tivc wing Gets 80 far from the centre rs 10 mink
only of it, dOgmItlc denUlilonS anu loIL'0 Inv
spir.tual truths they We're INTENDED 10 ucHAe ana
lofaud there is danger of dlslntegralIo n-not ne
fore At present there is no such 1anger I'D the
CONGREGATIONAL churches.-.Ih Christian tnioh.
Many things 20 to show that our Presbyterian
aud Unconventional brethren are coming 10 tht con
vctiou OF the desrab eurss of Liturgy. using thIt
word in its widest sicnii.cation. We venture 10
suggest the thought that Liturgy s only one part
of a vasi system With which 1t Is connected 5y UNI
numbered living bonds. Taken cut OF ana stpa-
rated from tins system ~ loses Ire am power OF
anphcatlon. No one would think OF attempt ING 20
drag a train OF railway carriages ~ tDe dri'InnS
wheel Of locomotive without the rest OF lhe
machine we fully believe that the attempt 20 use
n Liturgy without the rest OF the system 10 when
il belongs. and which IT implies. VIII result III TIC
same failure. The Churchman.
Walt Whitman is to us the greatest Literary hum-
hing of the age. Ii the stun which lie mas written
we're boiled down the rcsiduum OF poetry womb
not pay for the process. An llIterate anu fu.-a
man Of idle and bohemian habits, he found that ne
couId attract the attention of the public Dy start
ling il with a series OF what be cated oar parlC
vaWps" Unrestraned by any laws OF rhym
rhythm or rhetoric. he proceeded 10 PRINT inc
baldest commonplaces and the nakedest enllmera
tons with the ar and assumption Of a seer. MS
whole stock In trade was autacity, the result IN
nart 20 m, inenabe self-coucelt and IN part OF a
cunning instinct for success.-.Ihe ChrlsIIan III
telhgencer.
The recent invitation 10 Colonel Robert G.. lnger-
soil 10 deliver the address in New YORK Clty on that
day Decoration Day was nothing less tndn d
nnblic iudecency . To have asked Mr.. Delegate
cannon OF Utah, TO preside over meeting III DC
half of the purity OF the home, would nave Deen
les of a satire than tbis.-tIhe SUNDAY -oehooi
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