Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-09-16
RELIGIOUS OPTION.

The Christian at Work thinks "there i
little doubt that the original camp. meeting
! have ceased toexistatthe East and the prob
ability Is that nine tenths of the various per
InaneI5 religious gatherings at watering
| places present mixture Of religion, rea
| estate speculation, house building anG
| hotel mana cement, which is none the less
homogeneous that it has become popular and
profitable"
One item of Senator Hills viii is as fol.
| Iowa: 81 now give and bequeath TO my
wife and children that which some of them
now possess, and which assure them, in
! full view of death, is far richer than gold
and more to be desired than all human
honors. God is living God, and Christ
| came into the world to save sinners |
beg them to have faith in Jesus. for by this
faith alone can they be saved. y
Or the Roman Catholic Archbishop
Lynch's presentation at the COure of St.
James the ChGrchma;a says: He is the
first Roman preiate who mas been formally
presented at the Court of st. James fer
200 years, not even Cardinals M9nuing and
Howard having enjoyed that distinction.
Trivial, therefore, as the incident may
seem in itself, its Importance is consider.
able. The event may be regarded as
Catholic Emancipation in new sense
toe emancipation of English Catholicism
from its somewhat cowardly attitude of
non-intercourse with Rome, and the procla.
nation of the good old English doctrine of
fair play. If it is the end of Erastianism
in the Church of England, or the begin.
ming of the end, We are thankful"
The Rev. DR.. F. Fl. Hedge says in the
September rumber of the Unitarian Re
rieU. That ths spirit OF God may and does
s netimes act directly on the soul, with
tt Intervention of Church or any second.
ay agent, is a fundamental principle of
Christian doctrine, never to be surrendered.
Every fresh dispensation of religion has
originated in thai way. But practically,
for the mass of mankind, the spirit acts
through the Church and every sect that
has grounded itself on the principle of pri.
vate inspiration, from Montanisrn to
Quakerism, has persisted utterly, or drags
a decadent, dying life. Professionalism did
not at the start assume that ground. It
was not protest against the Church az
such, but only against certain abuses and
corruptions. Aud Professionalism itself.
unless it can recall its separations and atone
its sahlsms, an renouncing dogmatic will
fulness, round itself into one, is doomed to
pass away, and be reabsorbed in the large
fold of an ecumenical Church.
The Evangelist says ''The Presby
terrain has recently published remgrka.
Die communication, IN which our ministers
and layman ara urged to Withdraw SYM
pathy and patronage from two of our
theological seminaries on the alleged
ground OF their want of fidelity to church
doctrine. We hardly know how to char.
acterize auch a suggestion its publication
IN one of our church papers is phenom.
enon; the task of apology for it seems
hopeless. We beg leave simply to pre-
dict that the business of talking down in
this style such seminaries as Union aud
Lane will be likely not only to prove q
conspicuous failure, but also to react dis
astrously upon those who undertake and
those who encourage it. Oar united
Church has no room in it for such policy
OF prescription it is not ready 70 trample
any of its institutions under foot at the
suggestion of any assuming or ambitious
taction; and wee will certainly befall the
men who, in defiance of the spirit of union
now prevalent, attempt to pursue policy
SO destructive"
The Jewish Messenger says "'The sIur,
the invective acknowledgement the founder
of the dogmas of Christianity are not char
acteristic of the we'll edited or representa-
tive Jewish paper. In our infammable era
the Jew must be cautious and on his guard.
Ii his faith be attacked, let him answer,
but ever in fair and decorous way other
wise let him hold his peace as to the his
torical and moral worth of the Christian
System his criticism is uncalled for and
impertinent. 1t is but an arrotsnt Jewish
editor who can claim the availability of
a Pope, and assert his right to publish his
incorporate judgment on the mysteries of
another religion, which are regarded by
millions with vastly more reverence than
he attaches to his own ancestral belief. On
the other hand, let him utilize every op.
portunitY to spread peace and goodwill
among all the religions, and advocate their
union, without compromise of principle, in
all useful enterprises for the common vel
fare"