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

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tion which now contains Christianity Is an eA-
c,ascence of later growth. which has very
much changed or modified the original gospel
In the great fields oil biblical criticism anu ~
clesiastical history patent scholars nIfo
arisen ,,bo have attempted with more or less
snccess 10 uurave the tangled skein OF circun,-
stances which have united in producing MOI
ern Christianity, and TO present to the "oTlu tne
real substratum of Jesus's simple teachings
NoU II il undoubtedly true that there IA very
wide divergence between the religious systems
of the Apostolic age and even the most con
servative of modern Christian bUdles-a IL
vergence not simply IN the domain Oh pellel,
but in ways of looking at Things, anu huue5 va
thought Anyone Who has carefully stndleu
the rude though graphic delineatlons oil CnrlS-
tan art which have been found IN the Cat9-
combs OF Rome VIII mt once feel that the peoPle
who traced them were separated from NC
Christians OF to-day by a word-Wue E'lIol
ence The ways in which they spoke OF ChIlSt'
the ritual of their worship, their views oil thls
world and the world to come, their cohceptlpn
of the duties OF citizenship, are all forelgn 10
current life OF the modern Christian Ohurcn'
When we come to the subject Oh OIgahlAi
ton the difference between the ancient hnu
the modern Church is even greater. CHIla'
mlde no attempt to organize Hls Iouo"ets'
lie was content to leave with them Il rev pilu-
ciples OF such vitality that they shook sOele'y
10 its very centre. But what was lneFltaole
very quickly happened. These principles soon
sought the protection of n system. An uhoI-
ganiZed collection even or truths can no hloiiS
exist III the rough contest Win eilOr IMAM C"ulI
the turtle without It, shell. Inc Apostles anu
early Fathers SAW that the Church must ue
organized if it would cope sue cesstully win
PaganSm and they Organized IL rs lntl
thought To lee most conducive 10 Is sioH,H
ana prosperity. THIS Was the urst step III Snc
necessary dey eOpment OF the ChuICn: ~
next was that the tenn Orary ORGANIZATION
would soon be regarded "a permanent tneh
divine, and that then II would shape ana c0ioI
the body of doctrine of which IL was al HTsI
only tie chance guardian. Hence the e4iHJ-
cncc of the great rel g!0us organizations Nuch
hav Interpreted the simple principles or Jesus
tin 'u tie pOlyChTOmatic lenses OF tAelI
theo.O -ies, and to the defence 81 when 80
MANY noble minds have devoted themselves;
But while all tins Is Sd it must be rememoeIeu
that it Is so 10y necessity. Inc OhurcL
simply dcVelO ped from Il simpler 10 Il more
connie form. following in this the unlvers'l
process. While the world may WISH 10 uHEc
again the untrammellcd Joy0usness OF tne
Apostolic Church. which needed no machinery
il must take the Church of to-day with all Its
faults and defects, a., on Tie whole, tue mnutlH
EXPRESSION of the gospel of the great Gallltah
Peasant The times change, and we change
with them
A queer case Of clerical domiciliary vista
ton has occurred in Scotland. y free hlrh
man on going homo found the LsIaoilsueu
Church minister engaged IN his house on q pas
t0ral visit. rs the reverend gentleman re-
fused 10 quit tie Free Kirk man torcloH
thrust HIM out, and was subsequently sum-
moued for assault. The minister cialmeu llal
the Church of Scotland had law when gave
him the right 10 visit every house IN the parish
The magistrates, of course, decided thar
householder had the right 10 eject an intruder
clerical or other. There Is TOO much OF thls AFRO
CATION of vast and uAd lined spiritual pow Oh
the par Of some OF the ciergy-nOt the re-
ally great and holy ones. but the lnsuiielaOly
priggi,h and conceIted bedgllngs Many such
men have not the brains or the ability to take
! prorcr care Of gOod-SIzCd cattle yard, ana yet
they loudly assert the rslI 10 nave sue O4l' 1c
Of immortal souls
| Tie London Saadajd in a thoughtful article
! on TIE religious uutOOk, says: he teud III Tue
present day l. not between the ministers hlu
| mem beers Of different creeds, but between men,
! Lers and ministers Of the same. Ii is the Rt1-
aIi,tapd Evangelical. both belonging to the
! Establishment, who find II hard to SINK their
/ differences and to stand together upon some
/ common GROUND. Civil war j. the OltteIest OF
aII and ii is this that the religious quarrels OF
! the period resemble. A quarter OF a century
| oro thrve was scarcely q theological sect when
! did not bring charge of 'prOselytZinS
/ against some competing communion. oucl d
! complaint is seldom or never heard now. we
! have reached u happy period OF what may be
! called international truce IN spiritual aualIs 3
! and nothing more is 10 be desired than that the
| same influences of liberation and amlty should
| be universal within the pale OF every chlrch
| constituting the aggregate OF religious Eng
| land
Nothing is more pitiable than the narrow
! bitternes, Cf theological rncor. Herbert
! -nrucfr a lceU thinker who has touched deity
and truly some of the great problems OF
/ humanity. I, in This country; and TINS i tht
way that The Catholic IcicgrdpR refers 10 MN .
| lie resembles his scli-cdlucu relative, thal
! di,tiuEnl -heG member OF the great progressive
uucu!lte tribe, called by ordinary men Ine
! donkey: and coming up to his own auecuonate
! tribute 20 that animals sterling merits cauuo!
! well avoid beng an extremely clever brute
! He also bears a strong family likeness To some
| second cousins OF his, OF whom lie kindly say -
| 'tbe highly mOtile trunk, with Its tdctile ape
neudage. gives these creatures m exceptional
! chance of gruspng an object al round
| which Las put them intellectually IN the
very front rank such Is a specimen OIL
some OF the religious journalism OF to-day
II is asserted by writer IN the English
! church Quarterly terrier that the religious con
| dilou Of Wales Is at very low ebh, alN tldi
! drunkenness and lmmoralty abound lie IN
| Inmates that the prevalence OF dissent Is the
/ cause of this state OF Affairs, and that II the
! Established Church were dominant ID Wales Us
| il i, in England, il would be almost paradise
! Then Ehv does not this wonderful church enter
in and possess the lanI1 If the Established
! Church be- the only divine agency to bring sal
| walton 10 men, let It prove Tat II Is by lI'
yy"r',5 and not by its words. This are has but
SAINT reverence for the ny thical decroJals by
which ecclesiastical bodies try to prove theiI
AUTHORITY: bur 1t has and always Will have
treat respect Tor good, substantial wt.& undei
! whatever agency It may be done. Ii the ChuIcN
of F,gland really has the exclusive divine rgh
to save Wales it ought TO so about it at once
George Clancy, of whom the world has moi
hitherto heard, lectures every sunday III Dos
ton. Last sunday, in n Lecture on Mr
Beecher's Confession OF Faith" he speh,
much time in trying TO prove the immortality o.
the Christian religion and its direful effect on
the minds OF children aud youth. He charged