New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-07-02


manifestations OF feeling. on the ground that
the body and the soul are so united Jhat the
former must he affected by whatever pro-
fOundly stirs the latter"
In a recent number of The Independent the
Rev. T. :. Boyd asserts that COngregallOnailSls
have dropped CalviniSm entirely he 'oD,,
gregatIonallsts,' he says, nave not Waleu
until the last quarter of the nlneternth century
tO learn that Jesus Christ. and not john calvin,
is tue true cornerstone IF the Christian Chuicl.
All that is of value, of permanent value III
Calvini>m was taught by Jesus, the rell leau
of the Church but he never Taught taNinlshl'
He taught larger gospel ana a uroa"e'
theology than Calvinsm contains. The relig-
ion oi Jesus Christ Is all the better adal TED To
the variou idtious and CLASSES ot the human
race by ~ lCf its breadth and tunesS
The Congr atilnaii>ts have dropped that
ystem of theology, as inadequate 10 the
present needs of the race. 1t ~ too small a cup
In which 10 carry to the millions athlrSt the
water OF life IL is not only too small, out II Is
too much a work of art to render the best SER
vice rhe variOns devices of the exterior at
tract more attention tau the water within.
The american Wesleyan says of the Methodist
Episcopal Chnrch: There is yet too nuch
difference Gu the score OF ecclesiastical d"mi-
nation of ecc esIastlcal governmental deSpOt-
ism. There are too many grabbing, ntcN'it
gambling sOcals, and ali sort, OF NoI"Wy
means measures aud appliances. There are
too many and pronounced holiness hghters'
rendering it nect sSary mat many hDiIheSS peo
pie foi sake their communion Tor the 1Ooh oi
gospel liberty. There are too many dark ana
b oOd-staInrd orders taking sanctuary 40 heI
affairs and too many OI her ministers are ueFo-
tees at the secret affairs of Bal. ne blood
spots of oppression are still too visible On her
churchly robes God IN HIS almighty Prov
dence wrest tine bleed slave from lhe'
grasp, hence other provldentlally enforced
Welding NJ of vickcdneSS may cOne III INC udy
of ln1Op donm nu de Iil,
Cardinal McCate replying the other day to
an address presented to hlm by ths t"t"el
Mathew Total Abstinence society, sa'u thit -"
was afraid the secret societc, had gut lfrrlDlc
hold on Ireland That WIS not his opinion
alone, hut of those VINO know the country
better than he does | hr origin Ot these secret
societies was always to be l0und IN the punlic-
house Their poor unfortunate Young ltil""-
countrymcn, who's love for tn,r country "aN
intense, stimulated uy rlc influence o. drink
were betmy ed into u position IRON VINO" re-
treat WAS almost impuS>blc Love OF country
WAS a GOOD thing. bar they should love every
thing in moderation The love al country that
WAS inconsistent wIth tie love OF God WAS uot
worthy of the name.
The Most Rev. Charles I. Ga shcrs has long
article in The american C,Holic quarterly ne
yier upcn the Practice al shaving III the LatIh
Church. lie defends the present disclpiine Oh
the clergy of the Latin Church III lorDlddlhg
shaving he derives from the custom
of the Roman citizens; It's cccleslastcdi
origin he nnds iii the ill-treatntnt inflicted
on ST. Peter by Pagans Dy whom lie was
shaved III derlSlon. lie ilnds 'ne h'ot oi f STAY
ing of great antiquity, equal to that OF CHRIS
tianity itself. In every period OF the ChaI'h
the Latin Clergy either shaved or cut theil
boards very clo'e
The Rev Leon c. Field, Of Conrord,, \. h.
i'm the current number of The Methodist quar-
terly Rerieic closes Il second artIciG AVON 'h'
wines of the Bible, by saying: HaEiDg eA-
amined mt length the assumption nnderNlhg
the clam that the example OF Jesus sanctions
the Use of alcoholic beverages, namely thdl
there WAS not in His time an uniernlthtsu
wine in existence or use, and having proven 1t
To he false, both tom the testimony OF the an
cirnt claSSi,S and Of tn saricd Scilplur'S, IL
now remains to consider the specifications
themselves"
The tenth biennial session of the National
Unitarian Con ercnce is to De held at Saratoga
in the week beginning September 10. ne
question OF the relation al the Natlohal Coil-
ference 10 the American Unitarian Association,
and the proposition 81 Mr. !. y. NaUt, OF
Cleveland, 10 found IA theological scnoo', VIII
be among the more important subjects when
Will be introduced by committee reports, ami
thoroughly debated.
The books of the Board of Revision of Taxes
of Philadelphia show that there are I'D tia'
city 537 churches and chuch properties pc
longing Ia the various drnomlIa'lonS ne
average value Of each church Il about SJo,OoO,
but tnerc are some thlrty-Oue Churches whCSe
combined value is about oue-l0urth the aggre-
,are value of the whole 537 The total value
is given a. $16,I42,9|i.
ITnon the recommendation of the judicial
Committee of the PreShN terrain Gehelal As
senbv III session last week AT IT. John, ~ d.,
the Rev. Mr.. Lawson WAS called To the par Oh
| 81 P..l.GI lgrH
rator for covenant bre iklug, a. also Tor VIII
lng and publishing certain articles OF oiuer
and unchrstian character"
Tho Sunremn Srcnlar Benevolent AsSOca
tinnr of Port Jervis, vas Incorporated Ill
ALBANY last Thursday. Its oOJect - " ne uo'lg
away with the observance OF Suhday an"
national days OF thanksgiving as religious
DAYS, and Tie adjustment OF the Use oi Ihe
Bible in public schools
The Chinese are helping the Mcthodists in
Chicago 4 church was IN debt, and AN orches-
ira nT converted Cinnamon volunteered To gave
a concert The entertainment drew fZbO, ANA
the musicians refused To accept even Tie pay
ment of cir car-tarrs.
The Rev. Samuel W. Dixie, of Royaton, VI,
has been offered the p0Siuun CT per mahcnt sec
,etarv of the New England Divorce Reform
Club.
The Chinese Snnday-schuol OF the Mount
Vernon Church. Boston, numbers ITO, ana -
Increasing 80 rapidly THAI it Is difficult to find
teachers.
The cornerstone OF the new African Meth.
odist Episcopal church III New Haven was lald
with aDpropriate ceremonies on June Is.
CURRENT RELIGIOUS OPINION
The Bible Is the foundation, thr charter, OF me
faith of the Church, whose orthodoxy consists,
primarily an emnently, IN the rs n"llon Ill WhIch
liza sacred depoNt of Heavens own truth Is neld
II il ali very well To tails Oi the qnlckenrd con
.ciousness of the soul a. tie faculty by winch
spirltual truth is TO be apprehendel anu "ithout