New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-10
crRRENr RELIeIoUs OPINION

There is danger in the indiscrminate, and too
common landing OF knowledge obtained through
experience, over knowledge obtained from other
sources 4 young man might DC uaHled VINO, a.
frourh not student OF medicine, IL IN the habit or
do,ing himself with various poisons, merely that
he may know from personal experience Whal are
fine efi, cts OF those pOisons and II Is to be feared
tb,t This /. but an illustration Of what Is con-
etantly being done in the moral sphere lt ought
TO be impressed on the minds or al young people
mn there are things which II IS not desirable to
know and that to know them by experience Is .
cause for shame. When ones experience leads
him TO look with equaunity OF Win apLIoEH on
Thar from which before he rightly shrank with ais
pu.t II is 4 sufficient sign that his experience has
been unhealthy and improper. The loUk 81 amaze
ment. Or OF horror on the lace o. green Youth
on the first revelation to him OF some too common
pha.e of iniauity is as honorable TO MIN Is tne
tnowinr wink of another WhU has grown Gallons
L the expeiience Of inquty, IS dlsgracetul TO It's
liver F-uerieuce teaches fools ": and IN some
fhirrs il is only fools who will be willing to learn
iy e. perence.-l rhe sunday school Times
Dead Those are not the dead ones-the Mac
cabecs aud their followers 10 every age.
We ind ia our dull road their shining track;
In every nCpLeI moot ,
Part %. our hfe's uuGltc rable good,
oral. our sautler aspiration;
They come lranshgured back
r. is vo who are dead-the ignorant, the wavering,
The Indifferent IN our midst who know not why
tbev are jews, arc doubtful whether they small
rer,gn Jews or are careless whether they are jews
~, MT eft the spirit call Of the Maccabees awaken
tIrse To reality ana nerve them Tor tue inevitable
conflict between Judaism and apOstasy WhIcA Tue
lew must ever wage. Past, present and lutHIe'
- feyy's exl-tence - "A continued battle. Let him
recognize the fact. Let him act the nero Leu MN
prvve his faith by obedience. Sell-sicIlHce Las IS
LnrIrns: but It's blessings are countless ana ~
sFab,, OF the jew let it be saId III Lowers
"He knew to blfo HIS tme
Auc can his fame abide,
still patent IL his simple fai.h suhhne.'
1.-The Jewish Messenger.
No wonder our Unitarian friends are aroused
,-r the recent deliyerauces of their venerable ana
Authoritative Dr. Ellis, OF Boston. ne declared
oleInnIy that the Bible was an orthodox bOOA' ana
tbat II il. statements were to DE receiVed ~ au
.Hcritv tie orthodox Christian was night, ana the
Unitarian and UnIveTsalist al wrong Inat WIS
a irebrand in dry cotton anu me --NF's'oH 15y'91
aud hy,si an LeGdT, OF Boston, are COihpeHc4 W
80 the Conversational discussion alone long
enough 70 enter earnest protest III . aine'
Freeman Clarke preached q sernOn aS ~ 49, ~,
tIli,s views aud the current press Oh the uehol-
1ration has taken il up. Leading Gult1rIah Gerry
men Including sucn men as James Teeuiau 1id I
Edward EyeretC Hale, l. a. BdrIoI anu a, l. Ca ca
Indy have come out ia card aud repudIated tue
,,;ag,s of DE- Ellis. But the good doctor returns 70
hi. charge that Untarlans cannot consistently Eold
~ the Bible as authority and preach Unitarlanlsm
-fIhe Advance.
rhis reviyal of the Sunday laws raises tor public
li.,u.sion the old question: To what extent may
the Stats latcrfere By police regulations 10 cOHPe
n sabbath observance The old puritan notion
tbat the Commonwealth may oy btatuSo la" uu-
dsrtake 10 enforce Sabbath Observance as rellg-
IONS duty is not now entertained IN any quarter.
IN the other hand IL is by no means clear tLat th9
rhole right OF the State IN this matter Is cohhneu
n pfoGertiOu of individuals III the quiet ENJOY
mont of a day of rest and worship Inc cOihnu
nitv has right to come TO an agreement tesPectIhg
80 hodavs and to act "A unit, IN 80 fai as such
action is IN its Judgment for the common Wellare
It ia upun this ground that II makes other GAYS
than sunday dies nOR that contracts are not lheh
to he enforced nor notes payable nor courts OPEN
n NAV agree to fOreyo public amusement or p9oic
business one day in the week II II choose ana lne
indiyidual must yield his Will TO thAt OF tue pun
lc.-lThe Christian Union.
There still fingers with many people nm ldea that
education Is "A preventive of crimej Dut common
schools are By no means certain 10 produce soou
citzens We Judge the Roman Catholics IN the
wrong in their opposition to the system, guy that
Tar more ought to be attempted 10 promote the
moral training OF the young, must De conceded.
The English Bishop of Peterborough, IN recent
address cited the fact that IS per cent OF the Grim
ipal classes in France would be regarded IN Eng
land as fairly educated, and said " The real truth
M that IN former days criminals were generally
nnoducated, because the class from which they
were drawn was a class specially exposed TO Temp
tation and because IL happened 10 DO an lgnoraut
oIas The time might come, and had come IN
France when they not an Ignorant class, and
vet furnished the same quota OF cIiniInals"-l Inc
IL. ~.