New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-05
CUEREAT RLLIGICUS DHcCsSIoN

The truth is, people want definitions, they want
doctrines however much superuc al thinkers dis
card them. Give tie people ,Omethlug they can
grasp. that takes hold oi eternal }erte,. ana they
vii. hear. Inev may or may nor be'irfe, hut they
VIII listen. think. study. see their own uuene~s,
We may hope, bow 10 the truth-lIhc H"iden hule.
Il is the prit Of the axe to count sIN mere
pcccddilO; wAeIets t cuts OH 40 ore NlroAe an
hone or trust u God. al love Iog Him. aud every
pl el.iug though OF iIu. To count o. Lite thing.
10 laugh AT 10 10 jest about DO. % lind pleasure On
reading OF hearing representations Ot l Is criminal
thOughtlessDcss m Tie young. ana desperate WICK
eCue5, IN the old The spin; ol Dc.iltuut SIN D. M
ieoti0us Those who 10 80 whether IN tAe bitter
ues, OF the cvnc, tie lmputcut loily ~ tAe worn
out debaucuec. the Duiuoucry oi tine Glow u. he
fuv0Ity Of the pIecoclous young man poison thyit
own souls. and should be aYoIded uAe the pestl'
leuce-'Ihe Christian Advocate.
Real callantry does not limit its show OF respect
10 those who OF tie CENTER sex DO Is IS deiHren-
till 10 age and a. nccny alive 10 the needs O the
weaker OF either sex. ~ 10 j. uniformly courteous
ana po.Iee toward every woman. but % j. "A very
common thing 10 see a EOGh4 man luc~ 10 isS
from his seat in drd ear anu prOIer the place
10 "a we-dIessed and ut ractlvc lady. " h'n Ae hat
no Thought OF CHEERING Jhat seat 40 an a-ed gentle
iuau who had beeu standing before llm Tor "a con
siderable tlme HIS acton proves hlS attention 10
ladies, but it does not show hIs gentiemanlincss.-
lie Sunddy-Sch00i ZINES,
Probably the Methodist Episcopal Church VIII
never again be agltated by controversy respect
iul its form of government; but u VIII suher "a
greater evil II, through tie concentration OF itS
governing powers into few virtually irresponsible
hands the rank an file, rs wei as the Oppo-i-
fiOu" come 20 feel that their position - lncOmpat-
bic with their manhood. hal time hapvilV mas
not vet come. lAe great body OF our ministers ais
so deeply concerned 10 fulfil their hgl Gaming that
fiav nrTmit others 20 run the Churcn machinery.
Eut viii that always be 50 : church Ike ours
demands stronger and more intense sCenOmina-
tigps than almost any OF her; ana 10 perpetuate
that feeling among Intelligent and sel-re-pecilng
minister's they uust be treated not rs cAdl en- Dut
as men They viii not rebel, but the i!nle may
come when they vii. seek iOr themselves anu tleit
children other and less eXactlng relations Is 1hat
process Of silent depletion already gong loE"din
among rs The Methodist.
The lest comment on the holOwness OF the
Complain system Is come HHHScll @h' no WI
ert even from Postivist view. Tor JAe hgh priests
of HumanitauanIsm regard Win supreme conteihDt
tine indv dual, whose aggregate interests they
mot beosZc: and Ncander has noticed the arlsto-
mic pNclusIyeness Of al mere human religions
such as Rrahmauism and Observation-Disclosures
lie dspostioa OF the strong 10 .OOG down upon the
,ynak and Of the rich upon the poor. How different
this fro the spirit of the Gospel COmte found
The object OF his worship IN Madame Clotllde de
Vaux whom lie. hrst recognized ard WOrshlpped
years after her death as MS ideal of Humanity.
But we may stop here. No pretty Madonna dlScoY.
cred IN Paris salon; no SalElagundI mixture OF
the Old Testament Scripture. the M!,Sal ana TIE
Breyiagy with Qualifications OF Love Light, order,
Principle, Humanity, followed ~ q meaningless
Amen intoned bY seliapponted priests. Will
help forward the world, or elevate the DiothefhOod
of man; 10 torches, moi the electric llght IN our
stree :, will tighten up the pathway that leads TO
the BeyOnd. And nothing that VI. lOmte % VI
ttre has given Us. ali that the PostiNists nave
given Ia. will relieve them from the Just cOhtchg'
of the ages. They exhibit neither human eAtoi
lenCe nor spiritual beauty. A. u mas Deeu w. ~
aid true humanity iinds Its highest slorS no, ~
Standardization. but in suOecting heart'
and iife 10 Him " ho died Tor and rose again io1
cur iustifcation.-lThe Christian al "orA.