New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-15
CURRENT RELIGIOUS OPINION

The crop Of religious mountebanks who yearly
pose before patient and long suffering pubic mas
been unusually large this summer ana thelr ahtiCs
have been unusually ridiculous. Leaving out OF
our calculations The Salvation Army Win us rtgl-
meut ul haIelu,Ih lasses ana hystercal ana I'M
grammatical attacks upon tht powers OF the lrlhce
of Darkness side shows OF religious character
have been immensely popular Win our froIcstlnI
brethren. The latest exhibition OF thls peCuti5I
species of pety comes from the Kew. haIrlsLh' the
" Boy Preacher who wants to WAGER that ne can
bring more souls into the fold IN gwen tIIF iau
any other Evangelist In tAe pr0Iess'on. , us
challenge has not yet been accepted Oy auy otuer
professional soul snaucher. Our suggestion 10 Tue
Rev Harrison is shat lie make 1t asWeepstake
match. Let half Of the gate money go 10 Tue
winner and the Lther half be vlded up among
the other contestants. contest OF TINS kIhu
might not be SO entertaining or 80 lhslruCIINe As
the boxing matches now IN vogue otI - "ou,U aii
doubtedly be more eduylns'-lI"e C""""o
LTGmiRr
The population of New-York has largely in
creased but will any one tell us OF any DapusU
CONGREGATIONS which compare IN Size win IHoso
which could ne found thirty years ago III DIoollo
ST. MulbeIry-st., OlveI NorloI ISL mon
ST. NacdOugal-st., and DOWnlng-st, lheu Iue Sc"'S
of latue assemblies AMI great influence some OF
these places are occupied STILL Dut they are Spalsoy
attended, spite OF Jhc most earnest anl avn P,3
tatiou OF the gospel And prosperous suburban
churches when the population Is consider Gu dHOlu
little cause for graduation. MS state Oh OLius' -
not peculiar to Baptlsts. Perhaps nail a uoIeu
prcs. teriau churches in Newly OrK have large cOu-
gregatiOns. bat several otheIs SHOW d fIiS S ~
exhibit of worshippers. The Methouisl clI La
not gained of late years. Inc fPsCuPaI Cu'. r.io
have Increased IN numbers but were IL not l"r TUG
large revenues OF Trinity, when help Llau! "a
their churches they would not be aoe % Keep In1u
doors open. and not Few Oh tueiI SnO" " wy
meagre attendance.-[ The Baptist UeeEiy.
It's not by might nor by human power, Pnt py
the Omnipotent Spirit that ChrISt hlus,l"n -
built up But if the Lord add 20 the chrcneS sIcx
AZ shall be saved the statistics are tue IecVIu VI
his work and of his tiiumphs, and need hot s."nuy
man. In view of this TACT surely Tue nus al
scentous and scrupulOus Gaze shOui! 10 Visiot5r,,
church statistics. That heures oIten ,h osi
indisputable but in anything thit con- Ji tie
irnortant of all organzatiOns-the chulch Oh tne
living (iod-the figures should he as aOso uIe!S
correct as il s possible for human calG i5 L
make them. Whatever is dono az a. in sucb mat
we'll done, and where any state ~ IL SUI ct
ters il sent out into the world 1t should be correct
statement The O6sTtT.
This anti-Semtic agitation will never cease u .it
our peoDIe display more determination anu So
assertion. The world 10 QUICK 10 tcCoeuiNS -vbo
and 1t will applaud the Drase-n t and intoIer-
will arm themselves against pigotIA mn ~, Tha
ance when all other redress IL denied IN IN. isas
world despSes cowardice ana PATTY oo' I pnss,o
for bread and butter or nne co'n n5sslcs. Jewsh
there NAV be some excuse for the ng NJ tnara
nonulaton in Germany and Austro- uuhgaI5 .netU D
l. absolutely none. During IasI year 49, ct
riots order was restored In one section ol uo EsS
S oiu1a of hastily-organiLed jewish Volun,
teers gave the mob touch OF their splhes' t oau
steel IS the best preventive OF moo
ioh Messenger.
1t s too much the that wide ghasIn Is ilaIo
between Gods dealings with men oil oIu anu d nn,1
Sesi,nc, With them now; ami the patrlarchs anu
prophets and hoy meG Of the old covenant are seen
through a mist that magnihes anu glorlnes then'
I'll 49, bacome almost superhuman, anu, there
fore the narratives OF the Their oI lives 81 Gs bs
are far too little read and studied Win hib thv
to the of the oSs can H reprodao
,ha rat the nearer he reaches the exact historic
instruction b S1S prOn and the
-, ILL tha nand of God be seen IN tho earlier
STAGES of His rsdemptiye work.-Ihe Chureh%G"'
Dean Burgon has recently become Pro s , IT, ~
bis sharn NOT TO say savage criticisms OF the WORK
nf tn reyisers Of the New Testament He can say
sharv things evidently In other dliectlons as wiz
ne.s a late utterance from the Cambridge ChlVer-
INV palpit: aFor my part, am quite content 70
seek my ancestors In tho garden OF a., Eoen 20,
others II they choose look for theirs In the garden
csiled Zoological"-lThe RsliGIous Herald.