The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-08-27

pered by having any but state Department young
mon or their valets Impress the tiles with slender
boot-hees. To this high-toned protest the low per-
sons intrused with the work Of had to yield:
the brick partitions stood the state Department |
youths were free from the swinlsh multitude, ' |
and people In the east wing who wanted to SEQ them
had to 20 down stairs In one building, out OF doors
been the CONSERVATION when coarse and tyrannIca
Congress not only said Down with the partitions 50
but added 'Clcar your old traps and papers ont "
the top stories and admit the War Department
"clerks who settling the claims for pensions Of
Tiny war-worn heroes ' It rs said that several OF the
moro pronounced clegauts Of the 90 Foreign OF
"ncc - tainted away when the pick and crow bar
was actually applied to the protecting brick and NOR
tar, and the commonplace air " tho other wing began
10 circulate. No other serious teSults reported rs
vet, but WHEN the despised War Department clerks
are actually admitted to the top stories, the heads
Of the others, the consequences may bc looked for
with apprehension, auI our foreign relations may he
seriously compromised for tine by the lack of any.
body well enough to attend TO them.
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Tue Salvation Army, though we believe
II has not yc, reached Washington has made such
ccnqucsts In England aud New York as to attract the
serious attention Of writers and critics both Sides
OF the Atlantic. Asis well known, Its organization
and methods simulate at as possible those Of the
military service, bu, the object Of It's warfare Ia sup
posed to no sin and rs victory the redemption OF
souls. We do not know whether " Gcnctal =" Booth,
Its commander In London, aud trustee FOR all Its large
accumulation Of property, has had any previous ex-
perence to guide his thoughts IN this peculiar Chnn-
mel. hut probably our Roman Catholic friends win
claim, and with far show OF reason, that this Is
another plagiarism from thor time honored methods,
spoiled and yulgarlzed, however, IN the stealing.
The "rcyyals and bush meetings Of tho Nom Con
Iat pf aII t,h
| the '' missions and "spitltuh retreats ~ OF the
Roman Church-unly, ns Catholics Claim they
are ill.rcgulled aud pernicOus compared TO
| their originals. So 81. tgnatus Loynla, who
was IN reality soldier In his youth, was before
| hand with "Gcneral'' Booth In putting religious
organization strict military basis, aud the les
uis to this day have their General in Rome and pro-
vincia commanders throughout tho worll-ln strlt
conformity with whose orders thcy and opcrac.
But while st. Ignntlus borrowed the best part OF no
military spirit, Its discipline, Its implicit obedler q,
courage, and patience under hardship and sclf-de
| tlon, the salvation Army seem far to ave
| adopted only Its external parade and nummery the
beating Of drums, carrying Of banners, hlg nd
| Ing titles, and other nonsense. They clalm W be-
llove, that this secures them a hearing from lass
not otherwise to be reached but It has the cou ter
waiting danger of subccting sacred things to ridrule
| and attracting ght-minled aud in,nCerc clFas of
converts, liable to bring Christianity itsoli into
disreputc. what such erratlr impusivc movements
need is some central authority to act at lctt as u
balance wheel upon their impctupsity aud rstrain
their worst eNtravaganCes. 60 directed, th0 might
result In good, at least he harmless eblitlons
of the spirit of devotion The Church OF England,
whose duty 1t Is to sec TO such matters labtunly
neglects them and 1t is to be feared Is toodeeply in-
grained with that spirit OF snobbery which is the
curse Of England to make reform In this Particular
What interest ran pnmpcred and goity lord
I'm, HI,
ionable society, and his seat in the Upper House, fee
In mere hedge. preacher among tile ' fodS - ove
| which by violent strain of the imagination hi
orishp is supposed to be ''shepherd" Macaulal
has eloquent and Ingenious passage this subject
In his essay on Won Rankc, immediately after that
flight about the 'raveler from New Zealand, whiCl
ty Its greater rhetorical splendor has detracted ut
tentlon from the palmer wisdom which follows
After drawing contrast between the pollty of tn
= elder and the newer Church be continues:
: In England 1t not unrrcquently happens that tin
ker or coal-hcaver hears sermon or falls In with
tract which alarms him about the state of his soul
n The impulse which urges him to devote nj
whole life to the teaching Of religion Is strong pas
e sion In the guise of duty. For man thu
minded there is within the pale of the establishment
II no place. lie has been at no college lie cannot con
a struo Greek author or write n Latin theme: and h
Is told that If he remains in the communion oT t
Church lie must do n heaier, and that II ho Il
resolved TO he teacher he must begin by being
schiSmatic. Ills choice Is soon made. He harangu,
=. Is formed. \ license is obtained. a plain brio
~ building. with desk and benches, is up an
Is named Ebenezer Bethel. Ina few weeks the Churc
has lost forever hundred families not one OF whic
entertained the least srrple about her articles lie
>, liturgy, her government, or her ceremonies.
Far different Is the policy Of Rome. The lgnorai
10 enthusiast of whom the Anglican Church makes n
enemy, and whatever the polite and learned may think
Is most dangerous enemy, the Catholic Church max,
, | n champion. She bids him nurse his beard cover
him with gown and hood Of coarse dark stuff, ties
w rope round his waist and sends him forth to teach
her He costs her nothing. lie takes not due
n away from the revenues of her benelCcd clergy.
lives by the aims OF those who respect Ills spirltul
character, and are grateful for his instructions. II
n breaches not exactly IN thestye of Masson, but in
way which moves the passions Ut uneducated nearer
l. and all his Influence In employed to strengthen III
church Of which he Is miustcr. 10 that church he he
comes strongly attached any of the cardinals who
scarlet carriages and yeries crowd the entrance oc
: | palace on the puirina In this way the Church
d Rome unItes in herself all the strength of e
tabliJhment and all the strength Of dissen
With the utmost pomp Of dominant hierarch
above she has all the energy Of the voluntary systc
below. II would be easy to mention very recent II
stances In which the hearts OF hundreds of thousand
g estranGed from her by the selhshuess sluth M
ii cOwardice of the henetced clergy have been brcug
te back by the zeal of the begging friars.