New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-14
CURRENT RELIGIOUS OPINION

There seems to be general consent of surprise and
regret that the Trustees of Phillips Academy should
have been in such haste to invite Dr. Newman
Smyth to lecture upon theology before the AndOVer
Theological Seminary during the coming academic
wear They are honorable and Christian men, and
il is insupposable that. with due Fermentation,
they could take action unbecOmlng their proper
constitutional relations, or hazardous to the best
interests of the institution which they are set TO
guard. Whether they have committed an hlegal
act IN thus placlng-sO lar rs III thrl lles-the
Theological instruction of the seminary Tor the next
wear in the hands OF man OF whom that Board, 10
whose oversight the sultableness OF all such
teachers il by the statutes cOntded. lad only Just
declared We cannot deem 1t Wise Tor MN To as
sumo those duties; is question tor the Visitors.
the LAWYERS and the courts, and not Tor u.s. but
that "A thing has been done which Is morally lnde-
feasible. aud which has been ACCOMPLISHED IN an
unwisc manner. upon insufficient grounds anu WIN
hazard to the Seminary admits OF Snah qucsIion'-
1.-The Congregatlonalist.
We protest urgently against the view advanced
by Mr. Parnell ana other Land Leaguers that the
horrible assassination OF the new Chief Secretary
for Ireland and his Under Secretary III Dublin on
Saturday night was due TO an evil destiny. when
has pursued that unhappy people Tor centuries
Others call it "A "clingIDg fate. This is ihe most
offensive kind of cant. 1t Is the same destiny
which leads the willing drunkard to bring up IN
delirum tfeInens the same fate" which lands
the persistent spendthrlt IN the almshousei ~ IS
Just the destiny ana late OF .feaplne Inls.ics
when you have sown thistles OF drowning when
YOU have tied milestone round your neck anu
Jumped into deep water.-lThe Congregationalst.
There has been considerable said and written
upon the subject of " denonlnationa comfy dur
ing the past few years; AMI as committees haNS
met aud treated each other very courteouSly ana
separated with good feeling, some have supposed
that advances have bsen made toward honesty ana
farnes. in the offices of good nclghDorhood But
as we leave the committee room or finish the reso-
lutions passed by some association or conference.
aud step into the where actual ork Is done,
the santliness of so-caed Christian workers suffers
n sad eclipse and we the difference between
saying and dong.-iThe Religious Herald
The authorlt ties of Columbia College are consider
ing the recommendation Of President Barnard that
the doors OF that institution be opened 10 women
students OH equal terms with men. THIS Is " WON
ans rights movement" OF the better sort, TO
which we heartily wish success There Is, perhaps.
no college in this country where the experiment
can be tried with fewer mlsgivings than IN
Columba-tThe Churchman.
The Corqreodn onahst ends long three-column. edi
torial on the Andover Professorshp and thu decls-
ion of the Board of Visitors against Dr. smyth
with a q For which God be praised" This ~ tho
latest Congregational Tie Deum Lduddmus. When
IL learns that the Board of Trustees have invited
DIR. Smyth, in spite of its protests, TO lecture at
Andoyer for q year we may look for Congrega-
tional Misrus.-lThe Christian Union