Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-02-26

no 0oo 10 pray 10, goes through 1Orm DeIole
his sermon So called. but instead of saying
"Let us pray he say, 'Lst us be in commu-
MON together and then launches out into the
enunciatlon of string Of carefully
prepared platitudes substantially pointless and
meaningless, concluding, however, with the
conventional "Amen." This ''blind guide, y
in his travesty on pulpit services, must, 1t is
believed, have short day, fora congregation
cannot long be held together, on such basis
even in Chicago. 1t must be that sense OF
self-respect and sense of common
decency so far predomnates in
that congregation as to discard
the Grant individual who disclaims
the possession of an immortal soul, and de-
MES to the universe, an intelligent, omnipo-
tent, divine Creator.
LAST Sunday mornings GLOBE referred to
the career of George c. Min, successor TO
Robert Collyer, pastor Of Unity church, Chi
cago. 1t seems, Notwithstanding his advan-
ced infdel views, he is still pastor of the
church. He resigned his pastorate, but the
church requested him to withdraw his resig-
nation. He did so, with the remark that he
considered the action of the church declara-
ton on their part that they would allow the
preacher to travel to the utmost verge of his
thought The following is a recent utterance
of Mr.. Min: 81 reject the idea of a personal
God; of hell; and of the immortality OF
man." 81 have thrown authority overheard
altogether" Oficourse the church if they re-
tain him, is responsible for all this.
Like priest, like people. 1t is alleged that
Mr.. Min does not regard his position as a
departure from Unitarianism, but as Unitarian
thought ''farther advanced" Mr.. Min was
formerly a member of the Congregational
church, but abandoning its tenets he launched
out on the broad sea of unbelief, and has
brought up in the port of atheistic infdelity.
Some curiosity is felt to know what Unity
church will do with the advanced pastor.
THE utility Of public schools in moral
discussion, even in the old Roman Empire-so
many vices and corruptions were developed
in the schools, that it was q question whether
their abolition would not be promotive
of public virtue. Quintilian, a
Roman educator, early in the
christian era, lamented the corruption and
immortality of the public schools, but also
questioned whether like lack of virtue did
not prevail in the homes of students, so that
the vices in the schools were only a transfer
of like delinquencies prevalent ia the homes.
A like lack of virtue and morality prevails to
an alarming extent in these modern days in
Our public institutions of learn ing. Will not
the chargeof Qulntilian in old Rome, placing
the responsibility on the homes, hold good
now? Be this as it may, it can tut be admit
ted that in most, perhaps all, of our colleges
and higher seminaries of learning, vice
corruption and immortality prevail
to an alarming extent; and many youths
going out from supposed virtuous home, is
corrupted in his morals and ruined for life.
The practices of young men in our colleges,
their "hazing," their known dissipation,
and general insubordination are most rep
rehensible, and it is becoming a question
whether public education, acquired at the
expense of ruined morals, is not too costly an
acquisition.
A CORR EsPoNDENT writing from Japan as
serts that the secular press of that country is
largely in favor of the spread of christianity,
atleast is in favor of the largest federation.
The Nichi Nachi Shimbum, of Toxic, an organ
of the government, had recently an article on
the folly of fighting the foreign religion"
The following paragraph taken from the Japan
government newspaper organ, is remarkable
coming from the heart OF ''heathendom."
Who will say it is not
enlightened, philosophical. considerate and
deeply thoughtful, in the development of prin-
ciples that lie at the foundation of all i'm
provement and progressive action. The jour
nal says: Experience plainly proves that
religious belief is to be left to mems conscien-
ces. and that the spread of arsligion cannot be
prevented for any length of time, even by the
government itself. The restoration fourteen
years ago seemed to raise Shintooism to the
position of the state religion, whereat the
Shinto priests began to put on airs, and the
Buddhists were in a state of constant appre-
hension; and yet Shintooism has not gained
much influence, nor has Buddhism lost much
by it. The rise or decline of a religion lies IN
the existence or non existence OF truth In its
system, and it is therefore wholly matter in
herent in itself. If you priests truly feel
anxious over the danger that threatens your
religion, improve yonr virtues, quicken your
learning, inquire for more truth. Labor
steadily to correct your conversation and con-
duct so as to receive credit in society