New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-01
CURRENT RELIGIOUS OPINION

II should be remembered that the Office Of the
Church the preservation OF the iatn, o. me truth
as # Is IN Christ !, sus. This Is her b0unden uy
and bv the aid of the Holy spirit Sc has perfrme
it until now She Will strive always to perform IT;
But how in what manner, by what means; she snall
do IT, NAV be and IL an open qu"s'lon. Inc Aheri-
can Church will certainly not initiate the example
of the Romish Inqulslton. The ecclesiastical rials
of the present day in the mother Church OF
England are Lot so productive OF Dtnencent reSu Us
rs 10 make American churchmen look with great
favor upon trials of clergymen as means Ior the
preservation Of the faith. We claim that no lnpucc
tatIon shruld be cast on the consciousness Jf
cleroymen who NAV refrain from res0rtlng 10 &C.
cesiasical court for the preeryaon OF inc Ialth'
but who look upon ne error OF brother rs warn
ing 20 them TO : uy With greater diligence ana as
imposu0 upon them q greater necessity Tor preach
ing the truth more boldly and more plainly ana Tor
exercising a greater diligence In caring Tor their
own HOck.-lChurchmai.
Evolution as a hypothesis to account for the
origin of man is as vet all improved HYPOTHESIS.
Tho,e ale great phvoical gaps III biology between
the highest brute and the lowest man tor which 10
has as vet made no account. There arc great moral
gaps between the highest instinct anu the lowest
moral sense for when 1t aiioIus no adequate es-
plpnatiou 1t has against IL the traditions OF most
au,usnt history, Biblical aud extra Biblical IL Is
at best only u working hypothesis and IT does not
work ont rs yet harmony with All the known iacls
of amin nj and human life. But IL cannot DO
aupn.d out of society by sneer; nor scOurged out
OF society by az anatnema 1t mas come II not 10
STAY at all events to be weighed ana measured
hal
and how much dross is in the lump Is uncei am
but for this very reason 1t must be seriously ana
cal nly considered it must be kept III the trushef
and washer and sieve of public discussion until 1t
can be de erinined how many grains OF gold there
are to the nd.-lChristian Union.
After all that has been said. that can be said, IN
regard 10 the duty of being cOneDted, ana waiting
patieutly and nsiDg the MEANS u still remains tue,
and distressingly true that there Is no adequate
agency for SECURING faithful minister for every
pulpit and a pulpit tor every minister There
should be such an agency. The power ought To re-
side somewhere and be exercised. IL Is easy TO say
that the genius OF people demands perfect Tree
dom of choice and that they will not submit to any
~ ,tem that dirtaes to tho people whom they shall
have or to the minister where he shall co. Whlch
il all very true But as the youthful soldier OF the
cross SAYS 70 the church, or 10 the board OF tue
church :" am ieany tn be 0fiered-here am l. send
me to Africa or Asia, or wheresoever yuu VIII,
will gop so the preacher should say: VIII go 10
any field yOn appoint ana 10 my Dest W WIN souis
to Christ."-lObserver.
A more determined and persistent attempt than
that of Tho past twenty years 10 bring churches and
pasturs the Bible and believers. under Ildicue aud
INTO contempt has never been made. IL has been
successfully endured; we believe that time VIII
proye Il has been triumphantly endured. The brunt
of the conflict has ialen uron the clergy ana they
have held their own. There are Indications that
the preachers have won the fight The standard OF
scholarship among clergynen has never been higher
than is Today and the proportion OF men OF large
attainmens has much increased. The papers con.
tributed 10 religious reviews. the books published
and the articles furnished to religious weekiies con-
sttu.e full proof of the correctness OF this assertion
The people Of the United States have never had
better preaching than thsy have this day.-lChris-
tian In7ssllaencer.