New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-14


theologians. ". The more recent literal
grants long series of years as necessary for
the eartlls formation. Some place this peri0h
before the days described by Moses, while
others consider the days themselves as
"erOchs." The former is called = the less COM
mou and the latter the more common recent
interpretation" The former distinguishes be-
tween first and second creation In v. /. Moses
gives the origin. of the Universe IN V. II. the
ruin of our earth, and in the subsequent Wv. its
restoration. Between the first and second
verses they allow most ample space of time to
please the most exacting.
The Boston Herald of last Sunday in
thoughtful article discusses the subject of
foreign missions. 1t believes that the Christian
| world has about come around to the posltl"p
| taken by Frederick benson Maurice in his book
The Relation of the Religions of the World to
Christianity" published in 1916; There ~
nothing it says so dreary in all the wOr Id
of reading as the accounts of these hell-fre mis-
| sons. One can appreciate the way IN which
| good men and women have sacrificed them
selves in this cause through the fervency OF
| their gloomy and narrow religious ideas, nut
| it is almost impossible to put your finger on a
| single instance where the announcement OF the
| doum of the majority has had weight in com
mending Christianity to heather minds. Mission
| aries have been sent out from this country by
| narrow Protestant bodies to the ends OF the
| earth, and the local societies have been stlrreh
| ND TO uDwOnted generosity by Visions OF the
|
| fore the terrOrs of the Judgment day, and this
| horrible importantly has been pressed 10y
| earnest men with such force that Fictitious in
| terest in missions has been created. out u
| goes without saying that this Is the DarroWest
| possible basis for any really Christian service
| TO mankind, and wherever the missionaries
| have achieved any notable success, il has been
| by abandoning their ideas of eternal doom am
either living such good lives that the heather
| have been won to Christianity by their ex-
| m p1 N
| unchIistIan mind has seen that the Christlah
religion is the superior faith"
According to the Roman Catholic "Direct-
| ory," which is published 10y the authority OF
| the Cardinal Archh shop and the [Romun Cath
| olicl Bishops Of England" the total clergy OF
| that religion in England and Wales amounts to
9 10 priests aud II bishops who serve ], lSS
churches, chapes and missionary stations. BE.
sides these, IN Scotland there are g bishops and
| 300 priests, whose mlnistTations are dStrlD-
ued over 295 chapels. For England ana
Wales there is archbishop, with II sntfragans
aud 2 auxiliary bishops, and archbishop for
Scotland, with sutil Rgans These numbers
are about double those which figured IN the
same Directory" a little before tho constitu-
ton of the hierarchy in $500. There are ~
Roman Catholic peers who have seats In the
House of Lords there are Roman Catholic
Privy councillors there are Al II man Cath
Ollie barouets, the premier being the -lntInt
Sir Henry Alfred Doughty Tlchborne, aud the
cred College of Cardinals when complete CON
ssts of 20 members; but few hats ARE gen
orally kept vacant. AT present the college con
ssts Of q Cardinal Bishops, As Cardinal Priests
("mong whom stand the names of Cardinals
Manning, Howard and McCabe), and l3 Card-
nal Deacons, eighth among whom is DIR. John
Henry Newman There are five vacancies,
therefore, AZ the disposal of Pope Leo Kill,
during whose POntilcate no fewer than - Car
dlYals have already died.
Herr Most has come to this country, among
other things, 10 overthrow religion. He does
not vet appear 10 have done it, On the con-
trary it is announced that his mission in the
West is q failure for the very suggestive reason
that most of his former ~ mpathlzers now own
property and have consequently lost faith IN
Communism. 1t is q pity that wOTklngmen
could not be made to see that the Church is to-
day trying honestly to keep them and atone Tor
its past errors and mistakes. Men ks Most
are not capable Of advancing the condition OF
Door men one iOta. And the reason Is that
when they are honest they are ignorant, and
when they are intelligent they are nearly
always dishonest demagognes me Chicago
Tribune very well says >" III Herr MOst were
honest he would single out the wage classes
in th.s city, for instance, and tell them: You
are spending lO,ODO,OoO every year on liquor
and $5.O0O,O00 on tobacco usclessly. II You
will save half Of that money every one or You
will be better of IN mind and body and every
one of you will soon have home of your own
free of rent, or IN It's stead, money lying at
interest"
In letter on the proposition to open the
Archbishops' Garden" at Lambeth to ,he
public MIR. George Jacob lloyoake says
u All honor to the Lambeth VestFy which pro-
poses to pray her Majesty to cause, II Ia her |
power, these vacant fields 10 be conSigDed to |
the Board of Works who will give one gl"am of
"a green paradise to the poor little ones ot
Lambeth. Tue vestry does well tn appeal 10
the Queen. from whose kindly heart thousand
acta nf emnuatpu.
ope ned many portaln but none through which
happier or more grateful groups Will pass than
through the gurden gates Of Lambeth Palace"
Reference was made last week to the brutal
tiles that occasionally dishguIe the pages OF
religious journals. The baltimore Day gives
another instance Of this IN The following par
agraph "The Religious Herald. of Richmond,
Va, Is very severe on tue Baptist organs ia
Nrw-Yo and Philadelphia, and The Bdptit
Weekly, of the former city, says OF It: We
can only LAY that Tor thorough blackguardism |
The Religious Herald ot last week exceeds any |
thing we have ever known Cold water, no |
matter how thoroughly applied, does not seem |
10 conduce to the exhibition OF = Christian |
spirit toward ones neighbour
A Western missionary writes to The Church |
man proposing practical memorial of the late |
Rev DR.. living. IL is to be an endowment |
fund of Sl00,0 900 for the Domestic Missionary |
Epucopate. 20 be known az the "Twing Me-
mortal Fund.-
CURRENT RELIGIOUS OPINION
II has been evident from tho recent utterances of
prominent Unitarians in Boston and out OF Boston,
that they have deliberately renouncod tho Blbe "a
their rule of faith and Practice. But it was not to |
be expected that tho pulpit would so soon array
Itself Oh the side OF opposition TO laws for |
the protection of tho rights OF the peo-
Pile to the quiet enjoyment OF the Christian