Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-05-23

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of rubrics the latter is one Of principles.
The first went into details of observance,
while the last allows the individual to |
mould the forms of obediance to the divine |
command according to the dictates OF his
conscience. Government cannot, as at
present constituted, compel the observance
of any purely religious dogma, and all
that Christians can ask is immunity from
interruption during worship. The true
remedy is the evangelization of the people
as whole, and attempts should mot be
made to enforce civil enactments. for bidden
by the inherent rights of man.
DR.. o. H. Tiffany, Methodist, takes
more hopeful view of the situation, and
thinks it unfair that statistics showing
the prevalence of Christian benevolence
and charity are not given along with those
exhibiting the growth of irreligion. The
persuasive power of religious eloquence
and not the authority of legislation must
be invoked if ministers would have larger
audiences. The present lack of attend
ance at divine services is in all probable
ity reaction from the compulsory obser
vance of the day, the passing away OF
which Puriatanical requirement is not to
be regretted.
In the opinion of DR.. William OrmistOn,
an oracle of the Dutch Reformed church,
all that wise and judicial legislation can
effect is to allow eve~y citizen the peace
full enjoyment of Sunday as day of rest.
The worn of the community. like that of
the household, should be so arranged that
no one will be wholly deprived of the
privileges of rest and worship on that day.
The responsibility rests with Christian
people of commencing its observance by
their example to those who differ with
them in opinion as to its efficacy and
necessity.
DR.. Thomas Armitage, Baptist, ex-
presses the opinion that the ancient Puri-
tanical strictress of Sundays observances
has been laid aside, but that genuine rev.
| erenco for the day is the same as of yore.
Modern iconoclasm has done little to re-
move the deep seated love that the great
| body of the population has for the Sab
bath, and the present methods of Observ-
ing it differ from those in vogue in moro
ancient times, in less strict compliance
with cold, unmeaning forms. A Catholic
divine who was invited to contribute to
this interesting symposium made no
response.
If those perfectly patriotic souls who
object to the opening of the Brooklyn
bridge on the queens birthday could in.
duce a cyclone to try conclusions with the
structure they might make some people
believe that nature sympathizes with
hem.
Two Cinnamon in New York were ar
rested for gambling. The celestia cul
prits were brought before the august in
terpreters of law, and then discharged
The court appeared to ba able to compre.
hend Solon, Justinian and Blackstone; but
it had neglected Canfucius, and was
therefore, unable to translate the name o.
the game played.
For ten days kilograms have flashed
over the cables bearing rs their burdeI
the hopeless illuess Of the count of Cham
ford, who, good many people think, viii
be king OF France in the not far d;stan
future. Elaborate obituary notices We're
prepared, and in some cases printed in tht
journals, and weighty leaders were placed
before their readers. The prince was ex-
pscted to die, was dying, was dead il
three dispatches, and a fourth began it al
over again But the public will rest now
The prince had sprained his leg, and il
now we'll.
The czar is at Moscow, within thu
Kremlin, that vast and magnificent citade
SO typical of the extent and puissance o
the Russian empire. Everywhere tht
enthusiasm is unbounded ; multitudes
throng the churches to pray for the safety
of the emperor" say the kilograms, ant
little alarm and less danger is apparent
} There are wonderful precautions being
taken to protect tho car, but it is th'
easiest thing possible for enemies to be
surging and throwing up their caps will
the rest of the throng, as St. Petersburg
learned when Alexander II. fell shattered
t, death on tho Catherine canal.
IT will be remembered that Mrs. Lang
try detested Pittsburgh. Another woman
seems to have had occasion to feel az
grieved at the smoky city, as physician
giving in his experience at the congress of
the American laryngological association,
relates that once ho was called to pre-
scribe for Emma Abbott in that city
whom he found suffering from an attack
of hysteria, which had been brought on by
the discovery that she was temporarily
unable to strike the high notes demanded
of her at that evenings concert. He,
general health seemed to be perfectly
good. He examined her larynx, and
found it normal with the exception of a
thin coating of favorite Pittsburgh SCOT,
which completely covered one of the mus
cles. The soot had caked, and become
quite hard, aud was with difficulty re
moved by the use of moisture and deli.