New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-04

! Mn. MiCUONOCUIr.-The Bishops Cf London
and Manchester are having hard time just
now III dealing with different phases ut rltudl-
/ ism. The former has Just published state
! meut iuStifylng lis action III transferring Mr.
| NachoDochie to London Docks, nom which
/ the following extract Is given: The penalty |
/ have had 10 paY for my part ~ changes conse-
0urpt ON the rcsigna iCb of st Albaus, IlOl-
/ horn ha, been the receipt of 20 many letters as
! to Interfere with the time needed Tor the
/ work Of my diocese. Many of them were rep
clifton of the aCIid and nCcdlc-sly offensive
! resolution oil the Church Association, scnt oil
| i'm print TO their district committees. These
we've often followed by letters from clergy
men VINO kindly informed me that they had
/ declined To- sign; in some instances, from
! others who apOloglZed for having signed It,
! OTHER rrmoEstrancts, IN very different tone,
| came from good men whom my conduct had
| paIue4 aud these deserved, and certainly
| snould have received, IN answer. II had mad
! sufficient leisure 90 give It. Many Evangelical
! clrrgymcn, known ~ q unknown To me- have
! written TO express their entire disapprOval OF
the action of the Church Association; and
| others OF various opinions have thanked me Tor
the line ! took. My own estimate Is that !
deserve neither the prase nor The blame.
| eimply did NY duly. Nor did u occur To mo
that / had any option. 1t was, no doubt,
| within my discretion TO refuse Nlr. Nlachon-
ochie's resignation, which was made IN pliIsu-
! auce of his promise To the Archbishop, Tree
from all conditions. But this, under the cir
cumstances, nothing could have induced me to
do; nor has any one, | think, ever limited thft
Ought to have done 50.
DR.. HALL's SENSIBLE ADyIcE.-The Rev.
! Dr. John Hall, of this city, gave some excel
| lent advice last week to the students OF the
| Yale Theological Seminary in Nev-liaycn. lie
advised the clergy above all things 10 be eau
| ious about using hand language. "There are
words which have an acquitted sense which
might be used in that sense sometimes, but
when snch u word was used it should be with
| n qualifications One of these words, very colu-
mon ia the ordinary speech oil people, WAS
| the word iniidel,' and 1t was frequently mis-
used We should LOOK TO the original meaning
of words. We could say of the statements OF
person that we are without confidence in them,
and it may be wiser than to cal IA man an IN
fdel because he says what We do not believe.
Just such word Is 'sceptlc. DIR. Hall said
that he had always been n sceptic In certain
sense So WAS every one with mind capable
of Judging evidence. "This principle Of exam
| lining was rivht-the Bible teaches us to prove
all things. We properly welcome truth upon
attempt TO prove everything by the same kind
OF evidence The scientific investigator has
class of evidence to prove u certain CLASS OF
facts-he uses material facts to prove the truth
of his material theories. A man looks at the
presentation Of evidence suitable to settle
certain matter. Let us not lear that We are
sceptics, but that we do not look at the aDpro-
| pirate kind of evidence for the given case:
| Another word," shlu the spchhVi, 'n1V I1" ~
he used with caution, Is secuarism. In inc
! true sense of that word il was proper TO De
secular. We are all secularists in way.
Christian seculaIism is the hope of the world,
the inspiration Of goodness, charity ana all
excellent things"
A SAINTS DAY IN MExICO.-A correspond
ent OF The NeC- Orleans Times Democrat thus
! describes the way III which saints day-that
of san Felipe de Jesus-is kept IN the City Oh
! Mexico: the day the festival Oh oah
! Felipe de Jesus, the earliest maItYr and pa
! iron saint of Mexico, and likewise the annlver"
sary of the PRONUNCIATION of the CONSTITUTION
! in 1857. In COMMUNICATION of the iirst-men-