New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-04

| foot, the Rev DR.. Hatch and the late Dean
| Stanley, that the common Anglican theory OF
! tile divine origin of EpscOpacy IL utterly
groundless: He says that there is no hlstor'caI
basis for this theory and he urges " The revival
| OF the rights of the pres6yteTs as the governing
| body or council of the church," and that me
early bishop stood to his presl yters III the rela,
! ton oil chairman to the ordinary memucIS Oh
| committee" He has just read paper making
these points at public meeting at Sion College
| in LONDON.
Bishop Chase, the pioneer Bishop Of Ohio,
used to tell the following good story ut the
expense of the Episcopal Church. During his
visitatlOns through the state, The Bishop fell III
with IN old school cumrade who bad recently
! been made Chief Justice OF the state. Inc
! Bisl o. reminded his friend of old times ana
! congratulated him upon their success IN me-
and the honorable position in which they lound
each other after their long separation, CON
| GLIDING And better than all, Judge, ma you
| are member Of our Church." "N ELL SAID
| the Judge, that's more matter OF chance
! than ANYTHING else. lOu see when was get
ting established in my profession, vile ana
| thought we ought to join some Chulch twas
more respectable SO alter mature delOera
| ton we settled down with the Baptlsts ana got
| on very well Tor time, hut they kept harpihg
on faith. faith, till We pretty soon discovered
| that they required more faith than we hau, 30
! il became necessary TO make cnahSe' We
| turned the matter over considerably, anu ~
| last, from various reasons, made mp our minus
| to join the MethOdists Here we tound the ue-
mand was work, work, iDcessantly' ana IL was
presently apparent that they demahoc" niono
| work than we were able TO perform. III was
! with great reluctance that we c0ncuded tnat
we must change again, and cast aO0ut WIN
much caution that this move might pc nhai.
| At last we decided to com Get ourselves WIN
| your Church, Bishop, and have got along
| iamouslY ever since without either 1alth or
works
| Here is n chance for some Jealous young
person 10 preach the Gospel on nothing year
and find himself 1t is found IN letter from
the English Bishop of Peterborough, to Ihe
| church Guardian. "There is n country NV
ing now vacant in my diocese" he says, ana
in my gift, Tor which have in vain endeav-
| orcd to find an incumbent. IL was, before me
arc agricultural depression set in, worth Il5o
| a year net. IL Is ut present worth hOthlng-
| the income barely sufficient to pay the charges
| upuu it. Should better times for aGIlcultur-
lists ever arrive its value will, of course, I'M
prove and six years hence one of the charges
on 1t will expire. Meanwhile, whoever ac-
cents il will have comfortable house III gOod
condition, beautiful church, ana an interest
| ing sphere of work among village pnpula-
! tinn of coo souls in Il pleasant aud beautiful
ncighbUrhOOd, but no CeI tain income. III mere
| should be among your readers clergyman Tor
| whom such post has attractions, ana whose
private means enable him to disregard the
0ncstion OF income from the living, shalI DC
]
The Rev. Washington Gladden. formerly of
! Smiugiield Mass, but now OF Columbus ONO,
| thus pay = his respects to one oi Boston great
! men: ".IUsCph Cook, after cr"unnaVlgAtlng
| the world during which time he succeeded In
mystiying the llindoos, stirring up the Ma
! hometaus and teaching the jupglels OF Japan
! new tricks, had returned to boston. klndled ms
| kerosene torch spread his samples and began
| again to ely his wares in fremont Temple.
I Il /. tfIt an
+ old orthodoxy against the new hut III 80 40
| ing bad simply substituted for the latter the
! old hard-shcll UniycIsalism. All the aitera-
| tion he had made IN the CHIEF article ot the
new creed was that he had changed probation
after death to probation after breath. W bat
Joseph was dong WAS whipping tie devil
mon nj the stump and #, rs IN TINS Instance,
the stump was exceedingly small, the question
arose with the spectator, Who WAS being the
WOst hOtly pursued
The English Bishop of Durham, in q recent
| charge, discussed the Salvation Army. In
| view of recent sermon oil an Episcopal clergy
! man Of Paterson. y. j., his WORDS are al some
! interest. d" The Salvation Army he says, " has
/ many valuable lessons to teach ms, II only we
| will consent To learn them. FIRST and fore
/ most | place the ideal of evHngelstic work, To
! which have referred in n former part of NY
charge The high-handed faith which re-
! fu-rs To believe that the Gospel was intended
for the few, tho magnificent courage which
| attacks not individuals Or families. but whole
| town. and whole OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES two
! fold protest, both dottrinal and practical,
| against all narrowncSs Ought surely To com
| mand our waImcst admiration. AGAIN, the
! stress winch is laid on the latherly love OF
! God. as the central ldca at the Incarnation and
! the Gospel 'ssagc cXaltS and spuIualZes
! its dc ,mItc teaching.
The Waterbury lmcricdu believes that secular
! n,u.r- may rlgntfuiiy discuss the great Tclg-
! IONS question, of the day. "The newspaper
! il SAYS sneak, not alone for those of its con
! stiturncy identified with the Church, but for
| that other very large part of the community
| that fnVurs religion, contributes To It's sup
| port. but Is normally outside the told. Nhle
! ucwspaper Theology might not he exact
| euough for formulating creed n Is certainly
| not to he snce7cd at or cougGcd down. IL Is Tor
the best interest OF the Church To llStcn To II,
| for it tells what the great world thinks out
side the comparatively narrow bounds OF any
| one denominations
General Booth, of the English Salvation
| Army. I'M hie year book says: During the
| wear lSS2. GO9 of our soldiers. to Out kn0Nl-
| edge, have been knocked down, kicked or
| otherwise brutaly assaulted pol being women
| ond % children under fifteen. No less than
! 5G oi the buildings used 10y IA have been at
| torkrd. nearly all of the windows being broken
| i'm many casrp, and in many others even more
! ,e1ious damage being done. Meetings have
! sometimes been broken up by stones CRASHING
| through window OI roof
CURRENT RELIGIOUS OPINION
one CT the Hartford papers publishes the fol-
| lowing: