New-York tribune., 1883-03-11
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.


How TO PITACH-The COngreatiOhGtSt
gives the following interesting information
There is now in pro gress at Cambridge, before
the Divinity School, n series Of very valuable ec-
lures given by professors of the university VINO
are not connected with the Dlvinly school fresl-
dent Eliot gave the first lecture OF The course.
DR.. A. Z. Peabody, Mr. WinsOr, the Librarian.
Professor TrQwbrdge and Professor Hill
(Boylston professor of rhetOric) have occupied
the other evenings of the course. Professor
Hills subject on the evening OF the 14th was
"English in the Pulpit" HIS lecture was as
good as a tonic. Ii any minister is afflicted with
IA holy Tone" or speaks the olf-fishloned dla-
lect of the pulpit, or cultivate weakly ana
sentimental plety, or practlses ascetlcISn, ne
ought to get hod of the ideas presented by Pro-
fessor Hill and enbody them forthwith in his
mental and moral constitution The lecture
was plea for natuIalness, dlrectness, vlROr,
manllneSs, and common senBe I'D preacnIhg, as
opposed to the ecclesiasticlsm, the pulpit con-
ventiOnalites, the gOOdy y-go0dy" phrases tue
can't the seDtimentallty, which some preachers
exhibit on the Ole hand, and the sensational
isns and slang which are heard from the pull
pits of few on the other hand.
Good English in the pulpit must CONFORM 10
the same standards as good English out OF the
pulpit. The usage and authority OF the best
writers aud speakers must be followed every
where. The minister must interest whlle ne
speaks, and must impress afier ne mas ceaseu 10
men are familiar in other walks OF lie In the
best books they read and the best speakers they
hear. A minister WHO violates Tic rules ol
syntax requires the same treatment as any
other man SHINING in the same way. lhere are
certain temptations in the ministerial ONCE 10
the development of uDmanly traits. Inc no.
tOn that a clergyman is a willing recipient OF
fayOrs of all sorts, the fact that III is nooouys
interest to criticise preacher-except MS WIG
help on this tendency, against which tne
must guard. Vigor in the pulpit Will be re-
spected by vgor outside of it; so, also, clear
ness, concseness, sincerity. preacher must
keep the springs of his own life full, In ORDER
to refresh others. Ee must read not merely the
literature of his profession. lie must be more
than a bookwOrm. lie must minge among
men, he must know things, he must ce TAMIL
lar with nature. There are sermons that nave
no connection with the preacher; they are man
ufactured with the assistance OF commentaries
and other mems thoughts. But real sermons
are a growth they are the trult of character
and culture. They are the result oil a NINA
working with all its energies toward definite
purpose.
BUDDHISM FRAUD.-Bishop Scheresch,
cwsky, the Episcopal Missionary Bishop oi
Shanghai, China, IN recent az peal Tor ana III
his work cOmhais the idea that all rehglOns
have their claims, that Christianity IL merely
one of many religions, and that In Buddhism
espPcially-the prevailing religion OF Eastern
ASia--there Is so much that Is good, so lnuch
that il identical with Christianity, that 1t were
as well not to disturb this ancient rellgon-as
perhaps those who entertain thus feeling are
apt TO think it-and leave well enough alone
" For more than twenty years" he says, l. nave
been student of Buddhism, have thoroughly
studied the Buddhis. boOks-which IN them
selves constitute q vast literature have
talked with hundreds of Buddhist priests and
monks. Chinese, Mongolian and Thlbetan, l
have visited many Buddhist temples. have
even l7cd in such. Therefore laying aside all
el-u II i'm "a
Germs the Church, iccl competent To state that
a mor3 gigantic system OF fraud, superstition
and doatry than Buddhism IL II is now has
seldom been inflicted by any false religion
upon mankind. Ii IL true that Buddhism Is not
devoid of teachings in which there Is much that
is good and noble. But as q religious ~ stem II
is utterly inefiertual to mould or guide the souls
or the bodies a men. ] am prepared to prove
as Well-shOuld circumstances 80 permit me
that CT lristIanity antedates Buddhism, 80 far ~
we know of the latter from its literature. My
own TX pericnce has convinced me that tOn-
fcianism is much 60 be preferred 10 Buddhism
and whatever we find OF COCA among the
Chinese may be traced TO the influence of Con
fucianism. And believe that every intelli-
gent missionary in China VIII bear me out III
this assertion. In the meantime | content my
self with saying that the religion ol the LoI1
Jesus Christ alone is able 10 save us both III soul
and in body, both individually ard nationally"
RELIGION N RUSsIA.-Ihe eminent scholar,
Won der Bruggen, in the DeHtSche RuHdSchdu
has written notable article on "a new religious
movement IN RUSSIA II iransniioh OF Whlch
appears IN The ChiccgO Inter-Ocedn. He de-
clarcs says The Inter ocean, that the retorna-
tory impulse has come from the Gospels them
selves and that the movement III It's tervor and
vehement earnestncss is much like that OF the
sweep of Methodism in this country, or OF the
rise of PGOtesianism in Germany. The doc
trine preached Ia purely evangelical, nut DIS
cards many of the restrictions made much of IN
Western Europe. The leaders are content with
the Gospel and its own inherent powers OF re-
dcmutiOn. This simple Gospel doctrine has
struck the Russian peasantry like q new revela-
tIOu aud has given rise 10 n new religious Hpltit
AZ fierce in lis way as Nihlllsm itself. Ihe new
movement has become popular IN spite ot The
Orthodox Church and Is already recognized
force in national development. The national
authorities regard it not unkndly, possibly
because it is opposed in everything 10 the doc
trine OF destruction preached by tho Nlhllists,
and is therefore most elective as "a weapon
against Nihilism. 1t il not necessarily hostile
10 the established church except in its absence
of form and It's indifference 10 old methods.
II has taken hold on the Imagination as well IA
the convictions of people much given TO ideal
ism aud it fiourishcs at st. Petersburg as well
as III the southern provinces.
IRISH QUAKERs.-In The London Globe of
recent date there appeared an interesting artl-
clio about the Irish Quakers. They are not
numerous III that country, nut are very INTEL
ligent and prosperous, principally IN CONNER
cial pursuits. The success OF the Irish
woollen trade in former years, before legisla-
tive restrictions crippled II, was mainly owing
to Quaker industry and Quaker capital Ar
thur Young, in his "TOur in Ireland" says
"The poor Catholics in the south of Ireland
spin wool generally, but the purchasers of
their labor, and the whole woollen trade, are in
the hands of the Quakers of Clonnel, Carrick
and BandOn.D In the present day they are
among the leading merchants in the country.
Many of the society have amasseG great wealth,
whi,h il, for the most part, employed with
great libcrality; the name of PIN Of Dublin,
and Pike of Cork. having been, among others,
associated for generations with every charita-
bic undertaking.