, 1886-05-16
THE RELIGIOUS PRESS.

Bishop Joy sends the following letter te
The Churciman; 1t Is said that even in Chi
cago ALWAYS hospitality a desire IS felt thai
the general convention should meet else
where next October. l hear the sarc from
every quarter. The presiding bLnnp car
change it for any good cause" See tie con.
stitution. Now, il II considerable maj witty
Of the bishops should concur in ask!t Z him
to satisfy tbs general desire by %cailIn. us tc
IN ct in NV York, l submit that the consti
tuition wonll Tim, be duly honored and a
great benefit secured.
The Christian Witness and Advocate oil
Bible Holiness does not like church kitchenS
1t says: In n large number of our ciurche.
the kitchen will accommodate more than he
chapel, Mt least more attend, regardless oil
the weather. +++ We find, too, thai
the uneasy odors OF the kitchen have come
up into the pulpit and the pews. Watching
pots and kettles has given too little time tc
pray. We finl that in the kitchen have
been many broils and stews, which have
more than counteracted the incense of the
pulpit AMI ths repose of the pew. Many
fin gers have been burned in more senses
than one. Many flushed face, and dlscordani
tones have revealed the heat of the place.
We have known instances where the kitchen
became so hot as 10 split the church. w,
trust. on account of its influence, in real
heart piety, that we may be able in the
future to chronicle the decline and fall OF
this pernicious institution that now fiourishes
at such cost 1t costs too much.
The Chi,tain Leader says: SO many
cler gymen of orthodox antecedents, having
renounceI the orthodox sys EN-, swing rap.
lilly over into extreme radicalism that the
prudent among us are wary of extending an
- $500 ~
discarding eternal torment of the trinity,
and continue by giving up historical Chris
tin iity. Such mon may find a congeniul fel-
lowship in the Unitarian boly. or may help
our ethical culture friends 10 work ont their
destiny. They can do nothing in the Uni.
versalist church, bus divide and desulnte.
Oar church Is not an asylum for bankrupt
believers.
The n ,bYterian Banner says: The va
riety o, hymn books aud the difference in
the Introductory, musical, md closing
services have become SO great, even in
churches of the sams denomination that a
minister occupying the pulpit in n church
with whose forms he IL not acquainted not
unfrequently is ut n loss how to proceed. To
such an extent has this variety, anil also ths
imita ing o the services of another denomi-
nation gone, that the conduct OF II Presby-
terian minister, now going the rounds OF the
press, can hardly be condsmnel. Being in
vited to preach in a church whose form of
service were unknown to him. he found a
great nunber of things TO be done. There
wns, perhaps, one I%ntroit. and may be a
Gloria and n Re Deum. aud soma kind OF a
responsive exercise, AMI n chanted prayer;
and altogether n great deal Of choir aud so
forth. He let all these things take their
course, and when they seemed to DO done he
opened his Bible and said: Now let us be-
gin the worship OF God
In an article on The Unchurched Muses.. ="
The Christian Secretary says: Toe free-seat
system is a powerful factor in reaching the
common poorer p ople. When the Roman
Catholic and two-thirds OF the Episcopal
churches OF our country as a ma ter OF wis
dom adopt this system, surely we ought not
10 be behind them in this matter. The
rental Of pews is not only unwise but unjust
The rich man who hires a pew for $50 may
not hc paying more than one-fourlh ms much
according to his ability as his poor brother
who pays So, nm yet the impression Is giseu
that the few who occupy the costly psws are
bearing nil tn burdens OF the church. How
can the most devot d pastor draw tho multi =
tude to tn eiurc I under a system OF high
priced pew. nvilious and unscriptural dis
tinct and unequal taxationi