New-York tribune., 1886-02-14
PULPIT AND PEW.
WHAT THE CHURCHES ARE SAYING AND
DOING.


DOING.
Among other things this is the age of boy
preachers" Lewis Mysonhein tho name of the last
Dne reported lie has been working in st. Louis His
manner in the pulpit described unique ana udi-
crous. while quietly engaged in eXpOuDding passage
from tho Bible be will sud denly leap from the pulpit and
standing on pew in the body OF the church will begin
to exhort the people from their sins what are
your terms :" he was asked the other day fhave no
terms" lie replied The preacher and the Lord attend
to that" In The opinion Of many OF the CLERGY Doy
preachers have about had theii day" The crleness
Ignorant and cOnCe OF many OF them nave done more
harm than good And tie epieptic sort OF reslOh ~c
they produce is not found to be either permanent or
desirable.
The multiplicity OF rovivas ia another interesting fact
in the religious world just The ministers are ask
ing Themselves what the spiritual outcome Of all this
revival will be; and they not always able TO
answer the question satisfactorily Reviyals may be
confession part the churches that they have
allowed the people to drift away from them or they may
be an evidence the other hand that in spite OF the
prevalence religions Indifference the churches arc stl
animated by their old zeal Certain IL Is tIat even hnc
prOnounc al secularist must applaud tho churches
la their effort make men keep tho decalogue For Six
OF s commands at least tend to make this life sweeter
and cleaner and happier than 1t would otherwise be-
1t seems that the Salvation Army, according to an
report just published is growing stronger instead
of weaker It's total income for the past year was about
S3SOSI5, or. including tho profits from tue sale OF
sO2 corps operated in Great Britain, against G37 in
1854 and in countries 500 against 273 There are
more than 5000 officers in the Army altogether The
report states that special efforts now being made IN
England to the souls " OF the new voters With
thi. oiect i'm view four speciay construct ed vans in
charge Salvation Army cadets, travelling through
the country The cadets labor To show Hodge that there
ares and COW During the past year the Army has
disseminated 23i7O 500 publications. Issued III thlrtcen
different languages AtosethoI this strange movement
stu ieut Oi religion for some time 10 come
There some rather vague talk of establishing new
Rabbinical Seminary II seems that the Hebrew Uron
College Cincinnati is too liberal ia its scope to suit
some very conservative Jews 1t represents all the
schools OF thought OF Judaism and its president is an
OuspOkcn advocate OF progressive and advanced Juda
ISM who believes that modern American rabbi should
he trained more in problems OF modern Thought than
IN ancient theolosies 1t would be pity II the
lead t0 split in American Juda result which many
rAbhi5 predict will take place " the od anu the new
schools OF thought thus arrayed against each Other
That sturdy organ OF Roman Catholicism, The NeS-
York Frecmans Jour1ui could not be expected to ike
President Eots views education indeed those OF
President NcCosh. And devOtcs itself to showing
how mistaken they both There IL only thin
plank" it says IN conclusion, between Professionalism
ana nduelity. Let do nothing to make it thinner.
what OF Catholic tradition remains in Professionalism has
lc,pcd to keen society utter corruption in this land
OF freedom Better that Protcstants should be intOler
ant and bigocd and honest in their belief than that
should become Paeans burning incense to Joss ana
kneoing q, High Mass with eqna reverence. The only
brclkwatcr against the tide OF aeuosticsm is the Cath
"lic thurcn' which i'acncs thht clue'ton cannot oe
divorced from the Christian religion.
The English Church papers are vigorously discussing
thu uuc.to oi Church reform The idea underlying the
discussion is the many abuses OF long standing In
the Church supply the advocates OF dseStabliShment
with OF strongest arguments. II these abuses
were reformed It l. ,aid would he heard OF dis
establishment This the narrower view OF the queS-
ton In ls broader aspects it takes tie torn OF a
demand that the Church OF England shall become
National only name but IN fact; and there are
hints thrown ont OF possible concOrdat between the
great Protestant oyaurecal denominations and the
Anglican church. by the terms of this c0ncordat the
Di,-cntin. bodies would recognize the ecclesiastical
claims ot tho Church. while the Church would allow the
Ds,cutcr, to retain much II ALL OF their present
iuGcpcndcuce Even 20, IL Is claimed that there would
3e difference between the neW admitted ssenters
and ui the Church than now ehl>tS between the
great parties within tAe 'Aur'h ana hUtn licniel
aud Dlz~entrrs may be found who .eeNo that union
uu these lines Is entirely practCable SUoh uuloh
however would still leave out Of account the Roman
Catholics Jews GgnOsticS and other On-eEdnGelcdl
able percentage Of the population Besides which. the
tendency ~ the present dIy Is toward religious udyd-
ualy, and Il Is hand 10 believe that Ia thG iace OF lhlS
tendency rank and Tile OF the great English Genomna-
tons vii voluntarily accept ecclesiastical humiliation
The Episcopalians beginning To discuss with great
carncstne,s the merits and dcwerts OF the proposed
teyised PRAYER Book which will come before the next
General Convention for action. II is found that great
many church members admit the need OF revision but
cannot bear the thought OF any change in the book
which they have learned u DIR. W. Il. Hunting
ton the accomplished rector OF Grace Church in this
ty Is the admitted champion OF the revised book, and
between now and next ;all when the General ColNtn
lion lurcts in Chira.o he will lie kept pretty busy
warding of attacks and answering questions.
"Voices Crying in tho Wilderness" is the name OF "A
current English novel that attempts to show that
religion of some kind is necessity TO human nature. An
EneIi,Anan who is an aguOstc and bis young are
wrecked upon an pcopcd by savages. lie at
discovers that however salts, flying agnOscisp may be in
the salons ofa great metropolis il will not do with
Ignorant and british sayagcs. TO restrain their fierce
passions the English asnOsuc Is obliged to invent an
c crate religious system, which has the sun foi its
object OF worship and under the influence OF this sublime
cntus the savages are easily kept In check Tho
oguosr's son /, also trained the same religion. After
timo the father die, HnC the son, now grown up Is
taken To ENGLAND where lie exchanges tie worship
the sun the worship Of christ The book i rather
of showing ;Aat the OF the island in question
conld been humuuilcd mora Cuec clGay by tomths
religion ~ humanity. Perhaps Mr. Frederic Harrison
viii think 1t worth his while to do something OF the sort
There are eighty five permanent English chaplancles
i'm Europe scattered through ten nations and covering
am area Of 100000 square miles. These figures Will
explain Why an English bishop appointed some time ago
10 take charge OF these chapait ces has broken down
through overwork. HIS duties required him 10 be on
ne 20 All the me continually flying from end or
Europe TO the other He was. as some OF the clergy
irreyereuty said, u mere " couhIMlhS machine
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