New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-09-19
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
NOTES Of THE CHURCHES HERE AND
THERE-CCRRENr RELIGIOUS OPINION.

THERE-CCRRENr RELIGIOUS OPINION.
The Rev Dr. Samuel Davidson. of London. has been
describing in The Christian Register the theological
currents in England Being radi cal churchman, be
is Of course very much dissatisfied with the way IN
which English theologans ignore the new thought,
especially the German thought The persistent
| intrusion of Orthodoxy" he says, into books where
it is out OF place Is remarkable. 1t appears even III
the London translation Of Gesenius- Hebrew LEXICON
where the Plymouth Brother translator has inserted
abrupt and impertinent contradictions OF the great
! photographer, all erroneous OF course. Fygmes
should beware Of opposing giants. | regret to say,
also, that Dr. Robinson has Inserted corrections OF
| Gesenius In the American translation, when are
usually wrong except those relating to geography In
like manner leading reviews are, tor the most
part the side of the traditional theology The best
OF them, The Quarterly, is carefully g"n .Ted
qt 1f 5S d W ~ the Ssg.p IL s cosod
against free Christian views The British and
London Quarteres. organs Of the Independents ana
Methodiss respectively. have no authority or literary
character. and kept in existence by money Iher
spirit against everything considered heteroioA Is
intoerant.'
The recent revision of the Bible has it done
much to shake the faith of the younger Non-Con-
fornists Of England An eminent Non-Conformist
thus Explains 1t The late Thomas Carlyle remarked
that Dean Stanley was, usual. boring holes in the
bottom of the Church o: England but the Dean
never bored half 80 big hole in the Churchs bottom
as he did in the bottoms OF the Dissenting sccts when
he procured their cooperation IN that great work OF
a the Bible revision. The Bible was tho one great
7 Christian tradition to which they chung fracucaly
they regarded II a. a thing fallen from heaven with
every word and stop complete bu; bv the Blble they
meant the In gish version Where yOu DO open IN,
s,id an old Disseuter once 10 me, there read IN.
But now where this old belief As strong a. ever
possibly among the elder ones but what ABOUT the
| vouu. How tie doctrine OF verbal ir-plran) "a
| stand in the presence of parallel New Testament
with two different texts ranged side by side : The
! Wesleyans ind their tavorlte passages grleFon7y
tran-rnogriied with turn again, OF turn ior De
! converted Tho Baptists find one OF their loci
cas-ci removed TO the margin ana another seriously
| NAMED"
81 Peters Roman Catholic Cathedral, Montreal
which is now rapidly approaching comp eton will be
handsome and imposing structure. 1t Is shaped
| t,orrb on a smaller scale. TO resemble St Peters,
Rome Here is a description of it taken from The
Boston Plot" d" The portico viii be ZlO
feet long 80 feet deep and will from it, delicate
carving-being surmouuted by two huge clocks and
! q croup OF statues of the Apostles-present mag
| I.lccnt appearance. From the portlco I'VE large
| entrances will communicate Win Ihe Ne7ilolo' ~
aplrment 200 tcct long. from which utince % the
body OF the church will be obt aimed throl-A lu' o'
/ srchwayo. The gigantic dome, "NcA i 5uo u"H "
.of,es part OF the cathedral, l. erected over lhe
tr,-.pt and supported by four pillars Oh almost
triangular form. and 30 feet IN greatest thcAAe7s'
INC dome il 20 fs. in diameter al itH commencement
and is summit 2lO feet from the SPECTATORS on Tue
door below. Ii is an exact copy, though 5,naec,' "
tine mirtty dome OF ~. Peters. and j. zJO ieet III
height to the top Of the cross. 46 feet higher thah
he towers Of Notre Dame. Montreals other
!
dome siren gthened by 10 PAIRS ol . .
uilar- p feet in height and surrounded 10y pasters
OF metal. Above these the dome curves ErAoei"S p
IN is apex from which grand lantern ar
rounded on "A smaller &C e by OfnalhcnlA p'l"i, =
Above this IL huge gilt bali on when ! pace -
eItternr cross l. feet hIgh and - feet long fout
smaller domes enui-distant from tue major one, VIII
surround il, and will each be as large as ~
dome- in other cities. The walls are mace III u9
form OF a cross $40 feet length. from the grahn
entrance tohe back OF the chance while It's breath S
3D. feet"
4 correspondent of " The Philadelphia Record "
rrvives some memories OF once-tamous religious
institution in New-Jsrsey Burlington College he
saws has become a forgotten institution. at least
among modern colleges and UNIVERSITIES let pshoP
Dame who was its president believed, in founding 1t,
that it would be the future Oxford oil America,
started in ; l6 in four years had 80 students, and
laid claims TO scholarship beyond that OF Yale or
Harvard-claims that well founded Inc
n-ns were compelled 20 wear the academic cap ana
,yu In the streets OF the city a. wei as IN e C1ss
room. But they were cOoped up III tle VY'.~sJ
hn,lduvs fed at the college commons ana NOT lo"Su
4, leave the grounds without a tutor All sioPl 49,, ~
dormltOres, and there was no privacy po1HIDt.o' ~
Ill vas thai after wear OF TINS s0rtOt confinement
every student bent all his energies 10 euectlhg nls
e,iration 10 some other college, ana the greater par
go succer,ed Efforts we're made TO induce the
Bishop to change his policy, bat IN vain ne persisted
spent his fortune and his wfes money on II, an u
the fua result that in about ten years ume Vht
college had ceased TO exist and grammar schooi
took its place But II left some pleasant memories
onon0 us elder Ones--Of Balddlnl, Sugstroui INV
Baequet professors OF foreign anguases-ot hyue;
Zehucr Mitchell and Spencer, IN the classical unu
mathematical chairs-and OF the high gallery IN .n'
Quaint old crucifOrm church OF the last century
where we bows nearly made ourselves squht eyen IL
our a-eess endeavors Sundays to eaten gHps'
of the br ght eyes and rosy cheeks OF the Mdiucn'
trow - Narys Hall who occupied another gallery
Those of our number who do not sleep uhuer III
golden rod and asters OF autumn can auoru 70 sli
~ lie peasant memories uOw-for we are gray -heade'
,,a,rierch. of families o specialized matrons VINO ru
! the home roost. and know that these thing' "cr
, vanity or, at least, we tell our children 30.
, The Guardian" Of London, has noteworth!
article on the agitation against tthes In Naes Ale
making As good abstract argument a. 1t an LOT th'
er Of tithes it comes down tc the concrete IN tn
w,v: The clergy should do what they can Il
' mitigate the difficulties under which farmers arr
undoutte dy aborng We are sorry 70 sso acte
n in spirit of much generosity. IL would nave ucei
II ouite possible imagine for him 10 eheot co,uP
. mise but when his proposal was only 70 re1C ~ '
cent if the farmers would agree to hahu II oNsI 70
cnuvae.ceut home. il u obvious that sch coit 10
) uise could not be accepted. The OncF, stulIlo
n himself aud its acceptance would staltiy me !ai
. Ther strong ground in resisting uthes that they at
4 frrning almost 40 a loss and that they cannon amor
the charge To hand the reduction over 10 ho5P'.'
would be tantanount to owning ina, lhrs ~ ,,,hs
IT il themselves and that they are only resisting -
+ from a spirit of jealousy aud rrltatiOn-a cohcsso
e thev are not Nkly 10 make The rector on Iho i
- mo has "A legal right his tithes. ana proua"i
80 ne,ds unon them for his income This "a his stron
- ground tor claiming them. ground wulch ue u.s.
IL when he procaims that be can remit ~ per ecu"
- We talk" says a Baptist layman Of -Englan
;. Of the Methodist plan but we have gone anoa"
- ,be Methodiss in this particular. The average Ne'
~ England pastorate among the baPcs's uu bsSore
" moro than two or three years. loo OiIeh oeIot0
81 oastor has time get settled down ana Fesuy !.
e work some heads mbnation az hhsI u'i'l
re the church Is and lacerated Anlo'' " o.
change OF this kind leaves scar Families are a
N, | .seeIed They leave When The pastor leaves