New-York tribune., 1886-07-18
RELIGIOUS GLEANINGS.
some THINGS THAT ARE SAID AND DONE IN
THE CHURCHES IN SUMMER.

eays which sat forth that . clergyman WAS V"pso III
hand hurryng to the railway depot when no was "o'
costed by tho Devil who inquired where ne "n' so"s
On being told he leaving on bis annuai '~o"
ton tho Devj replied that he had been steadily AZ "ork
for six thousand years and nover could anoro ino
ments vacation. There fs nouoh sproau '""' WV
winter time is the season for spiritual m'hs'ra'on''
and acting on that the summer mouths are gwen 10 'no
Devil and Tonight the Devil Is marshang his FORCES 70
attack tho citadel left undefended by the vacation
minsters who lounge about watering places and summer
resorts while poor aud the weak In losh arc ie
without consolation advice. exposed TO evil ana Tue
muttudinous temptations In which this city aoounds.
Mr. Pressy seems to be gentleman OF an aDnormaiiy
aggressive disposition. and he may be trusted TO watcn
the Devil very closely this summer while the other
dominica OF Philadelphia are doing little needful
"lounging" in the country. Philadelphia Is fortunate
IN pos.esspg clergyman who doesn't need to 60 away
IN the summer
The seventh-dsy Adventlss are st religious power
in New England. They have their churches III boston
and suburbs. and their annual campmesting s ono o'
the largest in New England. Tho Mierite I"osrnaco
ate I'm Boston. from which the Adventists were 10
ascend in 1874. Is covered by the Howard Aehe-
naum and ground floor Is used by the argest ooter
OF Iiqud refreshments Boston soon after ho 1anrs
the FIrst-day and the seventh-dy A Aiventist~ Botn
wings .tl hold firmly the IDEA OF second conng OK
Christ; but they do not now attract mucn a''on'o"
outside their own b0iy.
The Guardian OF London has this say about the Rev.
Dr. r. s. Storrss new book. % The Divine origin OF
Christianity Indicated by It's Historical ELECTS" "The
materials VIII oh he in Illustration OF MS thesis arc
copious woll arranged and effectively set forward.
Every lecture shows most careful ana conscientious
work: there papsbe historical bunders such a.
so often dshgure works Of this kind, whe tne ihso'
curaces comparatively few and slight Wy iar the
most serious fault Ia certain onesdedness. and tnat
tendency to sur Ignore opposing cohsueraton'
which the OF almost all theological and quasi
theoog writings and which. for some reason seems
he especially characteristic OF the Amsrcan in.e'
lect DR. storrs holds brief for hi. own vlews lew,
But all the same, he given really vausole pook
entirely sound and earnest that criticism Is rng,.h
asts beng apparently mo on that OF Archdeaeon
Fsrrar but must all welcome 80 thorouah ah pan,
taking a contribution to Christian spologeuc ana
more particularly coming from an American pen
We may aid that the notes are most especi NY copu'
andy and valuable and there Is a" 'n'oA OF UNUSUAL
Some Of the clergy seem inclined to discipline tha'
large class OF psople VINO are In the haol' Oh going ~
sleep In church Said q prominent clergyman the
other day: 1T is astonishing how many OF ths
pillars OF The church Will 90 to sleep in the sacred
temple Although the habit seems to DO 'anct'onea oy
custom 40 Old that the memory Of man runneth not 70
the contrary think that these days OF strikes ana no
COTS gooi time for tho prrachrr anu 'ne he
sfrks AZ such unchristian conduct. ana OoScO.t uo
brothers who persist In It. II IA not reasohaoo W
pect minister to deliver discourse win any s sor tb U
congregation and tnds that the deacons are all sseep
Sleeping IN church will find many apooSiss II not de-
tenders, among the lalty me fhH"|tP''" "'0''"
onotcs venerable official in the Presbyterian Church as
follows: There is no place more conducive to sleep
than the warm pews a winter and the cool,
ouieting In summer. Why, can't help seep'hS
most or the time. have consulted the doctors anu
asked FOR remedy but they all say that there Is none'
and that can only ba kept awake IN church
by an active application of tho shawl-pn by their less
drovsv wives who are too much Interested In looking
al the other wonen's TO fall into sleepy state
Now. Just look at 1t. 4 brother gets into a church
where everything is quiet AMI restful All noises rom
the outside world are far as possible excluded and
the only sound tnat - heard Tor l"nS uul' - tuo
pre- acnors voice IN measured cadehces, ulihS 10 soeP
as surely the lullaby OF babyhOot. Sunn mohoio-
flow Of words il bster than silence 70 asss. tno
spectfll and We dome think 1t to nod over tho
sermon. aud ws shall not take klady TO TINS hew orn
sade. Tno best III the world nave slept In church
"Ihavs often" said physician tho other day. ad-
vsed patients OF niue who troubled with insomnia
to try quiet church where tho preacher not too
energetic In his manner, and In most cases the result
has been gratifying. The poor man who has become
almost wild through want OF sleep 0enertly OBTAINS rc
lief and falls off gentle and refreshing sumDer
Many people suffering this way tax, rtie In rail-
ROAD train for rset and often got it, but nothing has
succeeded 80 well as the Sunday morning service In
quiet church. II those people however, wuo DO not
need to seep church aud do not want TO- would drink
vary tea or going they might
nnd il eff ctlve. bur by means healthy. why do }ou
see the bald-hsa Ia noldiug most IN church Because
the old are susceptible to the influence or sucn sur
roundlngs The women seldom 90 10 sleep hecanse they
are 50 dressed sleep would he almost Impossible
Ithe men would lace tight they might keep
awake too hut in the Of General Kn lckerbocker
They cswn't do II. you know
The average church member has little conception OF
the power welded By tho salvation Army. corre-
spondent OF The Sunday Times recently inter-
viewed general" Booth. "Iustead OF meeting
man." he says "coarie manner aud egostical in ex
pression or having the ea3t brayado about him, met
man six feet In he ght. ionE white flowing beard
hgn check bones. dark, piercing eycs LOOKING sV"isnV
into your own and Will as gentle manners ana mia e1-
pression a the humbes, wOrshipper In the most modest
village church. huuirot AMI moro people. represent
ing every class and nationality, wero waiting to meet
him, and with generous patience and kindly sympathetic
expression he gave the all hearing WHOM listened
to with interest AS my own persoua cohFersa-
ton Finally e were alone and after told him where
was from he seemed particularly Interested anu tor
the reason he said that tue salvation Army had re-
ceved United states less favor aud more ABUSE
Than from any other people wherever abated his uas
But sal Perhaps. General you have less efficient aud
less gody persons representing your command In the
Unitod states than elsewhere TO which he replied pen
phatic language My American ieutentnts are the pest
OF my corp-.' and he the names OF W nty or
more But General, said l. may You not ne de
ceived In the character OF your men Z NO. ne
prom pity repel the moro my men aroaOnsed ana the
more serious are the en- rees against tns' Tue more
trust have IN them aud the more coundent "n t.se
they nearer to their Lord" AMI what are tne
concernsdi" asked. He said they had 10000 IN hand
for homes alone, not to say anything OF tue sup
working order. thoisand girls had been saved from
tho streets whilo prison brigade, when devotes ts
entire ahors the convict and the felon. hsd Deeh
almost equally successful In Australia the Govern
ment fully understood their work aud had made thcm
a Government grant The income Tor the last year lot
Great Britain put down at 10000. and e3Ooo0 OF
this had been expended n the erection OF buildings
chic 80 Herald CORES pondent has come across
novel religious movement In Norwich England. Unit
tartan minister OF that place has started revival
(which" he says am afraid will greatly scandalze
Messrs Moody and sankey lie has come to tho con-
cluslon that one OF the best ways to evangeuze tho
is 70 give them good secular entertainment and
instruction Sunday. Every Sunday afternoon his
chapel densely thronged by artisans aud their Wives
who come to sing OF the best poetry set to simple
music and TO him read George Eliot ana other
great writer's How remember, he says III private
note the solemn stiffness with which Mrs- browning
and A ie aide ProctOr and TcnnysOn and Longfellow
.v. and Rohart Browning and Isu kin and Arnold and