New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-15

before election Of Ii colin more than eighteen es'
'aS o OF 90, ~'s :ns
re.nade sncs this began In larger prSpoons
imn.n.e territories have been largely occupied win
Villages am ces its population has been nutPnrdd
political fe shon p.rvs.o. ~. been vastly snrieh.a
IN power aud promises Its place In tho vorlu' VIII
OK Irsd. Others coming sft-r a. viii doubt :-:
changes following thes. Of import.nos ana ~
secular interest Ii seems impossible that tney sno
s'e changes radical rapid than wo M.
witnessed, or more thoroughly alive with prophe"'
signs
SURPRISING CHANGES IN EUROPE.
Yet the sim itaneous changes IN Europe have peeu
scarcely less swf surprising Louis Philippe seomeu
then established for life the throne oil France wiz"
the prospect Of succession 10 his sous Lou''
Napoleon. recently ssoape from the Castle OF Ham, was
pontiucats OF Plus TX had just opened on hoeraa,
basis Tho nortnern Italian provinces, famous n 1Da
two sicies moaned without hope. beneath BOURNE" on
precision. WHAT wnirls revolution soon followed y"n
France; the Hungarian r~beon bloodiIv suppressed,
only TO becoms politically succrssnl few years Ion,.
Battle Summer OF lS45 first Presidency OF LOUIS
Napoleon. tue founding OF the second Empire oJ 'no
b cody surprise of the coup GetaL mar, q, .nc,eut
To cnilire OF today these seem part OF
history so docs the Crimcan War the sudden nn NJ
tue Pope Evsa the expulsion Of Austria from the Ger.
Bund with tue slnu taneous elevation OF .m q,
the Empire In France after twenty OF unsouna
ness though OF deIusvo aud dangerous Glitter oesn 70
and relation of England to Ireland. though silent
y procedure have been constant and vast since tne
year when the Corn Laws abolished ana tho parry
Of Young ireland seeded from U Conn-ll .-s.,,
WITH what rapiity the world beyond Chr's,enu a.o
know. II bard to realize through what scenes ag
events low seem to US amazing, because have seen
such collisions and catsstrophes with such uneAsupu
re- sshonins OF States. But any ono who mas looked
from point OF vantage on history OF tho later
Of Tho century. has bal before hun panorama
squssd rapIdty of movement IN the tragic .pisn.
of and overthrow. In events suggestive
Of immsasursbie future cosDicAl change.
RELIGIOUS THOUGHT ALSO CHANGING.
1t perhaps yst more appropriate on An occasion IEe
this notice swift snd swrIs OF religious
thought In Christian lands In the midst OF whose We
hcment surgess ave stood, and by which dne
moral history OF the time mas DesD largely sHe"ou NC
nver die o on tue other nani .cIing and
n.ughty IN us Roman eIn,otlon' o,.nonous .na
and alternately exciting each other. eacn
arrogant escn ambitious and neither perhaps 'nrps,|
DISLIKE TO the trutl As We nave held ~
In Protestant communities have been manioiu iunu-
Papa com ruunIon tendencies worsuE toward srcter
dehnition aud conpIeter dev-lopnont have irsue in
authority the Pontn No Intelligent community can
hat We remained Unaffected by the alternating swing oi
such persistent ana impsriOus movements 49,.
Tue German thought often aggressiveiy rstionaiistc.
whose InfIeuce comparatively limited III tnIs
country forty years ago. nas made constantly wusr
ppra tue American mind aud IA perhaps AS Actse
ever, effective. III the Influence which IL oxeris
to-day. IL was foniiy Thought Dy some scoptcs peoP
that Dr. Strauss. whose o OF Christ, rrprosentuR 'e
mythical theory OF the Gospels. was first presenaed 70
English readers throngn translation Ia lo4o' nsa
the New Testament to death aud dust, WIN
Te tanen was the book when survived WINE 10 thsn.
OF his Ia lise remembering ghost Many o'heI
volumes IN the same line OF Thought nave Io""ed MS
from Germ e. Dnteh auu Enssh "rteIs 'ut Nm IA
think elaborate perhaps none more en- GIVE than
tina. which gave him his rather Diief ami drrary iA.e
Meantime. OF course. philosophy, archaeology, natural
science. pursued their Datn-. IN indifference
Christianity. and Though without purposed HOSTILITY
sr assrnc,yo of what IN ,t r. radical aud vital
1 ne. m IN y-VA
simul aueDus def ~ Christianity have not Oeeh
nrror M nnnoer or weight % tue attacks made
IL aud searching evangelical Thought has
bee Immensely indebted 70 the dgent laoor q, ueI
tories, conmrntsre profound philosophical pnilo-
log cal, anu arhse logical investiSatons ann that
auence OF sIorIng an ction setting forth DIVINE
er-o and lire the Master OF Christ-n ION, IN these
forty years Than IN any or al preceding periods Oh
the whole one may with confidence Affirm that tn7
foreign nunt as now donestca In our htrratu'e
has been helpful rather than hostile TO the Gospel
nile many Things indicate that more ami more IL is TO
the Master OF Chrstendom spices and richesOI
byrrh aud goli.
CoUNTER-CURRENTs IN SPIRITUAL TENDENCY.
We are more intimately connected This country with
the English than with the French or the German
nougnt aud the frequent reactions aud sharp col
isons there appearing nave probably bad more gem
,se ouLsle Englani. When this cnurcD Wa organ
zed the Wide and energetic movement toward Roman
amoug those had beeh leai-rs IN the leiichn
was In eager process rIe series OF OXFORD
Tracts the Lines nad recently been nnsno la 1850
IAN decision winch seemed to many To deal destruc-
vey IN tue entire mental system OF the An-li,
divergent opposing currents OF
thought, .mu taneousy appearing, arr OF course not
nfrrqurnt But III an exhibition Irss conspicuous, on
IN area luiled sntIthesrs of opinion nave
n tins appeared IN the English Church with dis
lnotnr,s and A fnrcs whicn We do not forget
neel no. mu.tpiy illustrations OF the counter-clr-
spiritual tendency. snd III tue religious Thought
ych declare. H. which have beeu ceaseisssly rdd Ing
around for forty years nor OF the contradictory
,lnIOns, I'm ring from the Gospel appronr nd
and often rcey nostiie To II, which have rrvor-
been pODuldriZc IN JOURNALS or
less sue cessfuy thrust INTO puplts But tho
acts are euy he noticed that IN the various
vangslcai commuuIUns the tendency has been viEor-
,us Ow,rd a moro Vital aud intimate sense OF their
Practical unity toward copprraon IN Christian en-
sayor Wherever the way mas b-en opsn; that
heir p-rva,ive missionary spirit has become contnu
y more inspiring and gwen TO all their orgtnlZ~d
no courage ami hope; AMI that the heoOey
obtaining them. not losing us majesty or tho
aarpuess of It's defining tines, has eeAy "econe moro
eccentric, aud has been Interpreted win ncreas-
disuctnrs the line OF its profound spritu" sig
tcsnce rather that OF Traditional exposition
a nal, constructive logic.
IL has stat-. with think subs antial correct
oss that Including ali ~vAngei'a denouinaons tnero
we're tni- country IN 1850 1902 local churches.
ears tf,er me chnrcnes numbered $1,000. with TO-
65 1853 communicates Snch "A vast aud swirl advance
urey aud wholly contra lcts the notion. sometimes eA
rsssoi. that the sncent grand Interpretation OF too
iosci Ia losing It's b"li "n the eager aud ring Amrr
an mind win rrosro-s ~ on h 70 a,
we 10 the continent Christian renown and to ofsr
sgnIcant promise Tor tho VICTORIOUS sd'ahoo
I the Gospel In all the earth
AFTER this general review OF tho various changes
hitch taken place tho Church OF the Pilgrims
fas organized, DIR. Storrs addressed few personal
1ords people. calling attention TO the wisdom aud
OF founders Of tho cnurcn-twsve Of the
rignal scventyone still being In Its commuuion tho
clip which had from all tho members OF tho
hurcb aud congregation, and his personal attachment
them
LNNIVERSARY OF LARGE SUNDA Y-SCHOOL. |
The Sunday school Cornell Memorial Methodist
Episcopal Church. Seventy sxtst secondave cee
eighteenth anniversary yesterday In The morning
children addressed By their PASTOR the Rev Ben
The evening Mr.. Hamilton preacher upon
Christianity. AT the speclhi
anniversary held which the different sec
Sunday school took part The school has loos
embrrs. This meeting was opened ny MT Hamilton W os
superintendent Tue enre school, aud IN lew wOs no
Clinton Is. Fisk. who presided General
the highest terms OF commentator OF the un
Efforts OF the female superintendent Mrs Kipairck
e brought word Of from j. Is. Cornell me