Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-10-06
In RELIGIONS REALM.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO MINIS
TIERS AND LAYMEN.
Expressions of Opinion by Newspapers
Representing the Various Denom-
nations, on Many Subjects.

INPressioHs OF ophhion by Newspaper:
Representing the Various Denom-
nations, on Many Subjects.
The Independent prints an article ''by q
Roman Catholic Rector" which it sum.
marizes and comments upon in its editc-;al
columns as follows: "The Catholic n,
egrdph, the diocesan paper of the Arch.
diocese of Cincinnati, has an editorial
written by priest, in which very plain
language was used in criticism of the
bishops. Immediately Archbishop Elder
required Owen Smith, the publisher of the
paper, to print an humble apology, and
to promise that such an offense should NOT
occur again. He replied that he was sick,
and that the columns of the paper were
open to his Grace, and he begged the
Archbishop to deal with him gently. as
his paper was his familys only means OF
livelihood. Archbishop Elder replied
that sickness was no reason for DELAYING
repentance; that if his family suffered Il
was not the Archbishop's fault, but the
publishers; and then he dictated form
of most humble apology which he re-
quired the publisher to print the very
next week on penalty of an edict forbid
ding his people to take the paper. The
apology appeared, the poor Owen Smith
adopted exactly the Archbishops words,
and promising in the dictated terms that
he never again would allow his paper to
criticise any of the acts of the bishops of
the Church, whether right or wrong. The
mans mouth was stopped, his paper
gagged, and the gag thrust into the teeth
OF every Catholic newspaper in
the United States. They were shown
In this instance that no Catholic can
publicly criticise his superior, no matter
what correction of abuses might follow
therefrom. Not Catholic paper has
mentioned this affair of the Catholic Tele-
graph, and the utmost that any of them
have done is to publish editorials showing
how indecent it is to venture the disloy-
atty of finding fault with superiors. Such
suppression of free speech is a scandal
and an atrocity which must make self
respecting men indignant. We cannot
understand how they can endure it. And
we expect no defense. No Catholic paper
would dare to print the article which we
print to-day. The writer has to go out
side of his Church. Evils in that Church
have heretofore been corrected by such
publicity. We would like to hear from
such paper as the Catholic Reriew or the
Catholic Mirror or the Pilot, or the Western
Watchmdn whether we have exaggerated
the muzzling process applied to the Catho-
lie press. Every one of them, if it ven
tured to tell the story of the escapade of
the Catholic Telegraph, would say that the
Archbishop did right, and that no failure
on the part of the Bishops to do their
duty as set forth in the 'Acta' on Inamov-
able Rectors, could palliate the greater
evil of criticising the delinquents. Think
of tin the Catholic Church of America
to expose an evil is greater evil than the
evil exposed"
The Methodist RerieU says: yale COL
lege is the headquarters of American ra-
tlonalism. 1t produces more rationalistic
literature than any other institution in the
land, and thus determines the issue. 1t is
not question of the number of rational
lists in the faculty, though in this case it is
large, but question of literature. If one
professor in Yale should issue more ration
alistic literature than score of rational
lists in another institution, the former
would be the center of the great infidelity.
As the Mississippi river has its source in
Minnesota, and not in several lakes, but in
one, so rationalism has its source in Yale.
and, If not in several, then in a few, pro
fessors, whose work is fatal to the faith of
orthodoxy. Kant gave character to phil
osophy, Bolingbroke to English deism
Voltaire to French in6delity, and Sender
to German rationalism. So one professor
may give character to an institution, and
one nationalist in the faculty NAV do more
harm than may be counteracted by the
Christian teaching of all his associates.
Unfortunately Yale is positive in its
destructive work, and must account for it
to the Christian sentiment of the land. 1T
must needs be that offenses will come, but
woe to him by whom the offense cometh.'"
And thereupon it goes on to castigate Pro-
fessors Ladd and Harper. 1t SAYS: 'sPro-
fessor Harper is a Christian gentleman
and entitled to courteous treatment" but
Immediately adds that "nearly one-third
of his article in defense OF himself is irrel-
eyant and reads as though intended to
confuse his readers :" and asks of another
portion, "Was this also intended to deceive
his readers?" Then, further, "He very
quietly assumes \ The assump-
tion was necessary to the prolonged So
phistry of his defense. 1t did not surprise
us that, for the want of an argument that
would stand all scrutiny, he resorted to
the common demagogical custom of accus-
ing us of misrepresentation twisting
drawing unwarranted differences, and fail
ing to be governed by the context in our
among his journals If his
charge were true, it were heinous; but he
knew he manufactured it when he wrote
it." Perhaps Professor Harper may Won
der what would have happened to him
had he not been "a Christian gentleman
and entitled to courteous treatment"
A correspondent of the Christian Inquirer
says; 81 have lately removed from Brook
Ign to the upper part of New York city,
and Immediately looked about to find
place of worship in the vicinity. The
first found was small chapel on Ninety
second street, which | visited the follow
ing Sunday. But, alas When | arrived
for the morning service, the doors were
locked and barred. There being no time
left to hunt up another Baptist church,
entered a Methodist church, the doors of
which were wide open, and visitors made
welcome. The next Sunday, which was
the first in September, generally supposed
to be opening time of fashionable
l tried again, this time visiting
the Central Park Church, on Eighty-third
street, but that also was closed. 1t being
Communion Sunday. / was particularly
DESTROYS of worshiping with my own de-
and so went to the Church of
the Epiphany, Madison avenue, but that
also was closed, and so, for second time,
l had recourse to neighboring Methodist
church. In my wanderings for Baptist
church, 1 passed Presbyterian, Lutheran,
Methodist and Catholic churches, all of
whose doors were open. 1t is a shame, it
seems to me, for churches of our deuomina-
ton to dispense with services in the sum-
mer season. Are the Baptists asleep? r
think we might well initiate, and with
great advantage to our denomination, our
brethren, and keep our church
doors open at all reasonable hours. Neither
b eat of summer, nor cold of winter, should
be an excuse for disseminating a good
work. Certainly, if the work of saving
souls is as urgent as our preachers en-
deavor to make out, it is hard to see how