Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-12-29
IN RELIGIONS REALM.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO MINIS
TIERS AND LAYMEE.
Expressions of Opinion by Newspapers
Representing the Various DeHom-
nations, on Many Subjects.

ting up a holy rattle for st. Joseph
| Church, in Nashville, he did the righ
thing. When the Church becomes
gambler, what can you expect of hereto
and sinners ?'
The Christian at Work says: "The NOR
worldly church is the more fairs, panto
mines, tableaux, pillowcase and othe
monkeying parties it must give to suppl,
the church with hymn-books or prayer
books, or raise money for the pastors sal
AIRY or to send the Gospel to the heather
If Christians watched as they that look fo
the coming of their Lord, or if they wer,
stirred with the heart-impulse that movet
the Antioch Christians, the church stage
with its performances, would vanish, anC
the spontaneous benevolence born of low
to the Master would take their place
After we have converted the heather t
Christ, we ought to go to work to convert
the church from sideshows"
The Christian Register Unit says
"One of our learned Unitarian doctors O
divinity was approached on the trair
going to the Philadelphia Conference by
woman of serious countenance and earn
est manner with this question oh, an
50 glad to met you, Dr. -; for | fee
sure one of your learning and wisdom car
answer a question which is of great i'm
portance, and has been cause of much
anxiety to me- Indeed said DIR. -,
should be very glad to answer it if 1 can
Pray, tell me what it is 4 want to ask
you, Was the cosmogonical man a theoso
phist? Quite unprepared for such &
sumner as that, the doctor said 4 think
| may venture to say that perhaps he was.
'Oh, am so delighted you think so.
am greatly relieved said the earnest
questioner, and she turned away quite sat
isfed."
The C0ngregationalist says; "The ex
preston of reverence in public worship ha.
much to do with the feeling of the wor
shippers, and with the impressions of the
service The habit of bowling the head il
silent prayer on entering the church pre-.
pares one to enter heartily into the spirit
of public prayer and praise. 1t suggests
also the presence of God, and the reverent
recognition of it by His children. In
most Episcopal churches this is usual. 1t
should not be less so in churches of other
denominations. A few words counseling
this habit by pastors, teachers in Sunday
schools and parents, would secure its ob-
servance. Indeed, its appropriateness is
so evident that we have known aninstance
where a single worshipper, who had been
trained to it, became an habitual attendant
at church where no one had thought OF
it, and the example, with no word spoken
about it, was soon generally followed. Let
each one who enters Gods temple show
that he meets his Father there"
The Rev. DIR. B. B. Tyler, pastor of the
Disciples Church of New York, closes a let
ter to the Caristian Standard in the follow
ing manner: 81 know that this is the
nineteenth century, and that liberty is
one Of its watchwords-bu did it ever oc-
cur to you, my friend, that there are some
wrong things in the nineteenth century
The idea of religious liberty entertained
by some persons in this wonderful century
of ours may be perilously near to anarchy
New Testament liberty is one thing-an-
archy is quite a different thing. What
this age needs, as all preceding ages have
needed, is the plain, old-fashioned, simple
Gospel of the Son of God. This, and moth
ing else, has power to regenerate and save
men. 1t is very much more important to
keep step with Jesus and the inspired apos-
ties than it is TO keep step with this or any
other age. The personal indwelling of the
Holy Spirit is much more important than
the possession of the Zeit- Geist-the spirit
of the age"
The Evangelist Presbyterian praises the
Rev. DIR. Patton's address at the second
annual meeting of the Presbyterian Union
of New York against revision of the Con-
fession, as "an argument conducted with
consummate SKILL" but adds: "After recog-
nizing all this, it seems almost ungratefnl
to say that, to some of us, the very ability
of argument served but toreveal the weak
ness Of a cause that could not be sustained
even by such magnificent defense. For
where did this great argument leave us
Just where we were before, without the
slightest relief, or hope of relief. Dr. Pat
ton admitted, indeed, that the Confession
was not perfect; that the doctrines were
not presented in the best proportion; that
it gave too much here, and too little there;
and that some of its statements, even il
not erroneous, yet, as they were liable to
pt NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., HuiSllJ pS dLilSIutu So as
to relieve weak consciences, and that thus
the Confession was capable of improve
ment. And yet apparently there was
nobody quite equal to the undertaking; or
the time had not come and the subject
must be indefinitely postponed; so that we
of the present generation must still stag
ger on with this leaden yoke about our
necks, of Confession that we must be al
ways explaining trying to prove that il
does not mean what it says; conscious all
the while, and ashamed, of the juggling
that we are practicing upon ourselves OF
upon others, in denying the plain meaning
of language"
The CoHgregdtieaaliSt says: "There are
ministers without charges who have been
looking for several years to find churches
suited to their desires and willing to call
them. During all this time there have
been churches which would have welcomed
them gladly and joined with them earn
estly in building up the kingdom of Christ
But these churches are not as large as the
ministers were formerly settled with, nor
able to pay as large salaries So these
ministers are living on what they can get
as pulpit supplies, and spending their best
years waiting till their talents shall be
recognized by vacant churches large
enough to honor them with calls. What
ought these ministers to do2 There are
churches without pastors which have been
looking for from one to three years for
ministers suited to their needs and willing
to settle with them. During all this time
there have been faithful and able men who
would gladly have accepted calls to labor
with them, with fair prospects of working
successfully to build up the Kingdom Of
Christ. But these men are not conspicu-
Gus above their brethren for rare gifts as
orators or writers; nor do they attract I'M
usual attention by their fine personal APP
pearance or peculisz talents So these
churches hear strangers preach from Sun
day to Sunday, compare them with those
that went before ard those that may come
after, and spend choice years waiting till
syme wonderful minister shall appear who
viii eclipse all the others. Meanwhile
the work that should bring their own
children and neighbors into the kingdom
Of Christ tarTies. What ought these
churches to 10?
The Christian Union says: "For our
selves, we believe that d. Patton is risht
in thinking that no mere amendment O
the Confession will satisfy the CROWNS
'restlesSness in the Church and dissatisfac
tion with its standard. 1t looks more an,
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