New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-28

and devotion TbJ Church Is still rcnenov%
IN the world. though It has wisely dIse.e.
Of the outward emlksms Of Its power. n"7 a.,
the picturesque ga Z, as well As some =. ,.r. the
ideals OF mediaevalism and Is learning " ~
probIems OF IFS agc clad In the soocr |e' II,
the workaday world. There are senn ~, .icb
who bcwsIl the lost power OF the eiersy, ., hem
o., ,bs tim. when the people looked up 10 ","'
,-,,b sunors,i,ious awe. But II * for'"'''' 80
for both the clergy and the pcopis ."" =. go,
conception OF the clerical Office Is m'A,,e ,..,r.
in the world Intelligence and CULTURE WIN -.
destroy the power Of the Indian Il" L. ,hc
tbev will only strengthen the power anu WV" 49,
,svs,ce NJ the man who teaches his fellows oS wv
cod given night Of having something 10 'e""
,,,-..,. u o,,on r7,de In sending cIcrgymen to
the West who have failed In the Easi' anu
h, eondnc voupc seminary cXOtics to commune
who're only a strong virlc manhood Is app 49,,
nut then perhaps n Is just as great l's''"' "
such men anywhere. said Dr. Parkn"rs' !" -
address: Our Institutions OF lesrhhs 'o ,h
I'D with little dinitar1cs. curtositeS ou'> -,
museum. bpcdal grammars, leXnonS so'hs
coat and trousers. bat whose touch Is MOI a .,
Not a man of us bu, would be a greater, mleh'e' "''
more luscious mau TO dav II We had not for lo'' -
M our lie bern held I'm enforced contact Win :" n
commonplace material and cu'ivat d'ii'hu, -
I'm the shape Of tutors and professors VINO co""' A"
us with their cdition, but could not WORK III IL ~
prnfound nspiration7 College men who 90 mo SUM"
secular calling soon escape from these swaoi"s ''"
but those who enter the ministry often leafh 10 NV
these limit ations They 60 through the world "'f''H
a double convex pair OF c0loied glasses tiugri VII"
ecclesiastical and scholastic traditions through "A'
they view the great panorama Of modern NE vi
course they often fail TO things rs they are s'i
equally of course, they cry out In alarm Wheh IT."
rays Of pure white secular Hight happen 10 reach ~
eyes such men. however fervent may be Their hea'
e., fat
the modern ministry. whether they arc sent 10 pea'h
I'm the cultivated East or In the wild and woody west
II is NOT YET clear that any churches organized
in Oklahoma but ! should not be surprised to learn
that such is the case. The building Of a church In a
new Western town is not always due to the religious
zeal OF the citizens. II IS quite much the result Of
desire TO impress the Eastern capitalist with the stable
character Of tho BOOM good saloon, OF course
IS Of more immediate Importance aud so that Is AZ
once established. Next the saloon ranks the daily
paper and arrangements promptly made to move
IL from the prairie schooner In which
II is at first published to "paatial' building
OF rough boards erected over }. :ht Thus provided
with a mouthpiece, the :" boom az proceeds 10
get I'D and got sites for a magnificent opera house
and a mammoth hotel have been provided for long
ago and the noble proportions of a cry Hall are
eoIuently outlined on paper. These prrliminares
being settled the necessity Of building a church IS
cwelt upon in the paper. Quite possibly. a meeting
Of leading citizens IS held, at which great deal OF
resulting IS done. end in which the gambler the
Saoonkceper and the real estate agent stand shoulder
10 shoulder with the bOna-fde church members In al
vocatng the moral advancement Of the town. Every
body chip, in to a church building fund and a com
mittee Is appointed to secure live minister Wha,
denomination the church shall represent depends
partly on the vague prepos SESSIONS of the leading
citizens and partly accident. That. however Is
distinctly minor question The grat thing IS to
have a church of some denomination. which shall
vindicate the moral character Of the boom and al
tract the Eastern endeTfoOt with money. This rough
and ready method Of establishing Christianity may
shock the fas tdious Eastern Christian: but on me
whole II work, well. and the churches established
prove to be most effective agencies for good