St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-28
SUNDAY CHATTER.

1t will be remembered that at the NJ E.
general conference in 1880 an advanced po-
sition was taken on the tobacco question
There had been growing opposition to its use,
but there had been no direct Introduction A
good many of the preachers were addicted
to its use. That conference adopted the rule
that all candidates for ordination should take
pledge to wholly abstain from its uses They.
must never smoke. snuff or chew. In New
York conference recently two young candfz'
dates caused surprises By Directing to this
requirement. They did not use tobacco, and
had no intention of doing so, but doubted the
right to exact such restraint. They finally
took the pledge under protest. 1t was evil
dent, however, that there was good deal of
sympathy with them among the preachers.
II 1t is question of morals, or even good
taste, it is not evident that a line should be
drawn between the pulpit and the pew. The
church will go further and discipline the
laity, or remove the restriction on the clergy
it may be predicted.
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Civil service examinations. as genera lily
conducted. afford quite field for the hui
morist. Boston paper relates that bright
youth who was being put through the ordeal
was asked, ''What is the distance from the
earth TO the sun?' He replied: 81 am I'M
able TO state accurately, but don't believe the
sun is near enough to interfere with proper
performance of my duties if 1 get the clerk
ship"
day or two ago young representative OF
the Y. M. C. A, IN some disgust, averred that
profanity was so common that majority of
the men on the street could be heard uttering
oaths as they were passed. A small wager
was made, and a disinterested committee,
with ears open, took a stroll of an evening
hour on Wabasha, Seventh. Jackson and one
or two other streets. They caught remarks
from 1O4 parties of two or more men walk
ing or standing on the walk, not counting
any gamins or hack drivers, and in sixty
three cases Oaths were heard Rev. SIDNEY
SMITH once suggested to a very profane no.
bleman who called on him: my lord let us
assume at the outset that everybody and
everything is damned" That assumption
would reduce the vocal volume on the streets
generally.
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The Episcopal minister who has been de-
posed in st. Louis for heresy is named DR..
BRAY. His theories, it may be thought by
some who have small charity for mental &C.
centricities articulate better in the name
than in the looping off of the lower curve
of the initial letter. He rejects the personal
Deity and defines God as universally ex-
fenced conscious force. To be consistent,
he should not have waited to be removed
from the pulpit. There is none in Christen-
dom quite adapted to that theological line
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Recent interviews with the management of
many of the great railway lines indicate
growing disposition to reduce the Sunday
service so far as practicable. The Pennsyl-
vania line seems TO have initiated the move
ment in the East by refusing to offer to or
accept from other roads any perishable
freight or live stock from Sunday morning
to Monday morning. This will reduce its
Sunday traffic more than one-half. The New
York Central has also discontinued most of
its Sunday trains. Other roads are expected
to follow. Local trains to take people TO
church, camp meetings, picnics and base
ball games will continue, OF course.
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The centennial procession in New York
Tuesday viii be the biggest thing of the
century OH paper, and comprise all natioli-
alities trades and special:ies 1t is said that
400 pickpockets have already arrived to take
their part They viii, probably, take posi-,
ton without special assignment