New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-16

| ,rn I'D by magic, mountains are ''n"e"e1 " ' y'
,orrents are bridged whilst peoIfe are asleep anu mis-
| ~. i.vclled with celerity that would nave alarmed
| cur rorcfathers The steapengins munaers over ne
nra,es OF Kansas through the canons OF Ooorado anu
own the Pacific Slope with speed that never sackena
rhe people think quickly. act promptly eat anu afnx In
| . hurry and die, in many cases. oeore 'ne'r sme
when the commercial life Of the Nation is thus
ouiyerlng the very cxtremtcs OF ue iana can the
',,,,.; life of the Church do less Her home mis-
should ,o!n the long cayaicade OF immigrants a.
thew begin their march across the plains their voice
shoud be heard in the miners camp along the guiehes
of the Rocky Mountains and at the door OF the dugou
on our frontiers In order prevent the Romsh priest
,hs Mormon missionary and the willy inndel from securing
| their victims The Church cannot pause day without
| ecdanpering the eternal interests OF Millions Moral
torccs SAYS Professor Phelps mot only sccumulate
| fast but they quick In the mould OF national
n.r,c,sr They are induratcd rapidly and for centuries
% come The process Of national conservation which
results In fixed character and which, In the Onehta
wand has produced such mmobile usages, laws. beliefs
and institutions is here in its beginning 1t Is our
nrytepe to shape just here II can be modined now,
not so half century later IL can be changed heaoed
this way or and even revoutonlted at present. ho'
a. .oms decades hence Tho plastic hand OF spiritual
Christianity can give character to 1t to-day but time
~ not used Alright will make 1t such that our instu'
tons from giving character must receive H. ana
receive It from foreign to their history and alien
| 10 their spirit"
The foreign aeld IL calling also for men and
means The Church cannot AFFORD 10 confne her great
efforts 10 this country. Such policy adopted woaa
Ia mot only unwise but runous 10 her home progress
The reflex influence foreign missions Ia the best not
the only force able lift her above selfish motives and
mare patrotc impulses. According To the Great Com.
mission. the world and not the United states or any
other portion Of IT, Is the neld Of missions Lsatudes
and gituds geographical boundaries and POLITICAL nes
must sink out OF sight before the onward march Of
Chrsts kingdom. 1t expected to push Its eonquerins
army not only the heart OF hesthenism but also W
the plains Of Syria. whore may meet the formidable
nhaanses Of Islam 10 the banks OF the Nevs and the
Dnieper I'm order confront the hosts ~ the Greek
Church and the famous courtyard OF St Peters In
which IL may swords with the soldiers Of the
Pope
peryacing all branches Church shows that there
is an Increasing earnestness in the work Of saving the
world At the Alliance Of the Reformed Churches recently
held in London there present among those who ad
yocated voted for united movement on heathenisn
the descendants the noble heroes who rallied around
william the Silent In Holland; OF the brave Huguenot
OF France poured out their blood for the Protestant
under Coligny and Henry OF Navarro Of inc fug
lives OF Piedmont dened the bull Of DETERMINATION
Illuminated against them by Pope Innocent the Eighth ~
the martyrs Zurich and Geneva who met death without
ecantaop alarm OF the Covenanters or scotahu VINO
baptized the heather OF their native hills with their blood
OF the defenders OF Derry whose names are In all the
churches tho Welsh reformers who were driven IKE
partrdges over the hills and valleys OF their loved
principally.
THE PROPER USE OF MONEY.
Tho las, task 10 which the Presbyterian Church Is
called upon to bend energies is to Instruct her mem
beers meaning Of true stewardship ana the use OF
money No department OF Christian WORK u so p''S
deyeloped as that OF pecuniary offerings Mml'eer'
have not preached It earnestly they might ana lay
men have adequately practlsed It, The cone'esa.on
have objected what they call begging sermons anu '
sessions have waged persistent war win the "u.pa
.on Of collections. The truth has but ateiy ua"heu
unon many that giving important part OF religious
worship They hardly bring themselves TO believe
that God laws claim the calves OF the sa ~ wen as
to the calves their lips that he demands portion Oh
| tn substance well as that OF their ume "his'
their necunay strength rapidly increasing their pehe'o
| lent contributions are remaining almost the same
The Church must forth ernphaticaly .he con-
that exists between the accumulation OF riches ana
Gods blessing She should teach that Is He who eveth
mon mower To get wealth Even Christians are slow 10
discover this II dollars fell from the clouds they would
no doubt admit that they came from Cod ous because
they are connected with long series OF second causes
thev do not detect the warmth OF the DIVINE hah
o. hehod nober image than that Of Caesar They feel
sure that they The makers OF their own fortune
who see God moulding worlds and circlng through he
heavens with comet in His right hand cannot see HIM
saws some one Suggesting an idea in business smiling o
he guiding merchants pen and bringing sum-
mer into q brain long winterbound ana Darreh' we
dethroned the Most High In the realm OF commerce. anu Nj
uace OF the Heavenly Majesty have erected uhcesn anu
s,,,ous IDOLS we have put the holy place the foul
de,es called Trick and Cunnng and over our compeu
| fortunes prepared incense for our own ho''',''
We have locked God in the Church. we nave cu'heu
|
Him the iron gate the markctpiace we nave iorceu
commerce nto widowhood and compelled trade 10 Daooe
the idotic atheism This practice shouu CEASE
and Gods people taught to give permanence 10
lon, and nhianhropic institutions such as they have never
Rod In the pas The Of their beneactons shoud
GROW deepe and broader go by and their accuu
| lated wealth be transmitted into spiritual riches
| PRACTICAL QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED..
Fathers and Brethren: The practical question which
IL is
- .rouobt aboutq How shall the possibilities Of our
dcrshp Presbyteries and our Greed be developer MOI
hv flsome euoges not by flaming resolutions III rresoy
,,o or svnods and not by heated discussions in the
General Assembly but by putting at once our shouer' "
Tho wheel Is t not possible kindle at this meeting OF
our Supreme Judcatoy fire that shall SEND us ght anu
heat to every Synod Pesbytery, Session and indlVoua
u,her Of our Church2 May not this day look for
.ntism of the spirit that shall bind us more closely TO-
her a. representatives Of great Church for the Master
to direct all that shall be said and done III tine
interest OF His kingdom and for the overshadowhg wings
| of the great God our Father
| We are to-day a spectacle to men and angels Our
| ministers and members all the land are anxousiy
watching every word and act OF this Assembly Sister
churches Of every praying ana hoping that our
deliberations may be marked with the presence OF the
Divne Spirit The Hierarchy OF Rome that mas AWAY
locked upon the power behind the throne
q, protestant Christianity hoping that the spirit OF dis
cord NAV confound councils and deal deadly do" az
~ o,owng influence The daughters Of the Philistines
,and ready rejoice at mishap that may oeal U.s.
they Presbyterian Church the last strong
hod Of orthodoxy. The electric wires Will carry not only
ur words and resolutions but the tone and temper
or discussions to the ends Of the earth Let nothing
therefore, be done through strife or vangofy let no
nde Of opinion lead one to persist In pressing MS
preferences upon the whole Church. let no propo
ion be entertained that shall tend to disturb our peace
or impede our progress bringing the world to Christ
Al, our and actions directed toward
bringing about glorious day foretold by the prophets
Wa read that the Church and the world are desheo
moo, in the second truly they met six Thousand
years ago I'm the first Adam That which now regarded
by many the ninging OF the Church and the world Is on
M eaveninc of the by the former. This process
viii certainly 90 until the whole lump is leavened TIT
osition Of the day Is in the words OF DR.
South THAT OF nature early spring when there is more
cold wind and lifting frost and drifting snow than mee wa
- tho bvbernal DAYS but wlthal these signs OF inger
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