Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-08-31
In RELIGIONS REALM.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO MINIS
TIERS AND LAYMEN.
Expressions of Opinion by Newspaper,
nations, on Many Subjects.

The Jescish Voice SAYS: "Religious indif-
| ference is the bane, not only IN Jewish
circle, but also and i'll more so among the
various Christian de eminations. But that
| is poor comfort to us. Jews have had
the personal experience of the effect of a
steadfast religious life, and hence religious
indifference with them has invariably a
direct bearing on their mode and manner
of living. 1T is thy life and the length of
| thy days has been said of the Jewish faith
in its bearing on the life of the jew
The Christian Inquirer (Bapt says "The
sale of the pirated edition of the 'Encyclo-
pedia Britannica has occasioned a great
controversy. A wholesale fear of the law
has caused some to desist from, and others,
with fuller understanding of the rights
of property, to abandon, its sale 1t is
rather surprising, therefore, that the 'Bap-
tist Book Concern at Louisville, KY,
should be found advertising this monarch
of encyclopedias and offering phenom-
enal opportunity to those who will sub
scribe for it. 1t rightly calls this the
book sensation of the year. and probably
before long Messrs Black 4 Co. will give
this book concern such sensation as will
greatly enlarge its conception of the mean
| ing of that wordn
The Wutchman (Bapt.) says "The
| Tribune of last Friday announced at length
the plans of Mr.. John D. Rockefeller for
| founding university in New York city,
with an endowment of S20000,000, to be
| under Baptist CONTROL This announce
ment was at once commented upon by the
| journals of leading cities, and it is safe to
say that half the reading people of the
Eastern States believe that the IribunSs
report was trustworthy. We expect that
i the religious papers this week will swell
the chorus of congratulatory comment.
But Mr.. Rockefeller stated last Saturday
that there was nothing in the report, and
| declared that the announcement was news
| to him. No good and much harm is done
| by the publication Of such news If Mr..
Rockefeller should be devising liberal
things in the way of fostering education,
it cannot be helpful to his plans to have
such statements made Some one has
evidently blundered pretty seriously in
| giving this news to the Tribune 1t is a
very good way to discourage a man in be-
nevolence to forestall the announcement oi
his plans, or to attribute to him purposes
of which he is ignorant
| Of the same matter the Christian Adpo-
cate Meth says: "The spirit of many
papers in this city is to publish anything
without regard to the effects upon the
subject, and everything that is talked
about is hurried into the paper and fre.
quently the very best plans are made i'm
possible of execution because of this pre-.
mature publicity. We know of instances
in which good causes have lost many
thousands, even hundreds of thousands O.
dollars, engagements have been made i'm.
possible, ministers have lost positions
churches failed to obtain pastors whom
they might otherwise have obtained, be
cause of premature publicity The wore
editor should have a new meaning t.
make it agree with prevalent ideas. 'Edi
tor formerly person who carefully sifteC
rumor, gossip, supposed fact, projects, anC
fancies, publishing what proved authentic
and likely to promote the public welfare
Now, man who competes with all Others
in the same profession to get before the
people the most startling matter, true Oh
false, in advance of his contemporaries"
The Examiner (Bapt.) says: "The TRAMP
preacher is apt to see what others miss
1t may be hard to find arguments which
warrant the minister in occupying s
strange pulpit on every Sunday of hi:
vacation, and yet, is it not well to chang,
about occasionally? We need to know
what the old voyager calls the strang,
glory to which travel lifts u.s. At al
events, the comet has more to tell thar
| bo hya1 Oh a,,I = T.
pin never ceased to talk about the on,
famous occasion when he did ride abroad.
Every preacher who comes back from hi
vacation should bring his notes with him
He does well now and then in the course O
his rambles to sit in the pew and see how
things appear from the big end of tn,
telescope. He may get hints as to the
order or conduct of the service; he may
learn to look at gesture and attitude from
the point of view of the congregation
and if he be very wise, he will perhaps be
inclined to believe that it is quite as hare
to listen well as it is to preach WE'LL"
| The Congregationalist says: "The E is
eopalian and Presbyterian bodies in New
York city have kept pretty close step il
recent years. but the latest figures show
that the latter denomination is not gain
ing so rapidly as the former, its present
membership being 22,526 to 6,173 in the
Episcopal churches, which have gained
1000 members in three years to the Pres
byterians' 5000. DR.. A. F. Schaufler ex.
plains this relative growth by the fact that
the Episcopalians man their churches bet
ter and more amply, having III ordained
men in charge of seventy-nine churches
and chapels, while the Presbyterians have
only fifty-four ministers to Just that mum.
Der of churches. 1t must be admitted that
the man-factor counts powerfully in church
work everywhere. Not only are better men
called for in modern methods of Christian
activity, but larger supply, as well, in
many parish. With the multiplication
of duties which fall to the lot of every
city Fastor, as we'll as to many in smaller
communities, it often becomes the plain
duty of the church to give him assistance
No business, not even the Lords, can bt
carried on successfully, and in the long
run economically, unless there are head,
and hands enough to do the necessary
work."
Here is bit of professional criticism
from ''Farmton" of the Aduance: 81 lik,
a sermon which begins somewhere and by
a straight road goes somewhere. / do no
| like sermon which begins anywhere, and
after going everywhere, ends nowhere
Most of the sermons which hear have al
order of thought. Yet sermons which ar,
disorder of thought do good Most peo
pie regard the immediate impression of {
sermon more than upon the logical ar
rangemens, and, to most, the immedat,
impression does not depend on the logica
arrangement | know a doctor down il
Name who has two medicines, one hs
calls the heart regulator, the other, the
liver holster | asked him once wha
each was made Of The heart regulator,
said he, is made of everything upon the
upper shelf of Smiths drug store, and the
liver holster, of everything on the lower
shelf These medicines have a loca
reputation as excellent remedial agents
So sermon which has bit of politics, s
dash Of mythology, a hint OF the last rail
road accident, an allusion to the pa
triarcbs quotations from Emerson, may
| yet be very good sermon. should moi
recommend the heart regulator or liver
holster Possibly also should not rec,
ommend this method of making sermon" ("
| The Independent says: The learned