Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-05-04
IN RELIGIONS REALM.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO MINIS
TIERS AND LAYMEN.
Expressions of Opinion by Newspapers
Representing the Various Denom-
nations, on Many Subjects.


The Charchman says in regard to the
american Hebreu symposium: 1The
whole correspondence is most re-
markable and instructive. 1t reflects
credit upon the Ameriean He5rer, as well
as on those who answered the queries. 1t
points to the thirst for union, for love. for
charity, which at this time is stirring
mems hearts, and if such prejudice as is
supposed exists, we think that this very
striking series of letters will do much to-
wards destroying all that is unjust. un-
Christian, and cruel in the treatment ac-
corded the most wonderful people in the
world"
The Boston Herald prints the following
in its symposium on the benefits of Lent !:
"The Rev. A. c. A. Hall, of the mission
Church of st. John the Evangelist, was
kindly asked to contribute to this sym.
postum, and his response, and that of his
associates, was sent to the Herald in the
following didactic form: Cd What is
the objective point arrived at in the Len
ten season. Easter. (2) What are the
gains of the season to religious people :?
They cease to read the Herald. (3.l What
effect does Lent have upon society? Saves
money. a. What does Lent do for the
secular life? Helps fishmongers.' The
following signatures were affixed to this
document: Arthur c. A. Hall, II. M.
Torbert, A. Watkins, C. H. Brent. Each
reader can make his own comment"
The Congregdtionaltst says: ''That such
prejudice exists is admitted, and Jews are
held to be mainly responsible for it. They
hold themselves separate from every other
race. They do not intermarry with other
people. Their dietary rules prevent them
from eating at Christian tables. Their
personal habits are not always agreeable
They keep holy the seventh instead of the
first day. Their right thus to hold them
selves aloof as race is not questioned, but
the consequences must be accepted. There
are also a good many Jews whose eager
ness in money! getting makes them sordld,
and whose wealth, when gained, is osten-
tatlously displayed. On the whole it ap-
pears that Christians have no stronger
prejudices against Jews than Jews against
Christians, and that cleanly, honest and
gentlemanly Jews, of whom there are
many, receive honor and courteous treat
ment on every hand"
The Christian Leader UNIV says: "We
had expected that the discussions arising
over the Rev. Frederic Palmer's critiaue
of the Andover movement would tend to
clear up an obscure passage, in which he
doubted the value of future opportu-
nifty for the dying unsaved, because
neither reason nor Scripture asserts that
such an opportunity is in this life the gate
of salvation; and to maintain that the
conditions of salvation hereafter are other
than they are here would be contrary to
our belief in the continuity of life and.
law, and therefore suicidal This is a
dark saying. 1t seems to assert that men
are saved in this life without opportunity.
As this would be palpable nonsense, we
have tried to get some other meaning out
of his words; but they will not yield any
other meaning. In this life the aim of all
missionary and church effort is to bring
'sucn opportunity to as many persons as
possible. That would be the purpose of a
future opportunity 1t is, therefore, in
exact conformity to our belief in the con.
tinuity of life and law But what did
Mr.. Palmer mean?"
The Christian Register unit says: "The
American Hebreu has celebrated Passover
in a unique way. 1t devotes its issue to
the subject of Prejudice Against the
Jews and presents consensus of opinion
by non-Jews on its nature, causes and rem
edies. Never before, we venture to saw.
has Jewish journal contained the names
of so many Gentle writer's, most of them,
too nf =
1t Is shown from this cloud of witnesses
that the prejudice against the Jews is
cherished by the Gentiles of the higher
order. 1t is seen to be simply one form of
the race prejudice which has always
existed between different tribes and nation
alities. 1t has as its basis the same preiu-
dice which separates the white from the
negro, and the Indian from the white.
The difference of race has further been
marked by difference in religion. Where
religious prejudice is added to that of race
and when, further, there are
industrial separations-such as Charles
Booth has pointed out in his studies of
labor and life in London-it requires
higher form of Judaism on one side and
OF Christianity on the other to overcome
them"
The Central West (Pres.) asks what is
the manifest tendency of the revision
movement. as it in the power of con-
servative revisionists-those who desire
only slight verbal changes to control it?
The truth is, it is beyond their control.
1t was inaugurated by men who disliked
the Calvanism of our tandafds-success-
fully inaugurated by them in spite of the
indifference of the church to revision, as
shown by the non-action of presbyteries a
year ago-and it is not in keeping with
our common knowledge of human nature
to suppose that they are going to relax
their grip upon it. Mr.. Carter's recent
card In the Euangelist calling upon reyis-
ionists to pack the assembly, and the
Erangelisfs Endorsement of the project,
show that these men are closely watching
the progress of the movement, and are
planning for the future Indeed, the
only safe course for brethren who wish to
relieve the confession of verbal infelici.
ties and yet who are opposed to doc
trinal changes, is to negative the present
overture. By so doing our Calvinistic
system will be preserved unimpaired,
whereas the opposite course may result
in converting the fable of the spider and
the fly into historic fact"
The Methodist Reriew says: "a history
of the Christian church in which the per-
sonal bias Of the author will not aptear:
in which its progress will be detailed with
out reference to the Presbyterian and
Episcopal principles, except as they are
the prominent factors of the record, in
which denominationalism will be subordi-
nate and the truth of history supreme !;
and in which, when denominationalism is
clearly necessary part of the past, it
shall receive dignifed and impartial dis
cussion. 1t is not a Roman Catholic his
tory nor Protestant history, nor de-
nominational history that is wanted, but a
history in which such influences will not
be patent in the authors work. This is a
difficult requirement. The historian writes
according to his prejudices, as is evident
in Gibbon, in his Decline of the Roman
Empire; Hume, in his History of Eng
land;' Stanley, in his History of the Jew
ish Church Farrar, in his Account of
Early Christianity and Fisher and Black
burne, in their Histories of the Christian
Church. The church is waiting for a
Samuel, or Luke or a Macauley, who
will trace the career of the church from
Penticost to the present time, elegantly,
compacsly, completely and without par