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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-09-21
Clerical BeRRara.

The phrase clerical beggars" is an
outrage. No clergyman ought to accept
that name. and no man, with a sense OF
what Christ's kingdom on earth is,
would think Of applying the slur. The
Church of God is not "beggar.n by a
long way it is the giver of all that
makes life tolerable-reet. happiness,
spiritual wealth. sustenance for the
soul, and blessed promise for what
comes after the present life. The
Church is divinely endowed, and inde-
pendent Of mans favor, it stoops to win
souls for Christ, but not for money.
David thanked the Lord that he was
permitted TO give all his treasures for
the building OF the temple. and II men
would take in all the meaning of his
words as be made his Offering, All
things come of thee. and Of thine own
have we given thee there would be
no need to ask for gifts to carry on the
work Of Christ among men. The
things we call, in common Ian
guage, our own. belong to God; gifts
talents, money. endowments. capacity
for work. are all entrusted TO our care.
and for the right use of which we VIII
be held accountable. This is serious
matter for a thoughtful man. and more
serious for the man who claims what
belongs to God to CRAFTY his own will
and selfish pleasure. No. we are mis-
taken if we think we are doing favor
to Christ or his Church by our gift or
our work. We ought to thank God
from full heart that we are permitted
to do anything or to give anything. 1t
is a privilege and not duty. And a
man with the spirit of Christ in him
gives, not because he is under compul-
sion, not for the sake of little glory
not because he expects a reward; but
because he is a child of God, and so
fulfils the true purpose Of his being
The Church News.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-09-21
Forgetting the things Behind.

There is a grace in forgetting as well
as remembering. There is genius III
knowing what to discard as well a:
what to keep; and both these are the
invariable possessions Of a successful
and efficient life. No man of conscience
can forget his sins; no man of Judg'
ment can forget his mistakes: but he
does not carry them with him. What
he does carry is the experience which
has come to him through them-the
strength, the wisdom, the grace OF
character, which have been developed
by what they have brought or what
they have taken away.
A mans real life is always before
him. the past is only valuable for what
he can learn from it. The days fade
from all distinct recollection because
these artificial divisions of time are Of
no consequence except as character has
grown or degenerated in them. \
mans greatest achievement, once ac-
complished. begins Immediately to re-
cede, and becomes less and less in his
eyes. No really great man has ever re-
posed on anything which he has done;
there has always been the conscious
ness that he was greater than any ex-
preston he had given Of himself, and
that the real satisfaction and JOY of his
life lay, not in the work, but in the
doing of it. One task succeeds another,
one experience follows another, in end
less succession; a mans work is never
finally done. because his life is always
expanding, and the time will never
come when this law of progression
will cease TO operate. There
can be no heaven which is not a heaven
of development. 1t is great waste Of
strength to make ones faults and hlun-
ders and sin impedIments in the on
ward march. There is no virtue in
continually bemoaning the misdoings
of the past. Real repentance is not
lamentation, but girding up the loins
for the work Of expiration. Let the
dead old year bury its dead; leave be-
hind the depressing memories of fail
ure and defeat, lille you carry their
lessons in your heart. Your real life is
not behind but before you; it is the new
year and not the old which is your
opportunity DR.. Lyman Abbott.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-09-21
Two Views of Bentham.

Every student of Jurisprudence VINO
has had the good fortune to see the an
nual address delivered at the last meet
ing Of the American Bar Association by
Mr.. James G.. Carter, of the New YORK
bar. on the "Origin and Growth OF
Law will have been interested IN II as
furnishing the most recent, and by no
means the least vigorous, attemp' 10
overthrow Austin's anay of law. IL
NAV be doubted whether Mr.. Carter 5
criticisms. able aud ingenious as they
unauestIonably Are, have not been an
ticipated and ans wered IN Austin S own
work and that of his followers. But.
Austin apart. can it be said that the
spea ker was wice in characterizing BEN
than as he did IN an address aimed TO
encourage among lawyers an enlarged
interest IN the science of Jurisprudence
Bentham. according to MIR. Carter, Is to
be most accurately described oy the
vulgar designation of crank-a man
W no cherishes his pet theories In the
solitude Of his own contemplation, ana
disdains both the observation OF the
present and the study Of the past.
I'VE need look no further, he contin-
ues for the reason why his schemes
have never recommended themselves to
wise and practical legislators.
In view of 50 damaging an estimate
from so eminent an authority, 1t may
be well to recall some opinions at varl.
ance Herewith. John Stuart Mill
spoke Of Bentham art. Bentham'
Dissertations and Discussions J as
zone of the two'-the other being Cole
ridge-''great seminal minds of Eng
land in their age and of Bentham
himself as zone Of the great teachers
and permanent intellectual ornaments
of the race Professor Thomas
E,rskine Holland art. Bentham, Enc
Brit. , considers that Bentham 5 writ
ings have been aud remain storehouse
of instruction for statesmen, an ar
mory for legal reformers. " TO trace.
Professor Holland continues, THE re-
suits of his teaching in England alone.
would be to write history OF the leg
islation of half a century Sir Henry
Sumner Maine, who was certainly
not partial to the analytical
school, in discussing their work
with special reference to Hobbies:
Bentham. and Austin, says Early HIS
tory of Institutions1. No conception
OF law and society has ever removed
such mass of undoubted delusion.
Sir James Fitziames Stephens IN one
place (Dig. Ev.) compares some OF
Bentham' books to exploded shells
buried under the ruins they have made;
and in another (History of the Crlmi-
nal Law of England holds that Ben
tham's theories upon legal subjects
have had degree of practical influence
upon the legislation of his own and va
rious other countries comparable only
TO those of Adam Smith and his sue
cessors. " There is an impressive sup
plement to this last expression Of opinion
in Professor Marshall's Principles Of
Economics. where BentEam ls rated as
the most influential successor Of Adam
Smith in the field Of economics. -
New York Nation.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-09-21
The Clergy in Politics.

For religions sake we hope the re-
port is not true that the clergy of this
city will take hand in the next polit-
ical campaign, and, if it be true, we
trust that they will reconsider their in
tention. 1t would be just the reverse
of their vocation and position if they
were to degrade their religion to the
standard of local politics and turn their
churches into political club houses.
We confidently hope that every Jewish
minister will refuse participating in the
affair. 1t is bad enough when the
shafts of hostility are thrown by our
precioue rabbis at those in our own
camp who honestly differ with us upon
theological Interpretation. but TO make
the pulpit the arena for political mud
is too disgusting to contem-
Hebrew Standard.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-09-21

Keep still. When trouble is brewing.
keep still. When SANDER is getting on
its legs, keep still. When your feeling,
are hurt, keep still, till YOU recover
from your excitement at any rate.
Things look differently through an un-
agitated eye. In commotion once |
wrote a letter, and sent it, and wished
| had not. In my later years | had an
other commotion, and wrote long
letter, but life had rubbed lit
tie sense into me, and | kept
that letter in my pocket against
the day when | could look it
over without agitation and without
tears. | was glad did. Less and less
1t seemed necessary to send it. | was
not sure it would do any hurt, but in
my doubtfulness l learned reticeuce,
and eventually it was destroyed. Time
works wonders. Wait till you can
speak calmly, and then you will not
need to speak; may be silence is the
most massive thing conceivable some
times. 1t is strength in its very gran
dsur. 1t is like regiment ordered to
stand still in the mad fury of theeba,-
tie. To plunge in were twice as easy.
The tongue has unsettled more minis
tiers than small salaries ever did, or lack
of ability.-Dr. Burton.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-09-21
A Novel Missionary Enterprise.

The Rev. DR.. George f. Pentecost. OF
Brooklyn, one of the most energetic
and successful revivalists of our time,
has just set forth upon a new evangel-
| izing enterprise, which is in many re-
spects novelty in the religious world.
DR.. Pentec9st's purpose is nothing
less than to convert the heathens
of India by using among them pre-
cisely the methods which he has
been accustomed to employ in his
revival work among the people of this
country and Great Britain. As he
himself said last week to his old parish
toner's of Brooklyn: "A Brahmin asked
me to 90 TO India and settle down for
five months and preach the gospel as |
was doing in Edinburgh. This has
never been done. The highcaste Hin
doc will be ready to go and hear ser
mons in English, for there are five mil
lion natives in India educated in Eng
lish schools and colleges. | propose to
go out there and preach the gospel in
English"
1t is apparent, both from what DR..
Pentecost has said and from the prepa-
rations that has been made, that 1t is
his purpose to carry on his work in In
dia in exactly the same way as he man
aged his Edinburgh reyivals. He has
even taken with him the two revival
ist singers who, initiating the exam
Piles set by Mr. Sankey, have been used
10 supplement the work of the evange-
list by the pubic singing Of gospel
hymns.
The experiment is one of very great
interest. Ii must certainly strike one
as doubtful whether the high. caste Hin
docs, who are usually men of broad
education. and whose customs and dis
positions differ radically from our own,
will be content TO listen to revival SER
vices such as have been devised for the
regeneration of the English aud Ameri-
can masses. Yet it must not be too has
tily assumed that such result is i'm
possible. The experience of mission
aries i'll India has been that the edu-
Gated Brahmins have been most largely |
Influenced by the simplest and plainest
preaching of the gospel. They have
rarely been won from the intellectual |
side alone. The testimony of converts |
in that field shows that the emotional |
side of evangelistic work has made the |
strongest appeal to them. Therefore it
may be that DR.. Pentecost, in his cru
SADIE against Indian heathenism. is not
making his calculations without sound i
bats. 1t is much to his credit that he
has asked no aid from the regular mis-.
sionary associations, but goes on his
own responsibility and at his own ex-j
pense.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-09-21

DIsRAELI. His Imagination. at once
practical aud extravagant, is not Of the
kind that delights in plot and counter
plot. His novels abound in action. but
the episodes wear more or less ran
dom look. The impression produced
is pretty much that of "A story of adyen-
ture. But 1t was as a student Of men
AMI women that he loved 10 excel and
it is their painter that he deserves most
praise. His English was frequently
loose and inexpensive he was apt 10
trip in his grammar. TO stumble over
"and which, and to be careless about
the connection between his nOmiua-
tives and his verbs.
Fruits fail and love dies and time
ranges: and only the whippersnapper
that fool Of Time endureth forever.
Moliere knew him well and he said that
Moliere was a liar and a thief. And
Disraeli knew him too, and he said that
in these respects Disraeli and Molicre
were brothers. That he SAID so matters
as little now as ever it did: for though
the whippersnapper Is immortal IN kind
he is nothing il not futile and ephem-
sral in effect, and it was seen long since
that in life and death Disraeli, as be-
came his genius and his race. was the
Uncommonplace incarnate, the an
tthesis of Grocerdom. the Satan Of that
revolt against the yielding habit Of j.
hovah Bottles. the spirit whereof is fast
coming 10 be our one defence against
socialism aud the dominion Of the Com
mon Fool
HUGo. All his life long he was addict
ed TO attitude and "a poseur of the first
water. He seems TO have considered
the affectation Of superiority an essen
tial quality in art, for just as the cock
in Mrs. Poyser's apOtnegm believed
that the sun got up to hear him crow,
so to the poet of the Legende and the
CONCENTRATIONS it must have seemed as
if the human race existed but TO con-
slider the use he made of his oracular
tongue. At his best, as at his worst,
however. ne WAS always an artist in his
way. He had the genius Of style in
such fulHess as entities him To- rank
with the great artists in words OF all
time. lie so revived aud renewed the
language Of France that in his hands it
became an instrument not UNIV orthy to
compete with Shak speare's English
and the German Of Glelle aud Heine.
He is almost literature in himself.
and il 1t be true that his work is as
wholly lacking in the radiant variety
OF Shakespeare az IL is in the exaui-
site good sense Of Voltare'F, il Is also
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-09-21
true that ! g left the world far rie,
4 l.. e.. nj Il

true that 20 left the world far ric,.
than he found it.
ARNOLD. In his poetry there il so,..
thing in every page TO return upon az
TO admire. There are faults. ana tn
of kind this present age Is ill-dispo.s,
to condone. The rhymes are so,,.
times poor; the movement Of the vs,,.
il sometimes uncertain and sOmeti,,.
slow. the rhymes are obviously SIM
always; now and then the intent.
and effect are cold even 70 ensteri,.
are bald uncomeliness. But, then. ~
many Of the rarer qualities n -.
and inspiration are Tepresen,,i
here, and here alone In mods,.
work In bis prose he h..
opinions and the courage Of them =
has assurance and he has charm ~
writes with an engaging clcarness 4.
is very possible to disagree with b.,'
but it is difficult indeed 10 resist 81
many graees of manner and decline =,
be entertained and even interested ~
the variety and quality Of his MATE,
He was neither prophet nor pedagog,.
but a critic pure and simple. Too Wi,
read to be violent. too nice in hi. l..
cernment TO be- led sstray bcyoud d.
cOvery in any quest after strange god,
he told the age its faults. and sp,.
gested such remedies as the study z,
great mems work had suggested b
him.
LONGERLLOw. LOngfellow has eo-
for himself place apart among he
sea poets. With most of them b. ia ,
case OF ! and the sea. and my ogol.m h.
as valiant and as vocal as The olhen
But Longfellow is the spokesman " f,
cOnfraternity. What thrills him to gt.
terance is the eternal brotherhood &,
man with the ocean. To him the ga /,
not a mirror OF ms own passion, ari
l0ngings. but place of mariners ani
ships. Ia his verse the rigging creak.
the white sail fills and crackles. then.
are blown smells II pine and hemr and
tar. lie sees the chips flying under Oh.
adze. The world listens to the ballad
Of Count Arnaldos. for Its heart beats
IN his song. w. T.. Henley.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-09-21
PULPIT AND PEW.
NEWS AND COMMENT OF INTER.
EST TO CHURCH PEOPLE.

The study of the Bibie-Bob IngsrsoiI
Rcbuked by - Chinaman-Bcn Hogan.
Missionary--F Forgetting Things Behind.
Notes and Comment.
A subscriber writes 10 The TIMKs as
follows: II have recently seen a publ.
cation TO the effect that the Supreme
Court Of Wisconsin had pronounced
the Bible sectarisn book, and, there
fore, not to be used In the public
schools. Are men suitable in know
ledge aud education to fill the high
and responsible positions Of judges
of the law who declare any book
secterian from which all the
laws OF Christian civilization are de-
rived 2 The ten commandments are
the foundation stone of law and gov
eminent. DO these judges recognize
that the fear of the Lord is the begin
ming OF wisdom. that obedience to par
ents comes first from obedience TO God
and is the basis of all good citizenship
Have they found out better AMI d
more enduring principle on which 10
establish the convictions of the children
of the United States than that which
was declared at jamestown and Ply
mouth Rock Since the Bible was ox-
cluded from the public schools in the
Eastern States, have the people
become moro law-abiding or purer
IN life or manners And, if not,
why is the West 10 follow the example
which has proved so destructive TO ex-
cellence in the East = Where are the
great and good men and women 10 point
AT az products of this SYSTEM Are not
the men who make this decision but
another proof in themselves that Igno-
rance of Gods law. written and en-.
graved for all future times and genera.
lions, are themselves utterly unfit for
the position they hold and unworthy of
the trust of the State aud community in
which they live Y'
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-09-21
The Social Problem of Church Unity.

How were Christians employed, -
said Voltaire, while the Saracens were
ravaging the fairest portion of Chris
tendon Z Disputing whether Christ
had one will or twol' The sheer was
shallow enough, but it seems almost
deserved when we weigh the forgotten
monothelite controversy against that
Christian civilization which was held in
peril until after the crusades. Perhaps,
too, we may find history repeating
itself in our own time. The situation
of the Christian denominations in mod
ern society is not unlike that of a
wranging army among invading
foes. Ii Is no petty quarrel
before the onset, but bitter
4 feud in mid battle. The con-
Nopding factions have become so alb
'Aed that they do not even see the
Qustering around them and the
nvsia eSASiDg in upon them. Worst Of
10, ,tsr i've neither organization nor
an .neS Nkhe hour of peril. Mean
iea a',n .d 20 kstill be heard the old
Wn,.t; 'oo' mamaos<ith modern varia-
ton: You ChrfN orc 'SPu ,
whether the Holy GNNplo0e..Spss , I
the Father as wells a%ln 'nv oon'
while multitudes have nNANNo,l' ne"iu
II there be Holy Ghost; NI&hei any
infants have been elected tfH>& etei
nifty, while myraids of infantkIe
growing up in vice and sin: whetfSk
the heather on the other side of theN
globe will hereafter be saved, while the
heather at your own doors are already
lost. You are splitting hairs of
theology. with society falling TO
pieces around you. IL this be Chris.
tianIty we want none of il. Settle
your useless disputes, and unite vigor-
ously in improving the world that now
is, and then we will listen TO your
promises Of better world to come. -
The writer would be no alarmist in his
view of the social necessities for church
unity. But surely. il social ills are fast
coming 10 a crisis. it is folly TO ignore
them, and If organized Christianity is
their only perfect remedy, it ia madness
10 withhold that remedy. The Church
would simply DO conspicuous failure
did ii not thus become the light of the
world and the salt OF the earth. To in
struct and preserve society at least one
design. and the chief design, Of the
Christian religion as organized in the
Church. Whatever other great pur-
poses it may serve as training school
of individuals for heaven, il has also
this high social mission here upon earth.
And with this social mission Of Chris
tianity we, in our collective capacity,
have mainly to do. II should be re-
membs red that our social troubles are
not wholly economic or political IN
their nature. The problems OF mar
rage. temperance, education. property
involve moral elements. Even the 80
called conflict between labor and CAPT. v
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-09-21

Ben Hogan, the reformed prize-fght-
er, addressed the Baptist ministers Of
Chicago recently on the subject of
How and Where Mission Ought to be
Established. -
Mission hall, " he said, lin order to
draw the people must first be made at
tractive, and good music is more ne
cessary than anything else. Our
churches all have good singing and
good music and should. Why not
missions have the same? They should
always be established on the main
thoroughfares. Where do we usually
find the leading saloons Always on
the principal streets of the city. And
why are they placed there Because
they are able to draw more people to
their places of business. Missions
ought TO be run on the same
principle. The next point is the
class of men who should lead the
missions. 1t is not always the educated
divine who is the most successful in
this class of work. A man should tho.
roughly understand human nature, aud
so work with and for humanity. The
affairs of mission should be placed in
the hands of a committee. who could
SEQ To the collection and proper ex-
penditure of all moneys received. The
philanthropist is becoming discouraged.
lilo gives his money. as he suppOses, to
the cause, and then finds that some un-
principled person had used the name Of
the mission to secure money. which Is
never turned over to those who would
use it TO benefit mankind.
Many people believe that mission
should always keep itself supplied with
hot coffees, lunches, etc, but l do not.
Places OF this kind where the poor and
needy of our great city could have
their wants supplied should certainly
be established, but if we furnish coffee
and lunches at our missions people will
come to the services for their bodily
rather than their spiritual good"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-09-21
Notes and Comments.

The death OF Cannon Liddon, says the
Independent, deprives the Church Of
| England of her most eloquent and at
Kactive pulpit orator. He graduated
suNxford in 1850, with high honors
the age of thirty had acquired
ell ssApe as preacher that he was
o'edo TSon of Salisbury, and was
Ia vear <after made Canon of st,
penI. T"oao\ where his services were
aivavs a,tendeS&y crowds OF rich and
poor. He was ratiN d p IS. 'lan d
scholar or authorN MS ,u'a,os :,
was liberal from N Aueit S
standpoint, though he aS o,'cn
called conservative by EngliS sohoiai
critically inclined. For some reason
he never obtained bishopric; anS ,h,s
is one Of the puzzles Of the Ens<tsn
Church. Some say that he declinN
such offers, and others that the offers
that came to him were only of unim-
portant sees. which he was sure TO de-
cline. aud that the Queen had special
prejudice against him, and could not
be persuaded to name him for any i'm
portan. episcOpate. or even archiepisco-
pal see. for which her ministers were
ready 10 recommend him. A Church
Establishment is controlled by individ
ual whims as well as by the Spirit OF
the Lord.
The will OF Mrs. +. b. Holland, Of
Hartford, Conn. gives $4,000 to found
three scholarships at Trinity College:
500, 900 to the proposed new Episcopal
cathedral in New York, and $40 900 for
missions TO the diocese of Connect
cut.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1890-05-08
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