Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-12-21
In RELIGIONS REALM.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO MINIS.
TERS AND LAyMEN.
Expressions of Opinion by Newspaper.
Representing the Various Denom-
nations, on Many Subjects.

nations, on Many Subjects.
| The Christian Lnquirr (Bapt.) SAYS
Ihere have been some sharp things sait
iatsiy with respect TO plagiarism in th,
| pulpit. 1t is claimed when preacher use
the words of another he should ALWAYS ac
knowledge it; but the difficulty is to know
wnen the quotation ends. One man who
appropriated another's sermon began with
a certain man hath said,' but his hearer.
dio not dream that they were indebted tc
mat certain man for the whole sermon. >
The Nashville Chrigiaas AdSocate Meth J
says: No Methodist preacher is ever sub.
lecteo TO the humiliation Of 'candidatino
Ior vacant pulpit, and of having his trial.
sermon picked to pieces by unsympathetir
hearers. No Methodist preacher is eve,
troubled by the thought that when his
present pastorate expires he NAV not gel
another one until months or years have
passed. No Methodist preacher is in dan
ger OF getting his marching orders from q
SQUAD OF disatfected church officers. The
null power of the whole church is back Of
him."
Says the Methodist Recorder. "Men nav
De entertained; they may be instructed
they may be led to undertake good work,
out unless preaching results in bring
men to Christ it falls short OF its purpose
The surroundings of men NAV be
made better their manners may be i'm.
proved; their minds may be cultured, but,
after all, the chief thing is the renewal of
their spirits A spring of eternal life must
be opened in their hearts. The.preacher
who allows this supreme end of his work
to become obscured by other and lesss i'm
portaat aims is unfsithful to the trust that
has been committed to him."
The Flaming SWord {Koreshan) saws
The heart of the new era pulses with an
amplitude of throb determining to new is
sues. Human aspiration, in lis chambers
OF love, awakens receptiyities to the deter
INNINGS of the divine purpose to unfold
the new earth. The times are consum.
mated and the day star arises anew to un.
mistaEably signal the dawn of the incom-
ing age Expectancy borders the earth.
Inc impulses which throb to the respira-
Tory forces OF our orb, awaken, both to Joy
and dread. Fear lays hold on the mass
who see with rrescient concept the uumis-
taxable signals of dissolution to watch the
old and decaying fabric-the universal
church and State-is subject"
A writer in the Methodist Times England.
in an apprecistive notice of Canon Liddon,
says: Some parts of Canon Liddon's
teachings were not in harmony with what
appears to most Methodists 10 be the mind
OF the Scriptures. 1t NAV, however, be re-
membered that much of the Canon's teach
ing would not have produced such dissent
among the Methodists of the last century
as among their descendants. 1t NAV also
be remembered that parallels to his Lam
guage may be found still in Methodist lit
erature. In his strongest sacramentsrian
discourses be has not gone beyond, or in
deed SO far as
This Eucharistic feast
Our every want supplies
Yet this couplet is in cur hymn-book as
now used.''
Writing on the Archbishop of Canter.
oury judgment in the Bishop of Lincoln q
case, the Catholic Champion (P. E says
so far as the use of the sign of the cross
in giving absolution and benediction is con.
cerned, some one has alresdy pointed out
that it is probably very wise to put a stop
to 1t; tor so many quasi-Catholics in our
Communion are getting to assign a true
sacramental character to the general abso.
luton, and to make it pretext for neg.
Letting private absolution in the ceufes.
slonal. Just as the Orientals have come to
honor the unconsecrated elements, at the
time of the oblation, with worship hardly
TO be distinguished from the supremest
Eucharisic Aooration, so many of our
easy going ritualists would substitute the
general confession for auricular confession.
II Archbishop Bensons effort to put an
end to this shall succeed we may all be
grateful to him.
The Central Ciristian advocate mich. J
says: "A correspondent suggests that we
are hardly justified in cur criticisms of
Senator Ingalls, position in regard to the
place OF morals in politics These are the
Senator'S words; our readers may Judge for
themselves: The publication of politics is
an iridescent dream. Government is force.
Politics is battle for supremacy. Parties
are the armies. The Decalogue and the
golden rule have no place in a political
campaign. The object is success. To de-
feat the antagonist and expel the party in
power is the purpose. In war it is lawful
to deceive the adversary, TO hire Hessians,
to purchase meroenaries, to mutiiate. 10
kill, TO destroy. The commander who lost
battle through the activity Of his moral
nature would be the derision and lest of
history. This modern caDt about the cor
ruption Of politics is fatiguing in the ex-
treme. 1t proceeGs from the tea-custard
and syllabub dilettantesm, the frivolous
and desultory sentimentalism OF epicenes,
We affirm that any one holding the opinion
clearly expressed in these words is unfit
for any place in the political life of Chris
tian nation"
The Nashville Christian AdUocate saws:
Some Methodist preachers pray too short
in private and too long in public. As a
rule, private PRAYERS ought to be long and
public ones short. / once carefully noted
the time actually occupied in praying by
one OF whom | complain in this respect,
and found it less than FIVE minutes; the re-
naming twenty minutes were devoted to
superfluous information given to God
about the congregation aud a variety of
other subjects; short essay evidently in
tended for the congregation, about the
character and attributes of God, and the
repetition of few verses from the hymn
book The above is not an exaggerated
statement OF some prayers we have heard
II is absolute crucifxion to stay on the
knees during one of these long, Hfeless
prayers. To follow them is like going
through the catacombs. Devotion is not
kindled to relieve the tedium, and the
spirit as well as the flesh cry out
against the torture. In these long, sapless
prayers is found one cause contributing TO
break up the habit of kneeling in our con-
gregstions. Short, unctuous, fervent
pointed prayers in the pulpit is the first
step to reform in the interests of kneeling
in our congregations"
The Christian Inteliigencer (Ref) says
A great many people are dissatisfied with
the instruction in tae schools, but are still
reso.ute and earnest in their support, and
pay the school-ts1 cheerfuliy. Not a few
of the textbooks in science and philosophy
follow Darwin, Spencer and Balm. The
histories taught are defective through omis-
sions. Even the Biographies withhold the
truth in regard TO countries in which the
Influence of the Roman hierarchy is domi-
nant. The great body of Protestants, in
cluding thousands who are not church
members and hardly church-goers, feel
that Romsnism receives q consideration in
the schools it ought not to have. The fact
il, compromises are necessary; but that
does not necessitate the exclusion Of the
Bible or of instruction in morality based
upon the nature OF God and the character
of His government. It would net be a
difficult, much less an impossible achieve
ment, TO make such selections from the
Scriptures as would be acceptable to Prot
estan;s, Romanists and Jews. BY Roman
lists we mean the great body of attendants
upon the Papistical churches. Nor is it
impossible to agree upon form of prayer
to be used at the opening of the schools.
It is not possible to satisfy the Roman hier-
erchy with ANYTHING short of Romanism