Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-06-14

Y brightest preacl g that the metrOpO-
lis loss.ed There are so few intellectual en-
joyments to be had on SUNDAY in England that
such a man can i'll be spared. The noble army of
preachers no object in life is to put another
% in God and take away the ID from devil. is
still small and not every member of 1T has the
logical tongue and the humor and geniality Of
this one. His anti-humbug discourses were
wont to draw a crowd to the chapel of the old
institution in Bloomsbury, and l hope
it is not the children who will miss
the ''bits o. siller" that rained into
the collection plate every Sunday when
the doctor was announced to speak. He does
not call il preaching. At all events it is teach
ing and of the right kind; the teaching of les
sons that have been too long neglected: the uD-
importance of creed and the all-importance of
conduct. Apart from human love there can
be no genuine love of God, says this practical
Christian. There is only one thing We can do
for God. and that is to perfect ourselves and
the race" 1t is one of DIR. MOmerie's great
aims to help his hearers to discard the holy
frovn of PurItanism that has too long made the
religious Briton a kill-joy. He thoroughly be-
lieves in a cheerful morality and is great on
the subject of little kindnesses and the
merry heart that ''doeth good like a medi-
cine.
CHEERFUL CHRISTIANITY.
i am a great believer in climatic influence
vi the " tulHh tHo
doctor has reckoned without his climate if he
ever hopes TO Britain full OF cheerful
Christians. NJ. Taine, in his History of Eng
lish Literature" ascribes the unlOvable moral
ity of Puritansm to the influence OF the British
climate. Pleasure being out of tine Question,
he SAYS, under such a sky. the BrIton gave
himself up to this forbidding nervousness.
Still, great strides toward ii gayer Christian
ity have been made within my recollection.
and most noticeable of all its signs mas been
the decay of that rigid SabbatarianIsm which
did its best to blot the sunshine out of every
recurring seventh day. Only few Sundays
ago minister IN the land of the coyenanters
bold enough to advocate the playing of
foot ball on sunday. The Saturday afternoons
game, it seemed left its GevOtees no energy for
church going next morning and so the rev.
erend gentleman proposed the transferring of
the romp to the Sabbath afternoon that they
might not form impeachment to righteous
ness in the morning.
There have always been Professionals more
Protestant than Luther and Christians more
Christian than Christ. Luther taught that the
Sabbath was to be kept, not because Moses
commanded it. but because nature teaches us
the necessity of the seventh days rest. He
Says: If anywhere the day Is made holy for
the mere days sake, then l demand you to
work on 1t, RIDE on 1T. dance on 1t. do anything
that will reprove this encroachment on Chris
tian spirit and liberty" The old Scotch wo-
man. of the well-known story, who 'dId ma
day walk through tine cOrnfield, is not a soli-
tsry type Of Christian.
SUNDAY IN PARIS.
Puritan lack of charity and dread of cheer
fulness often leads Anglo-Saxon visitors to
France to misjudge the French mode OF spend
ing Sunday. Americans well as English
people, err IN this matter. as / had occasion 10
find out during NV recent visit to America. /
had been lecturing on Saturday evening in
the pretty little city of Whitewater in Wis
consin- and received an invitation from a min
lister to address meeting that was to be held
next day. In the largest church OF the place. 10
discuss the question of how Sunday should be
spent. / at first declined Oh the ground that
II might not be exactly In good taste for
foreigner to advise his hosts how to spend
Sunday. However, when it was suggested
that might simply go and tell them how
Sunday was spent in France, / accepted the
task. The proceedings opened with prayer
and an anthem, and hymn in
praise of the Jewish Sabbath hav-
ing been chosen by the moderator. thought
the case looked bad for US French people and
that l was going to cut poor figure. How
ever, the first speaker unwittingly came to my
rescue by making an onslaught upon the
French mode of spending Sunday. with all
respect due to the native country of our visitor
he said, Il am bound to say that on the one
Sunday which / spent in Paris | saw a great
deal of low immortality, and could not help
coming to the conclusion that this was due to
the fact Of the French not being Sabbath
keeping people," He having wound 10 with a
strong appeal to his townsmen to beware of
any temptation to relax in their observance of
the fourth commandment as given by Moses
was called upon to speak. With alacritv
stepped forward. little staggered, perhaps, at
finding myself for the first time in a pulpit.
but quite ready for the fray.
WHERE DID he GO?
/ said: II am sorry to hear the remarks
made by the speaker who has just sat down. 1
cannot. however, help thinking that If our
friend had spent the day in respectable places
he would not have seen any low immortality
Where did he 60, should like to know? Be-
ing an old Partisan, have still in my minds
eye the numerous museums that are open to
people on sundays other DAYS One of
the most edifying sights in the city is still that
OF our peasants and workmen in their clean
Sunday blouses enjoying themselves and ele-
waiting their taste among our art treasures Did
our friend go there? remember there are
places where for little money the
symphonies OF Beethoven and other great
masters might be and we're enjoyed
by thousands every Sunday Did orr
friend go there? Within easy reach of the
people. too. are such places as the Jardin d. Ac-
climatation. where, for fifty centimes a delight
ful day may be spent among the lawns and
flower beds of the Partisan Zoo" Its goat
cars ostrich cars and elephant rides makes IL
paradise for children. and one might see
whole faInllles there on Sunday afternoons il
summer, the parents refreshing their bodies
with this contact with nature and their hearts
with the sight of the chlldrens glee Did our
friend go their, We have churches in Paris
churches that are crammed from 6 till noon
with wOrshippers who go on their knees 10
God Did he 90 there! If not. where did M,
go! am quitting Whitewater tomorrow and
leave II to his townspeople to investigate the
matter
When / first visited New York stories were
told me of strange things to be seen there even
on sunday. Who doubts that every great CITY
has Its black spots? had no desire to see those
Of New York, there was so much else that was
better worth time and attention The little
encounter at Whitewater only one more
Illustration OF the strange fact that the Anglo
Saxon. who Is 40 constant in his attendance al
church at home. Is seldom to be seen I'm 4
sacred editce abroad unless. indeed he has
been led there by Baedeker
SCIENCE AND RELIGION
Mr.. Henry Arthur Jones Judah" produced
on the 22d Of May. proved. as | expected. tina,
the conflict of science and religion is an alnos,
impossible subject to treat for the stage IN
working Of such a subject into such a pIav nc
Its author has given US IN Judah is a yeritabIa
tour lie force. IL Is rather doubtful! whether
The general play-golng public will appreciate
the whole of this daring work at its worth bu-
the scene IN which "A male scientist unfolds q
ousinessllke proposal OF marriage to a scientist
of the female persuasion is irresistibly funny
and almost makes one wish that the whols
play had been IN the same vein. Mr. lone,
must write US hight comedy some day
Many people taking AN eyaniou Ill