Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-08-24
In RELIGIONS REALM.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO MINIS
TIERS AND LAYEEN.

MATTERS OF INTEREST TO MINIS
TIERS AND LAYEEN.
Expressions oE Opinion by Newspaper
Representing she Various De=cm-
nations, Os Many Subjects;
The Congregationsss says: "Wher q
nan is ordained to tEe Gospel ministry he
is set apart for life tc, that sacred ofsee
and he cannot honoubly, without good
reason, turn aside from 1t to business pur-
suits. There gre other places than the
pastorate which he may fill and still re-
main minister, but when, he gives him.
self up to secular business he ought in
homer to surrender all claim and title to
the ministerial office. We have too many
insurance agents and coal merchants who
retain the prefix REV. to their names, and
exc out their incomes by occasional preach
ing and marriage services"
The New York Eramiaer says: "The
Romanists have captured Congress, appar-
emily, by securing appropriations for their
schools will they capture the President ?
Is, Commissioner Morgan's wise plan of
establishing Government schools in place
of UNCONVENTIONAL, as fast as may be wisely
done, to be defeated in this way? and is
the United States-in defiance of the
spirit, .ifinet the letter, Of the Constitution
Ito. make appropriations for sectarian
schools in preference to establishing and
supporting schools of its own? 1t may be
that the President will feel compelled to
sign. the bill containing these appropria-
tions rather than let the entire bill fail,
as Presidents have been constrained in
similar cases to do. This only furnishes
another argument for the amendment of
the Constitution so as to give the Presi-
dent power to veto items in bill while
approving the bill as a wbole-a power
that has, been found to work excellently
in the States where it has been given to
the Chief Executive"
The Christian Aduocate, in criticis:ng
Mrs. Mona Cards views of marriage says:
"iSome protesting Christians, who are dis
satisfied both with nature and the plain
teachings of Gods word, have undertaken
recognized in the Christian family, by say
ing the sabiecting of woman was imposed
upon her as the penalty for sin, and as
sumo therefore that when she becomes a
Christian she is excused from it. If so, it
is remarkable that the apostles did not
know. this and did not preach it. Peter
could not have heard any such thing from
Christ in the three years that he was
associated so closely with him; neither
could Paul have received any such thing
by revelation; nor could the beloved disci-
pie John, who wrote so tender an epistle to
the Elect Lady and her children, have
been aware of it. No amount of divine
grace without miraculous revelations as
to duty, would be sufficient to sustain the
marriage relation in the absence of such
headship. Three might be ruled by a
majority of two, but when two divide, a
majority is an impossibility."
'Every denomination of Christians is
afflicted with some preachers or others
who, in the excitement of great occasion
are liable to talk nonsense or indulge in
Misrepresentation" says the Presbyterian
Banner. Striking illustrations of this
were given at the Centennial Anniversary,
July 11th, of the planting of Methodism
in Boston,. The Rev. Alfred j. Hough
read what he called an historical poem,'
in which there was such stuff as this:
=. The people knew why in the preachers face
the knee
To iron law and merciless decree,
Narrowed Gods love to an elective plan,
And Calvinized the glorious Son of man.
"The grimmest Calvinist that ever lived
would have repudiated such statement
of belief. Bishop Mallalieu gave express
sion to his estimate of Calvinism in these
words: Il had sooner be an atheist and
have no God than to worship Calvinistic
God As the Bishop has only been lately
advanced to episcopal dignity, and was in
Boston, he probably supposed that it was
necessary for him to. say something strong,
which he did, though it is to his discredit,
and will be regretted by all good Meth
odists."
"What,n asks the Standard Of the
Cross, "is the right motive for aggressive
Guardianship? What is the nature of
that regard for the Church which leads to
the most thorough use of all the instru-
mentalities belonging to it for the mission
ary work which IS committed to the disci-
Piles of Christ, as well as for their own
culture in Christlikeness Is it not to be
found in the order and proportion of these
words: Pro Ciristo ct Ecclesia-for Christ
and the Church? The Person of Christ
must always be first; gratitude to Him for
His salvation must be the motive; trust in
His guiding presence must be our source
of confidence; the standard Of His charac-
ter must be the test of moral actions; the
written word, the heaven-drawn picture Of
their living Lord must be the charter and
last resort for all authority. But the
Church must be counted as essential tC
Christ as the body to its head; it is the in.
strument of showing the present life and
doing the immediate will of Christ; it
needs no apology where it presents Him.
it may even share his glory as His servant
or His bride, it is the guardian and keeper
of His word. and its living embodiment
it is the necessary outward counterpart Of
the progressive revelation of Christ in the
hearts of men,"
"The dawn is at hand" exclaims the
Freeman's Journal Roman Catholic). "The
solution of the school question is about to
be effected in the State of New York
and doubtless the example will be o. great
influence elsewhere. The Board of Re-
gents of the State University has decided
to issue charters to six Catholic institu-
tions which have applied for membership
The law requires that academies, in order
to become members of the State system,
and participate in the benefits of the an.
nual 100000 fund, must hold certain
amount of property and have q
library and school apparatus. A
committee OF the Regents took in hand
the application of St. Johns Academy,
Syracuse. st. Johns church, acting through
its.trustee. the Right Rev. DIR. Ludden, the
Bishop of Syracuse. agreed to ISSUE
to the board of trustees of that school an
absolute lease of the property for fifty
years. The committee reported that tn,
lease perfectly met all the legal conditions
and requirements, and the charter wa
thereupon issued. Five other Catholic
schools in various parts of the State wer,
similarly treated. In time all of tn.
schools, with the necessary acquitments
will become members of the State Univer
sity system. What this prefgures is tn
fact that, in time, the primary parochia
schools will be taken into the State system
on an equitable basis"
"What has become of the old-fashione'
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