The record-union., 1891-04-19
In RELIGIONS REALM.
Expressions from the Various
Religious Newspapers.
The Religious Thought of the Day as
Expressed in the Sectarian Press
Some Matters of Interest to Both
Ministers and Laymen.

The Church Eclectic P. E.) says: "We
Judge that Mr.. John Fiske does not
wholly reject anthropomorphism in re-
hgious philosophy. If the idea of person
ality, objective to creation as well as inn
manent, is 'anthropomorphic,' then II
only confirms the dogma that man must
have been made in the image of his
Maker"
The Boston CongregatioRGEist of April
I'd says: Last week came Good Friday.
This week on Thursday is Fast Day. Out
of respect to a tina e-honored custom and
the official proclamation some churches
will be opened and some people will at
tend. But most of those who wished to
fast did so last Friday, and do not wish
TO repeat the act so soon. They believe
that they had better reason to fast then
than to-day. Fast Day is little more than
q holiday, with a religious title which has
become a travesty."
The st. Johns Parish RuLendar of New
ark (P. E.) says: SIN 1772 John Wesley
reprinted a collection of prayers for every
day III the week. and for each day he pro-
vided a prayer for the faithful departed.
The prayer for Saturday evening runs
sOh. Lord. Thou God of Spirits, and
Of all flesh, be mindful Of Thy faithful,
from Abel the Just even unto this day;
and for Thy Sons sake give to them and
us in Thy due time a happy resurrection
and glorious rest at Thy right hand for
ever more.'"
The Adpance says: "The Catholic
Home has an editorial, entitled Pray for
the Preachers urging all good Catholics
to pray for the Protestant preachers who
do not know any better. The spirit of
the article appears to be eminently Chris
tian. Even if some Of these preachers
continue to curse and revile us, we shall
have done our part as Christians; and
Gods blessing viii follow those who full
fl the precept of praying for their enc
nIies.' Some years ago, in northern New
York, a Judge, prOnouncing sentence of
death on youthful murderer, added,
with emotion, the words, And may the
Lord have mercy on your SOUL Affected
by the touch Of sympathy, the young
man at the bar exclaimed: Thank you,
sir! That's more than my father ever
saidn How would it do to pray oftener
for all preachers and all religious leaders,
of whatever name, not even forgetting
sometimes to remember those charged
with the responsibility Of speaking
through the newspaper, as well as those
who preach from the pulpit?"
The Sacred Heart ReUjea0, commenting
on recent occurrences, says: Altogether
there seems to be a sort of general relaxa-
ton of the bonds, a deadening, or loss Of
the idea of a church as a teaching, gov
erning body, with right to command
the obedience and submission of its men,
bers in things spiritual. This change is
taking place in all the denominations.
Liberality' means teaching nothing as
binding upon any man. federation
means communicating and holding fell
lOwship with every creed and shade OF
creed. In short, among Protestants
things are rapidly tending to that state
Il n1
q suburban town near Boston. y gen
tleman had been looking over the years
prospectus and programme Of Unita-
Tian church. Handing it back to his
friend, one of the parish officers, he re-
marked: My dear fellow, that is not a
church that you have there No re-
piled the other serenely, we do not call
1t a church. We call it q society,"" "
The Observer Pres.) says: Professor
Henry Drummond, in his latest work,
The Changed Life quotes this passage
from Professor Huxley: I protest that
if some great power would agree to make
me always think what is true and do
what is right on condition of being turned
into sort OF clock and wound up
every morning, l should instantly close
with the offer' Science, apart from
grace, can hardly hope for anything bet
ter, but grace presents nobler ideal.
Grace creates a clean heart within, and
brings every thought into captivity to
Christ. Professor Huxley would be
satisfied very easily; the Christian ex-
claims: Il shall be satisfied when I
awake with thy likeness That is the
Christian ideal, and for inspiration to a
noble life il is in advance of Professor
HuXley's clock.'
The Standard CBapt1 SAYS: ssThe NOR
al-tale hypothesis in which Professor
Briggs and others of his way of thinking
dispose of the books of Jonah, Esther the
Song of Songs, etc, viii be pretty sure to
receive some treatment in connection
with the lessons the Sunday-schools are
soon to take up in the first of these books.
IL happened-or was it happen ?-that DR..
Broadus preceded Professor Briggs on
the broad platform of the recent Sacred
Literature Institute at Farwell Hall, Chi
cagO, and this significant statement, we
recall, came from the lips Of the Louis
Vile professor as a sort of a monitory
prelude to the exceedingly liberal de-
IveranceS of the Union Seminary Chair:
We cannot belittle the Old Testament
and continue to reverence the New. They
must stand together Stand they do, and
hence it must be together"
The Christian Leader (Univ. saws: eve
read that the Rev. Howard MacQueary,
who two years ago was an obscure coun-
Try clergyman, has been made famous
GJ bGlAlS liittl lOI EGISSy. Ai4S, Jn1t so
much of the fame for which poor NOR
tails yearn is acquired in this way! II one
Is made famous by having people talk
about him, the road is open to every fool
w hat wonder that a large proportion of
those whose doings and misdoings take
up space in the papers are people of no
account. In such race for fame charac-
Ter and brains are not entered.
We hope MIR. MacQueary is q man of
too much sense TO imagine that he has
won anything but an undesirable notori-
ETY. by his book and his trial No man
nt 10 be a minister of the Christian relig-
ION would desire TO have public attention
drawn to him on account of views which
nre neither original nor profound; still
less on account of differences with his
brethren. At best, such notoriety must
oe distasteful to right-minded man. If
lac IS able to feel that the responsibility
rests with others, yet the necessity for it
must be painful to him. Famous in
deed! Let US take care that we do not
encourage zeal to become infamous"
Bishop Potter said, in recent ordina-
uon sermon: "If it be urged that the very
same office binds it upon the conscience
OF her clergy TO Danish and drive away
from the church all erroneous and strange
doctrines contrary to Gods word and
t9at such doctrine can hardly be BAN
Sshed without being discussed, then we
sha!l 90 well TO remember that doubts are
most eiectually expelled by the inculca-
tlOn OF the truth, and that we shall hest
serve our master bv speaking of those
certainties of which we are assured rather
than by debating those open questions
concerning which we must as vet be
patient watchers for more light. If we
are sensible OF tendency in our own
generation TO hold the truths of a per-