The record-union., 1891-03-01
In RELIGIONS REALM.
Expressions from the Various
Religious Newspapers.

Expressions from the Vdfl0uS
Religious Newspapers.
The Religious Thought of the Day as
Expressed in the sectarian Press
Some Matters of Interest to Both
Ministers and Laymen.
The Nashville cR,Tstian .4dcocate
(Meth.) says: 'srhe preacher who is not
constantly growing in grace, and grow
ing in the intensity of his desires after
God. will rarely advance his people to
any spiritual depths or spiritual nights.
pie nearer to God is to have growing
nearness to him ourselves.n
The Interior (Pres.) says: 'The New
York ministers who are contributing ar
ticles for the Sunday papers, each one adj
vocating his own denomination, are con-
tributing their strength to the breaking
down of respect for the Sabbath. No
man who Will devote his Sunday morn
ings to reading Of the contents of the sun
day daily will long have high idea of
the sacredness of tho Gay, or much re-
spect for the sanctuary. When the s;-
credness of the Sabbath is gone there is
not much of it left"
The Central Presbyterian says: .sThe
truth is, that there seems to be 4 craze in
certain quarters for human machinery
within the church. There seems TO be a
want of confidence in the efficacy of the
agencies which our Lord has instituted
1t is a subtle form of unbelief creeping
into the church. What we need is not
more machinery, Seek and Save socie-
ties, Societies of Christian Endeavor,'
ETC., but more diligent use OF the means
and agencies divineiy appointed, and
more fervent prayer for the power of the
Holy Spirit TO render these means and
agencies eifectual."
The Catholic Herald says: shortly
after the emancipation OF Catholic Ireland
the Bishops there refused to allow their
people to receive the Catholic Scriptures.
with notes, explanations and approvals
from one Of the English proselyting soci-
cites which wished in that way TO get ac-
cess to the people. They knew full well
that the object of the non-C Catholic society
was to weaken Catholic faith and make
way for the rule of private judgment. 1t
is not through the love of the Word of
public schools; it is because they hate
Catholicity, and they justly regard the
reading OF the Bible as n protest against
the authority of that church, which is the
pillar and the ground of TRUTH
The Christian Union says: Several of
our correspondents have asked us what
we mean by saying that man can forgive
sin. We have asked them in response
what they mean by the forgiveness of
sins. We have, as yet, received no an
SWer TO our question. Is it possible that
they do not know what they mean? We
hope that some of them will tell us what
they suppose the New Testament means
by such a declaration as 'Ifye forgive men
their trespasses, your Heavenly Father
will also forgive YOU or by such prom
lse as 'WhoSeSoeyer sins ye remit, they
are remitted unto them,' or by such di-
rection as Even as Christ forgave you, so
also do ye.' We are only waiting to learn
from our correspondents what they mean
by the forgiveness OF sins i'll order to tell
them why we believe that man can for
give SINS"
The Watch1ran says: ''Congrega-
tionalism in England is apparently de-
clining. The last Year Book shows am
increase of only four churches the past
year, and the total increase in six years
has been but 2l2. AS during this time
there has been steady increase OF popu-
lation, this conclusion is reached that
Congregationalism has relatively fallen
behind. There has been no expansion in
London. The London Independent in
view of those facts has started discus
sion of the question, What ought the
churches to do?' To this inquiry the A d.
rance makes pertinent reply, which
will be appreciated by readers of the
Ch3Tstfan World, for example, IF per-
mitted to answer the question from this
side of the sea, we should say that the
religious papers themselves could help
matters not little by giving up the
equivocal and Improbable business of
apoogizing for every form of ration
alism and by so adjusting their poin
of observation that they can see some
good in orthodoxy"
ID. f. Hervey says, in the Church Ecyec-
TIC: "Nioa'S Herald, a well-known and
able Methodist weekly paper, recently
had something to say on the perennial
subject OF the presumed antagonism be-
tween the pulpit and the choir: We
again enter our emphatic protest against
the oncroachments OF the choir upon the
pulpit. 1t must not be forgotten chat the
sermon is the essential part of the service,
and the singing is collateral and Incl
DENTAL
Here is the fundamental mistake-a
mistake which has crcpt into all Protest
ant sects TO such an extent that they have
utterly lost the sense of proportion. The
true idea of worship has been so obscured
that these sects have actually elevated to
the chief place that which is essentially
human and fallible, while derogating to
very minor position the real sense of wor-
ship. The truth is the direct reverse of
that asserted by Zion's Herald. The SER
mon is the collateral and incidental part
of the service, and, properly speaking, as
u service of real worship, the sermon has
no place. The substitution Of preaching
for worship is entirely modern idea.
which has sprung up since the idea of