The record-union., 1892-09-17

each body go back from whence it came,
| and the branches will all again be united
| to the stem. The reasons which were
! formerly urged in justification of divis-
| ION no longer exist, at least as between
! the Anglican communion and the Pro-
testant denominations. The first step in
| the process of reunion would seem TO be
| the reconciliation of societies of the same
name and with almost Identical formulas.
/ III we could reduce the denominations to
one OF each kind, the question would be
greatly simplified. This seems to be the
| correct method, return to unity by re-
tracing the paths by which divergence
has resulted. Until this movement is well
| underway, we confess that we see little
/ encouragement or reason to hope for the
reunion Of Christendom or of any great
| portions thereof"
1.-THE need, as well as difficulty, of a
| wider union among Christian sects will
| be seen by the returns of the eleventh
census, which have recently been pub
Ished,' observes the Christian Register
! lUnltarlan) OF Boston. From this rec
ord 1t will be noted how very far off is
the unity fChlistendom. In the United
! States there are are about $50 religious
! organizations. 1t is curious TO note in
this connection the subdivisions among
| the great religious denominations. There
is the Presbyterian Church ofthe United
| States Of America and the PRESBYTERIAN
| Church OF the United States; then many
subdivisions of Presbyterians. Even the
reformed Presbyterians are split into
! 1our divisions. So, besides great
divisions among the Baptists and
Methodists, there are very many
oifshoots from these subdivisions.
| 10 those outside, the tenets which
make the division are trivial, yet
| TO the Secretaries themselves these seem
TO be very vital The tendency of Protest
antlsm is thus to split up into small sects,
| each OF which maintains that its special
| creed is the only true statement of Chris
| tianity. From this it will be seen how
! hopeless is the task OF union on the basis of
belief 1t can only be reached on the
broader ground of love to God and man,
and this 10 be tested not by what the man
processes to believe, but what he actually
| does; that IS, the ground of character"
The New York Christian Union says:
| "What is now needed is the education Of
the conscience to the point of realizing
that sin against the body is sin against
the soul, and that to misuse or abuse the
body is to commit a sin as heinous as
theft or falsehoOd. The man or woman
who goes on working to the point of
breaking down, III face of knowledge and
experience, is guilty of grave sin against
the maker Of the body. 1t is not matter
of personal loss only; a piece OF indi-
vidual folly TO be paid for by we'll
deserved individual suffering; it is an act
of gross impiety which betrays mental
dizziness and moral obtuseneSs. 1t is
high time that these crimes against the
body, SO prevalent i'll our times, should
be called by their right names.
They are sins as distinctly as
the grosser offenses against good morals
The man or woman who, in face Of those
notifications which the abused body al
ways gives. persists in driving the physi-
cal forces to the breaking point is law
breaker in the sight of God, and the ter
rible physical penalties which follow
attest the divine wrath against the moral
anarchist. 1t is sometimes necessary to
give ones life in a swift and noble sacri-
ice; but the vast majority of those who
overwork are not martyrs; they are de-
llberate and persistent violators of their
own natures. In most cases. it is no eX-
aggeration to say, nervous prostratIon is
the physical penalty of d moral otfenSe
The man who drives recklessly over the
precipice opening in his path is not more
foolish or more criminal than the man
who keeps on the road of overwork after
the danger signals have begun to multi
ply"
The New York Examiner (Bapt.) re-
marks that GA really strong thought does
not need to be driven into a mans head
with vocal sledge- bammer; it may be
trusted to make its way into any mind
that is able to comprehend it. A sermon
that has freshness and power does not
depend for its effect upon being shouted
at people. There have been in our gem
Grafton few platform speakers who
more completely united the art of per-
suasion to the graces of style than Wen
deli Philips and George William Curtis
but nobody ever heard either of them
yell We have no preacher in our
denomination, if there is one in America
who is heard with more profit and
gladness by learned and unlearned
alike than DIR. John A. Broadus, and he
seldom raises his voice much above a
conversational key. An animated and
effective delivery is not dependent upon
loudness Of utterance. a preacher does
not need to rival the auctioneer in order
to move audiences. The more he ap-
preacher the auctioneer the more the ju-
diciouS will grieve, though he may win
with the approval of the unthinking."
The NeaU York Observer (Pres.) thinks
that it has discovered sovereign remedy
for strikes. It says: 1.-The majority of
strikes are due to the existence of the
drinking saloon. With proper executive
authority we would undertake to break
the backbone of any strike within thirty
days without the shedding of drop of
blood. And we would do it by simply
closing, through executive order and spe-
cial police force, every saloon within five
miles of the disturbed district. Few are
the strikes which could exist without the
saloon. Break in the head of every
whisky barrel along the line of the rail
way affected, and you can spare the heads
Of the strikers. Close every saloon and
YOU have shut up the fount of anarchy for
the time. Let it be known that the mo-
ment the walking delegate proclaims a
strike the Governor of the State proclairns
prohibition, and enforces it, and the labor
hall, which is located in the second story
of the saloon, is moved by new counsels
Let it be understood that the breaking
out into violence of any strike abso-
lutely revokes every liquor license in the
infected district and stops the sale through
out the whole State until quiet be re-
stored, and the saloon will be no longer
what it is now, the nest in which anarchy
is Matched. Divide the interest of the sa-
loon from that of the labor hall, and the
latter will become as harmless as college
lyceum."