The record-union., 1893-11-24

| through which the various steps of this
affair have been attained, will leave no
evil face within the borders of our own
| communion? that confidence in those
VINO occupy places of influence is being
! promoted, reverence for lawful authority
| increased, and missionary enthusiasm
| developed, by the strange and sometim mes
doubtful means employed from time to
! time In carrying through the several
| measures which have brought us to our
present position?"
In reference to the address of Arch
bishop Ireland, at the jubilee of Cardinal
Gibbons, the New York Observer Pres J
says: If Archbishop Ireland means
Just what he then said, he must be re-
| garded as one of the most enlightened
| prelates of the Romish Church. He sees
a dlscord between the age and the church,
or ratner between the spokesmen of the
age and those of the church. While the
cnurch must be conservative in its divine
elements, he urges that such conserva-
tlsm does not Involve any separation be-
tween the church and the age, or justify
the erection of any barriers between it
and the world. He believes that we are
passing through one Of those mighty uu-
heavals which occur from time to time in
humanity, causing and marking the as
cendlng stages in its continuous progress.
IS the part of the ROmish Church TO be
not hanger on, much less an obstruc-
tlon, to this progress, but in it and OF it,
uplifting 1t to higher regions of light and
liberty as it permeates it with Christian
truth. He pleads for a distinction be-
tween the accidents and essentials of the
church. Much that Arch
bishop Ireland said at Baltimore is sug-
gestlve enough to find acceptance with
PrOtnStanfG hot 10
mission Of his church is the same as it
has always been, it brings its message to
new world and must bring it in new
ways. We may adapt his language and
say, The Gospel message is to be the
same as ever, but God truth is to be dis
semlnated by variety of means never
dreamed of in ages past. Human nature
is the same, but our environment is diff
ferent and altered circumstances call for
altered methods in Christian work"
The following is from the Central Chris
tan AdUOc0te tMeth.) of st. Louis: "The
Anglican Bishop of Winchester, in the
midst of some counsels to his younger
clergy on the use of the voice in preach
ing, gives them bit of advice as to the
wearing of a moustache. He says; Mis-
takes and pitfalls are plentiful enough,
but 1t is not every one who is willing
either to recognize or avoid them. A
mantle on the upper lip, especially II 1t
be assiduously cultivated and encouraged
to fall over the mouth, must and does pre-
vent the voice from travelling. 1t it is of
course matter of taste; where a beard is
also grown, often a measure of protec-
ton. TO some acrid judgments it has the
air of foppishness, and when worn by
itself has been judged etfeminate. All
bargain for is that it should not prove an
interference with the free passage of the
voice or be bar to ministerial useful
ness.' This counsel from England is
good sense in America also. No speaker
can use his voice to full advantage when
his lips are muffled by a moustache. In
every congregation are people more or
less hard of hearing, who are dependent
for their full apprehension of the words
spoken in the pulpit upon their eyes,
which supplement their ears. They are
aided in understanding a sermon by the
motion of the preachers lips. When
these are covered and the voice is mut1led
by moustache, enjoyment of the sermon
is greatly impaired. a ministerial NOUS
tache ought to be kept neatly clipped so
that the lips can be seen. AS to the NOUS
tache worn in the pulpit, which. in style
and appearance, suggests the dandy and
smacks of foppery, we'll, if the wearers OF
them knew what an impression they made
upon many of their hearers, they would
trim them before next SuudaVD