The record-union., 1894-03-10

times, never took such large views, nor
planned such broad, deep, wise under
taklngs. The Bible never has been
studied as generally and attentively as
To-Day, and the history of the Christian
Endeavor movement is witness to the
same effect. Some Enthusiastically
spiritual features of our times also are
signs of the progress of Christs King
dom. One is the growing desire for an
bipartisan civil service. Another is the
movement TO substitute arbitration for
war. 1t is because men do not really un-
derStand what ChriSt's Kingdom is and
what it aims 10 accomplish that they re-
gard it as losing instead of gaining
ground"
There are those who regret the decline
OF that courtly reserve, mber demeanoI
and pietiStlc aloofness which distinguish
ed the old-time minister" says the Chris
tan Register (Unit.) of Boston; but it
cannot be denied that the type OF charac-
ter OF the ministry Of to-day is, in gen.
eral, more manly and more natural
one than that which it has displaced.
But the new type has its dangers. How
ever grateful people may be for a pastor
who is moro accessible, they have no oc-
casion to be grateful for one who illus
trates that familiarity which breeds con-
tempt, who adopts the swagger OF the
bully, the odor of the smoking-car and
the slang of the street. In attempt
ing to come down to what he may term
the level of his parishoners, he is in
danger of falling TAR below it. 10 gain
the confidence of his people and their
sympathy, IL is not necessary for him TO
forfeit their respect"
The following is from the New York
Christian Register (Bapt.): "In his lect-
ure on The Historic EpiscopaIe,' just
published, Professor Shields advocates
double ordination. He would have Pres
byterian ordination followed by prelati-
cal ordination. A Baptist Council on
Long Island last week voted to ordain a
man who, after his historic immersion,
was ordained by an Episcopal Bishop.
He, therefore, has the double ordination
Professor Shields proposes, but it is
rather doubtful whether the historic
episcopate' would now be willing TO al
low him TO preach in an Episcopal pulpit.
Yet, why should one care whether a min
lister first receives the Episcopal or nom
Episcopal ordination? If Bishop Little
john and his clergy will apply to some
of our churches tor historic baptism,'
they may, Il they pass proper eXamina-
ton, receive our ordination, and so, per-
haps. we can get under way for that re-
united Christendom so ardently desid-
Grated"
sit is not at all certain" says the
W0tcbndR (Bapt.) of Boston, "that the
submerged tenth is the greatest peril to
our civilization; on the contrary we are
inclined to believe that the low ideals of
those who do not want for bread and who
live in well-furnished houses is the more
serious menace. The young man whose
motto is get there who speaks and
thinks f1lppantly OF women, and who has
no taste for innocent and simple pleas
ures; the young woman who can talk
slang and wear false jewelry, and whose
highest ideal is "a good time,' threaten
the integrity of our civilization quite as
seriously as the hoodlums and the de-
PRAYED. 70 be poor is not SO great ca
lamlty as to be vulgar. The lack OF
bread is not comparable with the lack of
noble standards and aspirations for the
excellent. And, perhaps, the Christian
pulpit has mission in this direction
which ministers are in danger of over
looking. 4 sermon that exalJs the moral
standards Of Christians is as distinctiyely
a Christian sermon as one which leads the
unrepentant TO faith. And a sermon
which is coarse in phrase or illustration,
which beSmirches sacred things with the
slime Of the streets, and through whose
sentences there ring the echoes of the
language Of the saloon or the racetrack,
falls short, no matter how evangelical it's
doctrine, Of being Christian"
The New York Observer (Pres.) finds
much to admire in Richard lie CALI
enne's The Religion of a Literary Man.
but says: In regard TO at least two fund
amental doctrines he is sadly astray,
and his teaching is all the more signiti-
cant because it reflects opinions that pass
orr ha 0f