The record-union., 1895-02-23
In RELIGIONS REALM
Expressions From the Various Re-
ligiOus Newspapers
The Religious Thought Of the Day as
Expressed In the Sectarian Press
Ministers and Laymen.

SIT is sometimes said," observes the
| CtatrcllD1an (P. E. of this city, 'that men
are ceasing to attend church-that the
congregations are three-fourths made up
of women. And yet how does it happen
that Trinity Church is frequently crowded
to the doors in Lent by thousand or fif-
teen hundred men, who have left the
one his field and the other his merchan-
disc to worship God and hear His word?
There is no stately music, no imposing
ritual-nothing but the power inherent
IN the simplest of services and the most
direct and heart-searching of addresses
to bring them there. and yet they come
| by the thousand. Why is it We venture
TO think that it is because it is becoming
more and more clearly perceived that the
Christian religion touches every possible
relation OF human life, that 1t contains
| the solution OF every human difficulty,
/ the key to every human problem. We
! believe 1t is because the merchant Is find
Ing out that tho precepts of religion are
as applicable TO him in his counting
room as in the family pewz-that there is
religion of one hundred cents TO the
| dollar, and sixteen ounces in the pound.
I we believe that 1t is because the lawyer
! Is hnding out that every righteous and
! stable system OF Jurisprudence must be
! founded upon the principles OF divine
! law, and that the aphorism that law is
/ the perfection OF human reason is as fall
/ laclous as such congratulations usually
! are. We believe too, that it is because
| OF the deep-seated desire III the minds OF
! many serious men to hear the voice Of
! COO touching questions tor which as yet
! the world has found no answer"
| ct is good to find the Bishops of the
! Protestant Church giving no uncertain
| sound as to essential Christian doctrines"
| says the New York Christian Inquirer
! lBapt.l The pastoral recently issued
deals with two doctrines of cardinal i'm
portance: The incarnation Of Christ and
| the inspiration of Holy Scriptures. In
/ respect 10 Doth, the position taken is IN
! equIEoca!, IN favor OF the church abiding
! steadfastIy III the unchanging principles
! OF her commission and her CONFESSIONS
! The Incarnation is to be accepted as a
mystery indeed, but iact. All attempts
to make ii Ineligible have only resulted
IN explaining 1t away. Inspiration means
! that the same Spirit who, in times past,
spake by The prophets,' still speaks to
! men IN the sacred page. 1t does not rob
! the writers of human limitations. nor for
/ bid seyerest criticism, but does assure
that Scripture contains the whole truth.
/ some men have gone into the Episcopal
| Church because they believed it allows
great liberty OF thought. Bur, If its ru-
! brIcs and the book OF Common Prayer
/ are rlghttulIy recognized, there is no
! church IN which man who has imbi bed
modern heresies is less welcome ONLY
! by an utter lack OF honesty can most an
/ who leave the demonstrations for doc
/ trinal alterations find a refuge IN the
! Episcopal fold"
OF the Pope's encylical the Observer
/ (Pres.) OF New York remarks: ut is in
/ terestlng to notice how the Pope ningIes
/ together his praises and his criticisms of
! our institutions. He has a word OF praise
! for our national Constitution as well as
/ for our tribunals and our laws, but it is
easy TO see that he regards them all as
/ seriously defective. They cannot be per-
| fect, IN his eyes, as long as there is not
union between Church and State 1t is
/ instructive to read what he has to saw
upon this subject. He says: 1t would
/ oe very erroneous to regard the position
/ OF the church In America as the type of
/ the most desirable status OF the church,
! bis reason Is, because IN America the
! state and Church are discovered aud di-
vorced.' He expresses his ideas still
more plainly when he declares that his
church would bring forth more abundant
fruits II, in addition to liberty, she en-
Joyed the favor OF the laws and the patron
age Of the public authority Precisely
/ SO. There IS no longer any doubt about
1t. This Is the goal OF his mbition He
/ IS not satisfied that his church should
stand upon an equal footing with all
/ other churches. In addition 10 liberty
/ he wants his church to be favored with
special legislation, and with govern
/ mental patronage. In view OF this plain
/ language, it is now III order for those
members OF the RomiSh hierarchy w no
! recently published elaborate denials of
/ his doctrine 10 recant their hasty utter
ances. and now that the position OF the
! Roman Catholic Church touching this
question has been plainly stated by its
highest authority, 1t IL evident that So
/ cietieS for the Preservation OF American
! Institutions have not been organized a
/ day too soon. 1t is further evident that
! the protection OF these institutions will
! require persistent care and sleepless vigil
! lanCe.n
For sonorous platitudes," says the
/ Waterman tBapt.) of Boston 1.-THE PoDe's
| encycllc2l to the Bishops of America
/ cannot be easily surpassed. One penalty
OF IntalIiblllty Is that an infallible man is
! apt TO betray himself into the hands of
| his enemies when he makes a precise
definite statement. 1t was, we believe
! the late Lord Randolph Churchill who
/ said, after an interview with the Pope,
/ that he had never met man who in ten
! minutes made so many misstatements
I OF lacts as to English matters as Leo
/ Nil. The Pope always acts upon the
! politicians motto, Claim everything
| According to HIM, the Roman Catholic
| Church discovered America, achieved the
! independence OF the United States and
! formed its Constitution, and he patron
| lzlngly attributes the progress OF the
| United States to the fostering care OF the
| church, 1t would be interesting to
| know how he explains the fact that in
South America aud Mexico, where Rome
has had everything at Its bidding, real
| advance in civilization has been meas
ured by the revolt of those countries from
| the letter is to reconcile the Bishops of
| the delegation which Mgr. Satoli heads.
| The Pope tries to show that the presence
! OF Mgr. SatoIh Will add to the independ-
| ence and authority Of the Bishops. That
| IS what most of them do not believe
| They hold that the delegation abridges
/ their jurisdiction and weakens their au-
! thorlty by constituting court of appeal
in their own dioceses. 1t is very doubt
full ii they can be brought to accept the
Pope's view of this matter. They know
too well that Satollrs presence does not
work as the Pope says it does.''
! The Interior (Pres.) of Chicago says:
The admirable foolishness OF Presby-
terians IS feature OF their type of faith
the world over. n writer in the London
! England Weekly ReUielO says of the
church: 1t has none Of the esprit de
| corps of the Zealot, because it has an
/ evangelical sympathy too wide to be con-