The record-union., 1895-09-07
IN RELIGIONS REALM.
Expressions From the Various Re-
liglOus Newspapers.
The Religious Thought of the Day as
Expressed in the Sec5arian Press
Some Matters of Interest to Both
Ministers and Laymen.

The Clthfcitnld1 L. e. not only de-
fenGs but favors ''itineranoy in church
work" OF the circuit rider it says:
1.-The circuit rider feels the exhilaration
of freedom. He leaves one place with
the impression of having left his respon-
sibility behind him for the time, and
with the hope and expectation of strik-
ing a successful blow and making good
impression in the cause of religion at his
next station. The people meet him as
one who appears only for a short moment
and then departs The haste and hurry
of his movements add to their impressive
ness. What he says has in it the appear
ance of spontaneity: it is an off-hand ad-
dress, spoken under the press of zeal ana
energetic movement, and others are
awaiting his presence in more distant
places towards which he is carried for
ward with the speed and special commls-
sion OF royal courier. This idea OF
preacher. as OF a man delivering mess
age Off hand, under the stress OF a great
commission, and in a hurry to go on his
way to deliver IL elsewhere, Is the CEN
trail idea of ltinerancy. In this lies the
power and attractiveness OF open-alr
preaching in streets and crowded parts
of city," 1t concludes: I'VE have rea-
this degree, OF the itinerant spirit in the
church is a great advantage, and might
with profit be adopted under some form
or other by the church in this country"
The Examiner (Bspt.) closes some re-
marks on the recent Catholic Temperance
Convention in New York City as follows:
Livingstone. almost with his dying
breath, craved the blessing of God upon
every one, Catholic, Protestant, Chris
tian. Moslem, Jew, who would help to
close up the open sore OF the world, the
African slave trade We cordially wei
come the powerful cooperation OF The
Catholic Church in the warfare against
THAI other open sore, the saloon. Bishop
Watterson OF Ohio some time ago gave
instruction that saloon keepers snail not
enjoy the offices of the church, and has
refused to recognize any Catholic society
that has saloon keepers among its ottl-
cers-a position i'll which ne was fully
sustained by Mgr. Satolli, the immediate
representative OF the Pope, in spite OF the
saloon and its patrons. Ii this position
shall more generally be taken by the OIL
cials of the church, the influence exerted
will be well-nigh incalculable."
mo man." says the american Hebre1C,
''has right to use his religious faith as a
cloak for violating the law OF the land.
If Jew who Is arrested tor violation of
the Sunday laws sets up his religion as
defense when he has not lived up to it
and has failed to observe Saturday as his
day OF rest, then his violation of the law
becomes an aggravated otfense and should
meet with the fullest penalty"
The Nashville Christian AdUocate
(Methodist) asks: us it not our duty to
encourage the negroes in the matters of
education and religion?" and it replies;
The value of mere book learning may
be exaggerated; but, still, knowledge is
better for any soul than ignorance. Some
forms OF religion include many elements
OF superstition: but they are vastly to be
preferred to atheism. To those who
maintain that the piety of the Southern
negro has done him no good, we prefer
to oppose the candid judgment of such
men as our distinguished friend, Judge
j. Wofford Tucker of Florida, DR.. c. q.
Andrews and Bishop &. y. Galloway of
Mississippi, and the late Bishop Holland
\. McTyerie. Even the interminable
protracted meetings which We're carried
on in the years Immediately following
the war were not without their compen-
sations. II the passions of the negro
race, lately liberated from slavery, had
not found an outlet IN religious exercises,
they would have been revealed in the
CLEAN of the incendiary's torch. 1t is
not in our power to help the colored
churches in precisely the same ways as
formerly. They are learning, slowly but
surely, the great lessons of selt-direction
and self-control, and must largely be left
TO work out their own questions for
themselves. No race of men cSn be per-
manently held in tutelage, or pr3pped up
from the outside. There comes a time
when it must demonstrate It's ability 10
look out tor its own welfare. But we
may, nevertheless, assist in many ways
the devout and upright colored men who
are trying to bring their brethren to the
obedience of Christ"
The CongregatiOndLiSt offers this solu-
tion OF the problem of religion in public
schools" "How can the State teach in
the public schools the religion that is