Omaha daily bee., 1895-06-16
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st. Paul Pioneer Pres: The example set by
Rev. John Hall Of New York, who has given
the $1,000 that would have been his income
tax to philanthropic cause, Is one worthy
OF Imitation. The man who would have had
TO pay an income tax need not stop to ask
himself whether he could spare the money or
not. for no one else would have asked him.
Minneapolis Journal: The synod OF the Re-
formed Presbyterans has decided that neither
silver nor the tarin caused the hard times
that the financial troubles that have over
taken the country have all happened because
God is not acknowledged In the constitution
by the same token. II the constitution were
amended so as to acknowledge God as the
source OF all power and authority, we would
have good times right on What peculiar
ideas Of God some people havel
Springfield (Mass) Republican, Bishop
John Il. Newman has been criticised with
some acrmony for his action as president
OF the New York conference. dividing the
New York district into two districts. But
he seems to have the right Of 1t. He says
the district was too large for any one man,
and as New York Methodism needed new
life. he made the change, which is in accord
with the action previously taken in other
large conferences. The change makes Rev.
DR.. Andrew Longacre formerly over the
entire New York district. presiding elder OF
the New York and Hudson River district,
and Rev. Philip Germond presiding elder OF
the New York and Harlem district
olOUA Clly lflDune. BlSnOp Newman says
that the Methodist church alone has gained
over 10000 members by the hard times.
Now, IL hard times will bring people to
realizing sense of their duty to the Creator
and cause them to seek salvation. is 1t not
little inconsistent for preachers to pray for
rain and for prosperity? Should they not
rather beseeCh the Eternal to cut the crops
short and otherwise keep the people on the
grindstone OF business uncertainty and de-
preston? But perhaps not. According to
church reports, the average cost of convert
ing sinner In Chicago is something over
$iOO. STILL on the other hand, a few blocks
OF $i0O would last a long time in Chicago.
Nevertheless, good times and easy money
markets are not Objectionable to churches.
New York Sun: The priest OF an uptown
Catholic church gave notice to his people
on Sunday that the celebration Of the fore
noon high mass would be suspended at his
altar for the rest Of the summer, and that
there Will be a low mass in its place. 81
doubt" he said, "if one can maintain a
pious frame of mind for an hour and half
under such weather as we are having" 1t
was an honest confession Of the priest. The
man or woman who stayed in town all day
last Sunday In that frame of mind must have
been deeply imbued with pety. The priest
justified his conduct by quoting some words
of that devout woman, St. Theresa, who said
that in prayer one should always be COM
Portable, so as to avoid any distraction Of
thought; land l have been led to believe"
said the priest, that this saint had great
brain" 1t seems to us that there was genu-
inc philosophy, well spiced with piety, in
these remarks. 1t Is not everybody who can
thermometer is wabbling up close to 100
degrees in humid atmoSDhere