The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-08-28

from the pTOnptneSS or TINS ndVal Nero
to place his laurels at the foot of the
throne. We shall do well to lay his
example to heart, for the elation of
victory is pregnant with danger Evil
dences are not wanting, even now, that
in some quarters it fosters pride and
begets a self-confdence that would end
in forgetfulness of the true source of
individual and national strength.
Against such presumption it behooves
US to guard, for, from earliest times,
all history being witness, it has proved
the precursor of national disaster
y
The Irish Catholic" (Dublinl says:
There is quite enough in the existing
situation in Italy to account for the
prevalence of disaffection among the
people, without our being compelled 20
fall back on the ridiculous idea of a
clerical conspiracy to account for IL.
To suppose that any section among the
priests of Italy sympathize with the
Socialists who burned, plundered and
murdered during their carnival of riot
and rapine, would be to insult BODY
of holy, laborious and devoted men,.
Christian Work. (undenominationaO
has this observation to make, concern
ing much talked of event of the late
war: lon another page we note two
interesting incidents of the war, lnVolV-
ing the recognition of God as an agent
in determining the issues of nations.
But there are others, too, which make
the heart beat quicker as we read them.
Here is one related of Captain Philip
| of the Texas, who made a dash for the
nj h ChinC tho thpV
| their noses out of the harbor. When
| the yellow flag was pulled down on the
| Almirante Oquendo, the commander of
the Texas gave the order to his men:
| Don't cheer, boys-don't you see the
poor devils are DYING? The direction
was as chivalrous as it was character
istic, and illustrates the fact certified
to by the poet that
The bravest are the tenderest;
The loving are the daring.
THE Christian Advocate" methodist
| Episcopal, New York; refers to the ut
terances of Captain Philip as reverent,
heroic, tender" 1t then says: But
| Hebrew rabbi of this city objects to
| representing this as peculiarly Chris
tian sentiment, and claims that it is
unquestionably and undeniably Jewish.
quoting Proverbs: Rejoice not when
thine enemy falleth, and let not thine
| heart be glad when he stumbleth; lest
the Lord see it, and it displease Him,
and He turn away His wrath from
him The second part of that quota
ton is undeniably and peculiarly Jew
ish. The rabbi further quotes from the
| Talmud: The Holy One, blessed be
l IT. ct = I%,r- 1frll sN<
the wicked and he quotes from Rabbi
Jochanan that when the host of Pha-
roah was drowning in the Red Sea the
| angel choir desired to sing a hymn OF
triumph, but the Holy One, blessed be
He! hushed them, saying: MY crea-
| lures are drowning in the sea, and
| would We sing a Song?" The rabbi is
unduly disturbed. Christians claim ev-
erything that is good in the Old Tesla
ment, and also corrections of the ex-
! travagant imprecations in which in war
times some of the representative He
| brew warriors and poets INDUCED. Cap
tain Philips sentiment was peculiarly
Christian, though the germs of it may
be found in the most exalted strains of
Old Testament prophets. and in various
parts of it's moral laws"
The illustrated Christian World
| Bishop TaylOr's periodical, has sus-
pended, having secured it's object, it
says, of impressing the churches with
the principle of self support. which was
its mission.
Rev. James De Normandie of Rox-
bury, Mass, enjoys the distinction of
being the only Unitarian minister in d
New England pulpit, under seventy-five
years of age, having the degree of D. D.
from Harvard University.
DR.. George H Schodde, writing in
the New York Observer" controverts
the impression that the Protestant
church in Germany is dominated by
| liberalism. ION the whole" says Pro-
fessor Schodde, the German church is
| evangelical, at least SO far as repre-
sented by the rank and file of the men,
bers and by the average pulpit
The Rev. DR.. Francis E. Clark, Pres
| ident of the Worlds Christian Endeavor
| Union, has recently returned from a
brief journey to Great Britain at the in
vitation of British Endeavorers. He
| says that the transformation of British
feeling in favor of America within the
last year is simply wonderful All seem
to recognize, he says, that our war for
| CUBA is just and humanitarian
|
| The Following paragraph comes from
the Christian Advocate" of New York.
| No church can permanently grow if its
| pulpits are filled with latitudinarians.
| nor can any one long exert moral power
| if its pulpits are filled with platitudi
! narians, and no church can make nu
| merous accessions, except by pervertinr
from other denominations. if its pulpits
are filled with attitudinarians. ONLY
those religious bodies can flourish,
whose pulpits are filled by men who
| nave convictions, who believe, who
know what and why they believe, and
attach Importance to that which dis
tinguishes them from others"
ON brief visit to a small country
town of about a thousand inhabitants
made few days ago." says the Pres
byterian Review" (Toronto), "our at
tention was called to the fact that there
were five Protestant churches in the
place, not counting a little gathering of
Plymouth Brethren. There were five
pastors serving these churches and the
stations lying in the immediate neigh
borhood. all of them worthy men, and,
no doubt, doing good work All, we be-
lieve, were evangelical But with one
exception the congregations We're all
small and with little prospect of in