Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-08-31

become Of less Immediate Importance
than the authorship of The
individual books Sof the bible
itself, the question of he
two Isaiahs less urgent than
familiarity with the prophesy itself
These facts are being recognized by
many of our leading churches. and
some of our ablest ministers are
turning to the preaching of the gospel
as never before"
According to the Congregationalist
(Boston), many of the eostliest
edifices in the land belong to colleges
and universities. Millions of dollars
are asked for buildings and equip
ments, where only thousands used to
be expected. A large proportion of
those who go out from these institu-
tions probably never afterward will
ccupy such expensive houses as are
provided for them by private or public
benevoleace during their student days.
Relatively, also, the cost to the stu
dents themselves of Supplementary
what is thus furnished to them is much
increased. Yet where all are bene-
ficiaries, distinctions between rich
and poor have grown to be marked in
some universities as in the outer
world. Young men and women are
there esti:nated much less than form
erly according to their intellectual at
tainments and moral character, much
more according to the money they
spend. 1T is a question worthy of the
gravest consideration, whether lavish
gifts to his ner institutions of learn
ing tend to accomplish the ends for
which those gifts are presumably made
the cultivation of high types al
Christian character"
Commenting on an article in the
Presbyterian Banner by DR.. r. M.
Patterson, which says: "A liturgical
leaven is working in our Presbyterian
church which contains the germ of
great trouble in the near future" the
Christian Work New York; remarks
as follows: THE indiscriminate use
of liturgy and 'rtualism' as inter-
changeable terms, after the fashion OF
many writers, Dr. Patterson among
them, is confusing, and should be
avoided. The Scottish church is
lfturgical; so is the Reformed church.
but neither is ritualistic. John Knox
favored a liturgy and Calvin fur
nished the opening sentences in the
Episcopal prayer-book, and would not
have objected to liturgy for the
Presbyterian church. The fact Is,
many Presbyterian churches have be-
come liturgcal, as witnessed in the
use of responsive readings of the
Psalter, the systematic singing of the
Tie Deum' and the Glorias, together
| with the prayer over the offertory, etc.
Unless all signs mislead, the Presby-
| terian church is certain to become
more liturgical than ever. The great
trouble of which DR.. Patterson writes,
terians by the use of a liturgy, but
| through the efforts of some Presby-
rian advocates of the old CONSTRUCTED
| methods to arrest this liturgical
movement by some prohibitory action
on the part Of the general assembly.
Then the music will begin and the
great trouble cloud will appear above
the horizon. We have an idea that
liturgical methods in the Presbyterian
church have come to stay, because the
people like them, and because they
supply many ficiencies-especially in
| the sacred office of prayer, in which
| people take no audible part-met with
and realized in so many nonliturgical
churches"