Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-08-06
SECULAR SHOTS At THE PULPIT.

philadelphia Press: All Methodism
mourns the not unexpected death OF Bishop
joyce, one OF the broadest minded and most
sweet spirited leaders Of the denomination
The wide reach Of his influence is Indicated
by the statement that he has preached in
every civilized country on the globe
Chicago Chronicle: Preaching Is declared
by church magazine to be one OF the
lost arts, but the religious journal is I'M
duly discouraged There may be little
preaching from the pulpit but there is
great deal everywhere else The tendency
to sermonize extends from the emperor
Of Germany down to the man who sits next
to you at the lunch counter Thus the
amateurs have thrown the professional
preachers into the shade.
Minneapolis Journal: Bishop Ludden OF
Syracuse, n Y. has made a move for the
Observance Of the Sabbath by refusing
Christian burial to those who die by acct
dent while seeking amusement on the first
day of the week His action has the APP
prevail Of Andrew D. White, who has writ
ten letter commencing the bishops DO
sition and inveighing against the paganlz-
ing OF Sunday. We should suppose that
the principal effect Of such ruling would
! be to minimize the Importance Of Christian
burial II It were denied on such insult
ficient grounds, it might come in time to be
considered unnecessary.
Chicago Tribune: In Chicago. and doubt
! less elsewhere, the ministers who preach
on timely subjects draw the largest crowds
! They do so because their sermons are the
most interesting. The great end and aim
| OF preaching is to teach people what is
| right and get them to do It. But before
| the minister can do this he must get him
self heard. There has been a good deal OF
| discussion as to why many city people do
| not go to church. The main reason prob
ably has been that many preachers have
| not striven to keep in touch with the peo-
pie in the struggling, playing, sorrowing
world about them-have not kept informed
as to what men are doing and thinking
and, consequently, have failed to provide
in their sermons the kind Of intellectual
and moral pabulum for which their con-
gregations were hungering Preachers who
strive constantly to keep up in their lives
and their sermons with the thought and life
Of their time seldom complain of lack Of
! hearers
New York Sun: Cardinal Gibbons, rs
quoted by the New York Herald, looks on
"the evil OF divorce as a greater evil than
! corporate corruption, because corporate
corruption rights itself by its own wrong
that is, II provokes the publicity Of an
| exposure. The cardinal, however ques-
tions the practicability OF the plan OF social
ostracism of the divorced which has been
proposed by the very earnest Roman Cath
Ollie women banded together as the "Daugh-
! ters of Faith" Is not the publicity which
is making corporate corruption so danger
! Gus to personal regulations having some
! thing of the same result as respects fash
| ionable divorces? Is not the current ex-
posture of the vanity of the social climber
and pretender having a good moral effect
also? Is It not tending to increase the
value Of genuinely deserved distinction and
| TO impose on self-advertlsement the pain
| full penalty Of public ridicule? Will not
the rush to get into published and pictured
| lists of the smart set be diminished
hereafter? Exposure is working cu:e all
| around.