Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-05-26
WEDNESDAY. MAY 90. 1905.
BLAME CANNOT BE PLACED
Upon THE HOME.


iacK Christianity. Rev. Joseph W.
Cochran. ID. d., secretary OF the
PRESBYTERIAN board of education. be-
fore the Presbyterian General AS
sembIy at Denver Monday said:
Grace is not usually said over
champagne and lobster Ia Neuberg'
Family affairs are not raised over
Persian rugs.
students for the ministry do not.
as rule. get their early training bs
running steam yachts
After making these statements, ev-
identity intended by the reverend gen
tIeinan to be impressive and start
ling DR.. Cochran went on TO say,
why can't we get the young men
TO preach? I'll tell you. In the first
Mace there Is but little Christianity
IN the home. II there is any, 1t Is
gone by the time the young man Is
ready for an education"
Undoubtedly there is more or less
truth in the remarks OF DR.. Cochran
Religious influences are lacking In
almost every circle, and the home
cannot be wholly excepted from the
rule. Nevertheless, We believe the
doctors attack upon the home as the
prime cause for the failure OF the
young men TO become preachers ana
their tendency to pat religion at
low ebb" is misplaced and uncalled
for. II the influences thrown about
the average youth elsewhere were
anything like as good as those he
enjoys at home. he would be more
likely to become a minister of the
gospel. or. at least, more likely TO
lead a respectable life. than he Is at
present
This paper is inclined to believe
that not the least cause for the
trouble OF which DIR. Cochran COM
plains Is to be found in the churches
and religious organizations them
selves Christianity Is only too Of
ten lacking in these bodies. and even
q boy who coaes from the best OF
Christian homes. with the highest OF
ideals and strongest Of pellets. Is
liable to have the edge OF his enthu-
siasm b,nnted when he finds that
the very church in which he has been
raised is as much OF a political body
as a state party machine. OF course.
IL is not claimed that all churches
and all religious bodies are to be &C
eused OF such things. but the writer
has heard men high in the councils
of the church declare that certain
great religious gatherings were nests
CT politicians
The newspapers which printed DIT.
cochrzn's remarks before the Pres
byterian General Assembly at Denver
yesterday. carried at the same time
. lengthy dispatch from savannah.
Ca giving an account OF the pro-
coedinss Of the General Assembly OF
The southern Presbyterian church.
According 70 the dispatch a large
part Of the day before had been de-
voted by the assembly TO q resolu-
ton of protest against che alleged
irrcsaiar actions Of the representa-
lives u the SYNOD Of Kentucky In
tie matter o. the Central University
of Kentucky. A paragraph Of the
aispatch said: xrUD
Col Thomas W. BuIlitt. Helm
Rruce and Rev. = n Green. ID. ID,
are named ia the protest which
charges that While the assembly anc
ccngreEation we're singing Praise
Cod Prom whom An Blessings Flow.
szents employed BY the Kenfuckians
ontri51tcd the pamphlets among the
rorzhipeFa. the complainznts stating
sha. they are bold % affirm that per
naps no srch scene was ever before