Year: 1875

cures claimed that broken arms ana auusv diseases
cured by 'the layng-on of handsn Perhaps; but
there Just room for doubt and in that obscure corner
stand II our arm were broken badly wo firmly be-
lieys that should send for surgeon rather than
mesmerist Stn there is truth in the general
theory, ourselves attest The other day
boy approached in stealthy way and distracted our
pocketbook. 'ThS power" great for few. mo-
ments and ourselves cured that boy by the laying
on of hands.


Moody and sankey have stirred up the enemy. They
refused the Unitarian church in which to preach
orthodoxy which q mistake, and then the
sighted clergyman took up the cudges and proposed to
make warm work Well, theological squabbles
things at best There is always a loud noise torn
clothing bruised faces and nothing settled at s is
the small sword OF one party and 'It is not is the
bludgeon of the other That is the way battle be-
gins and that is the way ends Dust dirt and soured
empers about all the trophies that ever leave such


battle field Our advice is to let theology alone in the
coming campaign and to depend for our estimate of its
value simply the faith and honesty and sweetness
which it puts into peoples lives.


Dr. Fulton lately said that there were several churches
in Brooklyn which held weekly dances This is a
wholesale assertion and needs corroboraon The Doc
tor is a little impatient of the curb, and when





friends admit that no one knows where he
will If he means that several churches in
Brooklyn have dances, superintended and led by the
deacons they ought to be looked after there
is already scandal enough in that respectable section of
the country.


1t has very properly been suggested that the pastors
OF New York meet every day for week preceding
public move toward the revival to pray for each other
Nothing could be better, and class of need it
more They all good, no doubt but OH they could
be so much betterl


The Colosseum has been talked of as a at place for
monster meetings when Moody and Sankey arrive
1t would cost 1t is estimated about SO 900 to make
the necessary alterations large tent is regarded by
others the better shelter for the crowds that will
rush to hear and this double team OF evangelism.
Others, STILL insist that New York will not be
visited at all and that Brooklyn will be tho grand
tre of effort We ready to admit that the city
across the water friendly suburb needs all posi-
Bile religious attention, and grateful for the
implied compliment that New York is as far ahead of
the rest Of the world in spiritual progress as she is in
all other things Still we will modesty suggest by
way of self depreciation that moderate dose plain
Gospel truth-telng would do serious harm.


How delightful 1t Is to see brethren dwelling together
in unity Perfect harmony is grand thing if you
have it, Tho next best thing is perhaps, first class
quarrel There is an old story somewhere, in book
which to be little read, about the ointment that
down Aaron's beard, and the lesson drawn from it
is that among decent folk everything ought to go
smoothly But here is episode in the history of
the Brooklyn churches which shows that the parties
concerned were evidently out of ointment good old
gentleman, determined to see his money well spent
gave large part of his property the Clinton
Baptist church. minister secured, the organ
zaton went on swimmngly and became q pretty
strong element on the close communion side OF the
Long Island Association. Close communion that
given amount Of water is necessary salvation The
Baptists of this order sail to heaven while other
people trudge along dry land. Well, after
while, in accordance with the poem which
tells that 'the young may die, the aged must "
the old gentleman was laid In the grave
of his foreathers Thereupon the younger members Of
the family set up claim to the church property,
brought suit against the society and It, The will
broken the society shattered and snug little
estate reconverted to worldly purposes All this may
be small matter, but II is after all somewhat romantic
and very suggestive to the way in which history is
made fg the dsbanded church has gathered together
its broken Fragments organized itself under the
Of the Adephi street Baptist church. and called for its
pastor the Rev. George Pentecost formerly of Brooklyn
but now OF Boston. This throws the whole weight of
the church the side Of open communion MIR Pen
left Brooklyn time since because he not
sustained In his position open communionis, and
one of the churches that voted against him was this
very body which accepts his platform and calls
him to its pastorae 1t is not true that any portion OF
Hanson place church membership will 60 with the new
organization. Ecclesiastical affairs are little funny
after all There seem to be as many quips and turns
and summersaults there as elsewhere. What nextY