Year: 1876

tceth OF men.


Row. DR.. storrs has replied to the Advisory Council
with critical ability which gives tho impression That
he is very skfu surgeon His knife is sharp, and II
cuts just where the difficulty lies lie indicates incl
denally the necessity Of second party in the Congrc
gational body, with closer allegiance to the ancient
principles OF the sect, adoption OF some OF the
methods OF the Presbyterans. Perhaps the new sect
will take the name of Presbygatonalis indicating
that its members conRegatonallsts in time of
peace and Presbyterians in time OF war


In the meantime Mr. Bcecher is not idle. With deit
and cunning fingers he tears Dr. Storrs' sermon IN
pieces and claims the right OF personal protection from
his brethren 1t is evidently very bad quarrel which
until lately has been confined to the persons mmedi-
ately implicated, but which is now likely to spread
until 1t involves in inextricabe snarl OF differences
OF the most useful Christian denominations Mr..
Beecher and all the other principal parties openly adj
mt that the bottom facts still lilo buried aud that the
pick and spade that shall expose them to view is not
yet made Therein lies the saddest fact of the whole
trial Those who know the truth won't tell it. and no
power can make them. II said of Unitariansm
once, and in reference individual who given
to schism, that the denomination would never be at
peace until it had first class funeral and thero
unwilling murmurs Of the same sort the water,
and yesterday, Dr. Dwight, armed cdp-dpc appeared
in the the defender OF the faith which marked
the Council Tho tournament not by ordinary
knights but by those who accustomed to the tray
Hudibras says


The trenchant blade Toledo trusty,


For want OF fighting grown rusty,


And ate into itself for lack


Or somebody TO hew and hack;


but IL the signs OF the times clear, there will be
little rust on Congregational blades for some to
The controversy is entered upon by parties
which cannot bo ignored and undoubtedly, If another
ntchoI ha ada will
be decisive If such Storrs Bacon Porter
Dwight Budington and Dexter really get hold of the
scandal they will manage to wiring tho very last state
ment of fact OF somebody, and then-Let US have
peace


Mr.. Moody has had very successful week. Though
the weather has not been entirely proptious the
crowds have been but slightly diminished The endur-
anco Of these two evangeists Is something startling
Still by their makeup that they arc in
tended for labor Mr.. Sankey weighs about 22o
pounds avoirdupois and iorty-iour inches
around the chest This is the weight and chest
ure the basso prcondo opera troupe, and is in
dcatvo OF great resistance Mr.. Moody
only an inch or two less chest and but


few pounds lighter These gentlemen are both remark
able for equable tcmperaments They are the most
cheerful and happy men in New York. Never anxious
relfu about the future, they do each days duties
they present themselves If this is religion 1t would
do some of out and tired merchants good to
make an experimental investment in the Of the
Hlppodrome.


The juxtaposton OF news In a daily paper is some
times very suggestive. Here, for instance, find
account OF the death of Mrs. schurz; of wealthy family
in Hamburg she chose poor outcast. an exile, who
had price set on his head The this
country where the ability of the husband speedily
preferment He rose higher and higher until at last
he sat down in an honored scat in the Senate. The
honeymoon waned But this last week 1t suf-
feed eclipse, The total eclipse OF death. Such
domestic happiness, unrufied for many years, was
perhaps as exceptional the wonderful OF the
husband IT true, tits pity and It's true The
next paragraph in the paper details the unhappy mar
rage of Mrs Wimple which terminated in the murder
OF the husband Costly flowers and fragrant memories
will heap the precious grave OF the and disgrace
and the scafold end the career Of the other. These
contrasts are startling but they not nfrequent
In city lic hastens, by very abrupt transition,
from flowers TO thorns, and from the heights Of hap
piness to the miasm OF misery.


1t was not little curious that almost the only
printed page found in the lar OF Polar seas when the
relics OF the Sir John franklin expedition discov
cred was leaf from Todd's ''Students Manual" 4" with
this dialogue on t:-"Are you afraid TO die f' ''No.n


NoY Why does the uncertainty OF another state give
you no conccrnS" because God has said, Fear not;



thce." The poor victim perhaps treasured the page.
read reread it, and gazed at il until the mists OF
death crept by. He not found, but the page told
those who were searching how one at least had
died.


What satisfaction 1t is TO be able to nnd fault with
ones neghbor To get hold OF u real weak place in
another's life to be kind Of for
misdeeds II we spent half the time in looking our
own lives that willingly give to discover
falling in others should find ourselves busy in
the work of reformation to pay much attention tho
faults OF our friends


A little duodecimo has just been published, called


The Covenant of Eternal Life" the object OF which
is to prove that death is obligatory on Christians
Dr. Gregg the author expresses his expectation, Sin
no long time" of conducting worship in his church in
Dublin In the presence of celestial beings This Is not
Sprltualism, it is merely mysticism. His arguments
lead TO the conclusion that arrangements be made
just before the hour OF expiration arrives. by which
the painful necessity of dissolution can be bridged
over the whole taken right up to heaven. He
further thinks that the hour Of death may be indef
nitely postponed and says that It is highly probable
that he may be found at his post ten generations
hence healthy aud vigorous as now. So much Tor
man who has only idea, who a single thought
and makes a line Of It, instead Of broad surface. The
trouble is that just before Dr. Gregg's arrangements to
dispense with death shall be completed he will prob
ably experience "taklng of'' by some drcadfuily
practical disease and his theories will die with him.


1t is suggested that great many ministers who de-
nounce popular amuscments themselves engaged
in very exciting and demoralizng ''steeplcchase
Human nature is certainly very dscouraging and
large salary is a temptation which most find
Irresistible.


"Ah, my friends" said an eloquent preacher to
country congregation 'what Is tho price, the awful
price, OF worldly pleasurcsf" A storokccper, who
had been inJulging in his usual nap suddenly awoke
and replied, "Sevcn and six dozen, and no profit at
that" Not all sleepy hearers tell as forcible
truth at the right moment.


socability in churches Is a very important element
OF Christianity. Many man has been saved by some
ones simply taking him by the hand and expressing