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THURSDAY, DECEHBER 16, 1869
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CURRENT TOPICS.
—The day fixed for the consecration of Dr.
Temple as Bishop of Exeter, is that on which
the Anglican and Roman Churches commemorate
the Apostle Thomas, the doubter.
—The Archbishop of Seville, said recently, in
anticipation of the new form of infallibility to be
,proclaimed at Rome in the coming Council, that,
"apart from obedience to the Pope, there is no
'salvation, nor even hope of gaining eternal life."
—There was a twelve days' mission among the
Ritualist churches of London last month, in
which a number of "brothers " belonging to
semi-monastic orders took part. In one church,
five hundred penitents marched in procession
with tapers which had been blessed by the priests
—the unconsumed ends they were advised to
'keep for use on their death-beds.
—Two and a quarter million of rebel bonds
were sold at auction in New York last week for
835. And yet there are English people who are
actually locking up these pieces of waste paper,
in the hope of their acquiring some value by
and by. We were even treated to a Cable .tele
grama few days ago, which cost more than all
the bonds, as such, are worth, to the effect that
die aim of these - bonds was supposed by- some
body, to be advanced, for some reason or other.
—A Sunday-school Teachers' Institute, under
the direction of the Pennsylvania Sabbath school
Association, will be held at the Third Presbyte
rian (Old Pine street) church, Fourth and Pine
streets, Monday evening, December 20th, at a
quarter before 8 o'clock, George H. Stuart, Esq.,
presiding. There will be, an address or prepara
tion of the lesson by Rev. Richard H. Allen, D. D.
Alto, teaching the lesson, practically illustrated
with a. class of boys and girls, blackboard, etc.,
by William M. Shoemaker, Esq. Discussion by
the audience in five minute addresses or prepa
ration and teaching the lesson.
—ls it not remarkable that so-called religious
papers, as The Independent .and .-The Sunday
School Times, preach the surrender of the Bible
in the common schcTols, and the withdrawal, ao
far, of the claim that this is a Protestant naticn;
while The Press, The Bulletin, and other see
ularpapers, including some upon the Democratic
side, argue for the Protestant view of the case,
with an eloqueece and force which could spring
front: nothing lint
_conviction of the truth ? If
ever our national 'character as Evangelical and
Protestant is surrendered, it will be because of
faint-heartedness and time•serving among reli
gions people themselves.
—Five millions of dollars will be a noble thank
offering for reunion, and we are waiting for some
definite schedule of objects to which the benevo
lent purpose of the people may be directed. Per
haps the re-arrangement of Committees and Boards
-must take place before we can proceed to form
such a schedule. But the more precious offering
of ,renewed consecration and higher activity need
not wait a moment. Let every member of the
reunited Church propose to himself and herself
the conversion, by the gracious aid of the
Holy Spirit, of at least a single soul, dur
ing this jubilee year. That purpose, earnestly
and prayerfully carried out, would be a grander
thank-offering than to empty all the mines and
coffers of the world at Emmanuel's feet. And
poverty can prevent no one from contributing to
it. And should Christians.at any time strive to
do less than each to save a single soul a year
from the millions of the perishing? Surely in
this period, rife with new and mighty spiritual
impulses, we may ask .them to undertake what
should be, but alas never is, their every day
work. Who will take a vow to enter upon this
blessed service? •
—The acts of the Administration, since it
came into power, have been so satisfactory that
the people are less curious than usual, we think,
about its words. Messages of explanation and
counsel are almost superfluous to the general pub
lic, from those who have so completely won their
confidence, as the President and his associates in
office. The people, however, have been gratified'
with the good sense of, the President i s reeom- .
mendations about Cubit, with the manliness and
fidelity to principle of his attitude toward Geor
gia, and with the Christian perseverance and
wisdom of his friendly policy:towards the Indians.
We trust that the plan he proposes, of restricting
the tribes to'definite reservations, and of instruct
in them exclusively through 'agents who can be'
trusted by all parties, will be- carried ourwith all
the power of the government. Let the Cherokees
beat once organized as a' Territory and allowed
to appear by their delegate on the floor of Con
gress. We regret that no allusion was, made in
the message, to the open, disorder, immorality and
rebelliousness of the entire . community at 'Salt
Lake.
—Just at this time we are inclined to think*
that Philadelphia gives the - greatest facilitiei to
the rum traffic of any large city in the2Vninii:
In New York, Washington, and .Pittsburgh,
Sunday-closing lawi3 exist and are enforced';.in
our • City, not Withstanding the late' promising
Interview of the Temperinee - delegation with
Mayor Fox, the , liquor shops and saloons are in
full blast on the Sabbath, day, and night. 'ln
Boston, last Friday, two •bar-tendeis were :sen
tenced each to $5O fine and three menths'. itiaL
prisonment, for selling liquor. It is not unlikely
that New York.cittmay be'depriled: of iti Ex
cise law by the new State legislature, and there
is a probability that the prohibitory law of Mas
sachusetts may be modified. Meanwhile, there is
a twinkle of light in our own city,, which, we
hope, presages a better era. We find it in. the
announcement among , the proceedings of the
courts on Thursday•last, when one Patrick Fa
ginwas convicted of selling liquor to an intem
perate person, after being 'notified •not to do' so
by his wife. We hope thasentence will be such
as to encourage other wives afflicted •with drink
ing husbands, to pursue, a similar , course. This
is one of woman's rights which.will not be dis
puted, and its extensiVe exercise in Philadelphia,
backed by yigorous action of the courts, would
rob'the traffic of,nearly . half of its evils.:
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THE EEAL MEANING OF , :THE CONTE°,
TEItSY.
Shall we denationalize and sectarianize
.our
Common, School system? We think this is, in
large part, the meaning of the demand for the
removing'of Bible reading from 'the daily exer
cises. The whole system, of common schools is
distasteful to Rowanists. •It imparts too much
light. It teaches history too truthfully. Its
text books are too full of 'the glories of republi
canism, and toe' enkindling to the love of liberty
in the human heart. Without the Bible, even,
there is too much Protestant air .in• them. There
is no effort made to enslave' the mind' to any
mere human authority under the guise of reli
gion. No absurd claim of tradition is held up
as superior to reason, science and'revelation. The
material turned out from these schools is not
pliable to priestly manipulations. Expurgate
these schools of the PrOtestant Bible, and you
have only begun to fit them for the purposes of
Rome. To make them only negatively acceptable,
you must expurgate your text books and re-write
your histories; you must not tell the impressible
youth the story of the Netherlands, of Spain, of
St. Bartholomew; of Gustavus Adolphus, of
William the Silent, of John Buss, of Luther,
Calvin and Knox ; of Smithfield and the Grass
Market; you must beware lest a glow of indig
nation unfavorable to the most Catholic actors
in these periods of history, should be kindled in
these minds which could never be altogether
quenched ; you must read the history of civiliza
tion backward, treat the Reformation as a retro
grade step, and put Spain, Austria and the
Papal States at the front of human progress.
And above all things, it will be necessary to cor
rect the current and generally received account
of the first settlement of our own country; to
omit all reference to the purely Protestant in
spiratiop which led the French Huguenots,
Swedish Lutherans, Dutch Presbyterians and
English Puritans to our shorts; to put Ban
croft and all school-history writers, who take
him as authority, upon the Index Expurgato
rine ; in fact, to recast the whole story of our
origin, or dismiss the History of the United
States as impracticable, from the list of studies.
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1869.
The fact is, Rome dare not teach in earnest.
She dare not serve up facts to the young; she
dare not train the mind to free and vigorous ac
tion. The schools, into the patronage of which
she too often entraps Protestant parents—not to
put too fine a point on it,—are humbugs. Edu
cated mind slips away from her grasp. The com
munities where she rules most satisfactorily to
herself, are drowned in ignorance; the blessings
of a widely diffused opportunity of learning even
the rudiments of knowledge are unknown. Com
mon schools in Austria, Spain, France and Italy
would be the death-knell of the Papal Supremacy.
The idea is peculiar to Protestantism, and is one
of its grandest gifts to society. The open Bible
brought with it a ,chance for all to learn. Rome
shivers at the sight of the whole thing. She
aims, nominally, at;the Bible, bat she,,,means to
strike at the system of common schtiols itself.
The.sehools or Rome must succumb, Holding
on to the Bible, we maintain, the key point of the
whole position. ;
OXFORD CHURCH.
The dedicatory services of last Sabbath in
Oxford church, were of a most satisfactory, and
cheering character. Three times the building
was filled,
• in the evening it, vas packed. Rev.
Albeit, Barnes pieached the opening sermon
from ys. xevi. 6 : " Strengthand beauty are in
His sanctuary ." " The discourse Showed how the
influences proceeding from the Christian Sanc
tuary, were themselves strong and beautiful ; how
they develoilea these' traitl of ch'iracter, and how
the copibinatiOn )f ;tile two (inalities ( =its embo
died in thiVsatictuarywas necessary. to' com
pleteness of charactei - and was secured by
Christianity., . 'the afternoon; addiesies were
delivered . , by Dr..ilumpbreY; who - described the
position of the Christian Church as in a sense,
midway between the, Jewish temple and the hea
'venlY Jerusalem, by Dr.. Wiswell,_ who dwelt
upon the different stages through which all goody
enterprises 'must pass; by Dr. Stryker, who
urged the importance of a spiritual work in con
nection with the outward by. Dr. Mears, who
recounted what' had been done ; by this branch of
the .Church for city church erection in the last
five
_years, and earnestly exhorted this ehurc'h
to press forward to the regions beyond, and by
Dr..A.darns, l who showed . the.origin of the idea of
putting_ a, church. •in . this:vicinity,, and who
humorously traced the genealogy of the Oxford
church, Calling Mr. Barnes its great-grandfatiter.
As in most important' enterprises, many crood
people; and several ehurcbes have participated in
the.different stages ,of. this work. Mr. Baldwin,
as the monied man, and Mr. Cummings, as the
working man of Calvary ichurch,
.werl among
the earliest to move; 44;minent members from
North Broad Street:el:4l4h were also among the
first and most actiie workers and givets ;
Alexander Whildin of that church, having fur
nished the financial, support, *ithout which it is
impossible to see the, undertaking could
have been saved from .complete failure'; while
Green Hill church furnished the pastor, two el
ders, and a large and valuable nucleus of mem
bers to the spiritual Wilding. The genealtist
must be iather, puzzled to make out a line of
regular descent froni thie °On:mingling of good
influences and activities.
The Dedication took,place at the commence
ment of the - evening service. The audience rote
entire. Ina fe* seritenees, the pastor gave the
church to the Triune God; all, the people re
sponding with a 100 .Amen. The dedicatory
prayer was, theia . offered by Rev. Dr. Mears.
This was followed by a discou s .rse from the pastor,
Rev. Frank Robbins, upon. Rev. axii. 9 : Wor
ship. God.. The discourse was all , able and Phil
osophicali and at the same time, popular and
evatigelical argument, for the' necessity and duty
of ipiritti'al'Worship. '
, .
The audience, room and end gallery will seat
one thousand persons. Its plan, proportions, ar
rangement,. ornamentation and lighting drew
forth unqualified. praise. "We 'have never seen
so beautiful an interior!" was the frequent ex
clamation in which Eln'opeart travellers cordially
united. The graceful ; arch of the ceiling, the
extraordinary richness,' of the pulpit end, the
mellowness of the,previiling tints of the fresco
ing, the good taste and artistic beauty of the
designs, the excellent•icoustic'properties of the
room, the power, without glare, of the pair of
it
illuminators in the ceiling, combine to make
this one of the most attetive places' of worship
anywhere 'in the denomination'The scale of
prices for the pews is So arranged as to secure
a large income from those who can give it, while
a large number of most desirable seats,compris
ing nearly half the whole, can' be had for $44
down to $l6 Per innUnl ; so that those' less able
may be abundantly '' accommodaled. About
eighty of the pews had been sold,, under certain
needful restrictions, and pretty much the entire
number may be considered as rented or sold,—
an income ranging from eight to ten thousand
dollars being thus secured. '
Although there remains a debt of $35,000,
yet the property, with unoccupied building lots
attached, being worth more than five times that
sum, may be considered substantially secure to
the cause. As a bold and aggressive enterprise,
upon a costly scale, on a field of the greatest
present andprospective importance, it must be
counted a great success. Nothing quite equal
ling it in importance; certainly nothing exceed
iug it, has been done, in this line, by either
branch of the Prksbyterian Church since the
division, in this city. Too much praise cannot
be awarded to the pastor, Mr. Robbins, for the
masterly manner in which he has carried the
work through. Though ably seconded by a no
ble band of men and women, inside and outside
of the church, it has been mainly his work.
The schedule of services for the current week
is being carried out, as announced, with the
change that Bishop Simpson preaches on Friday
night instead of Monday.
A MIRACLE OF PATIENCE.
Again, from the seat of justice in our city,
comes the oft-repeated admonition of the costli
ness, in money and morals, of the licensed traffic,
in intoxicating drink. Again the people are
reminded of the fearful burden they choose
to bear, in , consenting_ that the business of
drunkard-making shall continue to be , openly
prosecuted among th_em._ -judge Paxson, in his
charge to the ,Grand Jury on the 7th instant,
spoke with the eloquence of terrible facts, upon
the increase of crime and the boldness of its
perpetrators in our city, and added the declaration,
that might be regard,ed as a piece of mere sensa
tional rhetoric in the mouth of a temperance or
ator, but that , should burn itself into every read
er's soul, as coming from the place where crime
is most searchingly investigated; : that
THREE FOIIRTHS,OF ALL THE CRIMES MAY BE
TRACED :DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, TO IN TEM
PEEANCE j and that this, applies to the higher
grades of
. erime as well as .to the lower. In a
large proportion of homicide cases, says the,
judge,;the primary cause is whisky.
Think of. that, patient but groaning public !
Think of that burdened tax-payers, and citizeas
fearful' for ; your personal safety, and ashamed of
the disrepute falling on your place of abode!
Think of it property,owners ; who
,is it that
drains your purses, and decimates your ,gains, and
puts,upon you three fourths of the expense of your
costly, police, 'your jails huge as old world castles,
your machinery , of courts, prosecutions, and ju
ries;, your, lunatic asylums and your populous
alms•houses ? Those, whom for the pitiful price
a license, half of the time evaded, you know
ingly allow to prosecute the. traffic. in rum. Yen,
know it all. You know that where the traffic has
been put under the ban and but imperfectly sup
pressed...it has literally emptied, jails and ban
ished crime. Once, again, you are, solemnly re
minded of the vast proportion of crime due to
intemperance. You have heard the crack of
the, pistol designed to send a faithful revenue
officer to his doom, and you know that it was
the lawless and miserably corrupt traffic in rum
which pulled the trigger. You expect to see
a homicide or bloody brawl reported in some
giogg,ery of your city or on the side walk not far
Off, once a week. Suicides and miserable deaths
of men who might have lived happy, and useful
iives, but for drink, are served up to you every
morning with yonr fresh newspaper. Is it not
enough ? Have not the million; upon millions
of ;money, that ha've been infinitely worse than
wasted in - the traffic and its consequences, been
enough? Shall' we not call ourselves to account
before God does, upon the mere score of economy,
as squanderers of out money-talent, by the tol
eration of this evil,' more wasteful than standing
armies or war ?
Come ! poor, blind, toiling, groaning, almost
broken backed giant, when] men call society; see
what a miraele of folly you-are; see how great
a•proportion of your grievous lrad you have put
upon your own back, and are bending under it,
just because you will not 'put it off. See' how it
is just`this part of:your load that, is fast growing
heavier and that threatens' to overwhelm you. in
poverty,' - lawlessness and crime`! ' You have yet,
it is to ;be hoped; etiength 'and - nitinliness enough
to straighten 'yourself and roll it off. At least
give any and every section of the country the
ehance and the right td rise and 'cast it off. Shut
up the grogg,eries of Philadelphia, and we would
cease .to hear the demand of the grand jury re
pea'ed from year to year, for an enlargement of
our jail facilities, but would see TO LET posted
on - their gates, or hear their corridors resound
ing with the gladsome din of some useful manu
facture. '
FOREIGN ITEMS.
LONDON.—Dec. correspondent of the
"London Times" has been prohibited from en
tering the Papal States., Dec. B.—The appoint
merit of the Rev. Dr. Temple as' Bishcip of
Exeter has been confirmed. No Power has a
special representative at the (Ecumenical Coun
cil. Dec. 9.—Letters from Rome assert that a
majority of the French Bishops, including Du
.panloup and' many Gerinan Bishops, will oppose
any declaration of Papal infallibility.
PATtIs.--Dee 9.—Many cities in France were
illuminated last night in honor of the inaugura
Lion of the Council at Rome. At Marseilles a
crowd of 1,500 men ma:de a violent demonstra
tion against the illuminations. They marched
through the streets singing the Marseidaise, de
stroying decorations and transparencies, and com
mitting other excesses. The police dispersed the
mob, after making about sixty arrests.. Dec. 11.
—The French Government has made known to
the (Ecumenical Council that infallibility is an
inopportune question from a religious view, and
politically places France otherwise than ace wil
ing to the Concordat and releases her from the
obligations there accepted. Dec 12.—A despatch
from Rome says the Pope has issued a decree,
providing that, in case of his death, the (Ecumen
ical Council shall be dissolied and none but Car
dinals be allowed to vote for his successor.
• ROME.—Dee. B.—The (Ecumenical Council
was opened to-day by the Pope. The weather
was unfavorable, rain falling at intervals, but
enormous crowds filled the Vatican and lined the
streets through which the members of the Coun
cil passed. The Pope, followed by seven hu
dred Bishops, proceeded r t to the hall of the Coun
cil amid the ringing of bells and the-thundering.
of cannon from the forts of St. Angelo and
Mount Aventine. The ceremonies excelled in
grandeur and magnificence any that have taken
place in Rome within the present century. Dec.
9.—The ceremonies yesterday, attendant on the
opening of the sessions of the (Ecumenical Coun
cil lasted five hours. The city has been entirely
tranquil. The illumination and fireworks con
templated last evening, in honor of the occasion,
were postponed on account of the rain. Dec.
10.—The Pope delivered an allocution before
the assembled Bishops to-day. He expressed
his satisfaction in being able to open the Council
on:the day which had been fixed, and at finding
that the Bishops came in such numbers to aid
the Holy See—helped by the Holy Spirit. False
human science and impiety'were never before so
strong as at the present day, for they were well
organized, and'hid themselves behind pretended
aspirations for liberty. Dee. 11.—The sessions
of the CEcumenicat Council have been adjourned
until after Epiphany. Much opposition is ex
pected on the reassembling of the body, but his
Holiness is said to be sure of cooperation from
the American bishops. Dec. 13.—The Council
meets to morrow to attend to the details of or
ganization. Committees on faith, discipline, or
ders, and Eastern affairs are to be formed, and
these committees will comprise in all 86 mem
bers, to be appointed by a vote of the Council.
The special list of persons entitled to attend the
Confining published, and comprises the names of
55 cardinals, 11 patriarchs, 27 archbishops,
bishops and abbots, 2 . 2 mitred abbots, and 29
generals of religious orders.
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azines, can have both for one year at the following
Am. Fresh., and Presbyterian Monthly. $2.50.
" Sunday at Home. (Boston). 8.00.
'" " Howl at Home. 8.50.
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Guthrie's Sunday Magazine. 8.75.
" " Hearth and Home. 4.28.
" littelPs Living Age. 8.00.
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