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Show Mrs. Bayes' Selection'. The Methodist, the chief organ of the M. E. church, has th e lo say of the whito house family's church going : I We deem it a duty to express our satisfaction that the president of tho United States will not statedly worship in the Metropolitan Methodist church. We should have been even better pleased if it had suited the convenience conveni-ence of Mrs. Hayes, the pious member mem-ber of the family, to attend a church of some other denominatian. We do not enjoy the gabble we can hardly call it scandal with which our church has been discredited in the daily press, and we hope that silly tongue is to be cut out by the roots through the new associations. We shall not invest largely in "christian statesmen" until the breed improves, and we retain our puritanical disgust at church intrigue or the appearance of it. Let the Metropolitan church keep Dr. Newman, New-man, and let him rely ou his rare powers as an orator, his mastery of the best in preaching, and his religion to give the churoh such a star, and such a hold that it will need no president presi-dent to draw with. Not "against" anybody, brethren, but for you oil, we write. W publicly thank Gen. Grant for habitually washing his fac and going to church un Sunday morn ing during nis eight years ul tne presidency, pre-sidency, aod we devoutly hope his successor may do as well. |