Show RELIGIOUS tho the of tho the descendants of the abo puritans toward the boria significant biem orhal days of the iho church Is well illustrated by the iho attitude of the entire lional prom favoring faster easier observances with within tho the memory of aged luon knon nays mays the boston tor for a baptist or congregational church to mako disko anything of engler easier sunday abono other cibor sundays would has hao 0 been regarded its as a leac leaning klog toward episcopacy and perhaps toward romanism our puritan furll in in their revolt from threw awny away what was good almost indiscriminately with what WAS bad they refused to celebrate christ miss day to marri marricone coge religiously and they saw the sign of the scarlet woman branded on oil easter easier wo we havo have conio come to a better mind as ai to these things thing today to day duy wo we do not admit that chat tho the abuse ot of a christian custom by konio borno necessarily luv involves olves ell r tits uto of it wo can but ono substantial argument tile the observance of faster anti and that Is ilia merely formal ob of it something inore than choice flowers and sweetly ung sung anthems and crowded churches la Is needed to make easter celebrations helpful to christian faith fatta tho the eyo eye must behold tho the great fact of the resurrection tho the soul murt mast seo see tile tho risen icard I ord to bill bao c faster eister more than a formet formal mod empty service ol 01 tho the bible As an obstructive instrument la Is tho the text tel tor for a long editorial la in zions iier old au aimed at those choso narrow literalists litera lists its who place too much emphasis on oil the iho mero mere letter of the like word to rend read simply tho the letter says bay the has always been to misread Dil theological speculation has ha boon bocka obliged to take its ita way tho the dogmatism of the I 1 lottor itt t or the boman domun catholic Cat bolto church has ha lived to in the letter and based sooko of af her doctrines mud and parts of her polity on literal readings which have to the modern protes ri ant 11 t world become ridiculous its as for lo in tho the doctrine of transubstantiation but protestants are still found room 1 i I ho 0 rend read I 1 to ju ibo bible in favor of their sl homo thoy they can call mako make n good showing of the totter and any successful attempts at rofu refutation tation must reach beyond the line or below against social laid ind political reforms the biblo lias ina been in nil times a favorite to which a largo class of men has huo a resorted when III nil other arguments base bae failed them the abo bille was wait not given to settle boulo everything men alon are arc endowed with reason with arlon I 1 ites pAss passions lons and social and la in willing settling most questions ions in human life they must travel beyond the loiter letter of tho the bluto B I 1 hlo that letter was given long aso ago under other conditions ano and fur for other purposes and wo we may am y well lit in the light of the ibe past hesitate to inko a literal application to t our ourselves solves or to the settlement of current social or the question of 11 woman to the general conference ais sa a prudent one it Is 1 to be settled by remson an and it I 1 if f it bo be a matter reasonable rind and proper and in with the wishes of tho the methodist people it should bo be clone the less lea the ol question ution bo be mixed with extraneous matters the iho more likely shell wo we bo be to reach satisfactory results mr bir moody bloody closed ono one of tits lils sermons in boston the other diy daiy with an earnest appeal to tn tho persons in the congregation which was composed of women to begin at once personal aci work borte for others stirred by his bis words a member of the church at al which the service was hold held turned to tile the lady by lier her side and said 11 1 1 I 1 trust 3 lou ell uro are a christian ble you ivo ive boon been a number of ihrk wry ery church for over 20 years year 1 w HA as tho the reply une one incidental nd ad vant maulano ligO of evangelistic ri keeting tho the con can Is UIAL thil they give church mout members bers a chance to get chaphin Chap liln walton of tile the alts massachusetts house who ns the occupant of position for fop the last 13 years yearn and has given universal satisfaction aal Is faction was mildly remonstrated re nitrated ilia tits other duy day bo crause of a cortan cortale petition in his mottling prayer lie lind ad aed the lord to holp his servants redeem the time thus on abling thoin to do two days work here they hud had dono done ono before and strike two blows la in abo be place of of ono room afterward bo be was botton holod by ono do of the bolonyi bol bo lorol onti w ho bo said fluid 00 oo a hero bore chaplain that kind of prayer wont go 0 o down hero with all thase labor cla clamoring moriLl for shorter days dayi led less IMS work I 1 iho lie tot ehtor took big rebuke with tits lils characteristic u meo meekness kness and did not ot oven even that the persona whom hu he hud had 0 im chally in mind luw law magors the 0 selves it was scroll tho the of lion to think thu that the pork of I 1 tb abo U great e p t arid and ju noral court would take to lean heart any moral moralizing izing which could possibly tie be applied to else I 1 I 1 A meeting of a new type notes news tho the Evan orlist 1 Is becoming quito quite popular it in some of tho the engliski Eng listi iii churches it is 1 not exactly the ibo hal salvation army pattern pati Pat Lern nor yet bt at all suggestive of the second preach ing service tile place of which it 11 it ts Is known by the t cunday afternoons tito tho aim li Is to result working moo and families and acid good sinning prayer land aud a earnest nd ad dross drom form the chlof chief exercises exo have proved we vo art are told Oder tully successful lo in nottingham derby and other cla and much ffoyd has bag resulted the inquirer takes exception tn ti tho that singing of the A avo maria to la a church avo ave niacin it Is good bood for fop the leoman itoman catholics it days but antho ou abo lipcot lips 0 u it Is tho verdict ilot Is just much of tho the music ron ronderos derod Is ID church choha ought to bo be biu ban acif acao 1 orfa |