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Show Ths Fnnid Eisa of tho Goonl in tho Cliarcli is tha Reason of Eesiifencss ia tlio Pulpit, t 1 1 " GEIME- CT VARIOUS CaUEOHES. A Crnnii'rc'abln Society Ideas of Ao-kuwU&s'A Ao-kuwU&s'A Sc'aolarJ Memorial Bpoo-tt.iun Bpoo-tt.iun of Staine J G!m The rapid riae of thu "secular in llio church'' is given by many uf the. oriho- ttnx cieri'y aa thu iva-soii of fcO much n t i cness in tho pulpit. 'J. Ley . luitn th.il tl.o church is not now in the hands of its bust spiritual do-luem. do-luem. Tho temporal nITuirs of the clmrch aro largely in llio hand of tru.-i-tin--, :i .secular board which limy be composed entirely of men v.ho aro not tueiuUr. of tin) ctinn.'li. liiTiuiso they luiic tho imiucy responsibility on their ::iikIh Ihcy beeomo chielly in lluential in the. choice of the incnniljent.s of tho v.olnir i m .i.ioitoillv in mlmt i lirr H. , . ., ... iniiiislcr they have au eye not so much to I lie spiritual vvclf.uc of tho churcii as to iis temporal interests, and ministers aro selected not so much with au eye to 4 Save souis as to rent tho puvvs. They claim that ministers mi selected and eoiisetitiio.; to it preach what is popular without regard to its truth, having, with the trustees, au eyito business, bus-iness, and that there nro many churches iu laro cities which, tlmuith very pop. ulur oixoi 11 iz.it ions, are devoid of spiritual spir-itual inliiieiioe. In such an arrange-nieut, arrange-nieut, which is common, tho spiritual ellicers of tha church amount lo very little, while ns support ami contrjl go together, the secular board is every-thing. every-thing. Iu such ca-.es it is not tlie Holy spirit but Maiumo.i rules tim church, and there is no wonder that Hieia ehould ho w idusprcud sensational rest-iveue.s.s. rest-iveue.s.s. Jl is instanced that in a celebrated ca.-.c ill New 1 Oik a chureti was financially finan-cially at a very low ebb. The congregation congre-gation ws a handful. The secular board did not seo in way Kear to going go-ing 011. Veiy s. on, however, the j clergyman denounced sumo of the doctrines doc-trines of the Hi L1I0 and said many sensational sen-sational things that were considered off color, and tinauces were immediately immedi-ately replenished nnd the minister is tudny solid with the secular board. J f the church cannot make its progress pro-gress along legitimate fpu'iiunl linos in preaching the gospel to every creature, crea-ture, it oo'ht to givo way lo purely socul-r institution... |