So a reformed drunkard applied re
cently for admission into a high nosed
church. He was informed by an officer
of the church that he believed there were
no " vacancies" in the membership at
that time!
Protestantism as an organic power
ins declined in membership and power
in New York city in the last 20 years.
Need there be any wonder at it? And
vet while assemblies of workingmen hiss
the name of the church they cheer the
name of Jesus. Christianity is one thing,
clmrchanitv another. 1 hey do well to
make the distinction.
THE OPPORTUNITY OF THE HOUR.
Will the statesman, the man of wealth
and the ecclesiastic wake to the call of
the hour? Or will they be engulfed?
Thev must answer and that soon
hen the oppression of the poor in
Rome became intolerable, you remember
what happened. The plebeians began
to look upon their order as a state of
hereditary servitude, lhey met by a
common and resistless impulse, aban
doned the uty and encamped in arms
upon the Mons Sacer. The politicians
at last thoroughly intimidated, granted
everv demand lor their recognition in
popular government.
