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About Christian herald. (Portland ;) 1882-18?? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 9, 1883)
* ’— / 9 . CWÎRT8TTA.1N’ iFïïm ALD Missionary Column. WHKWvAHA BVAKD. Miurab Of ©hr tel U> Chcgoii. free. -S wm MW. .,Cvr. aecietaty AU cominuuwauoni raUUug U> U m «Mipiov- nsxit of avaugaluiiri, ptuU»oted uiMtuigK. co- UMMCStiuii ,u JuUUl.Ug PMUH41 wort «11 plodgus of wwtanue with requiaate jw the Moue. win! all tHuiuwiK properly tiuiuiuf before U>e Board will be addreoaed to the Cur. Sec- r ^. .Al t.L iili,.itilua fiayuuoiia ui eh-,, will be addeonod to Ute 'riuaAiuor ’Gombine,or «lie ” is. the adviçe of good Old JBrv. J’rof ?S. IK. Hus- :huw of ludianaptrtts, to the small congregations Cooperation ol small congregations iu the-employ- sb;‘ (and why not to all mmd> ?) the i only way to prosper. Try it, try it, ur die. Report trow Rrp. Rains. « atiiilc; and, purloining the very horns of the altar, takes them to the nearest pawnbroker and sells them fur cash. We have always supposed that the bag of Judas w ith m i. i^w might hang within reach of the passers-by and remain forever un touched.; but the times are so out of joint that stealthy fingers grasp it and avaricious eyes gloat over the coveted prize. Jim. ID, WHS. not the least religious countr ies, this Atettr Jttw. j'lvyd: W© seldom do so, but we must Last Lords day at our morning * play is regularly produced on the publicly cmmmmd the example of service we had 4 additions to the stage, and in at least one of the those two 4‘aithful disciples from .aaluxsHsl > >.a> t~l> i».' - -èiwxwrW - Jell -vrtre VH*-* —<— 1 tt - -Xrx-xl -tJTvaxwTXXvlxvxt .capitals of Europe is always played Oregon wb©7 t’ ue io the MusUtr, and 3 by relation ®Ke are much in seasons of Christian festivity.' passed by tlmse piles of brick and • encouraged and the ent-look i* j And this is a euuimon argument ad stone, to find an obscure upper vanead fur it—-that because it is, : bright for a good work. room in tlie great nity, where to played iu Madrid it should not be F. M. R ains . hand in tl ieir lettei s ©f commeu'ia- ■ offensive here. But the same argu tiCn from tbeir western church ment might as well be advanced in The Passion Play. home. Would to God such faith TF favor of bull fights... _2t._k.4>BJÍUHMi. more of --¡mpg a fact which grows out of the culti those who find themselves iu the ■i vuce associated himself with the eu- vation uf religious ceremonials and great cities. <>ur ix>rd’s cause terprjae of the production in this shows, and all external exhibitions city bi the au-ealled ‘ Passion Play,’ would prosper more. [«See - that these things are regarded in a presented iu a coar se diamatie form From France now comes the en But w hen the pr oject was »m t by a j spirit so diti’enijt from that with couraging irews. Th© peojde ate store j aj ( popular objection and it 4 which they axe looked upon in rewiy t<> have Uie pure truth of was understood that the jreribr m- . Protestaut eouatri©«. Perhaps—to tlie Gospel A noble woik is auce was vue that copld uot but say it without intending offenae—it being done, by Bio. and Sister iiolat* the religious sentiments of ; may be that the wind of the many country more childlike Ddaunay. A large .fiMBtljer of 1 I tire community, that mauagci —Mr. is iu :a asofb**, “»I that a Jereun brethren, taking no stamiard ’ but Abbey -ho bis nnmedxate loss, but | . Rouen and other neighlxrring towns who e?ten<i a hearty in vitation t<> our missi<jiuuies to aid them in tire work of sprewiing tire Qoupel, Ko tlm good work g)»son Brethren, all over this coast, Are you <ioing anything for tire sprea>l of tiie Gospel ? What ? If nothing of your earthly susb nance tiien o?mmence, Home are afforded this opportunity. The following blank you may cut out and Jill out with the amount you projmse U assist this year and inclose bt tlm Cor. Secretary as alcove. In due time write to the “Treasurer” on important business.” It will l»e faithfully used. Pl.UlXiK. I hereby promiat to paj' to the Treasurer of the State M issionary Board of Oregon, during th« year 1H83, the sum of dollars for the purpose of evangelizing, pay able in three installments, namiily on the first of April, July au<l Oetolier. Nume. •■ • Address . , f i f f , , , f . i « , * . t • f » 'undoubtedly *to Ids" u'fiSu^ abandoned the jnoject. But now this project o?mes up agaiii, and once mote it is proposed to put the Savior upon the stage. Tint story of tiie New Test ament in dramatic form behind the footlights, with a background of colored fire, is a spectacle that can have no other |x>ssible effect than to put in gross com|>aris<xi with common-place things a theme that mo»t m<n and women bold to be sacred. It may satisfy the morbid curiosity of the feeble minded, but that is not the end which the legitimate drama ha« in view, The mental and moral condition of a man who can even coax hiu.self to receive money as the price of making a travesty of sacred things is a mystery difficult of comprehension, Everybody wants gold, to be sure, and is willing to do almost anything to obtain it, but that word “almost'' constitutes a kind of military “dead line" beyond which it is exceedingly . dangerous to pass. There is a cla«« of sub ject«., which «every one who indulges in the luxury of self-respect handles with becoming modesty and rever ence ; but Mr. Morse rudely pulls the curtains of the holy of holies the «tag© macbiuery. However it may be in other proteetant caun trie» it is certain that in ibis'coun try the theatre is contemplated as upon one aide and religion upon ~T~ very resolutely apart. People who mention the name of the Savior only with awe, can. porhaj» scarce ly conceive of a gieater sacrilege than t© see this w hole sacred sub- juct trailed iu the dust behind tht TiToTTi'gliia, and there are enough of these to make it projier for all per sons concerned to consider their opinions. We are not over bqueauiish in matters of this soil, and have al ways liti V (Jf*H, Lètti IL lx.T*L.rp 11lrp|"t,V tJk+aa conviction that an educated people are amply able to protect themselv es ; but we c<miess to a degree of shrinking when some stage-struck the wie of the Savior of mankind and to situ alate the sorrow« and agonies of “ the wayfaring man of .._• a* *♦ 1 i J* a • «• cade and with the Impres mvc ac- cQW{«aniuM nt of a fiddle and a lass dr um. The world is bad enough, but we do not believe the people can find either pleasure or jMvper excitement in such things. Mr. Morse’s project is to be de plot ed in every reflect There is fectivejy by a bold apjieal to the not to say obstinacy, but there is eye. very good reason against it It is In Spain, in Italy, and in those a reckless defiance of public opin- ’ Alpine countries where thia specta ion for the purpose of making mon cle is at home it is simply a survi ey, and every dollar thus made will val of the mystery play of the Mid be red hot, or our knowledge of dle Ages, and it survives there «im spiritual geography is lamentably ply became the mass of the people defective. But it is evident that in those countries have advanced he is not to be deterred by the but little if they have advanced at sense of propriety that affected Mr. all, from the condition they were in Abbey. In that case it is well to when the mystery play was a legiti iemember that public decency here mate vehicle of religious instruction. abouts does not turn upon his yea It is still the most effective ap|>eal or nay. 1 his show, like every oth to the religious sensibility of race« er, must have a license from the of men of the obvious variety, who Mayor, and the Mayor, not Mr. are without those conceptions o. Morse will ke held responsible if the mind in virtue of which an in this performance takes vhce.—N. I delicate spectacle becomes often- FT Herald. • ' ■ --■*3^_ L__ . Bl VO. 1 he soldier and the sailor have In a Protestant country there is seasons when they are “off duty ” no Held for such a show as an ele when they are released from the re merit of religious instruction, and sponsibilities that belong to their therefore if piddiiced it can only be station; but this is never true of as a curiosity ami as pandering to the Christian. He is instructed to the taste for spectacular sensations, put on the armor, but never to and for that reason its production put it off;” he is supposed to be a — would be a gross outrage upon pub ’D.’PJlte. Ulan., always watchful, .<1- — lie decorum. ' It can only be a inosl ways ready, always equipped. Snell > dreadful kind of acted blasphemy is the duty and privilege of every / One great trouble with to put before the people the actual Christian. the church to-day is that too many crucifixion of Jesus Christ with of its members are “off duty.” » » f II .ij . , -, ?•