An Intolerable Nuisance

An exchaniiy thus uotiimentsou nn evil wlii'i,-ean Imrdïy h pve escaped thu uotica of "do chuiuh-goors : t "An intolerable nuisanci has sfradn11y ciept into tho pnlpit. We refer to tlie jir.ictica of giving out-u lot of notioes ot' 11 sorts in the midst of tho Sililiit'n servicos. ÏUe jiul pit lias poriie to bo a post bill-postei's, a medium "f advartiso ment. It'some fit'th-rate lecturer is uhont o itw tho uir, ho asks the pastors oí the viciuity to givo hini a puff. Associiitions formeii tor the ostensible puTpose of rloinjr Rood, but really to advauoa personal ends, make it a poiut to get pulpit advertising. Even private echool eaferprisea soiriotimns manafge to get a í rst-clasís puff 1 wheró it will do the most ggo"i.' In som; phurchi'S onc must oxpoot to bo oored for aïjjut ten iniuutes in tbat mt tho pastor stopping midwa Between pniym's and preiiohing to do the work ot' an iidvertiser. Tbs reader of a newspaper oan skip the advertisements ; but the church-goor has n,o optioo He miisi endure tin; infliction. Puljiit nottcfis shóuld be c nfinod tostnotly rplifrions intelligence, and thu lesd of that the botter."