Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-05-20

ca yesteIuay NJ the Chareh oil the hssssn onc "a ~
best and most profound sermons. 1t was eloquent and
philosophical and metaphysical and political and m:
raj and poetical and practical Such another Is sell
dom heard in New York.
He gave graphic view of the present state Of the
social religious, and political struggles OF tins eoun
try, compared with those Of other lands and other
ages This view sprung out OF his topic when was
taken frsm the text Blessed are the Peacemakers.
Doctor c. thinks that the present struggles in this
country in the political and religious sects, are only
the natural working Of Christian liberty-that they
will lead to universal love and universal Justice
which alone form the basis Of universal peace
and the highest order Of civilization
His discourse was listened to by most crowded
and fashionable auditory, with the deepest attention
As orator Of the mere physical school, this reve-
rend Divine makes few pretensions. Simplicity,
earnestness Onction the elements OF his style In
pulpit oratory He read his discourse-his parting
bezedction, with outstretched hands, and soft
but deep tones Of his voice, was most remarkable
mixture of the sublime and beautiful in extempo
raneoas eifusiOn.
AT the close the Rev. Mr.. Dewey announced from
the pulpit that the pcws yet remaining unsold, will
be leased to those who may want them
DIR. TYNc, AND HIS WINE DRINKING CoNGREeA-
rIoN.-Ths eloquent divine and his highly repecta-
bic hearers and supporters in Philadelphia, are
greatly troubled at the high stand taken by the Doc
tor on the wine drinking question at the late Tenn
perance meeting in this city. The Philadelphia
Gazette" very properly took hold Of the subject,
with view to set the matter right between the
Doctor and his flock. They copied part Of art-
Gle and part from the g Commercial Advertiser
which paper had previously copied part of the ac-
count from us-and then asked, with surprise, " Can
this be sol' His congre cation were thunderstruck
1t struck at the dearest earthly comfort
and they wanted to to understanding with the
Doctor because, if they were either to give up him
the wine, they knew how to decide; they had no
objection to hold to BOTH but if must go, why
the bottle Cor its contents to be taken and the
Doctor left
In this alarming state of things, the Doctor comes
ont and denies the report we made of his speech in
toto, as being wholly Incorrect" and the Phila-
delpha Gazette" publishes the denial with sincere
pleasure Now, the Doctor is wrong, and the Com
mereial Advertiser" is right; with this exception,
that it did 90 far enough; all that the CONNER
cial said, was said by the Doctor, and great deal
more, more denanciatory. Here is a sample and
the Doctors congregation may Judge for themse
The Doctor said plainly and explicitly, that wine
drinking ought to be made a term of communion;
but that if he made il so, he would have
nicdnts; he did not even qualify this sweeping as.
sertion by saying /" fe,c no COMMITMENTS" He
said, moreover, 9 All the drunkenness in the COM
munty, and vice consequent on that, Ores its pater
nifty to the mine drinking members Of the Christian
churchr He said that when he tried to contend with
the Christian members Of his congregation who drank
wine, or were connected with distilleries il was
like fighting with beasts at Ephesus! That the in
diligence Of wine in drawing rooms by Christians,
was as bad than the drunkenness Of the
common tap-room. And added, as a clincher, that
although you pcurtrayed all the horrors in earth or
hell conseq uent upon drunkenness before the wine
drinking Christian, he would still indulge his appe-
tte; and that whilst he had hope for the oafsr Of
the tap room, he had none for the Christian who
said he drank wine upon principle.
All this and more said by the doctor, and he
can give to the above words, as he understands
them" They were taken from his own lips by a
lover and practser Of total abstnence-an admirer
of his eloquence, gentemanly department, earnest.
ness, and evident sincerity. We can bring a score
of aEdavts to prove that he said what we have he
set down. and he may well make a virtue ofneces-
sity, and come out as boldly at home, on his swn
duaghi as he did here.
The fact is that we have watched the progress OF
these yearly meetings for some time and dstermi ed
to do them justice. We saw there were q great
number Of persons who came here, and spouted aud
strutted, and preached and prayed, and acclaimed,
and did many wonderful things" and cut very ri
dculous figures, and we dse ed to make sensible
men Of them, by stripping them Of their 1imsy gar
Hents Of folly asd pretence, and putting them into
respectable attire, as the Spartans guarded their
children from folly, BY exhibiting tothem the ridicu-
lows conduct Of their slaves when drunk with wine
nent In justice to the "Comme rcial, !" the " Phila
dePhia Gazette" is bound TO probe this matter Of
wine drinking Christians" TO the bottom.