The New York herald., 1846-05-12
RELIGIOUS ANNIVERSARIES.
Anniversary or the Foreign Evangelical
Society.

Anniversary or the Foreign Evangelical
Society.
1hls society held a meeting on Sunday evening,
ut the Dutch Reformed Church, Lafayette place.
The annual sermon was preached by DIR. Cheever,
who took his text from the ID Thessalonians,
I'd chapter, 9Th verse-"And then shall that wick
ed be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume
with the spirit Of his mouth, and shall destroy
with the brightness Of his coming" The learned
divine began his discourse by observing that the
question between Romanism and Professionalism
was the absorbing question of the present
day, and the conflict was to be between
these two armies. They who entertain
fear of Rome because of her unity, and think
that Protesantsm will not be able to cope with
her because of its dsunion, forget that Protestant
ism consists in spirit, and Romanism in form if
we shsuld initiate Rome's organic unity we
should not only be shorn of our strength, but we
should become second Romo The cry, therefore.
let initiate the organic unity of Rome is tho voice
Of enemy it is Saul armng David with his cumbrous
armor whereas David should 60 forth battle with Co
Hath trusting his shepherds sling and pebble from
the brook. five shall not conquer until we have unity
among the Protestants, shall conquer. That
unity Of which Romansm boasts much is tho mark Of
apostae church or it is not the unity Of love gentle
ness mercy and goodness, which must belong those
who love God but il is forced and violent compression
and union Of corporeal bodily nature Is the armor
OF Goliath, which, when the giant falls down, will only
serve to bury him under its cumbrous weight II like
the bark which surrounds rotten and Rome will
zation II the word of God the spirit Of the living
God which will overthrow this huge 1t is
wora and the spirit Of Cod by which Roms Win Se de
troyed as the text says, whom the Lord shall cen
sure with the spirit Of his mouth" There are two
points which here deserve to be consderedfrst the
revelation Of this wicked one and second the agency
which will overthrow his system. First then as 70 the
revelation Of this inquity This world in which live
is and has been it were the theatre and laboratory OF
SIM in which God has suffered it reign and have its
will for season. to show its nature and test its effects
andworkngs In another als0 II is Gods labora
tory showing to the world the evil of sin before the
ecuon Of the penalty against it. 1t shows itself to be
God has suffered to be revealed to show its haeuness
and misery He has suffered the experiment to have as
ciety It has reigned carried its curse with il in
every condition Of societyboth in the age of philo
barty has been exhibited both in cmes Of paradsaic
beauty and in those Of hard and stern nature He has
possible shapes and guses Such has been ts revelation
This revelation must be complete and perfect far
God viii suffer i to CO. before il is dsstroyed.unt the
Pauls time No doubt It the power of the old Pa-
man of sin Of Romanism in Its full power, and when
It was taken out Of the way" then Rome filed its
gradually with all the arul of saa
in establishing the dynamcs of this AntChrst until at
last appeared in the form Of Christianity if it
Christianity ITSELF gradual had been its rise and pro-
gress, till it rose in compacted unity, Of niquy
and corruption covered with the bones and snews Of II.
gradual formation until at last il appears in the dread
form of superstition, extnguishng all the Light Of
a~ wa. perfected ace to sse
was built up gradually stone upon stoneso gradually
ton Of what is described ''%e and 10 ims9ed forth
in the scriptures Tho author of the History
Of Fanaticism" has justly observed, that il the
tory would not be credited that such system could
ever have succeeded in duping mankind or If its his
tory only were related without its theory then must
be thought that the world had been the seventh to
the seventeenth century Of dabocal possession
mans form Tse revelation" Of this iniauv has been
most perfect I art and deceit most pcrec for there
not single doctrine Of the gospel which it has not
Of evil and vckedness The commandments Of God 1t
has inertwisted with the commandments Of men, to
semblance of the Biblc-of the Sabbathof the Lords
supper-of the minstry-of the atonementof regenera
changed, pcrverted mixed up and altered as to form
network Of evil and iniquty almost omnpotent. Each
one Of these doctrines has perverted in its own peculiar
way The Bible has neutralised and poisoned by what
II calls traditions The Sabbath it has made feast day
and jubilee Of sin Tin countries where has fear Of
perstious talisman Of imaginary salvation even in the
commission Of sin Baptism has perverted into in
the Christian msds em Of Ss
potism and serve superstition, setting up class
Of men,, exalted with pretended dignity and
very unctions, independent Of their conduct
behavior despots over mems minds and conscicnces
made to consist in idle works Of gross superstition and
the exhibition Of spurious morality Repentance they
masterpiece Of saan II Is what Paul showed to the
Galat.ans.a beginning in the spirit and being made
gin with show Of truth, and end with gross feshy,
superstitious perverson and corruption such s but
which il build. up L. dsusons ana its power il has
almost innumerabe inventions which have the
shadow Of truth to disguise or color their asshood
ed as the Jesuits scruple not to publish, principle
which has received the curse Of Heaven-viz. Let us
this huge pyramid Of organized and crime
and abomnaton, they add, at the top Of ALL fierce
mgabe unrelentng fury of intolerance and sang uina
ry bitterness and persecution against all who do
ship her. From all which Rome is exhibited as the re-
yeaed and manifested mother Of harlots and abomina
tons Of the earth'-s sanguinary power, empire Of
the direst superstition of the most ntolerable assump
ton and PRIDE and Of the most remorseles bgoty which
the world The tendency Of this system was
also to be revealed before the time Of its overthrow and
it been fully and clearly revealed in the enormi-
ties Of which she has been guilty. and yet guilty that
forced to the conclusion that the time Of her over
throw 10 nearly come In tracing the march OF her evil ca
reer we behold at every step on every page 81 history
her lnquisonthc flames OF her prosecuting fury and
prde-wars and bloodshedthe dead bodies lying in the
of the great city the voices of the Saints she
has slain crying from under the altar II has been long
experiment long reyelationthe laboratory OF this in
end Is certain and we may nope that that end is not
far distant Perhaps may be that il has exhibited IL
self in the old world ovethrowing monarchies and sub
lugang nations 10 its horrd dominion so may be per-
mitted here in the world before its final overthrow
70 the last of its power in subvertng republic
ast has before done monsrchies II may be permitted
mere to have one development but we hope not
say we hope not for her own sake for the sake oil
people who belong to her. to whom hcir own system
more ruinous and destructive than any else The
Or then discuss the next and second
oPo % ms discourse wiz the agency for the destruction
VI m1 my Wery Of iniquity = This he showed was
70 Do me word Of God" He next went into learn
ca and interesting DEPRESSION upon the right of to de-
clare ana pronugatc the Scriptures showing that was
rght which ought to be sustained and protected by 60
vcrnmens; that as they protected merchants in selling
their wares and would not suffer them to be attacked and
driven away BY foreign people, in the pursuit Of their
mercanue gains 20 also and much more they ought not