The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-02-14
The Rev. Mr.. Rydcr's Lecture.

The Rev. Mr.. Rydcr's Lecture.
According to public notice, the Rev. Dr. Ryder
| concluded his discourse on the subject" The
| only true worship of God in the systsm OF Chris
tianityis to be found in the Catholic Church." on
Sunday evening last, in ST. Peters Church. The
spacious building was crowded with a large and
attentive auditory, among whom we perceived
many Of our most respectable clergymcn Of the
different persuasions into which Christianity is
| divided. At seven o'clock precisely, the learned
orator assembled the pulpit, aud Tor the space oil
two full hours enchanted his hearers with one OF
| the most argumentative and o.atorical dscourses
| that we ever listened to, and for which
this eloquent divine is so celebrated He
! took as his text the same he used on a former
occasion. The reverend gentleman commenced
by quoting from st. Paul's Episte to the He
brews, 18th chapter, 10Th verse We have an
| altar whereof they have no right to eat who serve
he tabernacle" My beloved brethren, as said
IN my lecture last Sunday evening, it was the
| boast OF the Apostles that they had an altar OF
which the Jewish priesthood could not partake,
and in the sacrifices of which they could not par.
icipate. AS ministers, as priests of the new law,
| they were enabled to offer up sacrifice TO AL
| mighty God, on an altar of which the priests OF
| The old, or Mosaic law, were not allowed to par
| AXE or, in other words, telling the Jews them
selves that they must be conscious that the glor-
Gus promises regarding the great sacrifice
ciod had arrived foretold by the prophets, and
ore6gured by the sacrifices of the Mosaic dpensaron-
that in word, the Almighty God himself had estab-
shed his chaich and with it that form of peculiar
hip which he alone could establish SO that th feel
ngs Of gratitude and humility tire apostle boosted the
privileges Of the Christian altar and wished the
be enabled to psrske Of them I'VE offer up that sacr
lie which the Mosaic oispensaton hacowed forth with
figures and emhlsms We have altar which requires
ha inf
| aw This was the boast OF the apostles, my beloved
rethren the apostles whog gave Chriaia,ty to the
world and this being the boast of the apostles it behooves
as, followers cfthe fsiha OF the
Divine Masserto be able like him. to make the boast that
| they made to the Jews.
Christianity my beloved brethren has an emana.on IF
Irvine truths revelation mede by God who is truth by
essence, and must be as immutsble the from
which 1t emanates Christianity Is revelation OF the
divine will established by God himself Ana he ia in
nutable consequently bis revelation must be also immu
table. As he Intended the Christian system TO endure
to The end Of time. as he promised to abide with his
church oil days, even to the end Of the world,
otaer revestion was to DO expectedno other form Of
Worship TO bs introduced besides that which estsb
zine Savior himself has said. Heaven an earth may
pass away, but my word shall not pass away" conse
quenty his revelation must continue in all s fulness
| and integrity to the end ofali time
As Christians then, it il clear that have mort i'm
crant duty TO perform and that duty that show to
ihe Jews Of the presen, day. well Pagans all
the earth, that we have preserved the privileges of
Christianity and thas wc have altar and sacrifice OF
which they cannot partabe in other words that Ia
the present day make the boast that the apo
lies made to the Jews OF their time.
you ali as Christians able TO point out that
this point, and It III, asms %s y
you that in every form Of worship until the sixteenth
century period Of the 60 called maliont was
tar and an external sacrifice Every people that up to
that time admitted the existence Of God, admitted also
% o" a naure our
Us that as we believe in God, we believe him
TO be lord Of every thing-to have right
creatures. If We believe his existence, must honor
him accordingly. Now, cannot honor in any way
that we cannot honor q creature except by ex.
| sernal sacrifice, because if we offer him later
nal homage-the homage Of the heart, Of the intel
lect ETC. we OF Ter him the homage that we may Of
Ter up to creatures in certain cases, pointed out to
you but there Ia form OF worship which cannot Of
fer UP to creatures without basphemy and that is
fernai alteration by sacrifice This is the idea sacr
ice BY the instinct Of our common reason SO then as
nature herself points out the necessity Of external sacr
Ace, It consequently follows the more perfect is the 81
TEN oil religion the perfect must be the sacrifice
In the law of nature, primitive revelation the sacr
fees were Of the fruits and produce ofthe earth In the
written law the Almighty God parcuarzes the forms
of sacrifice prescrbes their rites appointed the priest
hood and ordained the place in which those sacfces
to be offered In process time he oretod through
the prophets, that these sacrifices should give place
to one more perfect and more worthy OF himself.
The third revelation is that which made by the
and took nature in order that from his lips
might receive his divine words Thisth revelation is
II,
| vine saviour established external sacrifice.
showed you in my last address, that 1t was foreold
by the God man himself through the medium OF his pro
hets that sacrifice would he established superior TO
ali the sacrifices OF the old law. read to you text
from Msacchi Where the Almighty said he would not
| accept sacrifice from the Jews-where he said, My
name is great among the Gentes and from the rising
TO the setting of the sun sacrifice "a clean OBJ
laton) shall be offered up" dilated on this
text and showed you that there possibility
Of conoundnS the sacrifice which He here referred to
With internal sacrfce or homage Of the hesr because
Almighty God did not reject the internal sacrifices but
the external or outward cblatons OF the Jews Those
He would not accept and therefore, IL is elear and evil
don't that the Almighty God did no; intend to reject In
tcrnal sacrifice but referred only to those of the jewish
priesthood and said that He himself would establish
superior one, by which the OF God would be made
great among tho Gentilea It is clear and evident,
God intended there should be exterior sacrifice
offered up-a sacrifice which should be public
a sacrifice by which his name should be made
great among the Gentiles. II was great among the
Jews end Gsntles--it great and feared even
by Pharaoh; but how comes 1t that God says his name
shall be great among the Gentles Because this clean
obston, sacrifice, will make greater than oeio
those OF the old law and the law of natures sachee
worthy of Godthe vs,im beng no other than the God
man himself under tho forms OF bread and wine-tho
commemoraton Of the sacrifice made by himself on the
cross. This is that which will make the name OF God
great among the GeDtllss.
Again we find the characteristics Of our divoe sa
vor TO be- that he is prizes. forever aecerag 10 ths
order OF MeIchsedek TOTS Characteristic must be re-
allied in Christ, well ell the others by which NO
Messiah is denoted in propa ICY. IL was iJrstoii
by the prophets that he would be born In Bethlehem
that he would be born OF a virgin that he should be
man oil sorrow. All these happened md II No could
no. prove them, we must acknowledge 10 me
90 oil these chsracteristcs are 10 Jesus Christ
iie u tne true Messiah We consequently bound 20
snow 10 tue Jews that lie IL priest OF lBe order Of Mel
chisedsk Now, where can We discover the addtioLal
nd tha In. n.I. tn ln