The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-05-07

distant extremites Frto what part of the body poll
ic in the world did sew FORK send the blood and
rom what part did II not receive it back again. To
his heart they had GO Instant access aud it was
Ia their power to infuse into it vital energy
hat would bless the u be This society. however.
Eas only one OF number of affiliated societies
hrougout the United States. and the National So
ety was but part Of system Of missions throughout
he world, and they all subordinate to the higher
nd grander system If toayen itself which command
the gospel to be sent to every creature The power,
ben by which they sought to move the world the
|'ord Of God But there was great rival power that
ontended for the mastery and that was the infdel
ress. James. in his "Chrrch in Earnest had given
fearful estimate Of its influence in England He said
exceeded in power and in the number of pages, all
Tristan publications put together. Nor was it less
otent in Germany and France In America too, inf
elty had raised it's head 1t in fact, the crisis of
le age, and the question was how it should be met
o point out the way the primary design of
is discourse that evening Never had God so
naken the nations Of the earth during the
st year. Liberty and progress upon every
ngue. But the question was, what kind Of liberty
d progress? Should it be with or without the Bible
hould it be the liberty that springs from Christianity
the liberty RIGHTEOUSNESS that throws off the
RANTS Of religion and sound morality! On the one
de was the Bible the central light OF the moral world
nj the other arrayed against it, was the subtlcty
infdeity, which first began in England, and then
read through Germany and France 1t pro-
undly learned and critical 1t availed itself Of the
lntheistic philosophy and to this Americans were
DIV exposed There quarantine could keep it
lt 1t would be spread by TRANSACTIONS and transfu
pns. The work Of Strauss had been translated, and
ndensatons Of other indel German writers had been
ven to the public. There was no hope that the evil
build not go on like plague, cutting down thou
nds, for infidelity disease of the heart, and
hs most contagious. But let them not despair
b doubt aid coud be derived from learning
ainst the moral pestilence But this should not be
cir main reliance. SO learned is the attack sub
the inhdel philosophy that when he sat down to
hd those writer's with the intention of replying to
EN- he felt convinced that the book which would be
answer could not be appreciated by the masses.
hat then was to be done? There were five things.
s to review the history of the past and see what n
a he N hnW hat
been done by the Bible. Third to show by de-
onstrations of history well by the dictates Of
osophy. that all social efforts tor the improvement
man fail, and must fail, till they to the
BILE. Fourth. to produce in Christian ministers and
ristian churches more of the spirit Of the Bible.
th to spread the word of God with increased earnest
s and perseverance every part of the habtable
Pbe. The Rev gentleman then went on to illustrate
enforce these five points and contrased the state of
(ras and society under pantheism and the Bible No
rse of Development was more sublime than the way
which God had unfolded. by experience the power
he word of God. No contrast could be greater than
world with and without the Bible Without the
pie, the world without God; without that he had
eniea before but TIM, was 50 Spravsd that
Judea, which was not as large as Connecticut, in
n little spot where three continents met the ban
Of the true God was thrown up by the Bible. With
the Bible the world without the true idea of hui
nifty, founded on the principle that all men born
hal, and thus humanity is raised above nationality
if that idea falls away, humanity is broken into
ties and fragments Even Plato and Aristotle could not
above the idea of castles. The Greek was made the
NJ ", i
~ went to India-if they reached every other cline
hey would find that without the Bible, there
of the unity, equality, and dignity of humanity.
world, without God. was without the true idea of
erty Men talked ofliberty in ancient Greece what
it but small aristocracy, calling itself tree and
ed vast platform of slavery, in which the slaves,
white slaves too were often numerous thansthe
smen! without the Bible, the world never would
Fe known the true idea of domestic life, and woman
ld not have been honored she now is, nor family
Feloped Without the Bible. there could be popu-
education which is based on the other principle of
same book. that all men are equal and all have the
be right to education. This first from the Puri-
documents. Hence our public schools. Look at Plato;
dcspaired Of elevating the humber classes Of
community Lastly without the Bible the world
lid be without purity, and he would enlarge more
this than on the other points, because the German
thelsts had put forward claim that the lusts of
should be restored they prevailed among the
then They called themselves Rehabtationists,
acting in him. 1he learned divine then sketched
ancient mysteries in Greece in which every abomi-
ion practised and described their chief gods
ing them examples of sodomy, rape, incest, and
TALLY. The priestesses were avowed courtesans,
the worst deeds of the gods celebrated with
ma Thank God, his hearers had never wit
sed these obscene rites. But they might form
e idea Of what Jupiter was, by raising to a
y Don Juan, the most corrupt hero of the
4 corrupt work of the impure mind Of Byron.
ordingly, the greatest and best of the ancicnts
My practised the grossest crimes. 1t was to this
o of things the infdel writers of the present day
lld bring the world back, and the Bibe, like the
es of Holland, the only barrier against the de-
ting flood.
the conclusion of the sermon, the usual collection
made for the society.