The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-10-16

Christian Socialism.
LECTURE BY w. H. CHARMING, AT TIKI srUYvEsANr
INSTITUTE, ON CHRIST, cHRIsTKNpoM, AND PRE-
SENT PROSPECTS,.
w. Claiming delivered q lecture on Christian
Socialism on Sunday evening last, at the Stuyvesaut
Institute The lecturer read for his text portion
chapter from Daniel, and another from the Epists
to the Ephesians, In which mention is made Of the
unity OF the Church one body.
He began with speaking Of Cnristsndom a. sort Of
embodiment Of an ethereal principle to be developed
In its perfection and spirituality and asserted that
is always developing and unfolding the revelation
God. The authority is not In nature only. not in
Chrstendom only not in God only, but In man. who is
the centre of authority In whom IL tho express image
OF the Divnity-the reality of the Divine presence.
Wenustleok to man for this which comes
home to us-t isthe reality OF the Divine presence with
us. When we find it in man the path Is plain the
grandeur OF life Of every then begins TO culmn
Chrstendom is centre to the human race, All past
aRes have culm ated this revelation in man
IL is developed In Christendom The leading nations
OF civilization are Christian nations There
where any steamboats, ships huntsmen in the val
ley Of the Mississippi but the lofty pulse of the blood Of
Divine humanity beats physically as well spiritually
This has only begun now TO be developed
All events are now tending to one great and noble
result which is the union Of this knowedae and tho
Development OF this principle Therefore Chrsten-
dom, Is the centre Of mankind holds in itself It's
en- bodinent all that man pes for and desires The
centre of Christendom and the OF authority
aud power in Chrstendom. the grand reality There
are two great tendencies in Cristendom the catholic
aud the pdisidual that is, the Protestant The one
collective teBdency-the other is the indvidua
dency The positive good la both of them Is the holy
regenerate pure man, filed by the heavenly traasms-
sion OF divine transmitted nhuencesa type Of the d.
vDy, and the EN- bodment OF the humanity in heaven
Ia the humanity on earth There is in the
OF the Will OF man, power OF with
the infinite will Of God The two princ Plies
sntsgonisiic OF each other but compliments The
catholic tendency is the hierarchy of transmitted in
q a
II is TO have act will is the Divinity symbo
zedi the perfection of the great
design OF God as whole There is no power but the
sovereign power of God in man, which an abiding
reality Transforming to the living i'm ard
brain heart and circulation Of humanity In heaven
making one organic whole faulty God, in man is the
centre Oft What want to see is the great reality
Of collective humanity, divine attachment binding
all in one. In the present breaking up of Europs, all
tends towards this unity and divine tendency Social
Ism Is the very elimination Of all tits The
humanity of heaven flowing down upon the hum lnity
on earth, In Transforming transmitted Influences.
What but spiritual pure, holy love- Transforming
all deeds into the prime ipe Of common good liberty
IL ought not to be called socialism. Its real is
Harmonious Humanity with the spirit Of the holiness
OF God in man united with love, fraternity and pater
nifty, rsgenerating men and linspg them togstner in
one brotherhood" We recognise socialism which is
not Christian, and Christianity which ia not socialist
The above Is only translation, ordinary intelli
gibie language Of OF the most unmeaning vague,
wandering and unnteliigibe rhapsodies We ever lis
tened TO To understand what was said by the lee
tuerer We defy all the persons who were present
There WAS not one simple solitary proposition contained
grssp lay hold Of All confusion Darkness and
perpiexiy deliberately worked up into imposing high
grandiloquent ethereal Lstnized but senselcssepi-
thets strung together in long aud almost endl
cesson and without connection so that If at the b.,
ginning OF sentence there fesmed chance OF catch
ing at the idea intended to be conveyed before the
tence was more than half finished tue nope of
Ing vanished altogether The speaker seemed to have
studied the art Of justification aud has evidently At
tanned to great perfection the science Of
fer an hour at time aud pouring forth nowery non,
N an Rp-
one plain, simple idea any solitary comprehen
sible proposition. II was realy ptable to see One
eonorous voice most studiously elaborate neck tic,
elegantly outstreched arms aud pious eyes devoutly
shut for half hour. ell thrown away Ia setting BE-
fore the public dish Of stun consting of nothing
but windy words and empty high sounding spi-
thets. II the preacher had only preached social
I'm, or red republicanism, any lem. auy-
thing, almost whatsoever IL would have been to,rabe
compared with the infection Of esching wind-pur.,
nstulent verbsge, and tumble q eStravsgsncs mere
rhodon ontade and torrents Of tupeltye sdectivss,
In language unconnected incoherent and 30 high down
snd bombastic that no person Of coAmon could
gather the semblance OF idea from AL the turgesoept
and ethereal grafton. Men Of would perceive Mt
once that 10 was all wind and bumbug but the simple
would 20 away and think it all TO bs the dner the
more incomprehensble 1t to them. The worst and
to speak plainly the most disgusting part OF the whole
affair was to such set himself up before the
public quasi mediator for the people present, and
to utter what be called prayer with Outstretched
arms, closed eyes aud head thrown back If bent to-
wal ds haven. Such exhibitions awful; they are
snbimely ridiculous ss wei, as infinitely auddeious and
impudent.
1he orator out that he intended 20 continue his
Lectures at the time and place, for several sue
ceedng Sundays We would not merely recommend
him, would entr,at him, 10 oOndescend to speak
plain ihtellisble English, divided into disngulshsbe
periods-to oODdescend To- mean something, and to
speak plainly and tnply what he means OF he has aDy
nisaning) Ia dtinct nt,iiixibie propositions It Il
painful TO q mind fond Of truth and simplicity TO
listen, for above hour TO Giscourse apparently
structed purposewe viii not sag to deceive but o.
ray great deal, without conveying the least rational
meaning
The whole intent and aim Of the lecturer evident
Ills whole theory and principle Il simply this" Man
h. In fact The god bat hc studously svo 10 saying
thing plainly and speaking out In honsat straight
forw ard propositions IL H. the doetrine which
Emerson Is taid to be preaching In Lugand "A mere
hash of all his orudies sbsurdties aud profsni.
ties without his genius aEd talent 20 give coorDg 90
false hood and make dabolcal doctrines look true aud
heavenly.