The New York herald., 1850-12-23

Last evening, after Church service, the Reverend
Doctor Chssvsrs delivered animated diseourss In
The Church Of the PuritaAs, Union Square, on the
LETT BY Puritan forsfathsrs, and the
vuy to psrpstsats IT, The Rev preacher took - bis
text the ltA chapter and 9th Of Malsshi Let
the fathers turn their hearts the children and the
children to the fathers lest and smile the earth
with curse" He said he supposed that by the dreo-
tons given In the text turning the heart OF the child
to the father meant to inspire the former with
the spirit which the latter possessed The spirit said
the character and principles wrought out OF their
virtues IL the Of all the pewer and greatness
increase, and our institutions receive . monsn-
tum from the force and character Of our fathers
% x. S.y hsse
unws1srips tru,t Z dod. rHs whole class and
in their vss-thsy possessed faith, hope charity, en-
durance meskness, and al the other virtues that
their principles vas in 1891 in the reign Of Elizabeth
and the worshppers Of that church suffered the most
unheaId Of per:ecutions, even death. They we're
admonished that their church was founded In vio-
lstion OF the law and their prosecutors went far
to tell them 1t was not piety that was wanted
but obedience TO the Queen. In few years after
wards in 1909 few persons in Lin co,nshre, England,
formed themselves into another entered
into q covenant, and out OF that church covenant
grew the civil and religious constitution which
formed twenty years afterwards on board the May.
flower In 1t the germs Of the constitution and
Here DE-. Chssver remarked that ths. church cove
pant out Of which has the mightiest empire In
the world and which is destined to have the mghtiest
influence on surrounding naticns either for good or
evil the production Of opposition to human laws,
which had no warrant In the word OF God but were
set forth ss It's very first object the glory Of God and
the advancement OF the Christian faith, and for that
polite and enacted such laws from time to time, q
should alone be fer the glory Of Lord and to which
they promised everlasting obedience and submission
God their first duty and In the next place. they
bound themselves to obey the law Of God only They
would said he cut off their hands before they
would obey any other law but that of God. BY
this Constitution . tremendous blow was struck
at the gates Of he'll never was such blow struck
before, did the world witness euch self sac
rihcing band Is the Pilgrim Fathers They sacrificed
all that was dear to them in this life: They sacrificed
their country their friends their neighbors their kin
dred and their quiet homes but God had disciplined
them for the sacrifice and 1t the fail Of persecu
ton that first beat them out OF the established church,
and separated the wheat from the cha Here the
erend preacher referred to Graham the historian aud
others who brought charges OF persecution aud ntoe
rance against the Pilgrim Fathers, which charges
were, he said. absurd, because they entirely
groundless. Whatever the Pilgrims did. was for the
glory of God and to preserve in it's purity his holy
word He then went on to describe the effect our con-
tution and laws already have and would continue 20
have the despots of the old world Their thrones
al this moment lettering under them, and they
Themselves trembling from its effects. But had
the Pilgrim Fathers failed in their mission the world
must NODlO 20 Duck unto uaINuesr
and the first French revolution could not prevent It,
Such the glorious rasu growing out OF the church
covenant
lie next took up the Sabbath the strict and decent
Observance Of which the Pilgrims made one of their
first duties They approximated, he said, in the
genius Of sabbath worebip to the religion ef the
Jews than any other denomination and said that II
the strict observance Of the Sabbath went down.
institutions would 90 doan with it He then made
remarks the frequent violation Of the LORD
day by the sale Of grog and other things such as
newspspers Sc which he condemned in the mort un-
nessured terms.