The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-12-30

Whso Fitch day predstsd the success Of tho ssaa
served .Pocs fellow, It Is pisy he is orasy ssd the
srovd 10 doubt thought No too By disappousmeat,
Fica ..s Afterwards uai'y driven esas': when he
De Witt Clinton suffered? His splendid idea osllsd
CiDtens dtch New, be is enrolled among the Il
bad their martyrs In the reigu Of 0balss the second
the streets If London involved In total dsrkoe
enc every man VINO vent out 81 nigh. vas not only
bis head was exposed to all kinds OF mai
canoes, thrown out from the windows. (Lsughter
At this period Edward Hemm,ng had the sudscity
to propose TO light the strsetss He denounced
dangerous and In pious innovator Had not God made
the osrkness And he (H.mming) wanted to reverse
natures sws 0r+s. ph.nthTopists had shared siml-
lar fare. Thomas Olarkson Granville Sharp aud WILDER
foscs had been allied and Ia their day add
the Duke OF Clarence In the House Of Lords called Will
berfoice fanatic, Who ought to be expelled from the
House Of Conmoss Sharp oslIed y robbsr. Nov,
the abolition OF slavery The temperance reform which
IL now regarded great blessing to the world,
csued on Its rst Introduction tremendous oommos,n
both In the church aud the world and the reformers
astsl@d with all the epithes that ingenuity could
devise kscrners In religion Jared ser the fashion
He die not speak Of tho apostles and prophe who in
their dsy. d. noupced and murdered, but OF
not claiming TO be gifted with Inspiration Among
there noble tsschers wbe was not inspired but
vhe nov ded the respect and OF man
kird-old Socrates (Applsuse) Yet no Was condemned
by the people to be poisoned to death for the truths he
taught. when Socrates dead rhe Athenisns DIS
covered hs worth after sayiDg his raised
abraEen statue to him rhey frst made him martyr,
cark sges meet wIth John wckliGe Who proc lamed
tho truth Of the Gospel for which be denounced aad
perstcuted; and John Huss and Jerome Of Prague,
mnsd and burned at the stake for the
oD Of the great truths Of Christianity But the great
spirit OF thu reformation was Martin Luther.
Earth and hell combined against MIN and he de-
nouDoed traitor and In league With devil Church
and state sought bis life which only by power.
fpl Influential friends Even his cowardy friend
krsstus DECLARED against him though hs society sp
proved Of his doctrnre At later period the Quakers
pers.oured and tbeboDeonfor miat Baxter Bdaysn
avA sks fut
~htIe they founded . great republic. John Wesley
and Winfield, though regarded heroes. by
. ses OF martyrdom TO their present position Even
jonathan Edwards nov euo9sed, vas most
oppose IN his o~n cay The lecturer then went to
say that he might extend his sts.ement Of facts prove
the truth OF hs position but hs would for the preen
content himself BY Offering few suggestions The world
seldom discovered her they ha1 passed
away. While living they had almost invariably been
txecrated It Is recorded the monument OF Howard,
o. an exception 70 other men that this extraordinary
had the good fortune to be tres'ed bis lifetime
his virtues dotrvod Those who introduce truths
must breast opposition When mailed lssions meet
natural that THOSE who STACKED our error. Should
be regarded inn0vators-new views always affected
the interests and passions Of men It was Only sue
cta1iDg sge that did justice to reormers Az Luther
married IL was imposso Die 70 advance des without
being subject to tho impustion of pride aud humility
i<@f would be exposed the charge though like Christ
sDo bis apostles 1t prrached against pride We des
fairly with those whoved centu ago but not with the
graf men Of the present asy Tss jews dd justice g
them the truth We TOO honor the noocoaforn ss and
the heroes Of the revolution while dhonor their
oessofs who doing the thing Hence 1t follows
trat the same man Ii both martyr and hero Lst
tsks care therefore that not opposing good and
great In tho present day In view OF he and
mistakes Of the pat have need OF caution and
der. We nay admire Luther. and Calvin aud Wick
life, while We condemn In our own day OF the
spirit John Foster Gays no cla.s Of msn arc
apt to overvslue their sndewmenrs oonsorva.
tives, and coBersatim Il smaller virtue after all than
the world thinks IL they lived in the days Of tho
refosmers they would be to oppose then AL the
rtfrrs In the world have been efec- ed BY os ID
fanatics and fools. The grand OF encouragement
to those Who proc aim great truths In the face OF
lar opposition H. that Of sceedBS age we'll
God himseD will 90 them justice The men ~ho
COZ viii shine in the future psse IL the historian
sno glow the lips Of be We may 1.-Two to
the time when sbolion will tax. place (hsses aud when
armies ana war viii cease. What John CALVIN ia. In
reply 10 the Pope was sppcsbe to other and other
times - Ref pecDg ourselves whatever may bs the H.
consoitpce will We have
tsinsd Gods truth IL this IL what have deserved
nom men whom We have end avored to apply your
fsggots for in Death shall be cong
We sba Ascend 10 glory but because blood sh all ger
inmate and produce frui. In Gods god tms The Lee
tWer concluded with . long quotation from 'Potlocks
Course Of Time" the puipo Of which show that
the truth prevails and that Justice Is dome ct last