New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-11-01
SERMON ON SATAN.


that the Rev T w Hggnson Untarian Of Massachusetts,
would preach on The subject OF Sa;anhe Genuine and
aths Fictitious a. the Chinese Buildings Sunday
ing and an approaching audience responded to the
nouncement
The preacher announced the subject OF his 10 be
Sctoa he ges4Ee and the tctstsas, and began by in
curing whence came the idea o; any invisible beings
Gods demons "a RES witches They all came through
the soul of man. call inspired unnspied we would
Human souls windows through wnlen we looked INTO
unseen mysteries What range OF windows fom Jesus
10 udas.frcm the conception OF God in Jesus mind TO
he ton Of Satan in the mind of Judas We form
cur own opinions by the help OF Others.
All nations have mythology which Is gradually SIM
,fed This the Rev gentleman illustrated oy the growth
of pine tree which Is At fr>t confused mass ot caves
aud stems until gradually one perfect s,em gsoIs IN ssd
their myth oloeyhree God and principal Sat Va WIZ
a good many minor Their Gods were worsh 9pei N
cold churce s on bltops the altar OF the enons ws
barn or and the offering horse shoe 10 keep him away
Men still believed in Ssan aud Ike 10 do 80, because
gives of excitement to hfe and as they love to read
Of murders and accidents in newspapers 50 they love 10
rosd Of Satan end his deeds:
Tho opinion was advanced that the prevalent view o.
Satan growing mder bat he lid not fear him less fDr
being gen.Gel The cold modern Mephstopnees was very
formidable. When the great naturalist BsiOn Cdvier,
contemplated the popular devil be exclaimed You can
mot deceive me- ools end horns belong 70 the less erc
"cous graminivorous class of animals, not the cSnvo
"rous When h. appeared in the same form q the imsg
nation OF Martin Luther the great Reiormer eooly threw
a
to treat such q devil that IL l. the Prince II Darkness
rs gcrm0H. that is most 10 b. dreaded II he shows
nothing but the eloyen foot he isnot very bad u when
he is most human that he is mos, dangerous. We must
fight Satan but he must be the genuine one lie must
not the post norton examination prove oounterteit
some Louis Napoleon of the realms Of darkness He
would not have Ms fight with only feeble Satans. with
merely defunct and extinct Sa'ens
The preacher proceeded 10 describe these two classes,
First those who light with obsolete AMI good
shots at anything that is dead already These he com
pared 10 respectable citizen crssed by books OF
Geology, and going out to hSht the fesiosaurns me
world admes him for this aad does not wish hun to touch
the wolves in sleeps clothing the bulls and bears OF
the Stock Exchange to bring whip among those who
sell doves and oxen in the market.
Those who FIGHT feeble Satans those who, passing
BY the real evils OF society could onyproesi aganssome
trhng practice, such sitting in prayer, or oier prizes
for tracts against dancing. DIR. Beecher told Mr. Gaui
son that he had too many irons IN the fire 10 become an
Aboiaonist. lie was kindliug the final flames round
Arus and Socnus and Boston Uniarianism and he had
no room tesf Cor Loker aud Legree.
But the Sorskpers of Satan knew in whom they be-
Ieved ard easily deceived The preacher de-
scIibed three genuine demons.
The demon of Big0try under which head he spoke OF
laws forbiddng Atheists to testify and of In Massa
chusett where rumseer allowed to 20 free because
he church member He also spoke OF the WEAKNESS
and Journalism OF the ordinary church service The land
scare would be beautiful every seeple meant prayer
but il seldom Is
. The demon Of Sensual Pleasure No one expects to
90 far hand in hand with this demon They only go for
short walk but il Is hard to find the way back again See
the flakes fall ON the river They 80 there for OK.
I
enough only they disappear and never tell us how they
like it. And so young men and women disappear lhey
become slaves, and cannot return II they would
An old ad she had been for 30 years the slave OF
snuff box Ii you have found yourselves ssad the
preacher the mouth Of great river AZ have, aioat
in little Loaf obb tide rushing out ike thousand
locomotives and your only breaking you can Judge
how feels when the awful TIDE OF ms own PASSIONS ~
carrying him cut to seal
D. There Is the demon Of iDabhoR. Youtbnk Oh this "a
belonging only great statesman who has regarded
all his powers merely much coin To buy fOrune
and promotion with Il was terbleto think ofthese men,
g. be
Mr. Heenson then sketcbod the Egyptian idea Of a
Judgment OF the ID, ad by the Living In which oil who had
any conn lant make against bad man might como up
in person 20 make it at his death After describing the
supposed pageant wildly he asked those present had no
share in H. True they may have done great wrongs,
for they lad not had the chance-bu had they done
little ones The pottest ambition might lead to as deep
tragedy a. the greatest
The every day demons feeble Saans, extinct
ones They are genuine and gigantic. Their ample gar
not see the social evils which beset We do not tri
umph over our temper IN the Wilderness Jesus did, and
theieiore angels do and mini ter 10 Us. The
comfort In the knowledge that the each rolls with
God eye upon it, and is coming gradually into the sun.
shine As be began with text Che preacher concued)
which, declared that, if Saan hath great wrath, 1t
is because his power endureh but short time his reign
Icing but for q season.
We have not attempted anything beyond mere outline
sketch Of Mr. Hggnson and in this, We have at
tempted REPRODUCE his leading thoughts with 'u caring
to keep Up the pecuartes Of bis style His discourse EVIL
IDENTITY afforded much qualification discriminating audi