The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-09-05
WOMAN I'm THE PULPIT.



Tie largest congregation In city, yesterday,
assembled at NJ III oitan Hall. to listen to this
eloquent divine At an early hour the floor was
crowded, ano the frst circle WAS fuu by the time
TIE ceremonies commenced The.gailery was also
well filed, ane all listened with much attention to
the sayings of the preacher clearly and emphatcaly
uttered The reverend lady was dressed in a rich
black figured s. Dress long skirts and around her
neck hung heavy gold chain Miss Brown is
rather pretty woman and If we may be permitted
10 judge Of such delicate matters. should say she
is the belle o. her co-workers upon The temperance
platform. She il about medium height, well built,
has very pretty teeth, is round featured. with a
beautiful complexion. Her face Is expressive OF
piety, berevolence and kindness, and impresses
even an opponent her principles with belief of her
sincerity. Before the opening Of the services, the
preacher invited all who wished. to be seated upon
the platform. Here grand rush was made Of men,
women and children, and soon the stage crowd.
ed OF the new lights among the listeners, were
Lucy Stone, Lrcreta Mott, c. c. Burleigh. (radiant
with glossy curls) Horace Greeley, &C. Whom sleace
had been nei through the house the fair preacher
came forward and opened the services by reading q
hymn. which the audience sung in generally. She
thea read the 3n chapter Of lst Corinthians, follow.
ing the reading with prayer, which she offered up
wsth much devGutness. Another hymn was then
sung; after which, the sermon was delivered as fol-
iows:--
The words 81 my text will be found in jeremiah,
A4ta chapter, 4th verse;:
.'Oh, do rh,e abominable thiag which hats."
There are many noble things, Of which all men,
and nations, ana people, and tongues delight to sng
IN praise For iostaucc, generosity mas oil ways been
applanded. H. magnies the finest impulses OF the
so0 1t is ike tie music OF the spheres aud a
good and generous Geed eau melt and influence the
heart OF. the rude savage, and the polite Partisan,
and the hurley, aristocratic Engiishman All are
recdy to do il homage. The motive which actuates
generous acts carries with it q Christian. generous
influence. The heather may claim as yirtu0us what
Christians condemn. AL sin is aboninable and oe
spicabie The allure of all sin is alike gr0velfng aud
Contemplate IL grows ont Of an inordnate love Of
self qualification. Ii forgets God in impi0us praise
OF itself it defes moraty to advance the interests
Of little, pigny elf. Wicked maa would dethrone
Jehovah, to enthrone miserable j. The miser has
become bye s0rd and jeer among men. He s
jeeed With more or less acrimony wherever he is
met Sin has not single quality to recommend it,
Examine it, anu i. gails before honest gaze. You
meet boy, for instance urron the rairesa cars or
IN some o,ler Of the walks Of life, who
offers you trinket TO purchase, saying 81
found it. and 60 not know what else to
do with il" You let him understand that
hidden in regard to the manner in which he came
in possession CT the artcle-and he. if guilty, will
saeak on to another customer. So it IL with the
world. Look sir straight in the eye. and il will
quail before your gaze and sneak oil other auar-
tors. Look az the crime of stealng-H is regarded
~ eat sin, and men alike condemn it Yet
Thousands ard tens Of thousands, By custom and
the license OF society, indulge in fashionable sim
ming more degrading and mean than stealing. All
sin is equally low that Of petty larceny Slanier
u equally as great Fashionable ladies' can sigh do
magnitude, and the elite Of society Iicea.e it and
give It character and cast. But rob this sin Of its
Qal and gauxy covering, aud it vii! appear in de-
fo'mity equal 10 any other sin. slandere< may
fafls fn hn9,.r
spoken; but the mocking shake Of the head and the
doorous voice equally calculated to SOW dstrust
and injustice In Inc mind of the bearer. 1t is worse
to SANDER than r1b 1t is worse TO gather up the
fragments of mans character. and hold them up
IN ridicule TO the world, than it would be to
gather up Me sixpences in his almost empty
drawer. The one thief may steal for want OF
bread to GRITTY the cravings of hunger, which
natare gives birth but the character thief steals
70 crafty mean, wicked nature, to make
banquet for his friends OF the nature Of himself.
related 10 it in TIE slightest degree TIE liar steals
Che truth, and hides It in his bosom and gives
ba,k the world dross for it. The giG.ton Gegours
more than belongs to him, and slGfs his own
stomach, foYgetlul OF the hungry mouths who have
right toit TIC l1ertine steals vistue, tie murderer
life. They all steal human happiness. sowing ia
stead groaDs ana tears and anguish. May God give
US light 70 disceTI the nature OF sin aBd all its ooa-
sequences. How falsely beautiful III sin De
crowned With lie uppertendom j. il deemed man
Iy 70 drink wire ald genteeny to s,a abrJ ID the
ssn5ec Of q polluted tongue. They forget while
they fancy then elves gods, that they are qdl1ac
The distilled essence Of insanity. Surely no man,
with nature OF Inc slightest humanity, would sup
poe that these Cite OF fashion and arisocracv could
be so base as the words OF those who raise
their voice against this evil The wine drioker if
man OF sense, would that in his be7erage he was
quafng soundness, but deformity. pltrfacton and
sores. Look At the social condition OF orr people.
What is II that is known aristocracy' Satan,
sleeping beneath damask folds; vice associated with
it, Just companioD the material, fading greatness of
this world. There is nothing good nor manly, nor
admirable in it. Poetry is as far from aristocracy
rs from the ends of the earth-.as far from it as
heaven is from hell These lovers Of caste
and vorshppers II mammon are, ~ a class, utterly
despicable, devoid Of all the high qualities Of NOR
al mind but with "souls 50 small that ten thousand
OF tbem could dance upon the point Of cambria
nee die, and have ample room aud verge enough"
The poor puny cion Of arstocracy borrow pair
Of flea wings and mounting to the height OF public
opinion look down with sovereign contempt upon
Frederick Douglass, Ward, and the whole coIored
race. But they must remember that while mind
rules ever matter and the soul makes the man, these
men viii stand az far apart and superior TO them
~ Lazarus Was from the rich man while he rested
in tic bosom Of Abraham, and the tongue Of the
latter was parched with everlasting lire. When sin
Is mos. contemplate, is when il is wrapped up with
the covering OF its own preiadices. May The scales
tall from our eyes In regard to all SIN and lei us lis
ten 70 the voice CT God meeting US In the WY oh
do not this abominable thiEg, That hate Let
bsr now, by way u contrast. and contemplate the
kTNe CHARACTER OF h0ueSS- III Will ne feireSulDg 10
come into the sanctity Of Gods presence. The foun
dalton OF holiness is justice and meroey blended into
one. II Is good, always returning good for evil,
LAY ing down its life, like the Savior the 1t
can overcome evil with good. sublime thing is the
&c Of good man. Witnessing angels must stand
around him, as he passes onward amid the wrongs
Of the world.
The speaker cor tnued al some length, forciblyde-
pictiag the deformty Of sin, Ia contrast with the
works OF piety and morality. She concluded by ex-
hortng all TO come To the fountain, sud partase OF
the waters of everlasting life
When the sermon had ended the preacher offered
up prayer followed by singing, gheu the vast az
semb'sge dispersed.
Honor to Whom Honor ~ Dae.
Ma. JANIS g. BENNETT -
SIN An article appeared in your paper of the
lat inst, under the above heading in which Mr.
Barton. private Waterman, in the employ Of Smith