The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-05-10

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was . luxury, but which sought on. the Locomotive
bundles OF RAGS No t1s city called chtron bns f,r
that spirit woud not tins auditory 70 night Bs
s0S eSap,hs os s' Such nan 's vas Sosa ssi
who doubs hs p,syY Such, TO, vas Elliott, ths Pun
tan phi'sn' hSopss Eeen IN "shtogt,us Character t
the Washington Of work @hiGa ~s revered, AMI 70
whom We reared apatiooal monuue3t rue asirs VIZ
invisible, bur the issass OF ra visible an. tao void
JUDGED man y hs o0tTyd i,e ye: 70 wofs sLtagsrs
good works, w@ not quite dca6 It eas ivins, hut tho
world oversba,owed 1t II the aoriyersares c,rnencng
ters would 20 joap them 10 New York In oonclu-
zion he sad that the church designed only 10
DO ofthodox-lt was 70 acaurcn Militant, active,
working, though a. the saae ,ime praying,
suppliant church In the time OF the Hagusnos when
man fell IN light, hs name called in the rill
RANKS ard apswor when his name waa oaied Disd on
tne battle field How many oncs members OF Tia. ON
aees.op ecu)d this be applied to' It nigh, bs sad Of
Baxter and EDWARD Knox, Whitfield, Wesley, and
Chsluers sitb-sbsusct fath-wou!d not save this
wicked city OF pat jacket On boy, or q dress
girl or build that b me opposite which mai proved a
heavenly home TO young hearts haoply oroasht 70
jesus Christ He Concluded ey touching all sion :, the
recent death OF Rev Daley ryng, In whose fashsrs
night
collection was then tsfen up, afer which the Rev
Dr. Crooks Of the Heddog Methodist Episcopal Church.
made briet address, In which be audea oscib2 TO the
value Of the Homo 70 the families Of poor engr
Tho servtcef coted Va hymn by tho children, and
benedicton from Dr.. Vermiye
Annual Sermon Before the Society OF Inqairy
OF the Union Theological Seminary.
Tho annual sermon before this society was preached
last evening in DR.. Adsss church, Madison square, be
fore large congregation by Professor 5ErD OF Andover
MASS The reverend gentleman commenced by observing
that the relations between the speaker and the bearer
were not - generally supposed mainly dependent upon
CAL and while the orator needed to DO pre-
pared 10 speak, the audience needed TO be
prepared to hear The duties Of eaOh were equally
Incumbent What Was the true tone of hearing, and
speaking religious truth The could be drawn
readily from the inspiration OF Divine revelation He
would endesvor the DISCOURSE 70 consider the arst
place. OF those dstnctvely beautiful Vows Of truth
exceedingly intense in their nature and penetrating in
their influence the preacher In the Scriptures we
find that God ID the representative Of thought aad
feeling The two primary constituents OF emotional feel
ing love and anger. They were tho most purely
personal qualities which could be attributed, and were,
throughout the Scriptures scrbed 70 the Deity raere
distinct truths in the Scripture than God
is love- and God is consuming Are" being with
out love or anger would be ipersona he who loves
good . consequence hates evi' and be who loves
Life and light, hates death and darkness" and class Of
emotions towards moral good nocessitased opposite
course towards moral evil We driven TO ADOPT the
that God stood within emotional Qraes with them,
and could not consistently say no mad the and not
the other Was II Illicit passion for God to hate evil
And might not love in cases be improper? Upon the
belief then, In the biblical truth tina. God intense
immaculate spirit both sides of his character depended
of the preacher When realized that being
~ self conscious himself made him. and would cal,
him TO account he was aroused 10 sense OF mis- condition
me finite and responsible thus brought into
tact with the initiate and omnipotent Cod. nothing but
wrath made up the Deity the soul would be nuerced by
fear If the Deity were all love would relapse into
unthhkng imbecily. The Bible taught the truth Of
the guilt Of man yet there desire TO look at
any other than the judicial side of the divine character
There many degrees Of guilt and the duty Of
the preacher by divine inspiration 10 determine these in
termedia,e points The old dispensaon had tendency
awaken The mind To poignant Of guilt and this
was owing to the intense vitality Of the GA Tesament
made the Hebrew mind 30 vivid and intense, contr ssg
with the Persian will The people Of God separated
pupoeey from the great Of the Oriental world and
by these the truths God judge by
their piblca education impressed upon their minds and
grew DINNER and DINNER and DINNER upon the minds CT
the other pausns The minds Of the present day needed
70 be kept active with reference 70 the doctrines Of
ment and retibuton Cult and expation were eternal
correspondence SGT over against each other, like
what guilt was. knew wha. s,opemsn. was
WAS PECULIARLY Of the biblical handling OF this subject
RtOntnent represented
The preaching Of those who We, characterized by no
markaoe FREEDOM evipced the mos, appeals 10
mans sense guilt thus reaching his reason 10 enforcing
the necessity OF atonement There eli Cor sten
dom need keener appreciation Of the personal qua l.
ties Of the Dety-a reverence for the Divine majesy-a
fear Of his wrath and desire for his love The mental
state OF the uoo OF ofessors of religion proved this
On the second poat Of his DISCOURSE the reverend gen
tleman observed that the effectiveness OF the orator
dependnt upon the receptveness Of the audience,
there need Of some moral earnestns in audience
II was necessary 70 know what we're the Abilities and
Antagopisms of the audience TO tho word OF God rno
Divine revocation assumed thai these exisef. Many
spirit was oa from yielding 10 fear Of mental suffering
toresees, IA the attendant Of repentance and faith for
there 40 instructive shrinking OF 81 men from danger
In this lay al the power OF the drama The general att
tuoe Of The human mind should DO, " Let the righteous
smte." The natural could hardly make these words
his own, hut be could free himself from fear OF mental
suffering rom repentance The ministry had right 70
expect Aoit purpose on the part Of tne people Every
reasoning should be willing 10 RESIST his 10.
stnctve fear, and endure the ire Of divine wrath
natural consequence OF hts transsresson OF the law
fencing 70, they were worth aicDd nc 10 we'll
A single hearty ejaculation Of repentance a
nsious lnaence which should mot be lightly regarded
The spirit Of the auditor should be- "now let the word Of
God come me congregation should be considered as do
handing arict biblical Information from tho preacher
Ike the patient who submits 10 the surgical opera
ton OF the knife for HIS own good, vas the man
willingly rssgnne himself 70 Gods viii and 20 the dtsci
pine Of true repentance prSossy no sen.men, would
creasing disposition 10 listen 10 srit divine truth.
certain dbunctvely revealed doctrines Of revocation
NOuo cut Gown nOpes ol iutufe oeshnyf WY nOt
let the cut them DOWN a could not maintain .
neutral position In this matter. N religion 70 be
taken at all was 70 be taken whole just
found Conviction necessary preoede version
and how could be brought 10 tho latter unless b
first allowed himself 70 experience the former
II fact that divine truth, when boldly
uttered could not leave the sinful mind calm and quiet
~ n len Christian mind. II true ~ OF the
Apostle Paul thai when The truth snA break u,on US,
unless regard shall eee eli hope Of future hap
pness. ALI must tread the straight and path Of
sef condemnation, and 10 doug acting over
al ~ thse bal fxn0s H.
kingdom Of darkness 10 the kingdom ,f Tight The heahen
inscription without descending tue hell Of self know
ledge there no ascending 10 heaven" contained much
truth which Christian Intelligence could not overlook.
Self knowledge In Christan's sphere implied expert
which could undergo without self Condemns.
ton and rernersc. There the greatest necessity then
for the planest preaching aad Of the most resoute hear
ing d.
1be reverend gentleman closed With energetic ap-
peal 10 the gentlemen Of the society wcgh we'll all
theee important truths, AMI remember them mere o..
pecIally IN their active service God minsers