New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-11-29
ANTOINETTE BROWN BLACKWELLS SER
MON


Mrs. Antonette Brown Blackwell preached on Sunday
evening, in Goldbeeks Music Hall, No.765 Broadway.
The hall was crowded with an audience, among whom
were many of the most prominent men of the country.
A hymn was sung, and Mr.. Blackwell made prayer,
previous to the sermon. Mrs. Blackwell's text was
. Romans II and Is:
For when the Genties which the Law. do by
the thing contained in the law those having not The law
written in their hearts their also bearing witness and
their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else e1cusns one
another"
She treated first of our of acquiring know
ledge. In examination of objects, she sald we hf't
used and then our reason but reason eond
not act except upon evidence OF the senses. ny tho
aid Of reason we evolved law. The law could not
exist without the thing; there could he no properties
of things without things. Science could therefore
make no progress except through the study OF thngs
Applying this TO moral science we found that moral
laws were deduced from moral natures, and mainly
proved relations of moral natures. Growing out OF
the nature OF things, law, moral or other must DC
soupht in the nature and relations of things.
Entire religion could then be found m ma
ture and relations of moral agents. 1t were
as idle to seek for religion elsewhere as % study sron-
omy out of the stars. Tie who accepted iaith or
Bible without understanding, believed merely without
knowing And facility in belief without evidence led
to facility in disbelief without evidence. We talked
about faith in religion, in the Bible, but never OF Lam
in astronomy belief in mathematics. When we
came to comprehend and know We left the region OF
mere faith and belief Mrs. Blackwell sought to lead
men TO comprehend and know religious well
az other truths. No religious principle could
be found which did not nhere in moral natures and
their relations. II we studied these, we could know
these truths She took no ground with regard To III
spiration che speaking of scientific possibilities
These statements she repeated with material ana moral
Illustrations. To show that law could not eAisl WIN
out hngs, she brought water and cold a. an lils'r-
ton the law that water freezes at low degree oil
temueraure could not exist there no such tnng
al water and no such thing a. cacrie Ana morally
were there no other moral beng than herself
in the universe she would be bound TO 1--we the
HIGHEST moral life possible; the moral nature being
higher than the physical. This moral duty was
a sacred personal law, independent OF any eNteriial
command The obligation, too, under which we lay
To our Ieiohbor originated in our very nainresi u
ups, exist even were there no Creator II certainly
renured no revelation 10 show II 10 u.s. Inc law tlat
two moral natures should not lnlure each o.her
WAS inht rent in the natures themselves the law
that supsme reverence and love should De accorded
10 Cod 1yas n necessity; such reverence and love
naturally flowed from any moral nature To-
ward the infinitely Good Being Ihis rergU9
called natural religion, Absolute kelglon, ann
any unnatural religion must be untrue Vas ''ui' u
that the Bible came from God. We must first Judge
outside of the Bible what God was; we must learn M
character. The skep;c had 4 right 70 gay: Sho"
Gus God: teach his character; then VIII Judge u
- the Bhie be from him." We tested the truths OF
chemistry by chemical agencies; we must apply The
came method 10 morals. She had previously tred
10 show that no atOnement could possibly re-
lieve US of the consequences oil en- Ihal
thew must ceave TO u, and could not be taken
away from Ms by another. In her discourses this
inter she would try show that the prnci 'ies oil
religion were grounded IN the nature OF man. that they
were the constitution of the moral universe. She
came to repeat the words Of one OF Old; The Ming.
- dom of God is within you." She believed that
there was progress in the knowledge Of religious
truth ~ Of all other. She concluded by an
sppeal 10 all souls to question and investigate
The realms Of morals and religion until they need say
q 4 lalia |
understand
The services Were closed by prayer, in which the
suppcaiou was for truth the life the soul another
hyInp a collection, al bcnedlcton.