The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-09-26
rNTEREsr1Ne RELIGIOUS SERVICES
pvv mn BELLOWS ON THE VnvERSAL
KEW. bh' cUI1RCI

KEW. ph CHURCH.
-, onvx,sa or ALL SOULS cHURCH-DR. BELLOWS
EXPLAINS HIS cAADaIDGE UNIVERSITY ADDRESS. |
An Souls church {Unitaran) located at the corner q
Fourth avenue AID Twentieth street. reopened ycster
say forenoon after the usual summer vacation. Tnc
shurch hos been internally renovated and bcauted, and
BY tho construction of gallery some thirty pews
have keen added TO its accommodations The church was
comfortably fun but crowded at the morning service
The pastor Rev Dr. Bellows, preached from TINS tex'
"s,udy to show myself approved unto God, workman
that needeth to be ashamed, rightly aVuihs TIC woa
q truth. "-Second Timothy, H., To-
He congratulated the congregation upon Their reunion
after the vacation the enlargement OF their church
accommodations and said ii would be moro consonant
with his own feelings spend the hour IN treating on SON
xtcy devotional theme but he felt II his duty, at once
q y hare his regard to matter in which he could
NJ rrsnproaasse himself without also compromising those
VIA heard hiu proposed to moct directly frankly
hesr expectations desires by attempting an EXPLANATION
Of whatever might have seemed extraordns ry in his re-
ut adarss At Cambridge He had ap JIogy for that
Etsoourse deliberate perfermanc the result OF
years ofobscrvaea and study, and not row therefore,
subject repentance. He referred w. the interest the
subject had excited, and the great of advice
souragement rcprocf and condcxnu alton which he had
received from all quarters The Cadence he addressed
represented four tribunasarst c independent congre
szaon and church rqer which Ne set TO minister;
second the Unitarian denominasn third the Protestant
world foxTt the nineteenth ssntury and
Try. To eneh Of these tribunals he held h;Easef
Die and desired % be held 70 the strctes accountability
Ser all Ae bad uttered Frst he would address them
independent congregation and church. 1t had been
asserted and perhaps sred that he had private pur
X not the creed Of this congrega,sca; that having
changed Ess faith, he going 10 smugge
ms ritual No New one a their and own
ranks would for moment imagine that such
shasge could be effected by coup dsat in opposition to
bic for the unfair oppressive exercise Of any influence
he might possess, for tangible seizure Of power and,
he added 81 solemnly declare unto you that II today
Aespotic powers were in my hands, what would be
more u free and aectonate request from you pre-
pare tany and creed for this congregation could not
and woud do hn They had had for than three
years already Committee a Liturgy and proposed
changes in forms Of worship, and five years ago he pub
also been held by pastors Of churches to discuss and
pare liturgy 70 be offered TO the free choice of each
congregation. But these movements had produced no
results Although feeling the want, they had not known
distinctly bow to supply it, and besides they had been
aoe 70 discover among the people only partial recogni
cn Of the want In his opinion important changes in
statement of creed and form OF worship in store
the nextgeneraon but just what would be in respect
- external ritual he could not forotel Certainly he
was MOI disposed TO organise or forcstai it.
everything in Professionalism indicated that if the church
was TO maintain its power must accommodate its wor
ship TO the wants Of the but Chsendom would
babie that the admirable service OF the English church
would ever be unversazed in land Episcopal as
ours He regarded the Epscopalian the most respeca
bic external church organization in Protestant Chrsten-
aom and best entitled to imitation any model to pre-
vail But the religious faith OF this country would
be content with any mere imitation. The great want
yet 70 be met, for man could give ineligible hint
how the permanent and Immortal dognas, symbols and
sentiments OF the church universal be reemboded
N ritual and creed which shall have all the freshness
OF original creation, all the freedom inspiration
and still bear every holy mark and feature antiquity
carrying the authority Of age and custom and universally
combined with the charms Of youth, liberty
and newness This was the glorious vision that had
haunted his soul, and oontrasted with this the
gewgaws and theatrical properties which had been
ascrbed TO him by Writings reverted to the ragbags from
borrowed Hp had n in ma uufp
turing arbitrary forms revivng discarded ones but he
did believe that faith hope imagination, conscience
Bon, affection and memory will all unite again, they
have formerly united in building up the places of
Zion, in clothing with beautiful garments the faith and
universal church which he predicted but without the mad
folly Of offering to inaugurate This the
his Romansm his inadety 70 that church and congrega
zion, his plans and conspiracy to change their worship
In referring TO the English church ritual in his
IN existence, and had he cipated the interest be was
about to awaken that pars Of his discourse might have
smenable to the Unitarian body for any ex-
pressions which might seem to compromise it
.esss Sy as S aa
wounded unitariansm that he had announced its de-
cease and spoken its funeral That would be strange
work indeed for who had borne its banner for
years He was devoted to its principles, identified with
s good NAME and knew OF no one less likely to prove
traitor TO its cause His error, any, had been Of an
opposite character He had challenged for Untarianism
the attention Of christendom; had joined those who
pcrtance and connect with the great movements Of
humanity. He had not thought meany Of it that he
dared not carry into the great current of the worlds
thought lest chance wind should blow out the ful
fambeau. Their sectarian separation had been main
tanned up 10 this time by Gods providence for wise
purposes. All important reforms had been mistaken
for substitutes and theirs was not exception They
had been prone regard the Unitarian movement
Is necessary depoy of part Of the Christian army for
purposes Of observation for the benefit Of the whole body
but rather as the leading of Of a single regiment,
10 be followed by the whole body upon an en-
trely new campaign. He had believed that the
mission Of Untarianism was not the preaching of
hnfra 1onAv solo
the track Of church history He believed that the dust Of
long journey should TO be mistaken for original
or taken on for sedefence in times Of attack and
now worn only from long habit and association might
perhaps not entertained by the fathers Of Unaranisn
shared by many of the leading scholars and think
Of the Unitarian body Untarianism would carry into
the Church Universal millions whom the Church has driven
out into the wilderness of doubt and indifference by its
denial of and injustice TO human instincts If the
great Captain did send them out such noble
vice so far away that in the hardshps of the campaign
they had lost some memory Of the dialect Of the city of
God and taken upon them wayworn and thin costume
let them at least not forget their commission in chief
set up that they the grand army Let them for
get their brother soldiers on other services and on the
other hand let them continue be shot down by
fellows because their dialect little strange and their
that of exes and travellers The services Of
liberal Christianity to Christendom widely felt and
acknowledged but they must remember that they are
tributary not Independent reformers and bring whatever
OF precious truth they have found the mint of the
Church Universal there to be accepted and stamped be-
can freely enter into the circulation of Christen.
dem. The time had arrived when Untarianism has the
option either to lapse into rationaisn turn more de-
cidedly into the body of the Church Of Christ finding
there it's home and communicating the joy of sup
POSED TO have been lost returning strong and happy his
fathers house. He wished to be explicit and unmis-
taxable In what he now affirmed knowing well the
likely to be made Of it, and that he would be to
gay precisely what he did say Let be understood
then that respect TO what either positive negative
In Uniarianism he had disclaimers to make nothing
70 surrender, views to change past opinions
70 dsown, and that, far as be knew the
Onnuian body had Yet he acknowledged that the
BODY OF Christian doctrine which the Church Universal has
ID all ages received destined still be received and
perpolnated under formulas not essentially dHerea from
tnose an which It is now received. But he anticipated
they WOULD be received such way as would leave I'M
euecteQ ana unimpaired the distinctive doctrines Of Uni
tarianiaxl The theology Of Christendom had by lis IN
hospitals interpretations driven out many of the
Des. M ss - .he civilized world, and religious