The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-11-14


Tho Church Of the Partans, In Union square, very
well attended last evening, the occasion being the de-
livery by Dr. heever Of discourse on the subject Of
slavery which recently attracted considerable attention
IN Chicago, where Dr. Cheevcr delivered il before the
American Missionary Association The congregation was
W no means 40 large ordinary occasions al this
pe Of worship, which well accounted for BY the fact
that the weather was rough tempestuous to degree
ssrende.d travelling anything but comfortable. Rude
Boreas blew With uerce and beisterous BREATH while
drizzy rain, mixed With snow, continued increasingly to
fall until long after the services had commenced Tho
airer portion Of the congregation q decided mino
ry but there we're yet goodly number Of both sexes
who were undauned by atmospheric nconvcnienccs and
who were therefore at their posts.
The services Of the evening began In the usual rm BY
tho singing Of Bishop Heber's immortal lyman
From Grccniands ICY mountains,
From midas coral strand,
Where Africs sunny fountains
Roll down their golden sand
From many an ancient river,
From many pAlmy plain.
They call US to deliver
Their land from error 3 chain.
Dr. Cnx then read the seventy second Psalm, setting
forth the character Of Justice and righteousness Tie
reverend gentleman offered up short prayer which no
mplored Almighty God baptse his Church and people
the early professors Of the Christian faith who NOT
alone content 10 believe in their Saviour but were always
snd
Christ AZ Of moro vaiuc than the treasures OF Egypt
Dr. CnvxR selected his text from the ed chapter Of
verses "For Zon's sake will / not hold my
peace, and for Jerusalems sake will until
righteousness shall 60 forth brightness and the saliva
ton thereof like lamp that burneh," &C. The Arst part
ofthe discourse confined TO Investigation into the
warnings and commands OF the holy prophet that the
truth and righteousness Of God unchanging, and
that the kingdom he has established only exist
those foundations Any obstacles that In
way Of the righteousness Of God and his kingdom
cannot be suffered to exist, but must BIO swept
out q the way. He quoted great number Of
passages from the sacred writings to show how perfect
were the Righteousness and holiness Of God, how
tirely incorporating Is His law with all kinds Of SIM
He then entered upon q review Of the Of slavery,
which he ranked In the same category as murder adu
terry, incest drunkenness, and other sins which the
church disapprovcs, aud for which, found guilt
", they are communicated they will not reform This
sin he sad great obstacle In the way Of the king
dom o God and righteousness and II for the church
and ministers OF Christ to apply themselves to the
mova OF such stumbling block by lifting up the stand
ard Of resistance for the people by manfy applying the
word OF God in all its might 70 this gigantic SIM The gio
rious nature OF Gods righteousness his mercy love and
regard for the the needy the oppressed and those
that have helper demand OF his ministers that they
should resist the evil Nothing of questionable morality
can be allowed to stand in the way Of the truth of God
1t must be swept away, If the members Of
the Church of Christ maintaining any
thing that is subversve OF the righteousness OF
God, that ,hir must be put away The terrible
quences that will certainly fall those who contemptu
ousy infringe the plain commands Of God in this respect
awnly portrayed in the 14h chapter Of the Pro-
phecies OF Ezekiel There was more than obstacle
in the way Of Gods righteousness but this
directly in the way that As Ezekiel says, "The people
have set up in their hearts and put it in way and
not only do they insist that is not criminal bat that
It is great stone of granite in the
edihce Of the righteousness of God This was an
awful crime, to be resisted by all good men. Dr.
Cheever thea went to show that long slavery Is
maintained at home . the Uuited States, the efforts of
missionaries to extend toe Kingdom OF Christ in Africa
mt He he left
Of missionary TO Africa TO demonstrate how rife the
slave trade in French ships, and how injurious to
the cause Of son Proof, he said abounded to show
the guilt OF the nation in going hand In hand only In
support OF the foul system, but the declaration that
1t IS OF good service in advancing missionary work.
Suchslies and deformiy were worthy Of all condemna-
ton The very fact that the missionaries could speak
at home what they state abroad proof Of the
wheming power OF slavery to oppose and crush down
the truth. He eucrgetcaiy declared that unless the
churches Of Christ unite in opposing
ing this hndrance they would be swept away like the
church of Pergamas for giving heed TO the doctrine Of
BALKAN and the errors Of the Nicolihins, or like the
church of yatra for suffering the false prophecies of
churches swept from the face of the GARTH that
not vcstge Of them remains, were not one half as
church and ministry The reverend gentleman brought
great research and logical scucncss to bear the
ect taking up all the objections TO the interference Of the
church in slavery. and dealing with them sammary. To
say that the church should not mcddie iu the mat,
ter, because It was not an anuslavery, institu-
ton, would be rs bad TO say that the
directors of railway company should not attach
a catcher their steam engines because 1t was not
their duty to catch Obstacles but merely drive
straight ahead or to say that because mercantile house
London New York did not up rs an anti
gambling firm, that, therefore, they should permit their
clerks keep faro table In their aud to
gamble much as they pleased. This not to be
pected And If an engineer, while steaming the
track Of his road, sees plank put across, upon
this principle he should not stop remove
but drive straight it, and break up his engine THE
reverend gentleman said that of these things
more Inconsistent than the assertion thut the church
should not attack slavery II was no reason for alb
staining from the attack because multitude and custom
supported it. This only made it muttudnous error
and it must be the more warmly and determinedy en-
countered. Job not afraid Of multitude when hs
had to speak Gods truth, and neither should the
church be afraid. He wished that there few Jobs
in this country. He argued that it was absurd
to say that inherited slave property could not
be interfered with, for the rights of the pro-
prie,ors must be respected II would Just as well To
in getting Sc, 900 which he leaves to his children, has
right to coufer that money-whch no stoe-up0n his IA
my, while the children of the whom he com
med the forgery and robbery were alive poor and in dis
II cannot by long possession translation be made
to pass into virtue 1t is Just like saying
that man who has poisoned his ncighbor
and stolen his property, which he leaves
their neghbors also This the vie of the
case The clearly opposed to, in and BY tho Word
Of Cod and he dced any creature, in heaven, earth
bell, to say that il was not So
Tile rest of the sermon devoted to a scorching FIRE
on the neglect of part of the church, and the
gentleman concluded by calling all good men, the
church and out Of it, to unite ike mon in the East
West and Morrill, and to come like phaanx for the
extirpaton of the sin.
Jersey City News.
HOMICIDE NEWARK AvESuE.-Coroner Morris, of Jar-
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