The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-04
Lecture Of Rev. X. NJ. I,andts in Ropo

Chapel.
THE PROsCHIBED HOOh-H!s DEEENCE OF IT--THE
NEW KEY TO HEAVEN THE ROCK ON WHICH
THE CHURCH srLTTs-TIE FfAsCO AT TIE COOPER
INSTITUTE, ETC.
Last evening the Rev 8. NJ Lands NJ ~ and n D.
known TO the New York public as the srthor Of q
pamphlet entitled "The Key TO Heaven" and the
selling Of which an iiincrnnt agcnta few
days since ted and her oool conBcaed obscene
production, delivered lecture last evening in Hope
Chapel Broadway. The Rev. Doctor had advertised q
lecture come on in Cooper Institute henday last
but at the hour OF meeting found by he Doctor
and those whom he had attracted bear hm that the
doors OF that building closed, and ndm.t'ance
permitted for hr purpose for which he had 'ugagod IT.
lecture In defence the principles oi Lis GGcted
key to Heaven" Last evening" however, lie obtained
the to the Interior and OF Hope Chapel and
there about eight o'clock the hour fixed the lecture
forty fifty people were assembled There
unaCcountably large force "Mcropotbns In the
otcr hall of the building the absence of any force ~
the same on the previous Monday being the
cause assigned Tor exclusion OF IN" lecture. from the
Cooper Institute
The lecturer, gsutemany looking persorare Of some
thirty five YEAR,, with bBe "uborant APPEND
age 10 his lace an evident believer IN and contomr TO
his principles OF hygiene, " they to bc taken
promoves of health az asserted by hu, puon tho
platform punciuay To- the moment He commenced ny
referring the fact hat lac Ind be badly treated
BY the pcce authorities Of New York ard by the
legal eypounfcrs of rs state aws--nTst IN the
arrest Of his t-en and the seizure oi hi books, and
tlen in prc enlng him an opportunity vrccating
said book from the charge 81 obsccnty which had been
made preence for rs seizura Good God h exclaimed
In The warmth ofhis feelings 1t obs eh,ty the CHRIS
tan city OF New York 20 rach men The mo han and
physiology Of the human system, which rs only abustc
now because men know nothing about u. Oh oh, Oh,
what abominable state Of affairs this Isl Oh eno-
rance Ignorance, wnst have you to ior The
Chrrch incuated prayers and all Ia at thing but
might pray till they the knees out Of their
pantaloons, without any good coming of IT, long
they did not do something their ucighbors That
bis miseon-o teach hi neighbOrs and fellow men bow
to live. The rock the Church split upon was that IL
worldly, hnsncior ioring-not Christian moral Church
The ignorance OF the nineteenth century beyond
belief New York must repent IN sackcoth and ashes
Look at the politicians o! New York | say Unto yon
were better that they born than that they
should hold olice Anarchy must prevail when The rsb
be and the drunkatds govern the land Unul the
Church and State be noyated unto rghtc wick
edness must flourish a. II " Look city, with is
innumerabe holes it, tobacco holcs ts restaurant
holes and all rs other sinking holes Look az the bilious
saow, scky, lantern jaws 0f the and weak, dis
torted unsghty forms OF the women and you have the
whole history OF morality in New York. For himself,
he hated tobacco smells, smells restaurant smelsi
he hated hoops aud cfnoincs and all the ale Htions of
women who will not live up 10 natures avs. They
charged his book obscene without giving tho reo-
pie chance Of reading H. and they put hs agent
into Jail without shauce Of communicating with her
friends Then when he desired 20 defend has book he
hired hall for the OF which hey took his money,
then closed doors aud refused :" refund him his
money They had charged his book as obscene. Now
a LAWYER In Philadelphia. when he heard this, ex-
claimed before Cod II that book OF yours IL obscene,
then every book IN the land-the Bible itsef-s ob.
scene Was fair ~ trost him so' The public press,
that should be the educator Of the people joined tho
CRY against him, condemning him for thing while
they give him word of praise for the thousand
and good things he had done for the human
Ia conclusion, the lecturer said he had organ zed u
church in Phlade phia-the "First Progressive Chrs-
tian Church Of Phadelpha'-and he intended to
among them again for that purpose he would bid them
good bye. This concluded the lecture.