The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-10-08

the spesd Of the gospel Ireland might not be forgotten
and was thought that hat Church should synpa.hize
with thorn he appealed for help that they might help
seventy minstss in Ireland one hundred ana ffsy Of
which effective. One fourth Of these are cir
csi.s where the people sustain them while the other
three foaThs are on missionary ground This onefoor,h
and colleges 70 educate the people that come to this
you by emigration have gathered them in. Do
forget the Church that gave you Patrick Henry and
Robert Sazordge and hosts OF others she case
Lecture by Rev. Charles H Snsyth ON the
VSees OF the Clergy.
large and respectable congregation attended at the
afternoon service at this church yesteray when very
Interesting and well treated address delivered by
the pastor Of the clergy. The greatest atten
ton paid TO IL throughout The clergyrn man, after
reading the twenty third chapter OF Matthew, said no
would choose text, he intended TO give lecture
and not sermon, because it allowed liberty In dealing
with the subject which could not with propriey be
taken in sermon. His discourse prepared
specially for the occasion, bot was first delivered Two
hundred miles distant therefore remarks we're in
tended TO be in the slightest degree OF personal charao
TER. In speaking of the vices OF the clergy he first
question that was, whe were meant by the cergyf
In olden times among the Jews, the priests, Levtes
scrbes and doctors OF the church were their clergy
When Christ appeared and instituted his Church no
established new order of clergy. clergy, commencing conn
from Philippians second chapter, end First Timothy,
third chaper FIRST seventh and thirteenth verses
planatoy Of what were the clergy Of the
Church 81 Christ The clergy Of the present time might
be divided into two casseeteachers and dciators COM
monty called ministers, and ruling elders and deacons
frequently including trustees Now to the vices OF
these men. The word vice meant literally fault or
defect and serious matter when il referred To
class OF who teachers in the church of
Lord and Saviour WhsR they ected the quail flea
OF the elders in the olden time they might
bly, expect TO find celebrated for virtue earnest
piety great zeal and If they had not
those qualities why should they have been appointed to
the Officer Yet in the time of Christ the crimes Of these
mensSere SO enormous that when the woman who was
caught in adultery brought by them before Him, He
SAID him who is without sn cast the first stone;
and when He demanded of the woman who were
her saccusers they ali SUNK away, self-condemned
and conscious OF their own guilt The clergy
in the Christian Church which then sprung up were diff
ferent could he found more holy than
the Apostles and first teachers Of the Gospel But after
corrupons sprung up and continued 10 spread
and spread until OF Martin Luther when
rnpton and crime in the church had become universal
1t was this that stirred the soul Luther origin
atod then the religion known as the Protestant
Professionalism then rescued the church from the de-
PRAYED position ii occupied And whoever travelled in
foreign lands could there at present in Protest
ant countries more morality and higher tone of honor
thar those in which the Catholic religion protested
We all had great respect for the clergy class
account OF their Office especially and personally for
such among them content 70 preach the Gospel
practise its duties But for those who neg
lected to do So and who perverted the word
more respect than Christ had when He censured the
byp0crtes OF HIS day II should be remembered that
the clergy men OF like passions With the rest OF
mankind. But from their own observation they could
the Protestant clergy nowadays were not generally
gay Of the vices others But there were still
many faults 10 which, class they peculiarly
addicted The first was the of proper business
habits and common sense. Some time since he had
conversation with gentleman who made renar, that
struck him "a being verv proper Said he, CLERGY do
not mix sufficiently with the people They put them
selves above and keep aloof from other men; they
spead their days pouring over books and studying,
and shnt themselves up like monks In cl0ister,
and when they come out ami mngle IN society
tl.az rAn. ban tsx
the hand and talked TO A. other They should
throw away ths excIusiveness and mingle with other
men ind She result would he they would learn great
deal Of what going in the world than they
otherwise would The second vice OF the clergy was
false teaching. Religions might be cassed under two
heads the religion Of God and the religion Of the devil
The religion Of God found in the Bible and in nature
The religion Of God was found under either OF two
general headsthe religion Of the priest which the
same in Pagansm, Mohamedsnism, popery and Pusey-
ISM and the religion Of the philosopher which the
theologians rationaisc theologians Priescraft
taught all people 10 apply 70 the priest for advice
on every subject. and have no will OF their own
| and TO think that without the priest nothing
could he done. The evils OF this system were
Witnessed in The decay OF Catholic countries Another
defect peryerting the truth by preaching politics
instead of the Gospel, and continually impressng
their hearers the political dogmas Of the parties
10 which they belonged. This the case four years
ago among the secessionss OF the south and among
other clergymen the North and they had all the
patriotism which beat In the breast OF every Ameri
citizen Every man in this land loved his country
on earth to she Original form given by God to
the Jews NJ the time OF Moses And the
time would come when MOI only NORTH .,s Ams r,s
I've all one vast United States under the one
glorious banner Of liberty In reference however, TO
the manner OF teaching very few OF the clergy preached
at all They did something that was called preaching
but which were properly essays; and he would md
schoolboy attending Of the academies who could
write Just AZ good essay any OF them The preach
spent their time during the week preparing their
nowe III Oye ma
but with nothing good and substantial for the mind TO
digest They ncaied away in the clouds and painted
pictures in the skies far above the heads OF their congre
CATIONS, but they did not touch every day life and
bring their Instructions homo to the hearts OF their hearers
practise what they preached They bclived there
terrible day Of judgment come, when ali men should
account for their deeds earth, yet what they
doing to prepare people for that day. II a was
passing the great lire which occurred the night before
stand still saw, 'Oh wish the poor people
that but he woud gve the alarm aud call the fire.
men, and 10 TO work aud &c, the people out 80 should
the clergy 10 work in Ike manner. Now the elect OF
these The part of the clergy TO throw the
Huence they before bad the hands OF the press
let any person look the superiority Of the press
present And would not he AZ all strange " The i'm
beetle and useless clergy were set aside and the press
which even this has taken their places in
respects substituted III their stead In former
the clergy welded great power but now the men Wild
SIC al the desk and wiea that pen which Is mighie,
STATES One OF the leading daily papers In this city had
to-day greater power and more influence on The desii
all the pupits in the United States After lew
| remarks the lecture was brought to close.
| Services al -. Peters, Protestant Episcopal
Church, brooklyn.
Quse large congregation assembled al -. Peters
prolctant Episcopal chuh In State street. near Bond
last evening drawn thiher by the notice tnsi Bishops
Payne and williams. tho former . missionary TO the
West Of Africa and the latter Of the CHINA mission
would ~ present and address the congregation Both
OF the reverend gentlemen spoke al some length Of
progress Of civilization and religion through the in
trumentality OF ula and religious influence and In
eloquent terms urged their hearers to assist still further
in their work Of evangei ,ation by their
pecuuary aid There many millions both IN Africa
China, who vet have heard the ~oris %
the gospel
Tx CaoToA AouE0Ucr DEPARTMENT.