The national Republican., 1867-10-28
LOCAL DEPARTM EN- 7.
Church Services Yesterday,

Church Services Yesterday.
It was mild and pleasant during the forenoon
Of yesterday, but In the afternoon and toward
evening, clouds gathered from the southeast, and
\ grew bleak and chill. There was an excel.
lent attendance at the morning services, bat In
the evening there were a less number Of som-
municants present.
CHURCH or rHE NEW JERusALEx.
Services at the church Of the Now Jerusalem
were conducted yesterday morning by the Rev.
ChauDosy Giles Of New York. Previous TO the
sermon, the ordinance Of baptism was adminis.
tered to four children, all Of one family. John
Ward Hunt was also ordained As minister with
simple yet expressive ceremonies. ... ....s.
The text selected was from the bth chapter Of
Matthew, nth and 18th verses Think not
that am come 10 destroy the law or the prophstsj
am not come TO destroy, but to falhl. For verify
I ay unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one
jot or one little shall In nowise pass from The law
till all be fulHllsd.n rl
The Lord ard the man stand at the extremes
Of intelligent beings. Man Is Q mere formed
receptive from tho Lord, Tho mind Of man as
spirit 10 . spiritual censor. The Lord comes
TO man not to destroy but to fulsl. He comes
TO man that he may have life, and that more
abundsntiy. In whatever form the Lord comes
1t Is not to destroy man but TO make his former
coming more complete than before. The abyss
between US and the Lord Is filled with divine
truth. The Lord comes to US as We accept these
is an soooptation Of the truths Of the Lord
After the fall Of Adam, he lost the perception which
had been given him-tho Influx into the divine
life. God came to him In other ways, through
his spirit and . consciousness OF right. As the
Lord 10 . God Of infinite love and wisdom. he
sees the ond from the beginning. The Lord
created the material world as an abode Of human
beings.
The Lord created the earth for the wants and
adapts Of man. When the will Of the Lord
comes In q new truth, II does not set aside the
old, 1t only alls It with new meanings. Any one
that will examine the subject will see that the
New Jerusalem ohurch differs from all other
Protestant churches In Its dispensation II 10
- different from the others a. they arc from the
Jews. Much Of the Bible Is enigmaticAl, and
much Of It supposed to relate to the civil and
religious snJoJments Of earth There 10 no pro.
gress In denial and destruction. All true pro.
gress TO the Lord must be through his laws his
Commandments in no other way or no other 70.
llgion can progress advance. By the law and
tho prophets he means the divine revelations as
given US. To fuldll, has two moanings-ous Is
to do q, the prophet has told Us. The real mean
ing Il, however, to all full Of the word Of God
The belief Of the Jews In the earlier ages was
commented on BY the speaker. and the sIpound.
B. ings Of Christ, whom upon earth, advertsd to-
The Christian held more In reverence the law
and the prophet that the Jew. The truths Of
Christ were q direct advance upon the Jewish
Church, becoming crystaliIed into doctrinss
Tho Church at present 10 In about tho same con.
dtion as the Jews were with the advent of
Christ. They preach old formulas, reiterating
them over. Christ must come again-some think
to destroy, winding up everything. But he will
not come as such. He will come to fuial and TO
save. There have been no doctrines ever re-
ceived by man so true as the cardinal doc trines
Of christianity. He believes In one superior
being. In the resurrection, In the bible, in q
heavenly happiness, and q hell Of misery for the
wicked. We accept their doctrines without hes
itation, without reserve. The doctrines Of the
new Church explain satisfsoteriiy MANY .h'.ss
not solved BY members Of the Christian Church.
We often wonder why tho bible Is 50 oontradio.
tory. The new Church explains satisfactorily
all contradiction.
Every new part gives you new light, and you
advance nearer every day. Advance from faith
to knowledge. and the understanding finds itself
with the spiritual doctrine OF law and order.
We see that the obligations to live by law Is
within our own nature, not by the arbitrary law
Of man. Man cannot escape punishment by
violating . spiritual law any more than he can
escape physical punishment BY violating physi-
cal law. Our doctrine does not teach man to
break the commandments, but teaches him no "
best to understand them. 1t teaches Us how to
enjoy the blessings Of Heaven by leading .
heavenly life. While the Now Church is ortho-
doI and oIsmplhed 1t is still progressive. It
holds out to man the greatest inducement for
the exercise Of every Intellectual and spiritual
faculty, and brings him to that now world where
all Is happiness.
ST. PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH.
There was an excellent attendance at this church
last evening. Rev. DR.. Butler, the ofasiatipg
clergyman Of tho church, delivered the sermon,
which was moro than ordinarily impressive. The
text selected was from the 18th verse, 4Sth chap.
ter of Isaiah: "0h that thou hadst hearkensd to
my commandmentsi then had thy peace been as
river, and thy Righteousness as tho waves Of
the sea"
The teIt Is Gods lamsntation over nations
dead with sin. Such was ancient Israel. In
captivity, her peace, prosperity. and happiness
departed. God himself mournsd over her sin.
God't commandments are not to be transgrelssd
with impunity. We arc not now under . cove.
nant OF evils, but we are under q covenant Of
grace. 1t is not possible for individuals or fam
lilies or nations to sontemn Gods work or His
law. Nations are but the aggregate Of families
or communities, and God deals with men and all
nations.
II we look at the history Of the world We sec
what God has done with nations. Those who
have disrsgarded his laws have psrishsd and we
can see upon their epitsphs. "Disd from forget
fulness OF God" Peace and prosperity Is what
We desire. And how can We secure 1t? The
text says "Oh, II thou wouldlt hearken to my
comma Andmsnts." Gods blessings do not come
to US spsriugly. They come to us In the
air We breathe, the food We eat, the drink
We have Have you ever thought how God
supplies US with food' Gods msreiss arc
not stsgnaut, but ever abundant With our In
creasing years and experience God meets our
wants, Tho divine life never stagnates In the
times Of our greatest need God 10 near
David meaneth much when he said God gives
US song In tho night. His grace 10 abundant
and ever fresh, and tho river Is continually
swelling and rolling on. Whom God expands
the desires Of your souls, He also multiplies your
peace. God furnishes grace ever glowing and
expanding as the wants Of the soul require It,
Whatever troubles We may have, whatever trials
we may have, whatever bitter experience We
may havs, the world will not save US; but the
believer will exolAim-the grace Of God will save
me God has in Ills heart fountain Of living
water, and He sends around Him the record Of
His holy life.
The great want Of the age is living Christi.
anity. In our looks, In our acts We must show
II, so that men may know We are Christians, not
from our professions but letting our light so
shine that man may see it, and We glorify our
Father who art in Heaven.
To the sinner the speaker addressed his 70.
marks, and quoried whether the glories Of othoavon
were to bo lost for the sinful appetite on EARTH
passion, lust and unbelisf We may be poor, We
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