New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-08

modern society Tho critical temper OF our ne apPncS
remorseless analysis TO every form o. UUsfsnai
thought and endeavOr disentegrates the mos c
Institutions and threatens TO resolve &c advocates of
state Rights would break the nation ~ fI and cy
when EreelOvsts would dissolve IS ales s1eculators
puuge home from the eaItn WIZ lie CeItTenetaI and
would break the bonds which balance t in me s[reen
centrifugal forces Of benetcent eS d reduce All pus
and harmony Of the industrial WOIu anu
70 game Of grab, we need hO Moie1 ei ~ fbe
institutions crack and crum4e uG1n 90 FOO reat or
dissOlyng chemstries Wllcn nOeiiiIs - Tba Chnrcb
sacred 10 escape and that men openly ay 5He On4tEH
Is an outwor useless relic OF Dehlehteo uays' LIZ
saddlne bands and leading strings II was useful in the
infancy Of the race perhaps 9h lgY py seInDS ~ fr
law nTiess II was built human ignorance and crea
ulity frescoed with fears and superSons, ana set O
with spectral lights and shades, while IT'S roofs snu' O
tbe heavens and its walls the light and the truth Az
The best il is merely fringe the robe of modern soc
e5 S,gIjfsap ciyiGzatiop viii soon discard" You have
answered this destructive skepticsm and expressed your
modern life in this beautiful edce erected at so much
personal sacrifice and cost The Church IS IepItsSH
tive structures its value, influence, ana contlhuea w
steRce depend upon the character Of the facts ana ioC
OF which 1t is the symbol and exponent our Owl % ~
an inconstant Deity and ftful Providence. Inc GOO
worship is an everpresent LIE anu anu h aOd'
creating aud destroying, blessing and bhghnns
alike by the steady persistent opeIa d Hs With s
germs Of thought and sentiment IS the substance anu
essence Of our religion, the keynote OF our ana 10
spraton OF our prayer. burden our breath Ana 10
the service Of that Gospel dedicate these walls our
naDds nave reared LOT tonies and formal worship
have no place. We do not sympsthize with the forms
and ceremonies OF other churches and denominations
The great want Is not FORM but feeling not sacTa
ments but sentiments, not mechanical motions OF me
priest but prophet who speaks what the Spirit gives
him TO utter words of thunder or OF fire Ihreeqar
OF people are outside OF the chuIcnes oga!
because churchmen have turned reason outof doors rms
church is built this pulpit Is dedicated TO tne service OF
religion that IS reasonable which cares 10 thnk anu
inquire nor ties any human tongue with creed or cafe
chism All true progress has been toward te IeaizaGn
OF the religious idea, and all future ADVANCE nus5 pc III
the line OF Christian truth toward the ideal OF
social order and the personal holiness OF Wcn JIsus d
type and head And whatever sets ioth aI Itut' anu
holds up that IDEAL is one OF the forces OF cvLatlo
as the principle it represents. So by consecratng TINS
humble edhce TO sacred use declare our faith in
our power TO the welfare and progress Of mankind
THE TRUE IDEA OF PUNISHMENT.
The Rev Geo. II. HepwOrth, pastor of the
Church of the Messiah preached yesterday forenoon
upon the True idea OF Punishment Here and Hereafter
The sneaker found his in ST. Mark, ix a. Where
the worm dieh not ard the fire Is not quenched, ana
said have chosen these words because for many hun
ded years they regarded literal description OF
the world of woe into which all sinners are to bepunged
But N these later days when trust God more than we
have trusted him before We insist upon certain
freedom of Interpretation and we say that 1t is only
strong symbol OF type OF that inevitable punishment
which follows crime. We nave rght 10 lOOk lnto
The general spirit the New Testament itself and TO n-
erpret any particular passage by the obvious intention
OF the writer the whole. These dogmas have threat
eDed thousands into atheism mhueWeG many an actNe
mind and corrOded many wOmanly heart God pun
shes only 10 from future sim You put your huger
IN the re you are burned Is God revengefu III burning
your finger No. II Is only q lesson 10 you,
teaching you that fire and fingers were not
intended TO come together. You yield 10 your
physical appetites and passions, and your body
depleted OF Its strength your mhd MIND wastes teIif
No. He Furnishes those crimes with the seyees phys,
transgressor rs and always will be hard. in the
love of cod and do not believe that he Furnishes you
mat there are two worlds IN the hereafter and that
who 90 into the world OF woe turn their back upon
and sacregeous Thought 1.-The God Of Heaven his
back upon the creatures he has made! This doctrine
But again we are told by literal TRANSACTIONS OF certain
passages in the Bible that all those who have not known
dom includes about one-Quarter OF the population
Of the globe threequarer OF all the people now IN ex
stence are therefore condemned TO eternal punishment
But say 1t Is not fair Is u IN accordance with your
own ldeas OF lusuoei ~ ~ 10 NJ! SLe tIaI tn bcar
the voice OF Christ 1t Gods fault for he made them
means by which they should hear the words Of
Christ hear you say those doctrines were Gyen up
sunday school, heard hymn ia which wac this verse
OF eudIer ore and chains
"6 e s, ilaq s5 a a1, s 1sa os bss. wen
Bring up your children upon such food, and II they
don't 20 10 tho bad It Is nos your fault.
ishucnt that follows ever upon the heels OF crime.
believe in the worm that dcth not ana the hre That IS
and old, forget there Is right and wrong You
peace forever more Grant Oh Lord. that we may so
live that in tho last day we shall be able to face Thee
without a blush.
THE NECESSITY OF AN NTALLIBLE DIyEE
REVELATION.
The Rev. DR.. Cheever delivered a sermon
on the Necessity of Infaible Divine Revelation at
Apollo Hall. corner Twentyeghth-st. and Broadway.
yesterday morning selecting his text Luke 9th chap
ters5th and seth verses "And there came voice out
Of the cloud saying This my beloved Son hear him.
After abiding TO the importance OF this theme the
Doctor said that witness is one that must have seen
and known Of himself that whereof he speaks We
demand in the things OF this world not Oh account
OF what others may have and told one but what he
has seen and known OF his knowledge. Much moro
concerning the spiritual world The truth revealed
what Cod only could reveal Cod revealing IT, makes
II inevitably aud absolutely infabe God reveals 1t by
sending his witnesses, and the character Of the
vOuches for the truth and the nature OF the truth makes
infabilty In a witness a necessity. Owe sneak that we
do know and testify that have seen" But human
ReaHeG Go but he that came down from heaven fh9s
Christ speaks, as Gods witness on many occasions and
in many ways reeTatng ana insisting on the fact that
he had into the world directly from the presence,
BOSOM very throne itself Of the Father, on purpose
10 bring Gods message to men, which human being
could do Let consider the necessity OF this nfalble
Divine revelation. II God had permitted the uncer
tantes OF human ignorance the mistakes OF philoso
piers the fables OF stOrytelers the fabrcdOns OF
priests seeking despOtsm Of their own and teaching for
doctrines the commandments OF men, to be mingled with
the turned into the channels OF pure celestial
truth, would have destroyed the essentials Of Divine
revelation, and changed its beDehcent influence into
death making what should have been the water OF life
that without IL men asray from Cod and fail Of saliva
but this very necessity OF any revelation as the
cessity Of its being infabe pointing out truly the dan
10 which exposed and the means OF avoiding
them. Testimony 10 enough, concluded the speaker
probability enough especially considering that 10 Is all
for your good aud that know absolutely thing
which this whole line Of evidence based namely You
have snned and suffering In consequence aud when
God tells you If you do not repent you Will suffer
nay and you refuse you not only unreasonable but
obstinate and a fool
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