New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-02-15
RELIGIOUS.
THE REV. p. F.. HALE AT THE COOPER, lNsii
TIITE-" PUBIICANS AND SINNERS

y. - s hos Gained MIN fame that doubtless
added curiosity to the devouter motives Oh many Va ~
heaTers Not mean in stature, ike Paul. put Vi lui hH
Mr. Hale with his bearded face, thoughtful brow ana
Thin clustering locks scarce touched WITH ages HoSt
gh+ mako fine puIpit presence were not the rounded
chandler and the slightly Bonded knee suggestive OF
care and devotion than Of grace though, even setung
tbeso aside his heavy shoes and sut Of plain industrious
hlaek would scarcely commend him TO those faStdouS
worsnipers who pick out pastors by r OfO' mn
aeJdjsh rules Even his voice Is NOV o,n on
tssl though earnest ii. ana ana FROM Matthew xi 10
friend Of publcaps and sinners"-and prUce s the
ably Illustrate the truth that leaus. no. fiiY school
81 STATE aud to vehemontly protest against a tT ruling his
u those who represent te tat of perfect love This
texf il a central one, describing Chsts nc anu WI -.
pTincipe he left FOR to work upon To tins prncpe
Sc trusted the success Of me gre4t OlSaH aVon
thontH It compelled him to ally himself With tn,
bitterly hated class in Palestine me of ~
ost soGs pc6pie in TIC world Aud this wetbeloyed
eo Of ID ass6ciaes with those who dsparaged and
lcgted and with sinners who out OF all COMMUNION
With people of character and takes into his symPataes
the hated pubicans and the sinbranded caugntsrSo
crime-carng though II offend all the respeGta9iny
OF the age caring regn N Jerusalem by the FAVOR
Of the powerful If only The Kingdom Of God might come
through pu9licans and sinners Inc same Pncg WT5
into the world Such the intensity OF S love Ior
chem and theirs for him. that there was no argument
them Lis stan officers and the leaders or MS klnRdo
fsiti and hope. aud love Og King Of Bashan Iegned
because be was eight or nine Ieet nigh e9q cnose
Of chyary The world says has got beyond that ana
leaders becuse they arc smarS TO tak instead
o. q 10 fence Under that system ruled the Rcheleus
and tl aaron Blrrs and the world thinks an improve.
meut. 5 it not the Masters improvement He didnt
be led higher and hcher and higher into the kingdom,
snd that the worlds leaders should be the men VINO
Nm. tt IIovTds and ST Johns men Who we're willing
to hpCpr %
might lead instead Of drive When any OF us VINO nave
children arc willing to lead them by real love,
h. .ntie words by truly firm persuasion can do what
choose W,h them; but some hot ana tred AFTERNOON
WHOM ara>scd and crossed by theln ana III our IN
wisdom undertake the old system We know the dim
eu!iS OF driving even our own dtt cues lU ti ~ ,,
stead! improvement the business OF Teaching tue young
IN schools Forty years ago school was place where
~ Ioi i,, beS'i,i the master coutinnav
his education. But all that, thank God is changing II not
chalccd aud when see a teacher leading little children,
aud tug their lives unfold as God and nature direct,
tHb 10 the finest Illustration of Christianity in the
world. Tie Same thing Is illustrated In the success OF
Christian ssions contrasted with the Missions Of the
hohonmedanS; who tired to drive men into
sonares have said Follow" they have succeeded. Tho
rea fI one Gd and sef Paul RS
Atheans these good men or theX 'eIe go3 ' US
Whatever OF evil was mixed with it shall del said to
those heathens We have come TO announce TO you more
perfectly Him whom you ignorutly worship and TO
leach yon further concerning HIM" How much more
sought 70 drive out All the faith lie might find in order to
And the thing illustrates itself in all ministries.
among crime ana among the poor The reporter who
workhouse, and went through what the London beggar
goes through nightly that he might tell the story to the
fora single night than all the preaching Of lifetime
These Illustrations show Christ's success in estab
lshng that empire for which lac was willing TO die and
which is leading us all in ways we have not known.
Wien tell you OF wratliui God armed with thun-
ders and ghuings and seeking to drive men to do his WILL
tel them his was the doctrine OF Christ whose gospel
knows nothing Of God sitting like Jupiter on Olympus
ard driving before hln with thunderbolts. All of
that belongs 70 the old Ielsh al lotes' WINE IA he new
kingdom the law perfect love- ana IL is certain that
Power and the King kings Ike hs wellbeOyed son, is
"a flieHd OF pubiicans ana riilneTs
METHODIST MISSION wORK-sT. PAUL'S MISSION
AIRY ANNIVERSARY.
st. Paurs Methodist Episcopal Church, corner
of Fourth-ave and Twenty its Mission
arv Anniversary yesterday This year the nfteh OF
the existence Of tins Society In the ffty years it
has expended for Missionary purposes more than
ss50OCo II now employs 80 commissioners III dleIeht
foreu lands WHO aided by 256 native preachers ana
teachers and 2l5 serving in missions in America are
ity with which operations OF the Society is extending
see IN s aGi 61 % fe p l Wore fore
The current year arc $4,000 10 raise their p1rt OF
yesterday II the custom of this church to do every
thing Of this kind quietly and quickly Accordingly dur
ing the previous week notices Of the collection were sent
10 each member, with an Enclosed straightforward.
Sunday morning the Pastor, the Rev Dr. H. Rldgeway,
preached an eloquent sermon ron MAI WV IA Aid
the Gospel OF the Kingdom shall be preached in all the
world Tor witness unto AL an nations aud then
shan the end come The plates were then
passed through the congregation, and in ten
minutes money and subscriptions were received 10
the amount Of 900 In the afternoon the children Of
the Sunday school were addressed by the Rev. }; J.
sTy ia InGa. aud by W. W Cornell esq who is Constant
worker the missions OF this city, to wNh nc gives
far from $4,000 year the cOntIg1aiU1 10 Vi ne
6undayScEOO were then received 9aOuHitms ~ oaSr
LOO. In the evening large codgtegat3Hi was au'
dressed by the Rev Mr. GraceJi on ne W Gs e
heather PHILOSOPHERS OF India ahd the Soik S T T
missions in that Land and by the EeV DI Jo.h diail e
Pastor of the Presby erisn Shqrch oHf VI @ &
which iHcfeased Tire offerings OF che day to about $1,000
THE CATHOLIC VIEW OF SIM
st. AIMS Roman Catholic Church on Eighth
st was densely filed ast evening, attracted by the first
of series OF dls,urses OH the Sacrament Of Penance
by the pastor me Rey Thomas s. Preston Father Pres
ton took rs text Jeremiah H. 10 ana then said that
lie dfsre5 20 speak in simple and practical
moon subject particularly practical and necessary
f S9t e " Goerns: Z Tie church he said have formed
fhe strongest objections 10 those doctrines IN e saeTg
Sacrament Their objections would vanish and It would
PROVE I've to S SPS r. q R f s at sS
because PrOtesan desire make IL less the sight Of
God but nj fault arising from their SYSTEM Profes
tants lac said, have idea Of baptsna grace and they
unable distinguish between mortal aud venial sin
Fone oven DENYING the distinction Father Preston pro-
reeded illustrate the difference them,
fined sin as act OF an iuegen agent Iebeng against
Almighty God. Sin, he SAID, mpes Il law OF God, and
tie punishment that is to follow upon the violation
OF that law. Man alone sin because he only has free
will God could prevent sin except by taking away
the gravity OF the O8nse what the Church calls mortal
SIN Is where in great and weighfy matter there is de-
Bin is eternal, endless; IL Is repeDted OF and
Citation with God without change, the result is eternal
punishment God not bound TO raise us again to a
supernatural condition, and II in His infinite mercy
that lie became the Second Adam, restoring TO the
supernatural destiny which had been Fall OF
ths First Adam Father Preston then pointed out that