The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-10
NEW YORK HERALD SUNDAY OCTOBER TO- l8sy-RIPLE SHEET

IN the saying claimed as being Jesus declaration
Wog Consider sSs church He was e.
build would DC OF Hts own Kingdom and not OF this
worlds, 30 that any temporal church cannot have
authority from Him. any earthly one Ia erected.
| Among all the various creeds on earth In this day
| OF dlsputation ana wrangng conceit, which churcn
can demonstrate by an unmstakabIe proof that
their form OF worship or idea OF the Infinite Good
| ness Is more acceptable TO the Creator than the
otherss WHAT man can prove he Is more righteous
| than his neighbour Where no two atoms are alike
the other correctyf God alone understands Ills
| own work. and every human opinion can only be
conectared rms arrogant OF cnur ss
It was stopped BY the people insisting upon these
would .oe leaders to prove their title and demon.
| strate that they belong to an authority not having
| the l0aveS and fishes IN view. b.
| Auricuiar Coufession Authorized aud De.
| tended.
| To THE EDITOR OF THE HgRALD:-
| WIN you DC kind enough TO allow John Chrysostom
to say word or two IN reply to p LIS com
| munication . few Sundays ago In regard 70 aurtcu
lar confesslont His venerable old age, nothing
ese Will entlrle hun to the courtesy OF being listened
to through your columns. Born IN SAT, he died In
d07-tha Is 10 say 900 years earlier than the date
signed by the knowing =. L. for the institution OF
aurlcuar confession lIsn't this little muddleds-
Ed HERALD But let John Golden Mouth speak
40 mortas has been committed the dispensatlon OF
heavenly things; dlsponsation not given by God to
angels archangcls, for to these 1t was not said,
what you shall bind on earth shall be bound IN
heaven and whatever you shall loose on earth shall
be loosed in heaven.'-Matt vll.. IS. Temporal
princes have power to bind but the body only;
whereas the power or the priesthood binds the soul
ANA reaches 70 heaven. In TINS sense God ratiaes
above and the Lord confirms the sentence OF
lie Bestowed upon them but A' Al! S''s powss s
IN hnou ain shall
give they are forgiven aud whose sins you
shall retain, they are retained.'St John Xxx, 20.
Jewish priests had power to cleanse the eprosy OF
the body or rather not to cleanse IT, but to Judge
hood nave received authority not over The leprosy
OF the body but over the impurities OF the SOUL not
to Judge or 1t when cleansed, but to cleanse 1t alto
gener. Not only have they the ability to regenerate
US IN the LAYER Of BAPTISM but afterwards the power
Of remttlng our sins.-Book Of the Priesthood.
moro fervently and make full and exact confession
OF our sins; for the enemy knows that we can then
treat best OF the things that belong to salvation
and obtain much by conTesslng our and disclos.
ing to the spiritual physician the wounds OF the soul.
tent Tor the evils done; would he speak 10 MIN alone.
without the prlvlty OF any one, and with care lay all
before him, ne WIN easily amend his faillngs The
part Would DO superduous. GREER
The Church Troubles In Jerusalem.
There arc new troubles sprlnging up In Jerusalem.
The Greek Christians built new cupola over the
Church OF the Holy sepulchre and want the exclus.
i've use OF 1t for themselves. which, according to
Oriental law and custom. would give them the ex-
elusive control Of the whole church. The Roman
Catholics, represented by the French Consul. not
only protest against THIS, but have taken fOrcibie
possession OF che building and have even removed
the "fioly Cross" Active hostilities occurred be-
tween the contestants until the Sultan intervened,
drove out both the hostile CHRISTIANS and placed q
Turkish guard IN and over tue church. The strife
ried on between the Ministers OF France Russia and
Turkey.
The Juggernaut Festival In India.
A letter from Calcutta, dated July %, says:-The
great Juggernaut or car festival Is over. Accounts
have not yet been received from Pooree but the
Friend or I,,dta makes the following remarks on the
miserable character OF the festival at Serampore
the next most sacred place In Inla for lis ceebra-
tlon:-
The Juggernaut festival a, serampore closed on
Monday. after pitlaole fashion. The two great
still stand on the roadside, half the ditch
because the people VIII not pull them back to their
places. In spite OF the numbers hired to pull aud to
applaud, the cars were moved on the first occasion
oaiy half the usual distance and there they lie in
AS usual, the Brahmins applied to the authorities
to order" the people 70 pull but Of course III vain.
The common peasantry were heard to reply to the
miserable creatures who urged them from the car TO
pull ut Is all very well, put come and give hand
was taken was never more than u.s. 900 at the highest
and rarely exceeded IS 0Oo-a third Of what il used
to be. For one man there were hfty women and
children. The police under Mr.. RochefOrt, the en-
ergetic district superintendent, kept order well.
There were no accidents and only three cases OF
and idols In the Trunk road, outside of ScramDore.
may be regarded as typical OF the state OF dolatry at
least in ana near the great cltestotterng, but still
defiant, with no enthusiasm and little falth.n
Catholic Converts In PRUSSIA.
The North German CORRESPONDENT OF Berlin has
the following
The erection of a small Roman Catholic monastery
one OF the suburbs OF Berlin, mas excited good deal
OF public attention and elected from several journals
the opinion tnat no converts should be sanctioned
by the State except those destined Tor educational
purposes specially devoted to the care OF the sick.
ii we, however, consult the Prussian constitution
we shall find that 1t nowhere authorizes the gov.
eminent to interdict or IN any way to inter-
fere with religious societies so long as they
restrict themselves to purely ecclesiastical matters.
commit any calculated to disturb the tranquility
OF the community. The thirteenth article OF the con-
cieties can OBJ; am corporate rights by other
than special legislation. The peculiar privileges be-
slowed by such rights are that their possession ena
bles society to acquire real property IN It's own
name, to execute mortgages to claim legacies and
requests, aud to accept donations 1t Is only when
convent desires to acquire corporate rights that 1t
requires a formal recognition by the state; In all
other circumstances these companies are regarded
as private societies. and fail under the control or the
Associations law OF March H. 1850 as soon as they
assume public character convent may there
fore lawfully exist without special authorization
from the State, provided Its property be inscribed in
the name OF a third party OF one OF the members
of the order who Is then regarded by the law as the
tenant.
An Illinois Hardsheii Preacher on the Four
Gates Of Hell-A Queer Sermon.
An Illinois paper Is responsible for the following
William Reynolds, Of Peoria. is well known "a an
enthusiastic worker In the sabbath school cause
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