The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-07-18


the Highest, and the Lord God shall give to Him the
throne Of Hts father DAVID and He shall reign over
there shall be no end. Paul also says Second Tim
othy H. II and l2) 1T Is faithful saying For II we
we suffer with Him we shall also reign with HIM.
Also &c, GSoss mans, ILL., when Christ who .s IS
appears in glory that the Christian shall get his re-
ward; in this life he must have trouble and persecu,
reign with Him. Where is this throne' will
let the prophets answerJeremiah ILL.,, II, "At that
Lord, and all the nations shall gathered unto it,
to the name OF the Lord to Jerusalem; neither shall
This them r se e that was
promised to Christ before He was born this is the
Kingdom Of which He preached throughout Jadea
ieved the good news He preached. ''But where rs
this kingdom nowfn It is nowhere in fac5; but
lxxxix.. IS ss,, "once have sworn BY my holiness
that will not lie to David. HIS seed
the sun sP before me Mnd ~nsn the
promise made to Abraham wlll be be iu,
sS wnsn ,s ne n NEE tn snd e any seed
Christ is that seed ana 10 the " enty-sxth verse;
jesus q Ghrs r. e%s For as many
OF you as have been baptized into Christ have put
on Christ twentyninth verse, "And ifye be Chrst's
then are ye Abrahams seed and heirs. according to
the promise" said that the kingdom was not In ex-
the Of ne r Ss1y IT, s
Greek and Latin Churches are quarrelling over 1t:
yet God has said He would give 1t to His Son.
tell us that tt the a'' immortal soul goes to
wnen as yet lie has no kingdom: Or such teachers
will only say Christ said Of the Pharisees, verify
His Kingdom from the rivers to the end Of the EARTH
and shall Judge righteous Judgment then shall every
man SIT under his own vine aad Ing g tree and none
neighbor 'Know the LORD, +" but all shall know Him
from the least of them unto the greatest Of them
for the knowledge OF the glory OF the Lord shall
the earth the waters cover the sea- At that
day and time shall man do as he would be done by;
until that time. 1t never will come through the pO-
hucal intrigues OF men or from any goodness Of
men, for the heart OF man is evil continually and
desperately wicked.
Pastoral Letter on Presbyterian Union-Pre-
pairing Head on the EcumenicaI Conn.
ell.
The joint committee appointed by the General
Assemblies Of both branches OF the Presbyterian
Church have addressed pastoral letter to the pres
byeres and churches urging the necessity or early
action III confirming the work of the assemblies re-
latlng TO reunion The committee say
We beg you to notice that, inasmuch as the
Affirmative vote Of thirds OF the presby teres
nected with each assembly Is requisite, each presby
terry must act or be counted in the negative And
action must be taken definitely on or before the 10Th
day OF October, and statement OF the vote Of the
presbytey must be certified to the stated clerk OF its
assembly prior to November /. And besides, In Or
der to secure transmission the commissioners should
bring up in hand to the adjourned meeting OF the
Assembly In Pittsburg on the 10th OF November q
duplicate certificate OF the action Of their respective
presbyteres.
And now brethren, do not the times demand Of
rs such organic consolidation, when the forces OF
AntlChrist are everywhere organizing union against
the Lord and against His Amounted, and when the
rallying call for an Ecumenical Council goes forth
from kOme, that would fain muster her recruits
from the Protestant ranks for the great coming
nict? Our best answer to the POpes Encyclical will
muncated to the Papai conclave at the Vatican in
December. We are loudly summoned to reuntte
now when such gigantic enterprises are on foot to
lief and disbelief are banding their forces to destroy
the Christian faith, TO break down the Christian
blessed Christianity from the world; when Roman
ism, RatiOnasm and Ritualism make up the trlune
falsehO0d which denies all that Is vital In our doc
trine and worship, and when the great deceiver
goes forth in all the earh with sleepless energy, to
instigate kings and peoples to all the horrd orgies
OF Atheism.
The basis Of reunion has been unanimously ap-
proved by the Presbyteries Of Geneva, Cortland.
Ontario Troy, Bufao, Champlain, Cincinnati, Utica,
Cedar Rapids Oswego and st. Louis.
The basis has also been approved by the 70. 81
Presbyteries of New York. Londonderry Albany,
Allegheny City, Ohio, st. Louis, Beaver, Clarion,
Salisbury Buffalo city, Troy and Philadelphia; una
nimousy by all, except New York, which had one
nay, and the old Presbytery Of Philadelphia, which
negative The affirmative vote was about twenty
five.
Tho Summer and the Churches.
The Evangelist thinks 1t is high time that the
Sunday papers had written up their customary dis.
QuisltOns on closed churches Not that the churches
are actually closed or are likely to be- but the sea-
son OF scarcity Of topics adapted to spicy oburga
ton, such their readers greatly relish, has come,
and the churches with their easy-going shepherds
and rich membership, and all that, must needs, we
suppose be SERVED up" to the easing of the con-
sciences Of those who look inside of church doors
that large class Of readers who have preadices to
conserve. The truth Ia. however, that very few Of
or week w Dc Or sss this osSsr
effect necessary repairs. and cleansing. The
full services are kept up IN all cases.
on Sabbath morning and the usual weekly meeting.
In Philadelphia also ample accommodations Will be
there have arranged their times Of closing as to
Interchange conveniences for their people, DR..
borhood, keep open, the first in July and the other
in August Dr.. March's and DR.. JOhnson's people
are accommodated BY a similar arrangement.
The Assumption OF the Virgin.
From the Independent (Congregationalst) July 1871
IL 10 reported from Rome that the forthcoming
Ecumenca Council Is to decree one OF its dog
mas the corporal assumption Of the Blessed virgin
Mary. Some English journals cast discredlt on the
report, though we see no reason for disputing its
authenticity The worship Of Mary yearly increases
throughout that great Church which does homage to
her as the Mother OF God and Queen OF Heaven. We
are quite prepared to find devout Romanists seeking
now to lavish upon her some new idolatry.
| The biography OF Mary is one of the most charm
| ing ictions among the legends of the SAINTS As
the story runs, Joachim rich Jew, married Anna,
beautiful Jewess. The married pair dwelt
near Mount Carmel. Their lives were Orna-
mented with every beatty Of welded love ex-
| cept one. There was no offspring Among the
| Jews, 10 be without children was TO be without
honor. On one occasion Joachim In carrying his
offerings TO the temple was rcpused by the high
priest who declined TO accept tribute from no
| whom God had long dlsiavored by denying MIN is-
| sue OF his bone and flesh The childless husband
turned away in sorrow, sought his garden aud with