New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-12-20


After setting forth the shortcomings and positive evils OF
sectaranism and unfolding the beauty and excellence
of the universal religion OF love 10 God AID man, pro-
claimed by the Lord Jesus Christ the reverend speaker
proceeded as foows: And meet squarely the
unsectarian absolute religion is the only religion
that can save this Republic from atheism and
social anarchy sectaran religion may perhaps be safely
cherished in Europe while longer, because Is logically
consistent with the imperial aud arstocradc organiza
with certain inaiienabe rights then the majority that
the representatives Of the whole people, administers
save that which by its very nature is as universal as
humanity, founded at once in the very constitution
The intolerant side Of New. England Purianism has
filed New England with men and women Who are not
willing stand up before the world and say hey believe
there is God The sectaran wing OF PresRterianism,
years ago. had driven that glorious old chrch among
the people come TO the rescue and in the OF Him
who walked the waves, warped the grand oil ship
headed her toward the universal religion OF love God
and man. The Methodist Church. warned IN time, has
sun The Episcopal Church is just entering ne conflict
which will declare whether it shall snk into
p Of the universal church Of Christ Tie consre,
gational Church Of every type orthodox or
that there is but one religion love to God AID love TO
man. aud that platform it Will welcome all mankind.
&c. just now. comes up tho great question-Is there
a religion which is not sectarian which Is consistent
with the rights OF man and the best things In the
American institution the soul OF public aid private
life This question divides the nation into Two great
We are on the eve OF a conflict Of opinion in this
republic, which will finally decide whether we can have
side the private life Of the people. II We nrsist in
unhalowed and obstinate worship OF sectarln Chris
anity, our retibution will be that we snail leave all
confession Of religion itself out OF III. whole
public life OF the nation, and this Is Just bat two
classes OF people nowadays are urging us TO d. There
is large class OF sectarisn bigots among cggy and
laity, including the majority OF the Catholics and
too many Protestants Of all denominations Who say.
" III the people won't make our sectuTldUsn Virtual
State religion. they shall have none at ALL wewill put
out even the Acknowledgement OF God from It's school
and the State aud compel them TO come to Our church
for all instruction on this great theme Thenthere is
another vast body who believe IN no religion are In
different hostile 10 IT, beside class Of libenls who
take bigotry at its iword and say, Yes; then is no
religion that sectarian II IL all narrOHwar OF
little sects priests and churches and we Will PIT 1t all
out Of public regard" And these two classes VII unite
our whole public American life as barren OF rlgious
faith granite rock OF foliage. The same classes will
conspire 20 drive all religious obligation out OF ryate
secular life Business shall not be responsible 10 rgOn
Social life shall steer by PARIS. not by the Kingom OF
Heaven. Literature shall have Its own law cence
shall be goddess education shall leave out God there
shall be religion anywhere outside the churches,
where secaran priesthood, claiming inallibitJ for
creed FORM or "a church. shall label and ticket their
disciples for q sectarian heaven. What can srrh a
great raging goddess daily life OF America to-day with
all the power OF government education business, sGety
and culture thrown on the side OF utter Indifference or
hostility 10 religion who will so after the farh that will
be driven 10 shelter I'm sectaran churches VIII the
grear railroad kngs-F1sk ana Could ana Nandermlt-
leave their offices aud 20 up to ask stout man dressed In
lawn at st: Adams, or clad Ia the parti-eoiored
vestments OF Rome and bowling before an altar with his
back 70 humanity. what Ia right In the new railroad
speculationi viii tho Jolly bulls and dismal bears Of
Princeton who nterprets the wettpinster oateehism
before making new corner" in the Gold Roomi WIZ
Tammany Hall adjourn TO walt Tor seitemsnt OF the
claims Of rival candidates from learned pund whose
eyes worn out with chasing Greek accent through
pile OF old manuscripts for twenty yearsi What hope
have you OF getting hold Of the myrads Of sensual am
bilious, mopeycrazed, selfish. violent young men and
women OF this great city II you wait I'll they can com
prehend the mysteries OF the Trinity, tho sauihclal
atonement any OF the elaborate creeds on which no
two great scholars agreed You may get lew uergy
men and deacons together OF these little sedariAn
platforms where everybody will forget them but h'great
American world will roar on AZ Goddess as eVei NO.
friends only when unite on the unsectarin re-
gion OF Christ, the religion OF love 70 God and ma can
make head against TINS union OF Dgots aud Atheists
TO bereave OF all public faith aud Christian mGslity
II ia high time we knew this and went about the work
Of regeneratng TINS people. Inc WhOie word hnpon
and are getting sadly confused IN our morabear
ngs It's just az possible for this people to run down
into the slough OF unbeef ana universal un6eiet Tor
any nation that existed on earth But God hhpnB
u.s. that shall not be- Now CHRIST risen a. fron the
dead saying TO u.s. as OF Old Love is everlasting life
And in his great name will gather a growing multi
tude who Will give SIN and unbelef no rest until TINS
people is regenerated and this Republic Deooms the
Kingdom OF heaven.
ELECTIVE ADMINISTRATIONS BY THE RIN. o.
Is. FRoTHINGHAM.
The Rev. o. b. rockingham preached yster
day morning TO a large congregation on EectveAfni-
ties selecting his text the words: In the Renrrec
tion there s neither marriage giving In marriage but
all are as the angels Of heaven" There is commm i'm
preston that throughout age and especially though
out our communities there prevails widespread and
unusual aXity OF morals that the bonds OF sOciey
oosened that the relations that hold people together In
the most sacred bonds Of life strained and stretched
and broken; word that the process OF disorgniEa
ton slowly going only occasionally seem but Always
society 70 It's original elements. That this impress
sion is connected with this growing laxE OF
morals due 20 certain theories In regard 10 socil re-
ations which have been born In Old times and that fur
thermore, these relations spring from liberal opinion as
three OF these assertions enter my protest In therst
place persuaded that II IL not true that IN this 'om
than In former times. II history teaches anything 1t
teaches that mankind has been steadily advancln out
moral has been trained and purified that love has
become more COMPREHENSIVE, and that a new ordG OF
gent Furthermore has the alleged connection between
the prevalence OF social vice and social relations pryed
mat that t6s social vice prevails most Where theories are
least known, and where theories most pryai
ghsh are a conservative people, not IN law
or in Government. in custom only but in their nodes
ton is worse than ours These theories mostly
aud mostly prevail in America where custom undegoes
that New-York Ia better than London or Paris Th lib
eral and some other denopin.
ons-from the very fact that they dwell 30 little nthe
ology insist little the Importance OF rights ana
IDEAS dwell more Oh the broad things OF social reaon
They believe In the moral In duty In obi gati in
conscience and the fact that they moral peoplesin
cessany thrown In their teeth by the advanced Theology
of the Evan gests 1t 10 probable that thea APP
prehensons OF OF society may DO
born that old fear Of tho spirit OF liberty whh we
have Inherited from ancestors How few peopleere
are even among the enlightened who firmly beieFe In
human nature, who believe In rational laws AID onai
tons who have profound faith that II men will byo
according 10 the laws which laid down In tbei con-
stttutions they will live rightly We are not Catholic
or Protestant people or Christian community espe-
cialy IL is free for every and woman TO such
religion they please. He may worship In one church,
or none 1t does not make him amenable TO the law
IL does not make him outcast from society anc yet
is religion dead IL religious faith Is not more UNIVERSAL
A.IIa
women learn TO live not sentimentay, but ration
ally aud integenty, with the other and moreover,
IN connection with this very freedom Of social life there
comes Of ntero, "a which 10 cheek 10 passon
Doctrines arc preached that set THO Legitimacy