The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-12-19
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.


ington square, tins afternoon, at three O'Clock,
1.-THE Cleansing OF the Sanctuary"
At the Everett Rooms MISS FANNY Davis Smith
will speak before the Society OF Progressive Spirit
uasts at nalf past ten A. M. ana half-past seven
Pm
At John street Methodist Episcopal church Rev.
William p. Corbit will preach ut hafpast ten O'Clock
A. NJ. ana at seven p. M.
The Church OF the Puritans viii attend divine SER
vice oday in Apollo Hail, corner OF Twenty eighth
street and Broadway. Preaching by the Rev. Dr.
Cheever at hafpast ten O'Clock, on ''Tne New Crea-
ton In Chrlst.n
The seventh of o series OF dscourses on 1.-THE
Family Life" win be preached by Rev. DR.. William
Altman In the Spring street Presbyterian church
this morning. Sunject-"Brothers and Sisters"
At the Church OF Our Saviour sixth Unversalstl
between Fifth and Sixth avenues Rev. j. II. Pull
man will preach this morning and evening.
New Church Enterprise In Fiitetn street, between
Broadway and Eighth avenue. Preaching in the
m9rn!ng ~ nafPast ten, evening at halfpast seven.
BY Huntington Capp.
At the Free Church OF the Holy Light, in Seventh
avenue Rev. Easiburn Benjamin Will preach at half
past ten A. NJ and Rev. Geo. +. Seymour at halfpast
seven p. NJ.
Rev. George Hepworth Will preach In the Church
OF the Messiah Park avenue this morning and even
ing. Subject In the evening-"The Temptations OF
New York Life"
AZ the Murray Hill Baptist church, Lexington
avenue, near Tbirty-seventh street, preaching at
harpast ten this morning ana at teven this even
Ing, by Rev. 8. A. Corey, D. d.
AT st. LuKe's Methodist Episcopal church. Forty
first street, near Sixth avenue preaching at half
past ten A. NJ aud at naif-past seven p. NJ by Rev.
John McClintocs.
At the Zion church, Madison avenue, corner Thir-
fv.n ctr INV n (horn lain lart,
on ''The Martyrs or the English Reiormatlonn this
evening at eight O'Clock.
Rev. r. N. Bellows win conduct :he free services
ct Brevoort Hail, 1854 East Fifty fourth street. be-
tween Lexington and Third avenues, to-day &c half
past ten A. NJ. and hal past seven r. NJ. Subject in
the evening-"A Sketch OF Life IN Jerusalem,
A. ID. l."
Rev. Cyrus d. Foss VIII hold q special service for
young men this evening in new building Of the
Young Mems Christian Association, corner twenty
third street and Fourth avenue.
The Free Chapel Of ST. Augustine, Nos 262 and
2os Bowery, between Prince and Houston streets,
will be opened for divine service this morning at
hafpast ten O'Clock at the half past seven
O'Clock =. Al. service the preacher will be the Rev.
Benjamin |. Haight, D. d.
Rev. John Cotton smith win preach this evening
In the Reformed Dutch church, corner OF Filth ave-
nue. ana Twenty-tirst street. on .The Relations Of
Christianity TO the state with special reference to
the EcumenIcai Council and the Question Of Public
School EDUCATION"
Rev. Thomas d. Anderson win preach tns morn
Ing in The chapel, corner OF Park avenue aud Thirty
ninth street Ills subject viii be "The Drama"
At the Church OF the Holy Redeemer Rev. j. w.
Shackeliord breaches this morning and afternoon.
Rev. DR.. Armllage breaches in the Fifth avenue
Baptist church THIS morning aud evening.
At the Fory-second Presbyterian church Rev.
DR.. Scott breaches morning and evening 1.-THE
ninth Commandment Applied to the Preservation OF
a Good EaIner VIII DC The subject in the evening.
missionary meeting VIII be held in DR.. Ar
mItages church. Foriy-sixth street, near Fifth
avenue, at hal.past seven O'Clock this evening.
Rev. Dr. McClintock VIII preach this morning and
Rev. j. q. Reed this evening ST. Luke's Methodist
Episcopal church. forry-sixth street,
Lecture by Rev. DIR. ID. Eiuhorn on the Sec.
ond RESOLUTION Passed by the Rnbbinical
Conference.-The Destruction Of the Jewish
State Wa. Not as runishrnent for Ysrael,s
Sins--Isrne's Missica.
the Temple idath Jesh urun was well filled yester.
day 10 listen to lecture by DR.. Enho IN, editor OF
the Jearish Times on the above 81 beet. The iec-
turer having read the second rcsolu passed by
the Rabbncal Conference from copy OF the Je,rtsh
Times said it was not intended to express IN that
resolution opinion whether the Je WIS living al the
time OF the second Temple are to be pronounced
free OF slninlness or not but only to lay down the
views OF reformed Judaism on The mission OF Israel.
Toe exile OF seventy years. duration between the ex-
istence OF the first and second Temple was period
OF pariucaton. The people returned from exile
with fresh enth isiasm and renewed religious
vigor. What the cause. howey er, OF the de-
structon OF the second Temple with which IsraeI,s
pilgrimage. whch has now lasted for nearly two
thousand years, was inaugurfedS Is it the punish
ment Tor the sInlnness OF the people or
the covenants IL would be terrible pun
lsnneiJ to DC driven from home TO SUI
Ter such martyrdom as Israel has suffered
IN that long period TO attribute such "A retributon
TO God would he bordering ON blaspnemy. Eighteen
hundred years ago our fathers have snued, and We
are yet TO suler Tor IL The biblica! saying thai
COD Furnishes sin unto the fourth generation means,
according TO the Iainud even II the children per-
| slst IN the miquities OF their labers IL she Jews
! were sent into exile on account their
SINS wouid not their heroism have atoned
| Tor It ut time when they could have
| ended their sunerlngs by single wordg II the Old
Jews sad III tnelr prayers. I'VE have bcen driven
from our country on account OF our SINS their con-
ndencc IN Goa deserves admiration. They had no
other way to harmonic their martyrdom with God's
/ mercy than IN emphasizing their own sinfulness;
lhey preferred 10 accuse themselves instead OF Proy
dence. But no snch reason valid any more to-day.
| we should notwondcr II some knight OF whole or
| han orthodoxy would advocate the desecriiion OF
tue sabbath 80 as 10 have plausible Tor that
/ prayer, just AZ some asserted tnat our position
amounts TO an accusation OF Providence The moral
state OF the Jews At the time OF the destruction OF the
second Temple was not such as to warrant the belief
llat tuey iad deserved such punishment. Even tho
lcaiots were patriots and only used violent measures
IN order 10 Derate their country from foreign yoke.
Had the decentralization been great the teachings
or the great relormer. Jocbanan Den SaccnaL would
nave prevailed as little as the exnorSatipn5 OF Jere-
\ man. Even the Tslmudists are at u loss 10 find
cause Tor the destruction OF the second Temple.
| Soma say II happened because there was too Intens.
nate among the parties; others because the Judges
looked too strictly the letter OF the law instead Of
/ 10 its spirit; and others assign other legendary
causes. Tea, there Is an opinion, aud In perfect
accord with our own views, that Israel was eXued
nI
proseytcs and the celebrated Asulai says it was In
order that Israel might gather the SPARKS OF wisdom
and morality which are latent among the nations.
We, however, have the paramount duty to
recognize the truth manifest In history. Tho
declaration contained in TINS resolution IA Of the ut
most importance In determining the direction OF our
lives In the present az well AS in the iuure II the