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Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-03-04

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JAMES WALLACE,
The New York herald., 1869-03-08
NEW JERUSALEM HOUSE OF WORSHIP.

Sermon By Rev. A. j. Bartels, or Kansas.
To small but closely attentive congregation Rev.
A. J. BarteIs, Of Lawrence, Kansas, preached last
evening, taking the place OF Rev. Chauncey Giles,
the pastor, at the Swedenborgian church In Thirty
fth street. near Fourth avenue As the basis Of his
sermon he took the text (MatthewI viii, 2l Let the
dead bury their dead.n Introductory to his DIS
course he explained the circumstances under which
were uttered the words OF the text He then pro-
ceeded TO show the inherency OF sef-love in the
natural mind and that the only way TO eradicate II
our nature should be controlled with all the might
OF which we were capable IL was duty we owed
to ourselves az well as to God, the author OF our
and solemn day or Judgment Happiness here and
hereafter depended upon leading Christian lives IL
was the duty OF every one to become Christian, not
Christian IN mere word and profession, but IN the
full spirit OF Its divine Interpretations Christian in
purity OF life and In good works. Morality was not
RELIGION Liberalty was not religion Charity: ,, M II
open the gateway 70 heaven. There was no golden
way to heaven. The way was through trials ana
temptations and dIfnculties; but IN overcoming
and In surmounting these difficulties lay glorious
victory and an eternal reward. The great trouble
@ s Se nrs o s
taken up. with STRIVING to acquire wealth and
fame and power. There was not spirit ituality
enough there was mot religion g enouS rns
They were not to think Of what people might say,
but act upon what they considered their duty.
ness SUCH should not be tneir motive but they should
act with view TO follow the LORD. 6elfrghteousness
was the most hide0us OF all evils, the mon
righteousness they would be drawn nearer to God.
they would be looking to the Lord for the way OF
life. It was their duty TO follow the Lord as ever
the paths OF righreousness and into the land that
noweth with milk and honey.
The New York herald., 1869-03-08

the facs Of human nature remain the snme,
wnether truly Or eEroneousy Interpreted; hence re-
pSssson nS q ', unchsnSssSs o sSSs % Z nature ne
religion Of posltivism ls the positively demonsrave
tnsoosy y % wSiCn T Is scsitious q % though not isiss
ledge q the supernsturalis 4 impossibs. and hence
knowledge and the belief resplring irom It
70 bo better than belief independent OF know
psf!shce ~ II theological sic % Churches % can regain
their lost hold on the mind, very well
rcsvism = not hostile to H for 70 believe y better s
ever absurd, is far less contemplate than resting
simply on not believing. theological churches have
pleIy on their side, and merit high respect; positive
Ism has nothing 70 ao II its advocates are poor,
dispersed throughout Cnristendom, compelled 70
against them; the common people are against them;
yet positivism does nothing to oppose the theo-
predicts that they never win. Positivlsm has the
real human destiny at its side, and ts religion being
the religion Of humanity e va as indsstruces ,n;ss
ali religion, not knowing that religion cannot be
the history OF religion Is the history OF civiizar
tton and Of the human race and the nhdels or anti
regonists forget that society cannot exist without
religion. The lecturer then enlarged upon the I'm
portant distinction between theology and religion
which the churches falsely claim TO be identical and
great Compte fell into error at first. Robert owen
was alluded to- who, though not solving the problem
OF the age, reached the truth by his admirable M
stinct that man was the creature OF circumstances,
and that all human events are subject TO immutabe
natural laws. The progress OF this idea from the
most simple to the more complex and, in this CEN
tnry to the most complicated systems was detailed,
and the Climax reached IL this that for the personal
heaven after death 1t will substitute social para
disc on earth, OF which the masses begin TO have an
Instructive consciousness The material conditions
to make heaven on earth existing, but the moral
and social conditions are wanting. Egotlsm, mar.
row prejudices bigoted views are our enemies, and
the selfish desire for personal gain keeps us poor,
and while selfishness Ia hell social law is heaven.
Whoever knows truly this one thought c0ndensing
all science within IT. knows everything that Is hui
man and noble. The work Of the century, there
fore is the rational culture g: the social sympathes
for an improved social condition, which constitutes
the positive religion OF humanity, destined to re-
place theological religion OF superstitions. After
lengthy DISCOURSE tending TO prove that true repub
licansm has not entered our social and industrial
life, and that the reconstruction OF the nineteenth
century must also extend to .his sphere he claimed
that In our transtory condition the state Of opinion
is unsettled the old theological authority having
died out before the new scienu1c authority could
establish ttsef and closed by declaring that modern
society must be regulated by the religion OF humanity
replacing ancient, now socially impotent superstl-
tlOng.
The New York herald., 1869-03-08
NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY MARCH 8 1852 TRIPLE SHEET

Christian NE than thoss contained In His last letter
70 ne Bphesians. So that tho loving Of the
Lord Jesus Christ wss the contamination 70 which
al duties led and tns source or insprations nom
Jon O. III he cha h:d said before Here wss the var
sa TSs q sSs ss9 " @o s s 81
and who are the descendants OF the Apoetles Inis
y the sptome q ~ Chrstsnity Graes i 2 81 wno m
religions and organizations that fall TO produce love
In the human soul imperfect and Invalid and are
dence Of Christianity. without that Christianity Y
IKE 2 gold setting nom Which the diamond
as noppec 91 ~ No or ors FOR
II. Without 1t religion 10 void. The religion that
produces love is divine, and all who practise are
Jesus Christ with inc0rruptibe, undytng love- Love
ID the only welding power Of religion that brings the
with his Maker. 1t Is power that belongs TO every
individual within the whole race Of man. II y Gods
human society but this love- It Is this that smoolhs
The way TO higher advancement. The formula, the
observances and rituals Of eighteen hundred
At Rome Plus IX Is not the better for being Pope
and Il he loves the Lord Jesus Christ In sincerity
he stands out as the representative Of an elaborate
complex and needless system OF worldly power and
Tossp strangely mingled g and ID. conn Ss
love he y not less Christian and with this love IN
his soul though . man be bishop he has chance
may be q Calvanist, bristling with the sharpest
this love In his soul he Is Q Christian.
II he be an Armenian, or something even
laxer than that-if man be so inconsistent as not
to believe In Christs divinity and yet love Christ
grace be unto him. The organizations, administrar
These are Incidental and largely local. and are not
needfu TO SALVATION but have entered into the spirit
or religion. On the other hand. the sympathetic,
uniting, harmonizng love principle, has never yet
had fair general expression. though 1t s the preserv
ing essence and life Of rehgion-0f Christianity.
hearts say, grace be upon them. The reverend
gentleman was listened to with profound attention
to the end.
The New York herald., 1869-03-08
BkygwAY JABeRnAcLs.
Sermon by Rev. DR.. Thompson.

Sermon by Rev. Dr. Thompson.
There was numerous attendance at the morning
service yesterday. After an appropriate prayer,
which he invoked blessing for the President that
his counsellors may be endowed with wisdom ana
that an era Of justice honesty and peace may sue
ceed, Dr.. Thompson preached from the texts-Mat-
thew, XVI, 2o-"T say unto You will not drink
henceforth OF this fruit OF the vine until that day
when drink II new with you In my Fathers king
dom, ana Matthew, XIV, 34-"Then shall the King
OF my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you
from the foundation OF the world" The life OF
faith on earth shall culmnate In the eternal blessed
trust merely. but trust that always has within it
the element OF hope. 1t Is not the trust OF blind
confidence, but In the clear light OF the character in
which 1t confdes It rises to prophetic vision or all
drink together OF the wine cup at ene table signi
hes social communion, participation IN q common
festival OF love. The promise Of the Lord that He
ciples Is an assurance that they shall then be admit
ted to visible fellowship and enjoyment with Him.
Tne cup OF communion at that feast will have new
iavor and win sparkle with fresh deight-a navor
that will not as now reach the soul through
the senses. but shall convey direct from
soul TO soul the very essence OF love and biss-the
wine OF life pressed from immortal fruits and i'm
parting the purity, tone and freshness OF celestial
Joy. There are conditions with which we must
comply In order to enter the kingdom promised to
us: These are confessng the name and acting as n
took many forms. We should confess Him ia our
souls and before men In our actions ana principles.
We should therefore show In our conversations
department and the faith which we profess. Bv
heaven our natural home. Dr. Thompson then an.
nounced course OF Sunday evening lectures on the
book OF Genesis, IN which he will treat OF the rela
tons OF the biblical account OF creation to the facts
and principles OF modern science.
The New York herald., 1869-03-08
Fusr-sEcoSu STREET PRESBYTERIAN causcs.
Heroes and HeroIncs.


In conformity with a previous announcement the
Rev. Dr. Scott Of the Fortysecond street presDy.
terian church. discourscd last evening 10 large and
appreciative audience. attracted thter by the sub
ject chosen by the learned divine. Heroes and
Heroines." IL was marked BY no rhetorical display
Of eloquence and redundancy Of expression, but
AngioSaxon In ITS terseness ana rendering its cold
logic the more effective by It's unaffected delivery
His text chosen from sixteenth chapter OF Book
OF Proverbs, s2d verse. "He that is slow TO
anger u better than the mighty, and he that leth
ms spirit than he tnat taketn q city,
The Greeks called men heroes who through the ~
OF their objects. believing that men could he
great only through that medium, and that
IN turn heroes became gods when their ex-
pl0tw were too great to be enrolled among
tne actions Of common mortals. The first
requisite then. 10 heroism was TO kill beasts. and
tnen men. IL IL not 20 now DO we not make the
principal characters In novel herocsy hneas s
me hero OF the dsnead, ~ Achilles ia OF the Iad.
Milton said that he alone 10 worthy to be called
nero VINO y able to DO great things and ne who is
able " describe them.n Her0ism Ii another word
ior greatness and magnanimty, not alone IN war,
but IN intellect; that physical heroism was infinitely
below moral which called into requisiton the
sustained by faith In the 0mnIpotent Father, sur
mounted every obstacle IN the path which led 70
ultimate triumph. In elucidation he further said
nnt Cursus the historian, relates OF Alexander the
treat VINO. hv his pr0wess In arms. had conquered
tne @ worio, was slave 70 an ungovcrnable passion
morse.
There vas law In ancient Rome that no public
man snould have public triumph decrced bun unu
The New York herald., 1869-03-08
the spRITuALHrs.
spiritualssm a Divine Dispeusasion.

Spirifuaiism a Divine Dispensation.
The large hall OF the Everett Rooms, corner OF
Broadway and Thirty-fourth street. yesterday morn
ing contained very fair audience OF believers and
others Interested In the doctrine OF Spiritualism.
VINO listened TO address from Dr. II. r. Fairfield,
an able inspirationa speaker. The speaker claimed
to be SIMPLY the medium through which q spirit
preached or delivered the discourse. The discourse
began with the proposition that from the serene
heights OF angelic life the immortal and free spirit
had come TO communicate knowledge and lnsfruc
tiou to earthly beings. The attempt would
be made, first, to present the philosophy
OF life aud education, or In other words, tine
origin OF life and education. As habit
a text would be selected from second Timothy third
chapter, sixteenth and seventeenth verses-ssAll
scripture rs given by inspiration or God and Ia
profitable for doctrine for reproof, for correction
for instruction In righteousness; that the man OF
God may be perfect thoroughly furnished unto all
good works" The text explains Itself, and an
explanation OF the philosophy Of life and education
therefrom would Necessarily destroy some pre-con-
ceived notions. The speaker proceeded TO speak In
especial at length on the mission Of Spirifualism
and concluded by the assertion thar tue sprituaism
Of to-day alone could save men through their In
spirntion.
The New York herald., 1869-03-08

he had bean the victor Of nve combats. And In
emulation Of this restriction We should tmmortollxo
mona who had not conquered their nve oensoa
ignornnce and every class Of vice g barriers 70 the
grand object In life. Cheap newspapers. nee libra
ries and lectures were offered those who would avail
themselves Of these advantages which would have
their sequel In arming them more effectively for the
battle Of life, citing those who were unable TO cope
with their superors In this r0nfaced city, their many
depicted BY Tom HOOD In his s'S0ng OF the Shirt"
The true hero and heroine Of the day were those
who eschewing evil, sought only through Jesus
Christ the haven Of rest hereafter there being ab
solutey nofountain bur thai heaven can be imagined
upon its bosom.
The reverend speaker here concluded, announcing
ssSocularism the Religion OF the Day." as his next
theme.
The New York herald., 1869-03-08
THE RslIslOn or HUMANITY.
Positfvism-The Work Of the Ages In the
Nineteenth Century

Nineteenth Century
Pmpton Hall. on Stuyvesant place and Ninth
street, was visited by about nfty persons, among
them few ladies, to listen to a lecture on ..Postv-
ism, the Religion OF Humanity from Mr.. Henry
Edgar "member resident In the United states OF the
Positive Council In Paris, France.- Precisely at
eleven O'Clock A. M. the lecturer mounted the TEN.
porary rostrum, and spreading out his manuscript
before him began:-0ne idea runs through
all the centuries, that there IA but one des-
tiny for all mankind. As the present n
the child Of the past, so It In also the
father OF the future. All humanity, collectively
speaking. is but the idea OF composite man. and
this composite man Is our Christ our Emanuel,
our God. This idea, though at 1rst but dim and un.
certain, became gradually more clear as IL passed
through the great inteects who do the thinking for
mankind. until finally u Is cast in the iron ore OF
scent,nc precision ana constitutes the body OF posi-
all human events are subject 10 immutabe laws OF
nature. This Is the foundation for all correct thing
embodies the grand mission Of the nineteenth cen.
tury. Events are subject TO acute crises and society
has It's parturiai throes, its measles, is childhood
and growth. II IL crisis now. society Ia about 10
attain It's majority; hence we are IN age OF iran
sition, and more profoundly so than in
iion p''ens lying 'smaos onas ne% one S cs1s q
be born: In religion We are changing
iers rom the military ~ 70 w the Industrial All grand
discoveries look simple enough when once made
and 80 II II with the knowledge OF this transforma
ton, which eliminates IN our own century. The
ancient social order maintained Itself tl the close
OF the last century, when by the social and political
uphcaval In France the old was made Impossible
and the dawn Of the new opened. Some belcve that
gradually things viii return to their wonted course,
but II Is not 80; the crisis continues; the sublime
French revolution, so-called, n not yet ended ana
win not TIL q complete renovation IN thought ana
opinion shall have been accomplished. Tne lecturer
would review this subject In two aspccts. First
heaven new social future to be realized here upon
the earth and secondly, that this century has TO
generalize the republican principle from the govern.
ners and customs OF mankind. PostlvIsm
he said, was not hostile to religion. Theology In
these times, is greatly dscredlted but positiviam
did not create this fact; II was this fact which
created positvisn which viii expedite the replace
menf Cf dubious theology by scientific knowledge.
The New York herald., 1869-03-08
CITY MISSIONARY woax.

Addresses Delivered nj the Church Of thc
At0nemcnt..
A meeting In behalf OF the City Committee Of the
American Church was held last evening In the
Church OF the Atonement, corner OF Madison avenue
and Twenty-eighth street. The Rev. II. Dyer, d. D.,
delivered the opening address, speaking at consd-
erable length upon the important nature OF city
missions, and asking for funds to allow the City
Committee TO undertake the building OF some new
churches for the benefit OF the NUMBER OF working
persons who reside between Twentieth and Forty
ninth streets. The Rev. b. Il. Leac0ck followed with
q very interesting statement OF the work OF city
missionaries IN tenement houses and appealed ear
ncstly for increased subscriptions TO allcv OF en-
sctts, who was present. also spoke at some length,
advocating the claims OF chg missions upon all
Christian people The Rev. w. +. SABINE concluded
the meeting, and a collection was taken up.
The New York herald., 1869-03-08
slfrcKa STREET, uNvtssAlyT CHURCH.
sSSosshIns and Pruning the Nation

Rev. Day X. Lee delivered sermon on this sub
ject last evening. He took for his text Isaiah H., T.
die shall judge among the nations, and shall re-
bukc many people; ana they shall beat their swords
into plougbshares ana their spears into pruning
hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against
nation, neither shall they learn war any morc.r
II there was one lesson which, more than another,
we needed to learn he said. IL wns thisGoJ Judges
our own nation. live have learned lesson from
the mighty events OF the past ten years IL Is THISTLE
N our God, lie acts and speaks In our nation and
hsa called us 70 special life and work. The pro-
grcss Of reconstruction and the entrance OF new
The New York herald., 1869-03-08
RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN TINS CITY.
FIFTH MiMu; UNIvERsALIsT CHURCH.

Peter Denying Christ-Sermon by Rev. DR..
Chaplin.
After the usual services In this church yesterday
morning the interesting ceremony OF administering
the communion to those who wished TO partake
thereof was gone through by the pastor, and many
availed themselves OF the opportunity thus pre-
sented. In opening the services Rev. DR.. Chaplin
prayed In an eloquent manner for President
Grant and Vice President Colfax, beseeching
the Throne OF Mercy that they might put away
all sectionalism and administer the affairs OF the
nation a. patriots, bestowing equal needs OF
justice on all alike. The text Of tho sermon
was taken from the twenty-second chapter OF Luke,
sixty first and sixty-second verses-'And the Lord
turned and looked upon Peter, and Peter remem-
bered the words Of the Lord, how he had said unto
him, Before the cock crow thou shalt deny me
thrice and Peter went out and wept bitterly"
The preacher said they were all famlllar with the
momentous circumstances connected with this incl
dent and the discrepancies q the four Evan
n e 10 tnoaf % Se
truthfulness Of the matter beyond all doubt
-Four men giving their separate accounts
honest men, ana unless ehey had made up their
minds together beforehgnd to the contrary, would
c IS mns fact to
have impressed itselfm such various ways on differ
ent minds That tuning ana % Looking Of Christ upon
the great transactions that were going on with
Jesus Christ himself in the world. But II
such an incident actually took place, how
likely 1t was TO be remembered by an eye witness.
That look It sank down into Peters soul and
touched the fountains OF penitence and Of tears and
he went out and wept bitterly. It was peculiarly
striking to have the denial OF his Master come from
the lips or Peter the first confessor Of Christ and
who was to be the rock on which Jesus Christ was
TO build His Church. Peter showed he was not
without evil and hasty passion In the garden when
he drew the sword and cut OF the ear OF Malchus;
but he could not bear the tauns OF the at arms
by whom he was surrounded ct the fire In the pal
ace; he could not bear to hear them that he was
the follower OF this humble Gallilean How true lt
was that great many men followed precisely the
same course that Peter did. There was no man SO
bad that he had not some degree Of goodness IN
him which might be evoked a. the proper time and
under favorable circumstances. They made great
mistake who made man an angel or made him
devil. We had both elements IN us The sermon
brought to close by f0rcible allusi0n to those
who. while confessing Christ were yet ashamed to
acknowledge themselves Christians and the preacher
doubted not that many would stay away irom tho
communion about to be administered that day in
that church on that very account.
The New York herald., 1869-03-08

jected the image Of finely proportioned man. BE-
meath which II s imp0asible not 70 read the words
his hearers gaze IN utter astonisnment Let the
reverend gentleman reverse this order ana one
would not 60 far astray who should assert t1ae the
success he has already attained viii De as nothing 70
what he shall achieve
The New York herald., 1869-03-08
RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN BRookIYs.
plym0uTa CHURCH.

Love, GODS Regent In the Human Soul.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher preached before large
congregation yesterday, taking for his text the
fourth chapter Of Psul's Eplstc 10 the Ephesians,
twentyfourth verse, "Gracc be with them that Love
Our Lord Jesus Christ with Sincerity Tne reverend
preacher said that these words Of the Apostle capped
the climax Of his mission. There was no letter OF
Paul's more abounding In richness, power and bril-
lancy, none from which could be deduced more
clearly ana harmoniously the evidences Of truly
The New York herald., 1869-03-08
RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, March 7, 1860.
scene nj the Metropolitan nGethcd,st lssnrch--
Prcsidena Grnnt aud His Family Unable to
Obtain seats.
President Grant, with his family, arrived NJ the
Metropolitan Methodist church shortly after the
vices commenced, this morning. The cnurvn was
filed TO ovcrnowine, many persons being compelled
TO stand IN the aisles. The President followed by
his family walked up the centre aisle towards ths
The New York herald., 1869-03-08
II ELICI s..
A Sabbath's DevOtons In New York,
Washington, Brooklyn, Tenton
and Other Cities
SCENES IN WASHINGTON CHURCHES.
President Grant and His Family Have to
Leave Church Through the Lack
Of Seats and dSecretary Stewart
Is ssBusOnhOled" for His
Photograph.
~c-,~~>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Sermons by Beecher, Chaplin, Bel
lows, Lee and Other Lights
Of Divinity.
SCENES IN WASHINGTON CHURCHES.

Yesterday, according to reports from various parts
OF the country, which will be found below, was
marked by an unusually thronged attendance at
places Of divine worship, the weather everywhere
being very favorable. The topics discussed by the
clergymen OF the usual varied natere and were
as attractive in their variety as could well be desired
for religious dlscourses.
The New York herald., 1869-03-08

CONTINUED ON TENTH PA7S
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Estate of John A. Becker, Decd.

uAVIRG QUALIFIED AS EXECUTOR OF
the last will and testament of John A..
Becker, deceased. notice is hereby given to the
debtors Of the estate to come forward and pay
up, and 10 the creditors to present their claims
within the tisas prescribed by law; otherwise
"a augi7 I'm W.T.. WEAKLRY. Exeo'tor.
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