New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-22
RELIGIOUS.
.rvox ny HENRY WARD BEEcHER.

tended they should aud that the Ills of The
world could not be borne were IL not ioT the
Divine illumination which comes from above.
Paul saw hs and in his gladness he sang out VINO slal
separate from the love Of Christ I'D he seventh ana
struggling for a moral victory Just such struggle. al.
ways have been going since the alu they
ter we are wading toward the glorious nights of tho
eighth. To-day there are men ponderlnG whether u Is
eT and a ncbler manhood than theirs.
Men say that nothing this side Of miracle can take them
through the temptations OF this liie 10 NIX Win So
ciey and to conform all OF It's rules, ana then De
successful Christian they say is absurd Either success
would ask has God made world which cannot DO
savedi Is It with q Christian life as II Is wltn my
Otherf II a is 10 always LOOK AT the tnIhgs
which 60 against him, he need never eAPto.
70 be successful in any career In all the ueuss o .,
who tempted by the cup DO not Know WHAT ~
is TO be set on fire with hell You do not knOg now 10
sympathize with men who are under the influence OF
mar 70 rise from the lower 10 the higher sphere. know
selves for the prize ring. Yet these very men
ot and beat each others heads Oh For weeks they
be for men 10 train themselves so as 10 attain perfect
control over their natures One great want In MOI is the
want Of force. The passions are Just VIM , mn
God did not put them in TO become dragons men
without passions like steamships without ehghes'
What IS the matter with all OF moral machinery to-
day man when he is In running order should run
best when he has the most motive power ReYNas III
religion like great floods in dry season-thy come
and carry men out OF the dry channels OF 'ocety.
Professional men say that man succeed IN their
line and be u Christian. So say mechanics anuOthets.
This is declaration OF infdety It's to say thai GOds
Word Is lie. Christ did not preach iT INC
that no man can walk In, he knew sOtlOWs
that ever felt before. The bands OF haPy
beings that John I'm the Golden Clty
are they who once walked In darkness aud tribnatoi
They shall not hunger nor thirst any more ana God VIII
on earth walking toward this blessed houe
Though men do not believe In the generality OF
do believe IN one post on the is enough to tie
your bark 10. There Is hope so long as one EnnWs oI
single person has risen the storms OF this lie God
pleads with until he sels down 10
the lowest motive that moves them DeHeve
that God Is full as wise as ] am. Yet men
say that 1t possible for God 10 control natural law
Along the line OF lie He has placed houses OF refuge LOT
man 10 rest in There the household and when one
enters it, after grinding all day ~ the great MN OF
business, he becomes new man. Bless the hOnsehold
The who does possess ouo Wheg ne can Is fool
There are 1900 OF these sancuaties In New and
Brooklyn, where there Is a better priest thah or
ANY other M can be COmpauiOnship Is another place
OF gefnge some ect the conpauiOnshp OF their lower
feelings they vain they Ike 10 nave Ie praise
OF those VINO are below them The Church Is also house
M refuge IL not hospital full OF incurabes, neither
IN 1t filed with those VINO are wen: Beside
these there is the Innistra0n OF tue spirits. aud
those who have gone 10 the ChufCh beyond
are still calling for their companions behind 10 follow
think that sends agents 20 rescue men who have
lOsttheir way the darkness OF this world The sym
pahy Of Christ however, IS the greatest OF All the reiuseS
We have. Force Is great wisdom - great Out oVe rs lar
greater than them all. The sumner OF love Is coming,
and the winter Of uubetef Is quickly passing away.
At the close Of the sermon hr BeecheI Introduced MI
ored Meihodist Episcopal clutches south This is the
person whom Mr. Bcccher called INTO us pulpit about
year ago. after preaching sermon on brOthery love Al
time Mr. Mathews gave some interesting ihcs touch
ING tr work m which ls church was engaged, aud the
result liberal collection at the request oi AIR ceeher
Yesterday he said that than i0OOO coiorud people
had been received into the C1prch during tio pact
higher ana better Christian civilization ana the cru
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Republic collection taken up IN Dehal OF INC COL
ored preachers church
RITUALIsN.
The Rev Mr.. Rowland, ID, rector of the
Church OF the Heavenly Rest, preached 10 large con
gregation last evening the History Of Ritual an IL
lustratou Of the Conservative Spirit Of the Church.
e ehG'o o 40 inc OH p or thou SSa IL
the cause that the former days are better
concerning Tits" There great uneasness. the speaker
said existing AT the present In the church bccause Of
result OF the while they do not kuoN
whom into what new form this contagon viii
deyelOpe. IueTe II nothing new IN the present move
ment Smcgr irregularities have heretofore eAisled
and they have all come To an untmely end The IN
gsh service rayested under the reign OF Henry
Win by who retained all the Roman ceremonies
that inuncons were directed against eounterieers
Of the Mass. During the reign OF Elizabeth the
A. Nv having A rrncIf1 and lights m her chanel she also
ordered that the prayer be translated into LAH,
and provided form OF CEREMONIES % be used at bua
substitute Tor the macs cad Tor the dead She re-
quired that the Sacramento bread be- made the form Of
wafer, aud she told the Spanish Embas-adOr That she
believed God was present ~ the sacrament Capes o.
gorgeous colOrs were worn IN tho cathe
drals aud other places. These were pro-
An traces OF these eItravagances disappeared
except I'm tne coronation service, and I'M the crre
monies attendant upon the installation OF knights. At
day the Bishops and the people are opposed To these
things, aud II they opposed 10 them Is there pros,
pect OF their making much progress There
travagaucIes IN Ritual, human nature Is falbr, bat
there never was a Tune when the mass OF the people
clergy ana aity, loyal 10 tho STANDARDS and
traditions OF the Church.
THE REV. g. IL. HEPwORTH on MONEY
The first of series of lectures 10 be dcv-
cred to young men. the church OF Parkave.
and Thirty fourth-st, by the Rev George IT, Hepworth.
was read last night In presence OF audience unusually
large attentive The lecturer spoke from the text
found IN the 37th OF the fourth chapter OF Acts:
and brought the money and laid II at the Apostles
feet" lie promised by saying that IA treating the sub
icCt he had chosen be would rid himself VI all ecCesihs
standpoint OF honorable Christian business man
Money getting controls the nervous system OF society
ldeutial place In social ECONOMY. II the love |
OF money is the root Of all eviI, It Is ncno the |
less tie root OF almost everything worth having |
When money easy feel better truer. aud sym
pathetic Even the poor laborer. when he fnds sur
upon his crust but casts about for luxury
wnerewfth enrich his frugal board. When money IL
light the influence IL felt the wide world Churches
feel IT, All charities are crippled, aud the poor for whom
benevolent people toll suffer Tor the OF what money
he indifferent 10 the scOrn pruIse OF the many
while assured OF the consideration. aud mayhap.
world warmer with his hospitality II Inc 30 de
sres or can surround his heart with adamant
and live only and Tor himself Money Will buy bodies
and souls, and sometimes alas, mans hOlor too II II
the price OF manhood and OF wOmans virtue. But
money the other hand or the dvnest impulses
10 progress. When men battered corn for OIL ana wheat
cloth. they had few wants Their ambition was weak
their aims not high. When gold aud silver became
medium OF exchange civilization Hpurred To All
vance. Education became diused. colleges went mp re
giOn spread. and the world no longer Jagged Allegiance
10 the yellow dust was not slavery. where the heart
and mind were nightly trained and all their nOblor
feelings aud aspirations fOsteed aud encouraged lie
dWelt some length the necessity OF cutyating
manhood, educating all the higher faculties and il
brief making money ana all the other blessings Of fe 80
many Instruments for the betteriuent OF mankind.