The New York herald., 1869-04-19
ALL SOULS CHURCH.

The Inst Judgment u Observation-Disclosures
by Rev. DIR. Bellows.
The "Last Judgmentn was the subject OF q DIS
course by Rev. Dr. Bellows at this church last night.
He took for his text ii. Corinthians ", 10, and Acts
xviii, 80, 81. There was INFINITE tenderness and
awe in the relations Of the last judgment in the
New Testament as the ultimate result OF our career
fe and II s even referred TO by Christ with great
solemnity. The scenes described In the Scripture,
ending with the awful sentence Of everlasting pun
ishment or the bliss Of life eternal, impressed feel
ing OF dismal darkness upon the imagination Of the
Christian world, as every word spoken fs to be &C.
counted for IN the day Of judgment and we should
feel the full sentence Of living Cod Happily there
ration of the Bible. one account says God is the
Judge Of earth and Of all our actions; Christ again.
says that the Father judgeth no man; n Second
Corinthians Christ Is made to sit alone IN the 1udg
ment seat, and, according to ST. John Christ SAID
that ne mad come to Judge, but 70 save but that
ionged to God, was dcputed by Him TO Christ and
lie lett 1t with the Word. This doctrine OF Judgment
Mn ns us nature Of % the Of Cod
,is tender forgtving spirit and as new stroke of
TINS tenderness Christ not to iorego HIS partially
az the advocate OF man, said that the Word, the
Jist principles OF His religion, shall Judge Hence
the passages in the Bible are mere figures OF speech
nineteenth i '' century It matters little whether
God, Christ or the Holy Spirit should
SSss |Srss nso ons ana all their % Qualities
are triply embodied In one. In this progress we
have the most solemn view Of the last Judgment
The belief In the personal appearance OF Christ was
potent in past times and still Is with many; but we
the speaker said, have given 1t up and have grown
TO a higher ana more adequate conception, that
Gods Jurisdiction and Judgment seat had appr0xi-
mated US and that the law Of the truth and the self
eXactlng Judgment OF the conscience sour perpetual
accuser and Judge. We have thus adjourned the
chancery OF Goa from heaven to earth, and we have
Judgment and execution the moment our offence Is
committed against the law. This may not be always
apparent, as we are bad judges OF other peoples
hearts Worldly prosperity il often only whitened
sepulchre of prudential virtue and looks black within.
The coming Of Carist IN His glory was the spread Of
the Gospel the most potent element Of civilization.
Christianity influences every reform; II broke
the chains OF the servile race In this
country, 1t battles against intemperance, and
II 1t sometimes fails, 1t Is only temporary as the
world does not 60 back, and people should not be
discouraged. Ancient d0gmas and superstltions
were the pinnaces on which the world had hld
Christ in disguise these are now crumbled to let
Him down to EARTH whittier He had strven to alight.
The world placed His kingdom in cloths while II Is
In our hearts, removed His judgment into futurity
while 1t is Immediate. We should not appeal to
d0gmas, therefore, but to Christ. He is not anti
notions, but young living, and the enemy Of every
form OF sen-rghteousness and sleek decency. The
tremendous leverage Of the power Of Christ earth
is not the God but the man Jesus the God whom the
Church and the world have so long made Him, was
not for this world, but the Saviour was as man. His
kingdom Is here, and under His footsteps the world
shakes. His personal character Is the mightiest
moral wrench, bringing down kingcraf priestcraft,
superstition, the religion Of pretence and tradition.