The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-08-07

conditions And this is the case with millions
who, being taught and convinced OF the way
they should GO, close their eyes to duty aud
rush headlong into the pleasures Of hell rather
than iorego those practices In life that are I'M
christian. selfish and devilish. bnt De-
cause we believe and know that Christianity
understood that we consider all who live married
lives are wicked and lost from God; by no means;
believe IL to be the best order OF life outside or
Christianity; and there are very many sous VINO
are not Christians now who profess the name,
but who will become Christians and march with
regularity the narrow way. Yea, there are
myriads who. though protesting faith IN Christ for
many years, will acknowledge that they have been
fools TO tho knowledge of truth; and that they
have been seduced from the path they should have
walked, by passion and the paid-for arguments Of
those as passonately inclined as themselves; for
be II understood that marriage ia brought no
more into ChtiItian favor because learned minis
ters pronounce pious benedictions upon it. Minis.
tiers might just as well attempt TO sancify by
church clothing any crime that is averse to Christ
as to make marriage sacred because of their per.
ciPle that. marriage is not Of Christ
ministers, however loudly they profess Christ,
II married, are no more Christians in that respect
tban the humble laity whom they deign to ns truct
and from our knowledge of facts the laity though
married, do oftentimes live much nearer the Christ
sphere than the pompous ministers who preside
over their religious deliberations. We look hope.
fully forward to the time when learned dema-
for explaining to the people what Scripture does
not mean; when evasioo from the truth will not
be sought; when the simple life of Corist wi be
the ever visible index to "the way, the truth and
the life" We look forward to day when souls
viii acknowledge truth Mt sight, and be In very
disturbed state until they bring their lives up to
the standard o. Christian truth. Truth is simple;
and were il not for the strong desires to cling to
the excitable, corrupting pleasures OF sense the
truth that the order of marriage is Of the world
and hath no part in Christ would be most simple
and ever apparent. "But," say our directors, "if
all should be Shakers the world would run out )"
and we acknowledge the fact. inasmuch as the
world ia constituted of "the usts of the Aesh, of
the eyes, and the pride of life - this is the world
we want should run out. But those who bring
this up "a an objection to Shakerism as little
animal desires are gratfed, as do the beasts that
perish, and we shall never believe they feel any
concern until they satisfy US that they marry
only for the purpose OF replenishing the earth.
We would ask how much more numerous could
be the inhabitants of earth if all should live as
Jesus did, saying nothing about the poor, despised
Shakers. Statistics declare, that marriage, so
far from being used as means OF propagating
the species, Is not thought Of, but every means
to prevent increase is commonly resorted to,
and murders without number are annually CON-
mitted by guilty mothers, aided by as guilty
fAthers, that their lnsts may be gratided, while
they are spared the obstacles to further indul-
gence But there is in for such the retribu-
tive justice OF righteous God. Il would be "a
shame to speak in public Of the things done by
such in secret" and should any be bold
enough for truth to do so it would stir up re-
sentiment that would rail the offender to the cross
or burn him at the stake. Were Jesus to appear
before the masses to-day and rebuke the cursed
abuses OF the marriage relation, and add thereto
his seifdenying testimony it is question whether
he would not suffer crucfdxion ut the hands Of
processing Christians as quickly as he did by the
jews In olden times. The truth concerning mar.
riage Is that 1t belongs to period antecedent to
Christianity, and we there find it under such re-
strants that life of celibacy would be preferable
to the people of to-day than to be sharers in the
onerous pleasure OF being progenit0rs. Aud yet
there is the only legitimate sphere for marriage
under jewish control-and the results are "s0und
minds in healthy bodies" and not as now, poor
humanity, crying II mourn" in nearly every ind-
vdual. Marriage belongs to the Jews and hea-
then, the same as war, and there never was and
never never viii be child conceived and born under
who would marry and remain on the
plane of earth, renounce your title Of Christians
and labor for the physical improvement of the
as given for that purpose, and you shall have our
blessing. Paul would that all were single like
himself and only permitted marriage to av id for
nication and worse abuses of the sexual propens.
ties, and the world to-day are offended when we
tell them hat PERMISSION to marry shuts them
without the Christian Church; for, according ia
Paul. they would burn in their lusts and be forni
Gators without it. We find mankind gross, yet
we find them striving to make themselves believs
this world OF pleasure; yet the truth teaches it
to be pleasures Of purity. And no truth is more
positive than that ia Christ there is such insti-
tuition of marriage; but IN Christ is eternal life.
The married must change their conditions the
warrior must change his employment; but eternal
life knows of NO change; 1t Is without necessity of
change; it is angel purity here and hereafter.
Verify say unto you, If ye keep my sayings ye
shall never die"
The Merrick Camp Meeting.
Our readers have been apprised of Methodist
Camp Meeting which is now being held at
Merrick, l.. l., which is attended by many
of the private members of that denomination from
Brooklyn and all parts of Long Island. As full
description Of the ground and Of the meeting has
already appeared in our columns, it is proper that
the alleged smart practice OF Ger ain gentlemen in
purchasing the Merrck camp meeting ground as a
peculiarly speculation should be revealed. Mr..
Thomas Butler secretary of the original committee
appointed year ago to secure q permanent camp
ground for Brooklyn Methodists in q communca-
ton which is too lengthy for publication, stat es
that the committee, representing ali the churches
In Brooklyn, examined several loca tions, and the
majority concluded to locate the camp meeting on
the north side of the island. A fe members OF
the committee in tho meantime purchased the
ground at Merrck and formed themselves into a
stock corporation. A public meeting of the
" committee" which includes delegates from all
the churches and their espective pastors will be
held in the Central Methodist Episcopal church,
Brooklyn, i. d., September IL, 1870, at half
past one p. NJ, to consummate the enterprise in
hand
NlormonisIn In New NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Pro.
gress of the Religious Dissemper.
(From the Boston Advertiser, August 81
That Mormon society has been organized in
Boston and that religious services are held each
Sunday is something known to very few, and per.
haps of great public interest Still as the dis
ciples of Joseph Smith are slowly multiplying in
the East it may be worth while to note the be-
ginning of the movement here. single
fhn announcements nR