The New York herald., 1870-05-16
CHURCH or TIE ArFiSIrIEs.
The Sin Against the Holy Gliost--Vhat Ii Is
nnd What Ii Amounts To--Sermon by tho
Rev. d. II. Frot,,fuxbuu.

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nnd What 1t Amounts To--Sermon by tho
Rev. q. II. FrotiiinSbam.
There was the usual large audience OF the fashion,
able and beautiful at Lyric Hall yesterday morning,
to listen to the sermon Of the Rev. o. H. Frothng.
ham on the ''Sin Against the Holy Ghost" During
the prayer at the opening Of the there was
large number of late collected In the hall and
anteroom, who whiled away the time in reading the
sermon entitled 'Pate and Jesus, preached on the
10th instant and published from stenograph'c re-
port. The fine quartet of this church were in full
number once more, though the most noticeable, as
heretofore Mr.. Howes and MISS Gibbs, the lat
ter OF whom gave the soprano solo, ''Oh, God, In
cline thy ear" with Charming freshness and rare
feryency.
The text was Matthew Kill, 81, 32-..Wherefore
say unto you all manner OF sin and blasphemy shall
be forgiven unto men; bnt the blaspAemy against
the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And
whosoeVer speaketh word against the Son OF Man,
it shall be forgiven him. but whosoever speaketh
against the Holy Ghost IL shall not be forgiven him
neither IN this world neither III the world 10 Gomez
The preacher said:-Jesus himself declares this,
there ls but one SIN which never be expiaed,
sin which never De paiaed or forgiven. No vague
or indefinite meaning attaches 10 these words. Tie
crime shall never be forgiven neither IN this world
nor ia the world 10 come.n Though the punishment il
promised, as without the possibility Of escape, the
sn itseii IS not 50 inily described. We hear very
little in our day about
TIE ySPARpoSApLE SIN.
Our stern fore'atlers used to speak OF 1t very fire.
queuty; but all this Is changed. Our very estimate
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nothing which God has not implanted here Tor His
own good purpose Men love iood--t IS indispensa-
bic Men love money. and this, becoming an incen-
i've TO eXertlon Is one oil the engines OF CIVILIZATION
and one OF the great impeling forces Of progress.
These passions oi men. 50 long as kept within
bounds, are good. The passion Tor acquisition Is an
instrument the hands Of God. Bat this passion
transcends It's proper limits, and then 1t becomes
lust and sin. Those things which are
SINS, and those things which are morally
right may by excess be perverted and become sin.
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gle one, or single SET OF moral principles Fanatics
usually good men; indeed they are generally the
cream OF good men; yet this fanaticisn sometimes
arises TO such heights that for the sake Of
| row truth the fanatic would pervert and turn the
current OF the whole moral stream. Such men seem
to struggle without ccasng to invert the pyramid
OF trutn and stand IL upon It's apex. Few men,
tues ike their wees IRON selhshness; they
calculate for, and dream only OF, their own nappi.
ness. All vice Is not depravity; there are here aud
PEARLS OF VIRTUE.
Neither is there only unsuilled purity In virtue.
The relormer is always on the brink OF beng crilnI.
nal There those who infected with tliis tleprav.
NY and sin, delight IN wounding ana malignng; In
ascrlbing hlse and impure motives 10 others; who
eaten at Some nagmcntary expression TO load II
with weight OF odum and cast IL among the peo.
pie awakening In the nnthinking mind a feeling OF
haired and scorn toward those who are innocent.
THIS sin against the individual becomes at such
moment q sin against the many, and such sins ara
deadly they are o the ''sn again t the Holy Ghost.n
When one meets man who denies the doctrine OF
the Trinity, who disbeiieves the Holy Ghost or refuses
TO accept the divinity OF Christ, one Is apt to turn
away from such tn hatred and scorn, crying 'ots-
| phemous, Infamous wicked All friends. satire
never touched single heart scorn never nlesea ss
| soul. and contempt never converted sinner, When
| you see the eyii man do not tel nun tliat eF Is
TUE ROOT or HIS NATURE
but rather that there is fountain OF good welling
/ up through his SOUL that viii overflow, MS whole
| lie. All men who dlsbeeve what You oeisVe
are not necessarily bad Remeniner r tna great ana
good man. Theodore Parker, his life was the greatest
boon and glory Of Boston; he cared FOR her poor aud
unfortunate ones, he assuaged tne last bitter grief
and remorse OF her dying criminals, all bitterness,
| aud al callmny conquered by hini: he was the
| last KIND iriend OF the frlendless. But orthodoxy
denies such men their virtues If Que says he spends
his money anelioae the condition OF The suffering.
| another answers, wei, ne mas plenty OF IT. If he
| aoes about doing good constantly. "Wel. he has