The New York herald., 1870-06-13
AMrRIcAs FREE CHuRCg.

Rev. Charles Ii. Smyth mt Masonic Hall
The New Testamcns as a Dictetical and
GastronomicaI Law.
On visiting Masonic Hail. on Thirteenth street,
during the hours OF divine service any Sabbath fore
noon or evening, one Is forcibly reminded
OF the dawn Of the first great French re-
volution. The opposition OF the ruling Powers to
the "Third Estate'-Ters Eyat-had eliminated In
the closing OF the chamber where the latter met
These assembled in the garden OF the Palas Royal,
and one OF the deputies, mounting table, ex-
claimed, 'The place is nothing; where the repre-
sentatives are there Is the House Of Representa-
tives." 1t seems that the flock Of Rev. Mr.. Smyth
and their shepherd act upon the same rule, that
where the pious children OF God assemble there fs
Gods house OF worship, and hence the hail. which
other days Is given up to promscuous gatherings,
resounds on the Sabbath with devout offerings Of
praise and prayer to the Lord under the guidance Of
the reverend gentleman, in full oblivion OF things
that passed in the temple on Eleventh street. and
II such tribunal Of ostraclsm had never had exist
ence.
LAST EVENINGS SERVICE.
Thus again. last evening goody number of ptous
ladies and gentlemen congregated at Masonic Hall,
being the germ of the-as yet incipent-though
growing american Free Church." Alter the In
troductory psalm and hymn and the reading of
chapter from st. Luke, Rev. Mr.. Smythe announced
prayer meetings. for Wednesday and Friday even
1ngs OF this week, and that the Lord's Supper would
be administered on next Sabbath. He then read his
text from twenty-irst chapter of ST. Luke, verses
thirty-fourth to thirty-sixth, follows:-"And
take heed to yourselves, lest at any time
your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting
and drunkenness, and cares of this HE
as snare shall 1t come on all them that dwell on
the face OF the whole earth. Watch ye. therefore,
and pray always, that We may be accounted worthy
to escape all these things tnat SHAH come pass,
aud to stand before the son OF Man." said the
sonARLEs DICKENS Is DEAD,
Such was the announcement spread before hundreds
ana thousands by the journals but two days
ago. "Charles B. Smythe is Dead" will be the
announcement on some future day, and the same
WILL in turn, be said Of each one present, but when
and how He only knows WHO presdes over the desti.
MES OF mankind. Hence 1t becomes us all to con
slider well our personal condition, that we may be
ready TO answer the call when 1t comes, and to ap-
paar before the great tribunal. Explaining the con-
necuon OF the text with other prophecies Of Christ
Christ made al the time, the speaker referred TO
appear before Christ as judge. Sane. protesting
religion content themselves with part only, with
The theory, without putting 1t into practice, holding
HAT f they have the correct doctrine IL matters not
what may be the Character OF their life. These
forget that man was chosen to do coed works, and
that savationscontempiates not the Intellect alone
but also tne acts of man. OEe is orthodox In vain
II he does not practice 1t. The reverend gentleman
continued that temperance Is meant by many to
mean only total abstinence from the use OF srtritu-
Gus LIQUORS, whie the New Testament employs the
term IN a,wider sense 1t includes eating and work
ing as Wen as dlluklIlg IL means sell control III the
use OF things lawful. Eating more or oner than is
healthy Is probably more common offence than
drunkenness, produces disease ana early death can
be traced to II. Even many cergymen are guilty or
this sin. one may be
A DRUNXAgp ON COLD WATER
and on that beverage which Is said TO cheer but not
TO inebrate. This INJUNCTION in the text applies 10
eating as well as drinking; not only TO wine and
sDiruous liquors, but TO al! liquids and true Chris
tan should control himself iD tllelr use Those who
take on too much OF the cares Of this life who pod
night and day ior worldly gam, though they may
not be Grunkards, as commonly understood are yet
incorporate ana ouend against tine injunction VI
the Gospel. One may rise IN the world
and become useful as an orator and statesman yet
by overstralning MS nerves he will be guilty OF in
temperance, OF an offence against Christ and bring
upon him punishment tor his SIN. Another import
ant Injunction OF the Apostle was TO watch and pray
the moment OF death, so certain TO come, Is unre-
vealed to us. Man should therefore watch, like the
sentinel on an outpost, LOOKING Tor the temptations of
satan and Withstand their approach anu pray to
God for His aid TO be strengthened IL the opposition
to The wile5 OF evil.