The New York herald., 1870-02-27
NEW YORK HERALD SUNDAY FEBRUARY a. TRIPLE SHEET

lE CfKEEIs
n,sned ana supplied with eloquent preachers, but
rather to the ngatne1ng ol mulutuoes Into his iod
do not hereby condemn church edincrS rich or
| poor; IconsideF them absolutely necessary TO the
welfare OF modern society; put ! 40 conaelnn s n ,ae
custom OF the church or to-day In trusS ng SO mucn
10 the services Of the sanctuary ana the eAtsrhn
| forms 0l religion.
munlty In general and of the Methodist Church IN
particular to this one fact-nanely tnat the cSrileu
world Of the nineteenth century - peculiarly q
reading world, whereas \ century or more ago "
was hearing world. This distinction II importans
IN devising new methods OF eyaugellLation. But
Old times are changed, old manners Sons
ana new methods the place OF that preach
ing which proved 30 effective with our foreisthers
century or hall century ago. We are too apt 70 speak
o. those ancient worthless as giants aud OF the nsn
ol our umea as pigmies In comparison. must dectu-
eoiy dissent IRON any such view. doubt whether,
ulaer our altered conditions OF society the Aeross
o the past would be considered any better Than the
Ms.ers % oI tne present DAY, had they lvea now M
Another TACT must not De forgotten In this connsc-
uon: II IL thai truth alone saves. and not sound.
30 tnat II matters not how eloquent preacher may
be- if his sernibns lack this important element they
Wall fail as harmless upon a congregation as pebbles
INTO the ocean causing temporary ripple and thea
But word hsiy snoSep % ~ood s And ts.
leads me 20 remark that God blesses HIS ow TRUTH
whether II oe uttered by babes and sacAlines
| or 0y apostles ana archangels And these things
| being 30 our cnier concern Unrlstlans aud
cow0rkers together with God Is to consider the best
TO the eyes aud 10 the minds " men. III Ne can sup
Rieiaeas sss'g by bearing - m sals ~, WORK wei but
| trance 10 the town or Mansoul.
| some OF those evangeizlng agencies already
named and the most positive were innovations upon
The established order Of Churcn operations III vogue
| a. the time of their birth. IL VIII not hurt the
Church to adopt the Innovations though copy
/ tnem IRON men oi the world ana IL appears 10 be
adopting their modes. We know that '.Lne children
OF tnis word are In their generation wiser than the
| children Of light.n auu why should We mol take
| leaf IRON their book and appropriate whatever we
nnd good III tne word to tho uses and services Of
Now we ind tnar business men, men OF the world,
nave their agencies, corresponding In number and
position 10 those employed 0y tue Church, to further
Their business. But, besides these they Others
winch the Church OF CHRIST mas NOT, and to these
desire 70 can attention. Wnetner consciously or un-
consciously know not but business men serving the
word seem 10 appreciate the principle stated III for
mer portion Of this artlcle--namey, tnat this 10
TO bring me truth home 10 mah's minds. Hence
youli see Dr. Cornkiier's man paradinx the streets
you wncre 10 nna his employer. There IS ALSO Mon.
sIeur Magician VINO taxes step In advance OF the
DOCTOR aud sends ont MALI dozen or more men each
| bearing on his shoulder piacard containing Mons
| MIS- name and BUSINESS address, MIR. Sunshade
| sends out man bearing large umbrella covered
All over with printed praises OF his wares Mar. Mer-
chant does the same tulng, and so on al itJftunt.
| But squire Snoo Fly trims UP one or more covered
| wagons which ne labels ali over with spicy repre-
sentations OF ms performances ana these he sends
forth to peramDuate tho streets 10 his interest
morning to night. And II must be remembered that
these agencies are ali OF the most posve character
| They cannot well be seen without Geing read. And
let II De remembered also That newspaper fence and
curDSt0ne advertising IL NOT neglected by the cn.
| dren or this generation at tae same tune. l need
not answer the question, VIII lt pays The con-
t,nuance Cf these methods Is sufficient proof that
does, and tnat fortunes are maze thereby in - lew
| years.
How different are the ways OF the Church Con-
tent with agencies that are, Ia the present condition
OF society," but second rate al best, II fears TO take
Dold step lest u should iose some Of its respeeta-
Dllity. II would rather send hundDed ulsu or w0-
men into the houses OF the poor 10 distribute tracts
10 them Than TO parade six men on the street with
the same tracts leGi0ly printed, 80 tnat he VINO rum
| meth might read. Tnere about 266 Protestant
missionaries OF every denomination In lns ci,y, and
the number or made by these last year Ii est.
| mated ut 100000. Allowing five persons TO each
| Iailily visited We Should have an aggregate Of
some sort during the year provided thar these visits
were not many times repeated 10 the same persons
Now suppose tnat instead OF these 2e5 missionaries
the CHURCH had sent Out the same number of covered
wagons aDeiied WIN such tcxtS OF scripture rs the
| fOilowlng:-
Son that whosoeysr 6esseh Him should Ne, PERISH but
jesus Chris. by grace tasted death for every
Believe in The Christ thou saved.
The result would be that instead or millions there
| would be one hundred millions oI persons or more
reached by the ;iospe. every year. In other words
the population OF TINS city would read the Word OF
God thus one hundred tunes year. and they would
be reached n such way that tney should receive
the truth. Tney might stop their ears 10 Che elo-
qnence OF the pulpit but they could not close
eyes against such y manifestation OF truth. Wnal
sion stations and SaDbaJn scnools would DO able
10 contain the multtllcs that would mock to them
agencies are Just ~ applicable ana equally as eIrec-
Slve IN Filth avenue Az the Five Points. They may
| reach every class ana wall benefit ALL
Ii We are ever 10 force and vice out OF the
world IL must DC done by forcing truth and virtue
IN. Will nos do for us TO tsucn tho Iormer gently
| or wals until they rise up ana depart We must
KICK ineln out, ana when tncy ous w0 nave
| the Divine power and assurance to keep them out.
With agencies care not how soon the Bible is
driven from lic pubic schools. could place 1t In
every household ana / might almost sly IN every
heart. But tlese tnlngs como or ialth qua not by
observation. Ana If The Church OF Christ has
| faith enough In Cod To Deieve tnat hc
blesses the truth. nor because 1t Is uttered Dy
need nos longer hg2ic about tue MODES OF present
Ing 1t TO the people has the Methodist Episcopal
Church in this CITY or country sufficient faith God
| To take hold OF these suggestions and uillc them
| for It's own honor, the salvation Of mcl and the
glory Of G0ds L leave 1t 10 answer.
| Large expenditures Of money and long patience,
and ~ may DC not q little persecution, Will be re-
but the result, am convinced VIII justify the cost
and endurance. There are niany CONSCIENTIOUS per-
sons who would not give u doiiar to any purpose
that had not Scriptura authority 1T lis uacK ana
| To these have word 10 say.
READ in zecharian, xiv. 20, that timo VIII come
IN the history or the Churcn when bells on the
horses and the pots Ia the Lords house shall IN.
scrlDei ldesiicalel Honess unto the Lord ~ OF
| clmc wnen there shah no need for every man to
| say to ms brother, ..Hnow tue Lorau Cicremiah
| xxx. "a; hebrews, VIII III, which ciearly
implies laat at time prior 70 this this
l
| probably be ~ common salutatiou as "How DO
you dot' Is now. Bur Lde first man who de lcates
ms horses Or his DOls or anything else wholly to the
| LORD aDd inscriDes them as ABOVE Will doubtless he
considered crazy, and some VIII proDabiy suilcr Tor
| their teInerity Bat ialth anu perseverance viii
| conquer. read again OF period ID the history or
| the Christian church. when an angel, having the
everlasting gospel 20 preach, WALL ny through the
midst OF heaven tkcyeations XIV, 6a form uf ex-
preston wiiich, think implies new and diiiereat
modes Of n.ezali0n TO those heretofore opera
ti0n. The Church " also represented tue Apoca-
| through G.
ence, represented by ;ha figures or lion, o cali, y
| man aud Iyinx eagle (tevelatonS w., u. The
first aIage take 10 be incuded IA The first three or
tonr cenuries VI the CHRISTIAN era; tae second from
the rise OF papal supremacy 10 the Reformation,
ana The third from tnat tine to tDs mdie Of the
present century. think we are now in the transi-
tion TO the lying eagle lying angel time, auo It
| becomes the Inurca 70 adapt itself 10 new forma
and new modes OF religious operation. llg move.
| uent mug. f-rY win III ta.u ha-