The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-10-31

| Upson of C,urcuc,-Unity Of Spirit and OF
| Ac.iop-Promoters Of strife and Dangers Of
| Eects-seruou by the Rev. DIR. Evarts, Of
| Chicago.
series OF special services were held yesterday In
/ the Bioomingdale Baptist church. on Forty-second
| street, between Seventh and Eighth avenues 10 re-
| coynize the union of the Laight street Baptist
church with the Central Baptist church wofshipplng
I'm Bloomlngdale. The services yesterday morning
were oponcd at half-past ten O'Clock by the Rev. +.
Evans pastor OF the church, who struck an attitude
worthy OF Hamlet Booth ito whom he beara some-
thing OF q RESEMBLANCE, and made the usual an
nounccment5 respecting further services, private
reunions &C., ana dwelling very heavily on the
great desirabilty OF picking up heavier collections
than usual OF this particular time. He desired
IL 10 be understood that the collection yesterday
what he called special collection. and then he
found 1t necessary TO explain that what he meant
by special collection that the usual collection
was expected to be nightly increased In honor OF
the occasion. When these important matters were
duly impressed on tho minds OF the worshippers
MIR. Evans retired and led forward the Rev. Dr..
Evarts, Of Chicago.
TnE PREACHER OF THE DAY.
who took his text from Epheslans. w., 8:-"ISu-
deavorng to keep the unity OF the spirit In the
bonds OF peacen-and having recommended his
hearers to read the whole chapter for themselves
whenever they could get time to do So he said:The
unity of the spirit here meant was moro than o
mere outward unity OF form ana ceremony, ike the
unreal unity OF the Papacy which Is good Tor little
beyond the exactlon OF an obsequous devo-
misled by tue now rather popular cry for
unity, because those who talk OF unity only
nnd parties in the matter OF outward forms, &C.
The first Thing necessary Tor unity Is the indwelling
o. he HOLY sp ana 10 ~ an me o 81 na5 al pre-
Unity OF the Church may be and IL very desirable;
but the real UNITY which we should seek alter Is the
one another. Christ was the Prince OF Peace
"peace on earth and good Will to men'-and this Is
the mission watch the Church has taken upon ITSELF
We want union Of the Church based on a union OF
the spirit In ali mankind. Mere unions OF sects or
OF parties, based on compromises, have always and
viii always end in disruption. 1t should be all our
mission to bring back the Church from her divisons
but that can only be done when the warning earth
snail be brought into harmony with
THE GOVERNMENT OF JEHovAu:
and to commence this good work is TO be the special
assured by The lndweliing ofthe Holy Spirit. While
the soul dwells IN the body the hand Will not hight
against ahe LOOT eye war aars. n , a
ty. And so 1t viii be with the Church when the spirit
dwes within It, The Holy spirit does net dwell in
the Church at present, and hence we have schisms
and divisions. Let us pray for The pouring out OF
Gods splri, all over the world. Controversies are
OF no use wha tever. They rather harmful than
Otherwise and are I'LL debating societies. for one
man Will hold one opinion and another different
ana personal conceit Out Of these thing comes CON
gregatlonalism, which II the bano Of the Church,
bringing strife and division.
Besides the ndwelltng Of the Spirit there other
measures needed. We need more scrlpnl0us con-
formtv to the Word of God. We must have perfect
faith In that word as our guide. and not In the dan
gerous INTERPRETATIONS OF Ii. one may make o VIII
transmitting property to a large number OF heirs
fifty generations from this. Each heir Will then have
his own notion about the provisions OF the estaory
document; but when disputes come they must be all
Sc tied by gong back to the viii itself. Thus we
dispute about Gods laws and provisions We must
20 buck to His word as 1t Is found IN His wul-the
Bible. What would you gain by uniting
THE PAfIST AND THE PROTESTANT
communities, even II you could They would all
separate and split up again, because they will not
| go back to the original Word OF God.
| Another measure needed Is the ndwelling OF cha.
rty. Our best men have missed doing half the good
they could have done If they were more imbued with
| with patience and Charity, NJ ui.noee
/ UNFORTUNATE LUTHER AND POOR MoSks.
/ Faifh and hone are very good IN their way; but
] az .,sr - TOu can't always be sure
about your IDEAS OF the Word Of God you cannot be
certain OF the indwelling OF the Spirit; but you may
| always know when you have charity. do not like
| scandal, and when brother In the Church back.
slides ought not to rail at him reviIe him from
the height OF superior virtue, but ought to
seek him out and speak 10 himself and pray With
him for repentance. We have not been good as
we ought TO be ourselves; for we might have had
more church property than we have now In New
York. have seen church sites here that might
have purchased long years ago for twenty-five hun
dred dollars that would cost twenty five thousand
now; but We never bought them, we should
have done. Let US pray.