The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-18
CHURCH OF CUR SAVIOUR.
The Beautiful as an Element in Morality
Admirable Discourse by Rev. j. NJ. Pull
nian-Natuve an InstructOr-Ict t.ie
People Enjoy Themselyes.

The Beautiful an Element in Morality
Admirable Discourse by Rev. j. vi. Pull
man-Natuve an lnstructor-L.cs the
People Enjoy Themselves.
The Rev. j. N. Pullman, OF the Sixth UniversaIst
church, on Thirty-ffth street, between Firth and
Sixth avenues preached his farewell sermon yester-
day morning previous to the summer vacation.
Considering the intense heat and the fact that
large number OF his congregation are out OF town,
the attendance was respectable He selected for his
text the fifth verse Of the 143d Psalm'I rememb er
the days Of old; mediate on all Thy works; muse
on the work OF Thy hands" In estimating the forces
which are potent TO lit man above the control
OF his lower nature ana develop and relne
his character m0iallsts and theologlans have com
monty sighted his innate love OF what Is beautiful.
Esthetcs Is not religion, and refined and cultivated
taste will not alone deliver man from the dominion
OF sin The senses are not the avenues raversed by
the Divine Spirit on its mission OF regeneration. But
man Is created with a perception Of ana love for
what ~ beautiful, and this love is one OF the nstr-
ments Of his redemption.
MAN LOVES MORAL BEAUTY
as displayed In character and action, and natural
beauty as seen In material FORMS This latter love is
Of two kinds-scientfc and nnscentifc The man
Of science prizes nature for its facts and suggestions
to his intellect-lor what 1t makes him think; the
unsclenlifc man loves 1t for is deeper suggestions
to his heart and conscienccfor what 1t makes him
feel The natural sciences are the
GREAr ALLIES OF RELIGION
There are many, indeed, who regard them as the
allies OF scepticsm and therefore foes TO religion
Their mistake Is hereScience Is sceptica in regard
TO Old superstitOns 1t Is merce7s In its exposure Of
the absurdites and fOlles winch have been imposed
ub0n the world In the name Of religion but
towards that religion which consists In the know
ledge and the love OF God science Is reverent and
nlial 1t is only the pretenders to scientific know
ledge or men wholly destitute oil any lilst hand
scientific attainments who dscredt the yerities OF
religion. "A smaterng oil philosophy" saws
Lord Bacon, ''leads to atheism, whereas thorough
acquaintance with 1t leads man back to religion"
II we turn to consider the influence OF the common
and unscientitc love OF nature we shall be struck
earth who does not receive an influence from the
beauty with which it is clothed.
THE HARD WROUGHT LABoRING
man who takes his evening or Sunday walk In the
fields or woods may have no technical knowledge OF
with an unconscious, subtitle subduing and eevating
influence; the facilities for getting away to the
County h snoqa oe mnlsped me moral and physi
ture. Take your wife and babies into the country
or down by the sea- II you can do 1t on no other
day,
Gong to church Is good but this for the time being
ings OF nature. They are best taught by symbols,
and nature is fun Of symbols. The late Thomas
Starr King tells how, on his voyage to Call
night on the South Pacific to give his little
daughter lasting and adequate idea OF the inhnity
anu m0JCo.y Va Nou' lHc UouuuleSS Occdu served
Him as the emblem OF eternty the vast vault OF the
heavens, with ITS million Of sparkling worlds was
ut type Of infinite majesty. We may well believe
shat the lesson thus illustrated will not be forgotten
You would keep your children from the destructive
teachings Of the street and that evil companonshp
which Ii 20 u young soul as
SPARK TO DRY FINDER,
then you must give them something else to think
about And there Is no purer CoinpaniOnship than
that OF nature none to which they more instlncvely
turn, none which will more indelibly impress It's
truth upon them, none that will be a better safe
guard when the inevitable temptations OF life beset
them 10 the child OF purely cultivated tastes the
common designations OF life are shOrn or much Of
their attractions, and 1t Is rarely that they fall Tito
them falling, fail to right themselves at the last.
Teach them TO SEQ In iture, not the capricOus God
OF the theoOgies, but God Interchangeable, mani
Tested In the divine order or the universe