The New York herald., 1870-01-16

halfpaSt ten, and this evening at half-past seven
O'Clock.
AtSt Luke's Methodist Episcopal church. Forty
frst street, near Sixth avenue, preaching at half
past ten A. NJ BY Rev. Dr. McClintock, ana at half
past seven p. N. by Rev.. John Emory.
At the Free Church Of the Holy Light Seventh ave-
nue., next to Tnirty-fourth street. services win be
held at haif-past ten O'Clock A. NJ. and half past
seven O'Clock p. NJ. Rev. Eastburn Benjamin w,l
preach.
Rev. Chauncey Giles this morning breaches ON
'Sectarianism not Christianity" IN the New Jeru-
salem church, on Thirty nth street. between Fourth
and Lexington avenues.
AT the washington Heights Methodist Episcopal
church. l53d street and Tenth avenue, Rev. j. Milard
breaches this morning, and the Rev. A. j. KynetL
D. d., this evening.
Rev. William p. Corbitt win preach in the John
street Methodist Episcopal church at halfpast ten
O'Clock A. M. and seven O'Clock p. M.
AT the Church OF the Heavenly Rest, Fifth ave-
nue., above F0rty-ffth street, services at eleven
O'Clock A. NJ, half-pasr three and half-past
seven p. NJ. Sermon in the evening by the Right
Rev. A. q. Coke, u. D., Bishop OF Western New
YORK.
At the Chapel Of ST. Augustine. Trinity parish, 2e2
and 264 Bowery between Prince and Houston Streets
services at half.past ten A. and half past seven
- "As AHV RNv. DE- Os DcuuUtou VIII OIlClhtcs
Subject OF the evening sermon" The struggle IN
Life between Mans VIII ana Gods Wnl.n
"Fallen Women" The Rev. DR.. Morgan, OF st.
Thomas church. will repeat his sermon on this SUBJ
ject in Trinity chapel Twenty street. this even
ing, at nalf-past seven O'Clock.
Rev. Thomas s. Preston will lecture this evening
at the Cooper Institute upon The Catholic View OF
the Public School Question"
Rev. julius L. Danner will occupy the pulpit OF the
Sixth avenue Reformed church at half past ten A. M
and half-past seven p. NJ.
Modern Christian Lyris,s-Watts, Wesley and
Faber.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
The name OF Isaac Watts % Christian songster,
as far as has travelled the English tongue is name
that Is spoken OF in terms love and affection The
great requisite Of poetry, sacred profane is that
1t should seem TO breathe the breath OF inspiration
ana Watts has this quality In no ordinary degree
Believing IN evangelical Professionalism and receiving
MS theological Inspirations as 1t were from the feet
OF Luther, ne sung out from his soul the hopes the
aspirations ana the trials Of Christian life as de-
fined and developed among the Reformed Churches
With the religious opinions embodied in his verse
have little TO say. His hymns rise and swell ana
now away in melodious sound raising up the
thoughts from earth and turning eyes neavenward
They excite religious faith and lead men
away, by their sweet harmony and pious asplra-
ton, from the everyday practical world into the
realms Of Christian thought and feeling. And
versincatlon and the presentation or inteIIectual
routine religious thought, as embodied In Protestant
doctrine and belief, and developing and applying
that doctrine In the form OF sacred lyrics, start
men forward In the Christian journey, Watts stands
alone. But that his hymns embody the higher re-
cannot admit They Shadow forth hope. latin and
reliance on the Saviour, but not true holiness and
spirituality. And now let me speak OF Charles Wes
ley. John and Charles Wesley are Identified with
that great subreformati0n In England In the last
century. John composed the doctrine and Charles
the psamody OF the Church. John asserted prmi-
and q firm belief In Jesus Christ with an improved
morality and 9 pure life, as the requisite OF the
Christian And enthusiasm and excitement were
to be the chief means OF success. The Episcopal
Church was lost in temporal prof0acy and the Wes-
Wesley's hymns, as well as Watts, are sweet and
melodious but not 80 refined or orthodox. BY the
rapid repetition OF holy names IN lyrical harmony TO
earth and raise In them wild disordered and un-
defined feeling Of religion mOmentary but not
abiding-to step up from the sluns OF earth at once
into the confines OF heaven, seems to be point in
Wesley's verse-beautilul to the ear, sweet PLAIN
tive, and carrying you away In raptur0us enthu-
as earthly as ever. It Is animal excitement, not
spiritual Life, holiness, devotiOn-true Christian exis
ana has dane anS
Johns sermons, have carried II along But only
rough animal Christian feeling Charles
Faber, tnat late Catholic writer and poet or England
that true noble, sanity man. he developed qualities
Is religious writer which Watts Or Wesley cannot
whose life was spoess, who gave himself all that he
was or could be TO Jesus Christ; that wrote out from
heaven and aspirations toward q sanity lile-cAlm,
sweet, deveut, heavenIy-attuned almost to angelic
Christian spirituality pr above those q Y Watts or
Wesley as heaven stands above the eartn or
HnguenOt descent and taking his faith from the
writings OF Calvin he, after his arrival ut manhood
years. IN the warnings OF his poetic SOUL sought out
faith which would harmonic more Win the feelings
and thoughts He went 70 Rome and threw nifnsslf
receiving his blessing went back to England. he
became Catholic, noble, pure. sanity, apostolc-a
hem, IAN for Jesus" &c, and Christian lyrics WIN
ever make the name OF Dr. Faber sweet and holy In
history TO tnns o. HIM Is % t snnK q saint
hymns have been turned TO the true faith and Jesus
forever He was living example OF what he taught.
evoked By watts and others BY the sprtua excie
ment OF Wesley, but to faber, sweet, heavenly,
santed poe singing with the inspiration OF heaven,
must be given the palm OF victory. for his songs
confirm us in faith, lead ns to heaven and lake US
out OF the power OF nesh.
The Theory OF tho Government Of Heaven.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:--
On the l4th December you nailed liberal colors to
your mast on the subject Of religion Ths, on the
part OF a great daily" Is calculated to make the
timid doubter strong and the brave reformer more
impatient OF the trammes that beset him than ever.
On the occasion referred to you so humane and
catholic as to counsel the adoption Of some world
wide platform, capable OF embracing and unifying
all creeds. But neither paganism nor Chr istianlty
will give way anu, besides, II they diu they would
carry with them two fundamental errors which
would render the compact worthlessa belief In the
existence OF supreme individual ruler of the uni
verse; susceptible OF love and anger and other
passions and sentiments incident to man.
This belief has been fraught with more disaster to
the human family than any other connected with
their history, because 1t encourages caste generates
prestcraft and endorses tyranny The effects OF the
mOnotheism OF tie Jews became apparent from the
ftrst moment they adopted the dogma They laid
down as postulate that there was but one God ana
took up az c0rollary that they only were His peo
ple- This highly convenient position evidently IN
volved the right OF their looking down upon and
maltreatlng their neigh0ors, and that they avaed
most religousy Of 1t every line OF their
history exempliaes fully. All the mItres, thrones
and tyrannies OF the past and the present may be
mainly attributed to this one great misconcepti0n
Man first formed a theory OF the government