The New York herald., 1870-03-14
CavScs Or TIE 0ivias PATERNITY.

s"rhe snow, the Snow, the Beautiful snsw''-
Emeci oil the Weather ON Parson and Flock
Empty Pcw., Dearih OF Fashionable Toilets,
short Prayer and aIediocrc Sermon.
Thick and fast fell the snow Oh Fitth avenue yea
terday morning ana as fashionable cnnrch time
near fell thicker and faster, accompanied by
a cnin, bang w,nd where every breath spoke. In
vengeance dire against the votaries OF the Goddess
OF Fashion and waraed them 10 Keep WITHIN doors
and console themselves ~ best they could. AS the
reporter hurrild along towards tho Church OF tho
Divine Paternity with his overcoat bnttoned up 10
his chin and his nat siouchcd over his eyes bar
ritr against tho pe!ting storm, he was somewhat
enllvened now anu again As he passed
the palaces. which that nelghborhood
DO thIcxy abound, TO near tripping and
spti2htly noses rom pianos, and in one
instance the sound Of love atty from sweet
female voice SAID Tue reporter, then, 10 himself.
there VIII little or nothing to write about the ser
vices at the Churca of.the DIVINE Paternity to-day
and congratulatng himself wlth the prospect OF
short work aud an early dinner he makes dash for
the church, and enters II Just as terrific gust OF
wind sweeps around the corner of Fifth avenue and
Forty.nsth street, Al The same time sweeping DR..
Chaplin, with the additional Impetus of his fuIi-
Dlooued team OF bays up 10 the snfine oI worship.
Iuslde there Is look OF gloom. The church - oniy
about e-thiro. .nlea There ire only about . dozen
ladies' IN the pews and there no Toilets worthy
note. The only lasnionabiy appearing Individual
10 be seen is The philosopher oi the iFibune who APP
pears dis guiacd III q span ne coat and clean sl r.
The pastor taE5g his position al the reading desk,
appears 10 be senslpy affected by tho paucty o his
| congregation. and after viewing the situation
through his glasses faraly for minute or 80, opens
the services IN 3 subdued voice. At the appropriate
| period he sekes his text from Matthew XXI. 4o:-
"On THESE two commandments hang all the law and
/ ths prophets.r fne preacher said ID reading tho
chapter which included this text, VIE found that Il
| recorded certain questions addressed 10 Jesus
| Chrst by the Jews, the Pharisecs and the Hero
diaas having been oanicd oy ms reply TO Their ques-
tOns and the >addncees bs his reply 10 q certain
problem regarding me resurrection Of the dead He
wai then ASKED by great lawyer what was the Ilrst
| commandment. He said 1t Is that mon shalt love
| me Lord thy GUd with all thy heart ana with all
| toy sGrengtn auJ with all Thy mindr And this
| hung The supplemental commandment. Thou shalt
love thy Deigubur tnyseiiW Now. there The
principle which Chrlsaniry rested: and although
the terms VI tins prncipe were familiar 10 US 1t did
not f0lloN thai fully understood It's scope and
meaning. In the 1rst place then. would ask
them TO consider the cotuprehensiveness OF the
CHRISTIAN principle. it might help us To understand
the significance OF tue LAWYERS question ana our
Savonrs reply thereto. when We learned that the
Rabbis were vi that time much given 10 the discus
Sion OF tue relative chafacteristics ana meaning OF
tho commandments aud the Jews nad one hunared
aud thIrtysix requls!tlons out oil which 10 select.
Possibly. therefore, the lawyer thought our saviour
would be embarrassed IN answering IN question.
But Jesus CHRIST DID not MAKE any distinction in
answering NJ ali. lie aid not consider the law q
complicated ana mulliioim lot OF precepts aud pro
hDitIons, but He treaed IL principle Upon inis
pseteSt, ,hen hlag not ony wnat me an.
them, bur all the conditions OF life aad duty
which occurred Ill our own experience now. Ia
view Of tins truth were yrecluIei from
making any distinction as TO great small iu-
man laws, setting up standard aud inn,cting pro-
portIonate pcnalties might graduate offences. Dut
the DIVINE lRW declared tnar he who offended
point guilty OF ali. Therefore, let no man con-
sole himself with the ldea that no has fulfilled All
great duGies and neglected The small ones. Let linn
ask himself VINE her snaii OCCASIONS dad not some
tunes furnish greater principles than large ones.
IL easier, ne sa'd 10 pe vr1uOls some grand
theatre OF acioa amidst the dramatic cond of
publicity tbin anllhst the petty surroundings OF Oh
scur,ty m, sorrow. II WAS easier Tor man 10 be
martyr ~ the STATE tlan 20 conquer some petty i'm.
pulse or ms own VIII. Like the stream OF water
which flowed from the tear3 OF Tile mountain u
might form only Little cool bIsu on the wassido
where the traveller mant drink. or ~ night lcud
into broad ftYef on WhlcD sailed the neeLs OF COIN
nerce OF Tie nations. tnristIantty did not At al
bear The spirit oI q code or enactment The New
Testament vas condensed book OF CHRISTIANITY and
1t was written 1T slyie that might be called porra-
bic rellgluD because IL contained principles which
we might carr! wltn us anywhere. Anf 50, Chris.
tanitV did not bliiu on man minute ana detained
code, but t inspires nlm with l3H.maEtng power
The reverend preacher closed his marks by aiaiu-
Sion TO tho outward semnlauces oi religion which
characterized many people III tins word -
warning ms hearers against falling nio mat
greyOus error.