The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-05-21


public meeting of the New York city Church
Extension and Missionary Society OF the Methodist
Episcopal Church viii be held in the Seventh street
Methodist Episcopal church, Third avenue, this
evening at half past seven O'Clock. a. V. Stout
President OF the society, will preside. short state
ment OF the work will be made by the Rev. William
Ross and address delivered by Rev. ]. $. Willis,
pastor OF the seventeenth street Methodist Episcopal
church
Rev. Andrew Longacre will preach morning ami
evening IN the Central Methodist Episcopal church,
Seventh avenue near Fourteenth street.
!! Rev. DIR. J. p Thompson viii, preach IN the New
England Congregational church this morning. and
the pastor Rev. Merrill Richardson, in the evening"
Rev. Thomas Street will preach this morning ana
evening IN the North Presbyterian church. Thirty
first street and Ninth avenue. This evening the
subject Will be 'The Three Hebrew Children"
Rev. John z. Goodman breaches morning and
evening in Trinity Methodist Episcopal church.
West Thirty fourth street.
Internal Evidences OF Conversion. will he Rev.
DR.. WescoJts subject OF discourse this morning In
plymouth Baptist church: "Soaom and Its Last
Night the evening subject.
Rev. DR.. Chccver viii preach In Lexington ave-
nue. church. corner Fortysiytn street, to the Church
OF the Purltans, this morning, on "Thc Establish.
ment OF Gods Word, from Malachi to Matthew"
.Kev DR.. Sanderson will preach in the evening
Rev. Charles p. Lee Will preach In PmptOn
Building Fifth Universast church to-day, Oh ''st.
Paul. the Christ an Preacher"
Rev. c. Z. Foot will preach this morning in the
christian church, Twenty -eighth street, "Jesus
q Complete saviour ana Beginning OF the Church."
Rev. J. NJ. Pullman will give the second of
course Of lectures TO young men at the Church OF
Our Saviour sixth Unvcrsaist, Tnrty-1f street,
this evening. Subject, "A Coward's Plea-I Don't
profp llama nryipa IN fnp mn rpin
Rev. G. $. Narrower breaches morning and even
ing in Sc. Lukes Methodist Episcopal church, West
Forty first street.
meeting to further the exploration of rhe holy
Land Will be held in the Fourth avenue Presbyte-
rlan church. corner or Twenty-second street. this
evening at eight O'Clock Dr. Crosby VIII explain
the MOabte stone from large map. and give the
general results Of recent explorations. Addresses
will also be made by Professor Hitchcock and DR..
J. p. Thompson.
Rev. Chauncey Giles win lecture on "The Maec.ial
universe a Created Work OF CODA Mirror of the
Divine Mind and OF the Human Soul.n in the New
Jerusalem tswedenborgiam church, Thrty-nfth
street. Morning worship at eleven o'clock.
Rev. r. q Ever VIII preach this evening In Christ
Church the first OF a course OF sermons on 1.-THE
Evils Of the Day and Their Remedy"
Rov. DR.. II. Rylance, will preach this morning in
st Marks Church. Second avenue and Tenth street.
In the evening he win give the first or course Of
lectures on christianity and the Human Hearth
IL There Christian Sacrifice In the
Nineteenth Ceuturye
Flo TIE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
In your issue OF last Sunday you printed under
the heading OF Sacrifice and Symbols il letter
which must have stung Judaism to the quick but
20 which none but Jews could have taken excep-
lion. In fact am confident that all good Jews
shared the pleasure 1 myself experienced IN pe
rusing 1t. 1t was refreshing the great pibli-
Cal tenet of sacrifice so briefly yet invncibIy
sustained For myself, could have wished that G.
II. n. had gone step or two further. For instance,
just where he sat down contented, the Romanists
out in endless litany OF armatlons at out the
excellence and necessity OF sacrifice. They say it
d the essence OF religion; that itself says as
much; that there never was people but hal its
own sacrifice; that religion Without a sacrifice Is
b solemn sham; that none but gifted priest like
Luther and royal bigamst like old King Harry
ever could have planned such n farce as a religion
without sacrirce. There is something tanlalizing
I must confess. in such stin aud sweeping utter
-ances. or course, one can smile at them, but
smiles are not argument and, really. after
all. even they were not out of
place on serious topics, they cheap and too
nat. The great issue upon which seek Information
through your columns Isis Chris'endom to-day
WlLnOut d SacrlnCef II not what Is the Christian
eacri1cey The Romanists meet the question with
out hesltancy or ambiguity, falling back upon the
mass. We all know the Keen relish with which they
t1'R0 10 mass" Amid the crushing caamities OF
Egypt, King Pharaoh sootbed the sorrows OF his
people with the Wen known panacea-"Go to
Joseph" Let Romaniss be hunted and narassed
Act them be buried alive In caiacombs, or reegaed
20 dreary mountains or marshy swamps they Will
Keep ''going TO mass" You may. they constantly
boast, seize and connscate our goods: ana you may
III you VIII, SOCK TO stamp ont our PRIESTHOOD but
what You cannot do even though you should
rp
which has steadily burned In midst since the
night when was FIRST kinded al the Last supper"
Hence, when back-sliding Ronansts-ior tuerc are
such-happen to miss going TO mass" they really
feel out OF sorts with themselves; nor can any
amount or champagne stine the real regret which
elts staring their returning consciousness Mon
day mornings pillow. Msniiestiy. they believe
IS the smallest part OF The trouble. The worst OF 1t
As they seek 10 uphold the mass by the authority OF
the Bible, and here Is where the shoe pnches every
true PROTESTANT lover OF th2t most venerable book.
The Ronaniss hold that In onering their sacrifice
TREY obey the Bible. las often as you DO this do IL
Tor commemoratioD OF me-" They say that the
sorering or the mass Is the perpetual iulnmcnt OF
propnccy, II being the only known thug rcanzlng
Hhe prediction that there should be made sacrifice
IN any place from the rising or the to the going
down thereof. Thus the RomansI, returning on
Park cheers himself with the thought that
ms coreIigonists at the Antpodes are abso
tuteIy "gong to mass" From such n position
a. Is worse than useless seeking TO dislodgc
him. On minor details ana touching matters
of quizzlng so long he meet you
with that theological Dttfd,Usose-known 10 any
Romanlst, VIZ, non est n Ede--you may try
your utmost TO batter down Romanism. But toucn
him on one OF his fundamentals. or articles OF be-
lei, and you will speedily discover no matter how
intimate you may he with HIM, tnat you have been
fondling an eephan: who can crush Won NJ his plea
sure 10 seems TO me- Mr. Editor. that your corre-
spondent would benent truth and opige many OF
your readers II he would give a little OF his mind
es TO the condition OF our nineteenth century Chris
rlanlty respecting sacrifice. When Romanists dis
Hnctly affirm that without the great Christian sacri-
ce OF the mass the character OF the Redecmer Is at
variance with ITS prototype IN prophecy they are at
peast clear, candid and outspoSen. The Messiah
hncy say, was to be priest; ne was 10 be a priest
Forever ana he was be "a priest or the ORDER not
pf Aaron, but OF Mclchlzedec. Now, the distn.
gushing characteristic OF this order was that Its
special elements OF sacrifice were thread and
'wine," the very same which Catholic priests en-
pl0y at the mass, they were those used at the
Last supper. Our catholic friends tell US that whcn
they, with their priests. offer those elements on
earth, Christ simultaneously oiers himself In
heaven; that Christ IN reality IL the principal Offer