The New York herald., 1871-07-02

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psrancs-Judaism in a Nutshell
Services To-Day.
Rev. Charles B. Smyth Will occupy the pulpit OF
the American Free church, New York University,
shis morning and evening.
Rev. Z. 4. Sweetser win preach IN the Bleecker
street Universast church this morning, at quarter
u eleven O'Clock. Communion service In the morn
ing.
Rev. Andrew Longacre will preach morning and
evening in the Central Methodist Episcopal church.
Rev. Abbott Brown will preach this morning in the
Church Of the Reformation
Rev. Dr. Sanders0n will preach this morning IN
the Lexington avenue Presbyterian church.
.'rue Reward of Christian Loyalty' will be the
subject OF Rev. Charles r. Lees discourse this
ing in the Fifth Universalist church, ChicRerlng
Han.
Rev. J. NJ Pullman will preach in the Church of
Our Saviour this morning.
Rev. Merrill Richardson VIII preach this morning
and evening in the New England Congregational
church.
Divine service will be held In st. Luke's Hospital
at four O'Clock this afternoon. Rev. Joseph d. Will
non. OF PlttsDurg, will preach.
Rev. G. $. narrower VIII preach this morning and
evening IN St. LuKe's Methodist Episcopal church.
Divine services VIII be held IN st. Thomas church
this morning,
Mr. Thomas Gales Forster VIII speak before the
Society OF splrtualists IN Trenors Lyric Hall this
morning ana evening.
''The Herald and Free Relicion''-Tho Rev.
John Weiss and His Views.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD-
In Sundays HERALD, June 25 IS an interesting
article, headed "The HERALD and Free RellglOn,'' In
which the writer says:-"In our comments upon
Rev. John Weiss assertion, that The nature OF the
Creator Is in the material created, we said we could
hardly how TO escape the logical consequence Of
q changeable and perishable God"
Now, Sir, in view Of the fact that the elements Of
which all the bodies IN the universe are composed
are eternal and indistructlbe in their nature We
may easily see how the material creation socalled,
may reflect the attributes OF Deity. The Apostle
Paul says 'The Invisible things of G od are clearly
seen from the creation being understood by the
things made. even His eternal power and godhead.'
SO far, then, the "Hebrew philosopher" and the
Hebrew apostle agree. Phlosophcally speaking,
there IS no sucn thing as creation. The popular
thOdOX theory OF creation that God made the
earth and all the heavenly bodies out OF nothing.
than which no greater fallacy presented TO
the contemplation of a Rational being. Nothing In
nature can be destroyed. The forms may be mod-
He'd or totally changed; or they may be reduced TO
the natural clements of which they are composed;
but those elements are indesrructibe. and must,
therefore, be eternal in their nature and duration.
All the creation there Is consists in making one
thing out OF another. II we make chair or table
out Of q tree 1t is as much creation as to make
the earth out OF materials already IN existence.
Bat as we could not make the chair or table without
the tree, so no more could the earth any OF the
celestial bodies have been made without the
elements OF which they are composed, ana which
are eternal and indestructble IN their nature. The
theory OF making thing out of nothing is
worthy OF prlestcraft, the source from which IL
emanated, and 1t does to mix with purgatOry ana
other insane dogmas. 'Infnty witnln, inflnlty
without. belle creation" From these scientific
iacts We may perceive, with the Apostle Paul and
the "heDrew philosopher" that 'Tne nature or the
creator is in the material creation.r
Again You say, .'Mr Weiss expressed his lack of
falth in the sous immortality and independence of
the body" ana you add tnat scientific facts can
never alter the common and universal belief OF
mankind IN the souls Immortality and conse.
quent independence OF the BODY" And to sup
port the assertion you refer the reader TO
passages OF scripture, not one OF which contains
declaration that man has within him immortal
soul which can exist independent OF the body. And
there Is no man living who can produce, either from
the Writings Of the Ola Testament or from what Is
called the New, q single passage containing such "A
declaration. Chrlstendon has again ard again been
challenged 10 produce sucn passage, and Jailed 10
40 II. In England hundred pounds reward has
been offered IN puDllc prints to any one who w0uld
produce such passage very popular orthodox
London preacher admitted, III ms own pulpit that
there was no such doctrine to be found la the Word
iLo Yes heather philosophers, Plato Socrates
and their pupils taught 1t. And modern Gentle
the apostles, have been vain and anti Christian |
enough to engrait that heather dogma into their |
70 be preferred to the Word of csodY I'm vain no oo
they worship Me. teaching for doctrines the COM
You say, .Our Hebrew philosopher appeals Co |
Jesus anu Paul. who, he says, never advanced sucn |
doctrine There are, sir, Today, thousands OF In.
United States Canada, England Ireland, Scotland |
and Wales, VINO declare tle same thing, and who |
are prepared to live and die IN the faith. "rhe |
wages OF sin is death but gift 0f God no true
believers oniy) is eternal life through the medium
OF resurrection Paul, IN arguing with the Sad. |
ducees sect that did not believe rcsurrection
says, III There Is no resurrection there future
drink, for tomorrow we die tand done with. |
Moreover ne says, II your doctrine Of no rcsurrec- |
ton be true 'a the righteous dead are perished."
Reler 10 l. corinthians, XIV. zone III your own seec-
tions). Now, If Paul had peen a believer In the |
heather dO9mas OF the souls immortality AMI OF |
going TO heaven or hell ut death, what had |
ne Tor declaring that, If there was no truth In |
the doctrine OF a resurrection, the Sadducees |
he we're believer III the dogma Ol the saints gong
~ heaven at death. what difference did he sup !
make TO tnemy 10 the saints already IN heaven, en-
loving their reward OF vIrtuOus lie IN the nesh
what oinerence TO theu whether there ever was or |
was not resurrection But Paul declares il there
h no truth IN the doctrine OF resurrection there Is
no hope OF future lie, and that all who have |
'Rone before" (whO died III faith are persned,
Paul declares, as plainly as language can convey |
ideas, that there Is no conscious existence between
death and the resurrection, and that IT. the Sad
hucees affirmed there s no resurrection, there is
no future life after the breath has gone from the
b0dy. Tor either saint or sinner. And Paul said.
mo other things than Moses The law and the |
prophets did say" The teaching uf Paul on this
suDect Is the teaching OF the word OF God from
Sadducees, II Your doctrine Is true, el us eat and
drink, Tor tomorrow we de" land are done wlth).
But Tor an apostle VINO believed gong 10 heaven or
hell ut death 10 preach epicureanisnl, let us
spend the remainder Of our lives In the beastly
practice OF eating and drinking because our uves
Short Is incOlnprehcnslbe, In an orthodox point
Oi view, ana degraues the character oi the apostle