The New York herald., 1871-12-18


Tic Law of Christian Love Applied to Tenn
prrance-sermon bysR Rev. w. T. Hill.
Yesterday morning the pastor Of the South Third
street Methodist Episcopal church preached an ex.
cellent discourse upon temperance, taking for his
text ii. Corinthians. w., IT, 1s-"Wheref0re come
out from among them and be We separate, saith the
LORD, and touch not the unclean thing; and will
receive you ana will be Father unto you, and ye
snail be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord
Almighty" He said that Christian separation was
thing OF great exactness and rgtdness ana yet sub
ject about which there had been great controversy
IL was theme exceedingly distasteful to many
who called themselves Ohristiaps because che re-
Quirements of Christianity collided with their prac
tices There was q certain state OF society in the
time OF Christ which was different from ours, and
therefore 1t was that the Scriptures did not contain
SPECIFIC rules OF life or prohibitions OF specific prac
tices; but sin was forbidden, and general principles
were laid down from which 1t was not difficult to
deduce what was the duty Of man under all circum-
stances. 1t could not be successfully c0ntr0verted
that Jesus Christ made WINE at the wedding IN
Cana and there was every reason to believe that ne
drank 1t, from the fact that he was called . wine
bibber but were we to infer from that that It was
ss would hesitate so oeeve na jesus Gast dc had
total abstaner from ali thai could harm the body
and soul The question respecting the use OF intOx-
icatug beverages 6y Wen meaning people IN me tne
mented drinks and the apostle furnished the Onrls.
tan solution OF the question OF pretended liberty,
which many g00d people claimed for themselves
The speaker then referred to the difference OF
opinion which existed IN the time OF the
Worshp 70 idos and quoted pant Affirmation
that he would neither cat flesh nor drink WINE while
the world stood 4 MS G brother were offended or
and whatever measure OF success that had been
alr dv Qch1 frnn a n
the principle OF total abstinence not only from dis
titled but from fermented liquors. The law OF ex-
cussed and the speaker argued that in the case IN
hand expediency resolved itself into o right.
Society had right to demand protection from the
destroying angel OF intemperance, but public senti
ment in large cities did not maintain this view,
and therefore the Church and the votaries
Of temperance would have to labor upon another
basis. They must persuade men not to indulge in
this hurtful thing, and especially must they teacn
the children TO abstain from alconoilc LIQUORS en-,
OF the evi habit. The pernicous effect OF intoxi:
cating drinks upon tue human system was pointed
ters OF the Lord Almighty they must separate them
selves from every unclean thing. CnRstlans were
Christ BY living faith must not touch taste or
handle any sin, but live purely. The spirit ana
genus OF Christianity demanded life OF sellsac.
r1ce and se1-dcnlal Or the service OF mankind and
their salvation. The recent Methodist convention
at syracuse passed a resolution recommending pas
tors to organize churches and Sunday schools into
temperance organizations. There was no danger OF
being TOO scrupulous In respect to our duty to our
nelghbor and nothing would more surprise us in
eternity than che license we have dared 10 take re-
spectlng the requirements OF the Holy Scriptures.
In conclusion Mr.. Hin made some we!!tlned strc:
lures upon the sO-callcd ''liberatty" OF thought
Oi the present day, which he claimed was =
CARICATURE OF CHARITY.
away away rom scrupulousness, seifdeniai and entire
conservation to that which was noble and which
duty required. From the lberallty which said
Lord, deliver us.i