The New York herald., 1871-12-18

Yesterdays Pulpit Products.
Weak and feeble, comparatively, were the
utteranoes of che pulpit orators yesterday
whose dlscourses in substance we reproduce
to-day. Mr.. Hinckley, of Washington,
preached to DR.. Bellows Unitarian congrega-
tion upon the enthusiasm of faith and its
efeots upon the Christian world. But there Is
very little of the article among Christians of the
present day, and the result is Of kind with
the cause-sickly and sentimental. Mr.. Pull
man held up before his Universalist congrega-
tion the most enthusiastic Christian Of his own
or Of any other age-the Apostle Paul-as
worthy of admiration and imitation. DR..
Hepworth illustrated the way In which the
Lord measures men and nations and their
lives and actions with the plunbline Of truth
and righteousness, and metes out His rewards
and punishments to them every day. And
the sum Of Bible doctrine and teaching, as
given In concise form by DR. Hepworth, is,
make your lives plumb.
DR.. Merrill Richardson, in calculating the
doctrine of the sovereign will of God, took
deliberate care to make plain the other doc
trine that He will dc only that which is best
Tor His creatures. And not one principle Of
Gods government has changed since the days
of old. 1t is the same now as it was In the
days of Moses and the Pharaohs. And in the
formation of the earth's surface and the dis
tribution Of man upon 1t the Doctor contended
that God foresaw and designed the institutions
which have followed, but that this foreknowl-
edge did not at all interfere with mans per-
pleased aud to accept or reject the truth and
peace.
In st. Patrick's Cathedral Rev. Mr.
McNamee uttered eome wholesome advice and
reproofs to business men who think that their
absorption in business is a sufficient excuse
for neglecting the claims of religion upon
them. 1t is, he declared, great mistake.
And the Church is now calling men to repent
ance, and is calling them from every
walk and occupation in life, and the
reverend father urged his impenitent hearers
to forsake their bad habits and prepare for
eternity. The Rev. William A. O'Neill, in st.
Gabriels church, very beautifully and touch
ingly aroused the feeling Of friendship In his
congregation for Christ by showing something
Of the depth and fnlness of that feeling in the
Saviour for us, and he cited ways and acts in
hnd by which we may show our sympathy
with and friendship for the Master, and
encouraged his people to procure the friend
ship Of Christ by faith and prayer. In tho
Greek church Father Bjcrring made few
comments upon the call of Peter and his readi-
ness to follow Jesus, and the good
father urged from Peters example regular
attendance on the ordinances Of Chris
iian worship and devotion to the faith.
Bishop Loughlin, Of Brooklyn, in answering
the question to his large congregation in St.
James Cathedral yesterday "Who art thoua"
said, we are Christians, and then explained
somewhat in detail what that answer implied.
And this was made mora apparent by con-
trast with what we are of ourselves or by
nature.
Mr.. Beccher hammered away again yester-
day upon favorite topic of his-the fatherly
our frame: He remembereth that we ore but
dust, and on that knowledge is founded His
love and pity for us. This love and pity was
manifested in Christ dwelling among men and
suffering for them. Sin, Mr.. Beecher con-
tended, is moral undevelopment and it's
existence interferes with our spiritual growth
and progress. We should not, therefore, blame
men for that neglect of religion which springs
from moral inability to do right God waits
patiently for the development of grace and
truth IN them, and we should wait also. The
,slowness Of moral development wes illustrated
by physical and physiological facts, and an
appeal was made TO the congregation to pre-
pare the way Of the Lord, whose natal anni-
vcrsary Is SO soon to be commemorated. The
Rev. Mr.. Hill showed his Williamsburg Method
lat congregation how the law Of Christian
love applied TO temperance. We wish he could
apply it TO intemperance and to alcoholic ven-
ders also, Other pulpit discourses which will
be found in the columns Of the HERALD to-day
arc CONNIE nded as specimens of light reading.
Tho Cafacazy Question Settled.