The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-04-16

and they died before him. What was that strange
tireY Where dii The young priests taxe lt from.
ana IN what dd their crime actually coaslst9 some
commentators say thlt tie sin Of the priests was
carelessness ana frvotty ani that tney lid not take
the IRE from The altar ~ ney were commanded -
do. Others assert tAlt they were grossly
while Offering ibc lire aud The incense unto God.
and that herein consisted their SIN. But whatever
may he tneir correct Interpretation we learn from
the text mat
STRANGE FIRE Is AN ADourNaTIoN
toGOd. No sacrifice can he truly sanct fed unto God
uness the llre Is ava burning upon tho altass Dy
day and ~ night. MANS heart is the sanctuary
upon whose affairs the lire must burn continually.
Bnt 1t must he a holy ire-a fire OF pure ami GOD.
like love, OF enthusiasm lofty and exalted. II sucn
unto the Lord 1t that nre which makes a maj,
bear the trials and bravelv tight the battles OF life.
II Is that sacred when Inspires tie tender he rt
OF the mother To bend ner whole encrgies
toward the care OF her Dcioved children. 1t
that which inspires the man OF fath ana genus 10
perform acls which are The wonaer aud admi.
ration oi the world and nerves the PATRIOTS arm tn
strike Tor Goa AMI liberty ana ms native land.
be performed wa not Tins lire burning IN The hearts
OF men, FAITH IS the Snnctstin sonctc'ttm by which
this tire must ever be Kept bright AMI pure. And
unless we devote all the faculties Of the nnnd To
lailh we arc not worthy 10 be called reiigo 1t
the noly fire OF religious zeal which inSils new ana
fresh life into ts auJ raises ia
on TIE WINGS or SALVATION
above the temptations OF a wicket world and In
spires prayer. sancli6es love aud enables us TO
endure ali the suilerngs Of thus lite with iortitude.
IL Is this hfe or noly religious zeal which has given
to religion It's thonsan 's vi martyrs and in the
blooi o. The saints has perpeiufel the Chu CHI
I'M, my friends continued the ti0GtOr, beware OF
strange trio: o. brings DESTRUCTION. Envy, hatred,
malice JEALOUSY ana salf-ove are the strange IRE In
the sanciuarg OF aith ah h is an a,omnalion unto
God. It, name Ia one word Is nlgorry. Beware Of
IT. IL may sometimes resemble the holy fire
and Won may mistake Il. But you ask. how can
we distinguish between The strange and the molly
FIRE? In the FIRST place he sources from which wa
take me IRE are different anu IN the second place
the esnlis are diverse. The religious man takes Inc
HOLY ire from The alar Of iaifn, ana having learned
to distinguish between Jne clean AMI tn, unrean.
between hight and darkness truth ana superstition.
afy 81 iatu TO Religion and VIII be ready II need DO
TO sacrifice his llis for
Co, TR,TI AND SALVATION.
Bigory proceeds from the dark. deep. obscure,
Internal feeling o the mind The higot il mot fired
with zeal or religion bu II snpers itlpn-nOt for
God. bur Tor his own corrupt IDEAS and forms. and
for the most frivolous tnifg; rhc man Of faith
llshei In the earth, aui the more jealous he - the
better. But The bro' III MS yea casts fre6rands.
lIgious man loves to tains his own iltteness and
Goa's greatness. but the bigot looks upon himself 70
absolutely indispensable to God In the governments
The Doctor then pronounced a poetic d"nnncIa-
ton on bigoty, the closing sentiment Of which was
that
The suppl 'auan OF the Innocent child.
Which wound make n iser mid,
Were nothing INTO her tbigotrye y
Bigotry is al aDomnalIon unto Judaism, which
was the first religion 70 ieacn love sympathy, tong
suffering, &C., 10 man. Moses gave INTO the pc ,po
fier, aw-the law OF pure and sacred love. Juda-
later " OF ma ns Long Lon before he fonnder q
Christianity taught tina men should do unto Others
as tnev would have others do unto them 1t was
taught by Jewish saye. There Is not preceDt OF
truth or salvation now believed which was not
taught long bei3re by Judaism. Israel needed no
new dlspensaaon 10 promngate THIS truth, Israel
boasts not OF
iNQrlsyroNs facets AND scArFOLDs.
as means OF siiencing the religious conscience.
Nor does 1t boast ~ agamst race color reli
g'on. Even this morning We have dispatches from
Eastern Europe Informing how TINS strange Are
OF b1otry bnrns There. But n hriWh, fire OF peace
and gooi VIII burns npon the ALTAR OF Judaism, ana
II we woald remain irm ana happy we must Keep
ihis fire ever bnrGing in our neatts. Aud may SOD
bless u. q he Doctor closed wth n lervent prayer
In sympathy with his eloquent discourse.