The New York herald., 1871-02-12

passed from death unto life, and from the power OF
Satan unto God. Az for the different sects Ia ex-
long as the world stands or he present
continues each one claiming for itself i;s own in
fallibllity or embodiment or truth, 10 here Is
Christ or 10 there is Christ, den0unclng each the
other as heretical. and pr0claiming themselves to
be the only and nallble interpreters OF Chris
NOW. sir what the world needs most OF all is an
enlightened, disinterested, unsefsh, fraternal al
fectionate, loving Christianity such as the Saviour
taught, filling the soul with supreme love 10 COD
and gushing rOrin In active benevolence TO our TEL
low men. doing unto Others as we would that they
should do unto us.
II is imr 0ssible to study the teachings of the New
Testament without learning that love is the fulfilling
OF the law-Ove Is the greatest OF all graces. the
most GOdlike; without It, knowledge, talth. orth0
doxy, ceremonies and profession are all worthless
This is the divine testimony. The Greeks aud the
Romanists must expunge from their creeds and
from their hearts their anathemas and denuncia-
tons against those VINO differ from them In matters
OF opinion and cease to teach and instruct their vo-
tares TO believe that PrOteSanS are damnaDe here-
tics; and all the different Protestant ORGANIZATIONS
must also cease to den0unce and msrepresent those
big0try, prlestcraft, uncharitableness, jealousy,
envy and strife must ali be driven out OF
our churches and our hearts, and give place 70 love
can bind men together; everything else separates
and divides. How fully the Saviour realized this
when he prayed SC earnestly that they might all be
one, even us lie was one with the Father" He
doubtless f0resaw the perils to which His followers
teachings OF seCtarianism that would spring up IN
the world and He knew lull well that nothing but
leve could hold them together in the bonds or Chris
win tile world ever behold the crowning triumph
OF this great Christian vlrtuef That ls the question:
and truly 1t Is consummaton devOutly to DO
wished.
But before we can hope for the advent OF SO gori-
time the different sects must bring forth fruitS
meet for repentance. They must cease their dts.
cOrdant wrangings with each other and encourage
and pray for better spirit. l, for one, ain glad 70
IN dirpc at L n M
the Pont:h Of Rome is the great antl'Chrst OF the
Hoping that these few IDEAS hastily thrown to.
.gether, may not be without some good result, and
with disposition to renew the consideration Of this
interesting subject If desirable, remain your obe-
dent servant, ANrlSECTARlAN.
A Vision About Plymouth Church.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
l dreamed last night attended divine service in a
new Plymouth church. built with all the modern
mprovements-as they say OF brown stone 'front.'
and that each pew had a well appointed lunch
board in front Of It, from which the whole cOngre-
CATION were partakng of sumptuous lunch, with
tea and coffee or wine, as the case might be, and
were as merrty chatting as If they were at regu-
lar tea party, instead OF newly appointed service
OF the Church. Then the Rev. Henry Ward came In
and took mis- seat in the pulpit when an old sister
arose and handed MN large pan Of boiled pota-
though he intended to empty the pan, whether he
preached or not. 1 looked for the handwriting OH
the wan"Mene -. meme, tekel ~ upnarsn"-or as tna
Minnie tickle che parson;" ana / thought in my
dream that some one was tickling the parsOn with
irreverance was expelled from dreamland.
Religious Revivnl-A Whole Town Con.
verted.
The C0agregationa,tst says an extraordinary
work OF grace Is in progress In Bristol N H.. which
began on the 1sI OF January, when fourteen young
ladies were received into the Congregations
church. First Christians began to pray and labor
then the young became interested, then the Older
people, till all classes were reached. The pastor
writes:-''Every merchant, every doctor. the law.
yer, the hotel keeper, every rumseer every drum X
ard but two, every business man in the place but
two. are rejoicing In Christ. Whole families agar
and again were seen coming together TO ask fol
prayers" At present upwards OF four hundred are
indulging hope. Tnree-fourths OF the Inhabitants
of Bristol, OF responsible age, are seeking hav,
found Jesus. Mr.. H. f. Durant labored there little
over two weeks The work Is still progressing
The inquiry now is not VINO Will come, but who has
not come.
Hints Church Music.
The church Neaos suggests that the minister OF
congregation must see that the church music i
such that the people by attention may join In II
singing being important, and this duty Of contro
being his he is chargeable ir he negects it; and
the music is good and is becoming familiar /
should not be frequently and thoughtlessy changed
Bishop White said that he was convinced that n,
one circumstance impedes singing in our churc he
much as great diversity of tunes. Interl udes be
tween tine verses OF the hymns very obJectio ma
BILE. The voice does not require them; the sense o
what is being sung Is broken by them the devotOna
feeling aroused is checked, and the booy becomes
latigued II seems @ IKE an imposition l. to get per
organ consume the time by its pranks.
The Communion Question.
The Baptist papers and those OF other denomina-
tions have lately been engaged in an animated dis
cusson on the subject Of baptism before communion
1t originated with some expressions made by Rev
DR.. Caswel President OF Brown University, in al
Informal letter to an editor. In it he said:-