The New York herald., 1871-03-13
CHURCH CT ssL SOULS.

Sermon by the Rev. Or. Eelows-Wash and
BE Clean--The Masked nIaIefactors Of the
Pcriod-Charnel Houses and Palaces Lie
Without Ecroics.
Despite the ftfnl foods which descended yester-
day morning the services in the sacred eice at the
corner Of Twentieth street and Fourth avenue were
attended by a goodly assemblage OF worshippers.
The mellow-voiced bells OF the various churches
pealing out through the falling rain uttered invita-
tons never unwelcomeNto those who let no
DISMAL MOOD OF NATURE
keep them from the house OF God. Peter Cooper
was present and the number OF men with snow.
white heads in the assemhage was noticeable and
unusual. At ten minutes before eleven Dr. Bellows
entered, and then
Then sweled into diapnson iul
The people, rising, sung with harp
And voice Of psalnsn harm oniously a,tuned;
and the reverend preacher after an extremely SIM
pie and beautiful prayer, opened his discourse
taking for his text H. Kings, ", Island his ser
wants came near and spake to him and said, MY
father, If the prophet had bid thee do some great
thing wouldst thou not have done 1t? How much
rather then, wAen he saith to thee wash and be
cleanrn
he said that the original law OF God was
CURE FOR MORAL LEPRosY
Tor the sinner was TO wash himself in the baptism OF
His Word and be Clean We might say unto
hearts ere botted by lusts you are prone
TO crafty your appetite at the expense conscience
your souls are corrupted: this would be moral
ieprosy. You may ask how many persons are there
that WI answer 10 this gross descripton-.Ts thy
servant dog that ne should do these things?n But
let US not deceive ourselves because ieDrosy is
masked and softened In
THE SOCIETY IN WHICH We LIVE.
Ine same vices are there that exist where would
never go-in the
DARK WALKS OF LIFE.
Wnat makes htrniuded woman in low life
narot leads light-minded woman In high life into
the same moral degradation, but ameiorated by the
ample cloak OF social gloss. The same kind OF
character carries a stiletto under cloak, not
shrinking from muroer, as that which under
the domino OF an anonymous paragraph In
newspaper stabs the reputation OF an honest man.
That winch two centuries ago was done by snug
Cling is better effected BY false oaths by bribed
officials and corrupt Jurles. What is the difference
between THE
~ MAN OF ILL-GoT RICHES.
whom society cannot disgrace and the man who,
in q bolder way, openly breaks the law Is taken,
red-handed and committed TO jail and the gallows?
Good society always has some uuprinclpled lepers
In It's midst, who cannot be excluded or ignored.
Though no moral cry is raised as they approach.
,eprosy as those WHO were tainted in the
streets OF the cities OF Syria. Successful
unsuccessful ones, although 1t is policy to make
examples OF them when found out. Men who make
exhibiti9is OF horror at the discovery OF great
riches. Tue reverend doctor then proceeded TO
prove that nine-tenths OF the
SUCCESS OF sOANDALoUs WEALTH,
OF corrupt politics, OF the social evil &C, was due
to ourselves. What succeeded was ft 10 succeed In
our time. unscrupulousness could not obtain power
IN scruplous community. This city is no better IN
political point OF view than its government. We
cannot RIO ourselves OF responsibility by lifting up
our garments when we walk through the 1lth. The
regiment which makes
A RICH PRoFhIGATE ITS COLONEL
Is OF his principles. The city State that elects dis
honest men toierates dishonesty. The ministry
that upholds an ungodly priest is itself ungodly
Inc par tlat accepts and efnuates an INSCRIPTIONS
member and fawns 10 corrupt judges can not escape
the charges OF corruption and unscrupuousness.
The woman OF high life who welcomes 6attery puts
herself the OF more suspicious character
whom tue word calls wanton. or ALL 1t may
safely be sad they are at heart better than their
idols. To them one thing is 10 be said
WASH AND BE CLKAN
Go cleanse your hearts. keep clean in secret not os
III you are diseased In soul don't 20 TO Quack to
cure YOU Tue reverend doctor here compared the
gically IN regard 10 the organs which secrele the
blood. we must have the Innermost soul pure our
acls VIII De impure. We must go from the
coRRuPTED sHRISRs
OF public sentiment and wash until clean.
nsre wefs yo WAYS nyng rom @ moral evils
actual change OF state. Many is safe In Boston
who is not safe ia New York many a man ls safe IN
New York who Is not IN san Francisco; many man
IL safe In the country who Is not IN the city ana
many man IS sale at home with his wife aud chill
wanting 10 become clean we should leave society
which we cannot safely encounter rather
puous every day. How many men have l
seen year after year degeneratlng under the
BeuuCtlOu, tue bttptlClsm ILc opportunities
Tor ley ia this great city u Is not children
alone but men VINO need 10 be Kept at nome. 80
bad women might be taken back 70 their native air.
their native neds ami homes, and perchance, theiI
we stains washed away In the purity OF their native
streams
BEFORE 1T Is TOO LATE.
what can compare 10 opportunity III deciding oul
fatey But iiis Is not the radical cure. Inc fea
place 10 cleanse Is The heart and thereby 10 renovate
Its iuturc life one clear purpose OF holy living, one
distinct and affecting glimpse oi the character o.
God Is worth all eXterua appliances and safeguards
TO tempted man. Let a man become clean IN mo-
ave aud he can touch pitch and not be delled. He
may live among
THIEVES ROBBERS HARLoTs AND MURDE1ERs
and be what Jesus was among publicans and SIN