The New York herald., 1871-02-05
R E T. + & I o U S .
Services To-day.

l
~~-~>~~~~~~>~~>~~o~~~~~~~
Services To.Dny.
| Rev. R. 9. Macarthur breaches morning ana even
| Ing III Calvary Baptist church.
Rev. DR.. Cneever will preach this evening In Lex.
lngton avenue church. corner OF Fortysixth street.
on ''rhe Sign OF the Prophet Jonah,n and Rev. DR..
Sanderson Will in the morning repeat his sermon on
| "The Memorial Ofering.n
| Services this morning and evening in the Church
| OF the Reformation, Flilieth street.
Rev. DR.. Mcvlckar breaches this morning and
evening IN the Church OF the Holy Light.
Rev. Dr. Potter, OF Grace church, will preach this
evening in Calvary church In behalf OF the House Of
| the Good Shepherd.
Rev. Chauncey Giles Will lecture this evening In
| the New Jerusalem ,SwedenDorgian) church on
How, Under Providence, the Removal OF Children
| to the Spiritual World Is Made Beneficial 10 Their
| Parents"
Preaching on "The Coming OF the Lord, at the
ca tholic Apostolic church this evening.
| Rev. Morgan Dix will preach this evening In st.
| Peters church. West Twentieth street.
Rev. DR.. Wescott Will preach IN Plymouth Baptist
church this morning and evening. The subject In
the evening will be 10 young men, on s'Motives to
Early Pietyn
| Rev. Merrill Richardson will preach this morning
and evening in the New England Congregational
church. The subject In the evening will be sWhat Is
RegenerationSn
! Rev. G. II. Hepworth Will preach this morning In
| the Church OF the Messiah on "How to Get Reli-
| gion" Services also in the evening
Rev. T. O. Ever breaches morning and evening In
Christ church.
Rev. Charles Fl. Deems breaches morning and
evening IN the Church of the Strangers.
The Most Rev. Archbishop McCloskey win admin
lister the Sacrament Of Confirmation In st. Angus
tines church, Morrisania this afternoon, at half.
past three O'Clock,
Rev. c. c. Foote will preach this morning in the
CHRISTIAN churca, West Twenty-eighth street. on
SIM IN the ng on "What is Chrlstianity2"
Rev. c. s. Narrower viii preach this morning and
evening IN st. Luke's Methodist Episcopal church
Communion services Will be held in st. Thomas
church TINS morning. Preaching also IN the evening.
''St john the Herald,n VIII be the subject of Rev.
Charles f. Lees discourse this morning In the Fifth
Uniyersalst church, Pnmpton Building.
The Right Rev. william II. Odenheimer, Bishop or
New Jersey, Will preach this evening Ill the Memo
rial Church OF Bishop wainwright.
Rev. L. 9. sweetser win preach this evening in the
Unversalist church. corner BleecSer and Downing
streets on the parable Of the sheep and the goats
Services in the morning as usual.
Rev. j: R. Kendrick VIII preach morning ana
evening IN the Tabernacle Baptist church.
Rev. J. NJ. Pullman will preach in the Sixth Uni
yersaiisf church morning and evening.
rrsessor 20 William Demon WIN speak before the
An ApO!osist for Brother Beecher.
| To THE EDITOR OF TIE HBRALD:-
| Having been for some time reader or your paper
and knowing that you treat oil subjects secular and
religious, with an impartial and unseca-an spirit
beg OF you to listen for moment to the feeble vece
VI who feels that great injustice has been done
Of late through the columns OF your paper by GER
tain correspondents, to the Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher. ALI great men have enemies, and especially
those who figure 90 conspouousy as Beecrer, In
not only the theological but the political arena;
and II cannot but be expected that such
| men should frequently be the victims OF the
| most bitter invecuves. But 1t seems to me
| pity that the preludices OF the people should
| be excited without just cause against one whose
.heart is as warm and catloiic as his abilities are
truths, and which are productive OF 50 much good,
and would he productive of much more were
the minds OF the public unpreJudIced. There are
many good and faithful Christians who would as
soon be seen In the "pitn OF the Old Bowery theatre
as to be seen OF sunday ina pew OF Plymouth
church. To them Beecher is a KIND Of semi. Demon
STRIVING by the power OF eloquence to uproot the
theology OF their lahers and 10 rdlcule the religion
| of Jesus Christ. Tns results IN a great measure
from preudice and many friends like mysel, or the
| HERALD have been Influenced by letters from the
public, which have been pubsned from Time to time
In your columns, and winch they have mistaken for
correspondents.
| Now, have been for some years not only con-
slant reader OF the HERALD, but 9. Beecher's SER
mons anu although the reports which you publish
from week to week are as correct as such brief
ports can be- stll Ieel myself at liberty 10 say that
the letters winch you have published from the peO-
| pie contain many mlsstatemenJs in regard to
| Beecher's sermons which ought to be corrected.
| umns letter from an old "JacSsonian Democrat"
In which Beecher was accused OF saying IN recent
| ence.
Now, II the ears OF the undersigned and the report
| OF photographer are OF any account at all the
| above statement is entirely erroneous. Will quote
Mr.. Beechers own words as they were reported uer-
"The question Of continued existence is only recog-
nized IN the Od Testament. 1t s not taught there.
And from the beginning or that first dspensaton to
the END OF II; from the opening chapter OF Genesis
to the closing chapter of the record OF the Old Tesa
ment, the doctrine OF future rewards and punish
ments OF immortality in bliss or Of penalty In the
other life, is never once explicitly taught. But
| great many times It Is recognized"
that the Od Testament did not teach future exls-
| tence And In another part Of the same sermon
drought immortality and life to lienfn ana hence
tnat the New Testament does explicitly teach
| Now, ask, is the statement OF our friend, the
Jacksonian Democrat iairs Can Beecner De ac-
did not teach future existeDce, and nence We
c0uld % commit SIM murder, robbery ano the M IKE
~m mpunty 70 far as the next word Is ofSar con
misstatencnts which have been made nom time to
time, but have already asked toe much Of your
win the public think for one moment before they
scen man as Henry WaTa
NEW YORK, Feb. l, 1871.
More Beecher.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
Last Sunday l noticed two artices one signed
can Old Jackson Democrat" and the other IAN
Anxious Inquirer" denouncing Mr.. Beecher In
strong terms have known Mr.. Beecher for the
last seven years, and have reason to think l know
his peculiar ideas and those Of most Of his congre
CATION. win say for the benefit Of the "Anxious
Inquirer" that II he would read moro OF Mr..
Beecher's religious novels his mind and thoughts
would be changed for the better; and a. ne quotes
much nom the Bible think, as Mr.. Fr0thugham
said In sermon last spring to his congregation,
that there are many passages in the Bible which
would be as Wen stricken out and some OF the writ
lngs OF C0ntucius or the Koran substituted.
IL a minister of our day does not keep TO the old
beaten paths there are always many to raise tnelr
hands In holy horror. The earth moves, ana strong
meat is not nt Tor babes; hence they cry and vomi