The New York herald., 1871-02-12
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
Services To-Day.


Services To-Day.
Rev. DR.. Mcvlckar will preach In the Church OF
the Holy Light. Seventh avenue this morning, ana
the Right Rev. Horatio Potter ID. d. In the evening.
At the Evangelical Lutheran Church OF the Holy
Trinity, Twenty first street, the pastor, Rev. G. +.
Krotel, VIII preach morning and evening"
Rev. Z. @. Sweetser Will preach on "ForgIvenessn
this evening the Unversast church, corner OF
Bleccker and Downing streets. Morning services as
usual
Prominent speakers viii address the Morning Star
Sunday school, No. 130 West Twenty fourth street.
this afternoon.
Rev. Dr. Westcott will preach In Plymouth Bap-
tist church, Fty1rst street. this morning and even
ing. subject In the evening, to young men, ON "The
Advantages Of Early Piety.n
Rev. Merrill Richardson pastor OF the New Eng
land Congregational church, will preach this morn
Ing on the subjec. "ln What Sense are Calamities
Provtdential ~ and in the evening on "Bible Views
Of Gods Decrees.n
Rev. J. M. Pullman will preach at the Church O.
Our Saviour Sixth Universast, Thirty fifth street.
this morning and evening.
"St stephen, the Martyrn Will be the subject OF
Rev. Charles f. Lees discourse this morning. In the
Fifth Univcrsalist church. Plimpton Building.
Rev. George r. Crooks, d. d. WIN preach this
morning in st. Lukes Methodist Episcopal church.
Services also In the evening.
sWOman's First and Last Sin" will be the Rev.
w. W. Andrews subject this evening In the Catho-
lie Apostolic church.
At the West Seventeenth street Baptist church
services morning and evening. The evening lee
ture viii be the "Seven ParaAes y by the pastor
Rev. r. Cameron.
''The Discipline of Our Children upon Earth and
In Heaven Equally Favorable to their Spiritual
Growth" will be treated by Rev. Chauncey Giles at
the Swcdenborgian churcn Thirty-dfth street. near
Park avenue, this evening at halipast seven O'Clock
lecture VIII be delivered this evening" In the Col
lege Hail. Sixteenth street, by Rev. 7. w. M. Mar
shall, LID, editor Of the London Tablet, in
aid OF the poor Of St Francis Xavier parish. Sub
ject-"St. Paul and Professionalism"
MIR. Joshua Huntington will deliver lecture this
evening. in the hall OF st. Paul's Institute, 9l7
Eighth avenue, on IAN Apology for Protestants.n
Rev. DR.. Even will preach morning and evening
in Christ church.
Services this afternoon In Grace church.
Mr.. J. S. Dehl. late United States Consul In the
East indies, and Rev. DR.. Deems Will address the
missionary meeting OF the Sunday school of the
Church OF the Stranger, Greene street, this after
noon.
Professor william Denton viii preach before the
this morning and evening.
Distiuction Eetween Man and the Brute
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
In the Religious Intelligence OF your last Sun.
days HERALD February 81 some one, signing him
self 'yindex," wants to know "What is the distinc-
tive difference between man ana the brute an This
Is the very question which to have puzzled the
world renowned Solomon, some 1000 or 5000 years
ago, appears from what he says upon the subject
in the book Of Ecclesiastes third chapter eighteenth
TO txenty-seventh verse. 1t may appear to many
rather humating conclusion to come to; never
the,ess, 1t must be admitted that reasonable man
arrive at no other, consistently with ound and
unrelentng, sncompromising logic. Man most un-
questonably possesses instincts similar TO those in
stincts Of the mere brutes whose senses OF seeing
hearing, &C.. are more or lcss like own; and the
mere brutes, III turn, undoubtedly manifest rea-
soning power similar IN kind, If not in degree to
that reasoning faculty which so many nave tried to
persuade themselves and others was peculiar to
man alone--hs lie prerogative and distinctive fea-
ture, the dividing line between the human being and
the Drute.
/ am forced to acknowledge that we have been
fairly driven from this ground so long and CON-
piacently assumed by man; that reason WAS the
characteristic of man. and instinct the characcrs-
TIC OF the brute but admitting that reason aud in
stinct are common to both man and the BRUTE the
difference being merely In the propOrtlonate degree
OF either (nian generallybclng supposed TO possess
the preponderance OF reason. while instinct prepon-
deraes with the brute. nevertheless contend that
man has one instinct which Is peculiar TO man, and
is possessed by mere brute whatever; and that
the religious instinct man is naturally, most lndis
putabiy, q religious animal, all animal which as
naturally and invariably expects future existence,
insinctvely "s birds stnct,VeIv eSnect to hatch
brood OF young ones. by sitting on their own eggs.
OF course, 1t must be admitted that the cultivation
OF reasoning faculties often enables us to su0due
or overcome this natural religious fn-
snct, as it enables us also 10 subdue or
may happen to be reso utely determined to conquer
and bring into subjection Our conquering any
not that Instinct naturally; but rather that had
that instinct originally else we should not have had
snct characteristic Of the human animal alone, SO
does possess one faculty oil mind which Is also
peculiarly characteristic OF the human race. and OF
no other annual whatever. and that is the progress
sive faculty OF mind which enabled one generation
Of men to progress in knowledge, power, SKILL &C,
beyond the former generation dd fltnnitunl. The
history OF the world sufficiently demonstrates that
man possesses this peculiar faculty of mind, and
that other animal has yet exhibited IT, an0 is
remarkable that It IS this very faculty Of mind which
is capable OF relieving an eternal existence from q
monotony which would doubtless otherwise be very
oppressive after having lived few millions OF ages
or SO; therefore 1t Is this very progressive faculty
winch SO admirably fits man for the future eX-
lsience his peculiar religious instinct predicates for
HIM. Yours, MONK.
A Glorious Religious Unity Required.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
The Idea that the unity OF the Church OF Christ is
oneness or opinion Is an error that has prevailed
from the earliest days OF Christianity; and to the
existence Of this error must be attributed signal
failures OF every attempt TO reconcile and unite the
differing sects, and herein you may see the utter
hopeessness futility OF your Individual effort to
accomplish an event which in the nature Of things
is a moral impossibility. For instance: DO you
really believe that you can persuade the Greek or
Roman Church to abandon all their long cherished
assumptions all their rites and ceremoniesP Can
you induce the Epscopaans to rellnquish their sup
posed purer and more simple observances and faith ?
Can you persuade the Presbyterans to give up their
peculiar doctrines and decreesS or the Methodists
their book OF discipline? or the Unitarans their
views Of the nature Of Christ and OF the atonement9
or the Baptists to abandon all their notions Of
the nature and mode OF baptlsm9 the Universal