The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-22
CHURCH OF our SAVIOUR.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES by Rev. j. NJ.
Pullman.
The morning services yesterday at the Church OF
our Saviour. In Thirty fifth street, between Fifth
and sixth avenues were well attended. The pas.
tor, Rev. J. M. Pullman, preached the sermon. The
subject OF the discourse was "Self.O0nsciousness"
the text On which 1t was based. Genesis l., 27-.In
the image Of God created dc him." Man has been
described as q being capable OF meditatng on
the past and foretelling TO some ex-
tent the future. 1t has been believed
BY the men most gifted In foresight
that man was intended for far nobicr sphere than
he here enjoys 1t IS not dnlcuu to prophesy mans
degeneracy; to say that the race Is degraded, that
the times are poor, that the last gllmmer OF the
GOLDEN AGE
is nearly over. But man has been kept down by
his religious beliefs He mas also been appraised by
them. Every succeeding age gives an example OF
an error outg-own. The shell still clings, how.
ever and rs time was fatal to the error 1t VIII be
so to the shell. The doctrine OF total depravlty
seemed one OF these mistakes; for God
made man at last an angel why broaden
the chasm now existing between Him and man ?
But another class were more In tho dark than any.
They believed That by certain and mystical formulas
| the soul could alone be saved. These dogmatcal
principles block up the way OF all our noble aspira.
| suffers what he calls down upon hmself-martyr-
dom. Alter enlarging on this point he went on to
Is Consciousness. If the horsemans obedient SER
| vant knew how incompara0y hc exceeds man In
| mnsce would he Still obey MIN? Man does not yet
fully understand the greatness OF Gods best gilt
CONSCIOUSNESS. This Is the reason he Is kept down.
| He does not know what Is In him. The
SHOWS, sHlFTINGs And SHADOWS
OF the external world keep him from contemplating
himself "KnOw thysef ~ Tnls was so wise that
men believed 1t came from heaven. To this oracle
| he would add, ''Feel thysern Whatever man
| may have accomplished he thinks tribe. This IL
| because he feels in him the innate power to do
| things unheard OF, things undreamed of even
| In the widest dream OF the philosopher.
man that could walk bindIod
he feeling and seeing himself the observed OF all
Observers' would stagger. Consciousness has
power to save many q man FAR down the downward
path. II he would hut listen to her he would see
his degradation He would aspire, to become
worthy OF himself aud Of the noble blood flowing
in his VEINS, which mas power to overcome all the
evils OF the spiritual world. Are all the advances In
science and art. all the noble and lab0rsavng In
veniiOns making o better race OF men and women
II they do not they make them worse. lie would
have that
OLD THEOLOGY
which teaches the moral nature Of man as necessarily
dark and bad torn In shreds AMI thrown to the
winds, and have In its stead the one that gives nope
with his Makers impression on him, and however
fallen, bound to be saved. II man or Two were left
out OF the universal salvation IT would not be great
thing but for the principle inlrnged-the divine law
not in effect 1t Is not enough when we merely
abstain from evil: mast be good. Tue EVIL should
be overcome In or two decisive battles aud then
60 on to improvements.