The New York herald., 1872-12-02


the resurrection and the lifc--he that beieveth in
Me though he were dead yet shah he hve."
Eloquent Tribute % Horace Greeley BY
the Rev. o. h. Rrethinghaun.
Dccember's opening Sabbath, bright with sum
shine, though bitterly cold, greeted BY an un-
usually large attendance 1t the services yesterday
morning at Lyric Hail. Rev. o. B. Frothingham
preached. His subject was 1.-THE Love OF 0od,n ana
It's basis the words Of st. Paul, "Not that God is
loving but that God " love-" TO say that God is
love and love 10 God was. he began the same
thing. The great feature OF the divine law, as
manifested by the early Ohristians. was God
sending His Son into this world to snatch
men from eternal damnatiOn. Following out this
idea of the amount or saving influence required to
rescue one from the innuence Of the devil, Theo-
dore Parker, instead OF a Trinity, made out qua
ternity-the fourth one being
yf THE DEVIL.
Having dwet upon what would be the eject to-
Danish the devil from the world he proceeded to
say that 1t was difficult to define what the love OF
God Is. Unitaranism Of every degree stood upon
this basis. Think Of this all unbos0mng atmos-
phere giving vitality to the smallest insect alike
with the greatest saint, ana bearing on its broad
bosom oil living things. Think OF the stars,
Forever singing as they shine,
LOOK upon the insect world tull OF wOndrOus life:
dive into the depths Of old ocean, where small
fishes disport amid the majestically moving whales;
walk forth into the grand primeval forest; look
upon the snail In his tiny cover; look upon the
polar bear; look upon even the great centre OF
magnificent forces; go far beyond the stars visible
to us into new regions where new stars have been
nung into space; look everywhere, anywhere and
the universal chorus comes forth, "G0d is love.n
Alter all, the .. r-s M f'fsE19
EVIL. OF THE WORLD
Is insignificant when compared with the anOIlnut
OF good there is. II men would but SIMPLY
conform to the laws OF virtue ana truth
Ds Sc Tine PToy
dence. Why will men be so blind and stupid
as to act contrary to what they know to be for
their best good 7 All there is
TIE GREAT PROBLEM
OF this our w0ndr0us Lille. Nothing satisfies man.
The insect drinks In the morning dew and basks in
IL fnsatatc-nevcr content. Picturing at eloquent
length the fruits OF this nsa tiateness discontent
be II men were less ambitious, less restless and
more content. From this he went back to Unita-
Tilanism which he summed up Dy SAYING that the
clared that the only substantial thing was talk.
Quaint old DR.. Johnson answered the argument to
right that there should be so much crime2 Was 1t
right that judges should be idlerss Was 1t right that
things that are are In their causes just-so says
Pope. All things work together for good-so says
Paul; but ne adds-tO those who love God. Darwin
tells us OF the law OF selection, by which, in
THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE,
the strongest SURVIVES All things do not work to-
Sive. This is the law Of Selection No mater @ what
the vouptuary or the wording, or the cold scien-
tiic man says; hear what the honest and just man
says-what he says who strives to do his duty to
the best OF his ability Poverty may clothe him in
rags, may put out his fire; business may be blight
this man never repines. The Pnritans did not re.
pine at Providence; they found love in God So do
all truly brave men. In this connection he re-
ferred to
HORACE GREELEY.
HIS death mad caused general chill. or his
would neither ailude to his private Character.
This must be left with the Searcher OF Hearts. It
was only OF the DRIFT or life they had right to
Judge. Speaking for himself alone, speaking from
lifelong conviction, the life Of Horace Greeley
illustrated the enthusiasm OF humanity. He was a
t%aroh porn @em0crat, republican n the grain man
knew what it was to be cold and thinly
clad, and : to be neglected aud nobody
an associate OF the wisest and best OF the nation.
His broad humanitaranism early showed itself In
his bitter opposition to slavery. lie pleaded for
peace; he pleaded for popular education; lie urged
the absolute divorce between religion and the
State. He said frankly that this was not a Chris
He contcnded zealousiy for the rights OF all
men and also OF all women. All his so-called allu-
In religion he was Universaist He became q
Univcrsalist from conviction. lie believed that
God was love. He died In this firm belief. great
teacher an earnest reformcr, stimuator Of honest
thought had passed away. He owed his death TO
ldety TO the same principles that made his life
illustrious. The tolls of being standard bearer for
his party were too much for him. The storm OF
abuse and calumny bursting upon him TOO
much: And then there came the defeat-the first
crushing blow which, with strength exhausted by
his night vigils at the bedside OF his wife was
than he could stand.
spirituaiistic View Of Grcelcy's Death.
The services chi rif At
Apollo Hall were well attended yesterday despite
the sharp air and the slippery condition OF the
sidewalks. During the evening exercises the lec-
turer, Mr.. Thomas Gales Forster, briefly alluded to
the death OF Mr.. Greeley. The subject OF the dis
course was "A Response to the Charge Recently
Made that Spiritualism is Heathcnism Revived''
The lecturer desired his hearers to know that the
heathen mind OF ancient days entertained the idea
OF God, In whose infinite power they believed quite
as fully and evidently as sincerely as the pro-
fessed believers OF the present time. 1t
was mere arrogance for th"se now living
to claim that Christianity alone entertained
the true belief In the divine power. The lecturer
cited numerous passages from the writings OF
Illustrious pagan authors in support OF his pre-
misses, and said that the aristocratic religion Of the
present day was simply Judaism galvanized. He
claimed that lHndoo literature being his authority
Abraham was BTanmln anu, moreover, Jnat ne
was an avowed spirtualist, a believer and a
medium. The heathen Of old clearly understood
the relations existing between man and the angel
world. Mr.. Forster spoke at some length to show
that many of the learned pagans were Spiritual
lists, and that heathenlsm In its higher sense as
Judged from their works, was something OF which
no man need be ashamed. ALI the better testi-
monies OF the religious world showed that
THE sPIRITUALIsTIC IDEA
was eternal and natural. In the present age much
mad been done to advance Its growth; but Il would
doubtless require another age to pass away before
the whole universe should accept spiritualism as
the one true religion. The lecturer urged oil to
seek the true and pure spiritual light; so that
when their spirits should take the flight to
brighter and higher life they might say with that
great and noble spirit which had just entered the
splrit-world, 81 know that my Redeemer iiveth.'
The speaker said that spirtualism taught that
every man must be his own redeemer, ana then
the spirit world would be to him ali brightness and
all beauty forever.
In the morning Mr.. Forster's theme was
stTnlnkgQivin0 nay ~ 10 n lecture