The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-23
The Herald Religious
Correspondence.
"Let Us Eat and Drink, for To-
Morrow We Die"
Sermon by the Rev. Bishop Oden-
heimer.
VENTILATION OF THE OLD THEOL OnIES.

Religious Services To-day.
Sketch OF Rev. Dr. Norman Mcleod, Of Glasgow,
Scotland, deceased last Sunday, in Canal street
Presbyterian church, II Greene street, by Rev.
David Mitchell, at half-past ten O'Clock.
At Apollo Hall, corner Of Broadway and Twenty.
eighth street, Miss Jennie Legs, inspiratlonal
speaker, viii lecture at halEpast ten A. M. and
halfpast seven P. M.
Bishop Snow will preach in the University, Wash
ingtOn square, at three p. M. Subject-"What the
Bible Says About the Pope"
At the Church OF the Resurrection, Fifty seventh
street, near Lexington avenue, Rev. DR.. Flagg viii
preach morning and evening
the North Baptist church, corner OF Christopher
and Bedford streets, preaching In the morning by
the pastor and in the evening by Rev. Frank Rem
ingtOn, o former pastor.
Rev. Bishop r. 8. Foster will preach at st. Lnke's
Methodist Episcopal church. Forty street, near
sixth avenue, morning, at hafpast ten O'Clock.
Strangers cordially invited
At the Trinity Baptist church, Fifty-ffth street,
near Lexington avenue, Rev. J. S. Home, pastor.
Preaching at hai-past ten A. NJ. Subject-"Hos-
pitality: Is there such grace known to modern
Christianity?n
Fortieth anniversary of Sunday School OF First
Baptist church, Thirty ninth street and Park ave.
nue., at half-past three p NJ. Annual reunion OF
Rev. Rush R. Shipper, Church OF the Messiah
Thirty fourth street and Park avenue-morning
and evening.
Rev. U. c. Brewer of Danville, Ind, Christian
Church. Twenty eighth street and Broadway
morning.
Rev. J. g. Hanna, New England Congregational
church, Madison avenue and Fortyseventh street
morning and evening.
Rev. II. d. Northrup, Presbyterian church, West
rwenty-third street-m0rning and evening.
Rev. stephen II. Tying, Jr., Church Of the Holy
Trinity, Madison avenue and Forty-second street
evening.
Rev. J. s. Holme Trinity Baptist church, Fifty
dfth Northumberland subject.
slot Us Eat and Drink, for Tomorrow
We Die.'-I. Corinthians, xv., sc.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERAID:-
Why did the Apostle Paul make use OF such Ian
guage Did he believe, as the Christian world be-
deves that man is possessed of an undying soul,
or spirit, that survives the death OF the body and
will continue to live eternallys How, then, could
he say, III the dead rise not, let eat and drink,
for tomorrow we die ~ st. Paul must have known
that immortal souls deathess spirits cannot die
What could he have meant when he said "If the
dead rise not ~ That only be subject Of
resurrection which has fallen under the power OF
death so that IN strict prOpriety what the Apostle
declares is, if there Is not to be resurrection OF
our dead bodies, let us eat and drink, &c.
But all Christendom teaches that souls exist
without bodies and much better than with them.
All ''berali Christians, as well as the orthodox,
teach that souls, emancipated from the thraldom
Of these mortal bodies, dwell in glory, while the
orthodox insist upon and enforce the hOrrid con-
cet that sinful disembodied spirits dwell in con-
scious torment in he'll fire; while Christ's Apostle
to the Genties declares in contradiction OF them
all, III the dead rise not, let eat and drink for
tomorrow we die.n Then they also which are
fallen asleep in Christ are perlshed" The conclu-
sion is sefevident Pauls doctrine Is that the
resurrection is essential to future life; fhere Is
resurrection OF the dead, he would say make the
most OF this present e for there Is nothing beyond
But God has decreed THAT there shall be resurrec
ton OF the dead both OF the just and the unjust'
tActs, XIV, 1877 What men sow that shall they
also reap. az We sow to the fesh We shall Of the
flesh reap corruption: but If we TO the Spirit
shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting" and the
reaping time Is at the harvest the end OF the world.
The Bible teaching is consistent with itself; it s
the truth of God. II makes the resurrection a
necessity and insists upon it. while our modern
teachers, pretending to believe in resurrection,
teach at the same time 4 doctrine which makes the
resurrection quite unnecessary and Is utterly in
consistent with it-"For some have not the knowl-
edge q God 1 sneak this q yOur shame w.