The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-24
CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH.

The Uniterinn Bclief--Its Relations to
Other Faiths-Its Practicability-Its
Duty-Sermon by Rev. Rush IL. Ship
pen, OF Boston.
The pulpit Of the Church or the Messiah, corner
OF Park avenue and Thirty fourth street. was yes
terday morning occupied by Rev. Rush r. Ship
pen, Of Boston. The reverend gentleman based
his sermon upon the words OF Paul 1--WE believe,
and therefore speak" 1t is positive faith, he be-
gan, that gives power to utterance. No Church or
sect flourish on mere negatons 1t is said by
some that
THE UNITERIAN BELIEF
embraces a little of almost every faith but not
enough OF any one. 1t does. Its first and great
principle is "seek the greatest truth" 1t draws
honey from every flower. Why those walls
erecteds Why are we hereS why was this pulpit
raised To seek and to send forth that greatest
faith But recoect that sometimes superstition is
taken for aith. Thus the boy has faith in ghosts,
and shuns the cemetery; but larger faith comes
in and drives away the idle superstition. he knows
,hat he y eacsrsled by Gods protesting arm Bnt
faith of the passenger on shpboard who shuts his
eyer and sleeps during the storm, and the noble
faith OF the captain, who watches all night. The
one Is
A SLEEPY FAITH,
trusting all to God the other that does Its best and
leaves the rest to God. The one s shadow: the
other substance. Let us be done with sleepy faith.
Let us not coniine ourselves by formulas Have we
city drawn hundred years ago give any idea OF It's
present state? No. 1t has spread its boundaries to
the north and TO the south; 1t has crossed a river
on the east and on the west. The map must grow
with the city; and therefore, we will not sterreO
ashes Have her maps changedf No. SO with the
formulas Of some beliefs naught but the formulas
remain. And but for them perhaps the faith
| might have been famed INTO lie. They have
smothered the name, and now all are ashes
| The speaker next alluded to the city of
/ Meadvlle perhaps one OF the most beautiful
cities OF the Union. Not by the straight lines of
map are its beauties and en- joved. Go TO the
hills and view 1t with the landscape mngling Look
not alone from one point; study it on every side
Thus it is with religion; look not ut formulas: look
not rom the single hill OF Unitarianism. Drink in
It's charms from every side. 1t seemed to him, the
| speaker said. that
i 4 CREED is A SHADOW
OF mans thinking. He said that hts little son was
! one day trying 20 stand on the shadow of his own
head. 1t seems as # some men were trying t. do
the same Do your best; God will take care OF
your shadow The Untarians stand for fath-for
faith in Jesus They want the vital working faith
| not the faith OF the man who glorifies Christ
God ana IN the transactions OF life denies HIM at
every step. We want to clear this faith from
the accunulations OF theology. We think the in
scrpton Of the Gospel received another during the
Middle Ages. AS the pure spring water gathers
| sediment as 1t courses down the mountain side and
| needs htcring will clear our religion OF the I'M
puritles OF human opinion. There are In the
| TEACHINGS OF CHRIST
i four conspicuous points. He teaches the Father
hood OF God, the brotherhood OF man, work In this
| world and something in the next. On yonder
heights of Brooklyn there is man who teaches
/ feel His hand did not Jesus pray to Him as a
realityY There is story in the religious papers OF
| girl who prayed TO God and received no answer.
Her pastor advised her to pray to Jesus and her
prayer granted. That minister had forgotten
The prayer OF christ, "Our Father which art in
! heaven We want larger faith in man. He is
NOT AN ANGEL,
nor q demon. His passions though they occasion
ally ruin him, rightly used are his friends. With an
education he must obtain their mastery or they will
master him. Fire-the humblest slave-when once 1t
ruies, rules with an iron sway Long will Chicago
long Will America remember
THE FIRE FIEND.
The passion Of love--the hottest earthly flame
may become gross RIGHTEOUSNESS. IL Is its abuse
that has created the great social evil. The desire
for gain may degenerate into miserliness. Alter en-
larging this part OF his discourse, the speaker
spoke OF a conversation in David Copperfeld, ere
member me at my best" said young man to a
parting friend. There is a best and worst in
human nature LOOK at the tablets IN our
remembered him at his best And so when
we 20 to the other world we will be taken at our
best Old theoogists taught that this world Is
unless we make them bad; all are good II we work
nobly. They taught that netenths OF the human
race would be lost Although he, the speaker, be-
lieved that retibution was as unvarying as gravity
lac thought that as Mr.. Peggotty had everything UNI
changed the candle lit, all prepared to welcome his
erring Emily, SO the
Ike the candle, will ever welcome the returning
penjtent--wiil ever say 'come back, my child come
back.n Such Is the belief OF the unitaIians. They
need no stereotyped creed-they need TO proclaim
their religion with all their strength.
ST, PAULS EPISCOPAL CHURCH, IN Y0RE.
WILLIE.
Memorial Sermon TO the Late William
A. Whitbeck.
At the services yesterday morning ut ST. PauFs
Episcopal church, In Eighty-afth street. between