The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-06-16
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.
June l6--Fourth Sunday After
Pentecost.
RELIGIOUS EXERCISES TO-DAY
The Herald Religious
Communicant
The Religion" Of the House of
Refuge.
POPE JONES' NEW ALLY.
PERSECUTION OF THE JEWS.
POPE JONES' NEW ALLY.
PERSECUTION OF THE JEWS.
IS CHRISTIANITY A FAILURE +?
Emanuel SwedenbOrg and the Theology
Of the Nineteenth Century.
the BIBLE DOCTRINE OF IMMORTALITY.

THE BIBLE DOCTRINE OF IMMORTALITY,
Religious Services To-Day.
Judge j. p Joachimsen will address the congre-
CATION B'Nai Israel, at the synagogue, corner OF
Forsyth and Stanton streets, the subject of the
NRise and Progress OF the Israeites In the United
Etates.n
course of sermons on "Cavcs OF the Bible" in
Rev. David Mitchell.
Bishop Snow will preach in the University, Wash
tngton square, at three p. M.
Berean Baptist church. corner OF Bedford and
Downing streets. Preaching by the pastor Rev. P
d. Davies, ut halfpast ten A. M. and quarter to
eight P. M.
Church Of the Messiah, corner Park avenue and
Thirty fourth street. Rev. ]. +. w. Ware OF Bati,
more, will preach morning and evening.
Church Of the Resurrection, Fifty-seventh street,
near Lexington avenue. Rev. DR.. Flagg will preach
morning and evening.
G. G. Needham (Evangellst) will preach in the
evening In the Baptist church, Seventeenth street,
near Sixth avenue. r. Camera, pastor, in the
morning
New England Congregational church, corner
Madison avenue and Fortyseventh street. The
Rev. David Cook, Dundee, Scotland, will preach
morning and evening.
Rev. Mr.. Pendleton will preach in the West Fifty
third street Baptist church morning and evening.
Sixth avenue Reformed church, Rev. J. L. Dan
ner, pastor. Services ut halfpast ten A. NJ. and q
quarter to eight p. NJ
! Trinity Methodist Episcopal church, Rev. John
=. Goodman, pastor. Preaching by the pastor at
halfpast ten A. M. and quarter to eight p M.
{. The services OF the Broadway Tabernacle will be
held in Association Hall In the morning; the even
in in fha Dria Inn irty
street and Fifth avenue.
At Grace church there will be prayers and an an
them this evening at five O'Clock.
Memorial church, Eleventh street and Waverly
place--morning and evening.
Rev. d. Northrop, West Twenty third street Pres
byterian church-morning and evening.
Attorney street Methodist Episcopal church
morning and evening.
Pope Jones' New Ally-The Religion of
the House OF Refuge.
To THE EDITOR OF THB HERALD
Being disengaQed for the last week attended
daily the trial OF the boy Dunn for the mansaughter
OF Calvert the keeper of the House OF Refuge, and
In experience OF over thirty years at the bar OF
Europe and America, / never In any civilized as
semblage heard such stupid assertions semi-autho-
ritativey stated as those made by the As
sIstant District Attorney. In fact, did 1 not
graphersI could not possibly believe that any Official
was so ignorant, not only Of all legal knowledge,
but so mpervious to the interests OF humanity as
this official was in his address to the jury and the
examination OF the witnesses. For instance, he
had the impudence to ask q witness, who testified
that he was sick and wanted q Roman Catholic
priest to confess him, this question what did you
want to confess to the priest?" Now this question
was wholly illegal, and should, as hope and hear,
the official who put 1t will be at requested to
attend to some more cOngenal business than that
OF public prosecutor. In his address to the jury he
emphasized the assertion "that any person de-
eited also his religious liberty and conscience and
had no right thereto" If this had been stated in
the heat OF argument would not think 1t worth
while to immortalize this individual to eternal in
fanny in the pages OF your Journals but the burly
Official reiterated again and again this vile shibbo-
did he appear, that he believed that child CON-
mted to our public institutions forfeited not only
liberty OF body, but also OF conscience ALLUA.
Is Christianity n Failure.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
As the columns Of your truly liberal paper are
open to the public for the discussion OF regi-
Gus questions take the liberty Of addressing few
lines to you subject Of critical Importance to
mankind. The Rev. Father Burke, In his late elo-
quent sermon, to my mind draws the gloomest pic
ture ever presented to the world (no heaven for
man except through our Lord Jesus Christ in the
blessed Eucharist. Wen may he say this is truly q
ment be true what is the RESULT Taking the popu-
laton OF the world at 200 100000 we have at least
100000 900 OF human beings condemned to everlast-
ing torment. II this be the result OF Christianity after
eighteen hundred years CAN'T be regarded rs any
thing else but failures How can we look God
God OF justice and love and charge Him with con-
demning to endless misery immortal beings for not
believing In what they never heard nor ever had a
made by Father Burke. Does he not / ask, charge
God with injustice when he says ''you may find
who newer heard Of the word Of Cod and yoa
might find him q very honest man and good tenn
perate man. Yet, is that man ut for heavenS He
Such statements from the lips OF Christian divines
have done more injury to the cause OF Christianity
than the combined efforts OF its bitterest enemies
it may he that Father Burke did not mean what his
words imply, but was over anxious TO impress upon
the minds Of his hearers the benefits to he derived
done to the cause OF Christianity Is incalculabe.
The time has come when Christianity must be lit
mind Of man. Theology has too long held mems
minds In darkness, permitting US only 10 get
glimpse OF God surrounded by sword and fire. II
las pictured heaven as the home OF a chosen few
and consigned TO place OF unutterabie woe the
rast majority OF the human race It Is high time
that system OF teaching so derogatory to the CHAR
acter OF God be cast aside and more liberal ant
Christian views adopted. J. A. JOHNSTON.
Emanuel swedenborg and the Theology
and Science Of the Nineteenth Century.
10 THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
None but the careful reader OF Swedenborg can
realize the extent to which his writings are modi-
lying the theology and even philosophy OF this day.
many Of our most celebrated dlvlnes, and literary
and even philosophical writers, are reading his
writings to greater or less extent, and not few
pf them are firm believers In the idea that he was
in truth the herald OF new dispensation from God
10 man, which is at this day being ushered In. No
man can read his revelations as to the future life
and theological doctrines and go back to where he
started from in his Views these subjects !. and II
Q teacher or writer mbibes new ideas he is quite
sure TO pr0mugate them to greater or less ex-
tent and thus they will spread. and the new tdeaa