The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-03
March :3-Third Sunday
i'm Lent.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES TO-DAY
Observation-Disclosures
cations.
HERALD RELIGIOUS CORRESPONDENCE.



Rev. Father "Iom' Burke, well known Roman
Catholic pulpit orator, will lecture this evening at
ST. Pau's church, corner OF Court and Congress
Streets Brooklyn Subject, "The Catholic Church
the Foster Mother OF Human Liberty"
Rev. T. A. Hoyt, University washington square
morning.
Rev. Joseph Hodlch, at ST. Lukes Methodist
Episcopal church. Forty first street and Sixth ave.
nue-evenlng.
Rev. John Cotton Smith, Church of the Ascension
Tenth street and Fifth avenue-evening.
Rev. f. c. Ever, ST. Ignatius' church, Seventh
avenue and 1hrty-third street-evcnlng. Subject,
'Anglican worship In It's Visible Aspects.'
Rev. j. s. Willis, Seventeenth street Methodist Epis-
copal churcn-morning and evening.
Rev. DR.. Osgood Church or st. John the Evangel-
list. West Eleventh sIreet-mornlng and evening.
Rev. c. 8. Narrower, st. Luke's Methodist Epis-
copal church. Forty first sureet-morning and even
ing.
Rev. Washington GLADDEN. New England Congre.
slreet-morning.
Rev. Il. ID. Norhrop West Twenty third street
Presbyterian churcn-morning and evening.
Rev. George H. Hepwortn Stenway Hall--morn.
Ing and evening"
Rev. Dr. Hutton, Gospel chapel, 257 Bowery-
evening.
Rev. Mr.. Hobart Will preach In Brevoort Han,
ten O'Clock to-day.
Rev. DIR. Flagg Church or the Resurrection, Fifty.
fifth street and Third mountaineering
= Rev. L. c. Sweetser, Blocker street Universast
church-morning ana evening.
Rev. Hugh Miller Thompson, ID. d., Trinity
Chapel, West Twenty-ntth street-evening. In be-
hall OF the New York INFANT Asylum.
Free religious services at Brooklyn Academy OF
Music-evening. Gen. o. o. Howard, Rev. II. M.
Gallaher. Director Rev. Henry Powers.
Douglas Russell, Evangelist Baptist church, sew.
enteenIh street-Mornlng and evening. Also every
evening during the week.
Rev. Dr. Deems. Cnurch OF the Stranger, Mercer
street-morning and evening. Seats all free
Dedication OF st. Peters German Lutheran church,
Forty-second street and Lexington avenue-morn-
Ing. Services Tor chdrea two P. NJ.
Rev. W. X. Schermerhorn, OF Boston, Church OF
the Messiah. Park avenue and Thirty-four street
morning and evening"
Rev. w. W. Andrews, Catholic Apostolic church,
Sixteenth street-evening.
Rev. p. L. Dawes. Berean Baptist church. Down.
ing and Bedford streets-morning and evening,
Elder James Bcknell, Beulah Particular Baptist
church. West Fourteenth street-morning and after.
noon.
Rev. David Mitchell, Canal street Presbyterian
church morning and afternoon.
Thomas Gates Foster, trance speaker, Apollo
Hall-morning and evening.
St Thomas church-morning afternoon and even.
ing. Sermon in the evening by the rector.
Soctariau Discussions Dangerous to american
Liberty.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
Your valuable paper yesterdays issue, article,
''Sectariansm," In the conversation between the
HERALD reporter and Mr. Dexter A. Hawkins,
brings out In clear manner, a fact pregnant with
the future. mean the antagonism OF one, and per-
haps all, OF our leading churches to the principles
and necessities OF our constitution and government.
Mr.. Hawkins quotes the constitution of the United
States as providing that Congress shall make
law respecting the establishment OF religion" and
the constitution OF this State providing that "the
free exercise and enjoyment OF religious profession
and worship without discrimination preference,
shall forever be allowed Ill this State to all man.
kind"
These two quotations constitute part, and
leading part or the foundation principles OF the
public.
Next, Mr.. Hawkins brings out the declaration that
the common sohooi system is a necessity essential
to the existence OF the republic--a declaration, /
suppose admitted as a truth by all.
Here are common schools IN which ny the cOnsti-
tutons OF our government, no sort or species OF
hgion can be taught, declared and admitted TO be
essential TO the perpetuation OF the repuul!c
Next Is brought out the fact that the entire Roman
Ohurcn from the pope 10 the smallest parlshs
priest insist that 1t is inherent and essential
tlon should be given along with secular
Instruction." Here is the antagonism ana conflict.
The constitution and spirit II our government say
no religious with secular instruction. and secular
instruction Is necessity. Tnat church says no Sc
GUAR without religious instruction, and the Pro-
testant Churches are not whit behind. These
assert that the Bible Is their religion and i must De
read and Sept IN the public schools.
Are, then, Our republic and the systems and
principles 1t IL Quilt upon, In antaeOnism with all
rhn tfrtnn anpts fhrt.t
But Is there antagonism between those principles
and systems and the doctrines doctrines aud practices Of
Jesus OF NAZARETH Clearly not The former
spring naturally from the latter.
Let the light OF the Sunday nERALD--the best re.
ligous instructor In the world-be shed upon the
people Its Catholic rays WIN serve and save the
country. REPUBLIC AND RELIGION.
New YORK, Feb 25 1872.
A Reply TO "Catoo ON the Immortality Of tho
soul.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
''Cato" has submitted your last Sundays edi
ton to your readers eight theses against the I'm
mortality OF the SOUL which, he says, can be man.
tanned by the most rational argument.
AS for the first OF these tneses-nainely "that the
dogma OF the Immortality OF the soul is OF Greclan
not Christian, orlgn'-I fully agree with your cor.
respondent that such doctrine has not originated
with christ or his followers; but cannot see why
"Cat0 calls IL OF Grecian origin. Plato who treats
that question at length, was certainly not the in
ventor but only the expounder OF belief that ex.
listed long before him. and which, In my OPINION is
as old as mankind itself, being founded all the
instincts OF our nature The following theses
of your correspondent can be answered by single
argument which Is sustained by common sense,
history and philosophy, TO wit;-The human soul is
spiritual and therefore is immortal.
There Is IN our being most evidently. dualism.
The lego" or seven. IN which the whole thinking
substance OF OFT existence is comprised, IS essen
italy one, and consequently, essentially SIMPLE and
indivisble. Not so the matter which c0mposes our
organic body; 1t is two, three, four, hundred. a