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

Faith, Music, Works In tho Pulpits.
| The warm weather is beginning to tell upon
the pulpits as well as on the congregations Of
our city churches, and to-day we have little to
present that is above commonplace. Mr.
Beecher had been up to the Club" during the
week and came back full of the spirit Of music
and song which he imbibed there and yester-
day he shared this spirit with his congregation.
In passing he complimented the Methodists to
whom, he declared, we are greatly indebted for
much Of the music that has been useful in
developing the popularity of musical educa-
ton among us. Our greatest obligations, how
ever, he thought, were to the foreign immi-
grants, more particularly the Germans They
brought to us much rationalism and more
lager beer, but they brought lis more music
than either, and for this the other two could
be very patiently endured Among musical in
| struments the organ received fair share of
Mr.. Beecher's praise; but he as earnestly
denounced the musical gymnastics" which
are 80 often presented in our fashion
able churches. Such he declared to be desc
Grafton of the Sabbath and the sanctuary.
Charles Wesley and DR.. Watts have given us
more and better ideas of heaven Mr.. Beecher
thinks, than the Seer of Patmos, and the
hymn book moulds our faith tar more than the
catechism To those who want to spend the
Sunday in recreation Mr.. Beecher recon-
mended them to make the day ga singing Sun
day." He was highly eulogistic Of the British
Grenadier Band, and expressed his readiness
were it consistent with our national character
istics, to have embraced them after they had
played the national airs of their own country
and ours.
DR.. Schenck, of st. AIMS on the Heights
(Brooklyn), laid down the law of burden bear
ing to his people, whereby they might fulfil the
law Of Christ. The necessity for bearing one
another's burdens was shown in the relation
we bear to each other and the dependence we
have one upon another. Two classes Of bur-
dens given us to bear are personal infrmities
or suffering and moral trouble or sympathy
These were elucidated and enforced in detail,
and the congregation were urged to make the
homes Of their neighbors more cheerful and
their lives more pleasant and happy than they
are. ThADoctor administered just rebuke
to the tale-bearing spirit of the age, which has
found its way into churches and Christian
societies. to their injury and disgrace Dr.
Gibson encouraged the Ross street (Brooklyn)
Presbyterians to seek that fulness Of life which
is offered in the Gospel, and which is without
restriction or limitation. It includes in its
provisions and gifts perfect health Of body,
soundness Of mind, purity of heart, the
healthy use of all our legitimate natural de-
sires; perfect beauty for the eye, the most ex-
quisite music for the ear, unlimited truth for
the mind, unchanging love for the heart,
society, friendship, brotherhood all this and
much more is included in the promise of life.
And that which it promised in the future 'eye
hath not seen nor ear heard, neither hath it
entered into the heart Of man to conceive"
Young converts are generally SO enthu-
siastic over their new-found faith that they
rarely take time to consider but rush right
off to proclaim the news which they
think the world needs so much, and which
they alone can give. Had they waited stem
days in Jerusalem" many Of them would not
have to wander ''three years in the desert" as
they have to do now, and as we fear our new
Unitarian light, who preached in All Souls
church yesterday, will have to do if he believes
what he declared, that christian faith is
natural endowment as universal to humanity
as electricity is to water" The Good Book
tells us that faith is the gift of God and that all
men have not faith, but God giveth it for the
asking. If it be q natural endowment and
universal we fail to see the pertinency of the
Saviour rebukes to His disciples for their lack
of faith. Touching the development of rational
thought from the old theological superstitions
this young convert rejoiced that ''even Satan,
who has held an important point in all reli-
gions, is now refined away to the personifed
evil lusts of humanity, and his dark abode,
which shows so terribly in Dante, is now moth
ing more than the uneasy conscience of the
unforgiven SOUL The enthusiasm to which
preacher in these words, and may, perhaps,
serve as his apology for talking so wildly
''It is true that when person comes into
possession Of new truth, and feels in his
soul the freedom which that truth gives, it
acts upon him as q new life. He cannot
rest without communicating it to others
The Unitarian faith has both an orthodox and
heterodox side to it, as we had always sup
posed. Yesterday the Rev. Mr. Shipper, Of
Boston, in the Church of the Messiah declared
that the Unitarian belief embraced little of
almost every faith, but not enough of any one.
That is true, and the trouble arises from an
NEUROLOGICAL confounding of the several ingre-
dients whereby the system hangs at loose ends,
so that even its doctors and professors can
hardly tell us what it is or what it includes.
Bishop Foster preached yesterday in st.
Luke's Methodist Episcopal church on the
heroism of Christian faith. He declared that
Paul had suffered more for the truth than his