The New York herald., 1872-09-16
Yesterdays Pulpit Utterances.


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Yesterdays Pulpit Uttersnees.
From the variety of topics presented in our
budget of sermons to-day it will be strange
indeed if our readers are not each served to
some dish suited to their individual tastes.
Aiming toward the highest, purest and best,
if we turn to Rev. John Kay's discourse we
shall be encouraged by his picture of the
future glories Of the righteous, or be warned by
his presentation of the walls and torments Of
the lost. There is just enough of heaven and
hell in it to make it palatable to the orthodox
and perhaps not to greatly offend the hetero-
dox reader. But if we would shun the grim
and gain the grand estate we must be stead
fast in the faith of Christ, and not have
o hollow profession and an empty name.
The advocates of female preachers and
prophetesses will very likely be glad for the
reinforcement which DR.. King brings to their
ranks to-day. While he would not ordain
women as regular pastors and set them over
churches and congregations, he would license
them as local preachers and exhorters and
would revive the old order of deaconesses in
the Church. The Methodist Church, which
owes so much to the labors and influence Of
women, should be the last to say them nay.
st. Paul was certainly too gallant as well as too
earnest an evangelist, to refuse any lawful aid
that might be given to him in his great work;
and there is too much evidence in his writings
in favor of female teaching in the Church.
and too many Acknowledgements of their
usefulness &c Al::.csalf to be overborne
by strained Interpretation of couple Of
passages in his letters to the Corinthian
Church and to his son Timothy. The subject
of marriage is an interesting one to young and
old, and, from recent example, to priest and
parson alike; and Rev. Charles B. Smyth is
probably sufficiently versed in the mysteries
to give advice thereon, since this was his ''les-
son to the clergy" last night. But it was
coupled with divorce-a legal act that is not
always pleasant or profitable. Mr.. Smyth, Of
course, goes in for the clergy Of Rome or Of
America having wives; but he thinks that when
o man takes an oath or vow Of celibacy he
should not violate it. But is such VOW more
sacred in the sight of God than the fulfllnent
of moral duty, divine obligation, which
He has enjoined upon mankind? Of course
the clerical readers Of the HERALD will turn
with eagerness to read what Mr.. Smyth has
to say on these points to-day.
We dare say there are great many men
who will be surprised as they read DR.. Cha
pins sermon to learn that the most pitiable
condition for o man to be in is to be COM
pletely satisfied with himself, since self-satis-
fed is the condition in which most men find
themselves. This wns the condition of the
Pharisee long ago, who was SO glad that he
was not like his publican neighbor, sinner.
But the latter went to his house justified.
One nearer to.God's altar trod,
The other to that affairs God.
The Doctor declared he had so sympathy
with that religion which wonld make Sunday .
day Of grim severity, and he had less with
that anti -Puritanic spirit that would make it
merely day of license, or remand it to the
chaos of the work-day world Mr.. Frothing-
ham evidently has no sympathy with our FASH
ionable churches of today. They are built
bv the wealth of the few for the convenience
of the few, and no reverence attaches to them.
In no way, he declared. are they an expression
of faith; there Is no sacredness at
tached to them, md they constitute no
sanctuary where needy men can forget their
trials and tribulations in the exercise Of
prayer. Not 80 is the Church to the Roman
Catholic. To him ii is ever eternal, pro-
phetical institution, special condition apart
from society, always the same, founded on an
eternal rock. The Roman Church, Mr..
rockingham declared, is pure democracy,
and every member can aspire to be Pope, as
the American citizen to be President Ho
advocated more spiritual homes for strangers
in this metropolitan social wilderness The
idea of God mortgaging heaven Is novel one;
but Rev. w. T. Clarke believes the Almighty
has done this, aud done it, too, to pay tha
self-forgetting toll Of earth. Who is, the mort
gagee and what was the equivalent paid2
Three classes Of questioners Of religion will
be interested in the discourse Of Rev. Father
Farrelly in the Cathedral, as they will gather
from it what questions were answered by the
Saviour and how they were answered. Ques.
tions relating to salvation directly were always
answered by Christ directly; questions of mera
idle curiosity were not noticed by Him, and
questions prompted by malice or bad faith
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