The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-07-28
The Religious Programme
for To-Day.
HERALD RELIGIOUS COMMANDMENTS.
Popularity of the Herald's
Sermon Reports.
MORE ABOUT IMMORTALITY AND CATO"
Hebrew ISabbinical EIdu-
cation.

Ministerial Changes and Move
mentS.
Services To-day.
Bishop Snow will preach In ting University ut
three O'Clock p. NJ. on ''The Seven Last Plagues."
Rev. DR.. Cheever breaches In the morning at the
Forty second street Presbyterian church
Rev. DR.. Deems will discourse at both services at
the Church OF the Strangers
Professor J. IL. N. Tooley will lecture on 'The
Philosophy of SpiIitualism' In Apollo Hall morning
and evening.
Holy Communion Will be administered In the
Church of the Redeemer, Fourth avenue and
Eighty second street, by Rev. J. W. Shackeliord,
and there win be, also, morning ana evening
services
The Feast OF st. Ann will be celebrated in ST.
AIMS Church, East Twelfth street. by solemn high
mass in the forenoon Rev. Father Mclean will
preach the sermon.
There VIII be Divine Services in the Orthodox
Eastern (Russian) Chapel, 951 Second avenue, near
Fftieth street. at eleven O'Clock this morning. AID.
mission is granted to every one.
Rev. DR.. Flagg will preach morning and evening
IN the Church OF the Resurrection, Fityseventh
street and Lexington avenue.
Rev. j. p. Newman, Chaplain Of the United States
Senate, will preach in the Methodist Episcopal
church in Eighteenth street, near Eighth avenue,
In the morning and again in the evening.
Popularity OF the Herald's Reports Of
Sermons.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
As an old printer, and one who has, for many
years, had exclusive mechanical charge OF seven
religious papers, weekly and monthly, whose names
and titles | could give you, as well as the offlce
where they were printed, not a hundred miles from
your "sanctum," congratulate you, for the first
time, on useful If not financially profitable hit
you made when you first undertook to "reportn the
pulpit every Monday morning. Hundreds, If not
thousands, take the HERALD, especially Monday
mornings Just to get your reports OF the pulpit, r
preached at Babylon, l.. l., In which the reporter
constellation is fortunate in having its pull
pit ably filled. The Presbyterian church has for Its
pastor talented young man, till recently an occu-
pant Of a Brooklyn pulpit"
Now, Mr.. Editor, can vouch for the truth OF your
reporters assertion to the talent OF this 'yOung
man." as 1t was my honor and privilege to be an
elder In the church over which this .'young MANI
presided as pastor for seven years. and can tes-
THY that all the dlscourses to which listened de-
livered by him were finished theological and lite
rary productions, every one OF them ready for the
press as delivered by him. He Is ripe scholar and
finished preacher. | hope the next time your re-
porter visits Babylon he will report Rev. James
McDougall II he finds him in the pulpit OF the
Presbyterian church of Babylon. X. IL. q.
More About linn Ortality.
70 THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
There has been during the last few months sort
OF theological controversy between materialist,
'Cat0," and sundry other theological experts run
ming in this journal. 1t seems however, that this
patr0nymc child OF one of the ancient heather
poets, up to this date, so lame has been the argu-
ment on the orthodox side, has held "his own"
and the fundamental principle of Christianity, as
sailed by this champion of revived heathenism, top
pies over, and, unsupported by Protestant ortho-
doxy, must go begging for defender. In the first
place, Cato believes in the Bible, but denies the
immortality OF the SOUL Here is an absurdity at
once. What does the written Word OF God teach
from the opening pages OF Genesis to the closing
chapters of the Apocalypse but the immortality of
the human souly Did not God breathe into Adam
living soul, that is lie, eternalf Did not God APP
pear to Moses in the bush ana deliver to him the ten
commandments, for the guidance OF man in this
life aud to the lie to come Why was the Tower
OF Babel started but reach to heaven, to the i'm
mortal houss of bliss Where did Elias 40 when
he went up heavenward, body and soul Take the
Bible as the sum and substance OF Christianity
(Which to private Interpretation IL is not) and In
both the Old Testament and the New there are IN
Vulnerable texts teaching explicitly that man
believe in God and In the Bible, and dsbelieve in
the existence OF the soul OF man 7 IL Is PLAIN
contradiction in terms characteristic OF the intel
'lectual feebleness OF the modern heather mind.
Ii is, however, true that it cannot by living evil
dence be proved that man Is immortal None have
come back from the grave to unravel the mystery;
but Authoritarian iaith-teaches us TO believe In
a future state Many things, concerning alone this
world, we have also to accept by faith, rather than
by reasonable evidence But in this world, by
analogy and comparison, leaving alone revelation,
have we not abundant evidence teaching future
exist ence Where il there dutiul, true son or
daughter that parts with dear, kind, loving Chris
tian mother at the POI tails OF the grave but 1ees
consoled in his or her grief that they will be re-
united again in HeavenS If IL was thought that
humiliation took place would not grief be incon-
solabeY II a man has true and loyable VILE
the pride and ornament of his nome-who performs
well her triple duties Of companion, wife and
mother, when death comes and snatches her from
his side, takes all that loneliness and purity in
the grave, food for worms, what consoles chat
mans grief but the hope that she has
gone to home OF JOY, and that with Gods help they
will be Joined again In eternal blissY That great
French philosopher, Chatcaubrand, says the vene
ration that men have for the Holy Lord the scene
putably attcsts the Immortality OF the soul. what
good has come OF infdeliiy? Does it not degrade
beast. immortality is traditonaly woven
belief, heathen or Christian, ranging be-
tween Buddhism in the East and Mormonism in
the West, teach spiritual life In the other world.
Rather will take my place side by side with those
three hundred millions OF Christians throughout
Chrstendom who bow down and do reverence TO q
common God and saviour who believe in future
rewards and punishments, and accept the
Bible as the written word Of God
than with handful OF n saenes are
very often and basphemy ON their lives Notaire
was twice stricken with severe sickness, threaten
ing DEATH and twice recantcd his infdellty, but fell
away again on recovery; but when death really did
approach. this desparing wretch lost hope and,
amid curses and excavations, frothings ana c0ntor
lions, he felt that he foretasted the tate OF the
damned My friend ''Cat0n may be now In heal II
and vigor, In physical and intellectual strength,
with the world smiling on him, and lie IL therefore
proud OF his scepticism but the day will yet come,
hope, when stricken the bed by disease, at the
door OF death, hearing it were the stones roll
him, soon to be corrupt mass Of fth--when that
day comes hope that he viii believe in ctern ty
of life as well as death. VIC ID.
Hebrew RabbinFcal Educ alton.
70 THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD