The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-12-29
RELIGIOUS NTELLIGENCE.
To-DAY'S PROGRAMME OF SERVICES
Another Letter from AtheOS on the Bible
and the Public Schools.
Infidelity a Matter of Physi-
cal Constitution.
MOVEMENTS IN THE CHURCHES.
Services To-day.

services To-day.
The Rev. Henry Powers will deliver, at the
Church OF the Messiah, discourse in tho morning
on "The New Year, and in the evening the third
of his course lectures to young people, his spe-
cia subject being sThe Choice OF Career and How
10 Pursue It."
AT the Presbyterian Memorial church the Rev. G.
s. Robinson will preach ''The Rich and the Poor
Meet Together"
Or. Cheevcr breaches in the Chapel OF the Uni
versty the evening" at quarter to eight O'CLOCK,
on "Enoch's Translation"
sThe Detachable Mountains will be the Rev. L.
c. Sweetser's subject this evening al the BleecRer
street Universalist church.
Thomas Gates Forster lectures at Apollo Hall to-
day on generic Progress and "The Fool Has
Said in His Heart There Is No God"
The Rev. Dewitt Tamage breaches TO his burned
out congregation morning and evening at the
Academy OF Music, Brooklyn.
Bishop Snow holds forth in the University at
three p. M. on "The Parable Of the Ten Virgins"
The Rev. DR.. Flagg breaches morning and even
Ing in the Church OF the Resurrection.
Services will be held at the Berean Baptist church
morning and evening. The Rev. Philip L. Davies
will be the preacher.
Rev. william N. Dunnen will conduct Divine SER
vice In All Saints church.
Rev. James Balm Laval breaches in the Blocker
street Mission Carmine street.
{ Rev. stephen II. Tying will preach in the evening
In TIE Church OF the Holy Trinity.
7 At Unity chapel, Harlem, Rev. Robert Collier, OF
Chicago, In the evening
: Laight street Baptist Mission, services by Rev.
Halsey Knapp.
{ Preaching in the Old Forsyth street Methodist
Episcopal church.
| Rev. George H. Hepworth will preach in Stein
way Hall in the forenoon.
Russian Greek chapel-Services free to all.
In st. Ignatus church services morning and
evening, and continuation OF Rev. +. G. Ewer's
lectures.
At the Rose Hill Methodist Episcopal church the
Rev. J. II. Vincent will preach In the morning and
the Rev. John Dickinson IN the evening.
The burnedout congregation ofGrace chapel have
morning and evening service at Irving Hall, the
Rev. Mr.. Kramer officiating
The Rev. william II. Pendleton breaches at the
Fifty-thrd street Baptist church morning and
evening.
[ At the Thirty fourth street Reformed church the
Rev. Isaac Riley breaches this morning and even
ing. s.
Rev. c. 8. Narrower will deliver dscourses morn
ing and evening at st. Lukes Methodist Episcopal
church.
Rev. G. A. Brigham, at the Catholic Apostolic
church, delivers an address; subject, 'The New
Creation Not Development OF the Old"
Rev. s. II. Smyth breaches at the Sixth avenue
Reformed church morning and evening.
The Bible i'm the Public Schools
Another Letter from eAtheos."
To THE EDITOR HERALD
A controversiaist under the name OF s.Presby-
terianr tells us that theNate decision OF the State
superintendent is unfair and opposed to the best
interests and to the wishes OF majority OF our
people, and that in excluding the Bible from the
far
mating atheism, sin and crime. We were greatly
astonished at the assumptions OF the Rev. Mr.
McAlister. Presbyterian however, has, If pos.
sble surpassed him. He assumes that because
the majority OF the American people believe In
revelation, that therefore, this same majority must
desire that revelation shall be taught in the public
schools Secondly, he assumes that the majority
have the right force their belief in revelation
upon the minority; all OF which without proof
we deduct great number OF liberals
or Of unbeievers, a vast number OF liberal
minded Protestants Of all denominations, the ma
Iority Of both the Episcopalian and the Unitarian
sects; II we deduct all the Jews, the whole Romish
Church, Mormons, Buddhists, Mohammedans and
idoators OF this country, who are bitterly opposed
or totally Indifferent to the teaching OF the Bible in
the public schools, and who may be, nevertheless,
recognized citizens OF the United States who sup
port this government and obey its laws, and who
rian citizenship OF Rev. Mr.. McAllister, and Of
..Presbyterian,-when we deduct all these, l think
presbyterian" would find his majority like his
It is. again, assumed by presbyterian" that be.
cause the government OF this country Is based
upon the VIII OF the people, majority OF the
pose, friend .Presbyterian," that majority
Of the people hold-as they certainly do hold-Pres-
byterlansm TO be false and thar they desire other
religious views in its stead suppose then that this
majority which is now against ou should by legis
" i'm fhn NATL IN
ton, declare Presby teranism TO be false, would you
accept the decree as lust Would you recognize
the right Of the majority over the minority In that
case DO you not believe that the people, even in
the minority would have the right OF revolution,
had they only the power or could they procure it
We have in this country a bill OF rights and pow
ers, social compact, a fundamental, organic
little what the majority may be that would insert
recognition OF God and His Bible, so long lib
erty OF conscience is secured by that law to every
individual; so long as the sacred domain and tenn
pie OF conscience is preserved sacred and nviolate
to the individual, no majority have right to die
tate to the religious conscience OF any citizen
force upon him the recognition OF any particular
God or OF any particular revelation made by Him.
'Presbyterian" holds with the Rev.Mr. McAllister,
that secular instruction leads 10 ATHEISM. He says
that 1.-The absence OF heat the want OF heat, the
negation Of heat are all expressed by the term
cold and in IKE manner the absence OF God, the
want OF God, the negaton OF God are expressed
by the term atheism, and that our secular in
struction is In so far instruction without good and
the ambiguity Of terms Atheism is something thing
more than the want Of God or the absence OF God;
u Is the denial OF COD ana TINS Is the dennition
given by our best dictionaries. The absence OF
God the ignorance OF God is not the same as the
negaton OF God or the denial OF God. Our friend
"Presbyterianv pleases himself by confounding
BOTH and hence his fallacy But 1t is not true, speak
ing as beever-it is not true 70 say that secular
lever must hold that God is truth, that He Is all
truth, that there is truth outside Of Him, and
that all truth is II he does not hold these he
Is not believer IN divine, Infinite and personal
God.
Now let me ask my friend presbyterian when
child Is taught that two and two make four; that
the whole Is greater than any OF its parts; that
things that are equal to o common third are equal
20 each other; that cold contracts and that heat
expands; that straight line is the shortest dis
lance between two given points that the earth