The New York herald., 1873-09-29

Cney did not understand the religion or the saw
age Their images stood for their deity. And so
it was when the Protestant reformers entering
the Catholic churches, charged the priests with
idolatry. The priests answered the same as the
savages-"we do not worship the Image, but what
1t represents" And so 1t is when the nationalist
says to the Protestant, "You worship a printed
book" 1t is not the book, but what lies behind it
that we worship. History shows that
lD0LATRY IS ABOMINABLE.
Ine ancient Hebrews worshipped light. They
Night, and thus the vestal madens had Tor their
ONCE the preservation Of holy name. Should the
in the Catholic churches keep candles burning
through service. 1t il the same idoatry as OF old,
and yet At Is not idolatry We cannot escape IDOL,
thinks. Now that thought OF God is an image in
the mind The only question Is Are the people IN.
sons to as ars not our fashion,
but we have them In our mind all
the same; and suppose Sc that nat IT.. they should oudi
and goddesses as the old Grecians. Over every
drinking house would be Bacchus, over every
art an Apollo. Every soldier would worship Mars
every sailor Neptune, every lan OF high amb.
tion Jupiter Every god and goddess OF the ancient
has its particular god, depending upon the genius
Of the people. What do we Worship 1t is Ger.
but 1t is power. All worship that which they con.
slider strongest. What do we consider strongest
what Is the
SYMBOL OF OMNIPOTENCEf
Money. What are our greatest cities but the tes-
tiners Of wealths What builds the railroad, erects
point Of the world togethers Wealth. Therefore
wealth Is the symbol OF Deity. A respectable man,
with every inducement TO be honest. is found
abusing trusts, putting public money in his pocket
Finally he dies mysterious and many think
suicidal DEATH His wife is broken-hearted; his
could have induced the man to this course' He
was rich enough. What did he WANT Money:
what was his ambition Money He could not
tell you what he wanted 1t for He was
wORsHIPPING HIS IDOL,
and when men are worshippng that they do not
consider. The vulgar think that money has the
power to make the orbits change their everlasting
course. They think that the common chances OF
NE In oiaen time men who were good ana paid
were given q charm which they wore some time
about their person. Such men were supposed to
wrecked they would be saved. and common people
think that money is an amulet like this. was
thinking all last week that this last
EXCITEMENT IN WALL STREET
was incidentally an advantage, II the common
people will only believe that wealth can be shaken:
that no one can enter into vast speculalions
beyond their depth but viii be drowned. A man
or clique OF men or whole nation may defraud
for awhile, but IN the end perfect justice will be
established In the early days. when the Christians
had to light Tor their religion, leader OF band
once found body Of tdOlatOrs secreted IN q room
worshipping an image. When he ana his band
rushed IN the idolators all rushed to the feet OF
their idol The leader OF the Christians strobe up
to the image, struck 1t blow In the forehead with
his battie-axe which shattered 1t into q thousand
pieces. The idolators expected to see the Chris
tian wither. The fall OF the idol was the CONVEX
sion OF the people. o. that this IDOL wealth. could
so fall. Side by side this idol wealth, another idol
stands,
THE IDOL SHOW.
The people that have no money must believe they
IT. na Of ea ea sas wS wha Is
arising in New York; ls religion growing simpler
and purerY o. no; IL is decaying. This show Is to
tn hat thnPn 10 nC1v vhnrn fhnr iS
none. The painting. sculpture, masonry carpen-
terry, are all for effect. Even the Mehodists have
caught the infection. The only ones that have
sedes use 1t degrades it. He then spoke about
the idoatry OF pleasure, saying that to cure this
ment.