The New York herald., 1873-11-17
SEVENTH AVENUE METHODIST CHURCH.
| Dr.. Wild on Ref0rm-Co m m unists-Plea
for the LaborinE Man.

Dr.. Wild on Ref0rm-Com mmunists-Plea m
for the LaborinS Man.
Yesterday morning DR.. Wild, Of Brooklyn,
preached from Ezekiel xxxiv., 19-"And as for
my nock, they eat that which ye have trodden with
your feet and they drink that which ye have fouled
with your feet"
He thought Christianity acknowledged the
brotherhood Of man, and its claims were tor time
and eternity. Individual duties and affections
were splritualized and people made better by serv
ing others. 1t reacted upon the benelactors This
view Of human conduct demanded great care in
the duties OF men, Those especially who had
wealth not to waste the residue OF their pos
sessions that those less favored could not use
IL There was too great an indifference
in society upon this subject. How many there
were in this city who, like the prophets decara-
tion, would eat and drink and leave but the REM
nants for the poor! Charity was cultivator of
fine sentiment and those who were surro unded
by plenty were exhorted to remember those who
had none. No man could get SO near God as
father, unless it was an agricuturist, who delved
in His soil. AS a general thing they were never
infdels America, England and France could pro-
duce more infdes than any other people in the
world, because they dealt SO largely in trade till
they got SO they believed all men liars. DR.. Wild
said his opinion had lately been asked upon the
subject OF labor and equality and he did not hesl-
tate to give 1t. 1t was well known that people In the
reform movement did not recognize Communists.
For his part he thought the Church and the nation
were too far apart to influence that subject power
iully We mad got to go back TO the Old Jewish
theocracy OF cleanliness and morality to be efec-
tual. To-day England wished TO regulate capital
and labor In his oplnion 1t was dangerous sub
ject TO adjust. II the common people could not
get what they wanted they would become irregular
In their demands, and by force, Ii necessary, pro-
cure what they considered their rights. There
was no question but what the masses were trod-
den down. man who mad plenty had no right to
curtan the liberty OF those who had none. But
for all that we could not prevent sequences. What
was q man to do who was born con-
sumptiveS Was there any organization to
prevent it2 Men did not organize in
that way. What was the difference between
physical and moral sequencesH His opinion was
that there was just as much sense in organizing
against these results as the social ones. Both
could be allevlated, but neither wholly prevented
Politicians OF to-day did not know half
as much as the Bible set forth. The Jews had .
better sanitary society than anything to-day. They
had 1t engrated in their youth that 1t was natu-
raj for them TO be all that was demanded OF them.
The Theology Of the present day was to let our
children get -as dirty as possible, and then wash
them as we would sheep One thing was certain
that in consequence OF SIN all men were unequal,
and would remain so till Heaven equaized them.
1t was his desire to lift up from the bottom, not
bring down from the top and to this end and pur
pose he was living.