The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-08-11

erty means, and would be the very first TO
prove false to its inspiration, provided they
were permitted o enjoy it.
The Sermons Yesterday in tho Churches
and Camps. +.
The range of thought presented in our
batch Of sermons to-day is not very varied nor
is it remarkable for originality of conception
or beauty of presentation. The topics are for
the most part old and venerable, and their
attire has also the appearance Of age. Sim
plicity and directness are the leading char
acteristics Of the truths which we send
forth to-day as the differences of the pull
pits yesterday. That man should purchase
that which of right belongs to him
may appear strange to our minds, but
that God should pay price for the human
race to restore it from sin unto salvation is
incomprehensble His we were by right of
creation, but because after we had sold our
selves to sin and were in bondage to iniquity,
as DR.. Tucker remarked yesterday, our souls
were as infinitely dear to God as was also the
life Of His Son, and because Of this great love
to us He gave His Son Jesus to die for u.s.
God has therefore twofold right to us now,
by virtue Of this double right. We should
therefore glorify God in our bodies and in our
spirits, which are His.
AS modern society is constituted it is true
in broader and more important sense to-day
than ever before that no man iveth unto him
CALF n oil t< An ha
cause this is SO Rev. Mr.. Findley illustrated
and enforced the duty Of men living to honor
God and seeking the good of their fellow men
for Christs sake. Since we cannot prevent
the direct consequences of our lives and con-
duct and influence upon others we should
constantly strive to live pure and holy lives,
for piety and goodness are sure to bring hap
piness to every household.
If eternal vigilance is the price of political
and social liberty how much more so is it true
of soul life and soul freedom; and as this
spiritual freedom can be maintained only by
prayer and watchfulness DR.. Cheever sought
to impress these duties upon his hearers yes
terday.
The great feature in the Catholic churches
yesterday was the announcement of the iridium,
which is to be inaugurated on Tuesday. DR..
McGlynn's discourse had reference to this SER
vice and incidentally to the duty of sef-denial,
without which ''we cannot expect our prayers
for the Church to be eficacious.' But with
this element mingled with their prayers the
Doctor has no doubt at all that the safety and
triumph of the Church are already assured
The man of prophetic proclivities who holds
forth in the University chapel every Sunday
afternoon, and spends his time abusing the
devil and the Pope instead of trying to lead
sinners from the power of Satan unto God,
yesterday contented himself mainly with dis
sertation on the parable of the ten virgins,
from which he drew the comforting (?)
lesson that we are all fools to
believe that there is such place as
ministers and priests call heaven, and which is
supposed to be the abode of the faithful after
death. This earth is to be roasted up and
remade for our habitation, and here we are to
dwell forever. The Bishop" could not, how
ever, finish his exposition without firing his
popgun at the Pope and the Vatican and the
scarlet-colored lady.
Rev. Mr.. Quint, of New Bedford, occupied
Plymouth pulpit, and discoursed sympathetic
cally on mothers love and the duty Of sub
lection by children to their parents.
The camp meetings now in session in this
neighborhood furnish their quota Of religious
thought for our columns to-day. At Sing Sing
Dr. Vernon, of Pittsburg, formerly Of New
York Conference) preached sermon on the
new or divine life which is impaired by God to
every believer in Jesus. Experimental reli-
gion-the testimony of moral consciousness
is the great form in which God now shines
upon the darkness of this world. DR.. Vernon
explained somewhat the nature of this expert
mental religion, this new life which God gives
to the believer, and called upon those present
who were without the knowledge of this life to
seek it at once.
Very unwisely, as we think, and very selfshly
also, the trustees of Ocean Grove closed their
gates yesterday against visitors from without,
save such as were provided with passes If
any phase Of religious life more than another
can give to the unconverted an unfavorable
impression of religion, and especially of
Methodism, it is this exclusiveness and the
manifestation of such spirit as is seen in
bolted gates and stalwart policemen guarding
them. If camp. grounds are to be converted
into religious prisons better they had been