The New York herald., 1873-08-17

evil am not 30 I0Oilsn as TO suppose that any
man can escape the legitimate c0nsequen noes, or,
ifyou please penalties Of an evil life either here
or hereafter, SO long as he continues in such life
and my observation satisfies me that the longer
men continue In evil course the harder II is for
them to change and the less prospect there is OF
for even bscomes eramav E seared and
impaired. What right have to suppose that the
man who is full OF hatred. revenge. covetousness,
anections IN the next world aad change his whole
lie and come to love the Lord and his neighbor
hee he scod Ss Serv name o os s
saviour and reviled and hated his neighbor The
hsrsar Mora aSes not compel hun here VIII ne r 40 ut II
children does not prevent evil and, consequently,
SUFFERING here, who viii be SO bold as to say that
something OF His dealing with men in the future
by the present life9 VIII He love His children
more there than He does hereY
That there were men during the dark ages of the
Christian Churcn and that there may be men
to-day In the benighted corners OF the mental
intimates, that ''God not only hates His enemies
now, but will continue to hate and torment them
Sawnng light oi f1 the New New .iefs Jerasale% e%s
their number is rapidly growing less. In the writ
lngs or Emmanuel Swedenborg we are taught and
are are shown most beautifully ana clearly that God is
revenge; and that like the light and heat OF the
natural sun, his love ever flows down TO man. He
stands at the doors OF our hearts and knocks he Is
ever merciful. All the suffering and punishment
which follow the doing OF evil in this world and
him from his evil course. Swedenborg assures US
that In the spiritual world, however hideous, de-
formed and even liieless evil spirits and devils
appear in the eyes OF good spirits and angels the
LORD In His great mercy, permits them to appear
beautiful to their own eyes. He also permits them to
enjoy their Delights he does here, so long as
as they do not interfere with the rights of others;
but when they do thus interfere they must be
punished there as here, or society could not exist
Evil men are punished in the next world for what
they DO there; but If we make selfish love our
will prompt US to do wrong there, ana we shall
suffer consequences there as here. l would most
respectfully resp ask your correspondent, 90 H." from
words, would. he have HIM saved from sin, or from
the legitimate punishment or suflerings which
to any one from persuading men that they can live
evil lives and escape the consequences
violate physical laws and escape the
consequences, and we have but to look around us
the soul and destroy heavenly affections, even
until men, instead OF loving their neighbors as
themselves as the Divine law requires, will back,
murder each other. How easy to give way to
righteousness, or to become drunkard or an
opium eater, and how difficult to retrace ones
steps, Even sincere repentance and bitter tears
must be followed by years of strife or deadly war.
fare against these evils before the unhallOwed
cravings OF the soul can be sllenced. But suppOs-
ing the man has deliberately destroyed all love for
me P maEg ow ee voa as acos o re
into heaven? or. more correctly speaking, get
Heaven within him j. Il.
Dedication of st. Cecilia's Roman Cath
ollie Church, Corner Of 1O5th street and
Second Avenue-TO BE Opened with
Solemn Services.
Archbishop McClOskey will formally dedicate the
new Roman Catholic Church corner of 1O5th street
and Second avenue to-day. The services will COM
mence at half.past ten O'Clock A. M, when solemn
high mass will be celebrated and the dedicatory
pt1nn nbnI N
sical part of the programme will be very interest
ing, double quartet OF eminent artists having
volunteered for the occasion. splendid new organ
has been purchased and will be played upon by |
Professor EissInger.
and Will accommodate over one thou
sand persons. The interior decorations are very
Nearly all the pews have been already
rented. The building has been erected by Mr.. l..
j. 0'Connor pupp Of Kielys, the celebrated ar
cross. The Catholics OF Harlem may congratulate
themselves upon this elegant house of worship
Their the energetic pastor Rev: Hugh Flattery,
this result, and most elegant religious
edfce has been raised to the honor OF the !
Most High in little less than three months. The la
bors OF priest are seldom appreciated in proper
spirit, and the vulgar and jealous-mnded often
rangement which may not happen to suit their
fancy. They must recollect that the priest has up
directed solely for the adv ancement Of religion.
This evening solemn vespers. Benediction and |
sermon VIII commence at seven O'CLOCK.
The ROumanian Jews.
Mr.. i. s. Isaacs, OF the editors OF the Jeacish
Messenger, now travelling in Europe, sends in.
terestng letter to his paper Of last week concern
ing Prince Charles and the Roumanian persecu-
tions. He saw the Prince in Vienna and describes
him as man OF modest bearing, who seemed to
avoid publicity. There nothing striking In his
personal appearance He appeared in the opera,
in company with the Emperor's brother, dressed
in ordinary evening costume, and resembleG
more a. rich bankers OF quiet ways,
and yet intelligent than prince
of so large a country as this Roumania.
The ruler of so rapacous revengeful and bigoted
a people would, to the general mind be cast in
different mould. Fancy paints the Roumanans
a large band OF reprobates and robbers, devoid OF
some marks OF power, strong nerve,
glitterng eye, commanding sature And yet
prove himself abe-as lie is willing
TO repress the cruel passions OF his subjects,
rights. He may have that innate power to com. com
mand that giant intellect which is not conditioned
by any largeness of frame True, he has not been
question: but he has a terribly bigotted people TO
deal with, passions to suppress which seem to
have been kindled twenty centuries ago and to be
blazing with undated fury in this country, even
though the rest or the world has the errors OF
its ways and turned kindly lace TO the prosecuted
wanderer.
Some of his Cabinet officers were in the theatre
the Ministers OF War and Fnance-wel dressed,
ur bane gentlemen, highly attentive to the ladies' !
they were escorting, and seemingly too polite and
intelligent to engage in hostile demonstrations
against any Sect And yet one OF them Is inimcal
to the Jews, and another OF the CabinS, a man OF |
good education, is described an inveterate op-
ponent to all measures tending to ameiorate the |
condition of the oppressed
or the people OF ROumania, MIR. Isaacs writes |
that the Indifference open opposition OF the Rou-
manian mobiles and men OF influence arises from
their defective education, superstition and uncon-
querable bigotry. They cannot conceive that n |
Je man. entitled to all the rights OF man. Their
theory that the Jews killed their Saviour nineteen
centuries SINCE and the sin must be visited on their
descendants until the end of time. A few may
have pecunary interests-the thrift and sharp |
ness OF the Jews may make them formidable rivals |
in trade; bat the fact to be that the perse-
cutlons are due to the stupid heads and bad hearts
of the Roumanians rather than to their avarice
jealousy. The populace are brutal class, es-