The New York herald., 1873-05-05
SEVENTH AVENUE CHURCH.

DIR. Wild on the Possession Of Faith
Forcible and Striking AllusiOns to the
Question OF the Bible In the Public
Schools, President Thiers and tho
Atlantic Bank Failure.
After an exquisite voluntary on the organ and
the concluding preliminaries which followed, DR..
Wild pastor OF the church, opened his discourse,
selecting his text from Romans, xiv, 22-"Hast
thou faith2 Have 1t to thyself before God. Happy
is he that condemneth not himself in that thing
which he alloweth." In explanation OF the passage
DR.. Wild proceeded to speak as follows:-
This is an intelligent age The accumulated
forces Of centuries have given birth to liberty, cul-
ture and religious choice The darkness OF the past
has become the light OF the present. The poverty
oil the fathers has become crown OF wea lth
to the sons; we inherit much The extravagan ce
OF the sire was tempered by his struggles, and
knowledge Of his own indulgence taught him to
be charitable. The hardships OF the fathers are
not imposed upon the present generation, but the
spirit Of their charity is. We inherit power In our
wealth and freedom which are but the projected
trouble. The faith that belongs unto God we are
bringing to bear upon men, and the liberty
claimed for ourselves we are not willing to allow
unto others. desire to speak this morning about
the use OF the
BIBLE IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
am not OF the popular belief that 1t should be
retained. The faith OF the Protestant Church has
arraigned for trial her charity To the query
''shali the : Bible be taught in our common
shall we abide by. True, 1t is a matter Of con-
science but only individually So for, when another
man seeks to make his conscience in religious
matter mine he errs; II he enforce 1t, then he does
violence. Because the majority are in iavor OF Its
retention does not make 1t right. Rights or wrongs
are neither made nor unmade by majorities or
minorities. Goodness, truth and charity are ma
Jority at any time.
THE OPPOSITE LINE OF ARGUMENT
is tyrannica. To support its theory the Greek,
Roman and Mohammedan Churches, all OF them
larger than the Protestant, might suppress us, ar
guing that majority was right. Our Fathers fought
against this argument, and 1t Is the force exer-
cfsed by a majority on that theory that we are
branding the Catholics with. The State cannot
support liberal and free doctrines and consclences
WITHOUT making the instruction Of the common
school Impartial.
theory that a man would not trust MS neighbor
with Is unit for himself see President Theirs, OF
France. No wonder the late election went against
him. He upheld doctrine l0r nlty years but
when he had the power to practise IL he was afraid
TO do II. Some are OF the opinion that because
they are Christians they should be held above sns
picion. Beware OF man who wishes TO do busi-
ness with you on his profession. Look at the re-
THE ATLANTIC BANK.
It's insolvency Is attributed TO the men who were
at the helm standing upon their dignity of char.
acter to avoid investigation. II the president has
o right to question, 80 has the depositor. Honest
men court Investigation, and he who cannot bear
scrutiny Is rogue.
The Doctor concluded his remarks by strongly
urging his congregation to be strong In universal
liberty, and yield TO the Catholics the privilege
we would wish them to grant To us, that they
might live In the fullest faith and unity.