The New York herald., 1873-01-20
COSMOPOLITAN CONFERENCE.

Remarkable Discourse by r.. Hume on
"The Religion OF Humanity ''-Reli-
gions Compared.
Mr. X. Hume delivered discourse In the rooms
OF the Arion Club yesterday afternoon on "The Re-
ligi0n oil Humanity" Despite very small audi
ence the lecture was delivered with great deal OF
nerve. He said that the main principle OF all the
Nazarine had said and done was compressed in the
words" was hungry, and ye fed me; was bare,
and ye clothed me-" That was the basis Of the
whole Christian faith. But 1T was not by faith we
entered heaven, but by just such acts as
Christ here described. Vain protestations OF
goodness and faith went for nothing. Long
before the Christian religion there existed
o scientific religion, which was exemplined by
stones and pebbles and reptiles, which endured
to the present day In museums, when all
else had passed away OF those distant periods.
These made book In which there were no lies,
and were put together by printer who never
made mistake. God made the reptile which car
ried in It's iangs fearful poison. But there were
human reptiles, who went about poisoning the air
around them. God made the tigers and lions, which
devoured their species; but were there not human
lions who did likewise? But in the eyes OF God all
things are good Then will you cay, "Is the muir
derer sSodf'' Yes. BY reviling him you revlle the
God that made hlm and gave him his instincts.
PHYSICAL ERRORS
do harm to those who make them. II you put
your finger in the light OF candle you burn your
self; you do not burn another person. The scientific
OF John Tor Peters sin. Yet the Christian religion
makes one person bear the penalty Of another's
faults. Their religion recognizes that two wrongs
make right. They say that Adams evil and
Christ's deatn make US good and yet to be re-
deemed. Whatever moral fault you commit you
viii pay the penalty OF, Just as much Us in physical
Woman was convicted last week In Connecticut
for variety Ot murders-Mrs Sherman. 1t Is said
that this woman received the Judges sentence
sailing. This, because she received religion as 1t
Is called. woman commits half dozen murders
and then by a sudden propensity she became the
same as you and ]. But 1t is the practice OF
THE AB0MINABLE MALEFACrORs
TO lecture us when they go upon the scaYOld. And
we arc promised that we shall have the beatitude
Of meeting them In better world: But II the law
believed this. the law wouldn't nang them.
A Turk would actually blush to enter one Of our
churches. He would see 1t built on specua.
tidn, with an orator OF grace in it employed on
Ills slippers of like slave and devouty prays, and
he knows no such thing as selling pews by auc.
tOn. good religion is always vital. When the Mo.
went over to Constantinoplc and even extended
across tne Straits Of Gibraltar and was at the head
Of civilization In Europe. 1t left us Arabian
algebra. When Catholicism was vital 1t sent
100000 men to Palestine TO conquer the Holy City
from the Musselmcn Lately
wanted help and the whole Catholic world of
tw hundred million people gave him one regiment
OF Z0uaves. When spain was truly Catholic, IL was
great. lsabella's iaith discovered America. When
the plague comes Turk goes and sits by the bed
side o. his dying father and quickly catches It
himself, and dies He fears not death. A Christ
ans 1 rss dea + 81 TO na run away An old Turk used
OF cloth and people would come and cut on what
they wanted and leave the money on It, When he
cotn had been taken he would say. "a Christian
has been here"