The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-22
RELIGIOUS KTELL!GENCR.
June 22-Third Sunday After
Pentecost.
PROGRAMME OF f0-DAYS SERVICES.
Herald Religious Commu-
nicants.
BEECHER AND MATHEMATICS.
The Orthodox View of the
Atonement.
THE PARISH OF ST. AGNES.
The Fashionable Funeral
Question.
THE ISRAELITES IN BRAZIL.
The Orthodox View of the
Atonement.
THE PARISH OF ST. AGNES.
The Fashionable Funeral
Question.
THE ISRAELITEs IN BRAZIL
MOVEMENTS OF THE CLERGY.
Services To-Day.

Services To-day.
"Murder; or, the Condition OF Our Criminal Cal
endar-Where the Responsibility Rests" is Rev.
DR.. Holmes topic for this evening AT Trinity Bap
tst church. The mornings discourse will be
about EDEN the Sepulchre in the Garden,
AT the installation OF Rev. d. B. Jutten as pastor
Of sixteenth street Baptist church. this afternoon
at nalfpast three, Rev. r. s. Macarthur will preach
and Rev. Drs. Bowling, Anderson, Mikels and
half dozen other DDS participate. The new
pastor breaches at the usual hours morning and
evening.
"The Divine Thought About Small Things" Will
be elucidated by Rev. Wayand Hoyt this evening
at Tabernacle Baptist church.
Rev. Dr. Tucker, q noted Southern divine will
preach in the Fifth avenue Baptist church this
morning and evening.
"The Modocs and the General Indian Question,
VIII be the subject upon which Father Beeson
will address the Ffty-thir street Baptists this
evening.
Rev. John f. Goodman breaches at the Methodist
Free Tabernacle at the usual hours.
1.-THE objectionable Sin" is to be the Rev. p. L.
Davies theme at Berean Baptist church this even
&ng.
Rev. Mr.. McClelland will conduct the usual ser.
vices at st. Luke's (Methodlst) to-day.
Rev. J. w. Barnhart breaches morning and
evening In the Forsyth street Methodist church.
Rev. w. P. Corbett breaches this morning and
evening IN De Kalb avenue Methodist church.
Brooklyn.
There VIII be services and sermon by the Rev.
william KiTEus In aid Of the charities at ST. John
land, this evening, in the chapel OF ST. Luke's
Hospital.
''The Grace OF Contentment" will be expounded
by the Rev. Henry Powers at the Church OF the
Messiah this morning.
Rector Tracy will preach this morning, and the
Rev. DR.. Tying, Jr., this evening" In the Church OF
the Reformation.
Rev. DR.. Thompson win address the congregation
OF st. Paul's (ieformed. at the Harvard Rooms, at
hafpast ten A. NJ. and at half-past three p NJ
Mrs. Hyzer will lecture inspirationally at Robin
son Hall this evening.
At the First Baptist church Rev. DR.. Anderson
VIII oinciate at the customary services
'The Time and Manner OF the Second Advent,
vim be fully expoundsd by Bishop SNOW at the Uni
versity, at three p. NJ.
Dr. Fagg will conduct the customary services in
the Eighty fifth street church.
"God Rules Everywhere and 'The King OF the
Jews: Your King" are the subjects upon which
Mr.. Hepworth will enlighten his flock Church or
Disciples) to-day.
Services at haifpast ten A. NJ and eight p. NJ. In
Christ church, DR.. Thompson officiating
Rev. DR.. II. d. Chaplin breaches, morning and
evening, in West Twenty-third street Presbyterian
church.
At st. Stephens (EpiscopaD, Rev. A. b. Hart
Will preach in the morning ana Rev. Dr. Price in
the evening.
Divine service AZ psual In the Church or Christ
Rev. MI Dawson will preach. 49, ~
Chaplain Laval viii sermonize upon the first
article OF the Creed at Blocker street Mission
morning and evening.
Henry Ward Beechcr and His Ignorance
of Mathematics. -.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
noticed IN HERALD report OF one OF II. W.
Deeene 'VVe.C sermons that he processes total
eno' NV OF mathematics and thanks God for
o"~ ignorancel Can this sentiment be called
1orthy OF "a divine ~ Man invents not wisdom,
but discovers 1t In the works OF the Creator. Man
discovers the relations OF things, and, classifying
the relations calls 1t science" Finding regu-
larity and order in all material relations he
calls these claws OF nature" Philosophers, dis
covering all material things and their motions in
space, ruled by measure and numberN science OF
mathematics), they do not ascribe the invention
OF that science to themselves but reverently call
1t "a divine science;" and Henry Ward Beecher,
the most eminent and popular "divine" OF Amer
ica thanks Goa ierventy ior MS ignorance ao OF ts
Willingly, to divine that there must he something
intrinsicay worthless in knowledge which their
revered pastor "thanks God for being ignorant
Of" while the study OF mathematics is universally
en)oined upon all who would learn ITO think cor
recty." HONl SOFT QU1 NAL PENSE.
The Orthodox View OF the Atonement.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
Your correspondent Enquirer" in th@HERALD
or June Is seems to be somewhat puzzled about
the orthodox view OF the atonement. With
your permission will try to simplify a subject that
has troubled and mystifed many honest inqurers
after truth. The first point to be settled appears
TO be. What is orthodox As 1t is not all gold that
gltters neither are all orthodox who make exclu-
sivc claims to that distinction. Webster defines
orthodox to be ''sound in the Christian faith be-
neving the genuine doctrines OF Scripture" II,
therefore, follows that those who advance unsound
and unscrptural views are not orthodox. Without
reference to what others have taught or written
on the subject OF the atonement, propose TO pre-
sent the doctrine In plain, common sense, Scrip
tural light, trusting that "Inqurern will find no
further difnculty in comprehending Its beautiful
adaptation to poor, fallen. sinful humanity.
Going back to where sin was introduced into the
world, or rather back OF that to where the nrst
threat oil punishment for the sin OF disobedience
was uttered, we read Tin the day that thou eat
est thereof thou shalt surely die.n AS God always
Keeps His word there can be no doubt that tine
death there threatened did occur In the very day
the sin was committed. The only question: then.
Is, what was the nature OF the deathS Some
who claim 10 be orthodox assert that 1,
was the death OF the body-tnat II Adam
had not sinned he never would have been
subject to natural death; but tins Is not
good orthodoxy Tor II asserts what st. Paul EN-
phatically denies when he says, with reference u
the resurrection, that mesh and blood cannot IN
herit the Kingdom OF God.o IL would also lead u
the monstrous conclusion that all animals hayinl
bodies OF flesh and blood similar to our own ar
Immortal, because, having no moral law to break
they have never sinned. Another class claim tina
tue death In question IL eternal death, or, as "ln
au!rerr puts IL, .1ts synonyme, eternal punish
rnenf- This idea sounds more orthodox, because
Al u more scriptural. Tor the doctrine OF eterna