, 1874-05-04
OUR HEREsY.

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OUR HHREsY.
ssrn,on by the nsv: nobert oollyer. Of Unity
Chnrcla.
Ths Rev. Robert Collysr preached the fo]iow-
ing sermon to lArgs audience yesterday motn-
ing: .
suppose you have all bsen Interested in tho
curious question Of orthodoxy aud hcrosy, which
has ooms to head this spring In our oity ID
connection with man No all lore and honor,
into which ne havo alao boon dra#n Who wor-
ahip In Unity Church by no contrivanca Of our
own, but rather m sailors ato snid to bo nuoksd
into maelstrom against their will, while their
whole dosiro is to make tho port act down III
their papora and 60 want to say something to
you this morning on this subject: ~, f.,
Fsrst-of the question Of hereay in general.
Seeond-of our relation to it, and
TAird-of ita whole outcome.
Aud in touching tho question In It's general
aspect, havo to wonder, frat Of ail, whether Ii
could have como 10 such head Ard oonamanded
such attention II 1t hdd comt up for discussion
1t any othor tlnao. I remember IN 1867, whcn
that grent panic struck Us, talking ylth ! friend
ovor half . century With keen and constantt
intorost. IT will tell yon what ia coming now, :"
my friend said; "we aro to Hee, this winter,
such 3 revival Of religion as re have not seen
have noticed that these roielone mutations take
their turn with tho commercial inaations." And
It WAS 90 people hid got to tho end Of their
tether In getting the gold Of earth hnd time
there was no moro to be made while tho panic
listed, but that buslnoss talent must not be
idle, aud so they turned 1t for tho
time to Investments thoy had hardly thought Of
while trade was good and real estate, retchan-
disc. and manufacturing wore making 60per cont.
Tint is to my mind the main reason now TOR
this feveriBh interest In horesy aud orthodoxy in
our city. II timoa wore good, and IN addition to
that 1t WAS the year for the Presidential election
for instanco. we should lot horoHy and orthodoxy
take oare Of themselves, but wo muAt be busy
ness to speak Of no tako this up to stay our huns
ger and emptiness. There ie nj doubt higher
motive hero and there, but take this to be tho
largo and general ro4son for all this noiae. Thoy
tell me that while Joseph Jefferson is playing
Rip Van Winhle he feels good all over, but when
from dyspepsia. 30 whom our people arc left TO
themselves in these dismal times, they aufter
from tho general ptostratiou,. but when theso
keon and fiery contentious take hold OF them, they
and feel IS the man feels in tho play. It Ia to
such poople spiritual dram drinking; there IL tho
samo difference between that and tho qulot,
steady, religious life thero ID between bread and
brandy as tho ataT Of strength md vitality In ;
msn who has to do his days work. So VIC must
for an interest III any tinne, and least OF all III
these limos whom 30 many have nothing alao
to do.
Another curious thing to NO III addition to tho
now With nuch a dovourlng interest, Is
tho way in Which VIC stand to 1t: With all
our talk about hetasy, II IL tho hardest
thing in tho world to lind hsretlo, II each
man'e testimony Ia to DO tnkon In bis owh caao
or In reference to the church Of which 10 ib 4
mombor, 80 that this thing about which no mako
auch . nolBa, has that quality they aay fever and
ague has in tho lower rehohoa 7of our State :~yon
can eaaily find the next section to that IN which
the people suffer from It. but whonyou 90 to
another, until you come to tho river. Their
toeth may chatter al tuey tell you wAero to 60,
and you fnay Bee the medicine for that Hpoolal
aioknesB on aholf In the corner, but II you
mention this as ground OF suspicion, they will
tell You 1t lis nos . cure but . preventive. So
1t Is with mon md Churches in this ntattor Of
horaay the first Instinct Ia to show that they
at loass arc clear Of It,. You aro quite 1Solcomo
to believe It is littlo farther on, but not there
where you 60 to look TOT u. You 500 heretiosl
study. and notice they are good dehl worn by
uso, far moro 60 than the good old atandards Of
bis own Church. but the ohsnoos are he will tell
you ho must read such .books to find out what
tHBH& WQu A{8 ahyluEy nuA Hp 6htG A1A46Glk Ruu
those Who hear him Or You h.ayhlnt to ! nom
ber In good atanding your feeling that there y
tang hnd Aayor of horosy In bis mintRtdt'a
setm6nB, and ho will tell you
it Ia great mistake, to think or
but 10 Is entirely orthodox, And no 80 you, talk
to such = man you sec how heresy has to hiua
that quality you notioo In tho rainboW-the
point ut which tho aroh souchas tho ground lh
always farther on, Il resta right whore that
fn &toAA VrI& At1%A IN II rF
tree, but still It lios ahead.
30 I road The ereedA and confonsions and
what was shid about them hundred yoars ago
by their iptegpretora, then I road Hhnt is said
this agroos With that; still am not to suspoot
those mon stand In one 'plsce and thoao III an
other until I wonder whether 1t is tho Iock OF
tho rainbow nm to take for my landmark: I
talked with q good orthodox man tho other day,
who used TO- preach ofr-hanl sermons, and he
olloir was singing the SECOND hymn, but ho ex-
plainod how It was for vGty munh tho asnac
renaon that rreoentor In tho old time1 liHod a
tuning fork-thero was something In Charming,
and aosr aud sing Ill through his sermon. Aud
years ago said to friend who haul beon hear-
Ing minister his Church conhders quito con.
servattyss ",Hou did ho preaoh7" "Ho said
the mort radical things IN tue most orthodox
hoard" Arc elthor OF thasa man heretca In the
honoat. radical sanaa OF leresy2 Nothing could
20 moro cruel than to cllarga Them with such a
thlng ~ thoy look Al horeby and orthodoxy. This
mau fnda tho line eassnco Of hercsy qui1kening
hla heart and brain, aud that man clotllps horet.
ica1 idchs in orthodox nords ~ In Rome thoy
have baptized statue of Jupiter Shlut Peter.
aud thaE is tho way hcresy hidea itBeif, Ind dooa
its work ln churches and In mon, When il
breaks out beyond oil hounds and limits, 90 that
it can no longer bc hiddon, thon the doctors at
together and consult WAAt can bc done about II
In thia particular oage. ~ they used to consult
long no about she lsproay, ai1d then fha man
who cannot Or will not hida Il any longer, II
turned out Of tue society IN .yhtoh Ae Aas baen
Lying, aud is told to 10 and llye With, those oi
In theIr worry bones. and ninetoen be aDle to hide
It 90 that you shall only suspect than a. they
..snd To a,1snank IaHR In fha na urnns nf III. L,