The New York herald., 1874-10-26
ALL SOULS CHURCH.
The Mission OF Jesus as Exemplihed by
tho Sim plicitY OF His Teac chinxs.


tho implicitly or His Teachings.
The Rev. DR.. Bellows preached yesterday morn
Ing IN All Souls Chucn, on Fourth avenue, nom
the text John VII I6-"Jesus answered them and
said M doctrine Is not mine but mis- that sent
me.n
Said DR.. Bellows, We must associate doctrine
with some mysterious theory. The world has been
filed with all sorts OF articles OF creeds Of various
characters Who can read the Nicene creed with
feeling that It's articles are above understand
ing. Paul favored an obscure dogmatc style and
abstract theories. He really did this most inno-
Gently because he had to meet those who had con-
troversy with MIN on their own ground. They
were word-twisters and purists. and he could
only conquer them by showing himself more sub
tie and quibbling than they were. He has
thus oaen erroneously supposed to have en-
poyed these means for himself. Passing from the
evangelsts to Paul, indeed, Is like going to
another religion, 1t seems so different in It's SUBJ
tlety to the religion Jesus taught. 1t was Paurs
acquaintance with all the suoiletles and argu-
mentatlve word-splitting OF the old Jewish doctors
that made him use tnis metaphy steal style. Jesus
on the other hand, was not . man ol
naturally immense strength united TO SUR
plicity We see such minus occasionally 2noaS
The poor and the uneducated people vac saes
an innate knowledge OF Things taey never a. came
and who seem to know things they never heard
OF before. Apart from this the divine iHsessaE0a
with which He was endowed caused HIM 20 clio sne
all He said with the greatest simplicity And 50 as
to be tnteliXble to common people. LAKE, =
chemist VINO lectures in scientific terms and With
technical words tnat nobody can understand but
the class TO whom IT Is addressed Paul mas. COM
paratively speaking, limited audience, wAIe
JESUS SPEAKS To ALL MEN,
The eminence OF every teacher Is in proportion
to the simplicity OF his teaching. Look at Huxley
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the most reconcile themes appear TO their hearers
to be next door friends, when, mad they employed
the technical terms OF their trade, their udieDce
would nave been limited TO the select few. Ii Is
all the more necessary to use this simplicity In re-
cause religion addresses the whole OF man
kind for all ages. For TINS Jesus was the greatest
OIL all teachers. He drew the illustrations with
which He made HIS meanings evident from the
most nomely themes OF everyday lie. The most
commonplace objects in nature gave HIM food
whom He addressed, and maze use OF fishing,
burylng marrying tax.gatherlng, hunting, pray
g ana ~ suGa esns Covered er as wrea
depth and prolundity OF invention which mas
never been surpassed. remember IN the Carlo
ming thru and forty feet beneath the surface, SO
transparent was everything. IL looked as If one
might step out and walk on the bottom. and yet
may think Him commonplace because He Is so
simple and so easy. What is there IN his doctrine
that a child cannot understand? And yet men
have been struggling over 1t ior centuries In their
attempt to change It from its orginal meaning.
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understood. 1t ls doctrlne OF love. 1t is not the
doctrine OF Jesus alone, but OF God. 1t Is aoove
all divine. And IN all Jesus SAID 1t was not about
Himself That de spoke, but ABOUT
GOD, AND MANS RELATIONS TO HIM.
He seems to have anticipated the discussion
pains TO speak OF God as the Power-noL himself
\ He says, mot my Will but Gods will be done.'
He always put Himself In The background and Goo
/ uppermOst. Jesus simple doctrine OF love, O
| Kindness, was made complete by His own lie
and death. 1t was no discovery. 1t Is as old al
! g.
But Jesus made the truth luminous and com
| manding We view with some alarm the attempt
which men OF science are making TO tnd out the
nature OF God. They will not find 1t until they
search IN the right way. II is very well Tor those
men 10 on and attempt to give logical oasis
to religion. think II Will result IN pure Thelsn
ana tnat Gods existence Will be shown to be-
Matter, indeed, Is becoming proof Oh some hing
deeper than science can analyze. 1t Is said tina
the discoveries OF these men tend to overthrow
many old doctrines and BELIEFS which had become
1 ingrained but these liberal Christianity had beer
! teaching for nall century to be ialse. 1t Is no
surprising that IN q country like Eng. and, where
the Established Church is SO bound up with III,
/ State, that there should De q profound sensation
at anything from such eminent men as Tyndal
| and Huxley which tends to disc0nsOdate the oil
| order OF things. But here we have no reason Il
/ be frightened at all; thus rejoice IN anything
/ that tends to overthrow the tyranny OF super
more reasonable than many arguments on the ex
treme Of the other side. We might as well fgh
| the multiplication table as go against scientific
analysis. Many deny the existence OIL God VINO
In the inner heart, hold Him In secret terror. 1t
only those who live up to denial OF God who are
really harmed, for they must 60 astray. There |!
danger IN the atheism OF wilul hearts who thro
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