The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-02-09
Bishop Cummins' Description Of Corporate
RELIGION and Individual Salvation.
Beecher and the Sisters
of Charity.
Sermons by Father White, Francis G.
Peabody, Father Kane, DR.. McGlynn,
G.. b. Hepworth, Talmage, DR..
Wild and Father Garesohe.
REFORMED EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

Discourse by Bishop Cummins, at stein
why Hall-COrporate Religion Versus
Individual Salvation.
Bishop Cummins, yesterday morning, preached
to a moderate sized audience in Steinway Hail
from Luke, xviii, 80, 81, In which Christ In answer
to the demand OF the Pharisees, when the Kingdom
OF Coo should come, answered, "The Kingdom OF
God cometh not with observation. Neither snail
they say, Lo here or, LO there for, behold. the
Kingdom OF God is within you" In opening his
discourse the Bishop remarked that the prayer IN
which we are taught to say, "fhy Kingdom come"
was the first prayer Jesus taught HIS disciples
apd that prayer has spread throughout Christen-
dom; but how few are there who understand what
they ask when they say,
THY KINGDOM GOMEZ"
.sThe kingdom OF God cometh without observa.
tipn,r cells The whole story. Brethren, the king
dom of God is within you. 1t has Its seat and
throne within the human soul, and the Jews did
not understand 1t when they believed the Messiah
was restore their nation to its pristine grandeur
by erecting an earthly kingdom. Had He pro-
claimed himself prince OF Israel and set up an
earthly kingdom the people would have hooked
81 to His standard; but such was not his ambition.
He proclaimed
A FAR DIFFERENT KINGDOM
the kingdom OF heaven-and the only crown he
ever bowed HIS head TO was the crown OF thorns
ANA not the diadem Of Judea. When He answered
this world" he showed that the kingdom OF Christ
Is a spiritual kingdom that has State, no armed
soldiers to sustain 1t. The kingdom OF Christ Is IN
the soul, heart, mind and the conscience; 1t Is a
spiritual, its law is spiritual and there 10 but
ONE DOOR OF ENTRANCE
TO this KingdOm-tO be born OF love. The speaker
referred to corporate religion and corporate saliva
ton by the formation OF churches into corpora
tons, each member OF which Is supposed 30 be
converted when he becomes . member thereof
This be styled corporate religion, ana the work OF
proselyttzing by such churches as corporate sal
vatton. He did not believe 10 the doctrine that
whatever Is in the Church Is In Christ.
IT rs PERSONAL SALVATION,
not corporate salvation. man wants. The JeSuitS
carried little bottles OF water in their sleeves, and,
baptizing the heather children secretly, believed
He spoke or the influence OF the priesthood in Eu-
rope To-Day that had made France the most de-
bringing Don Carlos back into Spain. The
CORPORATE CHRISTIANITY
Is curse, while individual Christianity is what
must reform each heart. Christianity has the
soul OF man for us temple. We may make
. powerful church, bus that Is euty corporate re-
Ngion. We must change the individual heart &c
build up Cnrist's Kingdom. The kingdom OF God
setting up the heart OF God within US. IL Will
come as SOiOmons temple came up at Mount
soul being saved. and, all united. viii form that
kingdom which cOmeth without observation. We
want individual conversions. Ii thought tina;
the Reformed Episcopal Church, with bishop or
two and liturgy, Is all that Is necessar, would
say,
s.LET IT PERIsH.n
II 1t be not instrumental in converting individual
souls let 1t perish. We must get out OF this idea Of
Q corporate religion. We must be born again.
viyaI among the clergy; revival among the iaity
then conversion Of individuals. Let there be
revival OF religion beginning In the Church, then
Christ's protested people can 60 on converting
souls TO Christ,