The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-06-01

make It in q minute. And that Is the great
will not agree with all have said, but we can all
agree In this, that We owe sympathy TO our fellow
beings IN trouble.
LYRIC HALL.
O. b. Frothin CHAM ON seetar1anism.
Mr.. FrOthingham commenced mis- service yester-
day morning BY requesting MIS- congregation to
listen to readings from various ancient scriptures,
among which were classed Chinese, Hindoo and
Hebrew writings, after which he commenced his
discourse By saying lit Is read In the New Testa-
ment that on one occasion John, often called the be
loved disciple, the bosom friend of Jesus came TO
him and said, "Aaster there was man casting out
evil spirits In thy name and forbade hum. and
Jesus said, forbid him not, for every one that fs
not against me is for me-" Who the person was Is
not told. 1t might have been an Israelite, q
Canaanite, Samaritan, Greek or atheist, but at all
events he was interested In casting out evil
spirits and had discovered that the name OF Jesus
was powerful, and though not knowing Him or be-
ievlng IN Him, he chose to exercise devils in that
name. The disciple should have been reJOiced
that they were helped in any way-rejoiced IN the
evidence that the name OF Jesus was powerful
outside their circle. Not SO. They were proud Of
their own power and forbade this man casting out
devils, and here the magnanimity OF Jesus shows
itself "Forbid them not, they are doing my work;
when Jesus was gone, there arose divisions, and
there became party Of Peter and party Of Paul
and party Of James and party OF Apollos. Peter
was man of great power, but narrow force, and
he went out and founded churches after his idea
Paul was man Of great soul, large conception,
full Of ideas OF freedom. He went and planted
churches after his idea James, the brother Of
Jesus was ritualistic, and he went and founded
churches in the name OF Jesus
or IN some Greek city was o man named Apol-
los-a very learned, eloquent man. He had heard
OF Jesus and conceived that He was man after
his own heart and Apolos went out and preached
Christianity. One man says II am OF the party OF
Petern another says, Il am OF the party oil Paul; ~
another says am Of the party Of James >; and often
in this Greek city, where Apolos Is teaching, they
say, 1--WE OF the school Of Apolos, these others
are old fashioned; this IS the new gospel"
When Professionalism was born there were two
religions and two sects-on one side the religion
of Rome. on the other side the religion OF Ger.
many, and from that point the dividing wall was
run across the Continent The Domlnicans,
Francscans and others took up the side OF Rome,
time the fact was acknowledged that there was
not one religion, but two. Professionalism was the
was a sect for every division, and now there are
thousands, and Protestantism is nothing but q
MASS OF HOSTILE CANTS,
covering all the ground not covered BY Romanism.
This TACT OF sectarlanlsm began very early, and
Characteristic facts OF the religion of the time.
| Now that there are certain advantages viii not
Why should sectarianism be challenged ior DO
challenge 1t. Why should 1t be assailed for do
! assa It, Why should 1t be annihllatedf Tor this
| is what desire IN the name OF truth.
In the first place, sectarianism Is an excessively
| costly thing; few consider how expensive 1t Is.
| The religion OF Rome is not expensive. The great
eathedras OF Rome. come OF which were building
200 or 800 years, some gave time, some gave
money, and the result Is temple which Is the tenn
pie OF everybody and built IL is built forever
| and the cost OF sustaining these great estaohsh-
suppose, instead OF one cathedral you have two
churches; each must have It's pastor, Its means oil
propagandism. In the city OF New YORK score or
80 Of denominations each supported by its own
denomination only; each cherisning It's own little
dogma, trying to put It's hand INTO every pocket It
! can reach. People complain that religion 10 SO
costly; it costs more to support little religion
than q great one. These sects are hostile; they
fight each other Millions are spent IN this city to
support sectarianism, ana where does 1t come
| from Out of the pockets Of the working people.
To use not very elegant expression, 1t Is sweat
Again. next to the'waste OF money is the waste
OF mind that sectarianism implies, men VINO
should be great scholars devote all their powers
to working machine. The Evangelical Alliance
witch met In New York last fall cost $4,000 IN
money, and cost great deal more In mind, for In
reading the preparations for 1t learned that the
most eminent men were employed Tor full year
n raising aaas o OF mo
need all the mind we have got and every scholar
needs TO be multiplied by 100 instead OF dividing
Are children to be allowed to grow In ignorance
The means OF education should be facilitated. Yet
but Impossible, is threatened with defeat because
the Roman denomination refuses to lake any parI
IN unison mss, WIN the sn protsstans Tne pr0es
education unless the Bible Is read in the
scnools. II II is so with common school education
how Is 1t with colleges and universities Three
hundred and sixty colleges In the United States
and they are without single exception secta
rian-appeal each to its own denomination for its
support. They are oficered by sectarian men
Ordinary men have to be chosen as professors
this spirit ana you might have q hundred colleges
equal TO the University OF Berlin, whose fame Il
over all the world, and 1t costs less money than
any three or Jour OF our colleges 1t seems to me
Of all evils this is one OF the most deadly. The
injury done by the spirit OF sectarianlsm TO the
Is out OF the question that men who believe In
sectarianism should Iowa truth. The nature o
those pledged TO their doctrines are admitted and
1t becomes impossible that men In sect should
love truth outside OF the scotland there must be
Take the press: the political press Is supported
by It's party; II lies, It slanders IL assals ana re
vlles In most INSCRIPTIONS fashion IL il about
its business; It's business is to destroy the othel
party, as they destroyed the noble Horace Greeley
IN the last campaign But the sectarlan papers
are equal to political papers for they are given
TO wlful msinterpretaton and ialsehood, and
It Is IN all sects liberal as wen as llnoera
OF mis- sect and II won't be long before ISLANDERS
against his character Will be set on loot. speak
1
cannot exculpate single religious sect from
deeds OF this KIND. Is no. THIS an evil and ougn,
not all men to contest against IL. You say, what
Is TO be dones II is i1Ie to nope that these great
parties will lay aside their bitterness anu become
friends What Is 10 be doneS This Is TO be done
Hope lor another dispensatton-nope for better
times. Your convictions are settling down on the
intelligent community. First. all religion belongs
60 one family; All OF one make; all nave at tue
basis the same principle, the ritual OF the High
Church OIL England and the Catholic are to bt
traced beyond Judaism, way back IN the lar East
of a
priest In India performed the same ceremonies
that tue Catholic priest does now. That can b.
proved.
All religion has the same origin; there Is 10 mo
NOBODY OF reYelatlOn. no limit 10 lnApIred huIrlta