The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-23

OF a man 1t is the coming and the suffering OF tss
Saviour, the Lord Jesus Mr.. Beecher says no no
the atonement; that modern religion does no.
require II. This does away then with the ola
belief mat II was necessary FOR God 10 give MS
DIVINE sou Tor the atonement OF sin. Does ne be.
leye in the inspiration 81 the scriptures, when ne
knocks out the corner stone Of the whole edilce
oil Gods love ana mans sin and redemption, upon
wnIcn the Bloc Is foundedy lie REJECTS the saw
Ing blood OF Christ And yet we are told tnat I'll
ton ana Mouton are hea; hens ana unworthy 0
credit when they swear upon the Gospel of thai
Gol IN whom they process they believe. and MIR.
L c .cner Is advanced as a man whose influence FOL
reli9lun all over the world Is manifest ana whom
u ID tmpous Tor men TO assam or tue jury 10 con.
denim.
Mr.. Beach then read verse OF the hymn
popular III Plymouth church. ''Rock OF Agea.h
Having rejected the blood OF the at0nemenl he
denies that the Christian Cnurch mas ioundaton
lie says, There are no proofs ald down upon which
the Chnrch should be recognized. belleVe ina
ali CHURCHES stand on the SINE ground as common
schools and literary institutions. lhnc
no command OF how or where uney are TO be organ
lZed r y. In regard TO churches, ordinances
ana governments, take tue ground tnas they are
nD re any 'o' Tney nav be- useful but they nave
warrant in Scripture" Is the church, then,
mere Institution OF poncy Inc nssu ON 81 sae
His bride. lie SAID, where two or three are
gathered together IN NY name there o WIN
u question oil policy OF social government
thar the Church was an institution divine IN It's
the word. Aud The ordinances, baptism and
Lords supper are there no Obligations 10 profess
tiles, particularly saving ordinances by winch
we saucu.y anu fortIfy ourselves And is there,
then, no warrant IN Scripture for them no ooiga'
tion Tor them Z lie says, 81 say that the lord's
supper not obligatory N The sense that the High
Church holds H. 1871 In MS serm on OF March 1873,
he invites all as welcome TO SIT aown az Tue
Plymouth church table, He says taat he uses tue
cerem9ny 6ap's nlsau se' because Of yans
as help to men IN their religious life.
the Head o. the 9anrca says tO az ae wSo
Paul urges baptism AS essential to salvatloD. IL
Is made obligatory by tne command OF the New
Testament and OF che Master; but Beecner saya
inere Is no necessity Tor The ceremony. Beechef
thus takes from he church OF God its divine char
acter, and the spirit tAat should render the char.
acter Of the mInls or OH the same level He says
'',here ~ 10 mJre virtue required OF the man who
Is Il lifelong minister or the Gospel than what De-
comes lawyer, an engineer or merchant" In
individual sin there IL not; out wnen a man had
devoted himself 10 the Gospel teaching wnen ne
had ..set himself up on the hill as light 10 be
there was more OF virtue TO be ex-
engineer. The csuuse had supposed that
there were RESPONSIBILITIES arising out OF the
duties OF a minister ol higher Christian charao.
ter ana example. III speaking OF Mr.. Beecher II
may be excusable and Jus. cut In the common
was demanded Of tue minister than or lawyer
an engineer Wen, with this looseness OF sentl-
Ings rendered Dy God il IL not surprising thai he
SAYS tue saobith day should be little under
valued by ths minister. Mr.. Beecner has adyoca-
Ted tne practice OF opening toe theatres on sun.
gay, and that although Lester wallace and
Boucicault had protested a1Alnst their being
opened. "Remember the Sabbath day, and keep
IL holy.u Why does this preacher seek 10
detrac. from its sacredness Tne orthodox
view Of the creation OF our tlrst parents, always
understood TO be that they were created in nigh
state; but Mr.. Beecher's theory IS that our drst
parents were oil the owest oruer or creation. IL
tnat be then Mr. Beecher must believe In OAR
winlsm-that man mas grown up, sprang from the
lowest order OF nature, from the orutes. from
monkeys, from TAD poles.
1t was now nve minutes past four, and the
Judge ioqu red OF Mr.. Beach whether he could
suspend his argument. DIR. Beach replied, Ger
tafnly." and the Court was adjourned until eleven
o'clo:k this forenoon.