The Morning herald., 1875-12-09
THE PULPIT COMIxoTo.

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Brooklyn upon Sunday last, preached to i
congregation Of nearly five thousand per
sons. so4he New York journals tell us
Presumably, the majority Of those present
were there for the purpose If religious
worship; if so the conduct Of Mr.. Talmagt
was most extraordinary. Occasionally &
stump speaker in the heat Of defamation
will say pretty rough things, charges and
statements his better nature, and sense
regret, when he cools of. We can excuse
such oratorical pyrotechnics. But when a
licensed preacher, in charge Of large con.
gregation, in a city grounding its claims as
an advance bulwark Of Christianity, by its
eognomsn Of The City Of Churches "
descends to the tricks Of the lowest class Of
stump speakers, and deliles a Christian
temple, with blasphcmy: it is
high time to invoke censure
upon such vile conduct. Fearing that we
might be charged with unfriendliness to
Mr.. Talmage we quote few passages from
his sermon. The subject was the "Bible in
the Public Schools" He begins with a
strange inconsistency; stating that since
Paul lectured in the school of one Tyr
ranus Of Ephesus, intoxicating the princi-
pies of the Christian religion, the Bibl,
and the common schoo' had been welded"
Why bless you Talmage the "Bible" was
not coliated or sealed with its canonica!
character until A. D. Us, century after
St. Paul died. Of cour no one expect.
knowledge Of ecclesiastical literature from
ministers of the Talmage class; but it is
we'll to show up their ignorance OCCASION
ally. We pass on, "Take the Bible from
the schools" he shouted. "No, bv the
strength Of the Eternal God, it shall ne,er
be done' 1t shall never be done while
there is piece of Plymoth Rock left large
enough to work into flint" In our Law
aimpl, city We thought, that thou shalt
not take the name Of the Lord, thy God
in vain," was a binding command, but Tall
mage is wiser, if not more wicked, and in
his fiery zeal for the bound volume, refuses
tobe directed byits teachings; the direct ap-
peal to the brute passions, by the alIusion
to fints, is shockingly at variance with the
teachings and example OF our Saviour.
The Rev. gentleman then goes after the
politicians first giving dab, to the Jews,
and Catholics. We present this jewel of
pulpit oratory. omiting a portion. too
coarse for decent newspaper.
"Of all these the base politicians are the
meanest. I see some of you before me now |
Perhaps you have come to scare me by |
your presence. CAN TELL YOU BY YOUR
BLooDsHoT EYES AND YOUR LEcHERors
LIPS. What do you care for the Bible2
All you care for is-votes. But BY THE
POWER OF GOD, if you attempt to expel the
Bible from the schools, you shall not have
even the office of emptying the city's ash
sarreis There is place fitted up for you,
and you will 60 down and down to dwell
With thieves, and adulterers, and pickpock-
ITS, and canal contractors, and Satan, and
Boss Tweed if they catch him-I hear that
le has taken steamer, and HOPE THAT
HHEN THEY GET HIM INTO The MIDDLE OF
rHE ATLANTIC THEY WILL PUT HIM OVER
'oARD AND LET HIM WORK HIS PASSAGE TO
SHORE. By THE ETERNAL GoD, s1 THE
joD OF AMERICA AND o. BUNKER HILL.
y the sword Of our fathers, let US 20 forth
md take possession of the Brooklyn schools
md of the Bible"
The politicians are to be commiserated.
They went to hear the word of God
reached; but Talmage knew better-it
vas to scare him, but if we are to Judge
'ls courage by the burly character of his
wearing,h he don't scare easily-and neither
i'd he. 1t would appear he must have an
''ablished correspondence with hell, as he
aforms the politicians that "there is
lace fitted up for you and you will 90
own, down, &C." 1t is evidently hotter {
own there than the politicians bargain
Or, and they won't,go Talmage, if they can &
elp it. The b!asphemous character Of {
uch rant, furnishes the strongest argu-
nent against religion, and should meet {
Universal reprobation. The worst feature
+ the sermon is the unchristian and cruel J
ate Of sinner: lie wishes not the conver. t
ion, the change Of heart, the penitential c
urgatorion Of "Boss Tweed" but that be
hould be murdered, and go down to hell c
the full blossom of his sins This in c
Christian Church. h
Are there not clerymen in our city, who d