New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-24


Atonement at Twenty-eghth-st. and Madison-ave.
the rector the Rev. DR.. c. C. TIFFANY preached upon
the duty of men TO spread the Gospel The heat was
so oppressive yesterday that the gregations IN
most of the churches indicated the approach OF
the time when large part Of the usual attendants
will be at the seashore or in the country.
FUNDAMENTAL TRUTHS PERMANENT.
The Rsr Henry Ward BeecAsr at Plymouth c".'e" c"''''"
The great crowd at Plymouth Church listened
with little discomfort yesterday morning. ON account
of the sultry atmosphere TO Mr. Beechers sermon which
delivered with characteristic yigor, despite the
enervatng its conclusion Mr. Beecher sat down
with apparent exhaustion His brother the Rev Thomas
K Beecher OF Elmra occupied seat by his side during
the services and announced that he would preach
the evening The customary flowers on
the platform looked more appropriate ana
refreshing the occasional breezes coming ia through
the open windows stirred the leaves and blossoms The
opening hymn" Heavenly Dove, TO Earth Descend"-
composed by King sung for the first time,
then Mr. Beecher announced that the Sunday school
anniversary would be celebrated on wednesday. NO
one knows" said be- "what Brooklyn Is unless be has
been here on some Of Sunday anniversary
days, and then nobody knows what Brooklyn Is who
stands at any point to see it, One should on such
day az that at any rate have cOnveyance-better on
horseback-to ride through this capacious city, and es-
pecialy go the Park, where would that all the
children might be gathered and where they would ben u
we're not at such distance from their several districts
and after gone around about and seen all the chill
dren then he may count the towers and The buwarks OF
the royal city, For our children towers and our
sure defense Nothing IL beautiful in all the discos-
ure Of nature in this blossomiDg month nothing so de-
ghtfl whether you regard it intellectually affection
atey az the OF children in the sunday school
anniversaries This Of those things which brings
us almost back to Judaism, from which the world mas
backsidden good deal for the peculiarly Of che Mo-
sale religion that 1t keyed upon the principle
OF JOY. The rabbis used TO say that the man
who had not been az Jerusalem at the feas'
OF the Tabernacles did not know what reJoie
ing meant. Our religion from various influences has
apsed and gone through the period and the bitter
period and the stern period and is coming again now
the sweet the saccharine era, and our children are
brought up rejoice in Sunday and TO rejoice IN the
church. and rejoice in religion and in those things that
tend toward religion and on the Anniversary Day next
Wednesday the streets will be full Of Joyful children
II the Lord will see to it that doesn't rain lLaughter
All OF which remarks theoretical and lead TO the only
practical suggestion have make, and that II that
the children expect, after their toilsome march and
after the labor of hearing the speeches which
are to be made to them, to have
cake. and you are expected 10 furnish IL. Up
until Wednesday morning and any time during tho
morning Wednesday, both at the Bethel and at the
Maytower Mission in Jayst there Will b. those persons
present will very gladly from you the minis
tration of cake"
The sermon itself was taken from Pluls Second Letter
TO Timothy, H., 10 Nevertheless tie foundation of
God standeth having this SEAL The Lord knoweth them
that His. And let every one that nametb the name
OF Christ depart from iniquity."
1t is the nature TRUTH it is developed by human
intelligence practical purposes. TO gather
about itself instruments and institutions Wherever
there is an original truth not long alter men
come into possession OF IL they express ~ ny
some ceremonial some law some 'hstlt ,
30 that truths which, abstraey considered invisible,
,,Dnainahe tend 10 incarnafe themselves FOR human
uses This necessary, and the people stand ut low
point OF civilization and intellectual cute ~ becomes
NECESSARY that these forms visible manifestations OF
truth, should have certain consiancy
And vet the human mind begins 10 act all the
external exhibitions OF truth must be expan,be elastic
changrabe else men VIII fall into combat and resist
and revolution. The permanence OF great funda-
mental truths and the infinite yarabny OF thr expo
nents OF truth in form OF law, custom philosophic
statenent-tese are the two great truths Will men we
are GXpOund the past history or religion
in the world by which also Ia prepare way for
It's development days that 20 After while
lose sight OF the truth IN the instruments 81 T. Ihey
10 worship the thn5 and worship IT. exponent so
thar by and by, il not the truth that men follow so
much as il the institution; and this takes
place then fail and their senses and their lower
They become worshiper of the and comes
that all religions tend on one side downward ana
itself improperly the name Of conseryatism-
for there is noble conservatism. Tie OTTER takes the
various before us OF the progressive view or the
reform view the ncw-sch0Ol view. Cdnrches find
themselves the elements explosion aud controversy
and then comes revolution reformation. Then comes
sectarianisn-the principle, rather from which sects
When man Of thought and warm feeling has larger
other views Of truth than those In which he has been
educated Il he be permitted To hold them, and II there be-
laid upon him other law than this-Gcd's seal IL.
depart from iniquity, maintain piey ana virtue and
manness according 10 CHRIST jesus, and hod the truth
that He ha. given - you-then ne VIII ABIDE ana the
Church unspnt Bat If the Church-its officers OF
maiorities-says every that thinks be has new
view THIS is intolerD.e not to be allowed out or
give up then tie Church excludes from Itself that which
Is the germ 81 sect and sectaraIisiD not the rtt e
liberty bat the fruit OF ccmpulson seets are produced
by mpcrOuncss by arrogance on that side OF tie Church
which regards itself ntalble and that side OF the
Church Is the majority always so that seciaranism 10
| its alsense. And when the body is weak and in
morbid condition 1t breaks out into bos when the
| II Is very apt to break into sects When
these cOlriics take place, when the variable eie-
men forget constant and the tnyariabIe, are filed
with alarm. Some giving up SUNDAYS some men
denying the authority OF the Lord suppr
some men are declaring that there s no 1rer 4 prs
forms Of religion some men denying the Trinity the
Atonement All kinds Of differences going abroad IN
What is TO come Of thisr' There must be some
government some restraint somewhere. Some
thing must be done. Men think religion is
perishins and so there comes up the cry Of
Saa ana truths Of human nature and
human society remain they are Gods best srs
can destruction OF the products OF these Original
and organic truths There can ne no hn or ssa a
you NOW You might sweep every church from tho
| tsen ont Of existence. and those great causes
from which originally sprans visible religion
! and worshp-those fundamental stil
Destroy all the temples In Greece and all the statues,
and Is not dead Destroy all the governments in
Rome and all laws and institutes OF laws, govern
not at end In the world II comes again. Pushed
| up by the original and organic necessity Of hunA2
nature. Destroy every church and all revelations
possible, and religion would not be DESTROYED sin0
Il nheres in human nature and In the divine Coz
operative, and IL would reproduce itself Iner alyn %
loss and confusion, but the nnai results "oo nos
| De- atheism nor lnrdeity. 49,,