National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-10-02
THE co-LABoRzR OF MOODY ANDsAHKEY.
HASTINGS NJ Foundrv church,

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Rev. a. L Hastings pres,hed again last even.
Ing atthe Foundry az. E.) church to 8 large and
cultivated audience. Prof. BIschoh not having
reached the city, DR.. Henry PsIassau, orgsnist
Of the Church Of tbs Holy Trinity, and distin-
guished musician, presided Of the organ, and for
half an hour previous to the sermon delighted the
audience with series oil beautiful appropriations,
displaying the sweetness and power Of the nne
instrument. Mr.. Hastings text was John XVIII:
"That they all may be one; Is thou, Father, art
in me, and In thee, that they also may be one In
us; that the world may believe that thou hast
sent me-" and his subject was the nature Of Chris
tIanity. He said we notice, first, that this unity
is in this world and Christ prays that his follow.
wings OF q dove and fly away and be at rest, but
that however presented and down-trodden, they
the power Of God is sufficient to sustain them. He
did not desire 1t either that they all might meet
In one meeting house, although some peoples
might attend the same church they did. We pro-
coed to consider then, in the first place, what this
unity Is not.
!. 1t is not a mere local union, not confined
to the jewellers in the Same city or community.
The Church is not to be a
MERE SHAKER SETTLEMENT,
nor its unity to consist in that narrowness which
hides its light under bushel, and has no sympa-
thy for the perishing world around 1t. 2. 1t is
not q national unity, although it was SO prior to
the time Of Christ; but now Gods Church is made
external appearance-of those merely who wear
bToad-brimmed hats and sober garments or move
body walk alike because he cannot do othsruise.
T. Nor is IT q uniformity Of social life. The reli-
giOn Of Christ doesn't level everything only as it
levels upward. The king and the beggar, the rich
and the poor, are each recognized in Scripture,
and expected to accept their several situations.
s. Nor does 1t consist In absolute adherence 70
illustrated by st. Panps course In regard to cir
cumcision and eating things offered to idols. 0.
confessions of faith. These may be very good in
themselves, but the mere acceptance of tGem is no
evidence Of the faith man really has. man
may say he believes in thirty-nine or forty arti-
Giles, and yet, If he can't tell what twenty-five Of
them are, and can't understand or explain them
when he reads them, they don't amount TO much,
lieye precisely like another, and be mentally as
like another as two peas, there is no use for two
such men, and one Of them might as well be re-
moved from the world.
This unity should be labored for by OhrIst's
Church. 1t cannot be brought about by merely
talking about it and agreeing, verbally, to be
CHURCH is TO BE AS ONE VINE
and one army, led by one great captain. Let US
now consider rome points in which this unity does
consist: l. The people Of God are Of one fallen
domination. 3. They are one in redemption from
this lost condition by a common Saviour, as they
were one IN rejecting or rebelling against him. 4.
They are one IN the fellowship Of the Holy Ghost,
which is not mere expression in an ancient
creed, but divine reality to every true believer:
5. They are one in labor. 1t is true that good
men often disagree, but it is because they under
take to stand on too narrow platform, and so Ia
terfere, like two men trying to hoe in very small
plot Of ground. When men have nothing to do
but to get together, compare notes and trade jack
knives they are very apt to quarrel; but let them
have plenty Of good active employment, and they
get along together well enough.
8. They are one in prayer. When Christians
argue they sometimes disagree terribly,
BUT LET THEM GO TO PRAYING,
and how unanimous they arel So, when they are
each doing his duty, they have no time to quarrel.
Of different faiths, and berated each other saw.
a-days use their hymns-"Rock Of Ages" and
Jesus, Refuge of my Southland sing them to-
gether over Their graves. He had lately walked
in Bunhill Fields, and viewed the graves Of Watts
and Wesley. As he looked on that of Watts he
repeated his lines, "How long shall Death, the
words and sentiments to-day. s. They are one in
expectation, all looking for the same crown and
inheritance and q common mortality. o. They
are one in sorrow TO- They are one in resurrec-
tion and eternal life.
With ali these elements of unity, do we talk of
minor differences
BETWEEN TwEEDLRDUH AND TwEEDLEDERf
No, let US accept the unity of the Church as q
went out to the war they had numerous distinc-
tive uniforms and decorations; but when they
came back from many hard foug ht battle.fields,
they all wore the union blue. So although in
times of coldness sectarian differences may four-
ish; when we come to fight the fight OF faith,
they only hinder us and are put aside. He closed
with an appeal to all Christians to NO longer
waste their powder and their blows fighting each
other, but to unite together and fight the CON-
mon enemy.
Mr.. Hastings will preach tomorrow afternoon
at $50 O'Clock, at Lincoln hall, on "Inddelity or
is the Bible Religious Humbug?" In treating
which he will doubtless give modern skepticism
some hard knocks. Judging from the increased
interest be will have Q crowded house. 1t Is ex-
pected that some Of Moody and Sankey's revival
songs Will be sung, and something Of q novelty
introduced in the way Of accompaniment, of which
ments are not quite completed.