The New York herald., 1875-07-18
CHRISTIAN cHARrrY, UNITY AND PEACE.

CHRISTIAN CHARITY, UNITY AND PEACE.
From the Pail Mall Gazette, July s, 1881
Dean Stanley preached at Westminster Abbey
yesterday afternoon on Matt, XXI, 22; ana,
after explaining that the words s.racan and
"fool" the use OF which was condemned by
Christ, were 10 be taken as types OF all contemp-
tuous expressions more or Tess virulent he spoke
at some length on ths evils OF indulgence In such
modes OF speech ana Of the wisdom Of those VINO
avoid them even at the sacrifice OF brlllancy:--
Quoting the proverb taat ''curses, like young
chickens, always come home to roost," the Dean
pat In a vigorous plea against party names; Tor,
wnIle he admitted that t1ey are not always unde-
served that some called fools really are Tools, some
called rebels really are reDes, some called atheists
really are atheists some called Aeretcs really are
neretics, s0Ae called Rchismatlcs really are scna-
MATES, some called idolators really are ldoators,
he Aued that sucn terms are 100 olten only used
at random ana are often applied 10 tne gOoo ana
with the refuse and the onal into the
valley ol Hlnnom. They are the slang of tue
religious or the political world, just as the
common vulgar aeuse OF CONVERSATION Is the
slang oil the scnOolboy or or society. Quoting the
expressions OF an Alexandrian divlne oil the 0urtn
century which nad been recently quoted by
modern divine with apparent Satisfaction
devils anti-Christs. MANAGES. jews, polytnests,
atle sis. dogs, wolves, hons, cnamsle0ns, eels,
hornets. leecnes- the Dean said these and Ike
words mad hgated up the flames of persecution
and death winch had not lo1g oied out. 80, too,
the mighty master Of giDes IN France had used
w0rds wuich, when uttered, seemed 10 be IKE
mere utSueS Ol summer llkuLuluk, Dub WHICH ndu
lea to events Ia which many noble, prelate.
priest and pastor had perlsned ano church and
constitution hau been leveiled in the dust.
" ne her In the mouth or ali AtnanasIus or a Vol
taire ''racan and mora" produSed their natural
fralt In hre, sword ana muraer. So too, In
churches and IN nations the Dean traced the
same results from the same causes aud
earnestly pleaded for q greater exercise OF
love Sns snd y, among
anniversary oil the Fourth OF July, which next
year would reach It's hundredth celebration, The
ar mi a. RAT n in Al
pendence, OF the breach between the mO5her and
the daughter country, ths Dean SAID that tue sons
OF the great country beyond the Atlantic were In
deed our prUtaers. Ia q sense in which other
two great nations on the face OF the eartn were
fathers inheritors OF the same sraaitions speak.
ing the same language, protesting the same re-
ligon, rejoicing Ia the same ialta and tne same
tried and It's passions reused, the elaer by the
younger or the younger by tie elder, bat none the
less strong were tue bonds which united them.
Bitter had Deen the hrst feelings Iostered by
the recrimlnaTions OF King and statesmen; swiftly
as the words OF enmity had Deeu tossed across the
ocean-"raoan from one, s.moran from tne other |;
"tyTanp from one, 'Tebep' rom the other--the
wound had soon been healed, an the Declaration
OF independence was ths birth OF new
friendship. How soon had the representa-
tive OF the young Republic presented himself
gladly at the Court OF England; and now. asked
the preacher, what American Is there VINO rs not
proud Of the ancestry which once he spurneo,
name OF Washington After expressing tAe
pleasure he felt IN being able 10 welcome an emf
nenb pastor OIL the UnlLe0 States 10 tue ADDey
pit. VINO century ago would have been unable TO
occupy 1t, tae Dean said 1t was not 1attery whlch
the TWO nations needed for each had It's faults.
which none could correct so well as those wbe
were oil o coDm0n lineage, but IL was an indis-
pehsable condition that eacn should approach the
other not as q foe, but rs brother. lE was true
OF nations OF individuals, that truth, even II 10
were praise, spoken IN nate was ga and worm
wood, aud that truth, even II 1t were TO blarae,
spoken IN love was welcome. and SO had lt been In
this case. Woe, SAID DR.. Stanley, 10 those WAC
reopen the Dreacn, and giory to tho peace
MAKERS, who, BY concillaiion, by de-
termination not TO give or to take
offence, BY Careful abstinence nom insult, have
knit the TWO nations togetaer in the one commun-
ion and fellowship OF good deeds, great thoughts
Anq pnQLlpg hopes OF q iuture in winch both ma
lions VIII Ietl even mQIe lh2p they do now that
tAelr ns tutons, thelf literature and their Cnurcn
are better worth uniting ana preserving, because
Ia another hundred years tney VIII nave OuJgr0wn
many weaknesses aud advanced In many graces,
and VIII have gained IRON the experience OF botn
hemispheros more light, greater warmth, greater
CHARITY, greater seriousness and q truer insight
into the means oflmproying, with deeper Know
ledge oil the means OF communion with God
son. said the Dean, In CONCLUSION, ''inay the
children OF the New World look back to the rock
whence they were hewn with an undlminlshed
convection That Its faith and practice are based
upon the Rock OF Ages; and may the nations OF
the Old World, as they Watcn the star OF empire
LlOvIng westward, Ieel that even II they take the
wings OF the morning and fee TO the uLtermosJ
parts OF the earth. even there also will God lead
them, and HIS right hand Will uphold them ~