, 1875-02-07
RELIGIOUS NEWS.
The lay Preacher Contin-
ues lRis sermonizing-
The Strange Gods Worshiped
at the Present Day.
Strmea Of br. Messing at the Deditation
Il the Synagogue Anshe NalriF.
English and Scotch Opinions Of
Moody and Sankey.
The Views Of the Religious
Press.
Notes aud Personals at Heme and
abroad.
l. IT,
English and Scotch Opinions Of
Moody and Sankey.
The Views Of the Religious
Press.
Notes aud Personals at Keme and
Abroad.
Church Services To-Day.
THE LAY PREACHER.

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being, and seek in souae way to propitiate his
wrath, sud secure hia favor. These methods o1
recognition n1e vszions, depending largely upon
the intelligence the s.ato OF civilization or bar
barian. which obtains where they arc born
and reared. md, rs 1nle, their oen-
ceptions of their gods nro nodded and
controlled By their own chafacter1Htios.
A.nobg The low, senenal, and debaaed, their
gods arc like unto themselves, only they are re
earlm rs more powerful. People wbo nre
crucl and vindictire tave cruel and T'ndlc'tTe
rods, End their worship or recognition OF them
/, manifested by cruel nnd bloody sacr1fets.
Their ideas of future state of existence arc
for1net from their Surroundings in this Life.
Tro Indian looks forward to The Earpy huntin.-
grounds, With noref~faillue supply Of game,
does when he contemp!ates the Elorlcs OF the
New Jerusa1ein a. seen in the vision OF John.
Tie paradise of the Mohammetan is ono ut
sensnors enjoyment, /. sort OF celestia. hsren.
where the 1nmhtcs never grow Old, and fnels
Charms never fade
'.Thou shalt have TO other gods before mo- y
was the tiret commandment in tic dtcalogue
which-waa revealed to Moses on tho summit Ct
the cloud-envelopcd and thunder-xhaken noun
tain. That there wus necessity to thus appeal
to tie sentiment of fear md inspire feeling OF
terror IN the minds Of the children Of Israel, is
apparent from tho fact Of their atsong tendency
to lapse into idofatty. and run after sttansc
gods, Is recorded all through their history. TIC
noet fearful penalties uere yixitces upon them
from time to fine, pf which the golden calf in-
vcstmept is notable ips1a:ce, and 1t il peril
nent to remark, CT pAskauk, the golden calf has
been fayo1ito god. not only with ihe t'pccu-
hnr people," h.4t with all nations, kindred, aud
tongues from that day to the present.
il M, 3iscourse ,h1s morning, while aIlude
to tho idolater1 o. I'as. centuries, and to thoso
10 Whora We Christians ara in the present age
sending rc,s6iounr::s and teachers to make
Lnnwr In Ibnn, IT, s-no Gnd and to persuade
tlcn nc longer to NV down and otfer sacrifice
Il, sr:,reless ido,s T. aich their own hands have
ms1e. il ia not nv 1,ur1oso to preach to tho
hcn,hen in fo,e:su lands. Tho vineyard IN
vhich M, called 10 labor is in this boae;ed
l.nc e.; civil aud Chr.sti.n epIchtepucu..
/ an. 80 10 speaE, a eost cf spiritual
Hcme Gard, e: trrs. not like too many Of
Naho h,mn p:,ar1s vino served their county DIR
4|sr he Ia.e War. who wero chiefly distinguished
f,x cf:nc ,n;iUc,h1e in peaca and invisible in
war.
When idol.tera ytd wortlipcrs Of false gods
.rn altI,5cd tn, 10 n1c yeyy mucn ipcl;ucd to
mouut cur iooc-rarx,a missionary telescopes and
look afar-nT to "Greer.Ehd's ICY mountains ard
1ndia's coral Strand" to Ethiopia and tho Can
rpiseraticn and our eyes With tears as ve con-
temnlata the.r degradation. and tic terrible deg-
f;nv ri. ch aWaits them in tho future,
aud We sabEc,ibe ltbeta1ly to the funds
of the Society for the Proragauon Of the GOSPEL
in Foreign Lands. And, as We compl4ccntIy
ride homo to oar Suuley dinner, we should be
incx,mcssioly shocked aud virtuously indignant
Il some p1sin-s7pte,, tr1th-telfug, Got-feasing
preacher rhould accuse US Of bowiuS down be-
fore strausc gods; and yet il is true that in
Christian America, and in or Christian
chfrrrles. ido;atry is as prevalent Us it Is in
beatben jnnd*. It's fern and ,nanacr OF express
sion are different, i. IS not 30 rcpugunnt to cur
reincd acusibilitica but in It's esseuco it is very
much the same
To point out and describe nil the false CODA
wt1icu ard worshiped by the ps.3fss=ed and nom
inal ChYiHtiaus in this country would furuiet
mater enough to f1ll Ill the columns of TuE
SUNDAY Tn1puSr for tho next tiye years. We
can. therefore, only briefly alludo to = fo1.
attention is TO be tound exclusively among
church members and chrrch-goets The theory
is that they attend church for the PURPOSE of
yotshipinc Gud. Tho fact is that n,suy. very
many. only worship their minister. There is no
profession that furnishes go many human idols
ss the clerical There arc many clergymen,
however. who need hare no fear Of being IDOL
ICED br their fiocks; thcir lack of eIoqueaco and
w1nni1E wavs are sure guarantee against
any such temptation But there arB Bome
wno a1e the objects Of ado:1tion ~ pro-
nornced as has cycr boen layiyhcd
unop the most 1cpuEpad pagan gods.
Take ior an Lluetrstiou the case o. the clergy
mnn Who is 1,ow on trial not only before the
Cni1rt III I}touk1rp but before turT cocnpr1s-
inu the VLoe Christian world In thus alluding
to Mr. beccbet, it IL moi my purpose to express
.r= u;+itsod at Lis Euils Of iunoceuce tn regard
to the cr:rne he ID cherEcd With, hut simply to
illustrate tts truth Of 1ny assertion HAT clergy
ma, aro iao}ntrorisiy wofshiped by their people.
Far For ID uuatrer ct a teu:urF he has been tie Idol
Of stf1ous.tds who hGre been cntrauced and at
TINES heNlldtrci b.~his n1E1ost nlatch'6ss elo-
osence, and his vo7:frcus personal magnetism;
until be rss the charch, aid tho idea has Oh,