The New York herald., 1876-02-28
MASONIC TEMPLE.
''RIeHTs AND DUTIES" SERMON BY MR.. o. D.
ROCKINGHAM.

''RIGHTs AND DUTIEs" s"-sERMoN BY MR.. o. D.
FRoTHISGuAM.
The morning services held yesterday morning at the
Masonic Temple drew together moderately numerous
congregation hr. o. b. rockingham delivered the
Sermon choosing for his subject Rights and Duties
He ssidrhe word rights is OF the greatest or
this generation II is OF the kcynotes of time It
is in oil mouths 1t is all literature. The newspapers
use IL Books and magazines use it, There are
rights social, individual rights, public rights,
personal rights OF property, and so on The word
rights closely assmilG,es with another, VIZ,
individual individuality is OF the rights
OF civilization Every mind forms Its own opinion
and draws lis conclusions Every heart is free to
obey its own instinct Every soul must worship In Its
own way, not al all In the Old World individuality
Is crushed; here II IS recognized 10 its fullest extent
Ii bears however a different interpret alton. Instead
OF being the beginning OF new order II IS the end Of
old IL is the taucring OF or old system which
itself was evil in times gone BY Rightsn instead of
being the raying cry OF the future, IS SIMPLY the wall
OF tho past The one central idea pervadug the world
God God represents perfection absolute truth and
goodness What the idea Of God that has always pre-
vailed II is the idea that God is sovereign.
He reigns over all Tic is above all supreme,
with all other at His feet His IS eternal
individuality, the absolute person superior TO all
races This idea comes 10 Christcndom from the Old
Testament where We nhu dislhgushihg eApAhatlons
Of Jehovah These representations OF The sovereignty
OF God in the Bible are due simply to the fact that the
Jews contondng against Toes on all sides, and Je-
hOvah was their chief Under His banner they
marched; under his orihsmmo they fought There was
an underonc Of sweetness running through the idea
Of the Old Testament the sovereign idea that God is
an individual person. being doing what he will, with
no rights 10 question,
TAxfNG WORLD
a being who irrcsistbly on without asking
leave from any one lie directs the moving OF nations
abou; the chess board OF history the chess
player moves his pawns 10 the game lie lcvos taxes
the world, and has ordained his priests his vice
regents who sacred individuals. In the struggle
for right the people become uugenerous; they loso
their sentiment OF brotherhood As they ob
tain their rights they 10 not acknowledge their duties
but discard them. ln instance IN the history OF the
world do hnd any class OF people that after securing
their rights have been found 10 respect the rights
OF others. II would when all have OBJ
tanned their rights they have duties 10 perform
Rights and duties considered tar separated from
each other: but what rights and du,icsY The ques
iion has only two SIDES hy duties your rights
my rights are your duties All people obliged TO
render TO others certain things. We all living and
striving together with common aims, and must
work together. The way TO rights is TO make
people willing 10 give them. The world has always
granted rights and will always do So to those who have
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