, 1876-11-27

SUI sI6Hofy over Lue uc6Qlhllon WHICH uas lol-
lo%Ga ni'n IN ~ ages, ahu rcmetnoes IN Whata
o H. nt,,ro III hs cua N HI Hsao.,rme hs
iet It bo sotnhra euunei, TO rnaku yus1 scnt shci
ter in tho presence of God, md TO feel how
many prayers, and hymns, and faithful ylgi's i
VII require t1 prIns you 70 ncafers M gatc WIN
y, c1,,,,, ,norn nSori nIu MAN., r,s
Which lifts itself abovc, aud witch lu tho midst
ot ruin is sccn cmb!azoncd not with tn word
destroyer but the divincr word, Savior.
O1t1G1N OE' IRE 5AbbAI11.
ssRMoN nr THE REV. DR.. KoHtER.
week ago ycsterday tho KeV. Dr. Aohler,
Of tho Sinnt Church, preached tho following
scr1uop taking rs Its tcxts Exodus, XXI, 1a-l7:
Deuteronomy. r., 1a-1H: md 1sulat. 1xyI,. e3:
Tna rnr,a"s .ta,,,,os a,a .o,,',nn,,,,,arts IF
the Mosaic law, no less than tho different Gus
toms and rites OF the Jewish people, lind their
parallels us we'll rs their explanations in tho
fows an1 ccrcrnon,.s NJ 4hc f1,Horont nation.
~, thc r,ohc Thcre Ia nftcr duo research
nothing peculiarly Jewish In the laws about
clean aud unc1can, about tho sacrifices and lus-
trat[ops, about tic sanctuary and the pricstly
s-..,nn,,ts nv h, tho n,oao ~ co,,,,rn,t,,rr t,n
Eu'' ,.' @ w =. .n ''o auus =, ,n svp'I ,.sa ; .ma
1estHais anu Ile usages OF private hlo from
beginning 10 end. They nro altogether ccrc-
monies observed by the priesthood Of yarious
racca. md ,rhon onro oion.ci he thc ,Jc,vfs,,
. .,asnhots e.. ~. sonot,eootton ~ +hn,. 1Iva,
they we're grauaalIy transmitted 10 Lilo entire
people. Such a tendency OF stamping tile
holies NJ tho entirn ncnn,o with tl1e sicn ot
,,-to,,, n,1t,o.. .aor,s y, h,,o ,,.,,,,1o1 r. .,o
pr'est'S holiness seems 10 nave pEcsaieo III Inc
most primitive ages OK hahk1nu III Africa, Assa,
mud Polynesia, when, thousands Of ycurs before
Abraham, lived, tho rite OF circumcision con-
powers OF nature was tntIouuccu' An,'ust tIu
jewish people only did this spark OF religion, al
covered with senauallsm, break forth Into n
flame Of tie lotticst aspiration after holiness,
"Noso .n's"ts sNas nUno ~ NV e'n''''s VI '"'
ArYaa nations eoufd withstand.
1n4ulring, however, after the causes which
first turned Isracl's obstinate idolatry into that
'H, @ NV ,''..,.,1. as' u"so
0ous anu tEen Esaoua4'y nsousht 1ne Vast
hcathen world under tho dominion OF the great
and only Ono Yallvcl,, VIZ arrive at one great
,os1s ',,., ro" s,, nt .t 1,as,t asa r.. ~
u"'HA up 'I,sun ~ ~. n." =, anu, III iaeI' ~
the only 6pec1Neoly jewish lhstltutlon tllcre IS,
and this is the Sabbath. Before the Sabbath
was instttutcd, religion was nothing but a mere
,,rtwur,t aud erraHoua ,c,rship n tlc DcItv
o"'""'u ""o e,1,n.. ~ .ao o'y,
t'eFioF'heo W pi'este ~ pfoeest Luz people
against tic DIVINE wrath. Tie sabbath broight
man lhtu communion with his Creator, and tito
nsI ,',,.,...',.. Tl." e.,,a,,, 1,,", 49,. ~ ~
JUS nisaeF nature. t"e saupAt'l Mauu u''S ot
bodily rest aud ol spiritual elevation, Drought
religion out Of the clutches OF zcalous priest
craft ana The confines Of an unapproac,,ab1c
.ana.,,s"u s 49,, in,o ~ nr.rv ,',,no,, ho.rt In.
sanS'"atyi 1oh4' ese.y Ma'."u Noa''' ~"
decd, well does iho sabbath deserve place
among the ten words, II being ono Ut the foun-
dat,on-stoncs of humanity. For, as 1t has
,-ovr1 I'm greatest so,,rec ~ b,cssnr ~ r,vIII
p" ..4e ~. ss. '.a.,,..a, ,s,'a.s,os T.. a..
z"t.oh III 1Ao l..s.' l,ahA4Au, "neuuct ~ 80
InntcE!M or its spiritual pursuits, VIII never 10
without 1t. And, as IL las created aud nurscl