The New York herald., 1876-11-20
ALL SOULS CHURCH.
THE BELIEF OF THH UNITARIAN SERMON BY

THE BELIEF OF THR UNITARIANs- SERMON BY
REV. HENRY W. BELLOWS, ID. d.
Tho attendance AT the morning services OF AL! Souls
church, Notwithstanding the unpleasant weather, was
quite large Or. Bellows preached upon tho Unitarian
faith and It's rotations TO other faiths His text was
l. Peter, ILL.,, Is, l6-"But sanctiiy the Lord God in
your hearts, and be ready always TO give an answer
every man that askeih you tho OF the hope
that Is In you with meekness and fear having good
conscience that, they speak evil OF you Of
svil doors, they may be ashamed that falsely
accuse your good conversation in Christi The
members of our Church. he began, arc tho
Protestants OF Protestants--that is, they go
further than any OF those who throw or
out dogmas they get better enlightenment
Statements and dcgmas are rejected as unsound when
they at variance With reason and experience. Tho
theory OF the trinity Blessed Trinity, as its he
levers call its long acceptance TO the fact that
Il is entirely unconncctcd with tho probabilities OF
hfc. No experience OF the soul showed its absurdty.
Il was a pleasant, but perhaps a harmful fancy Why
should God create new deity 10 snow mercy to man.
Is II the element oil mercy were not IN Himy But this
has In later times been greatly modified and shorn OF
It's strength Not so with tho doctrine OF eternal
punishment This rs essentially dcad 10 thinking
men, because u Is absolutely inhumfn. Whether
Scriptural not " is discarded Consequently tho
theology oil orshoseS men not an exponent OF their
belief Its supporters know that they do
their iycs to II. There isa prcpostcrous coniradc-
ton in such The practice Is better than the
creed. On The other hand, Unitarianism is always
growing. IL Is therefore difficult to define.
IL is said that this constant modifying unsct.lc3
young people We cannot heipu We cannot put
book thcif hands that will all thcir aucs-
gions religious and moral We cannot set down what
VIC do clearly see. aud consider our candor
brave veracty better than number dogmas
Of which could not feel certain Jesus Christ
Is indcnnabc because Uo Is above the rest OF
humanity, and s lost IN the horizon Ct the Dcty fhe
human soul is yet bounded IL is useful. however
10 suggest faith by contrast with the others We
do not worship the Bible work Of verbal inspira-
ton. We do accept 1t as an undeniaoc authority.
We value Bible chiefly Tor The portrature OF Jesus
Christ IN the gospels and the Psalms OF David In
this freedom with the scriptures We are not whit
ahead orthodox thinkers but We are whole worlds
ahcad them avowingiL We do not make Christ our
beginning and All talk OF mokirE Christ Col is
fans;. We also reject the sacroj myth of Aoan and
I've We SEQ nothing and believe nothing OF a
primitive purity. We disown the idea OF present
Irobaton, ms II means that here our work
and improvement hnishcd. We are always on pro-
bntion lar ndcty In tho present leads TO happ-
ness the future Nor is happiness In our pres
ent sphere TO be overlooked We might well over
look that Of children because educating
them be prosperous in alter lic We do aot believe
that God sits real throne with CHRIST actually on
Hisrght hand and the HOLY spirit darliDg hhcr and
nm her lntv tho hearts Of men, and surrounded by
nulutrde OF angeis. We hcheyc that we shall never
dina bul In the mirror ot hearts, and that His
beng "a in HIS works and influence. The pure In
heart shall God.n
Finally NO believe that peiy Is morality toward God