The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-10
Bcecher on the Vices Of the Intellect and the
Social Feelings.
THE TRAVAIL OF HUMANITY.
DR.. Burlington Favors Dissolution
of Partnership.
UNITARIAN HINDOO
PLYMOUTH CHURCH.

Horatio G. King played the organ yesterday, and tho
choir, under direction of Mr. Henry Camp, sang very
pieasingiy Miss Emma Cranch, contralto from tho
West, sang the opening anthem, "Thc Lord Ny shep-
herd Is in manner which gave universal pleasure.
II is understood that the lady may be permanently
engaged by Plymouth church.
"Verily say unto you that the publicans and the
harlots go into the Kingdom Of heaven before you.
For John you in the way OF Righteousness, and
re believed him not; but the pubcans and harlots
believed him, and yc when ye had it repencd not
anerward that yo might believe him" These words,
Jpokcn by Christ to the scrbcs aud pharasees
corded in the twentylrst chapter OF Matthew, formed
Tho text OF Nj. Bcccncr's discourse yesterday. The
publican and barot he sad represented tho two most
desperate OF all passions-ust and avaricctwo fiery
dragons that have destroyed more good than
any other two influences in the world;
that arc everywhere accredited with evil
and only evil ofthem Christ said, They shall enter
into the ingdom OF God before youn In other words
Ether chance OF virtue and Of spirituality and OF
Immortality, are better than yours Who were they
whose chances rank lower than the publican and the
harlots They the chief priests and the scrbes-
the highest ministers and oncias OF religion in that
day, OF high standing society and the rcposi-
tory Of all the learning of that day They men
whose culture had produced certain degree Of refine
ment, they, at least many OF them without
great degree OF morality. That kind Of morality which
society demanded held in respect by them. Else
where the Saviour denounces their morality rs formal
and exterior, and not civilzing and Outstanding
TO these men Christ said, picking the mcanest and
most dcspscd classes Their chances OF salvation are
better than yours.n We are not to suppose that the
declaration oil our saviour arose IRON n lighter sense
OF the guilt OF tho people than entertained and
was entertained then. He regarded these people
the types oil wckcdness He accepted the Judgment
lptu a
THE NEST igEEcLAIMABLE OF ALL MANKIND.
HIS speech then, was not tightening OF the guilt OF
nvarce and lust II was rather condemnation OF cul.
turc and morality without humanity and religion our
kaviour meant that culture and spirituality without
Divine love is moro dangerous than vice is 10 It's SUBJ
lects The point that was made, anu which needs 10 DO
made much u did then, Is that the peculiar
vices OF the intellect and Of the social feelings and Of
Tho moral feelings the vices to which they subject
are more dangerous than the vices 10 which men
subject throus h their passions Corrupt intellectual and
moral natures have less likelihood OF ever becoming
members OF The Kingdom OF God than they have who
corrupt by their bascr passions aud appcttes.
That Is where the emphasis comes and should give
avery man heed TO know whether IN any degree tho
dangers incidental TO the higher forms OF civilization
ARE apparent III him, and whether there Is any message
In this gospel to-day Look then. at the contrast be-
tween professional goodness and professional badness
respects the element OF growth In the passage before
us are one side those who were typcay bad.
They were bad; they knew Il and everybody else knew
II. On the other side the priests, scrbcs and
tharisces. They represented professional goodness.
Which OF those two states OF mind tended ri
Asnewed spiritual impulse, renewed spiritual growth
man whose whole life consists IN making himself
Believe that he is good certainly has less motive tow
nrd spiritual development than who coniesses to
himself at the very outset that he Is not GOOD that
there Is good in him. Those men, at the bottom,
had shield nor pretcncc They were corrupt, and
they knew II perfectly we'll They never thought they
were good aud, therefore when John came in the way
oil righteousness, there shield, no bulwark be-
tween them and him. Therefore, the axe was laid at
the root OF the tree. Tpe testimony - they were
per cd 10 tho heart and reformed And the testimony
Is that many pharsecs came 10 hear John, but they
we're cxqasitey good already ~ They did not need
any further polish TO be laid on ()
go oy, JOHN; GO on"
they cried, hosc men need 10 be reformed; you arc
dong good work y But when John SAID, 'Has
nobody warned you, too We vpcrs to escape IRON tho
wrath 10 comcy''-.wcll that address that was
very unsccmly. John was a ragged fellow from The
wilderness They thought, what does he know about
culture and piciyg He has not the least
rcptiUn OF what are. He doing "a good work
among these rapscauions mere but TO say they are
better than US Is ridiculous y How happy men must
be who have no need OF being any better That was
the way they eit They had the feeling OF the pharsec
IN the prayer, God, thank thee that am what am;
that am not OF these publicans.n The great dan
ger OF morality aud culture IS IN the FIRST piae, that
shall produce feeling OF selisaisIaciion Men feel
about religion and knowledge aud personal attain
mcnts as some people ieci-for ! suppose there
are come such people ieit even now-with re-
spcct 10 property They do not wish poverty and they
not wish exec ssiyc riches. "What we want" they
say, lis comfortable amount OF property on whisn
can live independently and without fear There
H. gor ious content, but there Is illustrous
discomfort IL Is well for man TO say, IL can con-
qucr my circumstances; am, by the grace OF God,
superior TO my condition But this should be con-
fined 20 the outward man. IL should never so 10 the
inner mau. ANY estimate OF morality and virtue and
culture that puts sweet content with himself
TO be abhorrcd Contenment IN spiritual things Is
vile. When man says, % soul, DO happy; very good
soulart thou; enough, enough" Q woe TO such man
ls that
Then, TOO culture tends in some minds TO run on
straight TO conccit and TO PRIDE so that cuts them
OF from OF the need OF divine succor Men arc
tempted feel only that they are superior to their
fellow men, lii their heads up toward God and
say, what lack | YETI Am | not virtuouss Who,
then isy This pride also tends TO cut him oil from
his fellow Ana when men make limo between
themselves and their fellow men on account OF superb
ority, that very moment
THE TEMPLE OF SATAN SET UP
In their hearts All the way through the life OF the
Saviour whatever virtue whatever culture separates
man IRON his knd, whatever lifts man Out from
bis fellow men and separates INN IRON them IN such
sense that ihey are not 70 be objects OF succor ana
Bcli.denia on his part, was recognized by the Lord
Jesus Christ as henous crime Our saviour taught
that no persons were so corrupt as those who made
their culture aud abilities the ground OF spiritual sep
hrauon between them and others. What thrust the
words OF the text were upon this collection Of pivus
and cultured people who had gathered around the Tenn
plc--mcn Who afraid Tor The Temple afraid
for the regular Church practices that they could spare
20 though. or sympathy ior the human heart DAMN
Tcmpc Damn the man. bat take care oil the ritualin
These the men before whom tho avaricious
and tue harot should enter INTO the Kingdom, be-
cause their culture had made them indifferent to
their fellow men. And when the PIT shah be
sncoverea asa oa Ne I ioos down ,Sro,sb ,sc
!urid twilight and behold the thief and the rabbics
and the harlot, down. down below them VIII be the
mtre and the croxer; Tor there IS no crime like the
rrmc OF treachery 70 humanity upon the threshold OF
beaven; taking the light Of the glory OF Cod taking
the passion and the suffering Of God IN Christ Jesus
TAXI that alsuncring love that gives
everything the sake OF those that deserve nothlng
sklng these things only TO inaugura'c the kingdom OF
eeinshucss--there Is no crime against Sod IKE That,
Blessed bs God for households Of iah. but woe to
those who 50 lorify themselves that al the hight is
ps the church and shcws outside nothing but dark
ness men. We are hearing great deai hteiy oil
why men do not 60 10 church, aud y vs. asked, HOW
shall We reform the immoral classes You never VIII
os ,ns,tu,,ous not rnemtcrs OF churches hut SIMPLY
:. men staudng among men. When YOU can ind
human hearts that bear the sorrows OF those who
~ lost and degraded as
CHRIST BoRE the SINS or THE WORLD,
and can do what Christ did for the world; when they
s.u law down their ycs for their enemies the immoral
Mi, bc reformed | remember the iist dawn Of the
t,..,,rrance movement. wlict 4 Was looked rncn by
a.. ,x.r classes ~ i .fopuscd infringement ~ their
MA II never became general ,ill number 81 acs
,,,rac drupkard became converted NJ Pentecostal
asesng in Baltimore and they went out and reformed