The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-20

but incendiary expressions which he was proved to
nave used were explained by him gurativey as ndicat
ing how hot ne should make things for the trustees
u they continued their hostility him. The Justice,
Young before whom he was brought, discharged him.
because there Was direct nat he had anything to
do with the burning of the church. There enough
SHOWN or intimated TO indcite the unitncss OF the
man ior the sacred profession which he had entered
ANY man who within d comparatively brief period oil
lime could be successlvely an Episcopal and Netno-
ust ministers then. waen occupation Ia those churches
icit MIN, become Free Thinker, and then, tirns OIL
thai fall into line borgian, and thence into
aiul' nedged Consregatonaisl 'ainlster-sucn man
IL certainly unit u be preacher even 10 Free
Thinkers club And II the let tiers which the North
WHO trustees say they nave received are true or only IN
part true they declare iha, AR. Wright rs n wolf IN
Sleeps cothingn ian impostor, ana "a scoundroi,'
and one "untt be liberty. who should be locked
up These phrases NAV express TOO much but any
man against whom they can be publicly used need
hardly expect 10 have any ministerial or Christian In
fucnce among the people who believe them and repeat
them And yet Mr.. Wright holds the parsonage VI the
burned church aud proposes TO DO so, and besides
threatens 10 sue The trustees Tor IS, 900 damages
The trustees of TINS church themselves, probably.
not Tree from blame IN this matter They and thcir
church are the offspring OF an ecclesiastical quarrel
which involved the New York las, Conference OF the
Methodist Episcopal Church IN protraccd litigation
ana cost oil ST. 100 81. 800. They ad then to
ference munster what they nave tried 10 do 10 mr..
Wrch-shut iim out u tho church aud parsonage
bui ny little sharp practice he rot INTO and kept pos
session Of the latter ana so held on TO The church
But me result was - splt anu the organization OF
two or three other societies under different naincs
which have since died out or been legally disbandcd
There was Baptist society and Reformed Dutch
Church organized IN the same vicinity. near Rockville
Centre, and now this Congregational Church Is
likely to follow the others 10 tho grave, exhausted
by legal struggles by want Of Christian charity
and ecclesiastical cohesivcness. Very few churches
founded IN the spirit OF revenge ever thrive or do
We'll There are several such IN this CITY, III brooklyn
and throughout Long Island they are heavily bur-
dened with debt general thing, AMI tins TACT, to-
gcther with the circumstances under which they were
organized serve rs siguboard OF danger TO keep pco
ple away from their DOORS Now ana again one such
church may prosper aud become strong, because God
Will sometimes make the wrath OF man TO praise Him.
But as rule they dangerous ground, and their
birth and parentagc do not give very great promise of
better things To come. IL Is sad commentary ON the
religion OF Jcaus Christ that many His protested
followers should DO so given 10 intrigue and ch,canery
10 guarreisomencss ana revenge when they should as
"dcar children OF His. follow peace wilh all and
holiness, whou. which mono OF thom can SEQ the Lord
WHITSUNTIDE HEMEMBRANCERS.
The Christian Church throughout the world will to-
day commemorate event which took place in an
Oriental city nearly eighteen and half centuries ago
An expcc,ant group OF 1ao persons in upper room
in Jerusalem suddenly startled by Rushing as
Of mighty wind which ned tho place of assembly,
and coyen tongues OF the appearance OF fire settcI
upon each of them, that they able forth
with to 20 out among tho gathered visitors and
traders from tue different countries of Asia Minor,
Southern Europe and Northern Africa, and
preach to them concerning one Jesus OF Nazareth,
who but short time before had been crucilcd and
buried, but reported to have risen from the dead
and vino, they declared they had and banded
His resurrecon and for ory days He had walk
and talked with them, and only ten days before they
had seen II i'm up To heaven a cloud Just
fore He lett them II bnde them stay In Jerusalem
until thcy had received tho Fathers promise OF the
Holy Ghost And now that promise had been fulfilled
IN their experience, and they all ed with the
Holy Ghost and began 10 speak with other than their
native or acquired languages to all the then dwell.
ers in Jerusalem concerning the strange things
n
have been performed on that memorable icniecost nj
| day In the year 80 or "a OF the Christian era Tho
| crushing OF mighty wind IN IA still and closed
room was itself supernatural thing the appearance
Of ''coven tongues Of ire and tho conscious per-
sonal presence the Holy Ghost were evidences
/ OF power not OF the earth within their control
And whether tho 100 disciples were able TO speak
IN the several languages ana dialects OF the foreigners
present In the Holy CITY, whether effect pro-
duced upon the OF the hearers the speech Of
the disciples IN the Hebrew or Greek lanRnascs, does
not make much difference. II was wonaeriui thing
miracle oil divine power IN either case And u proved
that Jesus Chrs had gone 70 heaven as He said and
that He was divine, rs Hc had also said so That tho
apostles could trust III That word which declared
That all power in heaven and OH earth had been given
10 Him, aud that His apostles should 60 in,o
all the world and teach every creature,
~ the conscious hope anu assurance that
~ ,ns a h Moua 90 WIN .nem unto
themselves M IN an upper room, but went into the
puUlc streets and places OF that great city, Jerusa
lem. taught The people boldly, and 5000 persons
embraced Christianity at that time. \ now impetus
WIS then given to this newsfaith In a divine man
Wbicn mas Occn lncIeasInR power IHHuenCc I0f
eighteen centuries uniil II stands to-day tho
sovereign OF all other moral and poiitiea!
and social forces IN this world IL is there.
lore becoming and proper that the Christian
Church should, aE II Will to-day, suitably remember
and commemorate this important event The Roman
Catholic and The Protestant and Reformed Episcopal
churches, however give greatest attention TO It,,
aud sermons appropriate TO the occasion Will be
preached in most II not all such churches IN
this city ana vicinity to-day The Catholic churches
began tho PentccostaI observance last evening Tho
Isractes observed Friday and Saturday according TO
pnLt "A nj Ia
original manner which 1t would be impossible Tor them
TO DO But tho event illustrates the ncarness OF Jew
ana Christian 10 other children Of the cod
and Father Of us all, ami only peace and good VIII
should henceiorth eAist between brethren.