The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-12

animal 10 do all this for the sake Of divine love- to
thus gvo vent to our feelings Of sympathy pity aud
tho Jehovah that would lead mankind on to deeds
OF love and charity 70 their fellow beings, and under
his leadership 10 strike for liberty and light
MASONIC TEMPLE.
THE EVILS OF sECrARIAN sTRIFE-sERMoN BIZ
REV. o. b. FRoTHINGHAM.
The Rev. NJ. o. B. rockingham preached
in Masonic Temple, Twenty third street. . SER
mon on the evil effects OF sectaran strife. Ho
prcfaced his discourse by reading from the New Tes
lament the chapter wherein occurs these words:-
"Brethren let US love another, for love is from
God" and from the Koran q passage which said
"Mohammed is not moro than apostle; other
apostles have gone before him. The Messiah, the son
OF Mary. is but aposte other apostles have gone
before him; no but the OF just person. they
both lived on food.'' &c.
THE SERMON
In the OF his observations the preacher said,
in substance, that must carefully distinguish tho
difference between scctarianism and tho sectarian
spirit Sectarianism must always exist IL comes TO
with the freedom OF thought with history science
and tho schools Of art II docs not imply any feeling
Of rancor SO long its object Is tho pursuit OF truth
On tho other hand, the sectarian spirit engenders
feelings Of envy, jealousy and strife and therefore
evil Even in the days OF Christs apostles tho sec-
taran spirit had manifested itself In the difference OF
belief between Paul and Peter upon the Interpretation
OF tho words OF their great Master ST. Peter thought
tnaL the revelation tor the family Of Israel only;
Paul took the opposite higher and broader view Of The
subject PAUL thought that the world embraccd IN
the purposes OF tho Mcssahs mssion that He came TO
save not only israel but The Gentes also. Here then,
originated bitter quarrel which separated these two
apostles Paul suys:-"I stood up against Potter aud
rebuked him. because he was to blame" SO that away
back In tho very beginning OF Christianity the secta-
ran spirit Itself Tho circlo OF tho
apostles themselves From that time until tho cee-
history OF the various Protestant churches,
hundred yours till the present dny, the Christian
denominations have been the prey 10 relentless Sec
tartan spirit In England alone there are ninety nno
pvrsuasons and twenty-five subordinate forms Of
religious belief, making altogether l24 scots OF one
kind another There are 20 600 places Of worship
aud corresponding number OF ministers and priests
There teu times rs many ministers needed.
und to encourage young men TO enter theological
schools Is 10 withdraw them from social usefulness
These inblOodeu theological students, whose
OF mind is great could by culture become useful
bcrs OF tho community. In tho United States there
are $50 colleges, all poorly organized and equipped,
which might be welded into lew grand universities,
and thus save all the immense waste OF 0run power,
to nothing OF money, which must now bo spent In
obedience 70 the pornclous influence OF the sectarian
spirit
THE sRcTARIAN SPIRIT IN ALL THINGS
Tho moment q man accepts the sectarian spirit no
mathematics investigate the secrets Of chemistry,
unless he does through some sectarIan organ. With
such people the world Of knowledge has no signia-
canoe. The condition OF tue religious press IN this
country is simply dsgracefol The speaker never saw
sectarian paper nat could be honest or unbiased in
matters theological The organs Of Catholicy and Of
PROFESSIONALISM alike bitter and vituperAtve against
cacn other An orthodox man has been heard to
say that the atheist necessarily steal
and ho. What spirit OF Observation-Disclosures, unkind-
ness malice, II must be that makos man give express
SION to so great blasphemyl Men like Herbert Spen
GER Professor Tynda and other great lights IN Tho
armament OF philosophy, who are utterly irreproach
able III their private ives arc condemned Wholesale;
who are exercising great and beneficial influences
upon the working classes, making the honest, ccon
TOO NARROW CHRISTIANITY.
The apostles spoke 10 the effect that tnoir followers
should forget haired anu love another; but they
were not the brothers und the sisters Of AL mankind
Tor they Did not enjon love for the Greeks, Romans
rcrslans and other races. Hero tho preacher
reviewed the acts and policy OF tho Evangelical
Alliance since the idea, IN embryo suggested Itself Vt
Edinburgh 1S46 till now, aud endeavored to show
IRON the history OF evangelism that It had brought
forth no fruits save the bitter of un-
chris.au.Iike scctarlan spirit. There is but ono
remedy for all these evils and hat the concession
oil access by all denominations TO revelation and that
form oil revelation has right TO tyraunize
over others. During the last thirty years great
scholars havc been occupied in studying The tenets OF
India. turkey, engaging mems minds 10 great ad-
vantage. Honce we have To-day not only the Hebrew
BDle but that Of The other scots also. The conclusion
Is that all religions have essentially tho Same doc
trines thcy all have the same idea OF Cod Of media.
tues u love OF fellow man. Passages
innunerape from tho writings Of pagan teachers
might b. qu0teu-pussages more exquisite and deli
cious In moral aroma than anything that Is to De
found any where III tho Now acknowledgements that
peaned one thousand yours before the birth Of
Christ ms we know, Ii not matter OF conjecture,
but u matter Of fact tho proof Of which Is
within reach OF all Of US. All the religions
have some great prophet or teacher. In emma
he Is Coniucius; In Persia, Zoroaster; in
India Buddha; IN Turkey, Mohammed; and CHRIST IN
own land Everything improves With age as We
60 ana the religion Of to-day Is as superior TO
OF centuries back the great telescope Of Lord
Ross to the lens Of Roger bacon or OF Hans Lip
persheim.
THEN LET US HAVE NO CHURCH.
II religious institutions create ideas that depend
upon hatred malice, spite Tor their existence, then Let
US never have u church. Why does the American
fight the Chinaman but because no ID u BUDDHISM
Take AWAY the sectarian spirit that toe margin Of
the Black sea has SGT Russian and Turk ut each
others throats. and much OF the motive tor
tho war ceases 10 exist AS long us
Christianity endures It the passion Of sectarian
spirit must dislling iisclf into the world.
Religion is moro than christianity, and tho mind Of
moro than all systems Of religion put together.
Man Is than all tho lawgvers and prophets.
The religion OF evolution comprehended In tho sublime
revelations Of Huxley ana OF spencer, IL laying tho
groundwork of FORM upon the nectar
OF whose ambrosia tens oil thousands OF Intelligent
souls quietly ieedng, irrespective o the presence
OF Christianity ana the day Is far OF when
gion shall FREQ the sciences, philosophy and
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