, 1877-12-24

SERMON Dr TIE N1v, ". u. RYDER.
Tho Rev. Dr. Ryder, OF IL. Puul's unIvcrsal-
Isl Church. dclIvore1 sermon last evening on
"lsccent Pulpit Utterauces." taking a. his text
Eph. w., Is: Speaking tho truth IN lore"
Tue following "a sn abstract Of DR.. R{dor's ro-
marks:
Tho state Of tho atmosphere In shsao latter
days, said be, Was Eood deal like tbs coudl.iou
Of theology.-very misty and quito undolnsd;
moro mist than rain, bus sometimes With . gon-
arous shower, II was pretty difficult to toll
what tho end Of IL all would ee. When
oue wss able to look over the broad
field OF country. his vision was CO.
larged By the shining OF tho suu.
Concerning the present condition Of theology ,lhe
sometimes thought he understood 1t pretty we'll,
aud at other tttlta ho came to tho conclusion
that 10 didn't know muc1 about i: 6otu uotimcs
generally come to atlopt tno stews Of Un.vurssf.
Ism ~ to tho essential tenet Of tho ultimate res
tltutlon ofsouls Of ut ltast to agree In nogat!on
Of Thatever @ stood M IN tho way Y Of ihe acceptance
a. II the balance Of faith WAS quite on Tho othoF
side. When ho took up copy OF the CArtaiian
Uaton aud rpad that tho doctrine That tho wicked
ara cast Into. eternal tornents was no
longer preached BY any orthodox minister,
announced Numerically opposite tlcas, no was
brought to think that the evangelical world
might properly be divided Into three elassesi
tosmented; eecoua, taoao bstoslug that sons
viii. bo tnalIy AnnfhIlatod; third, those belIev-
ing that oil will be dnalty holy and happy. lu
faut, the conclusion at which 10 arrived was
that the orthodox idea regarding the ultimate
coalition Of humanity waa probably anything
tbs people liked to have 1t, depending alto
Kether on the man Who preached u and the pul-
pin !n which II was preached. On tae Other
hand, vhea he read tna Adsanes aud other
papers, hs came TO thu conclusion that tho
Christtan Union did not know much about
It. Qua secular paper, IHn TRIBUNE, had coua-
question sent out BY tho Indian Orchard Coun-
ell a to the belfei In Tho doctrine Of future
punishment, and had rather como to the co.,
c!uston thas there h.1 eeq sst change 10
cllaed to belicye thas the paper was . slttle
mlataken 10 this, the results os such inyestiRa-
ttoHe q Tad colno to hls notice going TO prove
prnciasly tlo opposite: that thnra had been no
al faith. In tho midst oi tho discussion on
thta subject Of endless punishment, bfF. Beech
er bad CONS out ID an absolute anathama on
this M Mdoc!flne announcing It =: sa sbomloasion
thor Of Farrar's lie Of Christ" had lately
preached two remarkable sermons, which weFa
heard BY large audiences, and which wero won.
lstl9ll! lioesa! 10 t9ne. Tho easy secsptation Of
oate1 ln tha strongest language, aud tbs
Compared witt these nobls utterances, there
"ero some less noble which had been pro
expose ths fallacles 81 III arSuiuent saalnat
eternal punishment. Ths Alliance had reiused
To publish tla argument tn 4uasiion, giving ~
4 reason therefor that its ioaacts 1ad becu
brought UP secorulux to higher standard. In
Dt. kfder's opiuloh. there was 1io Use OF wink.
log away thls important auestion. Good snnn
aud bad men cuuId pass over ths gull, Nhils
goodness Ail1 badness could not, GUQ4 mi