The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-01
MASONIC TEMPLE.

THE OLD RELIGIONS AND THE NEw-LAsr SER
MON OF THE SEASON By Mr.. o. D. YRorH-
INGHAM.
In treating OF tho rising and the setting faith Mr.
q. b. rockingham said that by tho latter he meant
Christianity the other revealed forms OF belief
and by tho former he alluded to all the forms
known under tho name Of rationalism. His dts
courses the ideas were met by animadversion,
rcbuke and derisiou yet mind OF the speaker had
not changed.
The rising faith. continued Mr.. Frothingham, was
new thing taught IN that place; not new kind Of
matcriasm, but essentially belief and spirit OF
religion, which that word Its greatest profound
moss. No eau reach his full power Of
mental capacity without form OF faith
sccpticism. materalism negaton never bring
man to tho highest standard OF civilization. Faith,
Dut not that OF tho Christian. M0hammcdan or Jcw
Is necessary; sense OF the reality oil supreme author
iy reaching down 10 the very roots of overy indvid-
uai life, must be fet IN every spiritually healthy
muniiy The Roman Empire, which was most powerful
when Christ came, fell because tho root OF spiritual
iamh had become dry among the Roman people. Their
lofty aspirations and spirit OF seIi-consecraton TO
the service OF the State had disappeared.
FAITH.
The new faith OF ratonasm, urged the speaker. has
msson TO abolish religion, but on the contrary,
TO make II a reality II is the aim Of the new religion
that the American people may not SIT at the feel of
Thomas Aquinas or Dun Scotus but at tho feet OF
a philosophy instead. In the last fifty years
the whole scientific and social systems Of the world
have altered; not single feathers wing of thought
remains as II used to be- Away back In Queen Anne's
time Dean SWIM, preaching what would come, said It
was u question Of time and not a certainty as to
when the change might be expected. here
TO-DAY that believes moro sincerely in the TALL OF
Christianity than did Volta re, Thomas Pane and
such men. Their predictions coincide with
vctons; for the intellectual progress OF cannot
10 back.
MORALITY TO REMAIN.
Tho new faith brings TO the front new theories OF
progress Hsncelorth the questions OF mans redemp
tien-hcavcn, nell and such like abstrusc conrover-
sizes will remandcd secondary places
In public Observation-Disclosures though they
be- They will be thought Of after people
shall have thought OF the primary qucs-
lions of honesty, vcracty, Kindness and love
lions will be tho aspiration OF every individual who
may aspire to gain the highest standard OF attainment
Tho preacher appealed to hts hearers 70 respect
Themselves to allow no STAN to touch body soul,
to preserve calmncss OF judgment, to practice no
vice that might rum their usefulness and to pursue
were to plant themselves on toe new faith. remcm-
bcring That they lived community where some
one was bound up with them IN tho same bundle Of
lie. ALI the world OF mankind, whether they
ono grand production the Eihce Of human
society. The endless genera sns gore before
have bcqueathed tho ideas We build upon.
The sentiments and convictions that move us The
new faith ranes often every sanction the old one pro
Slams. Not bloom will be brushed from toe surface
Di life by the hand OF tho fsh; on the contrary.
everything will be preserved Tho minister OF the old
ath says In taking leave Of his ck, "May the grace
VI our Lord Jesus Christ be with you now and for
!" but tho iath says, "Mav the favor of that
~ peace wherever you are may human creatures
With whom you moro or less connected give you
heir respect ana ther love may the sympathy OF all
TODD men and women DO yours now ana forever"