The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-02-11
ALL SOULS CHURCH.

FUTURE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. By REV. DIR. BEL
Rev. Dr. Bellows preached o sermon from the texts
Timothy, l., 4, and John, xviii, Is. These two pas.
sagcs, said tho preacher present the rotations be-
tween the life that 10 to that which Is ~ como |;
and this, he declared was topic OF the FIRST impor
for Christians TO consider The life that was
but probationary one. Tho lfo that is to come, It
was TO be assumed would be free from temptations
aud trbuiatons, and would DO existence of endless
bliss for those who fulfilled the conditions Of Chrlsl's
Law. Thus II could be seen that both lives were
brought INTO a strict antagonism.
Here we live by expression; there by the full pos.
session Of Gods love. Here we absent from The
Lord Jesus there we shall join HIM where Ho and
Him as Ho H. Here wholly good or
wholly bad there tho good are wholly good and The
bad are wholly bad There was no sorrow or igno.
rance heaven; there was Joy, no repentance in
the abodes Of tho wrctched who were equally wicked
and no visitor was permitted from heaven 10 enter tho
abode reserved for the punishment Of the wicked.
"As the tree falls SO shall IT c.' Such, said the
preacher is the contrast usually described existing
between this life and that HE which to
when die. There nothing, however, IN the OK.
periencc OF this hfo which afforded this Information.
Wore both states good according to their different
conditionsS there violent change or break
between them which rendered all analogy weak and
groundessY To determine these questions there
but two W ich could lord any guidance
The r8 was by taking into account the character OF
mans nature or government The second c0nsidera-
tion WINS knowledge OF tho teachings of the Scrip
turcs, and these teachings II taken authority,
must BIO considered from certain stand pom that
IL, whether they appeal to reason conscience
an inherent ability 10 Interpret documents according
to grammar ana the dictionary.
TiIE ALMIGHTY RESPONSIBLE FOR SCRIPTURE.
The Scriptures were assumed 10 be written by God
himself through the fundamentally OF human
uenscs. SO that God was responsible Tor cvcry word
they recoroed.
But for all this II has been ascertaned that the tho
DRY of divine superintendent OF these Scriutural
writers would turn divine omn sciencc into
research knows TO DO mistakes In the scicncesin
history, geology, astronomy and other branches OF
modern Knowledge. Those who lived IN tho age OF
Newton, Kepcr and moro modern scientists know
very well that the earth was not made IN days;
that Eve not formed of Adams RIBS that
was not a talking serpent; that there was no such
garden the Garden OF Eden; that Jonah
did not 1.-Two IN whale, or that the walls OF
Jericho were not blown down by the sound OF rams'
horns But for all this these passages were inspired
Commandments and the Levitical law. bat If
Christians wero TO preserve their reverence Tor these
texts they must DO permitted TO Gull aud pick their
creed from tho scriptures, and DO allowed 10 dIer in
the interpretations OF the law
III conclusion, said the preacher, while this
world mankind are as much with Christ,
much In heaven as human nature spiritually allows,
heaven will como TO the faithful when they welcome
IT, Christ's second ming takes place whenever His
spirit Is welcomed into the soul, They were mainly
towards and malingcrers who wore disadvapt agc-
Scott SAID that IL wasn't tho last drop OF blood,
but the first CROP that was hard to get
shed In defence Of their country. Aud 50 with
Christians God was love, and those who believed IN
HIM anu kept HIS commandments would meet their
reward in tho life ~ come.