The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-07-15

ELEVENTH STREET NJ. E. CHURCH.
THE RIFLE IN THE s~uoors-srRMoN nv BEy.


ELEVENTH STREET NJ. E. CHURCH.
THE BIBLE IN THE scHooLs-sERMoN By REV.
OSCAR HUGO.
At the East Eleventh Street Methodist Episcopal
Church the Rev. Oscar Hugo, . Hungarian exile.
preached oE "The Bible IN the Public Schools" The
American people, ho said, own the public schools;
they have built them and pay Tor them. They own
the Bible, too, and they nave perfect right 10 say
that It shall be read in tho schools. The Americans
have a perfect right TO DO as they wish with tho
schools, and foreigner has right to step forward
and dictate as to what shall bs done. Who Is II,
asked the preacher wants 10 stop the reading OF
the Bible In tho schoolss one man. He 10 not an
American In birth, education or adoption Shall We
take tho Bible away because the Pope OF Rome says
tako 1t away? No, we viii not. The Ameri-
caps put IL there. This Is their country.
and they viii do as they think best.
and the Bible, simply means tho enforcement oi the
he mud lived Tor twenty years under the rspsi rule
and knew what II was by bitter experience. he then
told II the hungarian troubles OF ls5l, OF ms exile
and his fathe's and death Tor dar 10
that they were opposed 10 tho Conc0rdat.
RETURNING again to this country, tue speaker went
that here the priests. not having the power
iney enjoyed in some countries very OUT
city ounningly; but they once obtained the power
II was elsewhere. This declares tina. no
State has the right 10 eaucate It's cni
OF their children 10 the Church. Inc preacher then
spoke OF the politicians OF th's city, anu saId that
many Of them would sell thor Saviour for less than
Judas d,d their country Tor much less than Arnold
did the CITY IL ruled ny rumseeTs and priests, said
bc II all the Protestant mnisters 10 the city wore
To march u body to Mayor Ely and request the APP
pointment OF some worthy man 10 office and the Ro-
priests wonia ana ask Tor The appointment of
Patrick Reilly or Dennis Mclaughlin, Reilly or Nc
Laugnlin would rec. I'VE the appointment
Ino address was closed By AL exhortation to the
congregston to stand by the pubnc SCHOOLS and tho
Bible. ..H
NINTH Av. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
OBSERVANCE OF THE sABBAIH-ssRNoN By
THE REV. MR.. RossIrER.
In the Ninth Avenue Presbyterian Church, corner
Of Tht.y-nrst street, Rev. S. r. Kossitcr preached
from Isaiah, lviiL, 13, 14-"lt tnou turn away thy
loot from tho sabbath doing Thy pleasure on my
holy day, call tho Sabbath delight the holy OF
the Lord honorable, and shall honor him, not doing
thine ways nor fndloE thioe own pleasure, nor
speaking thine own words, then shalt thou delight thy
self 10 tho Lord ana Will cause thee 10 ride upon tho
high places OF the earth and iced thee the heritage
OF Jacob thy father for the mouth OF the LORD hath
spoken IT," The Sabbath was meant for rest. Send
out the word TO factories, warehouses; snpyards and
other hives OF Industry that on this dsy by divine
com mand there must be rest We bless God for it.
He laid down this law for that shere should be
one duy On that day lot industry stop IT'S
wheels les pom and the iukssand remain idle, let
even the sermon remain unnnished let the scientist
and the newspaper man alike cease from
labor. LolIiDg around on Suoday in the fore
ana going on excursions IN the stsr-
noon 10 hot constitute observance OF the
sabbath. That Is an abuse oil tho sabbath. The OBJ
ssrvxnco OF Sunday does not upor, but II mcans
that body shall Us ceansed from ths work vi The
week, ths mind purified from all worldly thoughts,
the neart mi,ea up 10 spiritual .hiugs. Reading
novels Sunday does not constitute an observance
Of the SABBATH. IL ~ like the prodiga son isediuy
the nu,ks OF swine wneu he could have the lated
CALL
The workingman suys, however. "My wages are
small; this my only day tho week Tor ENJOY
What am " dof" There Is some iOrce IRON bis
apoiai In luis argumsnt Tho isborcr who takes
his Trip 70 Coney Island worse than the million
HIS along the fashionable thor
OugnIxrcs inc tnopkeepcr who deems The traut-
action Of business the Sa bbath necessity. None
Of them can suite Heaven In tho face.
1hsro Is another meaning IN The observance OF the
Sabbath You can worship God IN your walks abroad,
la the song oil the BIRDS Toe shade OF the trees You
eau connect God with everything you do. l would
throw Opcu the horariss, but l would
rather them thrown open THAI lager beer sa0ouk
Everything tnat establishes = more intimate iusido
between the soul and God, every that makes
. man, conducss 70 an Observance oil the Cab
bath.