New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-14
RELIGION WITHOUT N0R4EIrY.
A PULPIT LESSON DRAWN FROM THE CAREER OF
CHAsIINE cox, THE MURDERER.

A PULPIT LESSON DRAWN FROM THE CAREER OF
CMsIINE cox. TIE MURDERER.
The Rev. William +. DckcrsOn, d. D.,
preached last evening the Sullivan street African
Methodist Episcopal Church. His subject was " Rel
zion without Morality, illustrated in the case OF
CAasnc Cox the confessed murdefcro Mrs HUI" There
wa, very large congres present every seat in the
church being occupied The preacher in substance:
Religion proper any system OF worship elected by
any rational beng MORALLY, Oh the otHer hahd, Is JiaJ
whicn mas 70 do with night or wrong purely and the
dsrs OF measurement Tor IL aro TIC DIVINE ia" ana
thu human conscience. But IN human cousclehre may
never D. ntrusted wth IT'S own sac keeping b.ess !, Is
O'ershadowed ana ptfmr"ted WIN tue D.,lue
influence. There may b. religion, therefore.
WI hout morality. hen with only religion are often
desperate and wholly without moral restraint. 1ne
priucI pie divorced religion aud morality has OF late
son Davis reading the Responsive service or tue EpscO-
pa Church the reached i'm that tue Yankees
hAd entered Richmond Ia one requiring deep study. The
hu adres redhandod murderers leaving the cOrpses
OF thousands If murdered innocent black men
they repair the house OF Coz, has not been uhcom
NON These mugderofs wIH nauda imOrued Ia brothers
fesaeJ Christian churches This Is au illustration Or re-
I'm" In3Ier OF Mrs Hul by Chastne Cox cannot be
palated excused Explained away. IL was atrOclOus
aIdy and mean ts acs deserves ana receives the
uuuu ncd condemnation UfcYrry cOlOred man and
woman. We cOuten1n, We CesplHc, NO aDhOf tle act
At the same time. when an eIors Ii made To fasten
ike bTu Ity tnc character o. JLo race, on all col
ored people W. md <nanty rtpel t1e nSindaton ana
bid tho world 20 TO tho record ana read tho
tho history Of the descendants OF shcln ana
JApheG We clam Tor our race no super
human supernatural OF superaDuLdant perfection but
We clam tho attributes OF pure personality. ChaSinc
Cox does not Bat the feature or this most
lfur tuuato alar ~ that when exposes Cox a5 Gurus
tan aud "a murderer. would seem thut tho enemy OF
God aud man to-day has made the Church MS chosen
field ot operation. The dciauitrrs and many OF the
trIere are selected by MIN from the followers OF the
Lord Cna.lIuc Coz member oI the ADysslhidn Baptist
Augcn IN MaYcrlCy QUO OF our nOst nlGStrlCus
Chr stiau CHURCHES - COMMUNICATE; = ulaH VINO mas
a. last Niher saads before JAo world to-day rs an
etalcai Zna Iut hc Was Instl tod DT The deyu 10
perform deed Ac "a! ne was no one VIII deny
Hs motive tneit, scarcely 70 be d,Gnuiod
with the name of robbery; bat Was tuat
mo motive alOncl We viii not discuss the point
here Tor the distinguished counsel for the people viii
Soc rights OF society uto well secured llast the
influence OF ts one mans uad deed and on inc other
..ud most astute ANA learned counsel iur the de-
cace will unearth whatever there Is sun hidden to
motive In TINS matter. Ine puDlc should Do prepared
tunk rcyelA lions equally Astounding II not Is re-
son tho murderer Cox do not know, out somehow
have fet tuat al was not published that was known
1 am gIal, however Tor the security OF society aud Tor
tho supremacy law, that lair ana Impartial riA
will b. accorded INN. Had the moral instincts and
powers OF tHs poor man DUcD developed side by side
NItn bis religious nature, he would not to-day
occupy "A murIerer's cell 1 would charge slavery
with bis crime, but lie was too young
man In the days OF slavery 10 have had
Ia. vices uxUd 10y that inhumau institution. would
trace cOusaus ulnlty, Out know nothing OF MS
lineage. We lett therefore, call 1t innate, constitI-
fore "a strange combination. Tie was the companion
OF the good ana the Dau alike. h5 worsmppod ut the
shrine jehovah, and was tho companion OF the loose
aud the lic rntlOus,