New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-14
PULPIT UTTERANCES.
THE AsSAssINS PLEA
The Rsu Robert CoUyer at ne Church me MESSIAH 'O''


tween law and commandments statutes and judgments,
We shall even warn them that they trespass not against
the Lord and so wrath come upon you and upon your
brethren" He spoke, In part, as follows:
II must have touched the finer heart OF the Nation
with horror almost deep that which lay in the
deed TO be told by wretched who murdered our
good President that he had done this by Divine insp
ration then to notice how he cited for his safe ana
sure precedent the command which was given To the
Father OF the Faithful to slay his 1t was entirely
natural when this claim made TO remember the MUIR
der done years down on the Eastern coast when
father eIew his little children and gave precisely the
same reason for the deed "GOd bade me do thls SAID
he " as he babe Abraham to do IL in the old time lie
sent TO angel to stay my hand as surely Thought ne
would but does not this prove that my talth was
greater and the perfect sesacritcef Look at
nv dead children and judge whether do not tell the
truth" I know Of nothing touching as that story In
our late human history Tue was gentle OF heart'
"a have heard and loving. Had he loved his cnldfen
less the temptation TO slay them might never nave come
to him And 1t Is that arc compelled 10 see tms
strange likeness In two men who are 80 unlike III III
beside They both do murder, and then they are both
ready to plead guilty These men did the deed ana
seem feel that this only need be given ana we
shall not call 1t murder than it would have
been murder las believe. with millions more mad
Abraham done indeed what the ancient Scriptures az
firm he did by Intention and was Justified
II must have occurred to all men OF fair mind TO ask
"a
such internal work. Admitting the plea of insanity
which held good in the of the hapleSs man VINO
hi led his chidrcnhen it is duty to ask how Is tnat
mcr are driven this form Of insanity; or, II they are
already how it il that this ancient story should be
made the tenter hook which such men hang their
wild and fatal fancies do not why these causes,
whatever they may prove to be, should not work out
their murerOus consequences II the cause reialH you
cannot stamp out the cure by hanSGg tnG5g VINO d&
make the curse more fatal and 50 It IS with crop OF
crimes have to deal take 1t to be OF all things
true once that shOud fear TO face this ones
murder for the given by the men we have
The heart that it IL locked in the religious fah OF
vast number Of men ana women o VINO over are s5
deadly work as sincerely a. we al 40 with hr aaed
faith and teaching are in some way responsible | thlnk
grown great enough to feel pretty sure by TINS
time that there il devils work whicn is not mans
work: that there is internal mastery OF man Tor WhGh
men themselves are not in some way responsible. We
not the should be II We do NOT see where we
bad spot faith aud practice -, which mas done ths
deadly work already aud which may do more ana II the
tree is TO be known by LIS irult II may MAKE iios ioIe
of nndeis than hear Of now. should not some
thing be done to stop Snch preacngf We must not nave
this faint al blood IN our hOUIes ana land!
In asking these questions, winch must touch us all 80
Eeeny, cannot doubt for myself tha the hrst error ies
~ ciuHng ~ me great DotS Oh our ~
do this old story az murder by intention notice IN
the Gu-pe Jesus quietly Ignores the whole thing; lie
never speaks OF IT, never eN'u hl"cs 70 NJ II" E
Divine soul in Him conitsEcs no kinshlp to such
gross temptation There are choice openings IN
His discourses for the introduction Of the Instance,
lie let's them all slip by and He had sald such
of rs Ia say that He also mistaken, the day Is now
when should have said II and borne the cry oi hhde
Of evil neither tempteth lie any man" Yet THIS was an
evil temptation. The great and grand 3d man had 10
be AT loss, think, 20 nud oul
how the temptation II was the survival In the
heart of mis- tempted man the Old black custom 81
human sacrifice which renamed Ia those lands aud even
in the Hebrew family, long after ihe great Idlhef was
dead and he found IN t"ecruci deed O Jphth VINO
| murdered h- sweet maid.
And / notice that the brave and good Dean Stanley
FIRST hints at this reason FOR the temptation M s lecture
| ON bg
with buru.sucd gold But We cannot ~ cover "! We
have to iace the bare iaD aud say mat onI God cond
have nothing To do Win such black intention IN any
such sense rs t9is, m which inoiSanus o. reEoIs
teachers who ought 9" know better lnsiS hr very 3tst
be said the story supposng to DE true Il nat
il was IN the maus cluudcd Imagination IN which the
new truth he was touching as ne n'Snt "S III ~. ~ ~
fermentation with the Oil errors But the story as II
IL locked into vast system oi thh IOr no reason
a All, except that u is Ptt % q - sr' "hu - Yh
| for ny one the New Testament whose work Luincr
used 10 call Epistc Of straw, ana by another who
90 h, cnaptcr Of the choicest Instances OF ath ne can
think or this Japutha, VINO slew MS own daughter
for one; Tor another har'ot VINO betrayed h'I own
/ civ; and for q third, who threw MS superb
power away prostitute. Let remember that faul
hm to the Mastrand yet he mad VeIl large
Hospitality IN his mind for the oId doctrine oI slchce.
IA only crrrps into tine New Testament through these
ere, These do not cite their instance IRON the
! Sr..t ar IIiuIop mythology, but IRON tine Christian
Eiu lcpusc they have been hearing ministers say al
their lives nat ou" OF the sublu's instances Oh Ailu
| m the history OF is to Ice found IN temptation .!
! cod that a man should SIay his SON.
We nave 20 note, secondly, now the great Churches
sflli hold on to the dea--whch no Church can now
maintain except us "a mere dogma aud wuch dehes all
rrIepuiuat tur Bible Is one whole inspired Door, mus
10 pass that the cruelty o! such mt az Joshua
aud horde OF invaders is claimed as the result Oh
Divine inspiration aud guidance a. certainly IS tue neal
ug OF CHRIST aud thugs that SHOULD nV' We it"u saw
Tor the blleu light tucy shed ON world "hlrh Is per
haps bcst forgotten, are bound up WIN me sermon on
he Divine. Now the men Of gnt explain these things
away aud smooth them over; nut Jbey uld MOI tn,y
could do httc marin because the people 10 n1t oeleNo
Ia item at ali. according 10 the demands oi the cIeeds
| But then we have to notice that new school has
arisen which insists onnd acceptance OF the WhoIe
! criticisms. The scholars know now much cannot De
defended, but they not scholars ana nave made up
their mind, that such learning would disturb ihtlr
confidence in the book a. stands II ohy ahotuer uahe
for inhdey II Is no UNCOMMON tang d TO near fSa
pressure of such preaching. rms ,Dgotry 70
! the Bible this bondage to the leller, TINS
calling eyil good and black white. arises frcm this spirit
These murduTers cannot be separated from TINS IN
nurnoe Tnry keep with it, stroke, ana they tell s
where they found tue fatal ire which burned Tor death
| on The sunday the President was lying dead dear
! friend and eminent minister asked nat WORD nave
men ike Ingersol TO say now, that eau Son n Hs
! SO, ! thought and SAID Not one word but nave
ZION Mr. iuserso has no mau ~ ais school wno could
around from that deed oil the ASSASSIN ana say ta
lie did II at the Dlddins OF us Hou "v 70 10y t H. ao
thar things not worse. When thlnk OF t"ls 10 NOT
wonder that and gentle heart OF my AethDust
brother Thomas should revolt at sucn "lo
do wonder again that the narrow ana otle Ol7o1s
who defended the dogma nj ms trAl should nave Talked
~ men would not tale Oh an 0u iIciiu & ,J tba
| in the slums OF NewNOrk Is 1t wrong theh ana tne
Churches revise your stauaarI ana take TINS
cy from your doctrine lt Is an alfOnt To the Whoe
|
and truth it belongs the DARK ages ana teaches the
shameful doctrine oi human sacrifice II Is an insult 70
tine white majesty OF Heaven II snames the alr clNlity
OF human goes into the heart OF untold
10 degrade their tuuugut OF God This theory OI Goa
uudrA MIN stand within host o. things thal were lalse
ana evil ana winch could not De made ScOu anu trut
even by Ills AmgbtlnesS; and all is CROWNED ny
the declaration that cOua only be satisfied ana take
me poor human creature INTO HIS favor through tlt
81 cIIncc Of His own ucar son. rms uoculne WIN no
| stnud and suouid not stand And those who teach II
sGuud be the very first the sake OF all that Is molly
10 say 40 The Bible must be adapted To tne larger alt
uirrT hpht which aIls now origin and these doc
rlncs should DO made to the new thought and u
| the new day.
| OPIUM AND TOBACCO.
The Reu T. he VA IGi'adGe al ne brooklyn IaOernae's
| (ITtSbyxrian)
Mr.. Talmage yesterday morning III Inc