New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-19
PERE HYACINTHE BREACHES.
A SERMON IN THE CHURCH DU ST. ESPRIT.
AN INTERESTED CoNGREGATIoN-THE REFORMED |
CHURCH IN FRANCE.


CHURCH IN FRANCE.
The little French Church du st. Esprit, in
West Twenty second-st, filed with large audience
70 hear Pere Hyacuthe preach yesterday morning The
service was the ordinary mathis OF the Episcopal Church
read by the rector the Rev. A. v Witemeyei me ante
communion service being read by Pere Hyncinthe lho
rector made few complimentary remarks and then Pec
Uyacinthe ascended the pulpit, robed in black Cow"
His appearancc was much commanding than when
he wore his Camclite tOnsure his hair which Is
gray being allowed TO fall HIS shoulders
He began without any text by saying that he was sad
that his first utteunccs In this metropolitan city were III
the Church of the Huguenos The Reformation had oceh
foreseen by the genius and pety OF john CaVh WHOSE
doctrines fbe Uu1lenos embodied I'm their creed. He
said also am HugucnOt, "a You are. My WISH Is NOT
TO divide the Church. hut 10 reform it, am called to ad
yocate unity, not separation. Yes, | am Huguenot
like yourselves Their creed may be summed up III tle
words essential ever the Church Of Christ but specially
so to the Galican part Of it, The first Is the spllt OF
liberty This marked the first centuries Of the Christian
Church. and from liberty Of faith sprang liberty IN poh
tics which has been wrought out on the battlefield OF the
ages till YOU have it fully in these United States
The Reformation shook of all that tram
mcled this liberty, and bestowed rs
birhrght upon Scotland England. Holland But II was
not a liberty separated from authority. Society &C
knowledges three radical sources OF authority In the
family It is the father in the school, the teachcr In the
matters OF faith not the master one is your Master
said Jesus T. However good the authority Of the ex
tcrnal ruler may be- II IL inferior to that OF the Internal
ruler The conscience enables the soul 10 find the SUI
preme TRUTH 10 bask the Illumination shed from Gods
own presence II the Reformation that brought TINS
out clearly that above all things the man himself Il to
be first dealt with Not the man ~ society has made
him but as he stands in his separate individuality
before God.
.'Whcn the Samaritan woman asked whom she was to
worship Jesus pointed out to her that worship was
thing essentially Of the mind and tied to no exterior mode
whatever; God is spirit and they that worship
him must worship him in spirit. This sentence com
pros the essence Of Christianity. When st. John the
vision OF the city the future, Of which city of God
the Church. IL type. he temple therein What!
Where shall behold God face 10 face, when the enan
cipatcd soul shall find itself in the perfect embrace Of
love- and the full knowledge OF truth, tcmpe No, be
cause the whole lie will be worship, and after
the development Of ages, will stil discover
fresh themes for alteration and gratitude. This
spirituality Is the characteristic Of the reformed worship
Then there spirit OF justice Justice and law rcgu
late the human conscience But # is a law having a
higher than earth II teaches us To do 10 our
brother whatever We W"HiI nave MN 40 10 Us ~
law Of Tight H. therefore nom God. We are 10 see ~
man claims right, bchodug IN his form the very Sou
of cod who came declare all righteousness II is In
terror Justice that produces the external Notifications
, frroHcnty to cainnon-scusd. Ca-ui,try and the
thousand lies OF theology have ob-crcd ana diaced the
ughtc listening To the voice " God Pun
pui-m clayr the simple utieraBc,s Of that voice and
urp-,ncd this moral subject for the Imitation Of ull
limos. The Puritauz planted 10 here In this country,
-u,riaIy In New aud, where 10 has been the Of
yG,r national moral life. The Church nWIye sighed after
H. her champions ght Tor IT, and her martyrs urd for IT,
I know that an 30 land Astounding IN wealth that
seems colossal and magnificent, hui let not wealth de-
generate into luxury for then you would cTua-culatc
vour nat oull HE And though you have paradise be-
meath your feet. and a bOuHd".s domain around You.
thou q. power and prestige Increase with every growing
wear VT Cod will cause the tempest Of bis wrath to
burst over land whose first and cr4ndc4 aim Il not
Justice II the law OF the world that IN politics aud In
religion, no reform T. accomplished without suffering. |
do not bicvc the infalibty Of martyrs any than
I'm that OF the Pope yet chiefly through her sur
many more Fathers and councils had cried FOR ages
Reform reform, REFORM But u never came until
the stake erected and the blood o martyrs flowed
,rafiOld and the and butchrrcA.
the Reformed Church In France need liberty OF
conscience. They do not threaten with The stake
but have 10 endure moral persecution. We are the
butt every KIND Of cBumuy aLd lie. Christ came 10y
blood - deliver the world, and y blood, that j.. by SUI
f,rug the Church must deliver herself ask your
sympuhs for that dear country from which your sire.
were driven They had to choose between France and
the Gospel have preserved the Gospel here, and
along with Ii family affection They say France u
Ia dccad,urc. do not believe II. The has always
possessed within II the power Of recovery and u has n
still France il the country painted In last
pTanct yastr. than all the-r conceptions We have tits
true plenty fanatics, but you not 20 mistake these
for France You democrats ought 10 have sympathy
with dcinasogIcr. DlnaeOgi.n has now the ascend
ancy but the better OF the country Will rally
aud dcmagoEi,m Will fall"