New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-11-12

te eatt hero Of tbs Christian Church since tho time
| of the Apostles"
PROFESSOR ADLERs DISCOURSE.
Chickerlng Hall was filed with an immense
audience in the forenoon to hear Professor Felix Aders
discourse Professor Adler sald at no light task 70
compass in the space of hour, work when EXTENDS
over the centuries The power which the Roman Cain
Ole Church still Yields in its strongholds, the force Of
public opinion unfolding It, reaching ia hand as II does
into the infinite the awful mysteries OF It's Worship the
penalties II imposes upon unbeevers must DO studied
ere we can form rough estimate Of
the heroic bravery of the one, solitary man
| who dared TO oppose It, Call up the pow
or OF religion which has held princes
and pOtentates in abject subsection, compelling even an
emperor to stand three days In the garb OF penent In
the at the Ponds gates try to guage the power
Of religion which has used the Inquson and stretched
out its beyond the earth TO borrow from another
sphere its spiritual terrors tnen measure the courage OF
the poor monk who sngehanded, cleared the road by
which the nations have advanced to religious liberty
The lecturer maintained that the essential doctrine OF
could never understand this, until he closely studied
Luhers own life IL one long yearnng after per1eo
ton his faith not about God, but In God He could
not tolerate the slightest stain upon the white robe OF inc
soul To be pure God he needed 10 become gOdke
| himself He believed that II he could creep into the
bosom OF Christ he could clothe himself with His divine
| perfectlOns
But his method is nebulous, and the offspring of mys
tlcism Yet underneath the dogmatc idea Lies grand
moral tendency IL sets forth the awful resessne5s OF
! lie proved that the Pope is really the yiceroy
Of God for as he says where ep V GeG
absent He had many glazing faults but 1t nydous to
judge so great genius by ordinary standards In me
from which the nations have mined priceless treasure
| ever since.
TIE COOPERATION OF MEN AND NATIONS.
| A large congregation hearn the Rev. Dr. ]. p.
Ncwnans discourse the forenoon Since 1902" said
the preacher in the Of his remarks Wenberg
has been Mecca, second Bethany, to which pilgrim
have been turned and from which have gone out and
will ont influences that have moulded the civilization
OF the world From the dome OF that University we can
see how there conjunction Of events and coopera-
ton Of men and nations all pointing to great
plan for the success Of the Reforma-
ton, and showing that after ALL God was
the great Reformer then always No man ia ndepend-
OF his station his circumstances and the conjunction
OF events. Looking into history shall ee that six
great nations changed rulers in the eight years from 1909
TO 1917, and every change conspred to advance the
movement led by Luther Observe how MeancthOn com
pliments Luther The former Of splendid intellect but
gentle as woman preached the gospel Of the Lamb Of Cal
vary while Luther was moro like Hon
and his utterances the thunder OF Sinai.
There Is no man but has his Gehsemane who rises
greatness except through vale OF sorrow such as that
little the banks OF the Elbe. There have been
six great refomors in 1000 years Luther was the
first OF them Not only has he done endless benefit for
Professionalism, but TO Roman Catholics also ana moro TO
eroh there has been I'M the latter sect was encouraged
! by the lile-work of Martin Luther.
MONsIGNOR CAPEL ANSWERED.
Rev Dr. Rylance rector Of st. Marks Protestant Epls-
copa Church. preached the evening the two great
points OF Martin Luthes teaching, justification by faith
and the right Of private Judgment based Gods Word
He alluded in the course Of his pontedy to Mon
sgnor Capel sayngi We have among us lecturer who
tells us that intellectual freedom leads TO atheism that
the result Of Luhes teaching has been the broadcast
spreading of ndelity and that religion has no security
ia hnu
much the for religion. But IL IL not so. IL is true
that here and there individuals like DR. Newman have
different conclusion In Luthers time the Blind, out
rageous yranncal authority Of the Church Of Rome was
driving men into mndeity. The teachings OF Luther
made them religious Where nations more profoundly
nfdel than France, Spain, Italy and Southern Germany
Where is religion vital than among the colonies
planted by England There is no danger to the Church
from nhdelty, II it has fair play The Word OF God has
nothing to fear from what man can do That was the
teaching OF Martin Luther He swept away proxies and
ecclesiastical mumneries ana DrOught lhe DeeVer lace
plead with Him. beg beseech mpore for remission OF
your sins and He will hearyOu And the supplement- Of
! Martin Luthers creed will DO grand cosmopolitan
church. where under many names all nations VIII w0r-
ship one God and one Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ.
Amen"
THE RESULTS OF THE REFORMATION.
"The Soul OF Professionalism" the subject Of the
Rev. DR.. James NJ. Pulman's forenoon sermon at the
Church of Our Saviour In the OF his sermon no
said The soul OF PrOtc5tantsm is reality and SINGER
ity and the st Of the Reformation the reaching back
TO the heart Of the mystery for the divine truth that
I'm It, In an age when a great and noble Church
had dcgeneratcd into unspeakable oppression
OF the minds and OF men, the birth OF Martin
Luther gave to the world more man whose mind
WAS omen to the divine significance OF life and who
hpd the power to see reality under all scmbances and
the courage to say what he saw. The Romish Church
probably its continued existence to the impulse to
results OF the Protestant movement that are clearly v5
ible First, true religion mas nothing to rear
from the scare for truth in all other dlrec0n5 second,
that the soul OF be saved by any other
method than voluntary obedience 10 the Divine will
third, that enlightened selhshness no tlue RUE OF me
fourth the theory that the pursuit OF happiness Is
the hi chest business OF man is utterly broken down"
! STANDING BY THE LOGIC OF LUTHERS TEACH
INGs.
.sIu,hers Fight with the Pope" Professor Nathan
Sheppards subject the Central Baptist Church, u West
Fory-secOnd-s, in the evening. On the origin OF the
conflict he said Luther meant TO stay in the Church
while he reformed it but it was not TO be. Mon are often
greater than the events they create The breaking up Of
he Catholic Church In Germany" Luhers vision OF the
devil at the WarbuTg the speaker attributed to ndgcs
tcr men ere little Cracked" The speaker found many
inconsistencies in Luther. To-day, he said in conclusion
ngs by the logic OF them-:he nalienable right Of
every TO have his own creed ornone without Chris
| tlau morals, there can be no Christian CHURCH.
LUTHER'S PRAYER REPEATED.
A celebration was held In the evening in the Genital
! Congregational Church at Madisonayo. and Forty
seycnth-st special musical service was given by the
choir Tho Rev. William Lloyd the pastor OF the church.
I'm an address, said that the birth OF Luther was the fulfil
ment OF the famous prophecy uttered by John
Huss as he was burning at tho stake.
He declared that prayer the great source OF Luthcrs
uower and closed his remarks by quoting the prayer
Uttered by him on the night previous To hN appearance
! before the Diet OF Worms
| DIVISIONS IN THE PROTESTANT CHURCH.
| The Rev. John NJ Morral, at the Thirteenth Street
Presbyterian Church. spoke Of the results accrung to the
different denominations from the general division OF the
Church since the day Of Luther am not afraid of de-
! nominations" he said, denOmlnatonalism Is not sec
taransm Divisions in the Church tend to keep each
other pure and so long remain disunted 40 long
will emulation continue 10 Improve One church. like
one political party which grows too powerful TO be kept
I'm check by another, usurps authority that Will rum
/ any country"
THE CENTRAL TRUST OF THE REFORMATION
The Rev. Ebert g. Todd preached at the Sixty first
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