The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1883-01-20
OUR NEW Yo.A LETTER.

A Theological scnsassora-Rev. Habsr New
toms Assault sszon scraptaral Kissor7--
Billy McGaory's Es.s1sSto B1syy-out-Tsse
Triumph Of Jafsn Kelly an.l Tasnrnany
Has2-Oscar Willie EsopeS3 tn-Eeiisiona
anti T5aeatTsaa. Feoyivals. Eta.
NV HoEE, January 10, 1888.
EDrToE CaEEF:
1t is not often that New York is
treated to theological sensation which
equals that created by tho Rev. Heber
Nowton, of tie Protestant Episcopal
Church. few weeks ago and MIR. New
toms name was scarcely known outside
the limits of bis congregation to-day,
and the Rev. Heber Newton is the talk
of the whole tow The worldly Herald,
tho aristocratie Times, the egotistical
Tribune and the irreligious Sun, have
each devoted several columns to the
ad vertisement of the Rev. Heber Newton.
If the pronunciamento had como frou:
Brother Beecher, Brother Talmage, Bro
| ther Barnes, or even the cratic Brother
Fulton, it would not have created much
surprise !, but whom tho thundasbolt
comes from staii Episcopal pulpit and
all orthodox Episcopal congregation, who
repeat the lessons aud tbs Iitany every
| Sunday, and travel witlS = copy Of King
James bible in ti1eir pockets; whom sHoh
a congregation as this sits by and listens
approyingly to hsresies infinitely more
enormous than shose Risica 5ont Inss
and Scrvitus to $ho stake, 40 hardly
know wtoti,c- the World got u1oyea or
| haa sndlouly coy;le 30 o stand-ati.i. a.E.
! New ton ia not tho aTst nan who has
treated the bible Eiatary as q myth !;
| Yoitaire did that tafDGC I.m, so did .fosi1
! Jacques R6uasest,, and Hume, s.n:; Payne,
and others out of number ms they were
branded as atheists the Erathenaa Mar-
anatha was pronounced upon 5ham by
tho church; living or dead Christianity
repudiated them; they were the Ishmaels
of the Christian world. Not so with the
Rev. Heber Newton ho is Pharisee of
| the Pharisees, a Scribe of the Scribcs, a
teacher occupying the highest seat in the
Sanhedrim Of the elect, .lbout whose
orthodoxy mp to the present time thers
Eever has boon tho 81. .hest 'sonbE. Four
remarkable sermons OF tho uses OF the
Bible have boeu preached, and as get
Bishop Potter has not spoken. Every
body is asking his neighbor what, no
Adam and Eve no apple, no serpent, no
angel with tho haring sword, no Cain,
puo Abel, no Noah, no Ark and no deluge
These stories, says Mr. Newton, were
inteuded for the infancy of man they
have answered their purpose and noH
we who bask in tie bright sunlight OF
modern discovery must learn TO accept
these stories, not as Divine revelation
coming directly from the Almighty, bus
the work of men, fraii anti erring, ans,
imperfect as ourselves. The shock to
the community is jast here. Robert
Ingersoll is an ayowad atheist, Heber
Newton is an orthodox churchmaE of the
straightest sect in the world and if any
man can see tho slightest difference in
their religions belief a.n not that mon.
There is no mlstakins the re]igioua drift,
Or rather the irreligions drift Of most OF
onr great cities. In New YnrE we have
over million Of inhabitants, aud Of that
million only about two hundred ti,on-
sand attend any church, two out Of ten.
Th;s bald fact 5o..s d story more power
f,,l titan all the sermons that could be
preached betwaan now and tI,a Day o:
Judgment. There are nearly three han
drgd places of ,s-cr3alii in this city,
several of the churches costing consider
able ever million, and there are minis
ters Of unrivalei oIaquencs with salaries
ranging from 5000 tc 1850 y year.
,Ihele are only about twelve ol fourteen
regular theatres and about o half dozen
concert halls, yet there are more people
v;:o attend fourteen theatres than there
are attending the 800 churches. Tug
Wilson will draw ten times as :nuch
money as Beecher, und John Sullivan o;
Joe Ceburno can double discount Drs
Collyer or Hall aud give them fifty pointa
in the game additional. It vas quite a
sensation when Mr. Beechef declared his
disbelief in personal devil, bnt the
effect was mild in comparison with the
sermons of the Rev. Heber New ton. We
are casting anxiously around to know
what to expect next, hope they viii
leave us Washington and old "Fut.'
Don't knock the bottom out Of that vol
story, leave us the chorry tree anil 1he
Was there ever such fellow as Grsn:
Bob Lee, OF Bel4 Butlerf Is Tweed :
: myt;1s Does Jol:G Kelly sxis: iii tAt
hesLs Thanks to th5 sgil;staatil! fac
that We owe one huaafoG and t.n Mi
lions es dollars We have not The glls 56s
, 1onbt that there is john Kelly, aIt
these modern iaouoclasts will tina it ;soz,
difficult to knock tho bottom out Il
TanTany Hall than B7na,ses LID :,
knock it ont o. Gst4anna,
New Iear'a passed with LBS 5:lsssto
thar one might reasonably expect z"iacE
free wI,iskey gEs.s he aHiEar ii sft9 day
Il was ia vain that a;3o t55.,,v,sson "a. gs,,
! with Il hundred; pn;p;ss TO BACK tisen
thandered against t:so nsa of vine,
| ,r as l,nn,, ,,tifniip s.,rnad ii. tnurfft!,s ,