New-York tribune., 1885-02-09
MR.. NEWTON EXPLAINS.
-, ru,pryNrNs ARTICLES UNTOUCHED.
.,sunsrcrroN AND FUTURE PUNIsHMENr-A HELL
NEEDED FOR THE DYNANITEURs.

rha Raw r. Heber Newton closed his sermon
-esterday morning with an explansuon 0i wh"' .0 .
sorcht 20 accomplish by his recent sermons anu so0
St references to his critics close to-day' NO
y the first part Of the present course OF seroh',
next Sunday propose leading you INTO .. w.
Of the invulnerabiity OF the iunoaena w. t,o ssr
ro,on under the attacks Of modern unbeher. IN .n
~ o,rradv given have been so needlessy anu oo.
.,urder.tood that knowing how the reproacn Vi w.
~.,or Falls ou vou my most loyal friends Dog ''
- ~r,,h ma moment longer, while sum up ~
,ords the position taken In these DISCOURSE ~ ,ettar
stea po single article of our Creed e.he ~ 90 our
nv the spirit of my words. Ihsve a''oA nU doctrine
Tn,rtv-n,ne Articles. have not a1.acA0. ,ar,es '
3nirty'niIo O. Tbrcb or any Of her formuarles'
~ y,n q, strong words Of several Oh 'ho .,
:, CHRISTIANITY as they appear IN tho popD" 10Th
"a an some Of the CONCESSIONS -.
NJ other Churches. but never knew 80 snch
So-ms were binding upon In this ChurSh % nv .ermons
1orms op wet0 has not formed the staple OF my Iv
Nv aim has been to prove M te Cayinstic oonfes
on and by the popular theology they ee nS e anS
cccason for the rreveren wit OF % Of ali faith
Sous have passed quickly through the husxs
the popular dogma to 20 f@a b the inner substance
dootrnss seeking to show you tnSs 90 actriDes
representing esa problems problems which are stu
before us as they were before our m tbe thonght and
which we nf onr day as fathers stated them IN Ine
tboneht and language of their Day VI ntent i'm the old
,tactGy mne the Divine spirit the doc
sTne ohTistSsn1tyy to wSa% SpPe stripped of
shss s.ss. o of the popular imagnation reSo co sse
pO6y than most sn G5se% am @ higher Of
n,cS AIM shadows fall athwart onr paths today re in
that there SosTae. T b sS quicken beliefs fun q
power over life our wisdom nWs change in our
trying age to SSsn Sd. IashsS psenty under forms
even when satisfactory re1esImg g1eoogy but hold
and wrong; ;no OF doctrines ec Of which they Are
distorted images Speaking %1th WhetSsT this be heresy
Newton For the nnguarded words which have e9dd S1d
oace 10 any devOut souls may SIG pon one who
frinc MSI, faith, may God forgive Them
LIFE IN THE HEREAFTER
Mr. Newton preached upon the resurrec'ion VI wy
,d and future punishment formulated IN the popu
w., w. - - Tn suhstance he said: "I seek to Drlhg
49,. tbs s,mnle truth Of Scripture and OF the Ohuten
ooal teachings from the outer body OF cohVen'lon"
erJon Few questions have been more frequen,ly pu.
TO me than this oT II ' tbe liberty which the Catholic
creeds us under their simple - nv wander
up any literal reading OF Sopesy should be doubted
rsbep we make this solemn declaration Ti tSe bnitof
Such n body Whchis buried the grave
A. Taised again This has never been te S bocyer
me 1s' . oo,Iar notion Such notion Is PLAINLY lnco
ceiYahle The attempt TO state ~ r'iof ,rnishes
Syties II is no wonder that such bensI Is trjre
t 60, irreyerent wit AT the core OF this uoIiSe
snsetb ~ rorld-old faith in importantly t MHivn
as hoS COM Nth the simple teaching OF the SCRIPT
nre Life always clothes itself IN pouS bnt nm
VI, % Iisa ts not purely spiritual existence, D'v q"
sStepne in which spirit clothes itself IN some iod Vt
body Granted continued perosaI s that there
.nte 1 l1 eTistence however splrualzed II can De
sbown that the New Testament tesoi@tnt III ~ Tisin mn
not OF a rising again OF TIC Vi" 'U''
OF man into new body .,, orv other has pr,-
"The doctrine which more taan any UtnfI in doc
vod attack from the critics Of Christianity s tne o
.ne VIZ" ~ ' fitnre punishment Whatever the nor
rors OF the orthodox hen, hen,,.t ysio% thap is far
,. dosma of conventional religion than aoclfno
OF the creed dreadful dream OF tne rPopnncemcn OF
the clurches Here again the two great Gaeoui ere i hn
silent Our own rhIty n nlne AZ ms finre punishment
This is the case also with the stanoss ~ faith f
the re5orTnaton era there is little sald OF Il's
Tile Westminster Confession as unu, 5u 20 H. ntgt he
sbe 70 saw that the few official uteranees on lLis pam
fu subject have been by ,SeoIoSy has how
ever fashioned a most monstrous aogina gnio%siT he
branded upon our memoTie' eoTl6 ne he to sensi-
tive soul madness Isl, Is tIrr at aI last on such
Liza an, % of the nopUlar religion; or that brlaht %
snsd carry tber audiences with them IN tuelt ,h
eapte invectives against these atrocities et me
1emind you however. that hoste critics ;,t V
have NOT been alone in utcring an lnulg,b lng 49,
sinf tbis debasing dogma Of our popular ~
In calmeT moods and by WISER lhe % IN bc caIitv
70 mil nm fle roots of true human iatn ~ u tL ~
~ heiief men inside the churches have Deeh hshins
ston has gathered such force and volume as 10 nave
practically carried the day Here 70 ana te fact hat tho
churc6es have been moving On ,td|ia GLio oces M
was dreaming the dreams f 81 Inc a1 belief Yonne
men Are I'm danger OF throwing the docirlne % hu
punishment away with inc aa of AN awful Teribuon
for sjn as a superstition OF the Pas' 'sfi ~ n "a then
substance Of truth In TINS q. nsny different races and
creeds and ages have showed TINS Dehei dho ltv
this belief was the snring and conviction
that this must hold OF the neXt WVI1 % az ~ cntrrv n
Has thls 1bened oee0ng an by our wider knowledge The
fundamental truth Of science Is tne % heltef that
amy law can be violated with impuny and az tne heau
OF the hierarchy Of law stands tte o Che moral law
must vndicate itself nsuring the weiae o % he
obeys it aud the OF him VINO ussoDe!Si !,i Win
the exceptions which proved the RUE iiG1diniduoIs
comes clear btfor1 IN 4 followed long and patiently enough
Even tbs darkest feature OF the tra'ltQAal % " s'n
1rthnnt certain substance OF truth. IL haunt us st
,n,,h nvsterious shadow under which we may wen
walk i'm fear and trembling amid the slhs ~m cp
US at Svesy yes s Turn way the churches
which have soffigEtfuly exaggerated tne O.iei @ -"
punshment but do dream Of escaping the neGessi
Of believing in the reality of retrbutlon You may
emile at the conventional he as t 'nd in ave
must be light hearted indeed you 90 not s'anu III @
before the unforgvingness which science pie"0No' do
nc q WhiTeycr society suffers fatty degeneration Of
the heart and pity disintegrates into sentltuy sOe
atroeious wickedhess shocks Us out OF or a%a.'a ,
dreams and opens our eyes TO the necessity t TO- a
stern revengng law II society is 10 hcld ogethoL. %
El the pretty platitudes of moral suaslon 40 WIN
he dyDsmeuf Science has brought 10 ngnt IUrce
which level in an instant the Inlghlest @ 1
which can be prepared by any man, ana wlch can ye
handled by any woman and civilization DIlss 10 tht
Wretches human fcnds, VINO can use IL 10 DIo~ W
most yeserable monuments Of history and TO hurl INTO
death hosts OF beings against whom tney can @
have possible grudge snail society prate o 49,,
The abolition of capital punishment bGd cOmIOrtaDle
reformatories for these monsters ana SET soit
who found their spheres in carrying howers TO DIus
murderer Long Island City Jail on duty III them Or
shall IL strike such devils down IN righteous WRATH as
nn 10 live on our earth and then shall these dynalneus
walk straight paradise win they not neea TO 10 VI
their own place in the world tc come need 10 ma
\ very real hell In the world II only 10 save neh
for a future heavenf We all stirred now by tnls
wIckedness but no less ab0nlnaDle deFies