The times., 1897-12-06
UNITY Of TWO GREAT RACES
Rev. DR.. c. A. Berry, of England,
Brings a Message TO America.
AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE
First Congregational Church Packed
TO Hear the Distinguished DIVINE
National Pride, He Says, Should
Not stand in the Way OF Intefla-
tional Amity and Harmony.

Rev. Charles "A Berry. D. D., the re
nowned English diviHe, preached at the
morning service at the First Congrega-
tional Church yesterday Mr.. Berry viii
be remembered as the preacher who de-
clined 10 accept the invitation to become
the pastor Of Henry Ward Beecher' church
after the death Of that distinguished pulpit
orator He is, perhaps, one or the bright
est and best of contemporary English
clereymen. anG his reputation as such hav-
ing preceded him here the large anditorium
of the Congregational Church vas taxed
to its utmost capacity yesterday With an
expecttnt congregation.
Dr Berry came to America with au i'm
portant message from the English Chris
tians upon the important question OF inter
national arbitration, and made that topic
the subject OF his discourse yesterday. Dr.
Berry said:
Shall [ not carry your Judgment with
me when | say that the man Ihat under
stands man tOday must understand eternity
stands man wno does not understand God-
No man can understand ms country who
can not look at it in relation 10 other
countries. IL may lie tIaI IA slanOiug too
close up 10 our own IeCpie and tie affairs
OF our own country We III 50 II at broader
siSion winch gCCs Leytrd tie stas, and
takes US To otEer Peofle's OE.n uOd. 1t
is iron. this point trat l sItak Il inter
ma ional politics this morning, not as
epnemeraI, but eternal politics, ana Lot
ae a politician, but as servant OF GOd-
In Isaiah Hod "a IS that i.e makes aCsepn
his eryant ana israel bis 'iOSen teoisle-
The Cassage illus, rates the tIit me eiec-
tiOu OF PARTICULAR Iates 1Cr art GUAR puT-
poses. ue are ali e. ual a uners BEFORE
sod, weare equal ia opi ort ut,IC les OF lie,
huC we are not equal ii tie tower OI iIie
and service Cue man may lie Ell lowed
wiIn gifts tnat place him III tie mont line
OF humanity. God has elected men, aud
elect ed peoples, Lut neT, Milton, Knox
were elected 10 SHOW the way Tor the
ebancipa ION ana en- r. ranuuSeiueH3 or
humanity God has chosen communities
like Le mas cuuse1I I-.v.4- i-y-t-lys-v4u Was
chosen as tie bltHLi1ce OF tie saElOur,
Rome, the center oi paganIsni, vas ChcsenUf
God 10 teach tie Wctld GOV eminent, and
Athens, the home oI gs3ttts /, Cn, 10 teach
the world beauty aGd phHO opav. 1heywere
centers 1or tie inflJencIHg ar'i HlOiuing OF
life and thought for he world
What do we mean by election? Ger
tainly not election 10 personal privilege,
to communal and national SelI-en1Oyment.
Calvin taught that IN election is not
| an election 10 privileged luxury and per
sonal ACKNOWLEDGMENT, but that IL is to
| fight the worlds battles ~ the cause OF
peace, liberty, and progress Elective
| communities must suffer mJch In the work
| Of national Teli giOUs bctterment. a
| well known English Journalist, now dead,
| said tnau France was Tn leader OF manners
| Germany OF thought, Egypt OF religion,
| Spain OF romance, Rome of government,
| Greece of philosophy, and England and
| America Of commerce and industrial en-
| terprise. For my part l repudiaJe the
! statement tnat The mission OF Egypt
| the land OF dreams and superstition, was
| TO teach the world TeligioH. That place
| belongs 10 the English speaking people.
| Why do make the assertion There are
| four reasons:
First-rhe vastneSs and influence Of that
race In the World. Go where you VIII
| you discover traces OF movement set in
| motion by the Saxon brain and heart.
! The amplitude Of our reach Is eyideuce
| Of cur opportunity
! Second-The genius OF that race for
/ colonization. l see the same genius at
/ work on this continent, only Yours is the
| genius of absorption and Identification
j.
| No man can be other than amazed al the
| way You taEeiHto your boundaries the great
| Incoming masses, making homogeneous
nation Uut OF heterogeneous tribes.
1hird-Thc political ldeaIisn that clothes
! that race. We are as much Il republic in
| England as you are here. This is the age
| of the people. Kings, pFemiers, secretaries
| OF state, must carry out the will OF the
i people. TIE time for the blending Of law
| and order, the adjustment of the rights
| Of individuals in the relation to society,
! has come. We are people governed by
| love OF truth and love OF honor. The
! people, as whole, have seen the vision
| OF an ideal state, where the individual is
not oyerShadowed by society.
| FOurth-Thc religious sensinilitieS of our
race. The AngIO-Saxon race has that
| great sensibiiity that fervur. which is
| governmental over the thought and actions
| of men.
Cur nations today are scarcely friendly,
! but must say that your day of Inde-
| pendence is 4 day of rejoicing with US
! also. Though we are two nations, are
! we not one peoples Mark YOU this: the
| election of God was OF the people. not
! OF the nation or Kingdom. Shall this di-
vine election Of our race be spurned? IL
| was 50 with Israel and Judea. They
| were called, but rebeIled. II ended for
! them in disaster. Men refused the grace
| VI Ot'A- " hA ma HoJ nations 10 SO. But
when they do they sign their own death
warrant. Ii England and America re-
! fuse their chosen vocation, the will surely
| be swept from the earth.
| First of all our duty is to resist In man
| the materiaHZing tendencies Of our life to-
| day. The only worth of national life is
/ in its idealisuI, it's transcendentalisn. if You
! viii; its devotion to ideal causes. The
| Christian Church must raise that much
abused sentiment, can it passion, if you
! VIII, called patriotism.
| Men must not love God, as they often
! do SO that they hate men,. We must not
| burn men for hereSy. As there is a love
| OF God that ends in hate of man, so there
/ is a love OF country that ends in the hate of
| other countries. That is not patriotism, but
| brutality. You call it spread-eagleisrp
| We call it Jingoism.
Or. Berry was given a cordial reception
by the congregation Immediately after the
! service.
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