Year: 1867

ernments OF Europe that there a union between
church and stste The idea OF religion sanctionuy and
supporting the state always prevailed; but did not
believe that the State should behe head Of any religion
Religion permeated all laws and our society," we
could help IL. government could not be found,
the reverend gentleman continued that had not had tue
support OF religion; could be found that had
existed without political head. In the French revolu-
tion there attempt TO forma governments without
was een unsuccessful Rousseau and Vol
tare had acknowledged that government had
ever been established without religion as us
the question, "What is the aim and object
Of relgons % Its aim to reveal to man his future
destiny and by proper to aid him TO acquire that
destiny. Political society. therefore, could have no
other object than TO obtain that aim which was revealed
tween religion and political government and hence It
was that great writer's on political governments had do
revealed BY religion sthou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy might with all thy soul and with all thy
strength" Our religion must DO such as 70 sane
ton our political principles, for II our religion
taught US thing and our politics another the
question would naturally arise in the minds OF the
man is capable Of self government and from this
arose the elective franchise etc.


II was fundamental principle with us that the people
had an Inherent capacity govern themselves What form
OF christianity then taught its doctrines as TO sanction
and support our free institutions? An American writer told
US that we owed American freedom religious pro-
tesiantism Hence he would ask what the fundamen
a doctrine OF professionalism touching the value OF mans
naturef Had II spoken plainly this natter Father
Hecker then quoted from Luther who said, lyon do
nothing but sun act as you please, from helanchon
Calvin, Charles Wesley and from other sources, and
state that out OF these doctrines total
pravty had sprung tho principles OF Professionalism The
Protestant doctrine OF justification WAS being totally
depraved, person could be made good again. IL
this true. could do nothing but sin, and un-
supported by Christany the republic must fall There
escape H. aud Professionalism taught truly,
republican government would prove failure. Fa-
ther Hecker shen read an extract from an article in
n IN M ~
that the people were not logical and did not apply
their principles TO their political life II meant to say
that they don't know how 70 draw evident concla-
sion from principle. He considered u a libel upon
human nature aad The American people, No man could
be u American aud Protestant, rt.e cersq
One contradiced the other. Religion must give
20 sne people ps o0n1 Win S' an Iaa na d w Tao'es M
tsncency to unity? was just TO the contrary: its
power consisted Ia disintegraon Professionalism in its
doctr hostile TO the principles OF Tree in
sttuons, and in Its influence fatal to govern
ment Father Hecker then remarked that the Catholic
church admitted the fail of but held that he was
not deprived OF his ability to practice virtue. The Ca
thoc religion was Just such one that we needed as
people to bind together composed as We were OF
many aniagonisic elements.


The proceeds Of the lecture win be added 70 the fund
raised for the purpos, Of purchasing ground for the
erection OF new chur.h


The New York sabbath Committee-Tcnth
Anniversary Of the Orsanizntion-Its La
bors. &c.





tenth annual anniversary or its organization last
ing, before a large audience at the Collegiate Dutch
Reformed church. corner Of Fifth avenue and Twenty
ninth street


The chair was occupied by the Rev. Norman White
chairman OF the committee, who gave an interesting
Of the establishment workings and tho results
OF the abors of the society. Rev. Drs. Fairbarn and
Wells from Scotland, were expected to address tho
meeting provided they arrived in this country In duo
season. but necessarily absent owing to their
arrival The chairman stated that in 1857, owing to
the fragrant abuses OF the Sabbath then in existence
COMMITTEES Of twenty laymen formed themselves into
organization for the purpose OF abang this evil and
having canvassed tho city found that there were
the sabbath days. besides numerous and
frequent parsdes and professions and . large
number OF theatres and dance houses, and about
FIVE hundred newsboys crying the Sunday aud
daily newspapers, the primary and most fragrant vio
Of the Lords day with which they frs.
contend Happily however by mernoralizing the Me-
ropoltan Police Department and the public press, tho
Of these agents was obtained the efforts OF
the committee were successful and have continued 10
succeed TO the present time The chief results OF the
Grafton OF the Metropolitan Police Department In tho
enforcement OF the Sunday laws: the suppression In
1858, Of the crying. Of newspapers in the public
Streets suppression Of the Sunday pageant Of the Fire
Department the funeral Of Senator Brodcrck eccua
remonstrance against Sunday Dissertation in the Central
theatre Of ls6o protection Of the sabbath
the army and during tho eliminating in the





1892 suppression OF Sunday parades honor Of re-
turning volunteers In june 1858; National sabbath
Convention at Saratoga August 16d3 the delivery OF
over one hundred in the churches
OF New York and surrounding cities in ls64-ls6o;
seven German mass meetings held from 1859
TO 1867 for the better observance Of the Sab
bath; suppression Of the sunday liquor and beer
traffic by the Metropolitan Excise iaw Of 1895 Besides
this over 600 pages Of printed matter in relation
to the proper Observance OF the Lords day have
issned by the committee. and appeal for pecunary
aid has ever been mado to the public.


Rev. Dr. SHARPE secretary Of tho committee also nd
dressed the assemblage and read statement showing
that the number OF by the police for drunken
and disorderiy conduct the Sabbath have de-
creased since the passage and enforcement OF
the Excise law IS compared with former periods


Rev. DR. PArnsoS OF Chicago also addressed the meot-
ing at considerable length euogizng the high state
order observed In New York the Sabbath, and de-
plornz its alarming desccraon in the metropolis OF tho
West, which he said Is what New York twenty
years ago. Chicago has at present ,723 licensed and
400 unlicensed liquor shops aud beer gardens At the
Inauguration OF one Of the latter places some time since
743 barrels Of lager beer were consumed and hrysx
assaults with deadly weapons aud two murders the
results OF the days enjoyment at that place.


Rev. Drs HASTINGS and GAysE also addressed the
audience and the exercises were closed by the sing