Year: 1876

"cREED AND CoNDUcT'-sERMoN by THE REV.


o. B. FRoTHIEoHAM


There large attendance at Masonic Temple yes
terduy morning TO listen the pastor OF tho Indcpcn
dent Liberal church on the connection existing be-
tween 'Crecd and Conduct" He said that creed is
the faith of the INTELLECT and conduct the faith Of the
will The former is the faith the mind entcrtans and
,he latter the faith the conscience entertains They
ire suggestive each OF the other, but at times they
war one against the other and work Generalization.
Creed and conduct should go side by side, should
march shoulder to shoulder and he does thus
treat them lives in worlds and his life is separated
and torn asunder; his head is in the clouds and his
feet the Garth Those who preach thing and
practice another are like man boat with sails set
10 catch the breeze while he with his oars
Is rowing in tho other direction. Such
are between heaven and EARTH and they are good for
nothing. This is the divorce between thought and
Imagination In practical life this divorce is seldom
observed, men generally bring their belief within
The compass of possibility beyond matters may be
very beautiful, but solid working basis preferred.
The divorce between belief and practice, between
thought and WILL seldom noticed in practical lfe is
frequent in tho religious world. The majority of
hgious men live in a world which Imagination only
reach The three cardinal idcas-behef in Provl-
dence, contentment without riches and forgiveness Of
snemles-are worthy Of attention Is there any inn
Ignation that bridge the gulf in modern society
between these three points, If man IN society
trusts implicitly in Providence for everything that
is called insane God doesn't deal with us
Jhat way. Docs He open the doors OF the
Hppodrome2 Does He raise the money necessary to
rarry that place does IIo preside the inquiry
rooms? Thousands OF dollars have been spent IN this
Hork tens OF thousands Will be before 1t is over Tho
windows must be open the doors at certain time
give the Holy Ghost chance and if the pickpocket
gets into the building tho Lord does not turn him out


There are wicked men who believe the day ofjudg-
mcnt because 1t is written that 1t VIII come and the
k,gr han Ttttf gurhV nm and


CHEAT AND STEAL


all the same, because their imagination is not
strong enough TO draw this conception close
enough them. The great white throne Is
too tar away; punishment TO be effective must
be sure and swift II 1t could be made absolutely
certain that murderer would be hanged and death
would come to HIM like stroke OF lightning there
would be no more murder. why, while Moody is
preaching the terrors OF the day OF judgment the pick
pocket will take the money out OF policeman's
pocket tLaughter.l Which is most enectve-creed
from life or liIe from crecdl Some crecds have lc
All the dogmas about the Trinity, the inspiration of
CHRIST, and on, had reference to life They
spoken by men who really never lived; they
spcctros by persons who were shut up in converts,
who knew nothing OF humanity, and never mingled
with the world They had nothing else do but spin
these webs idle fiction. II could put ourselves
the heart OF the Middle Agcs-say the ninth or tenth
ccntury-wo could readily understand why the dogma
OF tho Total depravity OF and the necessity of
cxpiator existed. Tho state of that period,
its utter imbccility and terrible helplessn-ss
eoqucntly depicted by tho pastor, and 1t then
believed that the world must come TO an end because
t wasn't worth saving But after ten centuries there





those living; all fear and anguish gone. What
Is being preached ut the Hippodrome is nothing
than the beliefs OF the Middle Ages and kept
hlye and haunted by the spccrcs of that time These
popular crecds, suppose they were invented to-day,
there man living who would say they are the
exponcns OF the religion of this limo The belief OF
toai depravty, the belief OF explator and that Of
endless torment would not have ono supporter such
were the case.


great deal OF the moral turpitude of this generation
Us creed and conduct II seemed TO the speaker
Mat conduct easy and creed difficult To know
what TO the utmost the greatest tnteccs
70 know what is right any child can understand In
Will tell and guide to do right. Let man DO
heart and an educated instinct VIII tell him
right what is wrong. The instinct OF recti
tudc is by a broad highway, but snuous,
although clear enough II your eye upon IT. Walk in
1t crcumspectly and by and by II widens and becomes
the path Of duty. The speaker had on Satur-
day attended the funeral of n woman who had never
uttered the words Providence or God, and who had
never attended church, but the testimony OF those who
were her friends show that she was pure woman and
led bameless life. Hers creed good to live by,
good to love by and good TO die by.