Year: 1870

1t is noteworthy that every year, just about


election time, some Of the preachers take the


stump and lug in the Almighty In aid Of the


radical party However difficult it may be to


discover any connection between our local
politics and religion, the sermons to which we
have referred are so certain to be preached


that we have almost begun to believe that


Providence takes hand In the election game


every autumn. or course this would be
detrimental to Christianity If the Providence


Of the political preacher were the Providence
of the Christians bu. as He happily Is not we
many votes for Woodford and Ledwith Mr..
Hepworth gained yesterday by his discourse on
the political condition of New York we cannot
imagine. If the number be in proportion to
the freshness and originality of the argument
it must be sadly discouraging to the friends of
the candidates named. About the same thing
may be said Of the sermons" of Rev. DR..
Aiken and Rev. Mr.. rockingham. Never
theless we have drawn quite q picture
from the language of these gentlemen.
II represents Tweed as the devil, with
the Tammany sachems as his imps and Jim
Fisk as kind of Satanic clown driv-
ing the chariot Of State to the Internal regions
as fast as they can. In the background are
the republican angels making pious effort to
get possession of the city treasury. Now
there probably is not vast amount Of Chris
tianity in this picture, but every impartial
reader will admit that it contains quite as
much as can be found in the sermons of some
of our preachers.


From the enormities of the Tammany ring
and the purity of republican patriots to the
boundless grace of the Creator is great
ascent, which, however, must be made. On
this subject Rev. Merrill Richardson
preached. 1t is consolng to know that sal
walton is within the power of all religious sects,
and that even the heathen, including the
heather Chinee, wo hope, has a chance to be
saved. DR.. Chaplin thought that the material


ism of the age was due to outward causes but
that the onward life" was spiritual and re-
ligious. Dr.. Evarts, a Chiclgo Clergyman,
discour5ed ON the tendencies of mon to differ
in their ideas and opinions, whereby a union
of churches was rendered impracticable. Rev.
Mr.. Smith, of the Jane Street Methodist
church, preached on the temptations which
beset humanity in the wilderness Of life. He
held that lone of the best things for Chris
tian or anybody else to do when tempted Is
to sing sacred songs" Satan does not like
singing, and when he hears it he departs say
ing, ''This is too dry for me;" and, candidy,
considering what some of these Sacred"
songs are, we do not blame him. Even
angels would weep to hear them. Brother
Beecher began sermon on the Apostle
Paul as worker, and then drifted across the
Atlantic Ocean to London and lost his demo-
cracy at the Court of Queen Victoria. We are
assured by the reporter that he concluded
viii several practical lessons and encourage
ments to those who are workers in the field of
Christianity" and we hope the reporter is
correct. DR.. Deems was quite eloquent on
the Importance of Divine truth, than which
there is certainly nothing more important
while Rev. Mr.. Talmage, in Brooklyn, called
upon the unconverted to come up and be
as this was the accepted time
Bishop Snow blew several loud blasts from
the horns of the Beast, and charitably scorched
and shrivelled up everybody connected with
the HERALD. In the Catholic churches and in
all the Protestant places of worship in New
York and Brooklyn not specially referred to
the sermons were able and impressive. Wash
ington and Jersey City were also rendered less
sinful by numerous discourses well calculated
to lead tho sinner to repentance. Everywhere
the attendance was good; so we may safely
conclude that the proceeds Of yesterdays
religious business in saved souls were un-
usually large.