Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, September 27, 1880, Page 2

“« must confess, whatever kind of the | ology we hive adopted, bas ext dl in our nature. then that warps alt our future Judgment and leads ore the evil fn or the gud; and when we stand at the redles sod rue one aide lee aid. another side fail wo Ret an obliquity of vision which causes 18 to assert sumotimed that evil ts good and goad is evi » put Litter for swoet and sweet for bit- tor. That is the answer I give to the nesertion that you ennnot bellove as you wish, bu’ must Yelleye as you must. In conclusion of tho lecture the lecturer sald hu would preach the gospel of good-fellow- wip, — Friends all around; the observance of tho aws of health, inte which ho interjected tho res nark that It ita thousand times better to know aww tecdok food than it isto understand ang hoology in. the world, Phellove tha lecturer nakes bia living by an intellectinl profession. Does bo think that tt fn. thoneand: tin nore important thut he whould know how to rook foud thin tt inte underatand any aysternt of Inw in tho world? And if ho doee not think jhat, thon you must take this remark about thology for whatit is worth, aeconding to hit standpoint. He would buve ne forgiveness for any ain but absolute Justion. He would have the gyospelof intelligence. Ho walt suy. “te hone tat. be forgiving, be thereifal” and stand pod there as ricks. Now, ask you, where do you get the exainple and ground of joodfellowship that fs equal te that whieh we fiuve in Jesu Christ? To ask you with reward) to the yinpet of intelligence, whore yuu hive such teaching of principics of tntelllgence as in the tenchings of Jesus Chria? Who in the teacher commanding: Huneatys parton, and invrey, vx cept Jesus Christ? And then ura we to reftirco Hin our allegiance all tecaure fle prochainis Uiiineelf a ransom for te from the condonination and tho power of sing on wach whony we eit Ue forgiven, and se redeemed that we yo forth aint sin notoere? Are we to turn around and contermpiiously deeling pardon and discard the redemption which we su ur antl need? Go preven the Gospel through the white world,-1 snout the oapol that he (Ingerroll) onunelated Just Sunday afternoon —and seo where you will huye any bearts that will rise up and hate tho evil thit is in themscives, and not only brought «trouble upon = them that thoy dona to- Pevple-hate tho avil. thitt ie in themselves, and learn to belleve tn that God and Father who la the source of all pity. a ic [8 the source of uli holiness, and whove fives shall tcatify to the reality of the change that dog taken place and thie transforms them from all that fs evil tito ull that ts good, und all that is lovely, und nil that fa honest, and all that {9 of good report. Preach Jt, And sve whether you will wot any such result nu thut which we do got, and have gotten ult the ayes along, from the Heung ot tho Gospel of our Lord and Savior, eaus Curis! : My deur brothers and sisters, I haye detained you’ all this fong tine merely with taking up ‘sume few points of the lecturer last Sunday ttt= ernoon, and endeavored ty show you how titter- Ha untrustworthy aro the prinel pies upon which that iccturer goes, and how little you huve to foat—I belteve It honestly iu my soul —from nn} the Gospel auch os nttnck” «made “upon of one Dont deme Christ, or tho trustworthiness of the record of this holy book, I must not se fur trespass pon patience 48 ta keep you longer. Thaye been speaking Now for veurly nn hour. Thad hoped to have onswered tha morning tho question, “What Mast 1 Do to He Saved?" butit hustaken. mo longer thun I expected, and T will anawer that question to-night, and ondcavor to siow you thut the answer the Apostle guve to tho trembting jatler at Phitippt, in tho midnight, is Q true and reasonable and trustworthy answer, THE GOSPEL TRUTH. THE REV. Mi, NUMION preached jn the University Placo Baptist Church yesterday morning, his text being: “And bosuld to tho woman, thy falth hath suved thee: go in peace.’ 1 take tt for grinted that each person present this inorning desires to know the truth, There 4g no one hore who wishes to be docelved or en- lertuln erroneots views respecting a matter which coricerns our progent andour future well- velng. Weare not willing to grant to uny Ingo or to Qny set of mena monopoly of tho business of truth-scuking. We desire to know tho truth, nail L trust that we are ail: willing to follow the truth wherever it may lead us, I apeuk of this Mecwuse thera are thoxe who Roun to regard wt clergvinntt as a person who js very thoroughly belugged with old superstitions notions, and his congregation us a get of siimplotons who come to Jneeting Sunday to awillew untesitatingly and Without question tho theologies! dose that bis ‘been prepired fur thoin, It bus also been hinted, and Indeed openly asgerted. that the witiatry of To-day ts houvycombed: by insincerity, Ministers ure preachiug doctrines to the peuple that they don't believe themselves, This may be true to some extent, but, if go, 1 stppose Itto be w fitat which can only be proven by ininistorlil confes. sion, Aud J om nut sire that tho wuthors of 0 grivo tchityy bave been in the confessional reviving penitent ndinissions of winlsterial unbelief, For myself, 1 wish to elatin in all hus mnliity tho spirit of lndependonce,—thit fs, spirit of independent thought and roseareh: bave no Hore of presenting to any people whit 1 do not believe to bo God's own truth, And Lxcorn tho thought of presenting even the truth tow people demanding ite weeeptance as any own divtiin, That the Beriptures ure the Word of God Lhaye no doubt, and I have to business to muke any apology for what Lilnd dn the Word of | God, There are those Who bavo 4 quarrel with tho book, [leave it for thetn to fghtout tat quarrel with tho Author of tho book, Dut the hunny tenvher, the fnter- preter uf the Word, ought to suy the peuple Tespecting bis own ulterances! “Senrch the Eenpttres aud seo whetbor these things are an, the hu aud tothe testimony If my word ts wotuecording to these {tia nelthor tHabt nor truth.” While dsay fam not called tipen to Npologize for what T ful in the Bible, neverthes Teva Tudmilt that itis the duty of overy studuilt ut tho Wont to throw whatever Hight be can upon Uible teachings,—n duty to show us well ng ho cum how Scripture barmonizes with Scripture, and bow tho texchings of the Word harmun|zes with the factin huni experience, And thle often Deconies spectally a duty with reference to. a formulated Hat of doctrines which have Boon aceepted by a chureh ora body of Christin us thelrerecd, [tia nstonishing haw many per sons there Are, olliorwixo very woll foformed, ‘who nevertheless hive an utterly mulstiken nos ton. concerning sone doctring which thoy feel called upon to asaiil, Quite recently an at- Tack wig made upon the Baptist iy public print du this city by a very intelligent hidy, yet shows an utter patbanses tia of our Views ree spuvtiig tho Import of tho ordinance of buptisin, And go In a recout nttnek upon the Chriytiin re- Melon und Christian churches, | While thare sire other points uasniled the main force fa brongot to bear upon un old doctrine which for elghteen centuries has been known as the doctrine of Justiflention by fulth In Christ, And thu objece Tone that are brought to bear aginst the doe. {rine show most conclusively thut the assailant has no clear, woll-inforniod, comprehensive viow of what Is contained In that doctrine. Jiu» Tore we attenipt to show up fe Tutlagy of what wo think our tielghbor belloves itis woll for us to leura whut it ts Chit be does reully bulleye, A wroutdenl uf Inbor husofton been lost inate tompting to overthrow whut had only an ini. inury existence, Now fain not going to preach, OB gerinon this morning wpun the doctrine to which [have alluded. Netthor am 1 going to enter Into a fithored defense of tho ductring, 1 om winiply golog to make some pliln statuments respecting (8 Intiuence and refer to some objecs dona that have been presented, And there is one faet at the outact to which 1 wishto call jour Attention. hut this doctrine of sulvation fulth in Christ ts taught in tho last Gospel und tn the acta of the Apostes, and tn th eplsties, noone who has reutd them carefully willdony. You read Petor'a sormon on the «day of Pentecost, aid tbls fa whut ho preached to hte countryinen, Examine Paul's preaching and you will tid t¢ there, and among bis letters ono ‘of the longeat of thom $6.un exhaustive deronte uf tho dovtring, Inieed, if you were to cut out of bis episties all that refers to Justification byt Tato We Christ, there would he very Utrte lett, Even tho SEATON, defender of fatidelity stops atthe testof Jon and refuses to put bila tout ane Cat Jong aeicn ‘of ubjectionnbly aid detost- able ground. It ly beistiitu: all uvor with monu- monta erected In honor af tho doctrine und with Duttories erected in defense of tho doctrine, und Tho nasntlant cures not lo fook jt thom or to. miuike mention ut then, Now hero Jé nnethor Tact thats worthy uf notice. When, after tho pieanee, of centiirien tho soentled Catholte ‘Mirch became execedingly corrupt iy falth and practic. and watruqiio, took placa lookin to ner pusiticution, this old ductringd eae to tho Veous und becaine tho pivotal or tho stratewio spolnt upon whlub the maln force of the auintat- wnt coneopinited, Chis wns tho cuntral polit of suction both of ussuult and dofense, The bu- ginning of the Reformation of Bohemia win “irked by nrovival of this truth, Jubn Musy Was burnod ut the stake becattvoe he preached it. ‘Is would hardly bo necessary to produce furthor ‘proot to ahow that the mon who burned hin did hot preach jt. The ald persocuting church nover HUroed porsans beenuss thoy taught whut sho Wight borself. Varinions nnd disaent froin hee owe touchiuga wero the things sho would nt tolerate, Aa ia well known, Mactin Luther’ eunversion turied upon hin neceptunes of this Moetrine. And the Reformation which ho tn- wugurited nnd of witch be became tho Jewtor wis xpovialiy marked by a revival and in diacusuion of | thiw truth all over Gorman, and also to on hirgo stent In Maly. Holand, Franco, Bngland, and Scotland. When Luther naflod up in public iy dottithee to the Pape, and lid down one utter another Of bie propositions, bebluid them all or 40 Sront of thom all way the doctrinal bulwark of snivaton hy falth iy Christ, Anil it fe hardly necessary for me to say that the Paput Chriss Unalty of thut diy fought this doctrine tonthand Dall us strenuously us does tho modern eruele of uubeler, You “wilt bear In mind thut last Wek un pfitereponted remark was reiterated: *Thut thy lust verve in the Gospel by Mark had Jit the torch and the faggot of peraccution; had ‘ori tho dxirmments of torture Tor the Mqui- nition, und bud trade the hands of bloodthirsty Digots red with the blow! of the innocent. ‘here $ only ony objection to this stutement, und that fw that It isnot true, What did Luthor Qnd when he made tbat memurable visit to Romet bay ho found a jolly Pope and a whole horde of Jolly Curdinals, and Mivhopa, und pricats. reveling, mauy of thea in ehatnetil aoneuality, ‘Thoy were ving bn intidelity, and a good deal of St was open and nnblusiingly avowed. They nutther believed the Guspel thonselvea, nor did they feel any luclination to proach it to thors, Thoy had a relictors ered, 1 M9 true, but I was used more for political and selfish ends than fur rellylous purposes. “Tout ty religion waa mud ‘the ally and the taol of State and secular craft, Auby of them upsily siecred at a munk Iho nd your | ‘of tnnt text to the mutter in hand, appeared tu be wnco penele pic is. A very sinall niodicum of piety would Ml the ecclesins- Heal LI atthat time. It isn question whethor minny of thom knew that there was such 0 verso inthe Hille ag the wst of Mark. There wero miuny pricatg In Sevtand at that tine who could Than Initde) of our aay enild go bie oe and took In upon that troop a 6 he would Mid A neglect of tha Tbbiv and an tinbeller and it spirit of acorn very’ refroshing to his own soul, and baveno difficulty fu shoting hands swith them, and hedl thant is Derathers well met. Tho truth of the matter is thls: Tho horatics why were burbed were burned devase hey believed In that verso, and those who burned thent Wht so becuse they thom eclves did not believe int, And with compara tively fow exceptions you will tind the atmo thing te Ue trae WN the way through the bistory of retigions persesution. be that thoxe who ure olattioring eo lod. Wy for juntion, who deultre that justica fa the Alpha and Omexn of their creed. do not taku a little inare pains to be Just thomselvos and plage the wrong pot thy ong to whottt It be Jonas. Let ttt not forget that if the great sin of the Church has hoen de neceptinee of thatinuch hated e, then thin sit belowirs In iy special sviiee to the minority. and the greatest olfenid: era were those by tha aime finocent persous whose blood stained the wenpons of Inquisitor torture, ond whi bodled were barned at the sinke. Lot ny be rigorously Justin our Exar: nation of the trith. Mie very tion who never, Vbelleve, porseented otherenen tke Thus and Wickliffe, and Tynitile, Hike Reyers, and 1d hy and Bunyin—wers the persone who sulfe! ed in defonse of Nverty of consetence and fre dom of thought, and suffered heeaise thoy bes Heved tn n doctrine that built a prison for thent and placed them du itt a doetrinu that forged the Iistrutments that tortured thems a toctring that kindled tho Haines that burned thems adoctrine That quenched the hyht or the very Nberty for whieh they were contending, nw, Diy breth= ron, we may, with all con ec, auvert that this wi nordo, Ib will hot to. Thera te gross Ins consiatencey here contrary to the tenchiiugs of sreanon history, nnd sound pallosapny ‘Thero mat revision oF the Inidrl creed, tor theac: statements will not bear analyzing, Tho fact ‘of tho matter ts this: The Homish Church all through her haleyon dny's of persecution wus geeontiatty Pelngian tw doctrine, Those who dissonted and were poravented were nearly ait of them Atgusnnian in delet, She did haven caat-fron creed, and rigorously and remorsclesty demanded subscription to it, but tt was a Gospel of works. The faith that waa required was not tho simpte falth in Clirist, but faith in tha Church. Tho rearoi, tnd the will and the cone selence nist bo placed in the custody, not wark you, of God or of Christ, but Inte the custody of tho priest, and ting site demand ts trade by that Chureb to-day, Hut the system wits a8 thorougbly one of ‘works 18 that propotnited by" the orntor of lust Sesputy ATU pantie No uilfere enen tn the platform so far as doling in tha abe strict is concerned. The polnt of depart- ure Is; to oul in’ thy things to be done. And, as t belleve In giving every ong thelr due, Limay si would mither neeept the Colonel's plutforin af works than that tnd: down by the tumist Church, It ian healthier anda betterone, Wt Tdow't belies in elther aa the foundation for my soul's sulvution, [ne cept the better pintform, however, na tho neces> sary nceoinpantinent af sulvation by faith in Christ, But before ctoslug this polnty U just. wished to say that the Kefermation in England. in the eighteenth century was innugurated by a revival of the preaching: of tho samo oll and thon much negiceted, trith, and a very inarked vhange in thu Churches and the Ives ot the peuply was the result. Inecd only sity that tho sume truth was revived and made prominent in this country jn tho days of Tennunts, and Woitield, and Jonathan Edwards, Now, tt 1s woll to look nt this fact. While no one supposes that the reforms inaugurated at these several epochs were na thorouxk ns they should have been, yet I believe that every eaudld person [6 willing to ndnijt thut they were ren! reforms, I exerted an Itnmense Intlience in giving an tine etistu free thought, civil und retigious I erty, and In iting up the Chureh of Christ to higher and noblor pine of Ife nnd action. ‘This laa most palpable and undeniable fret. There In no.cifect without m cause, Thero was a Power working unong the peeple that wrought. thochange. What was tt? Why. it was God's Omnipotent Splrit using God's oternal truth and apply tig it tothe minds and hearts of the peo- Rs, And the trith that was made prominent, nthe patplt and fi the lecture-room an the press dn seattering pamphlets and tracts brosticust over the lanl was tho doctrine of 1 Treo and full salvation by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, Now, iny brethren, wheat and corn never epring up from the planting of this- teand thorn seeds. Even the preacher from tho MoVicker pulpit ncvopts aa true the doc- trino that "as aman soweth, go shall ho ‘nao reap.” Very welly mike an honest appliention and we are forced to tho cunelusion thut the tenchin which produced a noble, heveticent harvest full ot Dieaging to mankind {3 asf seed teuth,— god and hoalthful in itself,—and the more thoro Is of ft sown it tho world tho better. Now [want to notice for a fow moments the faith which fs Spoken of inthe text. Itaught to be hulled a8 an Indtention of good thet the rent. ievoonte of free thouybt fina commenced to au inilication that be hay guined aoino light thereby, But he tinds in the fret three Gospels no stato- mont of the doctrine we have been considering, On the contrary, they pructaiin » Gospel of sal- vation by correct living, With the exeeption of ong piseaye, conveniently, thrown my ns an dnturnolntian, there 13 10 incation of salvation by faith In Christ, Now a letter published [1 ro- ply to this rtutement very an eandediy oe k think, intimated that. the way of sulvation by faith in Christ was not thou open, Lecutise Christ had not ng yet been offered a sucrifiee for sin, am willing to admit. that the Apostiea did not have the Gospel as we now understand ft until after the denth and resurrection of Christ. Words fall of mouuing were those: “Larry yo Ja Jorusalem until ye are endowed with power from on high, When we consider bow proml[- nent were two other words, crucitixion and res- urrection, und tudecd they contained the vers: eagonco of the Gospel, Christ crucified nnd Christ arisen from tho dend, itis very evident that the truths embodied In these words could not bo preached vnitil thoy became accomplished facts, But itecrtninty is no hurd strain upon my ren kon to helfove what t hold ty be a truth, that tho atonement mato by Christ bas a retrospectlyo a4 well ay A_prospective valu and imtuence, Certuinly, so fur as Mis death wan n real propi~ Untory saeriiico for sin, Abel and Noah, aud Abratin and David, and every one who ilvod and belloved tn God in the atden, thine, got the: siino bonetit from It that Lda, Abel's alns were na traly blotted out by tho bleed of Christ ns yours or ming, And for this reason T bollove that ho ought to aveld making any statument that look# as though God hid ony way of saying souls aftor the deith of Christ, and that fo either had no way at all of saving souls before, or cise it was a vory ditterent wiy from tht which ia rovonled In the Gospol, Lot it be set- Hed oneo for all that thore bas always been one way of salvation, and that way always opon, mid yet a way whieh for good and suliclent rea- sone becuine more and more clovr nid roveated until t wad opened tn tho Gospel in its Divine Tulluees, A way 8 u way anda road is.2 road add, Will worvu ita purpose even though It by but footpath throtgh the forcet, tho vye following itn 1 hive often followed tt by what Ja culled a *blura" upon tho trees. 4 chip olf tho side of nu treo one after another often suldes the traveler on his way. And that is Just ng safe guide #o long ay you fottow It ass the public highway after it dns been opened up, And ku, while the way wis not Boclear in tho olden time, it way tho very sumo way wo hive to-day. Tho Anelents woro following a fuotyath that was Dlared through tho wilderness, and we are wilt. ing on the wreat broad bighway of a fulty Hpened tp Gospel of ight, Abel wos suved by Jutth; thar wo are pauls told. But by Calth tn whut Not certainly by faith tn Christ, and bins erucided na wo hive Uie truth to-day, Now 1 that primitive ge, Focngatzin hig sfufutness and unworthiness, ho brings his offerings to God, ploading tor as and acceptance. Ho wag nut worthy, and by his olfuriigs ho adits Ais own guile and tho reed of an atonemont for it, and ao he truats to tho mercy and love of Gad, and fanevepted. Aud every ane who has dono this, bo the person Jew or Gentile, his hoon wo copted by God. Lam nota bellever inintversal salvation, but Ttnd no neveauity for adopting o Ite pinched, hampered ered, Now, tn anawer to tho statement that thore is nothing said about fattt tn Christ as the way Of siivation in the trae threy Gospels, a busty examination brought to view about thirty: Puasages in Matthow: ulone whore itis taught eithor directly or jpellreatiy. In & kreut any wnses of bodily houling tho hoaling turned upon thu oxcrolse of fulth. Take, 08 one inatinuo, the cose of tho Roman Centurion, 60 remarkable that Christ said of him: © voril T aay unto you, L have not found do great filth; to, not ln levied.” When he parted with bin desis walds “Go thy ways aud ay thou hist belleved so be Lt done unto thoe” When those aiek af the pulsy wore beat to Himhe read that Jgaus, seeing thotr Galth, sald unto the sick of ‘the pulsyt ‘Ron, bo of gool cheers; thy sis he fare elven thee.” ‘a the wom wha Was houted of Who dasve of blood Christ sald: | Danghtur, be at good cuinforts thy faith bath muda theo whole.” = In the cigo Of the blind ion Me tuuchud thulr eyes and anid; “Accord: ug to your fulth bo It anita yuu’? Then you may look at the muttor in mother Mbt, “Ho wont ta Nazareth, Hts old home, otf o iniswlon of mercy, anid Very lithly good wus dove, Wout was the auattery There wis no luck of abltity and williugiess in Curiat, aud no saarelt af persons who needed help. Tho reson fy xiven dn this torso wentonces “And Ie did not uuny mighty works there because of thelr uns belief.” Not, wo notion, that thoy ware ox- yeas to bellove }n Ting us wo do now, but a foals ay of envy, and Jealousy, und pride made then unwitling to eroent at tte yulug what had boes revealed to thom In Curlit ua diving, 1 whit to say, niivo, while on this polnt, that thare ure wholo chaptursy in Matthew whoro tho trend of tho thought Is all ln tho direetion of this duos tring, Lake the cave of thts woman whe anointed tho feecof Christ with tha olntuent, desus told her most oxplicitly that hur stag woru, forglyen und that ber Cult bud waved ber, And tole ist quay qf suul-heuling, whatever muy ut tho othor’ inay be, and yet Tam willing to adtalt that this woman's Culth was not iu Christ ua Bin-utoning Buvior In the 2 ti which wo now regurd Min, And for the very good reason ule ready givou. Hie was not us yot the cruglted Iwdeower, Bue thig much Is apparout: sho had recounted the goodivss, und love, and dl vinity of the Lord Jesus.uud sho bawed down bo- fore “It and did homage to ite worth. Bho ww enough of greutness and guodnvas tn Min to ace cop the foruivoucss of ber sing from Miu. dn other words, au Tar us sho could discern the real cburucter of Chrlat. shy uccepted Ht uy her Bavlor and bonored hu. And [have no dount Lut that avery one woo docg this will be saved, 3 m id by * y the Bible, And there ty atleast nltttlo | ‘VI CHICAGO TRIBUNE: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1880—TEN PAGE Whero, then, 16 tho harahness of the statement that every one who refuses to do this shall be- condemned? Uf virtue comes before mo dressed Mametakably th the park of virtie, its Inhorent beauty shining through tho dress and 1 refuse toxccept her, an Tnat condemned? If the Son of God pregente MWimeelf and T rofusy do ham nae ta tho Hottest of tho Halles, am Lf not con. demned as ono who rejects the whon it is proffered for my acceptance? Rhould an artist fay of ndlvinely lovely pletures “ Whosoevercan: geo no beauty tn thls painting, or who will not accept It as bowusifal, let him bo condomned as [retin tho puwer to recognizo the beautiful, Would you fod any fautt with the neta? Bhoutd easician sy of a divinely exqulsit incloly. * Whoeoever cannot recognize nnd Ap- Precinto this mule. Int him be condemned 1s. cane who ia dearitute of mitsical taste,” Yor would find uo fault: with that. Weil, with no Vetter renaon can any one find fault with God Ang to those who reject tho Inelfably Holy iT them bo condemned.” Aud with all rovérenee f my aay, God dova not damn thom for thelr unbelief; thoy condemn thomselves, So, taking these New Testament eases of faith In Christ, wet thud that thoy bulloved in Jesus so far ng thoy know Him, gid that was alt Dine was re quired of them, Ax soon ata Tis redeapuye work waa fulshed thon the fith advanced nee. essarity. Novw, we to well te note thls fet, and it mar help isin the exerelse of n ten Chris. tian ehurity; and while} sy ft, 1 disolatm all aympathy with those who ti attr days with Aut open Hible in tholr bands and the Holy Spirit ta enlighten the tind reject, the doutrine of tho atonement. Phave no talth ty the salvation of any oni ty spitrns the erveiied Ono prow jn Mey proferto sottle by the book, Wo may talk nbout settling by tha bok now, but In the duy of the coming of ‘tho Son of God woe will feel var need of Christ's blood, 1a mercy, and Tile free ralvation. But this To wish to any: To our milyation deponded upon a perfect reco nition of Christ's chiracter or poraon, 0 pore feet recognition of ail that ls good, and lovely, und noble, and godtike in him, and a peteet ah olation af this goodiess, no one of us would saved, Ald so I believe that tho soul that honestly and sincerely accepts whit It has been permitied to recognize of nse, and heaven {n Christ, ond says o Ident! which bas coing before tt: This is mino; T will accept Him ond eek to grow Inte His likeness, that soul will Gud in Christ sulvation, Buta word more with reference to the wunching of tho Nrst three Gospelx. Lood at tho institution of the supper. There is no room for eu y liu this fe an Interpolation, Stark carefully therw words, As He presented tre cue, We nid, “Drink yo ull of it, for this is My blood of tho New Testament which Ia shed fur many for tuo remlasion of slus,” If the doctrine of atonement for Bins {5 not contained In these words, thon It 1s impoasibic to state Itoin any torins. And since He was guing Immedtutely to tha Father, how could this remisstou be necepted save by fulth in the Ono who {8 now tinseen, And thon, {n contr. mation of this, rend the cominission ns recorded fn Like: “Thug it (s written ond thus Jt bee woved Ulriat to suitor and to risy from the dead tho third day, And that ropentioce und romla- aslon or sing should be preucked In Hla name among all uations, beginning at Jerudniom,” Now, itt the fico of those facta.—and they wre only a few our of many, and those but lightly tonehe What becomes of the stitement tint the dnetrine of snivation by fatth tn Christ Is not mentioned in these Gospels only in one enso, and that un interpolation? My tho way, this in- terpolution theory 15 a yery convenient one, When you como to something you don’t Ike in an author, any htstorical fact, for iuatanes, Just count it an Thteepsiadion and citat It aside, Onco more, 1 any, this won't do. Neithor will It do to say that It was writtencenturies after the othors, It was current is an aceopte) Gospel among all tho Churches: as early ns tho second century (atler party Beverul writers give us & history of tho life and deuth and tho teachings of & noted personage tn four purts, I tuko up three parts of the whole buok and rend them, and I come to the fourth part, which’ tn song respects, Ueenuse ‘It 1s tho loxt, is tho most im- urtint, and yet because it docs not read Just ns thinic It ought to react, enll it an interpolation and throw f¢ away, ‘This won't do, ‘The only. honest coursa fa either to throw tho whole AW or tiko tho whole of It. ‘The New Testament {9 Jncomptete withont the Fourth Gospel, aud tho Acta, ind tho Episties as would be tho hiatory of tho United States If uno sltould road It up totha thine of the fuss nvottt the Bare act In 176 nud thon throw the rest of it away. It would be Jurt fs sensible to proceed to nn examination of the Constitution of tho United States and stop after tending the preamble, And then how wily to sit dn judgment upon the Constitution, the only’ Henne lesle of which hag deen gntberod from the preamble, And, without. any hesitutton, Lutlirm that tho first three Gos- pels, Important though they are, ara only tho prenosbie to tho development of Gospel truth and Christian Mfo ns aftorwards presented in John, and the Acta, and the Epistles. As to tho othient tenehiug of the Naw Testament, we subs serlbo niost heartily to the rdmission of tts beauty and tho nevessity of obeying It, The whola’ question, turns upon tho true aud the best methad of sueutring the virtues thorein enjoined, As brs been woll suid: “If a person cnn raiso potatoes down collar without sir or sunlight, I presume tho Lont will ‘offer no objection; but past experimenting In that diréction gives littla: encourngemont for further trinl or that morhod In the future." ‘fhe Gospel of tho Lord Jesus Christ {ya Goapel of yood-fellowship, and be- noyvalence, and love, and 1380 comprehensive ns ovan te einbrace good cooking and cleanliness. And {t supplies tho power which produces it tha heurt love to God ant love toman, Now, Justa word further with refereneo to tho rent com= maslon, * Go preach; and he that bollovoth ahall besaved” The nposticof freo thought says: “Thero {9 not ony payilele of sense in It.’ No nin cin control his bollef, You cannot balleve ag you with; you must bolioye as youmust. Io inight as woll huve suid, ‘Go iuto all the world wud preach the Gospel; and whosoever has red haly shall he saved, and whosoever bath not shalt bedamned’" Now, my answer to thig fa that the man who uttered it either dooy not belleva it, orelsc tho machinery of be erecd and bis nection are budly out of gour. For Inatnnce, re~ Nglous superstition fs the bated despot whom bo sucks to destroy. Ho evin adinits that minis. ters—the most of them—nre honest and well- inentlug In: thelr opinions ond alms, ‘Tho Colonel's tnlasion, bowever, ts to root out tholr opinions, and pines in thalrstond bisown, Wrong builet kindled tha tires of persecution, but whit of that?) ‘The persceutors wore innocent, for no man can control his belief. How hopeless the inisston tiwhieh ho fsengaged! These minis+ turs and other Christians bave wolghed the niat- ter proandcon, Tmust bolieve as they must, this standard aa Infallibto, men Yrlag tha reputed truths, which Ile beyond the mnge of tho avnsce, Alongalda tholr ronson, that they may know whether they my bo xecepted or rejected. Tho existence of Live, the ‘Trinity, the Inspirn= tlon of tho Bible, miractes, tha personality of Jeaus Christ, resurrection, Immortellty, futuro puniaiment,—thesy and kindred facta aro pre- rented, Tho verdict la thoy arc tinreasonabie, and thon they are rejeetod. “My reason dare not grasp tho eternal cxisienca of God Teintty, future puntshmont, eto. roject those doctrines. Indeed, reneon” Moy aro repugnant to Tho reawltis that all extern) authority is res Jected, Revelation cantaing no guide, and every man js a daw wnte binsolf,—haa n standard of his own, no Infalliblewalite, What might acm very rensonablo ta: Me, Gitdstone might scem very unreasonablo to his servant, Ar. Glad= stone's ronson ts hie gultle,—his servatt’s is hts guido. Thorols no common ground, ne comiman authority or standard, and the consequotiee Is only endices confusion, ‘Thin position world rendor atl arguinont impossible, What a pleco of preanmption for Ittle inite man to alt this arbitrarily and deelsly I Jn Judgment upon the wighty and otoriial truths of dehovith! Buel a eptrit would, [f It were possinte, oxpel Ichovnh from Hs throne nnd wrest from His band Ue secptre of authority, There are twoor three considerations which forbid to ronson this supreme position and oftica Of Nan! arbitration In religious mutters. 1 Te allowed this plaice it would exorelae a pres rogative which it docs not exercise in tho othor aud inferior reais of knowleduy. Reason doesn't fine clear, aniooth aailing'on tho sinaller feas of knowledge. whose shoresure united, and, At wonld seom, might eusily bo explored, Men willingly aud wofully denvive thomaclves {thoy think that ail mysterics are confined to iis siQects, or Unt men do vot accept and ack upononly what they understand. We live evory hour in the midst of Inexplicns Die mysterios. This world uf sensye—this renin which’ wo en Nature, and which bas sich strange fascination for tho sclontiste—is crowd- ed full of tuyaterics,—viz.: things wo cannot undorstand.—and the more wo know the moro our ignorance ovorwhelins 113. The impreasion, I think, which viost tenchers oF science and philosophy mako ia that they aro explaining eyorything, and mayo nud accept nu foater than thoy can explain, Let's ask them nv few questions, What ia mintter? What. fs spaco?, What fe an item? What inthe Aurora Iorculis? Whut 1s the dif- Terenco between argue and Inargatic mutter? What fa tho diferonce between animals and Yegetubles? What is gravitation, clcetricity, cte.? * Force,” do thoy nuewer? Whut Is force? What is life? ‘The life of tho trey, the phunit, the Hower, tho animal? Where did {t eomo trom? Whore dora it go tu when the tree and plant dio? What (a color?” Why seven primary ones? Why are tho laws of sound and harmony what thoy are’ Thero are mysteries in ayory departmont of Inquiry which ronson cunnot solve, betore which shu stands balled, dumb. Lot tts not ndinit tht everything Ig ciear and upen to humid reason untlf we come foto the realm of religious thought. Far fromit. And if you and L wore to walt wntil wo understand and explain overy= thing before wo net, we should never dra ane othor breath, never qian Hft a hond, never ate mit the existence of a treo or flower, never agin tuko food for thesustennuce uf our bodies, never iain dare after the tired day fs dade, welvonie that kindly but mysterious friend, balmy sleep. Toll us, if you enn, Into whose env we fall, or how we know we shall agalit awake, 2 Wo ppect profoundcr mysteries fn religion than alsowhere, Thy secret things belong: tu God. Who, ds seurching, can. tind ont Goud, or knaw the Al- tolghty ty perfection? The tlittecomprehond the Jntiniel You and | expect to know all the ate of Jchovab, That were to muke ouraulves (Ila equat, A God understood would be so God sullicient to mect our.needs.. Eyon Lessiog haa sald: “Itien proof of tho truth of Revolution, $f vensor finds tn tt truths which execed reason, Whuover despoila his religion of such truths hia Qs Kod Ag HONG. for whut ign revelation that reveals noting?” Says Prot, Fishers * Wbeortes of religion and philosophy which tro casy, which Present to burd probloins, no unnnswarod quea- tons, uu vistas which ‘ho oye cannot explore, find ready credence for awhile, but thoy are short-lived, beouuse tliat and insutiiciont.”" A Chrlathinity not mysterious can take but a feebiv hold of the canvicttons rf mon, The great. truths of the Gospel would fogo iniigh of thotr Power over himan henrts if they could bo mado perfectly clear to the understanding. “Mystery there will always be. Eyon when ‘we eruerye into tho brighter light of Heaven thoro will foroyor be to tho finite mind an tinex- plored beyond.” “ Three-sovenths of the moun's surface,” writes Alexander Vou Humboldt, “ara Sntiroly. consested from our observation, and. must niways remain 80, unless new and unex: peeted cused come Into phiy.”’ Lhese cosmical rolutions Involuntarily retin tis of nearly alm= Nor conditions Inthe intellectunl wortd, whero thors uro regions similarly turned away from Us, and Apparently Wnattainable, of which only A narrow targin hus revenlod ltsolr for thutie gands of yours to tho human mind, appearing {rom thno to (ime, olthor giinmering fa. a tra ordolusive light... . » It ia uo mistake to think that practical plety - would be promoted by Siapeliing ull msatory nnd bringing everything, within tho grasp of Anite comprebension, 24), * BES We look up to thinga thatvare above. We do not adore whut fs on. nur Jovel, or beneath us. 3. Again, many of-the grentest and most pro- olous truths of God tre desizned tobe veritied to Talth, and falth bas mighty in tho human soul, Thon, wlas! Reason in mun is nut what it was intended to be or rill be, but for sin. * Lite tasting, Judiclt), discriminating power bhns been fortested by gin. It ty durkened, depraved, Diind Nolonger talr and. impartial, without projudico or li, fa its Jnvestiracions and yer- alate, hos been subsidized by 4 fatten nate ‘ure until it too wNilngly docs the bidding of an uphallowed fection ‘and depraved will, must bo clussttied before Its decisions will be no: cepted as valid, [ft needs Mlumination from heaven's puro Nyt. Scerates, who bad only the Hight of renson for his guido, aftirined that men must bo improved ‘ore thoy vat ba ine gtrnoted, Pluto suldt *Yo many ininds there must come n moral improvoment, before thoy ean recelve any intellectual enlightenment,” Fichte and Scaling have mado alnilar confus- sions. Whon wo survey tho pst, uid gee over what rough, thorny ways thn qaighty throng of immortals whe bayo made reason thelr guido “baye been journeying, nto whut vagaries, ex- Would tho Coblonot, If he took n dislike to red. halr and pug noses, yo be tho cuuntry Preaching in anti-red-halr and antl-pug-nose xospel, with auy hope that tho next generation would bo inainly wu blick-hulred and Romans hosed one? Aguin Tsay, this won't do. ‘That Kin of logic-chopping will nat bear looking Into, If those who have recopted suporatitions notions enn’t contro) thelr beltef, what nonsensa itis to thd fault with thoin for holding such opinions, FAUTIL CONQUERS. THE URV, ARTHUN LITTLE'S VIEWB. The Roy. Arthur:Little prancheddl the fol- lowing sermon to his congrelsation ut the Now England Chureh yesterday’morning: “Nivodenns answered and sald unto (lm, Tow enn those things;bor" Johny ily it fa not recorded that Christ blamed Nic- odemus for nalciuyg this queation, 3 Tho human mind almogt necossarily asks for tho renson of things, Is hirtayn reason the (nal arbiter In religious muaticrs? Jf uot, what ta Its offlco? They ure the questions whieh I destro this morning to wubinit for yuur consideration, Faith and reason tire by muny allirmed to bo in sharp, if not bopeless, untayonisin, ‘The clalms af the Goapal are anid to be uu rengonnble, “J will not so stuttity myself and do yiotonco tomy rongon and yood sense #8 to necept tha salyution uf Christ,” i4 tho boastful rejoinder at ane ‘A proud tan Whon asked to become a Jor! unt, The wholoand And disastrous history of fae Honullsm, In ite over varying forms and’ phuseg, aad a record of tho conittict botweou Falth and OT ¥ Tho bronch which go many have tried to beal Mt con Hanes: mh Tho Wartire Bt son, ce Vith a single Deduth men repudiate all that Beems moat gacrod, helpful, aud trua on the sprolous plea of Unreasonubluncys, ‘The bed things of God, tho profound gecrots of Johovah, the milghty mystorios of tho Eternal ‘One are prosented to a fulte nipd—s creature ofa day,—and he waves thom nll aside with a samplicont: motion of tho hand os unreason- al bie, bellove uotht: pat I “ Lwill necept nothing, do not fully understand." “‘Tbiu is the selfeautls- Tyloy wuawer of a couveltod soul, ow, It inst not be foryottun that God Is tha outhor of roadon and rovelation allke. itis nan’ Vigh honor that be hus buen crvated «reason able velug, God his hongred imeolt and His oblidron {a glying them this precious distingylah- dug cudowmunt, 4 aoperatoa mau from the brute, Animale nny feel, enjoy, suffer, chouve, show alfuouan, romeuiber, Dit they cunnot ronson. ‘This supreme power of tho sonl hua boon alven for aorvice. It is not to ba ropressod, or silenced, or disowned, or bullttiod, or ox- Ungulebed. It $8 ta ve trainod, disciplined, aud Mlowed full, Sree, fuir play, It has w tuultimate sphoro, prooisely us thoro {s aleyitimate sphore for Calth, for pai losupby, for « every faculty of the mind. loubt sot what tho Churoh has domotimes mal 4 {nilugace by tho disparagement of reason in the uphore of Fullglon. Vrestdont Faireblld has ortientty, auld * that thu rolixlon which shalt tuke bold of the hours of tho people must ally iteelé with the bighost dutelligaace, and ask udthlug of faith whleb reason conuot grunt,’ Tha Christan rullislon challonges investigation, Nothtay bas been dong Ina oornur, Den urv ine vited sa # coma nad éev,"" to * prove all Ch oue.,, tobe fully porsuaded in their owa minds! “Conte tet We reason togethor.”* Hut lt ta possible for reason to transcend Its explore, to become arrudane ud doniinouriiye tu Undertake too much. [ft 1s. F couculve, an nore nous abuse Of reuson 1 Wuko it tho fual ure Ditur, the doglive tust on wll questions of fo- jolt. And yet thle ta very common, Iaxson is tho court of fut resort frum whodo ducialon thorg {8 no appeal, no hope of reyennl. Meason, In thly caso, la used like the taat uvid of the chemlst,—or Ike tho ecules whivk devide whother tho vuln of tho runim {6 up ta stundanl,—in sowe sort nisobanivully, Reuson thug yecumes the touchatune by whlcl tha yulldity of truth ly tested, Huviug adopted @ mistake and Jose | et ex, Oxtravayinces, contrtdictions, ibsurdi- Nes thoy lave fallen, and the dismat end they have renohed; how whole nations and cent- uries, with boves, and longings, and nepirations not unilke our own, hive been pouirelled ta sog theso hupos and desires settling in tho lon of wr otornal night, whose darkness hue been re- Neved by not one single assuring. ray of light, it will gcom us though wo should not too engerly accept such lundership, at least until we bad looked elsewhere, Tt le an enormous abuse of renson and con- yinelny proof of needed illumination, whon it pinnate itself on the mysterious ‘boundary-ting etwoon tho natural, which it accepts, and tha alleged supernatural, which tt often dontus, aud cuolly, complacenty brings to a bit every aout whieb'approches that barler-land, pustied by an Irrepresaitlo desire to explore what Hea be- yond with tho bold maurice tint there Is noth- ing thore, Dogiiatian ti tintterd of renxson la not leas offensive thin in matters of faith. On this broud debatable ground, tt becomes reason todetuvan buraolt modestly, and Inquire whether thero muy not be anothor guite competont to Jond the’ atcoe of tho engor pltgrin into that far-off, Invisibio land, and disclose to bly vision dg bunuties und blessudnesa, If, But roxson hue a position, and one of houor, tov In tho Inyeatiqution of those gront Problema which relate to man's prentest negds, |. Tt is nuttin by ect unite, It is to recolve hos. Pitublo troutment, ‘The pity, i those tines, [4 that mon are so Inalsposed tu revason and thitlk candidly, Whit, thon, Is tho funotion of reuson fy relation to rellytoas truth? It le auxiilary,n grand co-laboror, A most Lonstocht helper, Instoud of supremo authority and thud judy, * 1, Reson may have large, freq play tn tho ronim of natural reigion. This le i trond and over-witening — tleld, | IE otnbraces such stupeudoud then of thought and Jnquiry us these: Tho existence, attributes, and vharadtur of Gols tho probability of a: rovelne tion ot iewiiy tho miture and destiny of man, his freedom and ncvauntabllity; the fict of ain, and tho inuortility-of tho soul, and future retribution, ‘Thore isn yaat body of facts, an imumonae field of truth, to the Investigation and Interpretation of which reason. ts ontreated to como with moat revoront atop and cluarest ine alght, Hore they iro,—inighty frote—whethor thoro ben written, external revelation or not. ‘Thoy aro written In Gods works, and in man's nature, and may bo recognized—If you except the finmartality of tho suul—withont a written: rovolation, Christ and the Apostiea in thelr toaching and pregeulin postulated those grent facta, Tho hearer acknowlodtged thom, ut least in part. Chrlat intimated to Nleodamba that there wore ourthly: things to bo bolleved bofore heavenly Uhlugs could bo, And, Inthisar any other {nvestimation, tt la the prerogative of reason to reject all proposal Yona that are chthor se)f-coutradiotory or in oontiict with ascertained truths, or whutoyer ta impogaible, For tho impossibie is incrediblo, Unre, howover, te needed In decking wont dinpossible, “Things oto thought and wuld to bo imposalblo have been found to true, Ant avory da, new aurprisca among the prings things ouge belleved finposysiblo. Wo must not atiron that miracles are innossible, at longs un- Ul we bave reyerontly inquired into all tho pers Tnent tiets. « 2%, Itis tho prerogative of reason to judy of tho credibility of n sevelution, “For rewon is necessarily presupposed in avery rovelution,” suys Dr, Hudge. And further, 4 Hovelution fy the communleadon of truth te the ming, Hut the communication of truth redupeers cupucity to reooive it, Keyelution cannot be wade to brutes or idiots, 1a Lndide Frentabie olive of rauson, in mutters af fulth, i ho soynition or intelligent spprvbonsion of tho trutha proposod for our reception. Itovson js te survey tha brond told of facta and phenpmeny, uspeotally ns thoy ruiate to mun, nd dak whether, apart front an Ob]cctive rayur ation, be bas light enough, umplo, ull bo needs, History, will unvwor that question most wmphittcally and sadly fia the reunite Then reayon ia tousk concerning tha untecue dont provubtiities thut this tight, If there is Get an ng ihe rane will regres sup: plomented, “ty very. guod, ih ls very noody. Will God withhold or protfor His help? Thord can by but onv conclusion reached. God will peak more cleurly and personally to man thun in dite works and inun'y own though certaluly tu burmony with theeo, OF thit “donee of thasy' carly writers, therd [eno doubt, Io will reveal His fathor- a. Palpitbly, tho noxt elear offlea of ronson fe tocxumine ‘the oviderice, take tho testiinuny, eoritinizo, as it itwern na, queation of life nud death, all the altered f which present themeclvesna beuring on tho cuse. Take font inune, from within and without Komowhut on this wlae will tha process rin: Siero £ tad aA buok which purports to be 1 auper- natin, objective rovelation of God's will townrda man Bo ita frionds sponk of it, It in folds a way of deliveranco from sin through Divine buing who fa wuld to have died on tho cross, It promises oternal life, Now If thoro [sn od (and this I ndmit) and Ho faves Tile childron, It wand sean ta Us Just Like Hint to make thia disclosure. Ta tts oluim valid? Can Tacceptlt? Tait worthy ot eredunce?, These are pertinent questions, Henson muy go farthor nad anions the existonce of a vinlont improb- ability ngninet ack a rovelntion, demauding Unusital evidence, It in oxceptionnl It transcends all human experionce and violates established taw. Itmny. ben myth, It inay bo a forgery,—a moro in- vention of man, Tw there auiticiont ovldenca to overcome this tmprobability? ‘Thon iowion begins to recount evidoncos of God's gootiess and men's dire need, wntil any: Hoprobutillty in tho ense {a shifted to tho other 8 de. Thus favorably Wsxposed, Ronson gathors all tho fuets, takes wll the testimony possible, welghs most curerully all the argunicnta, and, In a thoratighly oritieal spirit, pireaisesy: asit testing net athor book, procusds to establish ho credibility of thy record, Tiss Is previninently thy province of Reason to Seo whethor thesy things ure su. Exaytly at this paint Geran evitical sohotaralitp, though rus Uonellatie, tas done splendid survice to.truth, Miracles ira found. ‘These Ronson, vt first, declares Impossible, Then, in m® mament of cundor, ndits that thoy ure the itting wceom- Piniment and prove of a Diving revelation, fad Hine spoken, ns alleged, what mortil man nay know, Iu tidyance, how he would certify His word to His chiliren? ‘Truly, u thing may transcend, without contradicting, Monson, ‘Thus tho historival srgurmont [4 examined and tho intern) oyldenco and tho fltness of tho rey- elution to tho needa of tho soul, and tho conclu sion fa renchod thut this fa Imloed tho Word of tho Ilving God, given to men for tholr guidance In reference to those things where curth’s purest: Ubght fails, Having settled tho credibility, ait thonticity, and inapirition of God's Word, upon suiiiviont and unquestioned tostimony; having renehed, by catm thought and study, the conus chualon thut this la a henveltly Father's oxpres- afon of love and intoreat in Ils ebfldren, Reuson does herself no violence In tho admission that Uscontonts may and ought to be agcepted by att, $ It does itself no violonce in tho frank admission that thory tire things too deep for Its compro+ honalveness, nor in receiving them because thoy fra in that Book, I¢ reasow uflirms that tho ‘Hivie Is true, thon It is nat Mlogteal or unrenson= able ta believe a thing becuusa the Bible suys go. The dovtrine of tho Trinity [a there, of the twofold nutureot Christof redemption through His blood, of Divinu forgiveness, of eternal puntishm ‘They nre in the reeerd. Tho rece ord Wt ny Judgment ts true, These facts, though above reagon, ate not impusaible,—not aginst reason, Eaccopt tho Word and its con- tents with yratetul, roveront heart, and felalin tho snered, God-given right of Interpreting the gontents necording to my own, thought aud Judgment. Nou church or pricst shall rub me of the right of private Judgment. Dour friends, f subinit if Ievgson can ask wider seupe than this? Ir thus employed, ft antiga - nizeg faith ? God's word ty tho only universal, Infullthlo guide of Ife, Its Gevisions re final, Its neasurement of character oxuet,. Its Nett, no “ Iguiy fatuus,” but clenr, steady, unfalter- {ug, and sufe to follow. Reason, bowover, {6 80 honored of God as to be Invited to muke royor- Ke ent tuqutrs into IIfs batny, character, aud works sit, {i Studmont au to the cortalnty, vority, and Infallibiilty of Els revonlod word, chaltonyed to prove ull things alike In tho renlm of nature and tho. suporuutural, and hold fast tu that which ty ood. ati, utter all possible concessions havo been mady to Reason and all possible [iereatites granted, It must not be forgotten that “ spirit- ual things ure spiritually discerned.” “The syorld by widen does not Know Gad in a belp. ful way. Falth holds tho key to tho spiritual kingdom, the invialblo reatin’of purity, pate and power, where ransymed souls ure privileged to dwoll, . And it fs tho privileyo, nat tosny duty, of needy, restless souls, = though bailied: and” beset by doubts and questlonings, at oonee. by — fulth = ta. enter this iinatom of, blessedness and réaty and, Srom tholr mivst favored position of obedienve and pUrpose to do God's will, explore tho tuyaturios, utudy tha problenis, ponder the ieee. ‘ucts and: Jusues, Which somehow withbold tholr. divinest svoret from unaided reason and ungnointed eyes, Reason unstringa tho hnrp to soe WWhoruin the musle dwollst Faith yound a hallelujah soni . Aud howvenly riptire swalia, Fulth atrikon the kuynoty; Hoason then, Bills up tho full-tunod chord, BISHOP FAT.LOWS, THE MISTORICAL TROTH OF THE IDLE, Bishop Fallows preached the following ser- Dyut Inst evening In St, Paul's Chureh, cor- ner af Carpenter and Washington streets, ‘Tho sermon was worthy of a larger audl- ence, though the lower part of the church waa'comfortably dilled. Tho text was taken trom I, Peter, 1., 103 ‘ We hve been, treated quite recently to an oxogesls of the New Vestument by tho well known author of tho leature on Tho Gods.” TMs cougregntion will acknowledge with mo that thore la alinest an intliity of distance be~ twoen that wthalatlo preyuction and the Inst lecture of Col. Ingersoll, He ts cortainly nioy- Sy Surwird with gimintte strides, and alt hough: tho lust leoturo was full of the most objection: ublo sentences, Jt was such aniinprovemunt over Alt hts previous efforts in the recounition of cor= tuln Christian truths, and in his vlforta to draw ndistinetion butween Christ and Ite professed followars, that he oitwht to be tak My the band and encournged to go still further In the way of ght and true progress. Lam glad Mr, Tigergoll td not tost in the trench: srous quicksands of Stradssian unbellof, te ovidently does not bellove that tho Church cre= wired Christ, iy docs honage fa bis way te this central charter of ull history. Ho hi too inuch common senge to belleve that such nen ha the Apostios, oy any other mun, could invent this glorious personage, He knows that euch a Anfracle would indinitly transcand all other mir- neloxput toothor, 1 should greutly enjoy hearhg bin tirn bis brilliant powors of banter and gctrcaem upon Strauss and all bia echool, who endeavonit to evolve ull tho stu) Tuote of Chriatianity out of the subjective con= sclousnese of Chrietians In succeeding conturies. T bope to have Chat pleasure yot. Mr, Jugersull is in error Whon bo saya, ° This Testamout wae not writton for hundrods of youre utter the Apostles were dust, . 0. . They dopunded upon the innccurucy of legend, and for gonturtus those doctrines were blown about by tho inconstunt winds.” Naw whit are the facte tn the case? When the Church entered the second century, tha yer Wl, or very near that period, she had tho ew Testament in ber binds. Afriend has cutled my attention ton com- munication from an agnostic champlan of Cot, Tngersoll ule Curcaga ‘fatuuny, which was intended to forestallany answers tho Chicago clorgymen might muke, Ho says, * Tho ortho= dox tiluisters will gay, no doubt, that thors ts an unbroken Ine of evideuoe running buck to {ie Apodtatic aie asto tho authonticity of the Gospels, This ty not true.” Ho thon states thas tho Koy. Brooke Fovs Wesvatt, 2. D,, in his “ Ufetory of tho Canon of tha Now Testament,” puge ll, eays ** that it {ann orror to suppose that here ig such mi unbroken chain of ovidences Ut a fow letters of consultation and warning, two or throg upologles addressed to heathen, & vontroveray with a Juw,a vision, and a scanty Rleanting of fragments of lost works, vomprisa alt Chrlatian liturutura to the middle of the aves ond century" (that [y, to 100A, Ds), ‘This ty ahuply another specimen of the spectal Plondhay go ened {nthe trautment of these important questions, re Woscolt In this quotation refers to tho whole canon of the Now Tostument, aud not to the four gwospols, The ovidunce of the curllost Cortelan —weitors. not unly - gune critical and casual, but fragmon- tury,” bo says, {hn ratalion to tho antira cao. Tho pulnt be makes 13, thitt It needed ty more eritionl and Uterury period to xathor tos gother the records which bad boon mide in tho ourllest tines—tho Apostolic! tlned-—and dus terinine thelr canoniolty, Tho whole atm of hile hook Js ty show Just tho sopielt of whut thie nostic dofumer by & garbled extract imakos bins assortvia1 that there ts an unbroken Une of ovidenco from the present time to tho Apvstollo two ws ta the uuthentiolty of tha #ospols, and ulso of the other canvnloally rae ceived portions of the Now ‘Teatament. ‘Chis uncritical, casual, and Fragmu tay avs aw one pe tha erttical, close, and full treatmant of the subject in slcccoding yours, form n historia Wey on whieh we minty trhiniphuntly mirch over all tho conturies, Hrat to tho npper chutnbor where tho Veutecostal wpirie” inaugurated the visible Church for the mavions, to tho Crave of Calvary, and to the Mount of Boutitudes, Our Diving Lond wrote oy recorded word, bute Ty wroto Huuself upon tho tmperishable tablets of He divalples’ henrts, ‘They were Hie loving oplvtics, 1 wus thelr sole supreme buslnuss to make known to tho workd what Ny bud sald, tong, oud sulfored, Byoewitues and hourte WwItnicsuon, ios went ubout preaching tho fucts and tevohlug the truiby of Chrlatlunity. Thelr mode of cunniicAtion wus at fret, vorhups, Undoubtedly thelr words fu sana urely sake Instndova vere tuken dowa ti writing by the hearers, o3 woll aw treasured up in © thelr reinvinbrauco, These records, bye aud fragmentary, multiplied. Churches beyun to multiply, Inthe year d4 a, D,, Tucitus says tho Chriuthing at Home were w vast multitude, Miny in 3 A, D. In a letter to Lrajun, refers to thelr grout number in tho remote province of Bithynla, lromvus and ‘Tertuillan, 160-1W A, Dy stato thut the Christian brethren wero qilexly soutiored over the known world, Jut of this urlvinul oral Goapel, and theve write ton records of tho Apostles! tauchinyg, the tirat threo Gospels were constricted, ‘Tg unbroken: tradition of thy Church fs that thoy worg writ- ton by the purdons whuse nuines $04 bear, ‘There a bot the allyhtest ground for the sumption of a doutt in the cave of Mutihow, The uniform testigony fa that bu wrote his Quapol in the Hebrew or tho Syriv-Chaldula Innuuugy, Na testimony can be wore coylute, es Ancensl Tho Gospal we have is in Grovk. Wo do not know who translited it; whethor it was Matthaw himself or somo other peraon, Thora was ii Urment need of such tration, for Grevk wis the langimgs of tho world’s literature tind the medion of communication between diferent nattons, (Mr. Ingersoll mado a wofnl Inpso when Nn wittlelsin pon tho alice; we of Grovk by tho Evangal tnbroken | na of evitioncs tho Goanel of Matthow that wo hayo fs vithur the Goxpol written fy Greck by that ovnngelist or a translation by fume other person mado while the ovnogellst was living. Not tho slightcat shado of suspicion, so far na wo know, was thrown upon tho gentiinencss of this Gospel ns wo hive it, Xo farina known, thare aro not iiftcen manu- seriptaof Pinto extant, Thore are notas many of Herodotus, Not ona of them Ja older thin the ninth contury. Noarly a thousand manusoripts of. tho Now Testament have buon consulted by crities, and at Joust fifty of them nro more than a thousand Yorrs old, and somo are over 1,600 soars old. ‘Tho most enmpotent scholars x tho dito of tho Hyriao version within the frat half of the second conturs, that fs within 150 A. 1. Tho Codex Vatieunus was written about tho Yoor 0 A.D. nnd the Codex Alexandrinus Aboutins A.D, The Codox Sinaiticus about Wu A. D., or a littic curiler, * . Of iy portion of the three last manuscripts T give ng near nd posalbie, in the fllustrations be Toro you, 0 fie-sttulle on nn onlariwed soale. frenwusin bls youths had beer 2 companion of Polyonrp, the diselply of St. Jol. Ho makes 400 quotations from the Four Goapels, : racrewitan (A. D, 100) gives “about 200 quota. inn, .Fablan (A. 1), 100) gives a "Siarmony of tho Four Gospels," ree testimonies were hore adduced by Bishop rt , Celsus was the Robert Ingersoll af the seconit century. Howasan toute inan, a witty and oluuent controvoralist, nithor Cond of stretch ing facts and principles when it served his pure ppee and not caring alwaystoknow tho facts, fo lived a. [ttle more than 10 years aftor the of the Divine Pounder of Christianity. Ho attacked tho Christiins of his: nye with itis try, rid Wes and daph iste, Hehunted up every uiMculty in the Christians® pathway. Ant witunte Hed ull sei lie dlaorapanbles Into irreconelnbio contradictions, His attacks upon the Christin system livoonty inthe fumousreply to then made by Origen. This unbellover, although he eaused Tout nnnoyance: to tho bellevers in Chriat iiving: In hie diy, wad seeined to many to bu dis turbing tho foundations of 10 Chiris= thin futth, rendered more real service Christianity thay ony fathor puted orthodoxy in the church, He ade inits all the grand facts and. -duvtrines of tho Gospel, ns thoy were preached by’ the Apostles, and contalued in thote acknowledged writings, for tho suko of opposing them, Ho minkes fn his attacks ulyhty quotitions from the Now Testament, and appeals to it as containing tho aucred weltings of Christians, universally ro- celved by thom uy. eredibte and Divine. He 4s, therefore, tha very bost witness wo enn summon to prove that tho New Testament * was not writtun hundreds of yenrs after the Apos- thes wore dust’; but lu less than a century and 4 halt had beon recelved by the Christian Chureh atl over the world. Ho axpressly quotes both tho synopticnt Gospots, na thoy are termed (the first three Gospoly). and the Gas of St. Joln. Te was atated In the Pan+Prosbyteriun Coungll at Philndelphin, lust Friday, by the Hey, Dr. Humphrey, u goutloman whom Ff iknow to bo profound and sekolurly, “that while the Biblo contittns tho namcs of rbowt four tg onsand pers sons and pluces, In nota eligle castanvo by modern discovery, through explorations tn ans clent plices, shown one of tho 4.00 tames to hove been a myth or one of the ruins to have boen misplaced.” Teau imaging T hear Me. Ine gersoll, in hia emphatic way, saylug © Like thats good, A Blble tht [s so trie to historic fact des Thands my attention, It isa proof presumptiyo that the Gospel records ure true,” In conclusion, Bishop Fallows maintained that all attacks upon the Gospel histories would but confirm tho falth of tho Chrigtan. Ilo ex horted bia hearers to study tho evidences, which were easily accessible, and thugs bo able to give a@reagon of tho Lopo that was within then, . UNGODLY COUNSEN., THK REV, THOMAS 2, STROMRDAB preached a sermon in the Park Avenue M. E. Chureh yesterday morning In reply to Col, RG, Ingersoll, which was as follows: Dieased [4 tho man that walketh not In tho counsel of tho ungorlts, or standeth In tho way of sinners, nor alttoth in the seat of tha scornful, —Pactliia, tI Many who have read or heard Mr. Ingorsoll's Inte utterncos in this city will consider it un- avisnubule to uttempt u reply, for, while he ts witty and rhetorical, bo 13 irreverent. preju- diced, and illugteal, But Tae Carcago Taw0gNe advises us to reply, and thut ig a atilictent ref- uge, for nny one who necds It, for attempting a reply, Ho revoammunds the torch of rengon, but tomuny his torch isn handful or ushes. Sanya he, * Fear Is the dungeon of the mind,” and be ycoms to by trying tu find n way out of It, Only perfect love custeth out fear.” “ There tg but ong bingphetuy, and that Is injustice. There Is but one temple, and that fs justice,” says he. ‘Whougands exnrot ely feoling that be $8 tn Just to bis Maker. Ho Is feurfully and won- derfully made, and ho knows it very. woll: knows that he is under obligation to a beni- nant Creator, who has mude the world upon which ho lives, the heavens that Hash over him, and bis own wonderful physical and spiritual mature; yet he has no thanks, no xratitude, and no justice in his conduct towira hia benefactor, ‘We must boJust to God tind man. A wiser coun solor sald, “Thou shult love the Lord thy God with all tby heart, and thy netghbor as thysel: We cannit hurm God, to bo surc, but we can greatly barn oursolyes by belug autor er tho ” binephomy of injustice" towaru Him. ‘Lo tive rightly toward Hitn [a to observe the fuws of life forourselves and our fellow-inen, As men have gone to tho glues to prepare thumsclyes for dea- perate deeds, 80 mon have gone to Infidelity and athalam, havo dono away with God and necount- ability, and have been thus propared for blyb crimes nguiust their fellows, ‘The lecturer agnin exalts reason. Ho indi- rectly necuses tho groat thinkers and scholars of Christianity os being stupid, Unrensoning per song, itis certain that there aru very few per sons who will uecopt tho guiiinco of tha Ieoture e's reason, Io proferges to.bo guldod by this toroh ty the conclttslon that “Thore Ia no Uod.' “Tho fool “hath siid in his heart there is no Oe,” but no man can yo on this earth, under thoso stirs, be eurrounded ovoerywhero by the manifold works of God, and from his mind, bis hia thought-power declare, 'Thore Is He nay bo perverse enough In heure to desire to sweep the Velty from His throne; but to declare In reuson that thore is no Archl- tect of this wonderful twuiversy 4 impossltte, Reason should be oxaltod, It {s most rengonae ble that wo should adoro the Lolng upon whem wo depend, It 18 most reusonblo whit tho dfgeuso of ain should be removed. come, let us togethor, “Though SON your sing bo a8 acarlet they shatl bu us white 1s snows though they be red ike crimson thoy shall bo ag wool.” Let us aco how the professed npostles Of reason have been ted to contradict ouch other. Lord Herbort taught that by reason au could ascertain that thero is a Supreme ving; that Ho is chlolly to be worshiped; that ulety and virtue are tho principal part of Ila worublp; thut repentance explates oifense; und that there laa site of future rewarda and Winishinunte, Flobba succenda him. flo ne- Rnowledgos tnt * there ia a God," but repre- rents Hin aa Surporent and our duty to Hin a chitnorad, Shattabury {uslets, ns rensonable, that tho “doctrino uf rewards and punishnionts Ia degrading to the understanding and detriment to morul virtue.” Hume deities thy retation be= tween causa oud citect, aud thug attempts to overthrow tha argument for the existanca Hit Suorates tats aguteing: pupil Alediluden! hid Suorates to bis fuquiring pup! cluludens * Allis auto dark ndobscure by tho unnisslated Myht of Nature, Weoan nover attain to core tin knowledyo Bayo by arovelation of Tim who: careth for ua," ‘Thus spoke this grent und good Greek of the only Hyht be bad—the ture! rewsun, ‘The leoturor says, | Tho Disciples know onl: Hebrow,." Ita more Ikely that thoy inow ttle or tothing of it, The Now ‘foatutnent books “vera nll writtain Greek, anys he, henco the Disalplos never wrote thom, for they wore Ilo= brows, speaking int litingo. ‘Vha. Lebrow becaine 0 dend language by thoJewishoupuvity, which ocourrod in tho alxth century befura Chrivt, The Syriac wus tho Tanguay at tha Jows lu thy tine of our Lord, ‘Thu Nor ment was written in Hobrow Tho Grevk at that timo wus ko tho Frenoh Innguage i Europe, or the Bugllah tn India, No, education wis completo without knowledge of the Urcek luiuuxe. Matthow wasn Jaw, but he wie of sullicient education to bo ug ollicer in tho omploy of tho Homan Goyormment. He wis a tax-aithoror: Hy wrote tho frat Gospel In Groek, ws that was tho language of books, business, and common Ufc, buys iy lecturers Tho Divelples of Chriat kuuw only Hebrew, Nobody: ear a ry fur pa wo -know, one of the orlginil Hubrow imunnseriptes nohaty aver auw anybody who had ween anybody who had honrd of inybody tine hhadaeon anybady that hud aver seen one. No doubt tho clergy of your city have told eu thee (acts thodsqndd of tines and they will bo obligad to me for waving repented them once nore.” Tt ie to be hopes that the celery ure nat given ko aich Wabaw uf iguorunce. The manus voripls of | Scripture aro the | anvat wumeupous, tho presoryod, oldvat of anplent classed, Thira aso fn the Mbrarics of Eyrope 1.00) wunieripts of Soplptury, somo of. it dathy back to tha fourth century, Inthe cuseof the Grek and Noman classics, ten or twenty manuserpta are devined suilgiont to suru) an weournto tuxt, ‘There ure Titan tnuiacripta of Herodotus known to critica, tho oldvat ruvalng buck to tha tonth century, and hut is a tule average of tho anglent clugslo munuacripta. Hesldes, te Script+ ures buve buen go durely’ quoted by curly werilte ere that ft was ullicoied that it tie muuusorpis Of the Beriptured were lost others could bo rue coverud from these numerous quotations, Dy. Hentley made the oxperiinvut and proved tha uusertion by collaoting tha Scripturus from the writings of thy Fathers, Our lovturer makes 0 further oxpnad of his ize noruney fn the following languages" You must rometpber wlio one otker thing. Chaist never w sity ord of tho Now Testament —not one “word, | ‘Thery f# uo uccount that fe ance stowpod and wrote sctnetb nae in the ssud,but thug haa not been presorved (Appluuse.) Hu nevertold unybody to write a word. He never mild: ' Mute i Hafetan Vols; Stark, don’t forget to put beat. wi's [aughter}; Luke, Lo surg tht in your Gebel uu Eun duia's *ekue don't fore Him you cin MV hor life with tho perfume of porpetital Je . to brevk through and “nomen! wet It’ [Dnughtor.] Not one word." Mar and Luke wera not Disciples of our Lon while Ilo was upon cnrth. Mark wis tho neptio. of Hurnibaa, and the companion and amany onsia of Voter, so that his Gospel haa been calle, tha Coapel af Vete tke War tt Grosk,< plosicten by protossion, From whieh Apnst] ae olitalned the materiatal bis Guspel wo dk not know, To was tho cotnpanion of aut whonee ha obtainod tho inuterial for tho Boot of Aots, bit It 1a apie certain ho was not wit" out Lord, so that Joss could not says Lak be sure you havo this In your Gospel.” Ele te, furthermore, (neanatatont (hh acceptin Chrint as an historical chartcter whon he rit vitles In sueh a minnor tho Goxpela as historical records. How could He bo tho goud and adintra: le matt tha lecturer cunfesyas 1in to be whot He professed to he more? ‘ Whatever ho fiads in the Gospels whict Dieases hla he wllows ta remiatn, and whateve, dogs not hy stutnps us an interpolation. Ax fo. tho passive from the ninth to the twenttet” Varaua aC tho alxteantt Shaptor, af Mack, hie nee nob havo spent so much time studying Its sens Ulnenoss, for tnany ominent scholira noknowl e It to be epurlous, The fret that in the dos pels wo have the record of Wt holy und éinics character etumps thom as. ti The Gos hel writers were wie to progent us the pletur of the holy churacter of duaus heeause they Wwerg historians aod not the weltors of Netion. Neither tho llagraphers of that youd nat Ries rites, nor Socrates Wimself, ever olalied hulle Hoss for him, Jesus clutmod’ it, und Hfe blog. raphera are able te present Mimtous tn il: sinicsness becntise He wasan actuul fact botore them. Yo suppose that tha history of Buch a Hiviug ag wa tuve ft it the Gospel cat be ex Paiva Dy usserting that (tla largely made upor jntorpolntions fa nbsutid. Ho thon gives vs a running comment Upon the Roake of Matthow. ify first touches the ath ehnptor, and to ull of tho beatitiiles, except J) Mlessed are they that mou or they shalt tio cantfortad,” he says, * ood, ‘The tree thing Tihud npon tho suticet of snivation is inthe fifth chupter of Matthew, and is embraced tn whut le cumnrauly known aa the ‘Sermon on tho Mount! It Is ns follows: *Bicsxed uro tho poor in spleit, for thoirs is tho Kingilara of Heaven! Goud. * Hlosaed are the tmorulCul, for they shail obtain increy,’ Good, a thoy belong to any chureb or not; whethor tnoy betleve the Di. bie or not. *Rlessed are the merciful, for they shut! obtain inercy.’ Good. *Micesed are tha pure in heart, for thoy shall seo God, Bleased wre thy pencemnkers, for they shell be called the children of God.” He dues not believe that, That Is an interpolation, “No humorous per- gun,” auya hoe, “ever founded a rellgloty” "Chen ho comes to the sixth chapter, and necepts tho condition which follows the Lord's Prayer, * Lu the sixth chapter I Mud tho following, and {t conies dircotly nttor the prayer known na tho Lord's Prayort * For if yo. forgive men thelr trespasses, your Heavenly Father will also for give you; hut le yo torgive not mon thoit tres passes, neither will your Father forgive your trespassea’ 1 accept the candittons. There {s an offer, Caceept it, * if you will forgive men that trespass ogilnat you, Cod will farsive your trespnescs ugainst Hiin,’ Uaccopt, and [ nover ‘will nak auy Gad ta trent to better than T treat nny feltow-men.” We nre famillar (those of us Who attend. worship) with such sentiments, There is not n weok but what hundreda of Prowchers dwelling Upon those passages make shnilur uxpreaston, * Hu comed to tho first Inter. tation When reudlng tha uccount af the talk etwoon the young ruler und Christ, when tho young man, after saying bo had kept all tho gommandinants; from his youth wp, (nqulre “What Inck I yet?” Christ's requirement o} hit that ho gell’his possessions and give to tho oor ia wn nterpotalion, etmply, £ suppose, be- cause he does not Ike it, Ifo warma tnt Maaphomove uttoraneo when bo conies tv tho following vergos; “* And overy one tht hath forsnken houses, and brethren, aud sisters, or futhor, or mother, or wife, or whildron, or lands, for My namo’s anko, shall re- ceive in hundred-fold, and shall interit over- lusting Hite.’ Christ’ novor sald it; never, Whosnover will foranke fathor or inother| Bs Ho sald to this man that asked bim, ‘What shall L doto inherit cteral lito?’ amon; othor things, ‘fonor thy fathorand thy mother's and We turn over the page, and Ho gaya unin; “Tf you wilt desert your jor and mother, you shall have everlasting life. It will not do, If you- wii desurt your wife, and your little chil- dren, and. your, Jands,"—tho idea of putting o honay ant Jot on an equality with wife and enil- dren! Think of that} 1 do not accept the torms, 1 will never desert tho one F love for the promiss of any God. It ta far more important that wo should [ove our wives thin that we sould lo God, and..I will tell you why; You cannot 1” help © hor. You mh dt ts far more important that you love your children than that you Jove Jesiis Christ, and why? Jf Mo is God, you: enmnor help Him; hut you can plant a ljttle flower of happiness In avery footatop of the child, from tho cradle wit you. dio in that ehitd's arms.” Sometimes our loved ones como between us ond aoe Some boys have been opposed Jn their desire to obtain nn education by their relatives And to obtain ecwledie thoy have been obliged eave thom, ledom anid tho sumo thing to nat n few youths, Pa- triotisin hia aald tho samo thing, Many a soldier had to fight bis way across thy bourthstone that he tolyht Ince and battio tho focg of his country. ‘This 14 considered hols. sThoro are some vlatins gee. ua higher than thosoof fathev and mother, wifo andenitdren, .The Jevturer has not only spolen with reforanve to Chvist, who {a truth, In whose services thousands have met with strenus ous oppusitlun from thelr foved ones, but with rofertnee to Inventors, reformors, and writers, who bavo in spirtt and In rentity been obliged to lenvo fathers, mothors,. lands, and chiliren in order to prosecute thelr pur- pose. He offers a rebuke to those poots and oulogiata who havo praiged the loyers. of thelr gountry, who buve rushed to [ts rescue against tho wishos and tours of those they love, lie as- Berta that tho Gospol of Matthow 1s n gospel of ood deeds: that tho doctrine of salvation by ith is not tinght there; that it Is taught In the other Gospola, especially John's, but that wher- over it nppeara it is an interpolution. He quotes no high authority, Ho bas consulta’ none of the great scholars, but ho sasumes to put aside ‘all scholira und ali savboinrabip, and pronounees Whutevor ho gecs tt ag Interpolation, Christ did not prouch siulvauion through Himself my His great saerifive was made: but ‘He clearly lenches In Matthow thut Ho and Hia death are the central facta of His mlasion, and thut yood ‘woe must bo preceded by discipleahip. tu tho trongfguration Mogos and Ellas talked of His denth whieh ho should accompliats at Jerusatem, Matthew. wroto his Guspol to tho Jews to con- vince thom that Jesus was thelr Messiah. ‘Lio Jow bad boan taught the doctrine of ealvation by faith. Jt is ono ot the minor prophets who furnished Paul and Luther with tho passayo— “The just shill tive by fulth.” ‘he Jews hid for centuries alfored .thalr sacrifices. as aubetl- ites for thomselyys, nnd ns typos of the gront sucrifice to come, The scapeyont Jet loose in ihe wilderness, and tho High Priest entoring with tho bload of wtonement into tho Holy of Hollea, were regurded by fuith as acting in their steut. Morcovor, the doctrine of anivation by fulth bos been considered as taught in Mat., xvii, when Jeans sks bia disctples, * Whom say ‘othat Tam?" Poter unswers,"Phou net tho brist, tho San of tho tying Gods" Jeaus ane awered, “Simon 1a blessed, tor tlosh and blood hnd not revealed It unto him,—and upon this churoh," namely, the state. prevail.” nyainst it. Faith © in Christ tho contral theme of tho Gospol. I know thut the great Churoh whieh {a bulit on Petor refers to this text, but tho laws of language ond tno reaulta of the (octring deny that, that ts tho incaning of tho passaye, Tho vonsideration of Poter and Christ {3 suilisient to detemning that. Mutthow tonchos Sanversion, ip Ohap. vei HEX vere ye be copvertod an ecume ag Iittle children, ye shall not enter into the Kingdom of Meayen." i Te notlees tho picture of tho Judamont whore pa spall bo rowardod far deeda done in this world: * Hura, thon, 18 anathor condition of naivation, Ttind in tha twontystifth ehapeer, Thon siti the ICing gay unto thom on Wife right band, Come, ye Dicwsed of my Father, inberit the Kingdom prepared for you fram tho foundation of the orld. For 1 was an bungerdd, und yo gave mo incnt; Twas thirsty, and ye gave mo meat; Was a stranzor, und ye took. mu jn; nnked, and yo. clothed inet 1 jwaa sick, aid ye visited ne; Evans in prison, and yo cane unto me. Good} And I toll yout to-night tut ol will not punieh with eternal thirat te man “who has put @ cup of cold water tu the lipa of hls nelyhbor {appinuse): God will not allow to Hive ta tho otecnit! nakednosa of pain tho man who has clothed otbors,” Ho accepts thisua tha gospal fof good dows. But this is a double plouures, not only a right hand ploture but a lutt hand picture. Doce our lecturer aocapt tho wetring Of Holl aa wull as Heaven? —iHe,on! vaus tha one picture, Whut docs he say to on Hialett? Dopart from meintoevers pared for tho Devil and bia an hunkered and yo gave 10 “Why are wo not told ¢hot tole isan interpolation? “Bucnuso, porbups, he saw a deop petloehp Dy fuit. 1f thosg who huve dono good onter Heaven, wout beoutos pf thore wha do not do yood? Thera t8 no fate possible but ac nivindon, or hell. ‘Those on the right hand and: those on the loft askt © Whon saw we Theo thungered, or atbirst, or a strangér, or naked, or sivk, or In prison, end aid noc minister yuta: ‘Choo! Thess aball Ho snswor them, suying, “tpasmuch ae yo did or did ft not unto one « tho lenst of these, my disciples, yo did itor ald irnotunta Ma," Mere fe salvation by fulth,— disolplualiip ta proseda gout works ta make thom efticacioua, What ta tha fate of the hue inan snoustors who have lived, tho Noroa, Caliz> ulus, inauivitors, and tyrants, who bave uot fed tha bungryy Why ion qut 40 angry at the due- trino of silvation by faith aw tauwhe tu the lest verses of Murk? Thu tow of God condening us allof shortugo in good deeds. No wooucr buve we hoard It than wo hyve read our wontence, Wo hove not kept tho Commandments; we bave uot alwaya dono good, ted the bungry, clothed tho nuked, ete; wo baye nub loved our fetluwetuat: wo have wronged blu. Our place Ie on the left; we are sinners. Hore thore iy altered to we repentance ang ee ia Curt, "or despair Helis to be pitou if. be honestly ox, pall anu es v1 full Roamans cu counted bla bellet, You heur evidonco for anil tguinat, and the intogrit Of the soul atandy ut tho ecules and tells whle! sido rises and which sldy falls, You cannot be- Neva us ynu will You inugt Lelleve us you must. And Io might as well bare wuld, Go, ato all tho world an Preuch the Goapul, and wher soover Une air vball be guyed, end whoso- ever bath pot eball budamngd.'” Ho fy 4 man uf too much fntollivenve to think that by paving Sulth we trea that tulth wolcd we catmat avold. Fullb accepts auothor to du for wa whut we