Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 2, 1874, Page 3

T CIIICAGU DT T ItroUITITT IMGIVDY; TIiDIVUZNIN Y 10 R THE PULPIT. Hold Fast the Things that Are Good, Sermon Dby the Rev.-Dr. Ryder, of St Paul’s Churchs Isracl’s Influence on the Prog- ress of the Religious Idea. Lecturo by the Rev. Dr, Wise at the Music Hall. Mr. McCarthy and His Troubles. The Rev. Dedlention Borvices at Prof. Swing's Church. Tho Rov, Laird Collier on *‘ Tho Per- foct Gontleman.” Dedlcation of tho Michigan Avenue " Mothodist Churoh. Sermon by the Rov. Mr. Morodith on Re- liglon Mado Easy.” HOLD FAST WHAT IS GOOD. Sermon by the Xove Dr. Iyder, of Ste ant’s Church. Tlho Rov. Dr. Rydor, pastor of 8t, Paul's Chureh, on Wabnsh avonue, prenchad tho follow- ing sormon, his text being : ** Provo sll thiugs : nold fast that which is good.” Evory porson familiar with tho history of roligious opinlona rojoices in the tolorant spirit of our timo. While wo aro still undor tho bond- ago of customs whioh aro portion of our birth- rizht, wo avo happily doliverod from many erro- poous opinions that buve hindored Iuquiry in ollior ages. Among those we may name promi- nently tho almost univorssl beliof, within the limits of Chrintendom, of tho sinfulness of error. As if thero wero guilt in n wrong opinion; as if ouo perilled his prosent rospoctability and futuro snlyation by not reaching o right conclusion, hoswover consoiontions and patriotic he may have Dbeen in his study. T'races of this most mischioy- ous error sre still abroad in the land, but tho forco of tho belief ia broken. Very fow porsons, if any, must now attompt to defend the propo- sition that there is moral quality in amere opinion, or that error ia sinful. With this chaugo of bolief us to the sinfulness of error, has sprung up, all over Chiristoudom, strong desiro for investigation, Inquiry los taken tho place of authority. Tho tondenoy of the nge is to * Eravn all things"—to verify, test, Pruth has come to bo ro- garded as of |;ricelosu vulug, uud to search after it little lews thun o d’uly. That this pirit of inquiry is rash, ofien inconsidorate, is but too evident ; but wo can pardon much of this impotuonity, as o romombor tho prison of big- otey from which it ua but_ Intely excapod, and &8 we considor, nlso, the vast benefits it has con- forred upon a large portion of civilized society —in onlurged thought, iuinvontious, discoverics, in tho rholition of erucl custows, in the awaken- ingz of symputhy, and in reassorting tho primul truths of religion, I'ruth is the moed of tho world; and 1t is clearly our duty to porsuo it with ati earnost, conscioutious, unilaggng zoal. Ho who finds it_Lias the ** pearl of groat prico;” ho who misses it is to bo pitied for his misfor- $uno, and nof, to bo accused as a sinner, But our toxt, while it urges upon us tho important duty of scoking after tho trath, of boeoming satisfied as to the value of opinious and oustoms, also roquiros ns to Lold fust to the truth wo have,—*‘ Prove all things," —i. ¢, intolligoutly and oconsiderutely regurd whatever claims your approval, " “buy hold fast to that wluoh is goad.” Simply, therefore, to seok the truth is not our whole duty, Whou wo have doue this wo have ot done all that is raquired of us. Wo are to refain the truth as woll as jind it. . And this lage Is quits ne important s tho fitst; nay, it is mora important to Lold fast to tho truth we bave than it is to seok after the truth that wo do mot have, and for tho remson given i tho familiur proverb, that ““a bird in tho band is worth two in tho bush.” In tho zeal of ,our day for new things, uovolties, fresh statemonts in _roforonco to research, this obligation to hold fast tho truth wo_ hava Is, 1.fear, partially overlooked and largely undorestimntad. As if thero wore uothing sbiding, nothing to_bo taken for grant- od, and a8 if_ono weron *bigot," * beluud the ago,” un “old foseil," and I kuow not what elso, who 18 vot iuclined to investigato all subjects, but is quite as anxious to Lold Iast to what bo is satisfiod is truo and of boneflt to tho world, as bois to attempt to discover now forms of thought, which experieuce may prove to ba truo, or muy provo to Lo falso. Amouy the wise sayings attributed to Pytha- goras is this, in reference to what lio terms vir- tue s * Soek the truth, and do good,” You will percoive that tho seutimont of thiy is similax to hm iujunction of the Apestle in our toxt. The first cluuse of our text clonrly encourages & folerant kpirit, o teachablo mind; but, having cenclied » conclusion, it is to be presmed ono is not to perplox himuei by continually going over the same ground,—to keop on proving, und so prove nothing, Aside from the intellectunl divorsion there may Do in tho exercise, or the montal drill that comes of it, thero would scem fo bo 1o bonefit to the seeker, or to auybody olso. If, thou, the firat clause of tho toxt were tho wholo of if, wo might safoly plead the privi- 1ego of puttinis our study to somo practical uso ; but when the second clauso of the pussage in odded to tho firat, wo seo tho full foros of the thought, and learn why it is that we aro oxhorted to sapurato the true frowm tho fulse, aud to what uso the truth so found is to be put. “I'ie duty of investigation, in tho abstract, is tho same in roforence to all persons; but in the conereto it 18 not. Far nftor ono bas roached a couclusion, by such moans o ho considors suita- blo, s to the truth of & given dootrine, Lis duty in reforones to that purticular subjoeet is dis~ cuarged, and honceforth the obligation, so far as hio 18 cancerned, is to bold fust tho truth thus cammuviented to him, 80 long, at least, ns ho regards it a8 such. 1t comes to pass, therofore, +hut whint ono person refects, it is tho duty of anothor to dofend ; what ono sots aside, auother :ho;lhl, cousciontiously and persistently, hold ast Lo, I say conscientionsly and porsistently hold tast to, Not simply o (uestion of ehoice, but of duty., Tho bruye dofendors of tho truth in all agos, who stund out from tho surrounding dark- uoss like #o many lighthousos upon the stormy coast of life, did not ssk thomselves whether they might put their light undoer » bushel, but thoy rejoiced in the opportumty to placs it upon the hondland, whence ity guiding rays might bo seon by many, Aud yo, o compuny 1o groat that no man can number you for multitude, who m ovory ago and in many named huve uphold tho truth,—have talked foriy, worked for It, lived for it, and sonlud your wincerity with your blood ; but for you, holding fast to whint you what you consciontiously bLolieve to bo true, iud oft timos, like your crucifiod Mustor, triumphing sven iu soeming defeat, this liborty in which wo rojoico, and theso bottered civeumstancos of madorn socioty, would be largoly unkuown. You; cortain questions, to you orme. ma bo ghut out of controversy, As rogards thoso tupics, to us the question is olosed, Our duty s to defond—to hold fasb to tho gaad wo have found, “ 5 1 your nolghbor ank you to disonsa with him the question ud to whethor there is o moral law —nuy stich rulo of coudaet us virtue—are you a bigot if you doslina #o to do, on the graundihat yout mind is fully modo up upon tho subject, und that, 8o fur us Fuu can see, only harm could fssua from nuy such controvarsy ? Wao educato our ohildren i tho principles of roliglon, We are caroful to point out to thom tho tendoncios of cortain lines of thought and olastios of actiony, Ouo of our ohief anxiotics {u that thoy slull be govorned by right ideas nnd lwmnne practicos, LLut they oui vnay from childbood into the widar phiors ol by, and aro necessarily loft largoly to their own contral. Wo oxpoot thow, ns thoy bocomo older, to have opinjons on somo subjcets poouliar to thomsolvos, and would oncourage in them the lovo of truth, whorever found, But are thoy, whon thus they commonco for thomeolves in_the world, to throw asido all thoy hayo proviously loarned, and et as if tho; boliovod nothing,—wlth no fixed oplulons an #ot purposes of their own? Of courso, thoro is but ona rupl,z' to this quoation. Tven e it woro lmunlbln, which it cortainly [a not, for one thus o dinpossoss himsoelf of “all opinions, the duty in tho easo plninly is, tg hold fast to such beliof w6 ho hins, nutil e {8 quito cortain ho lag found something bettor. And thua, T ropont, not aimp- ly an & matter of conveniauco, or for poraonal comfort, but as a solomn duty which he owes to those who did the best they know to give him right guldance in life, and 1o God, from whom all truth comes, But if, by any moans, thore could be nny doubt ns to ono's duty under auch circumatances, in roforonce to opinions, thero can e _nono in rofaronco io morals. For, if childhood fail thero, the failura is radical. liven to wavor in allogiance to tho moral law i itselt sin. Alag! that tho danger of this failura should bo so frequontly verified,— that so many young pordons coming ont from good homes, whore virtuo hnd boon rospected and God honored, should fall away into negleot- fulnesy, into waywardness, and then into sin, aply becouro thoy did not, would not, “hold Jast to that which 18 good." " No duty to them so urgont na this,—hold fast to tho good you have, for, lotting that go for nomo shiadow “you oo, you loso tho sibstance you bad for the shadow that flashes out of your sight as tho substauco disapponra. This wholo subjact of socking tho truth, of lholding fast to tho truth, and our duty in roforenco to thoso two brauch- os of tho samo fimlt theme, has had of Into n forciblo illustration in' Chicago, to which 1t may bo useful spooially to refor, as by suoh a tost tho thought of our sermon may bo made moro practicals Wo lave in this city, as most of you mny bheyo loarned from the nowapapors, an organization bparing the name of tho Philosophienl Society, Among its momboers aro sovoral Rmm]uon: citizons, aud, 80 far a8 I know, or would in any way intimate, tho Socloly was formed with tho sole and sincoro purposo of doing good, My point of oriticism 1 tho prac- ticability of an organization that roats upon the Lasis of ontire freodom 1n belfof and discussion, and in no way concorns ofther tho quality or quantity of the mombership, ‘Ilirough the courtesy of the Trustees of tho Olark Strcot Mothodist Ohurch, snd_probably b tho suggestion of thoir estimublo miulster, shit- abla roums in_their houso of worship wero rranted tho Ihilosophical Soclety in which to hnld thelr mootings. But, after a littlo, two loo- turee, both vory objectionable to tho Trusteos, Dooasiso hostils Lo thio seutiments reprosonted Ly tholr faith, wero _dolivered be- foro said Bocloty, which fed the “Trustces to consider thelr duty in tho promisos. Phoy would bo telorant,—for their policy in rof- oronco to tha uso of rooma for gonoral meotings 18 boen moro Jiberal thay that of any other parish in tho elty,—and yot they must be conalst- ont, and not seom to bo tearing down with the onoe hand what thay wore -holding up with tho othor. 'I'ho views of tho Trustoes wero om- Dodied in & lotter to_the Philosophicnl Souioty, and beoamo tho subjoct of varied criticisms by the members,—somo coneidering the Socioty quite right in objecting to such locturen in thoir ohureh, and othors uttering thelr dissent in such opithots as “‘bigots,” *dofonders of Method- ism,” ote,, otc. : That tho members of tho Philosophical So- clety had a right to form anoiganization for froea discussion, without asking the permission of any religlons or othor organizatiou, is too evident for disputo, On the other band, it is equally clear that tho Clark Streot Mothodist Chureh, controlling ita own proporty, had & right to objeet to the —occupaucy of their rooms by the Soclety, if, in their judgment, the Interests of tho church and of the public would bo unfl\\(omblfi affected thereby. So faris clear; but whilo the right of tho parish thus to object to tha occupaucy of thoir rooms is concoded, it secma to Lo thought by soma that tho fact that such objection is made whows the oflicers of the purish ‘to bo narrow- mindod peoplo. _Aud thera saoms to bo back of this opinion tho feeliug that if one Las the right to object to tho discussion of any topic, it is not quito manly 80 to do; and farthermoro, that it indicates u narrow spirit for ono to gay to anoth- or, *I cannot encourage your offorts, for my mind is fully cstablished in cortain priuciples, and I must be guided by my convictions.” “I'here is nothing moro precious than truth; this all will concode, If, therefore, one Lus none of it.—if suoh n caso can bo_coucetved,—i. ou is wholly unsettled iu Liy opinious, slmost any kind of o socioty, tunt develops right idons, wust seom to bo useful for him, Butif his case bo 110t 80 bad as that, if ho be firmly sottled 1 cer- tain councctions, without claiming to have the truth on all subjocta, what shall he do but hold fast to what ho thiuks ho knows, and identif; himself with those who bave a_ similar mind, with the honcst desire to ombody and defend tho truth, aud to bo governed by 'it, upon tho principlo that uvion is strength, form themsclves into an associntion, and erces buildings for the accomuodation of it, and give their time and money to ronder the organization effect- ive, ~what arc they doing bubt thoir duty, and aro thoy not to bo_gratofully rogarded for thoir self-sncrifice and dovotion ? “Iho popular ery is, Sook tho trath! We join Beartily in this cry; but back of that lies the quostion, What aro you going to do with tho truth when_you find it? Putit to use, or throw it away ? Embody it, or permitit to fall into neglect? 1f nobody takes caro of the truth aftor it is dis- covorad, what practical advantago is thera in dis- covering it? DBut if tho Philosophicat Bociety, or any other body of people, a3 the rosult of in- vestigation, accopt a givon form ot belief, or apecitle number of truthy, and group themselyes around those, und try to dofoud thom, suying to ono another and tho world, ‘‘S8o much bo- liove,” are thoy not “ bigots in so doing?— that is, i anybody ian “bigot" for doing tho same thing ?—for ia nob that preciscly what the sovoral roligious donominations huve dono? But if, having discovered tho truth, thoy put it to no uso, nre- they hot remiss in their duty; for if truth bo so procious, shall we not bind it upon our forohends, and inseribe it upon our bouners when onco it {8 found? And if wo do not do this, then others must uu‘)- Blumnuh our lubors, of whoxo offorts it certainly ccomas us to spenk with rospact and approval. Nor must wo fail to keop i mind the fnct that thiera is no more truth in existonca to-duy than there was u thousand years ago. Investigation doos not crento truth ; it simply roveals it. The s1n hus niways beon the coutra of our solar ys- tem, whether tho pstronomical thoories accapted at difforont periods have so declared or uot. God ha beon always tha Father of the humau raco, thouyzh nullions have so fatally mistuken his relution to humnanity, Bub the approbon- sion of cither of theso truths, or of any other, promses vory littlo benofit to moukind, #o far a8 tho moro statomoht of it is concerned. Somo of tho most precious truths of religion aro more verbal statements fo millions of poople, Why? Bacauso thoy aro hold loosely in the mind, and are_not incorpor- ated with thought and life. To make truth oporative, tho souls of men must bo open to its reception, ‘Lruth is poworloss until humanity takos itup, Mark you: Ldo not eay trath fs powerless until hnmaenity discovers it, for tho digcovery is simply tho recoguition of the divine agency by which imunkind aro brought nearer to God ; but I do sy, truth 18 poworioss for good until it is applicd to human souls, Lhe test is uso—rolatively that truth is of the highost value which mon snd womon cau do tho most with, and aro most benofited by. "Phe worls of lifo is constructive as woll as do- structive. The claims of the former provced from & highor plane, Furthermore, it 18 ensior to tosr down than it is to build up. Dut the toaring down, though somotimes noedful, ut best but clears tho gronnd and looves us housoloss. And this latter condition may be worse than the ‘formor, if tenring down iu all thal tho procoss contomplutes, Ae I crons the praivies iu nuy di- rection, 1 soo many vory humble und shubby- looking buildings In which pooplo live; bnt thoujgh the shurp wintor's air rush in throngh many wide ecracks, and the inmatos &sre ofton uncomfortable in thelr ocrampod quurters, bottor far aro these lovels thay no shollor at all, And 1 woo, too, that tho wiso oustom of tho oarly sottlor, whon the timo comes to bulld o larger and moro con- venlont rosidenco for himself and family, is al- most always to construet the new houss hoforo he vacaton tho old, or he accommodates the fumily by enlarglng tho old; he novor toars down’ tho old, and turng his people into the streot, simply hocauso the louse ho occupics does nob sult him, = Uivil liborty ia our birthright, Religious b~ orty is onoof our chief privilogea, Iut liborty unrostrained by obligation iu licenso, aud licouse in tho worst form of anurchy, All that sepnrates Hberty from anarchy i the prosence of tho moral Jaw. Wonken the moral sentiments, and liborty takes on tho form of sclfishnoss ; ignore obligation to the Htute, to the neighbor, to God, and you lave soclal ruin, Liborty, clvil, rolig- fous, 1s & method of worl, rathier than the work itsolt 3 the end is not & cortain woolul order, but tho good of mankind who is affectod by this wooinl ordor. Frosdom In uction is & frout privilege, but the question addressod to et by wie_comuion Mathor aud the com- non bruikariiuod {9, What do you purpose to do with this troodom you hinve ? Wil you employ it in l\l}xh and nobla living ; or will you shiow yoursolf unworthy so exalted n condition by de- gonerating into vulgar practicos ? Yaos, sool tho trath ; carofully woigh tho evi- doneoy bo catholio tn your splelt aud tomper toward thoso from whom you diffor ; but lav- ing dano this, your worl is but ihmt commancad, Nay, o groator and hardor tasics in to Lold fast to what you beliove to bo right nid truo, for by thia lu“xt your use aud porsounl worth are chiofly ganged. 1ut how shall wo “ hold fant” to the truth— to ** that which {8 good"—whon once wo espouno it 2 My anawor Ia twofold : Firsl—Ly nmhod{lug it in vislblo forma. Of theso, to us, tho Ohmreh s ono, It {8 tho truth of God expressod in doctrincs, cus- toms, purposes. Wo consserate mon and women 08 toroliors aud gorvants of thlg truth, snd wo miulcu in tho immonso beuofits which such in- stitutfonal roligious communitios confer upon mankind. Lo faithinl to theso, Whero so many aro noglectful, you have your own work to do, and much of “theirs nlgo, Biand up for tho Ohristinn Church—for the Church founded by Jenur of Nazaroth, nnd consocrated by tho blood of tho crucifiod Suvior, Do not lot it go. Iold fast to It; it will do you good, Encourage sound doctrino; build upon the apostios and rophiets, ospecinily upon Chrlst, the ehiof cor- ~ntone, And bo lova auxious to build mukllr han Lo build socuroly—safely. But, nbove all, build! Uso the mutarinls within your ronch. Do not sny, 1 havo found whorowitli to croct n liouso, aud rest {n that, but combino tho mato- rints in o wuitablo structuro, If the matovinls aro Uad, rojoct_thow; butif good, hold fust to thom and ke them, Aud what aro all thesa honovolont inatitutions, that so distinguish our time, but tho roligion of Ohrist inoarnatod ?—but Christian sentiment ro- ducod to peactico P—trutl, not simply discoy- orad, but *“hold fast" to? And botweon truth held nan thoory, and ombodiod in gensiblo forms, the distanco is long. Do thankful that wa have travolod ovor so much of the road, and hava womothing to show for tha journoy. Each char- itablo iustitution, whethor” for the poor or sick, for ehildron or old nyye, ombodias tho iden of tho worth of mnn, and {8 an oxprosslon of that fra« tornal sympathy which even tho carly prenching of Christinnity awakened. God bo ‘prnhmfl for theso dopositories of OChriatian routimont ; for thaoso crystalizad oxprossions of humane feeling ; for. thaso chaitio, in which loye of Ciod i love of man aro united and weddad to each othor, But thore is one olhor way in_which wa liold fast to tho truth that in offectunl for good, aud that 18, by n cousistont oxamplo. IF funtitu- tions embody the ruth, the Jife should illustrate it. Our preaching is vain, our doctrino is powor- lous, If tho Jife is falso. But faith in the head io ensler biold than vittuo fu the heart, nnd ono may keop up tho outward form of Christian fel- lowship, oven whilo destituto of tho love of Ohrist. Sin onticos us, plonsure soduces us, the world oceupies 3 us wo noed to take heed, IIold faut, brothor pilgrim, in the ewilt journey of tho world, for wo havo not far to go. "Hold on firm- Iy to your stafl ; thus fur it Las sustained you, and it will sustain you. Aund you yot young it yours, with tho world still bofora yon, na you seo In nged mon and women tho differonco. botwoon a lifa of virtue and n lifo of in 3 as you obsorvo how many of the young people in any generation aro mumbored . among tho sbandoned, or loud uubnppy booauso rockloss lives; as yow henr tho warnings that como from ‘tho pale lips of the dead; ns you rovera tho momories of thoso who, iu overy ago, hnye sncriliced ovon lifo in aid of tho truth ; and a8 you reflect that tho ebaractor of the gon- eration which shall suceeed you doponds almost wholly upon yourselyes,—L benoech you, in the nama of Clirjst, with respect to tho Church, to hold fast to its dootrines, its usoful forms, and ita mauy-landed chuvitios ; and, with respoct to yoursolf, to Liold fast to your honor, to the trath fx you underatand it, and to your allegiance to God. And this T urgo upon you, not forgetting the Josson with which the sermon began, and with & rocognition of the fact thut no ono of tho sov- oral Ohristian sects hins profited moro by critical study than our owi But strictness in Doliat, dovotion to priuciple, innot incouststont with Chrisuan charity, Hathor'lot tho words of tho serman be utterly lost upon your hearing £lion that thoy should encourngo any ono of you to narrowmindednoss. Bigotry is littlo loss than asin. Wodo not want it in our churchos, or in our hearts, Inm not pleading for anything of ihis naturo, for into that compunionship I would not have you onter, sut . urgo the claims of active faith, and desiro “to aid you in poreoiving the evils of moral and intellec- fual indifference, becauso I want you to _realizo that tho mon nnd women of this and other churches aro thoso faithful worloers who aro carrying tho burdens of tho many ohuritablo iu- wtitations of tho city, and all thoso people, of whatover faith or hame, who ara working for Lumanity, who aro uplolding by solf-denial and paticut offort such customw, ° principles, doc- trines,.a8 thoy believe aro vrdained of God, aro in theso respects worthy your emulation, and aro doing great good. By making ro- ligion = working foreo, Gad blesscs throngh thom thoussnds of Ihs clildren, Donial }is not belief. Negation saves nobody. Bimply to oppose what others beliove is no evi~ denco oither that ono has tho truth or is hon- cutly soarching for it. Pruthis positivey it is constructive, it is otornal, 'L'ruth 18 of God, “nud thoy that worship Liim must worsbip Llim in spirit and in truth," *Yn gpirit and in truth.” Whoraver you meot the truth, rejoice init. If with patience you soek, you will not como nway unvewarded. You will find it in nature, in the Biblo, in the fucts of Providenco, in history, in_men ond women swho, Jiko yoursolt, neod its guidanco; you will flud it in common ‘things, aud whors, perhaps, you Jeast oxpeoted it. . But wherever you fiud ' it, in the Church or in the streot, joyfully, gratorully nceopt it, o8 & light to your path and’a lamp to your foat, and *hold fast" to it. ———s PROGRESS OF THE RELIGIOUS IDEA., Looturo by the ov, Dr. Wise at Music nanlls Tho learnod Rabbi, Dr. Wisc, of Cincinnati, lectured to a small audionco in tho Music Hull, last ovening, on *Tsracl's Influence upon tho Progress of tho Religious Idow.” Tho wrotched wouthor, doubtloss, detorrod many from attond- i I'ho Doctor eaid every ides had its history. Tho religious idea, whethor it was inuato or ac- quired, bad its boginning in the biblical books, moro especintly iu tho books of Moses, IHere it was fiit found assuming o deflmte form. Since then it Lhad become univorsal, at lonat in tho eivilized portions of the world, ''ho roliyious idea, with its founda- tion of the unity of Deity and moral law, had im- pressod all nutious, Lhe first demonstration of T Thtiuonce upon paoplo outsido of Lalostine was nade when the prophet Elijuh and his dis- ciple Elisha were #ont to Damuscus Lo exol an influoncs upon the State aud covennut, 'ho prophot Jonah was sont to Ninoveh, the capitul of Assyria, and tho peoplo listonod to him do- vouuly, and did not doubt thiab his mestago camo from o high. tow cume it that theso prophots conld oxorcigo such an influence? It could only bo by the poople acknowledging thom to bo the messongers of the Doity, All knew thnt the prophots Isaue, Abrabam, and Ezeltiol not only spoke to tho I)nm)lu of Iurnel Lut to all the snrrounding uations, Their mes- snyes wore not newspapor articles, or political spoeches, which might or might not lave their effeot. Thoy spoke only whoro thoir word was sure to have oftect, Cominug down in history we found that the pooplo of Samaria, or of the Kingdom of Isracl, wora soattored from the Cpapian Soa to tho Guif of Porsia, Tho Median civilization then bogan, end whet was vory straugo was, that the rohgions rovolution or roformation which then sproad over the Porsinn Empiro be- san fu Modis—in the very localities whore the wraolitos found a now home. In anciont times, when & nation wus conquered, its gods wero do- posed, Whon the Philstinos woro a pooplo no ongor, thoir Lelinl becuno the Baalzobitb or Su- tan of all the uattons who read the Bible. In Tgypt and in Lorsin, tho ovil spirits wore de- throuod gads, Whou Inracl was scaltored there was apparently no hape of its over uusin rising Rfl.o mportance, I'his was tho boliof at the me. But what did we seo? Tho proud Noebuchad- nezzar, tho conquarer of many uetions, buwed down with submission to the God of Dunlel, and Bolshaszar hent before tho CGod of Israel, and did homago to the Lord of Lords. Luforo the poople went back to Palestine, and after the timo of Aloxandor the Great, tha conrso of civili- zation ohanged, und tho oyes of ihe gasb were turned westward, Irom this time the Hobrows of P'alostine wore in closer conncetion with the wostern nutives than with the eastorn, Now began o now orw for the roluiluus idon, Talostino'and Groeco wero brought to_closo contact, and the godu of Groeea und the (od of Isruol placad faco Lo fase, sd thy question arono, which wan truth and woloh fietion, In Aloxaudrin, tho contro of trado and loavaing, one of the Ptolamys called tho sovonty sages from Talesting to have the lohrow Biblo trauslated— most likely tho L'entatouch—for tha GOrooks, Why did he desiro It to badona 2 Was it uob Deoiuso the voligiowy idons in tho boea lud pro- grevsod and mado juroadsinto the Gesk world ? Aftor its tennplation into Greals, o now org of lit- oraturo bogan, fragmonta of wiich ara mill pro- gorved; sud wo kuow from Philo that a now warld oponiod to thomn, Long hefora Croanr, and probably batoro Pam- ruy, thoro were Iobrowa in Itome, and they brought tho raliglons idon with thom; and ns thoy beeame intimate with tha Romans, that {don sprond, ko much go that, in the tima of the Tmporor Tiborlus, it was found necossnry to oxpol from Rome not only tho Lgyptians, but the Jaws. The idow lind ita frionds” amon, tho lowost and smong tho highost olnssoes, an thoreforo its prosolytes. All'the Grook proso- .| 1ytes I'aul mot on hig way through Asin Alinor had beon instructed In the truth as it enmo trom Paloatine, 'Tho #oll was propared for the riso of Christinndty. Without this proparation_ by the progross of the ilon into Gresce nnd Itome, Christianlty would hnve hoan fmponsiblo, Aftor Christinuity took possossion of Lhe soil, thero camo tho doivnfall of tho 1lghrew State— tho destruction of Jotusalem and the Tomple, Tho Innud was in tho hands of the onemny, tho patriots and champlons wore slain, and tho eap- tives of war were earried far nway to tho distunt Rhine and to Spain. The people who roranined wero downonst, powerloes, aud lelpless, But one thing comid not bo erushod—1,600 yonrs of history, into which the roliglons Idon wns entwined. Ivery Jew who was ourriod away from Palestine wae a murehing Bible; not that o hnd it in his pockot, bub llB?ll\l] it in his hoart. ilis soul was improguated with the doc- trinos of tho 8uered Boriptures; aud every ono way o missionary. They wore scattered aniong tho nattons of the earth, and mpressed thom witl tholr idons of agrioultneo, of ‘tho nrtw, of civilization, of right, of law, and of roliglon. And 50 tho idea progrossed. . Looking baclk toward tho Ruphrates, wo found there, on the line botween Arabis and Porsin, tho Habbinioal sehoals, the old Ilobrow sattiomonts, whore the Iobrows had formed a Stato in o State. Tho ides wout eestward from there, All knew low the Jows wero ireated in tha middlo ages. ‘Thoy hiad to oxert thiomsclves in evory possible way to protoot their lives, Thoy could muke -no propngauds; could not aprend their ideas and doetrines, Bue from tho Tiost, Dback to the Wost, was carricd Dy the Arnbs the Groelun philosophy and litora- ture and culture. Among those Arabs thore wag « vast number of Jows who took bLold of the spirit of the n{;u and brought back o new culture into Chuistendom, From the tenth century the Jews commonced enitivating philosophy, and thoy produced the grentest mon of tha middle nages— o _phbalanx of Dbriliant stars—scholua, and thinkers iu all branches of scienco, literature, and philosophy, and they improssed themseives upon the Christisn heart, 1f thore wns any progress of the roligioue iden In tho Reformation undor Martin Luther, the credit bo- longed to the Jowish writors of Bpainj forif they had not expounded the Sacred Serip- tuvres as they did, {f they hnd mob bronched thoe “ideas thoy did, the Itoforma- tion was cloutly impossiblo. = Tho roliglous ides progrossed thenco onward, and madoe its apoutles from one end of the civilized world to the othor. It would never stop. Tho Hebrow mind brought it forth and purlfied it, and it was recotved by thinking peoplo, Take' it out of our law-bools, nud what was left of privciplo would amount to very little. In conclusion, tho lecturer sald whenever he contemplaied this country ho always comparod it to nuciont Greeco, which it resombled in many ways, America was the central point in which all” the clements of tho various civilizations amalgamated. Heore was the native gonius whiol: took hold of these eloments sud produced an original schomo of Government —a Governmont which would provail {rom one end of the world to the other, and whioh was destined to redeom the nations from their oppression. Hore would bo produced nn original eivilization, peculiar in arts, sclonce, philosophy, tastos, and peoulior in views ana opinions ; nnd here would be produced au origi- nal rotigion. Whethor the Icbrew idon wonld have its influenco in the new religion which was vising ovon to-dny, depended upon tha Jews. [Applauso.] DIR. —_— M'CARTHY. What the Pcople nt the Union Park Isaptist Church Eenrd Yesterdnye Tlie services yesterday morning st tho Union Park Baptist Church wero of a most oxtraor- dinary character, Indeed, it isdoubtful whother the memory of the oldest inhabitant gooth back to the time when a similar sceno was onncted in the ouse of God, Readers of Tue TRINUNE wera fully informed in Sunday's lssuc of tho position of affairs in Mr. McCarthy's church, and the interost croated by this publication of tho Socloty's complications, togother with the anuouncoment that the pastor's scrmon would deal oxclusively with those complications, had tho offect of bringing out a very largo attend- ance, in which the lndios wore in tho majority, 1lis foes came to hoar how the shopherd of tho flock wonld contiive to oxtricate himsolf from the tangled wob which, a8 thoy claim, his own neta had woven shout him; his friends, Lo hear lis complote vindication of himself ; strangors, to hoar sumathiug oxciting. 1t js probable tha no one was disuppointad or failed to be intor- estod. OPSNING PRAYER. In bis opening prayer Mr. McCarthy confinod himsolf almost entirely to the munin question, snying thut, though thoy woro bronght together under exeiting aud Pniuffll circumstauces, it did not follow thut Christ hud withdrawn His pres- ouco from among thom. Il suid this church, onco 1)uncul\ll and happy, had beon dmgfiud down until it hnd becomo u don of thieves, The Holy Spirit_ wee invoked to blosa the pastor, even though his character should bo uuder a tompo- rary eclipse, aud o bring him forth us fair ag the moon, o clear as the sun, and as torrible ns A army with bunuors. Ifo prayod thal overy guilty wretel n the soclety—overy liar, forni- eator, and adulterer, from the pulpit to tho choir —might be dragged out and exposed before the world. ¢ THE CHOIR, Then the choir, which is led by n gentleman upon whoso private morals tho pastor had not nositated to cast sovero imputatious, availed itself of tho opportuuity to veply to tho alln- sion in tho prayer, and proceadod to eing tho motet, *‘Blessed aro the puro in Lieart, for thoy shall seo God," It was clover a8 a retort, but not o success, musically cousid- ered, The tonor was weak ; the contralfo much porturboed, tearful, and red n tho faco; tho Dari- tono (likowino loudor) ovidently m s Ligh stata of norvous oxcitemont; and the organist nil astray with his chiords. Ounly thae sopruno wain- tainod a porfoct composure, . TI LORD'S SUPPER, ‘Whilo roading the usual Sunday morning pul- pit notices, Mr. MeCarthy remarked that this was the Sabbath on which the Suerament of tho Lord's Supper should ba administored, but tho Daoacons had forbidden, “I uu[lxponu Wo must ot along withont tho body snd blood of Christ to-dny,” was the commont, uttored in a somi- Tucotious vein, Tho pastor then rond with much unction the 44th hymn, commencing i Jesus, I my cross liave taken, which was suug by eboir nud congrogation, THE SERMON, Tefore proceoding wi his sormon, Mr. Me- Carthy invited the roporters, if uny were pros- ont, to como forward and sit st s fublo just in front of tho puipit. Ho bad_provided it for their convenionee, ho said, aud he wanted what ho was about to suy fully roported in tho duily papera, Ho thon road his text, which was the ui:mfind aud third vorses of the 12th ohaptor of uko : Lo thoro {s nothing covered that shnll not be ro- voalod ; neithor hid that sl not be kuown. ‘Choroforo, whatover yo bLavespoken in darknees aliall o tamed 1 tho gt 3 snd that Which 0 hava spoken fn tho onr {u closets shull e proclaimed upon the house-topm, No attompt_wiil bo mada to report what Mr. MeCarthy said, for to do so would be to publish romarks Which were simply cosrso and vulgar, and wore rodecmod by no fun or iumor, aud yol 300 ladios, murried aud single, honrd theso onrl- ous obsorvations as they droppod trom tho lipa of n ¢ pronchor of the Gospol,” and blushod aud shivered and lowered thelr eyes as they heard. Eivon mon unattontdad by women were unassy, anif thoy were somehow at fault in tho dintrodi~ ing situntion, Noua lady gob up and loft the chureh, for co have done 8o, under such eironm- stancos, would huve requirod more than femulo courage, sinco it would have shown sho under- stood what was suid, ~Uhey kopt thoir soats and ondurod it. 'l'lm{ ondured onough, withont & roproduction of the mattor fu tho column of Prix Trinune, Teforring to the text, the sposker said that Josus spolo theso words to dissuade men from bypocrisy; to deoluro to thom that it was an i - l:(mmbilhy( that docoit conld not bo maintained oforo the wotdd, esus bad 1iis oye maiuly on tho peoplo of this world, and 1utended to toach thint & mun must go for what ho in worth, and ull uttompts to musk tho truth would fail. ‘Lhe l)m'punu of thu sormon was to impress upon his honrory the utter impossibllity of mnlutnuumin falnu chnruotor befora thia poople of the world, aud ho proposed montionitg wovoral influances whiuh oporated to expuso bypoorisy and develt, Tivst, waus consolenco, Cod’s vicogoront in tho soulj tho cuemy of all vasvalu; tho groutest of all polico foxoos, It lod meu to botrsy them- solves, tore ld disguise from thelr facon, sud lot tho whola world know what Hnenks nnd rnsonls thoy really wore. 1'hyslognomy waa auothor ald, I aman was o libortine, ho would nhow it inhis fontures, and a ton-fold veil ovor lis polluted faco would not concenl tho ovidences of florce, unbridlod prasion and dosira, The dpunkard’s 1080 qmr. aimed him; the gamblor aud thiel had » distinoliva extorlor which everyhody could revognize, Livon o Iasoivions thoight showed itwolf in tho faca; o singlo lic would tako nway the honuty trom n woman's visege for wooks; & drunken sproo told its own atory in tho watory oyo and Llontod countenance, ~ God kuow that the only part of o clvilized man's body which would “not be eovorod was his faco, and Ilo ox- prosuly provided that it should bo o sign hung out_for overyhody to road, Curiously enough, God fo arranged 1t that o man's erimo should o lumlnhefl In the nosa, “If ho hnae boon drink- ng, ho ehows it in hisg noss; the blood rushes to his noso, and ovory- body mose It" Chis stale pun was porpotrated with malico nforethought, and it protuced n Inugh, more on acconnt of the oddity af ul J»\umlng pronchar than any wit in tho pun Kolf, Mr. McCarthy wont on to say that scionco wos always at work showlng what” people nto mnde of, and reforrad to tho gront offeutivencas of chomice]l analysis ol the microscope in the dotection of crime, Tho spoctroucopo was an- other wondarful nid, sund bo bolloved the time would come whon, through its agency, wo conld ovaporate & woman's tear, and tell whethor it was o erocodile or not [langhtor] ; could evapor- ale the apittle from a woman's mouth, and tell whothor she had just lied or not. [Sensationsand ovidoncos of disgust.] Io proccoded s siop farthor in the dircotion of the spectroscopical posuibilitios, but tho congrogation stood it. 1f an actor on the stage wers to dollver n apo cch one-tonth part o nmazing, ho wonld be polted with hissos, DBut this wad inn Baptist church, aud in the prosonco of peoplo who rogard thontro- going as sinful. Aftor dnllvnrgllyg himsalf of this extraordin Y ilistration, Netarthy - bocams Qo or for n time, though mora or loss vio- lent and noisy all through. ‘Eruth, he sald, was liko o puzzlo maj Lub it togothier wrongly, and a hole waa left. Bon lo loft a holo; it would nat hang togather. No lie would prospor ; the truth would como out. ~ All the dovils in holl would not provent it ; a lar in the bowels of the Church would be found out and oxposod, Mme was cited ag another agoney in exposing hypoerisy, Murdor would out. 'I'hings mlp,h‘l hong fire for a littlo while, but they would bo stralghtoned out after o time. Cod kopt o doubln-antry ledger, and overy maun's account was there in full. ‘Troachory was another powerful agout, 'Tho pastor’s manner ab this point iudicatod that ho spoko from porsonal knowlodge when he eaid thnt whon o mrn wroto a lotter it was shown to everybody,—evon takon out whon tho recolyor wont to make Now-Yenr's calls. Culob Cushin camo to grief ou necount of an old letter. Butit was still worse to have poopla porvert what ono gaid. No mattor how careful a person wus iu his or hor spoech, somobody was sure to porvert it, and go about vomiting it all over the com- munity. Thou thoro was the pross and tolegraph. i dote on roportors and intorviewors,” said the Rov. Florenoe. *Ilove 'om; I wish they'd writo up ovorything T sayand do. Supposo I didn’t wish o thoy'd do'it junt the samo—tell whon I changed my shirt, and’ all nry toilet and wardrobo 1nysteries, You mmstn'l expect to maintain a falso character and keop tho facts from tho public. Your refuge of les will bo destroyed, and if you are u liar, a hypocrito, n goducer, or an adulteror, the whole world wil know it."” i 1Ie had concluded that hypoerisy did not pay —not avon & mild form of decoit, Porfect frank- ness and condor was tho bost, * Pooplo say I'm too confiding, Well, porbaps Iam. IamghdI am. I glory in it. Dou't you lknow whyIam #0 confiding? I'll tell you. ~First, I'm on Irish- man. Did you ovor know an Irishman who wasw't confiding and_credulous—who wouldu't tell all ho know, and_beliove all that overybody told him? Becond, I'm a Sonthornor. Did you avar know a Southornor who wosn't credutous ? "'hoy novor stoop to decelt. Third, I'ma Clris- tian, and I take every one to bo s gentloman and a Clrigtion until find ont to tho contrary. I'm %‘lnd I'm so conflding, and woar my lieart on mysloove. I oceasionally fall on s blackguard, axid by Lis lios are mada” for s timo an objact of ridienlo in the community, Sometimes & woman comes to mo as_ hor puator, and fter getting my inniost thoughts, goes aud rotuils them evory- where, I'm Fh of it, oven if I am slundered and betrayed.” ‘Tho pastor thon describod, in & lighly dra- matic and diverting mauner, tha proceedings of u mooting called ou tho 13th of December by the Doncons, Thoy ecalled it & moss-meoting, bo- cause if it wero a church meoting only church- members could vote and talk, Thoy did not want to do that; they only wanted a_chiance to throw out somo insinuations, One Deacon got up ond said that 1o had been forced to the palu- ful conclusion that their pastor was neithier o Chiristian nor a gontieman, Thoy had all learned thoir pieces, and anothier Doacon enid tho samo thing, aud anothior aud anothor. Tinally, one of tho Doacons said there romuined gomothing to bosaid which was bad for tho Indies to hear. Tvon married womon might not bear it, it was so awful. A lndy got up and said sho was a marricd woman and n virtuous woman, and sho bad daughtors, and she wanted to know what it was that the pastor had douo that could not be told, “'Phey didu't tetl what it was,” said the preacher: * they didn't intond to. Thoy only meant to Insinuato, It had the desired effect. Btorics about the pastor began to circulate. Even the proschors in the Ashland Avenue Chureh cironlated tho storins, and an infumous pamphlet wna printod and distributed. And tho offect of it all is thut & man who lins boeu atand- ing in this Flllplt for throo Eonrs, Droaking tho bread of lifo, andleading tho way down to tho baptismal waters, is mado out 1o bo tho woist dog ont of hell. 'Lt this is true, the papors will {ake it wp. They will tell all about tho different Indies iuvolved with me—whother thoy aro blonde ar brauette, Tho Day's Doings will bave their pictures. ‘Tho wholo thing will bo worked up in glowing colors, and 1 will go down to in- fumy. But if, on the othor Land, if it is not proved, time will vindicate and cloarmo; friouds will tise up {n my bebalf, and I will commit my- self to the {nflhcu of tho community, belioving that God will bring mo out strougar, botter, and more boloved, N o ulluded to the subject of insinuations gon- crally, suying thnt ho did not fonr thom, Nobody noed fonr insinuations unloss thoy were truo. Hothon gave a fow samplo insinuations, show- ing most conchusively that the Uniou DPark Ohurch I8 a healthy hot-bed of seandal, and that, it it camo to that, ils pustor was protey woll posted on ourront smut. By “sn{)poning“ thiy or that insinuation, he contrived to introduca some quoor reports concarming varlous mombora of the church, none of wlhom were moutionod by nnmo, it is truo, but thu{ wero 8o plaiuly hiuted at us to leavo no doubt who was meant. Iu conclusion, ho said that if mattors wore nover righted in this world they would bo at the judgment scat, Thora the books would show it all, Tho morn) of it was, **Liva like a Chustian, o pure and blamoless that, even If soven Don- cons shoald got up and suy you're a lechor, it won't bo belioved. ‘A short prayor on goneral principlos, the sing- ing of * Coronation,” and tho benediction, Drought tho sorvices (o a closo. It was intarout- ing to hour tho commonts s peoplo passed out of churoh. Kome waro angry ; woma hubilant at the pastor's bold daflunce of his enomios ; otherd wore amused, znd wll joinod in sayiug thot they never leard the liko. Trobably not. e g PROF. SWING. Dedicatory Sorvices at the 'Thivd Pros- bytorina Church. The regular dedicatory servicos of the Third Presbyterian Ohurch woro held yestorday morn- ing in tho anditorium of that handsome editlce, which is situsted on tho northwost corner of Cnus and Suporior streots, Lho attondunco was yory Inrie, us many mombors of othor church- communities were attracted to witnoss ' the caro- mony. The pastor,the Rov. Dr.8wing, ofiieintod. Aftor prayor and the singing of tho 817th hymu, the reverend Professor prenched tho wormon, tnking bis toxt from Bt Paut’s Epistle to the Colossiaus, ehap. 1, v. 18,— Who hath delivered us from the powers of durkness and hath trans- Iuted us into the Kingdom of 1l doar $on," "o proachor said ho would devoto him- golf eapecinlly to that branch of * the kingdom™ alluded to, which was comprehondad in the I'res- bytoriau COhuroh, Ho would not attompt to entor upon a formal discussion of all that was undorstood by the word *chureh,” but would ulmp\{ give uttorance toan fow words, hastily joined togethor on the suur of the occaston, ‘Thoy woro strongthonad fn faith by tho knowl- edgo that tho whola hman family hind boon for agesworshipors of some form of Divinity,—of tho .\h\ker In sowio shapo,—and thut no hutian henrt thig falling, was wholly without Humunity fled to “the rofuge of (iod's tomples from the mennuoss of the world, und so encrod in classfo thnos were thoso tomplos hold, that tho vory birds thab built thelr noste thorelt woro held under protes- . ed tlon, and no man conld ho inducod to slny thom. 1o’ congrogation ind como to that now temple, on that winter morning, with many foolingy,— feolings of sin which nooded forgivencss, of worrow which neoded hope, nnd of mortality which neodod nesurance of an immortal aftor oxistonco. Yen, thore was nwod of prayor, of nmility, that'slng might bo forgiven. Ono distinotion marked tho Ohurch ot their Iand, It was dofiued by tho tonohing of suoh v Dbelug ns Josus Christ,and was washod piro as snow by His blood, which' was shed for the sulvation of mon, This wns tho divino object of the Chutoh, apart from all human intorests, This was why the humau raco ever toited to gob with- intha noods of thut Ohnroly, which was tho ranetu- ary that brought thom nonror to the ford of Hosta, Thoy had & form of worship, human, world- wide, nnd somprohonsive onough for all, They liad come tliore ns o fragmont of the groat king= dom—to their own sheltor, honeath thoir own fig- troo. Aftor the tribulations which had beset thom, God had, so to sponk, * dolivorud thom from tho powors of dorkness, and trauslated thom into the kingdom of is dear Son.” From tho} busy huunts of evorydny lifo, God had Drought ~ them futo 1Mis tomplo of worship, Ho claimed that tho widely-seattored parts of all donominations comprehonded one grand on- tiroty. Naturalists had boon long discoverin whother the original wild rose had blossomad into n hundved differont spocios, or whothor thosa spacios hind ench & progonitor. The for- mer theory provailad, and go, in the Kingdom of God, from tho virginal flowor camo all the crocdn, and all combined formed tho idea of Ilis Church, Tho quostion had beon ralsed as to whother the deuominations wero tho namon of somo glorlous star-nstoroids, or whothor onch fingmont was & mtar by itwolf, The congrogation to which Mo spoke boro the name of _* Presbyterian,"—uot boeauso the Kingdom of God wus Proshytoriun, but bocause the Ohuroh discipline was cast in thio Preabytorian mold. Homothing—Providonco —neeidont, perhaps—had grouped them togethor nn one Amall island of the E\'\:M Qhriutian doa., i asyian 1UIANL INA DEGOING 10U miONE tue %, e of Chnreh dlgcipling, but also the exponont wy s eenid That Churol was & domocraoy in which peoplo golocted o fow mlyruunnlutlvu nien, called the Lldors, and commitied to thom the caro of the government. They wero amnmvumd to robuke falso toachers, and to lool aftor tho gnnuml interesta of tho Church community. The preachor bimself was ono of the Elders, ordained to spealk in tho name of roligion, This form of Church governmant claimed the sauthority of tho Secriptures. No wontimont of tho human heart was so powerful, for good or for ovil, as tho sontimont of roligion. 1t wha the most unlyersal of all sentimonts. It hiad ite domain in all the hopes and foars of the soul. . In i world which had boon drenched in blood hy religion—rfor it was n faot that religion had ecnusod mors wars, and more sanguinsry wars, than any othor principle known to mnn— it wns nocomsaty somo mon shonld ho taken from among tha peoplo to ropresont thom. Neithor Popa nor King' had o right to sot up his own particular iden as the modol of faithfor o nation or for the world, Noither the Popo of Rome nor King Hoeury, of England, had_that tight, although bothi laid wlaim to it. ‘The oxistenco of the Presbyteriun Clinroh—which opposed prelacy—was o living, viigm-mm protest agaiust such fmpious assump- tion. Anothier valunble idea in their system of chureh government_was tho mutual guardiau- ship of all tho Presbyterisn clorgymen over each other, Towsuch an oxtout did this wystomn of discipline provail, that outside ministors looked upon the ~Presbyterian proacher as the very foromost typo of an intellectual slave, The unprenching - oidors woro drawn right from tho practical buminess world, whoro they wero among the people, and knew their wants and wishes, and they brought to tho Church the” Donofit of thoir sound common senso, which was, yory ofton, & wholasome checlc on the inflamma- tory dogmns and misdirectod zoal of unpractical theologinus, who regarded everything, human aud divino, from a transcondental standpoint. Tho time when n._combination of tho Iny snd clerieal forces in tho Church might have pro- ducod evil iad passed away, and the brothor- hood of both was no longer = despotism, but might bo considered a materiai check—an admirablo form of restraint, Each gunrd- tho othor from rash idoas asnd im- pradont policies. Thoy noeded, in the ministry, ~ protection from men _iwho, Sunday, would Y‘runuh of Jesus Christas a Divino being, and, in tho next, might proceed to doubt whotlior such a porson ever existed. hat way not strongth of inind, aud vigor of purpose, but misorablo vaciliation, calewlated to bring tho Profossors of roligion into tho most unutternble contompt. g “Thara woro old, dend lenves in tha thoological treo that noodea shaking off, ho was_fres to ad- mit. When they wero withored aud of no more Vonuty, thoy should be mado to give placo to the young buds—to frosh foliago. Thore wns no need to beat the venerable” treo with aniron fll, a8 somo profassors of Froo Religion and Uniturin\niumvmd seen fit todo. 'Thero were doc- trines that should remain untouched vntil legiti- mutely supplanted by the now, Ho did nol’bo- liove in mnarrow-minded roligionists. ‘Thoy cramped ovorything ; they rotarded ovargthiug. oy reminded Liim of tho dogenorate Greol, “Ihorsites, who followed tho baunered hosts of tho brave Grocian States, finding faulb with ovorything, aud when Lis comrades thought only of victory and fame, ho only had foar und lsmentntions, If he could, for a briof moment, Do pormitted to spenkof bimeelf,—and it was tho first time be Lind ventured to do so during a pas- torate of sovoral yeavs,—ho would say that Lo liad over lived in 1l o])rasnupa of tho Presbyte- vinn divines,—oithor by their lives or by their Writings,—nnd it ovory dopurturo, Inrgo or small, which he lad mado, their presence was ever felt. He had not prenched a single doctrino, nor uttored u solitary principlo tha bo would, it he could, recall from the bearts of mon. The prenchor then entored into an ahle roviow of tho doctrines of Presbyterianism, and illus- trated tho fullncy of any Church trying to build itwolf upon carthly materints, Tho ompires of Holomon, of Belshazzur, of Pericles, of the Cie- sars had possod awey, and naught romained of thowm but melancholy arches, broken pillars, and ruined towers, around which the mournful vy eutwinod ituolf, like a shroud, And tho time wonld come also whon God should scl Lis seal upon tho great kingdoms of tho earth Whith wore tison xisting, whien thay, too, should payg awny and loava ouly in their desolate traing the sad evidonce of their pristine splondor; but, in roalms boyond the tomb, faithful souts should find o kingdom where thoro shontd be no wnrs, no contlagrations, no famines, no ruined tow- plas, no broken pillars, but whero ali should bo peace, and joy, and ?lury m tho light of tho eal- vation won by tho blood of Christ, and ratified Dy tho boniguity of the Fathor aud the Lternut Spirit, OTHER BERVICES. Tho glorious Lymn * Neaver, my God, to Theo,” wad then 3ung by the choir and audience, aftor which tho Rov. Dr. Pattorson offerod tho dedicatory prayor, and mado a fow romurks on tho risd and progross of Proubytorianivm in Chi- cago. Commuuion having been partaken of and benediotion pronounced, the congrogation dis- porscd. : The usual Church Sociable will bo hold Friday evening, s THE TRUE GENTLEMAN. Lecture to Young People by the Rev. Lavivd Uollior. The Nov. Tmird Colhior loctured yosierday ovening, in tho Chureh of the Mesuiah, on *The True Gontloman,” I'ha truo gontleman, he enid, is the grontest of all oharactors, Whou one says that suothor is o porfoct gontlomen, ho always moans tho highest of complimonts, IHuwthorno said that Franklin Piorco was olacted Prosident bocauso ho was a gontlomau, DI any ono evor henr of sny other gront quulity in connection with him? o way 4o polished, cloan-ont, and elogunt, that it was no wonder that all Now Humpshire considered him tho perfoction of gontlomanly charactor, Ono ground of the luck of this quality of per- foct polish s duo to tho freshness of our wezlth, OQur Wostorn rich mon aro fairly surprised ab thoir own position. ‘Thoy huve wenlth, sl choy know other familios who have woulth, aud they try to follow the lond of thoso who have had wealth longer than they. "o spoukor suid that he had sst down to din- nor in Boaton at a table whoro tho sons inherited tho woalth and onlture of six gonerations, How would one of our Chicago boys whose father made lis mouey last yeur,—~iguorant, boorsh, covered with cheap jowelry and pomuade,—how would he compare with theso inhoritors of woslth and sdueation for 200 yoars ? = ; "fho man whom I want for u friond is tho man who will bo tho ssmo nway from mo us with ma i, & man with whom 1 can ‘leuve my honor and know thus he will uphold it. With tho Incoming of commerce and trado in Wastorn Jurope, bogan the d,vlulg ont of thoe olityalrio apivit. ‘The Knights of tho [9g:lul g had high ideuls of honor und duty, Thoy had evary incontive, from their youth up, to uphold a high staudard of persoual honor, und thiy tine songo of delicaoy has boon wearing off, uutil, ut this time, how linve wo lost this quulity. No Auliard—no wan of slow intelleet—ean bo a gon- tloman, Ho must havo the quick wind snd ju- tuitive porooption which will enable him to gruap tho fluost things aa wall as the greatost. M, Qollior paid that n friond of his relntod that wiule In Gonova ho met o Chicazo man ro- puted to bo worth 82,000,000, 1la asked tho lot- tor how ho likad Romo, and the {wealthy fiznov- amus sald, 1 Oh 1 thoro sin't no fun in Rome." Now, what kind of o man was hio? No_mnt Tiow ignorant hio may hava hoon, ho owed nomo- thing to his ‘multl(m. to the Gouaral Gavern- mont of which ho was o aitizon. Now, whilo many of our ancestors, our pare ants, perhaps, wore not pooplo of much culii- vatlon nor fiand aducntion, ts that any reaion why thia youth of the presont day should ho tho gano? Lven if thoy eannot go to collogen or high-achonls, they can educato thomuolvoy in tha spave hours which thoy wasto. They could he- como mon of ewlturo and rofinomont by roading tho ourront liloraturo of tha day, Another friond of the spoakor told him that, whon hie had a friend of rofinomont from the Iaut to dine with him, it was all hocould do to invite a dozen l;mrnouu io meat him at dinnor whio would not fusult his guest! ‘I'e gontleman mnking this statoment wau not anyvthing remark- ablo, nor different frotn othor poople. Ho spoko Tonestly and folt keonly that ho could not invite gentlemanly &monn to meot his friouds, ‘Whon Mr. Collior was iu)London ho took aeah, and whon hie camo to pay the hackman ho mudo tho count ono thing and the hackmau made it anathor, 1Te said that the lattor was mistnken. The eabman snid: T Im% your fmrdou, I talnk Iam rlqlxt." *No," said tho other, ** you aro wrong;" but when thoy camo to the cabman wns [ound ) o AMUSEMENTS, HOOLEY'S THEATRE, NETURN and FAREWELL to Chicago of S A T, W K I T Tho (NEATERT, TIVING THAGEDIAN, RO NIGLLLS pog W EDAERAXS A TINER nipgrentTulo Tzt ® - Suyigin roelon up to ho (Ban Soventh Pog TOEBbAY—IAL1ZABIYTIL, Quoon of Tngland, Sat. VINI in his famons rolo, L% OV FRSEX. 3 DAY MATINEE (by roquosti—O/TH BLLO. BALVINL in his prund imiersonation, OTHELLO. Yerorvad seals, o3 and 1,00, sicurdiage 1o tocailon, Admlsslon, $1; Family Cirelo, f0e. Salo commcnoos “hursday at the Boz Ofites, Wednosday and Thursdag evanings (by roquest) the creat hit the OVERLAND ROUTE With JOHN DILLONand tho entiro Company n the cas McVIOKER'S THEATRE, Tast weok of tho Brilllant Young Actress, MISS CLARA MORRIS, Rocelved nightly with tho UTMOST ENTHUSIASM Ko wiil sptianr durng the prosont waok in her notod success of AN n LT Bupportad by s powerful cast, + Saturday—LAST MORILIS MATINER, THE GREAT ADELPHI, Wabashav,, corner Congrosuat. GRUVER, RICI FIRST PERFORMANCEH, This MONDAY EVINING, FEH, 8 Frory evoniig and WEDNESDAY AND BARURDAY MATINBES. “Tio pioat powertul Varlotios Company of o day, sud » {ull Dragnatio Qonipany and Tilot NOTE 1L PRICK: & C b 1 Parquet aid Circlo, 50 conta: Dross Cireln, 3 centa: Gallnry, 113 cons Tirst Porfurmanca, Thix Mond: 2 Tob, 2 or Tadtes, Famlion, anl Uhilics, WEDIRSDAY T Families, and Child 2D RS NEXT, B Admindon o all parts of tie 5, 4, a3 p. t Tictro (Matineo) # onias Ciildrett, 113 conid, Fi~Tho most enfoyabla, doflihiul, and agrocable por- formaugo of tho day. ACADEMY OF MURIO, Engagoment of tha Dialoct Artisls, BAKER AND FARRON ‘Wouderful Exponants of German and Irish Malo aud Fo- malo Ulinracters, Evory Frening and Wednosday and Baturday Matinees, the proat arigiuul Drsma, {n § Jote, welkton b, dolia . Thompaon, Esi., of thy' No Y. flerald, roplota witli toucehing Pathos, Startling Tabloaus, aud Novel Ple- turas, eniltlod MYERY OPERA-HOUSE, Munroo-sl., bot, Dearborn aud Stato, Arlington,Cotton & Rembles Iinstres MONSTER ATTRACTION TS WEEK, Flrst apposratioo of Monare. WALTERS & MORTON, Tho Glinmpion Song and Dance Artists of tho woeld. First spnoacanos of BILLY COULTWRIGIT, the ro. nowned Spoclalty Artist and Comedian, ~Lsary Evonlng and Raturday Matin £3 Look ont for MAZEPPA, DUBUFE'S GRAND PAINTING OF TIR PRODIGAL SON, Now on Viewat tho ART HALL, EXPOSITION BUILDING. Day Exhibitlon, 10 te "Plokots, b0 conts; conts, Tvening, T to 10. ason Tickots, $1.0; Clildron, 35 GLOBE THEATRE. Last Wieak of Sharpley, Sherudan & Mack's Hammoth Tronge [Ths bost Wil ger scon fu thin clty. Grand Matinwo otiaoaiay aud Satucday. - Blonday moit, 'HILE BLACK "GRAND MUSIOAL CONCERT Nuxt Monday, Feb, 2, 1634, at 139 Bouth Clarkest., to be givon by Prof. Albert Mitler Iirotternitz aud J. 3. Coul- fown, Tall music to ba furniyhed by the tircat Wostorn Band. Adulssion to Ball anly 25 cents, Concort froo. T0 BUSINESS MEN ! An Opportunity for Permanent and Safe Investmenl. AronfTored for cash _salo, furniture and fiztures, and olioico nf stacl, to amount' of from fon fo fi Qollars, Jisliuss : Wholasalo and Rotull Alitfincey, Lecatlon : *Donvor, Colorada, ' Stack new and freo from somnants or ubblsh, Buflding uow und Tucated In businoss contro, Fixturca now and desiublo. A lurgo entablishod busioss, balos of lato firis in Oo- lobier, 34, 000, I r sminll buslness may ha dono brobdrtionata to caplintamplosad. . Corrospnnunes sulicitod, und rollabl von, Ad #s within T noxt'ton days, A 2 Col., or Waum bl, Tl __DISSOLUTION NOTIOES. DISSOLUTION. ‘T'he copartnarship horotofare oxiating hetweon John J, MgKiunon aud dohn WV, Marsb, hias hoon diswlved, "ho understznod will continud the practica of lair dnd Inaning on Jua} Estato socurity at_the wama wluce, No. 45 Clark-st., Chicage JOIN W, MARSH, Chicago, Ji DISSOLUTION. Tho copartnorship horetofora esisting hutweon tho un- dsraizned undor style of Hobson & Heron, I3 this day dis- solvod by mutual consont. Elther party will sign lu lqui. dation, R. M. HOBSON, W. D, 11 Cligzgo, Jon. 31, 1834, N ............,\B <N A A SPECIAL NOTICE, 20TH YEAR. PHILIP A, HOYNE, U. 8, Commissloner, fs alsa Com. missioner of Docds furovery Stata and Territory, Notary and Presport Agont, st tho ol exiahlished placo, Roow 21 Ropubiig Lifks Building, (57 Lasalle-at., sweond tloor. 38 SCALES, FAIRBANKS STANDARD SCALES OF ALL BIZ¥S, FAIRBANKS, MORSE &CO HLAND 113 LAKE-ST, PRERFECTION? BOKER'S BITTERS. 1HOULD L 10 CALL ON E\JE DR. A, G. OLIN, 0S_Tandolpheat., Stato, 1hho oldest nud Jongost-oStALI{ANA. fin?yfilu\mfi"fl'nm«'hh"l o infhio trontniont of hrlvats discusss i all thole var 1 camplleatod forms. sporlence bay onabl foct romedlos that fovos suil, Hia Inta work, delivored bofora the Crilcugo Modieal Tutitito on 1 Aantiond, . Wamnihont, 1 hook for Do S ot Citoninrs, for Ladis, two stamps, ALl basinoss strioily contdontial, ~ A liwant oo for patianfa. ™ Ruintuces pusltivaly ciirod, _ Oall or writy for elronlur, DR.C. BIGELOW CONFIDENTIAT PHYSICIAN, * Establishod 18 enrs in tho olty, Writo or All and lis satsticd, Oifica, No, 470 tonth Clark-st,, (Heuuo, NGO QURA! DE T 800 South Olnrk-st., flllififll:a.! ) 4, wrsanally or by Dl . J, KI B 4 Fante owFan of B0 y'u.' Urooh ok, Liusirutod, W ounts