The New York Herald Newspaper, April 26, 1869, Page 3

RELIGIOUS. Observance of the Sabbath in the Metropolitan and Sab- urban Churches. Sermons on Ritualism, the Chureh and the Republic, Gambling, Close Communion, the Day of Judgment and Re- ligion and Patriotism. The Churches in Washington, Poughkeep- sie, Newburg, Bridgeport, New Haven, Middletown and New Jersey. ‘The day yesterday was not very favorable for large attendance at the churches of this city and vicinity. There was a clear sky, but there prevailed avery strong westerly gale, accompanied by fitful squalls, which sent the dust in circling clouds to the imtense annoyance of churchgoers and others. The beauty and fashion of the metropolis, forewarned by the wind which whistled through the chinks and Fattling window blinds, did not, therefore, to any great extent, lend the charm of their presence in the fashionable churches; and consequently those per- sons who resisted the latter for other than spiritual Motives were probably not gratified to the extent they wished. There was sufficient attendance in all the churches to prevent thre preachers from getting prosy or dull; and, taking things all in all, the re- sults were, no doubt, gratifying. Below will be found succinct reports of the more notable sermons preached in the metropolis, Brooklyn, New Haven, Middletown, Trenton, Newburg, Poughkeepsie and elsewhere. BELIGIOUS SERVIVES IN THIS CITY. TRINITY CHAPEL. ‘The Ritual of the Church the Visible Exe ponent of Her Doctrine—Lecture by the Rev. Dr. Dix. The third of a course of lectures on the Incarna- tion was delivered last evening by the Rev. Dr. Dix in Trinity chapel, the subject being “The Ritual of the Church the Visible Exponent of Her Doctrine.” The reverend gentleman referred ut considerable Jength to the subject, explaining the signification of the several rites performed in the Church, showing their origin and defining thelr characteristic fea- tures. He remarked that tne rites observed were a public form of divine worship performed since the beginning of the Christian Church. No man had a right to make a ritual, all having been iastigated by divine authority. There was @ ministry in three orders for no other reason except that such ministry had always been in the Church. The holy sacraments were revered because they were commanded. And faith had always been the rule of the Church. To secure @ prover representation of the characteristic truths of Christianity the Church aad always em- ployed liturgies. A liturgy was the same thing as he creed. From the beginning the Church had used Mturgies as solemn functions, not addressed to men but to God himself, as solemn acts of worship, ‘the reverend gentieman then proceeded to explain the meaning of liturgies, showing that they were public manifestations of worship to God, and adding that worship was a duty enjoined by natural rebgion. ‘The liturgy was framed so as to represent and bring to mind the great sacrifice made by the Redeemer, who died on the cross to save mankind, The rites performed were done by his own command, having desired his apostles to commemorate Him by such representa- tiqns, it was the continuation of the oblation of the High Priest himself. lt showed the intercession of the priestly work of Christ, and likewise demon- strated the spiritual presence, for without that the rite would be nothing. The liturgy of the Catholic Church was like the creed, of apostolic origin, and was substantially the same throughout the world, Taois rite might be celebrated in a very different manner or it be surrounded by different acces- fories. It might be represented magnificently or kept within the bounds of austere simplicity, External accessories affected in no substantial way the act it- na The nee gered might be used at ae or adapt remaiai Substantial: tue great functions iy the same. In Oriental Chrisvendom it was performed with splendor and id ceremonies, In the Anglican branches it was jain and simple to a fault, ‘Ihese differences might ve been expected, for nations differed insenti- ment and taste. ‘The holy rite was celebrated in the Roman and Greek churches with considerable gran- deur, in some instances almost amounting to gor- geousness. That, however, did not in any way Affect the act itself, though it might tend to inspire a Ee degree of religious awe at the magnitude of e rite. In this Church it was characterized by com- ete simplicity, without any ceremonious display. desire to substitute grandeur for their simplicity ‘would be foolish. The taste of the oe was averse to showy ceremonies. It was as true that ritualism, ponsidered as a service to God, was capable of devel- opement and improvement. Without sacrificing gught of their native dignity, the services could be made more attractive and more solemn. But there was Do necessity to copy the Koman or the Greek vhurches, but, building upon their own material, there was room for some extension of some important Accessories. While rejecting all non-essentials there were yet some features, to abandon which would be @ derelictofduty. Those points shouid be strongly and determinedly maintain: Doubtless there were rouki be opponents to the introduction of many Posential elements, but they should, nevertheless, be carefully guarded, and though the attempts to main- tain them should fafl, those oe eae them shonld mot be discouraged. Essentials and non-essentials should not be mixed up together. By a recent ue- Cision the two altar lights which had been in use from time immemorial, and which were used at the time of the decision by three thousand churches, were suddenly forbidden. Those lights, at the time of the holy sacrifice, had a historical and theological pignificance. They dated from the time the Chris- tians worked in the dark in consequence, and tin- lied the two natures in our Lord Jesus Christ; and hile the decision must be accepted, there were some |! that could not be given up without commit- ing @ breach of ee © There were some who it that all ey had to do to be Bal was to make an act of faith, such Persons saw no use in ritualism, so that the intelll- advocate of that theory was opposed to it. Yet here were some who mistook the divine worship for rel service; that the minister was their minis- ter instead of God's, and s0,expected the minister to arda them ‘rather than to the aitar. Persons who held that theory were decidedly op- to the psaiter, which they considered was a prose dialogue. In ‘fact, they liked no ritual a ‘was not mere ‘ook a aiuiceeen ey appeared not to thin! tual Was ao offe! to God. Now, the ritual ad be plain, but it nevertheless could express the tru! Jest i, but when deprived of its essential accessories } came a mere form. The Jectnre was listened to with to attention by a large and fashionable congrega- a CHURCH OF THE REDEEMER. Bishop Sonthgate Administering firmation. A numerous congregation was assembled last even- (ng at the Church of the Redeemer, corner of Fourth pvenne and Eighty-second street, to witness and par- take in the ceremony of confirmation by the Right Rev. Bishop Southgate. After the usual lesson had been read by the rector, and after the recitation of the Ritual and Apostolic Creed had beon completed, twenty-two candidates for confirmation went for- ward to the chancel. They were about equally Givided between the sexes, though all save two or three were young children. The solenin and impressive act of “laying the hands on’? was ag by Bishop Southgate, wno, according to prescribed forms of the Protestant Episcopal Church, invoked the assistance and mercy of heaven pon each head. ‘The children were all hecomingly dressed in white and seemed much afected by the solemn oftices that they were called upon to perform. Bishop Southgate then addressed those who, by his election, had become confirmed in the faith of the Church. He would wish them to believe that the rvices through which they had juat gone was no le form; that it did not, in any sense, consist in mJ & mere ceremonial, but that, as the Aposties Christ did at the direction of their master, when laid thetr hands upon the heads of the part ire imbued Wace one and who, ing the language 0! je Gospel, received the Holy Ghost, so fe. as the successor of those ‘Sposties, as one to whom had been delegated the sacred office of confirmation, in alike manner laid hia hands upon their heads and they received the Holy Ghost. He would counsel them, however, that this was but a preliminary step to aaivation; that if they did not follow it w bye proper and Christian course of conduct, and with devotion and zeal in the service of Christ, that then, indeed, naught else but an idle form could be the name of what they had just embraced of their own free will, and after an enlightened and thorough instruction as to the importance of their future ie. bors. If they had not been sinners there would hi been no need for him to execute his holy office in their presence at that time; it was, rather, becaune eiiare peclaly ee Kos tied holds out this invita. tion, eapect fe young, to come and enter upor the great work of eartiny relorm, Tt was veeause tue of th poe the devoutest hi hould be sought for, not neglected and with a distant awe, Nothing is neeessary for ita celebration but to bring @ repentant heart, @ faith in Christ and charity to your fellow men. ‘The Bishop concluded by urging his hearers to a wider, and at the same time more earnest observa- tion of the sacrament of the Holy Com munion. CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION. Farewell Sermon of Rev. Dr. Flagg. The congregation at this church, Madison avenue and Forty-seventh street, yesterdaymorning, to hear the farewell sermon of the rector, Rev. Dr. Flagg, previous to his departure for @ year’s residence in Europe, was not so large as the event might have led one to expect. The house was not more than half full, The church edifice is a new one, of mode- rate size, and has been rented for a year to the Church of St. Thomas, or till the completion of their new house of worship. Dr, Flagg took for hig text the tenth verse of the second chapter of the Book of Revelations:—"Be thou faithiul unto the end and I will give you @ crown of life.’? These words, add: two Church, are words which every man should always have before him to stimulate him, to strengthen him and to defend him. ‘They might be appropriately engraved on his signet, and be seen in his place of business. But how ts a man to be faithful? Believing in the name Of Christ, can we be otherwise than steadfast? He calls him- self the Alplia and the Omega—the first and the last. How much does that mean? All that we live for, that we are and think and do. It includes every secular, every spiritual interest. ‘What American heart does not thrill when he stands at the grave of Mount Vernon’ ‘fo this day the Greek Christian makes an annual offering at tne tomb of St. Polycarp. If earthly love and devotion can call forth such faithful recognition, should we not bow before that name before which every knee shall bow? Ifa man has reason to be proud of his family name he has still more reason to roud of the re- Jation SA erg to God by reason of the vows taken in his behalf or by himself in the presence of angels and of men. To be faithful it is necessary to be dill- gent in the use of those means which are best calculated to promote persoval sanc- Ufication. A man mi be what the world calls an enthusiast. If men are earnest im their business, earnest in pleasure, there is to be earnestness in matters ofreligion. Christian fidelity ig fidelity to those vows which are the most serious that mortals can undertake. After the preacher had concluded bis comments upon the charch he spoke a few parting words to his congre- gation, in which he altnded to the diMcuities that had been encountered in establishing the church and keeping it alive during the seven years of its existence. He said that after his return, recruited in health, he hoped with no abatement of zeal and‘ with ,renewe@ power for work to carry forward TOS EAS OROCRNY than ever what had atready been so well begun, CANNON STREET BAPTIST. CHURCH. Rev. John Q. Adams on “Ciose Communion.” Yesterday afternoon the Rev. Mr. John Q. Adams, pastor of this church, which still retains the above distinguishing name, although located at the corner of Madison and Gouverneur streets, preached to a numerous congregation upon the subject of “Close or Restricted Communion,” it being the last of a serles of lectures upon doctrinal subjects. He se- lected as his text the 1orty-first and forty-second verseg of the second chapter of the Acts of the Apostles, “Then they that gladly received His word were, baptised; and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls, And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship and in break- ing of bread and in prayers.” These words, said he, contain a description of the foundation of the first Christian Church. It was by direction of the Lord Jesus Christ and in accordance witn this com- mand, After Mis resurrection and just prior to the ascension the Apostie Peter comment to preach the word, that unbelievers must “repent and be bap- tised.” ‘This model, drawi by the Saviour and Daniel into effect by the aposties, waa the plan in- tended for all other churches to the end of time. These sacred teachers, ip their ‘ministrations to the multitudes, always and everywhere re- quired faith as the pre-requisite for baptisra and fellowship. This order, revealed in the text, was then Negeri eee law of God's house, and willever be. Those who profess to believe the Bible must Decessarily accept this version of one of the fundamental principles of Christianity. Retigious writers upon this point have said that “among all the absurdities that were ever held by men the one that any should partake of the communion be- fore they were baptized ts the most startling.” There is but one religious denomination in the world that does not make baptism a prerequisite for com- munion, that being the Freewill Baptists, and the act of associating with them im this sacred observ- ance by “close communionists’” would be the voluntary repudiation of the latter’s own faith of baptisin. This observance Scripture teaches us should be by immersion, and therein lies the sepa- ration of the great body of the Baptist persuasion of Christians. [f the Church ordinance of baptism may be administered by ay why cannot mention of it be found in the Greek Testament, and why did not the apostles who interpreted the com- mands of the Lord ever advert to this method? Common sense is the best ingredient, after ail, in the matter of a pee understanding of the teachings of the tament. Faith, re- pentance, baptism by immersion and communion were the orders in which he believed should be the requisites for church fellowship, and this is fully in obedience to Christ's precepts. Submission to this ordinance must be maintained, as it is a divine com- mand; and the charges of bigotry and selfishneas brought against Baptists by adherents of other sects have no weight with the intelligent when this 1s fully understood. Baptists stand on principle, and they are forbidden by the Lord to hold communton with un- baptized persons, and they cannot, These are but a few meagre points touched upon by the pastor in his logical discourse, which was listened to with attention and evident satisfaction. NOXTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Lecture on Gambling by Rev. Thos. Street. ‘The first of a series of lectures on ‘The Tempta- tions of City Life’ was delivered last evening by Rev. Thomas Street, in the North Presbyterian church, corner of Ninth avenue and Thirty-first street, the subject selected being “Gambling.” He took his text from the First Book of Timothy, sixth chapter, ninth and tenth verses:—“But they that will be rich fall into temptation and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which draw men into destruction and perdition; for the love of money 13 the foot of ali evil,” &c, He commenced by saying that a desire to become rich seemed now to be the predominant feeling with tne majority of persons. Character, peace of mind, domestic quiet and enjoyment, and brotherly solicttnde, Were put in the background. If they listened to the ordinary conversation of the city they would find money to be the keynote. Instead of the ordinary salutation nowadays when people meet of “How is your health?” or “How are your family?’ it was now, “How is Erie?’ “How is Paciic Mail” or “iiow is goldy? Even matrimony was a question of Toney. The question of choosing a companion for life was not her eg fitness, character, usefulness, but wealth. There was something peculiar about city life which had a great fascination for those unac- customed to 1. Evidences of weaith abounded in magnificent stores and dwellings and the oo, apparels that paraded the streets day after day wit people mstde of them. People unaccustomed to such sights, when they came here, imagined that the city was fail of gold. Under thet delusion youn, men, who had good farms, good trades and good profeasions m the country, gave up ail these and came here to get rich. But tney soon found it was not ‘all gold that “giitters.’ in most cases they lost what little money they had, in some legitimate way first and then were force'l into illegitimate means to recover it. Spiders were ever on the watch or these green Mes. For that | te tend taey resorted to gambling, and once they had contracted that wicked habit they got 3 of it rapidly. born in the © They went Dolly where others besitated to tread, and alas! how many found the saine sad end! A —_ man went to the gambling house, knowing hat the probabilities were & hundred to one that he would fail, and yet he hal the delusive idea that he might sneceed—that he was sharper than the rest, He has heard some glorious atories of men who had amassed immense fortunes in one evening. He has not heard, or rather ts un- willing to hear, of the many Who had been ruined by gambling. Well, be tried and he falied. The failure made him the more anxious to retrieve his joss. Or, what was still more disastrous, he suc- ceeded at first, as many were allowed todo. In either case he was on the high road to ruin. He was suspended over a deep mult by @ cord, and every tine he played or risked be cut a strand of the cord, and it Was only a question of time how long Young men who were he might ki clear of the fearful depths whic! yawn under his feet. Gambling had ite grades, From an air of high respectability and entility it descended to that of the lowest tufamy. became early familiar with that. | SHEET. the beggar of to-day became the millionaire of to- morrow, and the millionaire of yeaterday the of to-day. Men of the highest social respectability engaged in that. as he lecturer) went out of church last Sunday night a gentleman said to him, “If you want to see some gambling—something worthy the name—do not go to faro shops or Rew shops, but &. down to Wali street. ‘here it is in all its vigor, It 18 80 easy to pomble in that way. ‘ou need not be seen nor known init. Leave @m: for your broker and he will do all the business for you.” A young man with whom he was acquaint became sessed of a small fortune by the death of his father. He lived in the country; came into the city and operated in Wall street and was cleaned out in three days. Gambling of the same character was c: on ip all pranches of business. Speculation has ruined its hundreds where misforvune has ruined only one. In the cities of New York and Brooklyn there were 1,019 of these “re- spectable”’ bling houses, besides 163 faro banks, and how inany similar hidden places of the same nefarious character there were could not be told. The report of the Society for the suppres- sion of Gambling siated that the net gains to the roprietors of these places were not less than 000,000 annually. A detective had told him last week that there were most stringent laws against them, and yet they were rarely disturbed. hy? Because they were a!l in ajring and had unlimited funds. The detective said to him:—‘Though you may hear of gamblers being arrested, did you ever hear of one being convicted?” An officer had told him that he knew woinen to sell their clotiies and their shoes off their feet to get money to buy tickets with at these gambling shops, and that ee mold leave their children starving at home for that pur- pose. The officer also sald that he was frequently applied to by men to see if something could not be done to stop their wives from gambling; that they were ruining them by gambling. ‘The lecturer then went on to give & description of the Coursas, or gambling saloon at Baden Baden, which was to a large extent patronized by women, and after draw- ing a vivid picture of the gambler’s lace closed his discourse, ST. JOSEPH’S ROMAN CATHOLIC C4UACH. Lecture by the Rev. Dr. Parsons. At St. Joseph’s church, corner of Sixth avenue and Washington place, the Rev. Dr. Parsons delivered a lecture last evening on ‘‘Religion and Patriotism.” ‘rhe proceeds of the lecture are to be devoted to the benefit of the schools attached to the church, and, from the size of the congregation in attendance last night, it may safely be presumed that the benefit will be a substantial one. The reverend orator descanted on the beauties and teachings of religion, and among the latter the lesson of love for mankind, and especially the love and honor which are due to parents. A person’s native country is regarded as a mother, and a person who would obey strictly the dictates of reltzgion would necessarily Jove his native land. Patriotism the lecturer defined as being @ sort of self-love. Self-love, he intimated was generally the motive to action on the part ot individuals, It often induces men to perform great and good actions, but it is too often vitiated when left to itself. This self-love. then, should be among the principal atiributes of the body polttic, and if rightty directed would add to a people’s welfare. Love of country causes men Ww labor for the happiness and prosperity of their fellow men, and it inspires them not only to labor for their fellow wen, but to be ready to make a sacrifice even of their lives in their country’s defence. The reverend gentleman went on to show then how religion had ever been the forerunner and the prop of civilization, and that even in primitive days the priests took a prominent part in the affairs nations, and always to the good of the State. Civil and religious hberty should be the end of the Jabors of good citizens, and liberty is only @ means to secure that end. History, the orator said, did not record an instance of a true patriot who was not a religious man. He cited several instances of men who had been reckoned patriots, such as the first Napoieon and some prominent men of the French revolution, but they were selfish and erratic men ana not true patriots. In bright contrast to them he placed Wushington, whose name and memory are revered throughout the world as a patriot and a Christian. ‘The discourse was quite lengthy, and at its close a sacred concert was given by the choir of the chureb, THE SECOND COMING OF C4RST. Sermon by Rishop Snow, of “Mount Zion.” Bishop Snow preached yesterday afternoon in the University, on “The Sign of the Son of Man.” from Matthew, xxiv. 30—‘And then stall appear the sign of the Son of Man in heaven; and then shail all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of Man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.” From the close connection of this text with the verse which precedes it, it is evident that the time of the appearance of the sign of the Son of Man is when the sun and the moon are darkened, the stars are fallen from heaven, and the powers ofthe heavens are shaken, And these por- tentous phenomena of the heavens were to follow “immediately after the tribulation of those days.” _Universalists and many of the self-styled orthodox teach that all _ these things were accomplished in connection with the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans; but by what rule of interpretation they would sustain that view it is dificult to imagine. They have never given a satisfactory explanation of the nature of the sign of the Son of Man, though some would have us think it was the banner of the Romans. But, that emblem of the Roman power, called elsewhere “the abomination of desolation,” did not appear in heaven, but on the earth. And why should it be called the sign of the Son of Man? The idea ts per- fectly absurd, Not only so, they tell us the tribula- tion of those days consisted of the sufferings in- flicted on the Jews by the Roinanarmies. low then could all these,things occur ‘Immediately after” that tribulation? Such are the absurdities and contradictions in which men involve them- selves by their false interpretations of the sacred wiltings. The truth is, the text and context have nothing whatever todo with the de- struction of Jerusalem; but relate directly and ex- clusively to the great day of the second advent of Christ. The tribulation of which he speaks means the persecutions and affictions of his followers, which, commencing in common with the calamities of the Jewish Church and nation, were to continue until the times of the Gentile nations were fulfilled. (See Luke Xx1., 20-28.) When those times are ended, which is identical with the end of the world or age, the appointed trials of the true people of Goa, by the hand of persecuting powers, are brought to a close or shortened for the elect’s sake and the signs of the coming of their Lord begin to appear: and first the signs in the Juminaries of heaven. These are notin the natural but in the spiritual heaven. The sun Is the emblem of the Spirit of God, the moon signifies the written word and the stars the ministry. As proof see Psalm Ixxxiv., 11; Isaiah 1x., 19, 20; Revelations i., 20, xii, 1, and xxu, 24 When the Holy Spirit is with- drawn the san isdarkened, covsequentiy the Word does not impart spiritual light to the nominal church or the world and the ministry fall to shine no more. Then itis vhat the sign of the Son of Man—that is, the morning star of the everlasting day—begins to appear im the spiritual heaven of the Church of Mount Zion; and with Him shall appear a chorus of stars—the watchmen of Zion, who shail see eye to eye, as the Lord hath declared. (isa. lii., 7, 10; Rev. oe tg) These things have begun to come to pass. The times of the nations ended in the autumn of 1844. The Holy Spirit has departed from apostate Christendom, and she 18 left to the blackness of spiritual darkness. Her sun has gone down at noon. (Am. vill., 9.) The word gives her strange children none of the light of God; and the so-called Christian ministry are as utterly destitute of the light and power ot the Divine Spirit as are the fallen priesthood of the rebellious, unbelieving Jews. in Mount Zion alone is the light of heaven. There has appeared the sign of the Son of Man. CANAL STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHUNCH. Sermon by Rev. D. Mitchell. Yesterday morning the service in this charch was performed by the pastor, Rev. D. Mitchell, There ‘was a good attendance. After the usual devotional exercises, Which were remarkably well conducted, the reverend genticman apnounced as bis sutyect, Philippians til, 12, 13.—This one thing I do, for- getting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God.” He said thé Greciall gaits futnishea te apostle with some of his most striking illustrations. Such games were ever Sugges tive of his own Victory in Mae aiter the race aad batile of life. The words “forgetting the things which are behind and reaching forth,” &c., are descriptive of the attitude, the eagerness and determination of the contestants, At the end of the Tacéecourse is the pole or mark, and upon it tHe ey of the runner is eagerly fixed, ‘He turns not to t right hand nor to the left. In his eagerness he forse everything behind, He has but one atm, and that is to reach the mark, Here was complete absurption in one idea. All this sug to the apost mind the trne principle of ‘cess in the Christian's career, He, too, forgets the things that are behind, The preacher then showed that to forget the things benind was not to iterate all the past from our minds, He desertbed how the past worked into the present. We are very much what the past has made us. Weare at this nioment the photograph—so to speak—of our past lives and ex- perience; so that we are to understand the apostle O mean Not a conscious, deterimmed effort to obliterate from memory the many traces of the past, but that unconscious forgetfulness of the things behind that arises from the mind belag en grossed by one object. Our own experience told ns that our greatest successes have been made when everything ecemed to be shut out from the mind but thet present work on whiclt we were engaged. It is in this way that all great ends are accomplished. So, too, in religion, the cry of the sinner just converted is, “Could I but extii guish the horribie past! Could 1 kill the phantom out of sight "Te istby being engagedin the service of Christ that we forget the past of grief and shame. By no otier means can we wipe out the remem- brance of the sins of youth or unconsecrated man- hood. Those, too, who, like the apostie, are fat advanced must not reat with satisfaction upon the efforts they have made and the progress they have gained, The word “forward: should be our cry. Let re Was stock gambling, for instance, by which | us be so bound up in the progreas wo are now race that were helps to the runner. Any object, a8 small poles, would indicate de- of distance, Thus mile stones were felt to be elps. AS We ascend a mountain every peak be- comes our guide. The sailor even has his imaginary lines drawn on the ocean by which he measures dis- tance and speed. The things betore us im the Christian race are the various degrees and qualities of are steps towards ultimate perfection, We should be ever reaching forth towards more love, greater devotion, pro- founder wisdom, higher knowledge of the truth. ‘Then these degrees and stages that mark a Christian career are all pointing towards their end—perfection of character. The ideal of perfection 18 the life and character of Christ. What the apostle conceived Christ to be he resoived to be, ‘This is the mark for rize is not to be thought of so much * 1s not the biessedness of heaven, It 18 a8 unworthy of the scholar to study for & prize as it is ms business to gaia the mark for the prize, viz., knowledge. As it de- grades & merchant, physician or minister of the to be ever striving for wealth, fee or reward, and not to have a special eye to the object of his ogee 80 it Was dangerous for the follower of hrist to be ever thinking of heaven only, and not considering the way by which heaven is to be gained. The preacher concluded by urging upon every one to e in the Christian race, There was a prize for every one who attained it. Every one who reached the mark, whether early or late, would re- ceive the crown, RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN BROOKLYN. PLYMOUTH CHURCH. Sermon by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. Rev. Henry Ward Beecher preached to @ very large congregation yesterday, taking for his text the words of the prayer, “Thy will be done.” The sen- tence comes from the lips of the child and from the than as if tt was the easiest of all utterances as well as the easiest of all commands. But he who sails in that sentence must have a deep channel. It is clear He who can say in the hour of reflection and contemplation “thy But he who repeats this utterance in the struggles and experiences It is unplied in and reaches far below the surface. will be done” is happy. of daily practical lie is happier. the sentence that one has suci a view and concep- tuon of the Divine character as commands His un- bounded confidence. It is impossible for one who commences with the opening sentence, “Our Father who art in heaven,” to go on and say, ‘Thy will be done,” except on the supposition that God's will 19 if God was for us the best and noblest consolation, the being of the heathen mythologists, with the at- tributes accorded him by heathen people, there would be but @ transfer of man’s seiflsh passions, and men could not say, “Thy wili be done.’’ It is said we must accept simply, implicitly, what the Scripture teaches, and for us to sit in judgment mon- on the Scriptures and what they teach is strously culpable, It is said we should accept what the Scriptures teach us. So say I. But what do they teach? That is the question; and on that point the best and most learned men in different ayes have differed, according to the moral philosophy of the and the prevalent ideas of government that according to the different modes of moral theology under which they lived. So it was in the past, and so it shall ever be. But through all these times men’s ideas are growing. Men's natures are grow- ing higher, nobler and purer, and their ideas are derived from a higher moral sentiment, and their thoughts are more cleansed from the taints of man’s passions. God does not grow, but men’s ideas of God grow. The earlier interpretation of the revela- tions of God were very largely infused with the elements which spring from man’s nature. Man has become so much more elevated in his morai nature that he has snaaiton @ better couception of God. That which right in God is right in man, and that which is not mght in man is not rightinGod, If lying 1s wicked in man it is more wicked in God. If it be man’s duty to maintain fidelity to his words, still more intensely 1s it morally obligatory that a superior being should be faithiul to his word. God is tne god of love and of mercy, and asks nothing of man that he cannot easily perform, and he orders all Ly for the best. God 80 loved the world that he gave his only begot- ten Son to redeem it. God 1s not a tyrant. He hates cruelty, and all the sorrow and suffering that are wit- ness lasting victory and gladness. Ail can say thy will be done, and happy are they whose lives are so ordered that they cin at aii times say, Thy will be done. FIST UNIVERSALIST ChURCH. Rev. A. J. Canfield on the Immortality of the Soul. A large and unusually intellectual audience assem- bled in the First Universalist church, Williamsburg, last evening, to listen to @ discourse by Rev. A. J. Canfield, a youthful but gifted divine, upon the sub- ject of the immortality of the soul. & man die shall Re live againy” said) Mr. Canfield, is the most in Ohrist’s illustrious resurrection. the unbeliever, « who have gone betore ust going?” the great doctrines of the resurrection and immor- tality. No nation or tribe has ever yet been found upon the face of the earth tnat did not believe in the soul’s Immortality, although different ideas prevail among them in regard to the great truth, There are people among us who doubt the immortality of the soul, but they do not like their own doubts, They are conscious of the want of it, and would like to be persuaded of it, for ail men desire to live for- ever, and God did not create that desire for nothing. Mr. Oanfleld did not believe in the theory that the body and soul met on the day of judgment, but thought that our immortal parts shook off our mor- tal seif forever on the day of dissolution, And in closing he said with great earnestness, ‘My breth- ren, the best way to find immortality is to make ourselves worthy of it? SCRIPTURE AND THE CHUACH, Lecture by Dr. J. W. Rogers in Brooklyn. “Scripture and the Church’ was the subject of a lecture delivered by Dr. J. W. Rogers, of Memphis, formeriy @ minister of the Episcopal Church, at the beautiful hall of St. Peter’s Academy in Warren street last evening. The assemblage was not large. The lecturer introduced his discourse by assert- ing that the sermons of the Church was a subject in which Catholics and Protestants were both interested. Notwithstanding the reports that Catholics have no regard for the Scrip- tures; they feel a reverence for the Bible which none others can feel. The priest kisses the sacred volume whenever he kneels before the altar. The martyrs of the early days of the Church so venerated it that they often went to their martyrdom with the holy book in their bosoms. It was from the Cath- olic Church that the Protestanis first accepted it, Dr, Manning in his recent work on the holy ghost said that Protestantism based ite existence on the Scriptures. He maintained that ue volume of the New Testament was not essential two the propogation of the Christian faith. The speaker thea proceeded to demonstrate by a nt and forcible line of argument, quoting frequently from works of prominent divines to inastrate the truth of his argument that the Bible had been dis- puted at various ages: that the Founder of the Church never wrote it; that the Gospels of St. Mat- thew and St. Luke were written eight years after the death of our Lord, and the Gospel of St. John was hot written unt! between ninety and a hundred yeurs after, Yetthe Church had existed during that period, and it couid have flourished to present time without the New Testament. The plant of Christianity did not depend upon tt, but uj the word and promise of the founder of that plant. Protestants who take the Catuolic Church on one hand as their mother, having received the Bible from them, should take their stand as rationalists, 10 Teject born the Bible and the Church. There couid be no deduction from this fact, The speaker was frequently applauded tnroughout his discourse. RELIGIONS SERVICES IN VEW JERstY. ey City. A jecture was delivered last evening at St. Peter's church, Jersey City, by Father Hecker, who took for his subject “The Religious Condition of the Coun- try He commenced by saying that there are two overpowering tendencies everywhere in the religious condition of the world. All attempts to dnd a logi- cal foothold between these tendeacies have proved inedectual. One leads to a retura to the Catholic Chareh; the other to rationalism, infidelity and athemm, Hence the assertion of a popular writer, “Rome or reason,’ is not correct, because Rome ta not o| ed to reason; it is rather Christianity or inflde yr, better still, Catholieity or rationalism, because Christianity, outside the Catholic Church, ont existence. Protestantism has fur and free field to develop its own intrinsic character. Take New England and you will hardly find five members of the Protestant religion Who hold the same opinions in matters of religton that they did fifty years ago, so great is the change in the fundamental truths of Christianity. 1 have known persons who offered themselves for ad- mission to the Episcopal Church, and the Bishop waa willing tO reevive them, who denied the doctrine of the ‘Trinity, and others, again, who denied original sin, The great truths of Christianity have been so obliterated from the minds of the peo- pie of New England that they are ready to worstup almost in any piace. The lecturer then recited nu- merous Protestant authorities showing the increase of tue Catholic reiigion and the decay of Protestant- ism, Which is lapsing into tnfldelity, According to the Kev. Dr, Fish, of Newark, the Roman Catholic population Las increased sixty-five per cent—greater than the popnulatton of the United States for the ten years preceding 1850—while the evangelical denomt- nations have decreased eleven per cent, Protestant. ism as taught tn New England for the past haif century is such that men could not receive it when they attained full manhood. For instance, it taught n no indepe: had, in this ¢ t age shaped theirideas. The ancients differed on this point upon earth are but the commencement of ever- Mr. Canfield took for his text the fourteenth chapter of Job:—‘Ir This question, momentous in life, and it 1s has received its greatest illustratlom He would ask Where are the myriads of those Where are all of us ho can answer? The answer is found in that man was wholly depraved and that his salva- tion depended upon election and sovereign grace. in short, it was an ex! su) alist, and then they swung to the other end of the pen:lu- lum, ex: naturalism, The prevailing re- ligtons in New Bagiand are Unitarianism, Universal- ista and Spiritualism, A few event ago a lady, who is a well known Spiritualist, in reference to hell, “Non constat,” or, in plain “Ivs no go.” Luther strikes out St. James from the Bible, and Bishop Coienso much right to strike out half the Bible. We find great many who are beginning to think that Homer's ‘Hiad,” Dante’s “Divine Comedy” and Shakspeare's Plays are inspired, and they cannot see much aif- ference between them and the Bible. Protestantism had a tendency to polygamy from the inning, and the day is coming when polgyamy will be le- ized. Children are looked u as an encum- rance rather than a blessing; hence our American ee is dying ont, ‘This is one result of testantism in its social aspect. Newark, In this city yesterday there were large congrega- tons at the various churches, thongh the services invarlably were of the usua) character. Jane Benson, a colored woman of mature age and loud, masculine voice, preached three times at Music Hail, Bank street, in presence of quite numerous white audiences. She said at the opening of her re- marks last evening that she had been laboring for the reclamation of souls to Christ for the last fifteen years, “As it was,” said she, ‘in days of good old Noah, when the world required purifying, so was it now.” There was an alarming need of powertul working in order to do good. Great preparations are being made for the enter- tainment of the delegates, numbering about 1,000, who are expec! to be present at the National Sunday School Convention, the session of which opens here on Wednesday next. George H. Stuart, of Philadelphia, is ex to prestde. In the absence of a respeciable hotel of any size, the Committee of Ar- rangements are in @ fearful dilemma relative to the furnishing of suitable accommodations tor so many visitors. Again is the want of a first class ne of entertainment deeply regretted by the sensible peo- ple of this primitive city. It was very humiliatin, have to write to Mr. Stuart, who had sent wor to leave room for him in ‘one of the best hotels,’ that there was no such institution. Trenton. The large church-going population of this city availed themselves of the auspicious weather of to- day to assemble in crowded congregations at their favorite places of worship. In St. Paul’s Episcopal church in South Trenton the pastor, Rev. J. C. Brown selected as his text the greater part of the fourth chapter of Genesis, commencing with the record of the murder of Cain. The reverend preacher commenced by observing that scarcel our first parents been expelled from thew earthly paradise and the gates of heaven closed against them than their sad condi- tion was rendered more terrible by sin and its effects. ‘The passions of mankind began to be developed in their children, thus creating an awful contrast be- tween the primal condition of our first parents in the enjoyment of the beauties of Eden. e further explanation of the text was then proceeded with, showing the commencement of civilization by the building of a city, the adoption of a pastoral hfe, the cultivation of the arts by Taba! Cain and music by Jubal, “the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.” RELIGICUS SERVICES iN CONNGCTICUT. Bridgeport. BripGceport, April 26, 1869. At the North Congregational church, this morning, the Rev. George Richards, pastor, preached a fine discourse from the text (Matt. vi., 26):—“Behold the fowls of the air, for they sow not, neither do they reap nor gather into barns; yet your Heavenly Author feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?? The text taught us to rely on Providence that provides for all, and not to borrow care and trouble of the future. At the same time we should not contract habits of idleness or shifttessness, but should make our work and play identical, even as the fowls of the air, At the Baptist cnurch im the morning the pastor, the Rev. Mr. Hopper, preached from the text (Revela tions xxi, 4): “And God shall wipe all tears from their eyes.” It was a fine and weil considered discourse, delivered with power and feeling, and listened to by a large congregation, The Rev. Dantel Lord, of the South Congregational church, closed his Jabors with that society to-day, and goes this week to Chicago. At the Universalist church kev. Selden Gilbert preached his — fure- well sermon in the afternoon to a large congregation. He also goes to Chicago this week. The Rev. C. T. Woodraft, of South Norwalk, omMciated at Trinity Episcopal church all day, ex- changing pulpits with the rector, Rev. Sylvester Clark. At the Beaver strect Methodist Episcoval church Rey. John Dickinson, brother of Miss Anna Dickinson, preached in the afternoon. The text was John 14th chapter, 8th to 19th verse:—“Phili said unto Him, Lord, show us the Father, ana it suMiceth us.” The longing desire of humanity for the knowledge of the true God was illustrated by this text. The soul craves this Knowledge, and noth- ing but this can satisfy it. The verdict of philosophy of history ts that man everywhere desires to know God, and just in proportion as he has this know!ledze is he satisfied and happy. The discourse was very interesting and instructive, and the large church was well filled. Large congregations attend St. John’s church morning and evening, and the attendance at Christ church was also large. The organ at the latter church-has just veen thoroughly repaired and the music was particularly fine. The Rev. Dr. Kichardson, rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal church, East Bridgeport, preached an excellent discourse in the morning, and a large number of worshippers attended atthat place. Full choral service was celebrated at tne Church of the Nativity, North Bridgeport, and the services were conducted hy Rev. E. F. Bishop, rector. St, Angustine’s Catholic church, the Rev. Father Synnott pastor, and St. Mary’s chureh, Rev. Father Drea, were thronged morning and afternoon. The Progressive Lyceum Spiritualists, was addressed at Lyceam Hall in t evening by Leo Miller, of New York, on “W suffrage the only hope of the temperance caus New Haven. NEW Haven, April 25, 1969. This morning, at the Chapel sureet church Rev. Prof. Seeley, of Amherst, preached from Judges v. 25. His discourse was designed to show that the Lord curses all who refuse to aid his cause. He considered three classes thus cursed:—Those who are actively engaged in doing evil, those who refuse to aid any distinctively religious movement and those who, belonging to the Church, stand aloof from the work of the Lord. Ip the evening he delivered an able sermon at the same church before large audience, from the words, “Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, to-day and forever.” He considered those relatives, in which Christ's character remained unchanged. In the after- noon, at the Third Congregational church, Mt Gregory preached the concluding on of his pastorate to a ge congresaton, Bis subject was “ evils of society can only ast ont by the exercise of faith.” At the close of his ser- mon he spoke of the expressions of regard he had re- ceived from his people, and returned his thanks for them, and then refe: to his departure in feeling terms, 80 that many of his listeners were affected to tears. He to Salem, N. Y., not being able to re- main here on account of ill health, At the First Methodist Episcopai church Rey. Mr. Watkins, the ‘tor, preached on the subject ‘Faithful labor never fruitless.” Rev. Mr. Scudder, the presiding eider, reached in the morning at the St. John street jethodist Episcopal church and in the afternoon at the George street Methodist Episcopal church. in the evening the United Epiecopal service was held at = Lina church. Ve . Andrews, oF the urch of the Ascension, a sermon. py oS RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON, April 25, 1869. All the churches here were well filied to-day, At St. Patrick's Roman Cathotic cnapel impressive ser- vices were heid in connection with the commence- ment of the forty hours’ adoration of the biessed sacrament. High mass was celebrated at eleven o'clock A. M. by Rev. Pather Walter, assisted by sev- eral other clergymen, after which an eloquent ser- mon was preached by Rey. Father Keen from the text, “Verily thou art a hidden God, the God of Israel, the Saviour—Isaiah, 4ist chapter and 15th verse. He said the ceremony which they observed o-day was first instituted about the year 1940, by the Archbishop of Mi over three hundred years ago. he occasion was the desertion from the Church of some of her children who called Shemselves Reformers, and who after- wards became Protestants. When the good Bishop saw these children of the Church turning their backs upon her tt drew him more closely to the contem- plation of the Saviour hidden in the biessed sacra- ment. The action of the good Archbishop was ap- roved by his Holiness the Pope, and the ceremony has been observed by the Church ever since. It w: parpitled os tons institution of the Church. It was to be observed by a sincere adoration of the Saviour hidden in the Eacharist. Cnrist was present in the holy sacrament. He was only hidden from view by the thin veil of a litte bread. The naked eye could not see Him, but faith saw Him, clung to Him and taught the soul to love Him, God was a hidden God. He hid himself in the burning bush when He talked with Moses; He hid himseif on the mountain when He delivered the law to Moses. The speaker tn- pressed upon his hearers the importance of a strict observance of the ceremony upon which they had entered, and besought them to devote themselves to the adoration of the biessed sacrament, in wie nh the Saviour was hid for the entire forty hours, The altar Was appropriately decorated with flowers and candies, and the audience was unusually large and attentive. ‘The colored Baptists dedicated a new chureh here to-day, in which services were held three times, = 't is called the Shiioh Baptist church, and is a neat and commodious building. The services were of a varied character, consisting of speaking, Vv yer and sing- ing, and were conducted by Key. Walker, panes. assisted by Rev. S. W. Madden, Chancellor ard and other colored clergymen of the Bap- tist Church, ont the Momonoliten Metnaties Episcopal charch @ pastor preached an impressive discourse from the text:—“‘And as He prayed the fashion of His countenance was altered, and His raiment was white and giistening.”’—Luke, ix., 29 The church was well filled by a very attentive audience. The La -4 inie: dent of the United States, accompanied daughter, occupied their accustomed pew. Jus' hase and several Senators were also pre- sent. As the congregation passed out of the church, instead of the usual music from the organ @ choras of childish voices from a corner of the gallery sapg @ hymn very sweetly. RELIGIOUS SERVICES ELSEWHERE. Newburg. NEWBURG, Aprtl 25, 1869. The twenty churehes of this little ctty of the High- lands were thronged with worshippers to-day, not- withstanding the wind biew great guns, loading the alr with dust and making walking difficult to the wearers of crinoline. This morning at Trinity Methodist church Rev. Willlam P, Abbott, the newly appointed minister, formerly of Albany, reached his first sermon here to a large cfm Progstion. His text was, ‘The Time le Shor ” He attempted by @ variety of illustrations to im upon the minds of his hearers the indinite shortness of time—meaning by time the iterval between the first creative act and the Day of Judgment, as com- with the two eternities, past and present. low exceedingly short, then, were the three score years and ten allotted to the individual man! Of ‘this short period one entire third was spent in sleep, another third was consumed in xy and in secur. ing a preparalon for the active duties of life; yet another tion was lost by sickness, 80 that the remaining, even to a person who attained to the ag@ of three score and ten, to engage actively in the busi- ness of life was reduced to fifteen or twenty years, There was therefore no time to be frittere@ away in attending balls, theatres and other forms of eveg questionable amusement, to say nothing of those admitted by all to be posttively immoral. The rey- erend speaker eloquently and forcibly exhorted his hearers to make the most of their time in ficth themselves for a blessed eternity, In referring m1 dentally to the peokene, age which our planet would attain he held that 1t was now only in the mornin; of Its existence. He gathered from the Bible it would continue to be the dwelling place of mortal ‘man until it “waxed old as doth & ment?— until by cosmical and chemical changes it would no longer sustain life, when it would be burned up and be replaced by @ new earth. stead of existing only during the “prophetic week” seven thousal years—it was possible it exist a prophetic year, or three hundred and five thousand years. In the First Presbyterian church this morning Rev. Dr. Frisell, of New Yerk, general agent tor the American Tract Society, preached the sermon from the text, ‘Blessed is he that regardeth the poor.” He gave a statement of the work of the society which he represented, and asked fora collection, which was given him. In the American Reformed church the Rev. Dr. pees oy Kimball, of Brooklyn, preached morning and evening. x! Poughkeepsic. POUGHKEEPSI&, April 35, 1969, This has been a blustering day, but nevertheless aciear one, and the various churches have been well attended. The Rev. H. Loomis, Jr., of Minnesota, for- merly of Connecticut, supplied the pulpit of the Con- gregational church, morning and evening. He gives food satisfaction, nnd will no doubt receive an official call to remain here. This afternoon Rev. D. S. Brown, of New York, delivered an address on tem- perance at Temperance Hail, and this evening he preached in the Washington street Methodist Epis- copal church. The Mission Sabbath schools were well attended and have become established institu- tions in our midst, ehildren from nearly all the churches in the city attending them. Tfils evening, at the Baptist church in Lafayette place, Rev. Mr. Wines preached an eloquent sermon before a iarge congregation, To-morrow evening the regular qnarterly meeting of the Sunday School Union is to be held in the First Reformed church. The subject for discussion will be, “Why are not Sunday schools more effective of good?” Diddletow: MippiETowN, N. Y., April 25, 1909. The a'tendance at the varlous churches in this town Was rather meagre to-day, though the services for the most part were interesting and instructive. At Grace (Episcopal) church the Rev. Alexander Capron, rector, after the usual! morning service, de- livered an interesting discourse, taking for his text Matthew vi, 19, 20, 21, “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon eal where moth and rust doth corrupt and where thiev break through and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures {n heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt and where thieves do not break through and steal; for where your treasure is there will your heart be also.” He based his discoarse upon the statement that throughout the holy Scriptures it was shown that altnouch the rewards in Christ's services begin in this world, yet it was the hope of glory, everlasting life and the attainment of the heaven promised by our Saviour that was the grand motive which had led all His true followers for eighteen hundred years to endure trials and sufferings ofall kinds, In order to attain that heaven and hear the voice of the Master say before the assembled mul- titudes, “Well done, good and faithful servant; enter thou into bene lag 6 of thy Lord.”’ At the First Presby- terian church the Rey. Dr. Seward took his text from the First General Epistle of John, fourth chap- ter and tenth verse:—‘Herein 1s love; not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be a propitia- tion for our sins."* His theme was “The great sacri- fice made by God to save humanity.” At the First Baptist church the Rev. Mr. Wicks conducted the morning and evening services. The discourse in the morning was founded on the twenty-first verse of the fourth chapter of Romans:—‘ Being fally persuaded that what He had promised He would fulfil, it was imparied unto him for righteous ness."" The theme of the preacher was ‘confidence in God, the source of ali moral good, distrust in God the cause of spiritual death and of all moral evil’’ At the Second Presbyterian the Rev. Charles Beattie took for his text Matthew xxii, Ryne clause)— “Come unto the marriage.” At the Methodist Epis- copal church the Rev. J. A. Oakley took for his text the fifth verse of the thirtieth Psalm—Weeping may endure for a night, but Joy cometh tn the morn- ing.’ At the nal church the Rev. C. A. Harvey delivered a discourse in the morning on “The Progressive Character of True Religion.” In the evening his subject was “The Relation and Daties of Parents to Children.” This lecture ts ® continuation of the series which have created so munch interest for the past four weeks. Services at the other churches as usu; SUBURBAN INTELLIGENC?. Jersey City. Scnoo, House Blown Down.—At noon yesterday the Catholic school house at the corner of North Seventh and Grove streets was blown down bya violent t of wind. The loss to the parish wili reach $1, RVaDING THE SHERIFF’s Writ.—A canal boat, lying in Harsimus Cove, and belonging to Benjamin Mills and Jesse Whitmore, was lately seized by the Sheriff under a writ of attachment for debts due by these men to different parties in Jersey City. Yes- terday morning the men. it is alleged, attempted to haul off the boat, when they were promptly arrested and lodged in the city prison. Hoboken. Accipent aT THE Hameurc Doce.—Charies Schwartz was engaged in hoisting at the Hamburg dock on Saturday night, when some bales fell on him and he was severely crushed. He was taken to his residence, No, 134 Hudson street. FINED FOR PLAYING Base BALL.—Yesterday after- noon a squad of police was sent by Captain Dono. van to make a raid on a crowd of youths who assem- bie on Sundays at Fox Hill for the purpose of play- ing base ball and also to indulge in pelting stones at each other, The five cities were proportionately represented in the gathering, but at the approach of the officers all took to their heels. The following boy, however, were cauglt and taken to the station house:—James McGnnigh, James Wall, Edward Bogan, Michael Norton, James Hendrickson, Wm. Van Wart, Henry Seaborn, Michael Kelly and Thomas Murphy. They were subjected to a penalty of ten dollars each or ten days’ imprisonment in de- fault of payment. All of them paid the fine except four, whom Recorder Pope committed to jail. PEERKSAILL. pURGLARY.—Burgiars entered the residence of Messrs. H. Hull and George Decker, at Stuyvesant, at alate hour on Saturday might and stole money, watches, stiverware, tc. They also attempted to enter the residence of Captain John P, Acker, but were surprised and driven off by Miss Carrie Acker, POUGHKEEPSIE, Fing.—The Morning News ofice in thia city was destroyed by fire at three o'clock yesterday mornin, The loss 18 covered by insurance. H. W. Morria, auctioneer; Samuel Mitcneli, flcter; Charles Wit- a eee ye ald Myers, furnis hing: goods, ali doing business in the same build also sufferers, Bat were fuily insured. ben HEAVY GALE ON THE HvuDpsON.—There was a heavy gale on the Hudson at all points from the northwest yesterday, aud has operated disastrously, A brick sloop lies bottom up in Naw jg! Bay, wi sails all set; name not ascertained, he vesse! along the river, with the exception of one or two, are lying at anchor. The gaie comii P38 up 40 suddenly Cc that much damage bas