The New York Herald Newspaper, May 31, 1869, Page 3

RELIGIOUS. Services in the Churches Yes- terday in New York j and Brooklyn. NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MAY 31, 1869.—TRIPLE ‘The Rey. W. A. P. Martin, D. D., of Ning Po, China, for twenty years & missionary in China, preached yesterday morning before the Presbyterian chureh ip the hall of the New York Historical Society, a& the corner of Second avenue and Eleventh street. He selected bis text from 1. mothy, fi., 5:—“For there is one God and Laying of the Corner Stone of a Te tieslcdes taewiee Gos nad Stenson tan Coe ‘New Roman Catholic Church. Telegraphic Repo:ts of Divine Worship in Washington, Trenton, Poug :keep- sie and Other Cities. ‘The lowering weather which prevailed in this city yesterday seems also to have been manifest in other cies, and to have, slightly, at least, interferea with the numerical attendance at many of the places of Divine worship, here as elsewhere, as will be seen from the reports subjoined. The day, so far as the metropolis was concerned, was pleasant and enjoy- able, and the evening services at nearly all the ehurches were listened to by large and scemingly devout congregations, RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN THIS CITY. CHURCH GF THE EPIPHANY. Laying the Foundatiou Stove by Archbishop McCloskey—immense Concourse of Spectas tors—Inpressive Ceremonies—Address by the Rev. D: lorroga. ‘The foundation stone of the Church of the Eptph- any, on Second avenue, between Twenty-first and Twenty-second strects, was laid yesterday by Arch- bishop McCloskey, in presence of several thousand spectators. AS a religious demonstration it was perhaps the most impressive that has occurred In the city for many years; for it was marked by a so0- Jemnity that cannot be forgotten by those who wit- nessed it, and it will accordingly be chropicled asa great event in the annals of the Koman Catholic Ohureh. Indeed, such a popular display of the kind has seldom been seen, ana that, too, charactegized by @ decorum that unmistakably manifested the deep sincerity of the participants. A sea of human Jaces was rivetted to the spot where the reverend prejate planted the seed that was soon to sprout and biossxom and spread forth its sheltering branches to protect the faithful. Anon a simultaneous prayer aroge to heaven, and the solemn rite was performed. ‘The limits of the new parish are:—Seyenteenth street to Twenty-fifth street, running from the East river to Fourth avenue. The overcrowded state of the Churcb of the Immaculated Conception, presided over by the Rey. W. P. Morrogh, D. D., necessitated the erection of another temple. A temporary church | was fitted up in the Demilt building, corner of fwen- | ty-third street and Second avenue. But as the flock imereased it became evident that a spacious charet: in the vicinity was an immediate want. Meetings were accordingly held and a site selected at the | place above mentioned for the erection of a suitable edifice. The present prospects of its completion are most encouraging, and before the snow of the com- img year shall cease to fall a splendid church will rise a8 @ monument to the peopie’s devetion and Liberdlity. The front of the edifice will be no less than seventy-six fect wide on Second avenue; the design veing tn the style of the ecclesiasucal archi- tecture prevalent in Northern Italy during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, known as tue Lom- bard style, and of which there are but few examples in this country. It is intended that the basement at shali be of Quincy granite and we super- structure of Ohio and Belleville sandstone. ‘The tower at the southeast angle will be surmounted by @ cone and will be 125 feet nigh from the basement. ‘The size of the bnitu- ing will then be 66 feet wide by 146 feet long. A wide flight of steps will lead to an open porch, 12 feet deep and 30 fect long, supported upon arcade ers and giving access to the main story. The in- rior of the church, it is intended, will be con- stracted in conformity with the design, which, if carried ont, will afford great accommoda:ion to the congregation, especially as it is intended that the galleries should be two ths of the church, whic, m fts entirety, will ace odale Over 4,000 persons, The ey Mr. Le Brun, the architect, promises on the wi to effect the desired object, which 1s evidently to make as commodious and ai the same tume as beautiful church as possible. Certainly the commencement of the work was auspictousty juaugurated yesierday, The hour set down for tue sacred rite was three o'clock, but hours before that lume @ vast multitude throvged the surrounding streets. Admission was by ticket, but admission by y means was diificult. The scene, while bearing all the sembiance of reiigious devotion, was, never- thei exceedingly picturesque. Flags and banners waived from every quarter around the entire ¢ cumference of the place, on the walls and from ine windows, conspicuo' the national em- biem, the Iriah fag, gious devices belonging to the religious societies, auiovg Which were the mem- bers of the Immaculate Conception, St. Bridget’s Tem- perance societies, and their junior br. hes, nium ber- img over 2,000, They were ail arrayed with the badges of their different orders and were accompanied by bands of music, Numerous as the members of those societies were they made but a fragment of the im- mense assemblage. Far as the eye could stretch the upturned faces appeared. From every window, from every house top whence the slightest view could be obtained spectators appeared. Moreover, the rickety roofs and mouldering walls surrounding sus- sained their groups, and however insecure the posi- tion of many might have been at first, it was rendered doubly so by rapidly increasing numbers. {t was truly a brilliant scene—a grand re- ligious pageant worthy the occasion and the cause, At the upper end of the ground, where the altar will be placed, a large platform was erected, covered by @ handsome awaing, bearing Wwe ae pn “Wei- come.” The front seats were ari red for ladies, yet scarcely sufMcient to accommodate the large mumoer to witness the ceremonies. Up to me it time the muititade had been sway- ima to and fro, each person trying to settic dumeel’ as best he could, but suddenly the bum . _— head was uncovered, « long proces- sion of @ hundred maidens belonging tu the Sodauty of the Holy Angels slowly advanced to the piatform. | A solemn stillness prevatied. Then came the pro- ceseion of the clergy, with the Archbishop, with his | mitre and crozier, and preceded by altar boys and | assistants bearing a large and lighted can- dies. A feeling of awe and Yeverence was mani- fested by the congregation as the rites coumenced. | ‘The Very Rey. Dr. Starr, V. G., assisted the Arch. bishop; the Rev. Dr. McSweeny officiated as deacon, the Kev. Mr. Loughran sab-deacon and the Rev. MecNirney Master of ceremonies, A large wober of clergy took part in the proceedings, mong those present being the Rev. Mr. Quinn, of Peter's; ihe Rev. Dr. Morrogh, the Kev. woyee, of St. Teresa's; the Key. Mr. Cu the Kev. Mr. Hughes, the Rev. Mr. Larkin, the Kev. Mr. Clowry, the Kev. Mr. Senior, Rev. Mr. McCarthy. | The Rey. Dr. K. 1. Burtsell, the pastor, assisted by Mr. J. J. Traynor, superintended the arrangements. {he provession, after moving around the churoy, proceeded vo the platform, sing- the 83d Psalin—“ltow beautiful are Thy dwe.- ings.’ The prayer of dedication was then sald by the Archbishop and responded to by the clergy antl, having sprinkied the stone three times with holy water, the Litany of the Sainis was said, after which, the Archbishop having performed the cus- tomary rite with the trowel and mortar, previously piacing beneath the stone 4 box, containing an | American silver doliar, with coins of other countries, \ a copy of the New York HERALD and a few other journaia, portraits of the Pope, Cardinal Baruibas, Archbishop Spaukiing, Arcabishop McVioskeys, whe Rey. Dr. Burtsell, the Rev. Dr. Morrogh, sud also those of the Presklent of the United States and the Governor of the State, the clergy then moved sn Koen ake 86th and i2tst Peaims, and returned Vené Creator Spiratus, The Rev. Dr. Morrogh then delivered an address. He said it was no unusual circumsiance Hhat had rought such a large concourse of poopie together. ey had come to be present at the laying of @ cor. ner stone of a new teinple to be erecied tn houor of God, They were stimulated by no worldly motive, but | they were actuated by the epirrt of faith which lived | yo their hearts. Already hau the corner stone been | iwd, annomted with boiy of and biessed by the fis to of the representative of God there. the p ate had laid the foundation of the new teinple ander | the peculiar and beautiul title of the Epiphany. The stone had been laid of a temple io God, a temple io be erected, indeed, by the hands of man, be aly. like the temple of oli erected by Solomon, Wo be bereatter biessed by the presence of Gou hitnself m the holy Sacrament, It was w be a house of { prayer sanctified to God, where, ax le pronised | Solomon that he would ve always ready to hear the | prayer of those who aupplicated him in that house matit by order. So also would (iis Hew temple be a house of prayer, where to supplicate the mercy of God, where His ears would be always ope hear the prayers of the faithful. In times of old there | Was out one temple where a sacrifice acceptable to | God was offered. Under the new law-—the jaw of Jove, of charity—od witied not ihat that sacrifice | should be confined to one locality, but wished it to be spread throughont the whole world, and that no | spot on the face of the earth shonid be without Chit pure and unpolluted sacrifice. Th «d gentle ntly the spread of rei { pO the world, and conclude! by | ra to the zeal, energy and learning of the pastor of the pew churen, the Ney. Dr. 1 nail. The Are u bishop having pronounced # he pice were brought (0 a clove, ‘The sucieties ihe’ » of thelr respective unde, arge asvemblage present, nut the vere. | | | trated the etemval world. Revelatic | eternal Jesus.” He said the text, although familiar, should always fall on the ear like the songs of the angels, of which none could ever grow weary. There were ! three objects mentioned im the text—God, men and the Mediator. There is bat one God, and he is the holy one, All men are sinners, and theré is but one mediator between God and men. These turee statements of solemn truth are testined to by God's word and works. These three truths, titting together form » beautiful system and constitute the foundation of God's revealed Word. There are three important principles involved in these truths—first, simphiity; , Universality, ana third, reason- ableness. The character of God is such that He em- Ploys the most simple means to bring about His work. All of man’s work is complex aud intricate. Man makes a ane: with numerous wheels, springs balances, measure time. God causes this sreat globe to revolve once in twenty-iour hours, and thus marks iis tine, The whole mighty ocean is composed only of three gases, as is uiso the mosphere, But three prunary colors constitute all the tints of the rainbow und all the varied hues of nature. 2 ‘The highest result of man’s imitation compared with Celestial mechanism, is but a bungling piece of work. ‘The principie of simplctty runs through all God's works. ‘These three principles referred to pervade every part of the Seriptures. ‘They vary 1p their forms and change in their hues, but still they fire there, In the first recorded act of human wor- ship, the ofering of a iamb in sacrifive by Abel, all of the three propositions were lust i. The na- ture oF the teachings of Scripture was comprehend- ed in the three characters—od the Holy, man the sinful, and Christ the Mediator. The lessons of the Levitical dispensation, the coming of Christ and the Apocalyptic visions, as revealed by the Apostie John, recognized these characters and their work. The existence of God did not need much argument for demonstration. One of the greatest minds of all history had said, * 1 think, therefore, | am; I am, therefore God is.” We can know God as we know our fellow men only by His communion with our souls, A few years ago the world was astonished by a deat and blind giri, born 80, and yet becoming intelligent and familiar with loving relatives and iriends, What a revelation there was by the single sense of feeling! God 50 revealed himself to men. ‘They feel his presence and learn to know Him = through ‘faith and not by sight. ‘The second proposition that men are sinners is attested by our human nature, which is a continual revelation of imperfection and siniulness. Like that royal mon- arch who a few years ago was imprisoned on a lone- ly island, is man beset by sin—a royal sinner beset by ards and confinements and under continuous sur- veillance, And here comes in the mediator becween God and man, and Christ Jesus is that mediator, as revealed by the Word of God. These great truths belong together and form one harmontous uaton aad revelation. if there be one who has not received ther let him embrace the mediator Christ Jestis aud then he ean rejoice in God and glory in the father- hood of the Creator, . CHURCH OF THE RECONCILIATION. Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Potter—**The Charch and Our Times.” The Rev. Dr. Potter preached a discourse last evening on the subject of “fhe Church and Our Times,” at the Church of the Reconciliation, N. L. Hrigge, pastor, betore a large congregation. ‘The speaker took for his text “Let your moderation be known unto al) men,” and said, what words couid have a tamer sound than these? What bidding less likely than that which they utter to call forth the e1 thusiasm of bumanity’ Amid Christian surround. ings and with the aroma of eighteen Christian centuries penetrating our social and do- mestic life, we are yet strang ely pagan in the virtues: which we admire. What is accomplished with noise and stir, the dashing qualities of personal in- trepidity—the impassioued boldness of a great orator, the reckless precipitancy of some bold reformer, the restless industry of some successful worker—these and their kindred characteristics are they winch we are readiest to praise and most earnest to imitaic. And yet there is none of this conspicuousness of acuion, this forth-putting of impassioned speech in conduct of Christ. On the con- trary, the atmosphere of his presence is like the stillness of some vast cathedral after the noise and the jostling of the streets without. And to go directiy to the truth which les at the core of this whole discussion, | affirm that the great want of bot our households of faith and the age in which we ure is Thetiighty cement of moderation. | Know that in our day to call a man a “moderate churchman” is a term of ridicule wich scarcely attempts to Inde the sneer wita which most commonly tt i uttered. We are told that What we want is courage and aggressiveness. and bold speaking and a decided stand and uncompromising resoluttoy. And we io, But ts it impossivie to have them without rashness and rudeness’ Oan we not seperate what is outspoken | trom what 1s blustering, what is aggressive and pro- gressive, from that lust of eclut and passion for parade that strives to see how close it cap walk to the dizzy edge of error and not topple over ino the arms of acorrupt faith? What is easier than to be sweeping in one’s judgments and vehement in one’s speech? To stand fast by God's word, to refuse to hur! anathemas against those whom God has not cursed, to be more eager to love and serve men than to denounce or suspect them, to love simplicity more than extravagance, and truth most of all—this he who aims to realize it wil tnd demanding ali the courage be can suin- mon and all the firmness he can command. If the Protestant Episcopal Church has never before had a chance in thie land, /afirm she has it today ina sense that has never been so true before in this lat and may never be so trac agam. Thisis our oppor tupity. Every human heart among us cries alov for some positive faith rooted in utterances so an- thenticated that no candid soul among us need iong be in doubt about them. Verily, men call | this an age of much doubt, and so it is. But go with me to tie regions where that doubt has had 18 freest range and yon will see how it lias reacted in the meoming of an era of superstitious oeliefs— New England, with its foul scorn of a reiigion above reason, having precipitated by a logical sequence mto the dreary extravagances of spiritualism, mediams and table rappings. | have already said in Unis piace ours is a catholic Church, and becauve the Church is catholic she. is Protestant—sterniy and unequivo- cally Protestant, 80 jong as there continue w exist those arrogant pretensions of tne Church of the Roman hierarchy. WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Sermon by the Rev, McLean, of Buffalo. | There wa falr attendance yesterday morning at the above church to bear this gentioman, one of the delegates to the Assembly, and, after the usual de- votional exercises, he took his text from Kom ins, sixth chapter, twenty-third verse—The gift oi God i@ eternal life through Jesns Christ our Lord.” 1b must appear strange that man shouldgnot only be the object of God's consiant care, and that such a stupendous sacrifice shouki have been made for him. Now that it has been ascertained that we occupy only a small portion of God's mighty king: | dom it seems stil) stranger that auch = m- finite love should have been lavished on us. | Had our litte world been blotted out what gomparative loss would it have been among so many, What is man, that God should have done «0 mueb for buw to go ito this question we muse man is, ‘The state of man compared with ¢ lower animals, Who have no care compared yy whose benefit nature in God bas spread a pow pus table, Would appear far fro: 0 viable. But, on the other side, the tmmortal eharac- ter of mau makes & Worthy object of Divine regard. Waving never cease to exis! Death comes not to end the life of nan, but to give birth to a new and happier existence. We should think deeply on the fact that we cannot dic, and that it t+ this that endows man with so much importance. He cannot die: he lives forever, The grave is ony a few steps removed, but beyond It ts an existence of happiness eternal or unceasing misery. Do we feel this’ Do we realize thisy Do we take up the ible as we ought? We shold shudder at the thougnt of anniliiation, it is revolting to onr soul, But death in’ sin virtually aunibilates oly existence, Surely, if we are to live fovever we should imquire Into our future exist- eves, What pt there, happiness or misery? Who knows’ Who can ter Reason hae never peve- , thanks be to God, haa drawn aside the veil. A few years hence the places that ROW Know us shall Knew us no more. Where shail we be’ (eternity, Will that be to um an eternity or of misery of biiss+ What shall we do to mertt eternal happiness’ How shall we obtain such a prize’ Unhappily mena thoughts are of their bodies, Loetr sows are forgoiion. How can immortality and hap . said to be | the gift of God—the righteous and the wieked, live for ever? ris t the prinvety inheritance to al. | All must jive forever, There tk no such thing ws | annihth is so, and while death is the portion persons exist who hoid to the doctrme of wages of ain are not ete é oxpiation of earthly suriking cont to the lot wh Christ Jess, ‘The lauer is the prize set before us of which trne Christians have a foretaste in this world. It is vot an eternal existence that 1 promised us, but an Hrnmortatity of gla Ip this world our joys are like cireanis, Onf sorrows only too real, The yoys of youth | niy half remembered tn old While its sor rows are vividly remomberedt an ed to the urave. What @ contrast to the fature state of the nguicous? woat language it equal to the denepiphom jt @ THise aud # of the righteous — to | of an existence without pain or sorrow, and whose oye are real and eternal he reverend age, that’ ao the of pe heaven, vy tie grace of God et Vv et reality to the Sarepenians on a hat we inherited, but G the Saviour and accept His gift of eternal life, who would 7g such an ofler as this—who reli te made this gift by giving up cannot understand, and never wi what it was for Him to give him up; but we Te'was an awful cacriice, “What wes ly oftered ject this gift At the conclusion of the sermon the congregation, who had lstened very alteutively to it, were dis- inissed with @ benediction. THE ALEXANDER PRESBYTERIAN MISSION CHUACA. Discourse by Rev. Dr. Miller. Last evening the Rev. Dr. Miller preacned at this church from the following text:—Micah, seventh chapter, eighteenth verse, “He delighteth in mercy."” ‘The preacher, in the course of his remarks, said that @ distinction is often made between the terms “mercy” and ‘grace.’ Boti are divine favors. Mercy mciudes ail favors which divine goodness bestows, Grace is that favor which saves, God re- tameth not His anger for ever, because He de- lighteth in mercy. Our text teaches us most plainly that God delighteth in saving lost men. He does not wantonly suffer one pang to afflict His creatures which His ness may pre- vent. The question is asked if God dehghts in mercy why dogs he bring thousands and tens of thousands of beings into existence who He knows are to suffer ages of misery in hell? The answers to this are, Who shall say to the Almighty, why doest Thou this? Another answer 18, Whatever the Great Judge of all the earth does is right, and another is that the wicked receive only the rewards of their merit. God iy one sense wills the destruction of sinners, and in another sense he does not. The minister of justice on earth, while he is desirous of vindica- tung the integrity of the law, yet pronounces senfence upon the culprit with pain to himself—a duty which his humanity recoils at and would fain avoid. All are familiar with the New Testament’s declarations of God’s merc; God so loved the,world that fe pee His only begotten son,” &c. He delighteth in in mercy. He has no pleasure in the death of the wicked. Hes not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to him and be saved, The promise io fallen Adam im the garden of Eden is reproduced time and again through the sacred Scriptures, Never did mortal man rush to the scaffold where the despairing criminal trembied in the tace of iggommious death, with the news of pardon, with a thrill of joy like that with which our Saviour announced himself the ransom for our race. Nowhere does the Lord’s delight in mercy show it- self so prominently as in Jesus Christ, and him cru- cified; and since having, given us liis only son the Father must give us all things. He has also bestowed on us His holy spirit to comfort us and to strive with us against sin. When we stand by Jesus in Geth- semene, or hanging on the cross, we see in the travail of His soul the working of Hhs infinite love— how that, though rich, yet for our sakes He became poor, and even gave Himsell to die the ignominious death of the cross thas the world might not perish. On that cross, therefore, that whole prophetic cycie of reckoning and condemnation is summed up and fulfilled. Jt is a Saithfal,saying, and worthy of al) ac- ceptation, that Christ came into the world to gave sinners. Let not any of us risk that eternal woe of which the most poignant pang will be the recollee- tion that God heid out to us the offers of salvation, that He loved us and besought us to accept pardon, and we reyected it, THE BRICK PRESBYTERIAN CHUICH, Meeting of the Board of Foreign Missions, Ameeting of the Presbyterian Board of Foreigu Missions was heid last evening at the above church, which was crowded to overflowing. Dr. Murray presided, and introduced the various speakers. Dr. Heppern, on being preseuted, ‘opened the proceea- mgs with an account of his experiences im Japan, showing how, on the commencement of the mission there, he was molested in the execution of his duties. After a battle with the authorities he at last succeeded in founding something like a mis- sionary station, He found, however, that more pro- gress was made by teaching English than by prose- lyting. The Japanese are very anxious to learn English, and a great deal ol success was obtained by Spe mye ar them im tuat iauguage, and in sciences, medical knowledge, &c.—m faci, civiizing them and preparing them for the great work. This state of things Was broken up by the war, the Jap- anesé government ordering all foreigners io icave, not, however, without the speaker receiving evidence of aifection and esteem trou: is pupils. “rhe pros- pects in this coantry are favorabie to te continuance os the mission, especially at Yokohama and } saki. The late revolution has worked wonders, Mikado has inaugurated @ new era of pregress—one favorable to the cause of Christianity and missionary religion, too, of the country is undergo- ange, the Buddhist priests taving made ing a | steps towards aMliating themseives with Chris- tanity. The commercial progress made is something fabulous, a& progress which invari ably leads to the openmg of the eyes of anation. The future of Japan does not admit of a doubt. He who has worked such marveis tas bad nothiag in view but its future conversion to Chris- tianity, The speaker in conclusion hoped that bot moral aud substantial aid would be given the mis | sion, which needs it immediately. ‘The next speaker was Dr. Macarthy, who confined himself to the people of China. Chinamen wre said to be conceited and overbear- ing. This is # mistake; for ihere is no more «difference between them than between the different nationalities of Enrope. me of the inhabitants of China, like thew, are more or less so, but the majority are open to conviction and are a wagacious, though superstitious race. The speak- ers experiences were happy. In 1843 he menced operations in Ningpo, and in 1845 they continued in earnest. They then had a dispensary, schoo! and printing press. Phe progress made soon premt to Hang Chow, Shanghai and Pekin. in Ningpo now there are four ordaimed isters, and the present educational syste ts most satisfactory, ali the book: stitutions are being used there. ' apart from the difference of the same 4s in this country. meted atiengtu the mission: system abroad, and cited cases of places where and encouraging successes have been gained. He said that bad he a hundred lives and a hundred fortunes, he would devote them to the work he has been e1 ed on. Alter the smging of the Ssist hymn the Rev. 1 Markham; came forward, and ina lengthy, energet | speech defended the cause, and asked for aid from those present to wipe out tie debt Mrs ag rye ston and to enable it to continue its kabors, He reterret to india and the good work now being done there by British and American missionaries, aud did not *] the detestibacgtrade in opium carried on in China, and concurred im the remarks of the last speaker, defending Chinamen from the charge of being conceited and overvearing. The future of China was drawn by him in giortous colors, but he said that civilization must, as ip all cases, pave th way to Christianity there giving some amusing | Insiances of the superstitions now prevalent in that country agamst telegraphy, rail! Is, ae. Alter some appropriate remarks by Mr. G. H. Stuart, of Puladeiphia, a handsome collection was soanc and a hyn being sung, the benedicuon was given aud the congregation dispersed, touch edified with what they nad ieard. SECOND STREET PRESBYTEMAN CHURCH. Sermon by Kev. Dr. Skinner. Rev, Dr. Skinner delivered a sermon at the Second Street Presbyterian church last event taking as hts text (he 22d Verse Of the 2ist chapter of St. Mat- thew:—*' Pilate saith unto them, what shal! I do then with Jesus, which is called Curist? They ail say unto bim, let him be crocified. The preacher opened with a glowing commentary on the jife and sufferings of Christ, His trial and delivery to exec tion by Pontius Pilate, He saw many resembiances between Pontins Pilate and the sinner of to-day, and asked, ‘What will you do with Jesus?’ The sinner, he continued, must decide for or against Christ; he cannot escape the responsibility. His a question of revethon or al fiance to Jesus Christ which is brought to hie heart; to accept Him asa friend, to honor Him as iis Prince, Saviour and | Lord, or to give him up, like Pontius Pilate did, to execution, to cracifixion, No power can change te alternative, and at the same time no delay cun | be allowed. The diMcuities of accepting Christ tn- crease with every day's, with every hour's procrasti- nation. The alternative is complete and full, and embodies an everlasting acceptance, or an everiast- ing rejection. There is one point of abalogy between the simmer and Pilate, and that is worldly motives. Puate nad & high regard for his prisoner, Christ: no one cao read the record wud not be struck with the forcible impressions made by Christ on Pilal defended Him openly, maintained His course, aud yet delivered Him to His enemies, although wash- ing his hands of ali responsibility m the matter, because pride, station—worldly motives—diciated course foreign to his heart, and when tne Je’ ecified Christ they had no intetlectual appreci: His character, as was shown by the Gospel and even by the dymg words of the Saviour. Here, beyond all doubt, does the action of the sinner in rejecting his Christ correspond with the action of the Jews. Does be reject Him from ignorance of His true ch acter? Does he refuse Him on the supposition t He was an informer, a bii emer, an im) He believes otherwise, since he looks one who will return to assert His pon His throne of glory. The preacher reviewed Lis own life; he had cruciied Christ: had been fasci- nated with worldly pleasures; but at | the veil had been lifted from his eyes and he took his ont as his Saviour, and humbly beiteved that Christ ac- cepted bin, SO would the hearer wee the truth. It ery would be forced wense of justice, bis him by hie humanity, bi prehension of immortality. ‘SOUTH REFORMED CHURCH. Sermon by Rev. Dr. Schenck. There was @ good attendance last evening at the above church. Dr. Atwater was expected to preach, but was prevented so doing, and his place was ably supplied by the Rev. Dr, Schenck, who, after the ordinary devotional exercises, mounted the pulpit and gave an admirable sermon from Matthew xii, 41, “The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation and shall condemn it, because they re- pented at the preaching of Jonas, and behold a greater than Jonas is here.” Tne plain meaning of this of judg- ment shall illustrate the of chose who reject the Lord Jesus Christ and his instructions. ‘The ap ce and reception of Christ were then com| with those of Jonah, the prophecies tore- shadowing the Saviour’s advent being uncontradic- luble as well a8 numerous and their fulfilment even More so, It is not, however, upon the greatness of attending circumstances of Saviour founds the there is another and this moniar, proof was based. Jonah only went as ambassador for God to Ninevah, but Christ came to his own and bis Oe senainee: Cas not. Fringe ge one Lord was then portrayed with its long of wrongs, of cl of blaechemy, falsehood, &c.—the cry of “Away witn him, away with’ him.” ‘The dom and Gomorrah in the day judgment shall be much more tolerable than for these. The reverend gentleman said that he was, however, not addressiug @ congregation of Jews, but of Christians, one composed of a greater or smaller number of them, of merely nominal Christians, convinced by education and the force of example ‘of the truth of all that has yet been said. The guilt of the Jews, as shown, Was deepened by contrast with the conduct of the Ninevites, but he would lead them to another ‘inciple most clearly revealed by our Saviour. it was that where the truth as it is in Jesus is pro- clamed or in any way known, that truth stands as It were in the place of Christ. His jowa divinity was, as it were, communicated to the truth whic He an- nounced, so that wherever it be met or by wiatever- medium communicated it still remains divine trath. ‘The Lord Jesus wherever speaking of His word is found as it were there present, where Lis truth is present. As for instance in the invitation “Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden.’’ It results from this that every hearer of the gospel is brought into dircct and personal contact with the Son of God, and it would well for every one if they could be brought to think so. The uncertainty of the time allotted us for repentance—the certainty of the judgment-day—should weigh greatiy with those wavering between indifference and godliness. What bitterness it would add to our perdited seives, Mf, a8 we passed into the Almighty presence, we should hear our condemnation reiterated from in- numerable lips saying:—-‘*We had no Gospel, no Son of God to proclaim to us his iree salvation; we had nO such Offers of mercy such as you enjoyed, and richly have you deserved your doom.”? In conclu- sion the reverend orator urged on his hearers the necessity of seizing on the salvation God holds out Lo us belore it be too late, RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN BROOKLYN. PLYMOUTH CHAPEL. Scrmon by the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. The Kev. Henry Ward Beecher has been in the habit of devoting one Sunday evening every two months to services m the chape! in Hicks street, near Fulton street, Brooklyn, and last evening he delivered bis last address for the season, A large audience gathered to hear the Samous orator employ his ad- mirable and polished style of denuuciation; the exact fidelity with which he caricatured ostentatious follies; the thrilling eloquence of his appeals to everything good and noble in the consclences of wen, his cutting nervous periods in popular faults, his graceful humor, mas- terly invective, theatrical illustration, and copious stream of pointed figures, which rippled from his lips in his own inimitable mtonation in one of the most eloquent expositions of the parables of Christ probably ever heard from a metropolitan pulpit. The reverend gentleman considered the parable ofthe woman and the ten pieces, which, he said, im a similar manner presents that great trath embodied in “Likewise I say unto you there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner That repenteth.”” Continuing, he sail, that the most autitul and effective of all the parables related by ist is that of the prodigai sou. ‘A certain man had two sons, and che younger of them said to his father, give me the portion of goods that falletn to me; and he divided unto them his living.” Y one of these was a younger son, the pet, ae the iamiy; and you have doubtless seen this type; he is tne “precious littie darling,” a spoiled, pam- pered cluld, who, allowed to grow up under the care of parents that look not to the nevessity thai he must be taught habits of steady industry, becomes a fast young wan and is above work. Every boy snouid be sailled in some usetul manual! occupation. Each one should know how to plough, how to saw, to lew, to cut and chop wood, to cultivate the soil, and in this seaport city to navigate a boat and prove himself master of more tuan one element. If these points are neglected when the large inheritance ceases to support the man that was idle and un- trained when a boy, and when he becomes a bank- | rupt and no longer able to maintain his opulent post, then he begins to feel his utter hopelessness. iv is alone. ‘The kind, Christian teachings of far-seemg parenis do not avail, be- ause they have never been gtven, and this ius condition. This prodigal son, like many | in our day, was ambitious to make a parade of hs | Weaith; he asked his father for his portion, for he | did not want to wait Uli his parent’s death. This } mania, now rife in the community, to cut a dash, is | a dangerous shoal. The young man gets a little | | | money; ve is Vain; he says that his neighbor that has # great deal more is purse-proud; but the young | man contine and should fortune favor, he, him- self, becomes: it and purse-proud. “And not many days after the younger son gathered all togeiher and took nis journey into a far country, and there wasted ius substance in riotous living.” Net so Ded-owas it that Gua gn oe son lett bis home and went into a far conn- , because it 18 always Banly and independeat for @ youth to start out with the idea that in his future he is to be bis own support; but when one gues to escape the restraints by Christian nts, toevade their fond instruction aud to avoid follow- | ing their weil considered counsels, when he breaks away, then he is culpable aud cowardly. “Ana there wasted his In riovour I > How sug- westive this sentence! Init we see the fine, hand- soure and intelligent young man, full of hope and | promise, begiww bis career of sm amid the flowers | and the sweets of lite. He becomes fast; he tmag- j ines that to stand in front of a bar and drink, to be convivial over wine and fast | horses is bemg suctable, warm hearted and filled | with the generous tmpnises of youth. He keeps on: | his career is one of excitement and hilarity. He en- joys hunself; but this is but one phase of a terrible t the bright side of a dark picture. Who fill your hospttats with rotvenness, with shattered con- | stitutions ana bankrupt minds’ Who occupy your poorhouses and eat the bread of public charity, and who the Junatic asylums with wld and frantic + yells? un ‘That young man was once the son | of a governor of 4 State. that one had a prominent lawyer for his father, and in the corner yonder you see all that is left of a minister's son, Look about your street corners, im the sewers and b)-lanes. Note that manwno hokis out bis trembiing, aching hand that itches tor your’ smallest charity. He was once a young mao in the first phase of diasipation- and thus it is the proces- sion of sins moves on—gambiing, drinking, degra- dation, bodily pains, misery and damnation. ow strikit this is shown in the parable—When the son spent his portion he was seut into the fields “to feed swine!’ In the old Mosaic law a hog was the foulest of animals, The Jews would not eat its meat, and prohit even personal contact with one of the species. Theo think what im have been his degradation to consort with nogs. be only the equal of a hog. > u the small spark manhood giowed within him, and he exciaimed, will arise and go to my father and say unto him, Father, | have sinned against heaven and im thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy sgn. * | He returned, was seen afar off by his father, who ran and fell woon his neck and kissed him; the futied calf was killed, aud the people round | about gathered at his father’s house and made merry. ‘Thus it will be with God when He sees | that you sincerely repent of your sins and What you desire to live in the suntight of His loving kindness, He will help and guide you; He will nourish the little spark into # great fame of religions devotion: fie had moch rather assis: than punish, and you have | only to accept His word and find redemption and ation, THE AMESICAN CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY. ‘There was an interesting meeting held last night at Christ church, corner of Clinton and Harrison streets, Brooklyn, under the auspices of the Ameri can Charéh Missionary Socie at the close of the intros ory services by the Rev. M. Canfield, pastor, adresses were made by the Rev. Richard Newto DD. of Philadelphia; Kev, John Cotte D.D., and Rev. Alexander H. Vinton of New York. | ‘The report of the society shows that the; ing the past year 110 missionaries em the report of ninety-nine mitasic contributions for parochial ov) $52,503 20; for extra parochial objects making & Lotal of $89,009 63, The num! stations at whieh the Wospel ix preache At the close of the meeting a liberal col ied! taken up. Stith, Jersey City. A sermon was preached in St. Peter's church, Jer. wey City, last evening, by the Kev. C. A. Reilly, of Newark, on “Charity,” The preacher, instead of dis- | dist church Dr. Newman “What is the a go that we should serve Grant family, together cussing the question in the abstract,confined himself to ulustrations taken from the Old Testament. In he old law, he remarked, we find numerous exam- plea of this virtue of charity. In the new law it i§ «mot necessary to particularise, be- cause it is charity itself. When Christ es- tablished His Church on earth he chose for his coun- cil not the wealthy, nor the men of intelli- ge’ im. the werld. His Christian the case magni" When On. are placed before the bar of God will you plead that you had nothing to give? Then will the demons of sensuality and avarice arise and accuse you with the hundreds you have spent in the gratification of your ‘jons.”* ‘othing can be more conclusive on this pol the fate of Dives, who was damned for this sin of un- charitableness, and for this only. does not mention any other crime against bim. He woe bountifully wili be rewarded an eon even im thus world; according to declarauon of Christ hun Even @ cup of water will bring much more meritorious will it be to reheve street Methodist chi 3 ° with an attentive tion, who listened to py bet discourse fy therrector, Rev, Mr. Addi- “Lord, I have loved the ting of fine style. At the Metho- preached on the saben ot R, Cor- with A. and his wile, came in company and occupied the President’s pew, and the one directly in the rear labelled “Generals” —meaning of the army. The first meeting of the Sunday Institute was held at the Wesley chapel this even- ing, when the Kev. B. Peyton Brown preached ap eloquent sermon. A new feature was introduced at the Ninth ureh this morning, consist ing of @ children’s church service, conducted by he Rev, Dr. E. I, Drinkhouse, The services con- sisted of readi recitations and a sermon on the subject of “Wisdom’s Choice.” A sunilar service is announced to take piace hereafter on the last Sabbath of each month. Tery little of interest occurred at any of we churches to-day. RELIG:OUS SERVICES ELSEWHERE. Newburg. NEWBURG, N. Y., May 30, 186%, ‘The weather bas been inclement to-day, and’ of course the attendance upon religious worship has had to suffer. The pulpits of several of the churches ‘The scripture | have been occupied by members of the Reformed Presbyterian Synod, now in session here. First church of that denomination the morning dis- course was preached by Rev. its reward, and how |, p,, In the Thomas Sproull, from @hilippians tii, 7—“But what the poor by substantial aid! Whenever you are | things were guin to me those I counted loss for passing out of the churci and have your attention directed to that mute messenger of charity, the poor box, drop in a penny or two for the relief of God's poor, and Christ may thus be abie to say to you, “1 was hungry and ye gave me to eat.”’ The preacher paid a fitting tribute to the labors of the sisters of Charity in behalf of the poor. Newark. It having been announced by advertisement that a sermon would be preached last evening in the Clin- ton avenue Methedist Episcopal chureh by the pas- tor, Rev. Richard Harcourt, on the subject of “Push | The foliowing elewents of bis gloi No. 2—Rum, Lager Beer, Our Common Scoun- areis and the Horse Cars,” it is scarcely that the little frame necessary to edifice was well filled, not a few of the congregation betug compelled to stand. The preacher opeued by Ee gt into the liquor trafic with a vengeance. ‘Thus far all the systems that had been tried to etfect a reform were proven futile. ‘Moral suasion”? was wn utter failure. ‘The idea of trying this system with a view to making it profitable with the Irish or Dutch was. in the speakers opinion, simply ridicuious, preposterous. On the same autho! poe rulers were remarkably thick- skulled in thinking that the license system was of the slightest use in restraining the passion for drink. At the present time their sole anxiety was how to gain the sufirages of the peopie at the next election. The license system, Mr. Harcourt further said, had done a damned work in this as well as other countries. The poverty of Ireland was solely attributapie, in the preacher's views, to her people’s drinking proclivities. The reverend gentie- mun had not arrived at the “Comimon Scoundrels” or the “horse cars’’ by nine o’clock. At several of the other churches the day horse car question” formed the theme of the preaching and was strongly denounced. At St. Paul's Epise pal church, im the evening, a very tnterest- ing, exhaustive and eloquent sermon was delivered by the Rev. H. G. Ward, of G on the probable state of the departed, sub the dissolution of the body, until ment. “It would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep,” formed the groundwork of the discourse. ‘The reverend gentie- man argued that there was nothing im Scripture snow that souls went either to heaven or hell after death. The good remained in a state of expectant happiness unui the judgment hour, winie tie bad continued in a state of expectant misery until the same dread occasion. Mr. Ward was aiteniively hstened to thronghout, ‘Trenton. TRENTON, N. J., May 30, 1869, ‘The rain storm that prevatied this morning boded MM) for a large attendance at church, but about nine o'clock the murky, watery clouds vanished, the suo shone out with cheering splendor and warith, and with eager liaste the namerous Worshippers donned their summer garb and repaired in multitudes to their favorite places of devotion. In the Central Methodist charch on Broad street the Rev. Mr. Han- lon, of Pennington Seminary, delivered a tedious but logical discourse on the subject of faith ax exempli- fied in the opening verses of the first chapter of Paul's epistie to the Philippians. After some intro- ductory remarks the reverend speaker said that no matter in what circumstances we may be placed, and no matter how we may plunge mto life's pleasures and cares, God will ever int our aiten- ‘Uon to the = %. and any frame of mund in which we can best direct our thoughts to that sub- ject is desirable. St. Paul always alluded with reat force of argument and persuasion to the inci- ents that transpired between Damascus and Je- rusalem. He always tried to prove,that hewas really a Christian, and pee means to prove the divinity ity. ‘The light ki of Christian! ndled in St. Pani on the road to ie ‘was hever put out; it always glnn- mered. A remarkable conversion is a great bles- sing. Many feel a littie restless when the question of conversion comes up. There m one thing regarding ancient conversions that cannot be led now. That time was a night of darkness. It came like the boom of cannon in the camp of peace. But, though the lightning of converting grace may now be ashing as much as then, we can- not see its manifestations 80 vividly. Paul stood in a relation to Christ that none of us can expect, and this is @ very ae * reason for the Apostie’s confi- dence in God, le sat, as it were, closeted by the hour the great Head of the Charch, and thus had a basis for his faith, His manifestations in the Roman prison and the revelations disclosed to him fourteen years before were enough to dispei from his mind any doubt of the divinity of Christianity. Neither had Paul any family connections or those attach- ments that bind us to earth and make death painful. He does not allude to such attractions. God thrast him out as He did Melichisedek of old, that ne Tight have no family or workily interests. He had reached @ period of life in which he had the pleasing po age A ay wnt was gt |. He had been preaching for thirty years, and he well might rest From his labors, ‘There are two elements in heaven. ‘The one is simple admission; the other reward. ‘The degree of the latter depends upon the amount of work and devotion. The question of ad- meregrace. The only change persecution of the Christian now compared with Paul's time is that then the punishment was external, while now it is internal. There are ames of martyrdom in men’s bosoms now. Man may dom his hatto the ehurch, but the Devil is the Devt! still. Let us then have a strong faith that there is = heaven. Let us labor through sui shine and storm, through the calm and troubied se: ot life, till we finally enter the portals of a viessed im- mortality. In the evening most of the pastors of the different churches delivered panegyrics on the memory of the deceased Union soldiers to immense congregittions, attracted thither by previous announcement. with RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN WASHINGTON, WASHINGTON, May 90, 180%, The principal feature of the religious exercises here to-day was @ collection in all the Roman Catho- lic churches for the benefit of Pope Plus the Ninth, | the amount thus raised to be added to the mnd | already collected in Europe to enable his Holiness to bear the expenses of the approaching Ecumenical Counetl, Some four million dollars were raised for | this purpose in Burope and jald at the feet of the | Pope, and the clergymen of this country have en- | ing: deavored to induce their flocks to contribute with a | liberality worthy of the object. The collection here | to-day Was not so large as might bave been ex- pected, partly on account of the unfavorable weather aud partiy because sufficient notice wus not given tual col lection would be Christ.” | bless you for the sacrifices a very elogti called wut previous | * He dwelt upon the benefits which were to result to the Christian through self-abnegation and trast in Christ, and which were justificaiton, sancti- fication and inal glorification, The afternoon dis- course in tus church was given by Rev. J. Kennedy, a delegate from the Reformea Presbyterian Synod of Ireland to this Synod. text was Jon xvii, 22—"And the giory which Thou gavest me i have given them, % they may be one, even as we are one.” He maintained that the glory which Christ communicated to His followers Was the true pond of union among His members. mp wore, comma nicated to them:—His yame, His spirit, His image or moral likeness, a share in the exercise f His offic 4 power to do His work, and, lastly, feilowship im His sufferings. The ser- vices in Westminster Reformed Presbytertan church were as follows:—Morning discourse, by u y. Y. Poltock, of Baltimore, Who took as by one t m Komays, Y., 19—"For man’s disobedience many were made sinners, 80 by the obedience of one shail many be made righteous.” lie set forth the justice und reasonable- ness ol the representative character of Christ towards His people, and this representatiye of vicarious ciple was in accordance with the laws of ure, With the principle on Wich men act every day, anc With the actuai operation of God's morai govern- ment. Christ was competent and willing to act the representative of H1s people, and had received from the Father authoritative appointmens so to act. ‘The afternoon discourse was by Rev. J. A. Blake, and in the evening Kev. A. M. Milligan preached on the subject of “The Love of God; first, as it exisis in God; second, as it rests On 18 Odject, and third, agit manifesis itself iu its acts. In Trinity Metho- dist church the first quadrennial celebration of the Sunday Scuool Missionary Society was held in the afternoon. Stirring and effective addresses were de- livered by Frank B. Hine, President of the Albany City Mission Society, and James Moshanger. of Albany, a lay preacher of the Methodist denomina- tion. ‘In spite of the rain there was a large attend- ance and much mterest manifested, Poughkeepsie. POUGHKEEPSIE, May 39, 1869. Rey. F. B. Wheeler, of the Presbyterian church (New Scheol), Pougakeepsie, not coinciding m the opinion that the decoration of soldiers’ graves should not occur on the Sabbath, fully approves of the cerc- mony, and this morning preached an eloquent ser- mon appropriate for the occasion, his snbject being “patriousm.” ‘The congregation was a very atten- tive and appreciative one, The reverend gentieman took his text from the 137th Psalm, fifth and sixth verses inciusive—“If | forget thee, Jerusalem, jet my right hand forget her cunning. If I ao not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if { prefer not Jeru- salen above my chief joy." Mr. Wheeler com menced oy saying that this was the language when Jerusalem was purned by fire. Patmotism is not only instructive m every true heart, but 1s aiso a great Christian grace. It ought prominently to abound in the neart of every American citizen to- day. The sunshines on no fairer land than this, teem ng as 1t does with muititudinous life, all rally- ing under one flag. No better wen can be found on any soll, inaking it the grandest natiopality the world has ever known. Everywhere, from eastern to wulden shore, the hum of industry is heard, aud the white winged messengers of commerce Mit to and fro on ocean, lake and river, Love the govern- ment, the mildest, strongest, happiest and best that God has ever given to aan. To-day 1s as glorious as at the Orsi, and is enthroned in every living heart. See what we have been ie) the past. Some said our end had come, The wi greater than ever the uncertainties of thought—yet to-day we are and more glorivus. If amid earth there be aught we can count upon it is the Jengthened days and continued glory of a government which has passed through such # trial. We, ax the heirs of God, would count ourselves jess than Christians, less than men, did we not leave itsacrea for Vacs to come. Mr. Wheeler next eloquently alluded to the Pacific Railway, pi of civilization,and the development of the country— developments of glorious thought, running through ali time, grand with the greatuess of Divine mercy and in the salvation of the race. God bas thus raised us up that We May Work out the world’s saivation and tts evangelical redemption. God i solving great proviems and organizing great forces for the world’s good, This 1s God's le ground, he is trating his forces for swift marches apd uni- versal conqucsis. Our country 1s dear to us because we believe in tt, and her insiitutions are the hiding places of God's power. Oh, that we could recog- ize it fully! it we will only od into this Cay oon of God, how soon will this latver day's glory send its refulgentJight, “if l forget thee, my right hand forget her cunning ! is this American lund, God preserve and God en- dow it! How good it is to hold in ul remem- brance the men who went down to battie for us in the hour of peril! | grasp their hands once again; 1 hear once again the sound of tneir voices, They fought our battles, the victories came to us over their martyred lives. Some fell im the of arms, some fell by disease, and some were starved. Shall we forget thera? Then “let this right hand forget its cunning, and this tongue cleave to the roof of the month.” We will wreath their graves with flowers and teach our clildren to revere their memory. Remember kindly and lovingly the precious dead. Some were your sous, brothers, husbands. You wit not forget the ist sweet Kiss and the flash of ther gleaming eyes. They went out not unaccompanied by & mother’s blessing; the dust of some of them lie tar away; that of others have been it back to you, as the Wild dreams come again. Goa ‘ou have made. Let opened that their homes be secured and schoois | families may find some compensation for the loss they ot the maimed know we have gratitade for hank God, the hurricane of war hax e e ploughboy sings again in the furrow, veased. fhe war clouds, freed from the sinoke of battle, have passed away, and the nation, one-handed and one-hearted in the works of peace, passes on to eat of the fruits of righteousness, God of our jathers, Who brought us up through many Wastes and howiing wildernesses, protect our conatry. Ena- bie us to be eo of the Gospel and ex- pounders Of uberty throughout the iand. The ser- vices closed by the choir and congregation sing- God biess onr nauve land, Firma tnay ahe ever stand, n, after tie benediction, ali passed slowly out, ing ‘fail Columbia.” Mr, Wheeler is Ay preacher, aud his sermon to-day bas Heral praise. wi the organ pl taken up. As the amounts were not counted to-day GEVERAL NOTES. in some of the churches it is not possible to report ‘ nablouiots the exact amvnut collected, bat it is sate to state ail te that it will be un St. Lone 4 oxporting nams to France. Mary’s congregation appears to fay California has given up the wea of growing aut highest concribution—about five hundred dollars. | yy sau eut WAS #iven uP ne Recently w Cathoite colored church has been cod that > . opened in this city, uadergthe pastoral car nev, it ———— that there are 35,000,000 bows in the Felix Barroté, a pious little Ttalian priest, who was | United Stetes. D " went here vdinal Barpabo at the urgent request rhe Ohte Kepubiican State Conwention will be held of Archbishop Spauing, of Baltimore. He spoke | not one word of English when he arrived, but, fied with an ardent desire to serve found himsel! able to minister to the spiriual wants of his poor parishioners. The church 1s dedicated to blessed Martin de ‘Lorres, and tough intended for the particular ase of the colored Catholics, is nevertheless patronized by imauy very respectavle white peopic, attracted py the piety aud Zeal of the pastor. To-day Father Barrottt preneied & sermon | from the fifteenth chapter of St. Luke, tn whieh he | Xpiained bow the Bible could Nor pe the exclusive | ‘ ftath, whieh must be clear, nplete, #8 old ureh Heelf, universal and tc ible ty alle fey. William Sharman delivered a sermon vrian chuveh, taking for hs subject the jonies yesterday, and he Look oc- pine reinarks up ong otter things he said tinat, per to houor the memory of lowers over the graves of the dead Coutederace soldiers. ‘those who wishea to honor rebels (hus should have taken some other occasion. They should not have thrust their revel sympathies upon @ loyal people engaged in honoring the soldiers that had preserved their country. Tripity church wos, a UHUal, Weil Med this morn on the 234 of Jw | bo cultivate the colored race, he soon acquired the language and | nec 1 the so-cailerdt | for Kansas City las aman LIS years oll, who is able is garden It is predicted that the Vlains will be stripped of | vaftuloes im tive years, of divorces in the State of Con- Wt for Sus was 468, New Hampshire farmers complain that planting is hackward for Want of laborers. The Peavody Institute, at Peaborly, Mass., baa per- ont (dads to the amount of over $100,000, A staring number of private residence are being destroyed (ieoughout the South by the work of m- od the words of Dr. Ives, that “Christ | cendiaries, . that (0 the poor the Gospel is preached; | Qmly thirteen of the 166 regi lihitite ve Bible ts the rule of faith instituted by Curist, ir ~ . istered poor are ih a Worse condition than the | Gee ois and some of these will soon ‘The total registration of Shelby county, Tenn, (in blacks. cindiug Memphis), is 4,000 whites and 6,026 trial of Captain W. B. Donaldson, of St. tet, thas been wet for the 45th oF Sunes ee” Dr. Compton, General West, J, W. ©. Watson, | Judge Sumrall and Joshua Green are spoken then and not until then would it be | Governor of Mixsieaippt, po of for A negro from Ohio was admitted on the 2ist inet, to practice aw in the High Court of Br! peals of Mississippi. of Errore and Ap- ‘There is # bridge on the Yuba river, Calffornt one and o: ighth matles in teageh, It in tue lopaeet bridag in t ty.