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RELIGIOUS. Interesting Services in the Churches Yesterday in New York and Brooklyn. A CATHOLIC LECTURE EXTRAORDINARY, Obsequiecs of a Popular Clergyman. Telegraphic Reports from Washington, Trenton, Poughkeepsie, New Ha- ven, Bridgeport, Tairytown and Newburg. ‘The beautiful weather which prevailed in this city yesterday caused a general turnout of the habitus of our churches, and the consequenve was a large Bumerical attendance atthe places of public wor- ship. At the fashionable churches there was un un- usual display of fine toilets, which, with good sing- ing, added considerable interest to the oratorical feasts. RELIGIOUS SERVICES LV THIS CITY. CHURCH OF THE DIVINE PATERNITY, Sermon by Rev. Dr. Chapin. ‘This spacious and elaborately finished church was well filled yesterday morning by a fashionably dressed congregation, among whom were several prominent members of other sects, drawn thitherto, no doubt, to hear the pastor of the church preach in his peculiarly eloquent and argumentative style. Doctor Chapin took his text from Psalms, iv, 6: “Lord, liit Thou up the light of Thy countenance upon us.” ‘The preactier said these words appeared W have been uttered at a time of peculiar tribala- tion. It was very probable they were uttered by King David in the midst of rebellious and tumultuous times. They were uttered in response to a question put to Lim by the people, namely, “Who wiil show us any gooa?’? Now there were two classes of beings who could not with any fitness give utterance to these words, The released and gloriged spirit could not use them; for they be- Jeaged to one who was agitated by the agonies of this earth. On the other hand, those words could not be used by any one in the world, for they were the outpouriogs of aspirit straggling with the human condition, and yet able to triamph with the assur- ance, “Lord, lift Thou up the light of Thy counten- ance upon us.” He thought he might say that that Was the highest position man could attain in this parent state—not perfect vision, bot constant rest, at the shining light of God Himself, from whom all light proceeded. it struck him this very question, which was put, “Who will show us any good ?” was @ testimony to the greatness of human nature, 1t Was @ peculiarity of man that his condiuon pro- claimed bis guilt, while it also implied his dignity and worth. Our very forms of complaint and blame involved eieene: great and exalted. Take sin for exampie. Only a bel ng who had great capacities could be the perpetrator of sin. ‘the drunkard, although an object of loatning, perhaps worse, was at tne same tame an object for incessant love. If we looked on him at ail with the eyes of God, we felt his was not a bad nature. 1t was more a discrowning and disheveiling of @ man than anything else that placea him in that condition. It might be said, however, that such a condition belonged to a fallen nature. It might, too. Man, whom alone es could call a sinner, was a fallen being. But failing implied a state of exaltation, from which he had fallen. We pnd of the of man. that carried any ie or rebuke with it, it implied, not Adam all, our ancestors had fallen—not that fell—but that “I have fallen ana the result is my own personal injury.” It seemea to him the very accusation of sin repudiated the idea of a hereditary. total depravity. They (ae moral depravity—high and sacred responsibillty—in one word, the dignity of human nature. He said, there- ‘that that cry—“Who will show us what is coming even from the source of sin and kness, Was in accordance with the principle of Duman greatness. Of all created t man was the most restless. There was nothing so beuutiful in the teachings of Christ as these words—“Come unto me all ag that labor and are heavy taden and I will give you rest.” Because that rest was precisely hat man was seeking for, and which, outside of Bari he cannot find. Man depended for perma- ent enjoyment on mere objects of sense, ‘This indi- cated that he himself was not a mere creature of gensuality. Some of the most affecting instances of mortality involved evidences of immortality, Let him ask what was the real spring of social restessness and dissatisfaction? in all things did it not betray a deep consciousness of happiness—a desire to be happy. In one form or juiry: net that the ever rising, nnceasing question that sprang forth from the mind of man? Mankind were asking that question, not merely with their lips, but with their hands and with the innermost desire of their hearts and with their whole minds. Every stroke of the hammer, every delve of the spade, every noble production of art, all the moving im- and springs of tis great world were after all ceaselessly crying out-—“'Who will show us any good?” ‘Was a question of eager seeking, but in various ways. It was a question which was often asked in a superficial, frivolous manner. How many le were there on this earth who did not know ‘what to do with themselves, whose whole lives were ‘wasted away tn the most thoughtless and miserable manner, seeking what woud gratify their appetites or curiosities, Such people were constantly asking, “Who will minister thought to our senses or give a new point to oar desires; The reverend gentlemau then went on at length to make an eloquent and effective application of his text to the various phases of the humanity of the present day, and closed with @ fervent peroration on te Bible, Which he said was not merely a book of ecstatic visions, iike the Brah- min book, but a holy book, a heart book, a cottage Ddook, which was closely allied to our common hu- Manity—a book which auswered or gave a solution tully to the inquiry, “Who wiil show us any good!’ THE XAVIER ALUMNI SODALITY. Ameresting Address of Archbishop McClosky— He Condemns ail Secret Societies, and Es- pecially Freemasonry, Which is Now More Active and Powerful than EverWere Arche bishop Hughes, Many Eminent Priests and Even Pope Plus IX. Freemasons? This: association, which has for its object the en- eouragement of virtue, piety and devotion of the Blessed Virgin among educated Catholic gentlemen, the perpetuation of friendstap formed by them uring their college life, and the promotion of Catho- lic interests, and is a branch Sodality of the Roman College of 1563, held its regular monthly meeting at four o’clock P. M. yesterday. The Most Rev. Arch- bishop, the Rev. Father MeNierny and a number of Other clergymen being present, The twenty-second section of the bylaws provides for a cominitiee of employment, whose duties are to assist young men, without distinction of religion, to procure mercantile or professional employment. ‘The proceedings opened with the Litany of the Biessed Virgin Mary by the director, Rev. P. F. Dealy, 8. J., after which the Archbishop addressed the Sodality. Hejexpresseu his pieasure at the spec- tacle he then witnessed, and congratulated the So- dality on their numbers and the catholic spirit which py mea among them. Their having met together, ot for mede amusement or to advance temporal in- terests, but to keep alive in their hearta that holy epirit of faitii iv which they were reared and edi. cated, afid to encourage one another in the faithful performance of all duties devoiving upon them as children of the hely Roman Catholic Church gave him the highest gratification. Numbers did not al- ‘Ways constitute strength; on the contrary, they sometimes produced weakness in consequence of a division ix their counsels, — ‘There- fore the end wes not w be obtained by numbers, but by co-operation, in which tuere ‘would be unity of parpose, of will and of faith, Ag Members of the Sodality they occupied a position hot only to advance thelr own Interests but to be ght beneficial to others and to the holy faith which they professed, He recommended them to keep within themselves a Catholic esprit de corps by which they might cope with the temptations and dangers with which they were likely to meet every 4 of their lives. ‘They had seen continually the spirit of religious bitternesa and contempt of sacred things which prevatied, aa weil as the contempt for authority which pervaded the youth of our day, and not only then, bul it was really the spirit of the time. ‘The Church was God's representative on earth; she spoke for God, and of necessity opposed and frowned down the Meentiousness which prevailed. The world then must prevail, unless the children of the Church by picly and holiness upheid her prineipies and her iy When he was a boy he remembered young men of their age and of his age then look with hors ror upon what now 18 looked upon as a matter of course Lp and old, Amusements of a certain Class would then be hissed down and the indecencies Of the atage Which now prevail would never be tolere ated jorty years ago, These young op had the op NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JUNE 7, 1869—TRIPLE SHEET. portant to teach others by advice and example, bat above all to keep aloof from such amasements 4s would pot only in- jure themselves, but be a source of scandal to others. ‘hey had another office, and that was to show a proper example to ail young men tn follow- ing higher pursuits and in keeping clear of all that would injure them. They should keep aloof trom seeret societies as the most crying evil of the age. Within the last quarter of a century these societies: were not 80 prosperous and active as they are now, Freemasonry, for instance, was never more active than now. ‘They looked for neophytes among the Catholics, and bad even seduced them to believe there was nothing inconsistent with religion in thus disobeying the dictates of the Church. He had heard a legal gentleman of bigh attainments, who very likely believed what he said, that the Catholic Church was not serions in condemn- ing Freemasonry because Archbishop Hughes was a Freemason, many eminent priestswere Free- masons, and even Pope Pius IX, was a Free- mason, ‘These yo men then had the power to keep aloof from this society, they were protected by their Sodality—for this society had subveried all au- thority and even claimed to be religious assemblies, fle advised them to avoid ali such societies and ot continue to cultivate their minds in a proper man- ner. He cautioned them against the juctive, and dangerous and irreligious literature which was spread around them, ‘There was a time when English Catholic literature was almost unknown, but now, on the examination of the catalogue of Catholic book store, ar would find excellent literature, which they coul not only study with satisfaction, but even contribute to ‘themselves. In conclusion he rayed that as God had blessed their Sodality @ Would continue to do so, and these young men would be enabled to advance the mterests of the Catholic Church, and that she would from day to day become brighter and brighter and sp! in prosperity, and they would have the happiness, the honor, and, as he trusted, the opportunity of having held a very efticieut and glorious part. ‘The Rey, Father Dealy craved the prayers of the Sodality for the re) of the soul of the late James Regan, @ member The most reverend Archbishop then assumed the vestments, and assisted by Rev. Father Renaurt as deacon, and Mr. Renaurt as sub-deacon, celebrated Yontiticial vespers, after which he dismissed the So- dality with the benediction of the biessed sacrament. The music was under the direction of Mr, Edward Mauzo and Charies G. Herbermann, Ph. D. BUSINESS MEETING. ‘There was @ business meeting followed which was private. JOHN STREET METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Sermon of the Rev. Wm. P. Corbit—The Coming Encroachments on Original Methed- ism. Yesterday being Communion Sunday in the sacred and ancient building of John street Methodist Epis- copal church, it was filled with a large, respectable and appreciative audience. After the usual morn- ing religious exercises had been gone through, the pastor, Rev. Wm. P. Corbit, came forward in the pul- pitand announced as his text I. Corinthians, xi., 23-26, commencing with—“And the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread,” &c, After a few prefatory remarks the speaker went on to elucidate the words of his text, during which he took occasion to prove that the commu- nion Was a commemorative service of divine appoint- ment; and this was manifest to all present, ror the Saviour said—“Do this in remembrance of me,” He also instanced the Feast of the Passover, which was one of the leading feusts of the Jews, which was observed by God’s own people in commemoration of the destroying angel passing by the houses of the Israelites, while the houses of the Egyptians were destroyed, because there was no blood typical of the blood of Christ to be seen there. Tins Was the great song of the redeemed hosts before the throue of Goa, that they had overcome through the blooa of the Lamb, He then ably defined the object of the Communion, the eificacy of itand the great end of it. After expauatil at some length very power- fully on these heads, he concluded a most practical, evangelical and eifective discourse, which was very attentively listened to throughout. The minister, in reading over the different notices of public meetings to be held m the city during this month, said there Was one which would be held in that time-honored and sacred temple on the 24th of this present month, and only he was bound, or rather compelled, to read it, he would abstain from doing it. For himself, he protested against it with his whole heart and soul, and before unat intelligent and respectable congregation he did so. In the name of the Diviue Trinity, in the names of the apostles and rophets, in the name of the sainted martyrs whose 100d was the seed of the Church, in the names of the founders of their beloved and Scriptural Method- ism—Wesley, Clark, Benson, Watson, Waugh and a host of others—he entered his solemn protest. In the name of his departed wife and children he did 80; and that was to prevent the lay members o1 the church from interfering in the spiritual affairs of his beloved yet simple Methodism. When that day ar- rived then was their pure Methodism done, and done forever, and nothing but bickerings and end- Jess disputes would follow. After the members had partaken of the commu- ae the congregation was dismissed with the bene- iction. ST. JOSEPH'S CHURCH. Catholics and Their Difticulties—An Extraordi- nary Lecture by Rev. Thowns Farrell. St. Joseph’s church, on the corner of Sixth avenue and West Washington place, was last evening densely crowded to listen to a lecture by the Rev. Thomas Farrell on “The South—Catholics and Their Difficulties.” A large number of clergymen were present, occupying seats within the chancel, among whom were the Rey. Sylvester Malone, of St. Peter and Pauls’ chureh, of Brooklyn, and his assistant, Rev. John Fagan; Rev. Felix Farelly, of St. James’ church, New York; Rev. F. Boyce, of St, Theresa’s; Rev. Dr. McGlynn, of St. Stephens; Rev. F. McCarthy, of the Holy Cross; Rev. F. Moriarty, of Chatham Four Corners; Rev. F. Healey, of St. Bernard’s, and several others. Even promi- nent civilians and republican politicians were pre- sent, as Colonel F. A. Conkling, Sinclatr Tousey, C. BE. Detmoid, Erastus C. Benedict, &c. At eight o’clock precisely the reverend gentleman ascended the pulpit and said that there seemed to be a misapprehension prevailing as to the nature of this proposed lecture, since a good many expected him to enter into politics, while he proposed to give his views of the conditions of the country in general, and of the South in particu- lar, It was to be the first of a series of con- versations with lis own people, in which he would freely and frankly give his opinions. in regard to the freedmen ali he had to say 1s, that slavery was dead and that the best men in the South thank God that itis dead, He believed universal suffrage to be the best iaw for the republic, and he would say that much for the information of New York and for the benefit of State Legislatures on behalf of the fifteenth amendment, that universal suffrage was the funda- mental law of the republic for good and for evil, Continuing, the reverend speaker satd that the South ‘Was not half so poor and badly off as it is supposed, He believed that tn the future the most loyal men in the South will be those who fought most bravely to break up the Union; they acknowledge it to have been a mistake, & blunder and a iniserable fail- ure, There was no necessity for measures of dis- franchisement or confiscation. The most dangerous men are those who don’t know yet that slavery is dead, and who kept up a fire m the rear of the army that went forth to hatte for the Union. Father Far- rell then went on to describe why this 1s a providen- tial country. He pictured the condition of the Ola World at the time when God tn His inscrutable prov- idence led a Catholic safior to discover this Contt- nent—a land of immense deur, where the im- mortality of the, unity an brotherhood of man are to be fully where pene are alike known be is of all equal before Him and His law. God made man free like Himself and @le cannot undo His own acts. No wonder that CO! Jans were persecuted by the kings of old, Even Tacitus speaks of the Christians as “enemies of mankind," and he was right in his own conception, for the Christians were enemies of tyranny and of the wrongs of s0- clety, as the Christian charter was the divine bill of human rights, leaning for protection on the rights of conscience. Was it not strange that after eighteen centuries of persecution, commenced by the Jews and continued by the Pagans, Christianity is in the ascendancy? The lecturer referred to the edict of Constantine enjoining tolerance for Christians and intolerance for ali others, to the Re- formation, which broke Christian unity, and then spoke of the mistake the Church made in seeking foreign recognition and and accept. ing Loe go rotection, meaning the temporal power of the State. The State had nothing to do with the rignts of conscience. The divine right of kings to temporal power was a “divine Lo and was not Catholic doctrine, The kings of the Christian era were aa despotic as the Pagan cae of old. None were as sanguinary as Henry VII[. of England, and he hardly less so than Louis + of France. In such a state of Europe God in fis own time called forth the discovery of this land to estab- lish freedom of religion and the delivery from ihe despotism of the Old World. As Catholics they feel proud that the little colony of Maryland first estab- ished the principle of liberty of conscience, and the sword of Washiugton and the pluck and tenacity of the American people confirmed the true Catholic doctrine of the freedom of conscience. He believed it to be a pity that the sword of Washington did not find ite way to Spain. He would mention a few of the diMeuities of Catholics in this country. ‘The first was the want of lay Organization, Every other denomination bas its organizalion, but the Catholics have not. What is the reason? Are the clergy afraid of the peopie? It was one of the firet principles of Catholic teach- ing that the people cau never be wrong, for they do not wish thetr own ae The clergy meet in solemn council (very solemn, indeed, expecially if there are many old fogies among them), but they accomplish nothing. At the request of the Holy Father they met at Baltioore and passod resolutions in favor of schools for the freedmen, but expreased regret that they were so sudi: emancipated and torn from the bosom of their protectors, while, if We want to bevett those Who nocd air they wast have our sympathy, Hundreds of the clorey growl, * but that ts about all, The matter may just ac well be spoken of puoliciy as in private conversation at the diner wble, The resolution’ mentioned was passed to let the Holy Father understand that they were doing great things, while they did noiung at all. Another difficulty lay in conservatism, which puts the leaders in epoetion to the people and to honest progr and then the people march over them, Too much conservatism, which makes people cling to pernicious institutions, may be productive of stagnation, disease and death, Another dificuity Ba misapprehension of the doctrine of the infallibil- ity of the Church, The Church Js based on the revela~ tion of God, and there must be, in government as well as in the Church, a supreme tribu- Bal authenticated to decide. Tue constitution of the Church is God’s constitution and God’s law, and was there ever such an absurdity as to let everyone judge for himself of God's law? But this is often misunderstood, even by Catholics, The Church is @ constitutional government, with an ex- ecutive, which cannot change the fundamental law, and neither take from it nor add to it. But every- thing outeide 1s left to reason and to the judgment of mankind, and it has been a great mistake to turn into uncha! ble that which 1s changeable. Ke- ligion is anchangeabie, but he was not compeiled to iow what every pious fool might say. i.e would that the Inquisition was iniquitous and tyrauni- ; that ecclesiastical courts ought never to have existed, and he was satisfied to be tried S a jury of his peers. He was opposed aristocracy, to rimogeniture, to religious persecution, as he believed the teaching of Catholicism to be opposed to all violations of the rights of cousclence. Many who come here from the Old Country rear persecution, Fear is an evi- dence of guilt, and they woula not fear to be perse- cuted had they not persecuted themselves before. ‘The safest man to follow in Church and State was the radical. Why? Reform will come, and the sooner it comes the better. If the Protestants are prejudiced so much the worse for them, and it is no reason Why Catholics should be prejudiced against Protestants, He had heard Catholics, clergymen and lay, say that Protestants had no principle of mo- rality. That was a lie and wicked, as they believed in God and the Ten Commanuments. ‘They were preju- diced against the abolitionists, who had been the best friends the free laboring population ever had in this country. If the people once know the truth they wiil put prejudice under their feet, The rev- erend speaker then referred to the prejudice prevail- ing against emancipation, and granting the suffrage to the freedmen, and spoke earnestly against such prejudices, and he aiso paid a glowing eulogy on the character of the American people for having adopted a short, sharp and decisive policy in this respect, the success of which was wonderiul. They had “rained” 400 teachers and five millions in money upon the South for the education of the freedmen, as the only pun shment America inflicts upon rebels. ‘The reverend gentleman closed with an eloquent ee dn favor of the unity of the Christian damuly. ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL, At the Cathedral yesterday the Rev. Dr. P. F. McSweeny ofiiciatea as celebrant. At the conclusion of the gospel in the mass the Rev. Father McInerny ascended the pulpit, and, after Teading the usual notices and the gospel of the day (Luke xv., 1, 10), read a lengthy essay on the good- ess and mercy of God, His concern for those who stray away from the foid, and His readiness to tor- give sinners who humbiy repent and return to Him with contrite hearts, The choir, under whe direction Oi Provessor Schmitz, sang Mercadante’s Mass in D, Tor four voices, and, of course, with good etfect. At the otiertory the beautiful hymn, Omni die dic Maria, set to an exquisite melody, was sung by the quartet. Mesdames Cnomé and Werner and Messis. UL. Schmutz and Sohst. BROADWAY TABEANACLE. Sermon by the Rev. Dr. J. P. Thompson—The Corversion of Koman Outholics. Yesterday forenoon Rev. Dr. J. P. Thompson, of the Broadway Tabernacle, in the presence of about 300 listeners, delivered a discourse of an hour and a quarter’s duration on the compound question, “Why should we seek the conversion of Roman Catholics and by what means?” The reverend geutieman, on quoting the text for the occasion and introducing it with a few preliminary remarks pertinent to the themes he was about to discuss, remarked that Luvher, in becoming a reformer, did not cease to be @ true Catholic, He sought singly the removal of the corruptions and formularies of the Church which were at variance with the teachings of the Bible and the vitalizing spirit of Curist, who alone taught the doctrines by which men can be saved, and thus he desired that all should enter into fellowship with the living Church of which Jesus was the corner stone. He then drew a parallel between the missions of St. Paul and Martin Luther. St. Paul was aware, for he had been there himseif, of the weakuess spiritually of the Jews, and he there- fore labored as a Christian teacher, by persuasion and by kindness, to bring those who were yet in the bondage of Judaism as well as those who were Gen- tlies tuto the Church of Curist. For this he labored, hoping and te: tothe end. So Luther, im ex: posing the spiricual weakness and corrupt practices ol the Roman hierarchy, strove by persuasion, by argument, to reform the abuses which had been grad- ually introdaced tnto the Church of Rome, and which were countenanced by its hierareby. He did not contend for asystem of his own; bat for simple belief in the Bible. When his books were con- demned to the flames, he looked on undisturbed, and said he desired nothing better, as he only, through his writings, sought to bring the people to the Kuowledge of the Bible. That eflected, his writ- ings were of little value. The Roman Onurch, as a communication of professing Christians, was a failure. It was true there Was much im the Church that was good and useful, and there were those in it who were true Ohrisuans so far as the ligut that had been vouchsatei them would lead them through the vortuous labyrinths of darkness in which the religious system of Rome had become obscured as by a dense fog of unreason. Protes- tants naturally had more sympatuy for those who were under the influence of the Roman Church than they had for pagans, for Catholics were bominaliy Christians, and if they cou‘d be approacicd properly could be made to see as Paul and as Luther had, the light of the Gospel as it 6 in Jesus. The speaker then referred to tie labors of Paul among the Judaisis and of Luther in Germany amoug the Catholics. Judaism and Catholicism lad each @ history, an organization, a faith and a creed, but both were inimical to the teachings of Christ. Paul recognized the ephemeralism of Spiritualism in Judaism, and saw aiso that ali Israelites im faith were not of israel. So Lutuer, in Catholicism, did not fail to find that in ali its errors and forms there were those wio were not Romanisis—men who did not believe in its pagan symboilsms, while at the same time they accepted the cross as ine emblem of the labors and teachings and sufferings of the sa- viour. Paul desired that the Jews shouid be brought to Christ, and so Luther labored to save Catholics from the Roman Church, its hierarchy and its spir- itual corruptions. Luther, like Paul in declaring agatnst Judaism, did not object to the forms and ceremonies of the Roman Church so muci as to the evils which came of the bowings and pic- tures and processions, and which did not make the communicant personaily responsible to God. Ko- man Catholics were ignorant of God’s righteousness because they cannot, do not truly accepe Christ as the end of the law. The precious trutis of the Gos- pel are refused by the priests to Catholics, as in aul’s day they were refused by the spiritual teach- ers of the Jews. The error of Paul is the error of this day. They (Catholics of the Roman Church) go about in their own betief, tnstead of, as St. Paul says, “establishing a righteousness.” They mereiy accept a righteousness, The speaker next likened the Church of Rome to those flowers that are made of wax. They are externally beautiful and attract the eye, but when critically examined they are found not to be flowers, but imitations, and of Wax. This discovery made and all interest in them ceases, aud we henceforth regard them as excellent specimens of taste and ingenuity. The reverend gentieman spoke in this strain ior some tune, reviewing ie progress of the Church of Rome and of Pro- testantism throughout the world, He then spoke of the mistake that been commit by those who protested in Germany against the cor- ruptions of the Roman Dierarchy and the tyranny of Catholic States, and who were consequently calied Protestants, Protestants ‘protested" against mat- ters political quite as much as against matters spiritual. He closed his discourse by exhibiting ree printed papers, the first of which was the announcement @ religious drama performed in the theatre of the city of Seville on the 13th of Feb- ruary last, in which, among other nages, Jesus Christ was announced to spent. ‘he second was a comic publication, issued Barcelona since the Spanish revolution, in which the Catholic hierarchy and the soldiery were lampooned; and the third was @ small quarto paper, printed by Deacon Hall, in Madrid, in which true Christianity was taught the benighted people of the Spanish capital. The reverend gentleman closed by asking the congrega- tion to contripute liberally towards helping on the conversion of Catholics to Christianity in Catholic countries, SPIRITUALISM, The Spirits Quicscent—Address by Mra, Brig- ham. Those who rejoice in & spectral existence several Planes above the humdrum theology of the nine- teenth century, and deal only with that impalpable population which so recently figured tn the grossly mundane art of photography, together with a hand+ ful of speculative thinkers, general sceptics and few of the small body that refuse to believe that a monopoly of omniscient wisdom was implanted mn the progressive bosoms of free-lovers and «dyapep- tics, gathered yesterday morning at the Everett Rooms, at half-past ten, to hear a fresh exposition of the remark@ble acoustic and aerial phenomena accompanying mysterious communications from the other world; but the audience was greeted with an address by Mra. Brigham, a lady who appeared in a rather elaborate toilet, wearing a Iilac-colored dress, with puffed sleeves, and @ point lace collar; besides, sho Was profusely and tastetully adorned with it Jewelry. Many of the auditors consisted of | «irawn there by curiosity, thongh, perhaps,a few Were exponents of the ism. The meeting was opened wih music by @ holy eousiating of six vers | ALT sons, after which Mrs. Brigham rese at her desk and delivered @ very spicy, imeiodramatic disserta- Hon on “eautiful Lie, in which sie introduced a great quanuty of suggestive figures «nd appropriate Wustrations, and frequently elicited the applause of her hearers. it was a notipeable fact that spwitual- isin Was not referred to in tue address, She began by alluding to the beaten track on which the ser- mous of to-day are pronounced, They ali come, said she, with an ex 2 roll of her eyes, from the well of Abrabaw ce they get the dovirines of original sin. God in the beginuing created man, and then gave him a companion—wouan—and because they conjointiy ate of the tree of knowledge, the religion of the past teaches us that with the knowl- edge there obtained has come endless punishment to the generations that follow. God planted this tree of Wisdom; but itis held thas man should not par- take of its fruit, therefore man in eating of it has entailed @ curse upon an iniinite posterity, Reason has been abjured in the Cuarch and faith erected in its stead. A man losing his way in the dark labyrinths of knowledge, pursumg his course in the aye underground passages of the mystery of fe, suddenly siucables on a lighted torch, He picks it up, and, bo longer compelled to grope his way amid darkness and despair, approaches near to his happy exit; but he meets a black,'cmling figure rising up before him, and he hears the words, ‘1 am @ priest; put out your light and follow me;” and thus is the great blazing torch of reason darkened in the lurid glare of the Church of the past. But rea- son in the eud ts triumphant. Those we love exist et the great hereafter, because they are loved by us. heir carcer is not ended because they are of the future; but they still live under the shadow of the tree of life, and our love lives forthem, It should not be a part of our creed to jook upon death as a curse, but as a blessing; for surely when from the tiresome toils of our daily life our frames become worn, and we begin to feel the mfirmities of age, when all that 18 attractive and beauuful in life becomes duli and wearied, and when we cease to live for a happiness on earth, it is then fitting that we should embrace the refuge which God has provided for our comlort—death, How few take this view of their Juture; they are the ones who sneer at reason and lead lives of brooding melancholy; they are the young ladies in our 1astiionable drawing rooms who have littie feet. and little souls—(laughter)—and be- lieve that “lifeis all a fleetiag show.” They are fond of singing— I would not live always, 1 ask uot to atay, Where storm atter' storm Gathers dark o'er the way. (Laughter and applause.) ‘They, emphatically, do not see the beautiful in life, and they Know too well its miseries, They stand over @ pool of tears and the ripples created Dy their own disordered perceptions break the beautitul view that is reflected trom above and convert it tito a picture of sorrow and despair, Attached to the Taith that for one sin believed to have been com- mitted in the primitive garden they are to evernaily suler, anchored to the doctrines of endless puaisl- embracing the dogia that God 18 revengeial, and cruel, What are not their lives? On the contrary, there are those who revere God for His goodness, His gentleness and Hus divine love, and believe that ever as they conduct themse!ves on earth, so shull be their rewards and punishments in the great unknown. The little boy, ignorant of his divine origin aud destined ead, builds his house of blocks in tinocent confidence, aad should it 1a- knowledge ms structure ‘Th's cannot be true. <plicable cline toward the tree of falls down and is destroyed. darkness; but with later years and scicnce soiwe of the wooas are cleared away. Some degree of un- happiness must be expected, since sorrow 1s tue ballast of lie, aud When the ship LS oUt UpOR CO stormy sea without her cargo she 1s: unmanaged and frequently lost; but when weil baliasted and Jaden she puts out on the dangerous ocean aud mak her port in safety. Soit is with life, If the ¢ librium of body and mind, joy and sorrow, struyed barmony does not prevail; but if otherwis then in years, after the mind is clogged aod the spirit Weary, We go satisfied to our inal rest aud thank God that the spirtt blossoms lke the flower into the deathiess day of immorial lie. (Loud ap- plause.) FUNERAL OF THE LATE REV. DAY K. LEE. Bleecker Street U: Chareh. The obsequies of the late Rev. Day K. Lee, D. D., the partor of the Bieecker street Universalist church, who died at his residence itn this city on Thursday last, were celebraved yesterday afternoon in the church corner of Bleecker and Downing streets. The church was densely crowded im every part, very large numbers of persons standing in the aisies and the lobbies, and even upon the steps leading up to the sacred edifice, About two o’clock the funeral cortége arrived at the church, and the solemn pro- cession, headed by the remains of the deceased, passed up the centre aisle, the organist performing at the time a solemn dirge. The coflin, which was a very handsome casket covered with black, was placed on a catafalque beneath the pulpit, the family and relatives of the deceased occupying tae front pews. ‘The pulpit was heavily draped with black cloth and profusely ornamented with flowers, whici were strewn all over the steps and the desk, Some very handsome devices, worked in immorteiles, were Placed upon and near the coilin. The services opened with prayer and reading of the Scriptures, Kev. J. '!. Sawyer presiding. A hymn was then sung, Which had been prince. and circulated throughout the church. This hymn was the last production of the late Dr. D. K. Lee, and was written by him for the Universalist 1estiva! held in Boston in May, 156%, and was never again sung till yesterday, at the funera) services of the lamented author, The Rev. J. I. Sawyer delivered the funeral discourse, which, though somewhat long, was listened to turoughout with the most breathless attention, The reverend gentleman more than once during the delivery was overcome by his feelings, and the congregation were frequently 80 touched by his mention of their departed pastor as to break out in audible sobbings and quiet tears. The speaker dwe.t upon the bitlerness of the bereavement caused by the death of Mr. Lee, and the loss thereby sustained by his own church and the charch at large, but drew the attention of his hearers to the comfort waich could ve drawn from true religion and the blessed gospel of Jesus Christ. He referred to the suddenness of the death and to the fact that the deceased was cut down in the very midst of his usefulness and with his harness on. The speaxer also gave a slight sketch of the late Mr. Lee's lie, irom the time that he entered the ministry, at the age of twenty-one, until the day of his death, at the age of fifty-two, and concluded with an analysis of his personal character, At Use close of the address “1 Know That My Redeemer Liveth” was sung by a member of the chon, and after prayer the congrega- dion were invited to take @ last 100k at the features of their deceased friend and pastor. The immense gathering, almost without the exception of an indi- vidual, Mled past the coffin, and, amid universal weeping, gazed for the last time upon the familiar form of thetr much-loved teacher. The remains were then placed in the hearse and the mournful procession started for Greenwood, Where the body was interred in a vault be.onging to a friend of the deceased's family. RELIGIOUS SERVICES I iversalist Services at the BROOKLYN, PLYMOUTH CHURCH, Sermon by Rey. Henry Ward Beecher. This church was crowded yesterday, as usual, and more people came than could get in, as is always the case, The flowers that adorn the pulpit on all occasions of religious services were, If possible, nore beautiful yesterday than ever. Mr. Beecher was in his happiest mood, and was never listened to with more unfagging attention. Before announcing bis text he said that he would be absent on Sunday next, to preach to the graduating class of cadets at West Point. Ten years ago he said that he would not have been invited to preach there. He was going to speak some last words of Christian instruction to the young men who were to go forth to be the oiicers of the army. He loved the army for its most precious memories. Thousands and thousands would remember the blood-stained army; but it meant to the people of this country duty—it meant patriotism. It meant to them most of aii that their country was safe, united, and deflant of all foes bota within and without. He not only honored the army, but he honored that institution that has raised up so many most able men, Who have proved after great temptation inore largely incorrupt than any other ciass of professional men in the country. Mr. Beecher took for the text of his sermon, the second verse of the fifteenth chapier of Ramans, ‘Let every one of us please his neighbor for good to his eal- fication.” There were many who loved to give pleasure careless of benefit, and many who sought to instruct without giving pl asure. Books were impertect. Of the two partialisms that surely was better which built one up in truth, no matter how rudely and rug- peg ho matter with what harshness ‘and pain, jut Why should sources of pleasure getting and giving instruction be separated? Pleasure sho: always carry instruction, and knowledge should ways carry pleasure, “Let every one of us pie his neighbor for his good to edification.” ft wi true that there were some to whom giving pleasure was easy; it Was their nature; they were agreeable people; they were so without thought almost; every one liked their presenec. It was a reat gift of God to be so constituted, here were others who were disposed to leave to these persons the office of pleasure giving, as they did songs to musicians, and iyrics to poets, and pictures to artists, But no man could throw off the Christain duty of conferring pleasure. Yet it must not be evory kind of pleasure; it must be for the good and edification of him who was pleased, A man had no right to make a man happier in any other way, to please him in any way, Not everything that picased was to be made use of, but only that which as it leased had in it the elements of growth; that ended to please the right faculties in the right way. Raiteation was an are itectural word which meant puliding § up was = iargel, used by vaul and — mi at be given a et wiier please was thought to he catering to @ man’s lower nature, and so pleasure tm the estimation of Unris- vans was at a discount, An observation of the moral character of tose who lived to conter pleasure did not seem to mend the matter any. Those whose business 1t was to cater to the pleasure of men had always been men of low moral temperament, ani weieso yet, Pleasure mongers were low in the Social scale, and still jower in the moral scaie, It seemed to damage @ man’s moral nature to take up the business of furnishing pleasure. Pleasure mongers, the world over, were of the earth earthy; of the Jesh and not of the spirit. Tuey were Wont to minister to men’s lower natures exclusively. Men already had strength enough in their appe‘etes. Gluttony and drunkeuness needed no hep from crutches though they would bring @ man to crutches very speedily. Pleasure mongers pleased low down. ‘They struck the passions and appeutes; they neglecied wholly .the spiritual necessities. They made that rampant which was already too unruly. That was one reason why pleasure making Was 50 bad and pleasure makers were so pad, that it had been making pleasure out of the lower materials of a 3 Gospel the reveren? clergyman ascended the pulpit and delivered an eloquent and impressive discourse from the fifteenth chapter and the first ten verses of the Gospel according to St. Luke, which treats of the parable of the hundred sheep. Father Fon said:—The Gospel shows what interest Almighty. God takes in the salvation gi souls, for that good shepherd, Jesus Curist, leaves behind ninety-nine in order to searc ‘or the lost sheep, if it is found to to tne fold, whew heavenly host rejoice with Lim for its recovery. ‘hus He was solicitous for our wel/are while walk- ing on this earch, as He sull continues to be throught His priests and ministers. He laid down ifs life to Save everyone, and came into this world to seek those who were lost, to save them and bring them back to the kKiagdom of His heavenly father, It is @ pily to see so many walking in the ways of vice, sin and immorality. They are not waiking in the, road that Jesus Christ has plaimiy laid out! for them. if many fathers aud mothers, in the old country couid see the steps their sons and daughters ure taking 1 this— man's life. The true principle was that every man should p.ease his neigubor for his good and édifica- tion, A man is to please, but in a way Uhat shat benefit his fellow, not weaken him. Aman had no right to lower the moral tone of his neighbor; no right to destroy his delicacy; no right to drag down in any way. He was to please him and to do it for his good. Pleasure shoud always be so given ‘that its recipient would be a better man for it, ‘Tus was the true ministerial Work. Every man was to be a minister to those with whom he was assoclatea. He must make his presence bring gladness, but not @ gladness that works downward, but upward, so that it would cleanse and purify, The speaker then alluded to the manifold sources of pleasure, and said that there was uo pleasure greater than that expe- nenced by the birth of an idea, The proof of this was seen in the tendency of men to ride hobbies, Jt was @ blessed hour when young men Jeained the pleasure of thinking. If 1 was a uuty to employ pleasure so that 1t would convey instruction there was a correlative duty to employ instruction so that it would please men. As a rule instruction suould be made pleasurable. But some crosses and some yokes could not be avoided. For these no one should turn out. Students of moral truths should not be 80 made as to offend. A belligerent spirit provoked by the utterance of a truth was by no means the Exponent of the conviction produced. It Was not required 80 to preach the doctrine of de- pravity or any other doctrine that it would make men depraved, It was not necessary so to present moral truths that all but tough and veteran church- goes would be driven trom the Church, Preaching to please simply was abominable; preaching to in- struct forgetful of pleasing fell short of its purpose for the lack of iearers, ‘The true plan was to please, that imstruction might be given. CENTRAL METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Saints and Their Saviour. The Rev Beajamin M. Adams preached yesterday forenoon to @ large congregation in the Central Methodist Kpiscopal church, South Fifth street, Willlamsburg. He took for his text the tenth verse of the fourth chapter of the First Epistle of Paul to ‘timothy—“For therefore we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who 1s the Saviour of all men, specially of those that belleve.” Mr. Adams commenced by saying that every man has his inspirations, A man is superiatively selfish, and he goes forth in the world grasping at everything he sees. That is his inspiration. ‘The selfishness of a lover, who defies ali things for tne object of his affections, ts his inspi- ration. In all cases action is inspiration, and na salut can be inactive, The duty of the saint 18 to live for others, to work tor for them continually. ‘There is no such thing as @ lazy saint. All should work tor God by pracusing self-denial, The mistress who bears patiently with ber heip in the kitchen wien they are petulant and teaches them kindness by example is iaboring for God. ‘The merchant in hus counting room may work for God while accumu- lating weaith, by setting good examples to his clerks and all whom he encounters in his business rela- tions. None of us are exempt from persecutions. ‘There never was a person, no matter how pure, who was not found fauit with. Positive people—those who say what they mean and mean what they say— are most subject to censure and persecution, and negatve persons do not escape it altogether, no matter how amiable they may be. Bat the positive people—St. Paul was one of them—accomplisa the inost giorious work. They labor when they believe, and jabor continually, hat we all most ueed 1s more faith in the supernatural—more faith in the living God. | With this 1aith in us we can accomplish anything. We must feel the inspiration of Christ's resence before we can labor and suffer reproach; for Christ is the special Saviour of all who have faith in him. He is everything that you take him for, If you seek his love it will .be lavished upon you; if youseek his help he will help you; if icy neglect him he will neglect you; if you seek you will tind him. Mr. Adams announced that a vote on the question of lay representation would be taken in his church to-day (Monday). ‘The polls wilt be opened at half- past three o'clock in the afternoon for the purpose of Giving the female members of the congregation an opportunity to deposit their ballots and will be kept open until six o’clock in the evening. They will be reopened at @ quarter to eight o’clock for all mem- bers. Mr. Adams is himseif opposed to lay repre- sentation, but he expressed a hope that every mem- ber of ls church would vote one way or the other. He asked those who are in favor of the church as it 1s to vote against the proposition, and those who are dissatisiied with it to vote for it. The General Con- ference should be fully formed of the sentuments of bo ane ca ail the congregations under its con- rol. in the afternoon, communion services were held in this church and a number of new members ad- mutted to full communion, RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN NEW JERSEY, Jersey City. A solemn high mass was celebrated in St. Peter's church at half past ten o’clock yesterday forenoon, Rev. Dr. Wiseman oificiatang as celebrant, with Rey. P. Corrigan as deacon and Rey. John O'Neill as sub- deacon, A sermon was preached on the Gospel of the day by Father Corrigan, who appiied the test to the duties of parents toward their. cliidren. He de- nounced the public school system, and declared that the parents who send their children to these schools disobey the injunctions of their bishop and be- tray their religion, Under the public school system religion is entirely eliminated, and we see thé con- sequences in our police courts and State prisons. ‘The newspapers are Hlled every day with accounis of atrocious crimes perpetrated by those who can almost invariably attribute their fall to the absence of a religious education. “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he 1s old he will not de- part from it.” The parabie of the lost sheep appiles inost aptiy Co the case of the poor child wiose edu- cation Is neglected, and who is accordingly left to wander and stray through this life. If the just mea has to wage a fieres contest with his passions, what must be the condition of those who have never re- ceived any of those lights apa graces which are found only in a religious training, and which are the ouly allies on which they can saiely rely in the hour | of danger? ‘The ‘Third Reformed church, in Hamilton square, contained one of the largest ay Saag of the season, A sermon was preached by tie Rev. Dr. Campbell, President of Rutgers College. Rev. Dr. Harkness delivered an eloquent discourse in the Tlurd Presbyterian church on “The Comuu- nion of Saints.” ‘The attendance at all the churches and Sunday schools was very large yesterday, and wouid suffice to disabuse the ininds of those wo assert that Jersey folks are not a church-going. Sabbath-respecting people. Inno part of the State is there a larger at- tendance at the Sunday schools, in proportion to the Population, than in Jersey City. middie and side aisies of St. Mary's Roman Catholic church are occupied exclusively by the boys and girls of the parochial schools, under the charge of the Chris- tian Brothers and Sisters of Charity, at the nine o'clock mass. jeowark, With all their jarge professions of religion and rivid observance of the Sabbath it requires just such beautiful weather as that of yesterday to induce large congregations to attend divine worship at the various temples of the Lord in this city, unless some. thing special is announced. Yesterday being one of the most serenely delighiful of days ,few 1f any of the churches were sparsely attended. At the South Baptist churen, in Kinney street, in the foren @ jarge and very fashionable congregation gree! with their presence Rey. Dr. John Dowling, on the occasion Of lis entrance upon the pastoral daties of the church. Dr. Dowling was pastor for twenty- five years of the Berean Baptist enuren, corner of Bedford and Downing streets, New York, and preach- edi his farewell sermon there last Sunday eveving. After the singing of several appropriate irmns and the reading of @ passage in Scriptare, Dr, Dowling opened his pastoral address, taking asa scurting pomt tne words of Acts x. 29 and 33— “Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for; I ask, therefore, for what in- tent ye have sent for me.’? He said that tt was not Without feelings of deep emotions that he greeted the congregation for the first time. The first ap- pearance of A pastor Was always an occasion of a thrillingly emotional character, alike to the pastor and his flock, especially when the pastor had seen long service im tho work of Christ in explaining the nr n of his change from the Berean church he took occasion to state that the newspapers had given erroneous statements regarding the same, The real cause was (hat, having witnessed a want of unanimity among the congregation on the election of trustees @ year or so ago, he deemed it best to change the scene of his ministerial labors. He then went on to define the relations of pastor and peopie, and wound up with what he himself termed his “plain talk,’ such as the occasion required, with the benediction. The congregation were very fayor- ably impressed with their new pastor. ‘Trenton. TRENTON, Jane 6, 1869. The exquisite weather of yesterday was instru- Y peed than he gavé it, It might be sald that nothing should go into the construction of a temple which was only beautiful—iet both beant, and use be conjoined, This univerag! Christian dut; it was said, had never been tay eto in thé pulpit, Preachers had thought it tueir du save regardless of pieasing men. There were regsous Why they should bave thought so: mental in supplying the various churches of this city with a large and fashionable quota of worshippers, In St. John’s Roman Catholic church, on Broad street, high mass was celebrated by the pastor, Rey. Antuopy Schmidt, At the conclusion of the Afat if they could see the company tuey fall im with and’ the lives they lead the hearta of sucn fathers and mothers would sadden and break with anguish. If, they knew how they tran ple upon every grace they, would feel miserable, wretched aud unhappy. E have seen mothers having five, six, seven or eight children, all good but one; but that one 1s enouglr to break @ mother’s heart, Yet if by vie dignity aud ace of God this one child reiorms there is more joy in heaven.for it than for all the rest—more joy, than for the salvation of ninety-nine just. Let therefore, abandon our wicked Ways aud come back. to Jesus and your holy mother, the Church, and fhe will gladden the hearts not only of the angels, ut that of God himself. ‘take this reso- lution, and with the assistance of Chnst you will be able to carry itout. Recommend eve undertaking to Him, an peed that He may give y the strength to obtain a victory over your passions,. and He will crown you with happiness and glory, | ‘This being the first Sunday of tne month, Father. Schmidt administered the sacrament or the Eucha- rist to upwards of 300 of his cougregation during the morning and forenoon services. ‘ At four o’clock yesterday afternoon Rev. J. R. Westwood delivered a rom porance harangue to a large audience in Taylor Hall. ery interesting Sunday school services were ob- served in the evening at the Messiah church, Clay street. The journey of Moses and the cliildren of Israei from the Red Sea to Sinai formed the subject of this discourse, RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN WASGINGTON. WASHINGTON, June 6, 1869, An unusually large gathering, including President Grant, Senator Cole, Congressman Latin and many dignitaries of the government, was attractea to the Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal church to-day by an announcement that Dr. J. P, Newman woulé preach against the Pope’s late encyclical letter re- garding the Ecumenical Council. Indeed, there was scarcely standing room in the church, After tho chanting of some hymns by the choir and congrega- tion and the delivery of a iong prayer by the pastor, during which he invoked Divine Providence for at least five minutes to grant mental and physical vigor to President Grant, Dr. Newman proceeded to bis discourse about the Pope, which was made up of an argument about the true foundation of Christianity and the infalubility of the Roman Cathoilc Church. His text was:—“Taou art Peter, and upon this rock wul | build wy Church, and the gates of heil shall not prevail against it.” He ex- plained the different interpretations given to these words and eudeavored to show Laas the one adopted by the Catholic Church could not be right. ‘These words did not mean that the Church should be founded upon Peter, but upon Petra, or (he Rock of Faith, which was our Saviour tnself,and not a fallible human veing like Simon Harjonah. Peter, he contended, was not in fact the lead of the Aposties, James and John appeared in the sacred writings to be, if not his superiors, at least his equais. James was Bisbop of Jerusalem before Peter was Bishop of Rome, and seemed to have been above Peter in intellectual power. Peter was a poor and weak wrier, while James, Joun and Luke were men of the mo t brilliant Intel- lect and able writers, Pcter appeared to have been a coward, a dissembler and @ liar. according to the sacred writings, and the true Church, therefore, could not have been founde oy Christ upon such @ man. History showed that there was nothing to prove that the primacy of Peter and the intallipulit; of the Church or of the Pope was contended fo1 unul four hunored or eight hundred years after the, death of Christ; and so it was with every other ar- ticle of faith of the Catholic Church. These articles! of faith had been the slow production of time, Peter bad been tufallivle why nad he denied Christ? Why had he tried to persuade our, Saviour not to allow himself to be put! to death? And why, on that memorabie occasion, had Christ said to Peter, ‘Get thee behind me, Satan? If, then, Peter, according to Christ,| was no better than Satan, then if the Popes were Peter's successors it followed logically that all the Popes since Peter's time were no better than devils. (Laughter among the congregation.) Dr. Newman spent some time explaining the Hebraic mean- ing of the words “kris,” “bind and and other words relied upon by Catlolics as their au- thority for pardoning sins on earth, and then vey ceeded to pay his respects to the Pope's eucyclical, letter. He warned Protestants to beware of the invitation of the Pope, and hoped that the Protest- ant foundation of faith, which was the Bible, with- out note or comment, would continue to spread ite salatary influence over not only this country, but the whole world, The Pope's late prociamation of plenary induigence he spoke of as like that of one of the Popes of the sixteenth century, who offered full pardon for any oifence, past or iuture, for a certain sum of money. This the Pope did, Le said, to fill bis treasury, which had been emptied by the extrava- gance of his court. The present Pope, he declared, was like @ sovereign beggar seeking alms at everg. litte coutage. He was begging now for funds to support the Ecumenicai Council, aad nad obtained already four millions from the Catholics of Europe. He expected as much trom the Catholics of tuis country, and last Sunday had obtained three thou- sand dollars fromthe poor people of this city. If he (thé preacher) could have his way be would tear from the liead of the Pope his triple tara, strip, him of his temporal power and send him witha Bible’ in nig hand a.] through Italy to preach to the poor deladed Catholics. He would taxe from the cardl- nals their magnificent costumes, break up the monasteries and convents, marry the monks and nuns and D op a Bible, without note or comment, in the hands of every Catuolic in the universe. At Us part of the sermon one of the congregation cried out, in @ loud voice, ““Amen,”’ and was seconded by several other menivers. He (tue preacher) was no bigot. If, to-morrow, he could by a wora destroy the great Catholic Church he would not do so. Many of its teachings were sublime. It came to the pre- sent period venerabie in years. lt was the most ancient Church in the universe, and was the depository of the faith of millions. No; he wouid not destroy ihat oid Church, but be would reform it, purify and elaborate it. RELIGIOUS SERVICES LV CONVECTICUT, Bridgeports Bribexrort, Jane 6, 1869, To-day was a perfect day. The sky was cloudless and tue air clear and beautiful. The churches were Well attended all day, At the Baptist church in the morning the pastor, Rev. G. M. Hopper, preached to @ large congregation a very fine discourse from IL Kings, xiii, 18, 19, The tueme was the interview between Joshua, King of Isracil, and the prophet Elisha in his death chamber, aud from the scene, so vividly depicted, the preacher drew, ia a very forci- ble aud eloquent manner, the moral that ‘under God, our success in his cause depends upon the largeness of our desires and the energy with which Wwe prosecute the work.” At the Beaver street Methodist church a large congregation in the alternoon listened to @ fine ser- mon from the pastor, the Rey. J. M. Carroll, from Acts xvil. 11, The reverend gentleman said:—Alp are under jal obligation to study the word of; God; ali relations in life involve certain duties, an it is our part to determine by a study of the Word of God what these duties are. It is wrong to be ignor- ant on this point, and such a study will strengthen mau for ali the etnergencics of life. A man full oj this Knowledge will be like a rock in the stream and ‘Will not be drifting about after every new thing. At this church in the morning the communion was ad- ministered and seventeea new members were ad- maltted to partake. At the North church in the beets | the Rev. Dr. Richards delivered an able sermon irom the text, “Jt is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day,” in the course of which he alluded to the decoration of sol- diers’ graves on Sunday, and said that although the work was & worthy one, we should be willing to de- vote time from busizess and pleasure on week days Orst, and not trespass on the Sabbath. At the South church. the Rev, Mr. Wiliet, of Hart- ford, preached ail day to large congregations, As Trinity church the Rev. Dr. Coit officiated morning and evening to large numbers. Full choral service Was celebrated at this church in theevening. At St. John’s church, tie pastor, Rev. kK, W. Ey allday, delivering two able discourses to large and attentive congregations. The Rev, Mr. Falkner preached at Christ church, and the su ing Was particularly excellent there. The Key, rs Davis officiated at the Universalist church all day. Tho Young Men’s Christian Association commenced their outdoor meetings on the wharves. The services Were conducted by members of the association, and drew together many idiers and others who seldom hear the Word of God elsewhere, This practical ap plication of the Christian duty to preach the Gospel to the poor is productive of much good. Tne Spirit- ualists held their usual meeting at Lyceum Hall, and at the Dutch Reformed church, on State street, there Were meetings of the Germans morning and eveniug. ‘The interior of the new Catholic church (St, Augus- tine’s) ts nearly completed, and the dedication ser- vices wiil take place soon, ge congregations at- tended this and St. Mary’s Catholic church in Bast Briageport. New Haven New Haven, Jone 6, 1869, The day has been a bright aud beautiful one, and large congregations have been in attendance at all of the churches. In the morning at the North Conrryuao ON TENTH PAGE