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NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1969.—TRIPLE SHEET, hasten the day when tae knowledge of the Lord wad qndidate Tor ination then stepped forward to the front of the and the usual ordination ues! having been pat, and answered in the af- tion Interesting Services in the Churches | Srmative, the Hey dauea if, bwignt ostered te or- of the Metropolis. Henry Ward Beecher at West Point. President Grant an [Interested Listener. present a ands. At W. Wood delivered the charge to the newly ordained missionary and stated to him the wishes of the pres- bytery in regard to hia future work. The charge was @ very able and eloquent one and occupied half an hour in delivery. The service closed by singing the doxology, and the benediction by the Rev. Ed- ward Riggs. CHURCH OF THE PILGRIMS. “Hells Three Reasons Why.” Last evening the Rev. T. T. Kendrick, of Cincin- nati, who has been recently called to the pastorate of the Church of the Pilgrims, in West Forty-eighth street, between Eighth and Ninth avenues, preached rmon to his Congregation on the above subject. afraid of them that kill the body; but J will forewarn “THE PRESS MIGHTIER THAN THE PULPIT.® | te took ni txt tom Lake at, «ana 6“ not Telezrapkic Reports from Washington, Trenton, Newark, Poughkeepsie, Sing Sing; Middietown, New Haven and Bridgeport, ‘The weather yesterauy was delightful and had the effect to bring out thousands of our church-going Population. The religious temples of the metropolis Were filled with interested and fashionably dressed attendants; the pastors were in an unusually happy mood and preached with spirit and interest; the church choirs filled up their part of the ceremonies with choice spiritual selections, rendering the ser- vices of the day, as @ whole, pleasant and instruc- tive, ‘ RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN THIS CITY. MADISON AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Baccalaureate Sermon Before the Graduating Clase of the College of the City of New York. The Rey. William Adams, D. D., pastor of the Madison avenue Presbyterian cuurch, preached the annual baccalaureate sermon before the graduating class of the College of the City of New York last evening. The church was completely filled. Horace Webstér, L.L. D., President of the college; Professor R, Ogden Doremus, Mr, R. L. Larrenore. President of the Board of Education; and the forty- two members of the graduating class occupied front seats in the body of the house, After the introduc- tory services the text was announced from Matthew XX., 25, 28 inclusive. Starting from this he inquired, Who makes the most of life? Who gains success and who failure? What 1s success and what is failure? The questions imply order and then place. Such a theme is not impertinent to the occasion. It is of great interest to those who have been re- ceiving culture preparatory to action. By success we generally understand the favorable termination of our intentions. One who has never succeeded in anything may lay something to lack of earnestness and énthusiasm- He who gives so much of real worth to the work of his life may be sure of a cor- Fesponding amount of honor and accomplishment. In finding an answer to the question of success we come at nee tg thé Substdhiial tacts of Christianity, c aaa ore and more lifta itsel! up AS the greatest and best of all dutics. If it is true at all it is true altogether. The time for apologies for Christianity is past. In the past history of this na- tion there has been a time when an insidious scepti- cism has been poptiar; but the times have changed fof the better, and Christianity has become @ power. He makes the most of life whose ambitions {and aims are most benevolent, whose motive 1s Christianity, and who accomplishes the most by a contormity with the teachings of Whatever intejlect Sanam possesses Madull be inétfumental and subor- dinate to the promotion of good to others. Good- ness should not be the means merely, but the end of all great effort, Self-assertion is a serious fault. By egotism, the ambition which when successful carries the world’s approval, i, in fact, a bane and a cursc, This sin was exemplified by the Aposties who disputed among themselves who should be the greatest. They were like our poll- tuclans—each wanting to nominate himself. ‘Ampi- tion asserted its own claims, and all were inquiring, “Who shall be the greatest?’ Christ gave them an answer, and he is the wisest and most successful who Treads it aright and carries its instruction into effect. “Whoever will be New | Ha let him be your minister, and whosoever i be chief among you let him be your servant. Even as the Son of Man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister and to gre His life a ransom for many.” Here, then, ia the rule and measure of human greatness—self- subjection and dental for the good of others. Few have done more to demolish shams than Mr. Car- lyle, but he asserted a false principle when he ele- vated above morality and philanthropy tue suprem- acy of intellect. He used his intellect for alow pur- pose when he poured out scorn on such noble refol as Howard and Wilberforce, and the in- stincts of men are true in honoring their memory and deeds. Among the greatest of mistakes men make one ie pronouncing those lives inutue that do not show their results. W great inventors and re- formers ever live to see or reap the substantial resu) their) work. A man of the world, ie of the of Jonathan Edwards, woul ve critict ue that of a = obstinate le, and his Ii rT and upee ely man who ry, rot r -five Féara devoid of any led of smallpox of great ver lived a inan who wags more Cae and who was on such of transfiguration of the higher realities of Christianity than Jonathan Edwards, and his in- uence will last for many years ag a power of good. Life ia not @ mere existence for utilitarian pu He makes the most of life whois the most ieeful to others, who in the words dedicates his reason and Pets goon to the use and helping of his fellow men. Should this rule apply to authorship What wide re- versals would made. If an ordinary ac- quaintan with general literature can be put we re ite use how diférent would be the result if those talents had been exerci for the ay instruction and information of mankind. ig not necessary that every be & sermon or every poem & ;, but the literature, at the time of Addison, mignt have served great moral pur- poses, inst Of being the waste of talent anda monuruful di ation ot it intellect to low and base en low much change there would have been in literature had Moliére, Rousseaa, Voltaire, ded Alexander Pope, Bolingbroke, Sheridan, ume and others of that age used their talents to Inake men ter instead of ministering to the profligacy Fis fee. There pias been tly a | eg in u ever before taken in The Mm been ignovle in the fo @ great extent because men became meré copyists or were gaudy ornament a Sage of Art § to honor ip Christian esteem when it succeeds in embodying that which ts good and heroic and s nae into vivid reséntations. ‘thoroug! mount ‘There 1s more of rehi greatness tn th times than is generally su — reatness is that spirit of self. sacrifice which e&ists upon ordinary occasions as ‘well as by extraordinary sacrifices. It was a noble thought which suggested a prize to be offered for the most nw! conduct. Who ig the true ntleman? That question is best anawered by jose true words, ‘Jesus Christ was the first gen- tle.nan that ever lived.” To be kindly affecttoned ‘one towards another is gentlemanly action, He is a true gentleman who, instead of Sioicer attention towards himself, 1s the most considerite towards tue feelings of another. Men are heroes and mar- tyis who never made the public exhibition of their eatness, Mi hyeiclans Who © hope and Somore to homes of poverty and sotrow ard inving lives of goodness. M: lawyers Me rk for jus He, to the poorest and lowliest are living the same ves of The pioneers in new lands aoa thes. tue missionaries to foreign willls are living lives of contintal success. The man who spends his life in trying to heip confirm the Christian religion is doing ‘hae which is permanent, divine and immortal. DAOWNATION SEAVICE AT THE WEST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Hastings. A service of a very interesting character was held last evening in the West Presbyterian church, in Forty-second street, being the ordination of Mr. Ba- ‘ward Riggs as a missionary to Turkey. Mr. Riggs has been for some time past 4 student in Andover Theo- logical College, and in April last he applied to the Fourth Presbytery of New York for ordination as a ‘missionary, offering himself for the Tarkish mission, 4n which his father has labored for some years, The Presbytery fixed iast evening for the ordination Gervive and the church was very crowded to witness wthe. wernivh he Re was preached by ti v. Dr. pastor of the church, who took for his text years, and would tinue to be ius prayer for all time to come, oaree several kingdoms of God—His ingdom, His kingdom of jaw and order, and His providential kingdom had come siready; but the kingdom for which we were to pray Was His spiritual Kingdom, ite field the human mind. The powers of this world were op- posed to its coming and opposed to ite 18, but Yo its arrival all good men looked forward as the only means of checking the tide of misery and gin Wuich at present overspread the world. [t was tue uty of the Church to pray daily, “Thy kingdom Fy | you whom ye shall fear: fear Him which, after He hath killed, hath power to cast into hell.” The preacher said the doctrine and practice that he should atvempt to establish were based upon the immortality of the soul of man. “Have I a soul which 1s no part of my body, and which wjll live and think and act whem my body shall be dead ?”’ or “Have I no soul, and when I die shall I cease to think?? These were questions which were calcu- lated to awaken the deepest solicitude and were allied to the most profound research. If there be any doubt on the subject that “in the midst of life we are in death,” it was a question of vital importance whether we were sent into a dark, dreamless sleep, or whether we were woke into that real existence, in comparison with which this life was but a fleeting dream. It could not be that this earth was man’s only abiding place; it could not be that each man’s life was a bubble cast on the ocean of eternity to float along on its waves and sink into nothingness, Else why was it that the high and glorious aspirations which leaped like angels from the temples of our hearts were forever burning and remaining unsatisfied? Why was it that the rainbow and the cloud came over us with a beauty not of earth, and then passed oif to leave us to muse on their loveliness? Why was it that the stars which held their festival around the midnight throne were above the grasp of our limited faculties, forever cee 3 us With their incomprehensible glory? And, finally, Why was it that so many bright forms of human beauty were suddeniy presented to our view ae on Hay aes Hom Use We were orn for a er destiny than earth. Te. a realm where the rainbow never faded. BN iid y ~ the pa vs ‘a his os nae sufficient to settle § juestion hy iscourse, they but put a pla eek eane aatistion upon the language. The following points were hypo- ypeneniiy lear:—Jhe body and the séul were not jens Ciera gay, ba Aiginye beta capable a a jhe power of Man Was not She in en tf ‘The four dia not die with the body. Now, his subject embraced two leading joints. First, why there is a hell. In the Scriptures he word ‘hell? did not Seat aa state of punishment, bone an unse wi i. BU th most passages it distinctly pointed out a plac ‘d- ture punishment. His second reason was in respect to holy beings. Were these to be the society of the wicked? His third reason was, was It not meet and Tighteous that the wicked should associate with themselves and be imprisoned, so as not to be allowed to wage eternal war against God? The reverend gentleman then went on to elaborate and comment upon these points at length, and was listened to throughout with deep guention. LIBERAL CHRISTIANITY. he Rev. Warren H. Cudworth at the Cooper Institute. The Rev. Warren H. Cudworth preached nis In- augural sermon, in answer to a call to become the minister of the congregation that worships in the Jarge hall of the Cooper Institute, under the forms of liberal Unristianity, every Sunday, at the usual hour. About 500 people were present, to whom the committee addressed a communication, speaking in high terms of the reverend gentleman, saying that “his devoted spirit, his Christian fervor, hia ripe experience and his upsparing labors have singled him out, in the judgment of your committee, as emt- nently the man for the place,”” Alter the usual preliminary service Mr. Cadworth came forward and spoke upon “Religious Matter of Life as well a8 Faith; what it 18, and how to get it.” Religion, said he, thrives in all crowdea and cuitl- vated communities, and assumes as many different forms, and partakes of as many different creeds as there are bells and voices to sound its praises; and God forbid that I should speak against any kind of religion. In the discordant sounds of the bells and in the earnest tones of the clergy they cannot have harmony, perfect concord. This diversity is not con- Hned to religion alone; it enters into politics, where public issues divide the people into great parties and petty factions; into art, where each scliool cham- pions its own peculiar views of beauty; into music, where melody and harmony become subjects for diverse opinions; into literature, colleges of physic and schools of logic, where men as- semble, yet never to agree. Should these differences be levelled, and should we by a sysiem of elevation and depression, by appreciation and reduction, make all religions the same, stagnation would result, and there is enough of that already. Therefore let this discord in spiritual matters continue, and in God's own good di the truth will appear, around which every human heart will centralize. You have your beliefs and I mine; let us adhere to them a “ge as our consciences direct. The gold- smith would not give his Ki apprentice the de- licate mechanism of a watch and direct him to re- pair it; neither would we give the bricklayer au order for bricks and mortar, and expect him to erect @ mammoth building, nor the ship carpenter oak and spikes and tell him to baild @ sip, nor the boy books and say, “ilere, learn your lessons.” These things would ‘all be de sirable to consummate the general idea, but they are not eneugh of themselves to effect the specific purpose. The master mind must determine when to proceed and what is necessary for the process, So with religion, All of you have some, Many, doubtless, have attamed the height of human fection, and many, again, have only gone half way—how far it must rest with the great God to decide, Religion means a great deal. Its true signification, however, supposes the previous dis- loyalty of the soul and @ renewal of alle- giance to God, as in the case of the prodigal son. Religion ts indeed broad; it eaters everywhere; it is bound by no creed and finds but half expression in all worship; among the high and the jow, the rich and the poor, the strong and the weak, the stubborn and the penitent, it is a power; its promulgation, its glorious teach- ings, its sweet consolations are not confined within the walls of any church or monopolized by any au- gust forms and stately rituals, but they inhabit ail conditions of life. The Prodigal Son when he found religion—this realiegiance to God—was feeding swine; Paul first felt the spiritual instinct on horse- back; Peter re-entered the fold while tishing; La- ther while in the austerities of his college life, and Constantine was moved while sitting be- nm a tree by an invisible votce, that sad “Take up and read,” and he did take up and read, and became the great Christian example that remains. Religion is Wide in its grasp, too insatiable in spirit, and too omniscient in ‘Wisdom to have any definite boundaries. We should cultivate it m our business, remember it in our plea- sures, make it @ of our natures; we should have ft with us whether in conquest or cefeat, amid all the trying straggies of life, and not practice or retend to practice it upon the seventh day alone. ers and church services are good, but these should not be all; we must carry the spirit of reil- ion into everything, and at ali times. Bear in mind hat we must not be particular as to the kind of religion we get so long ag we get it. For the starved and crazed man, who has not tasted a mouthful for many = food is what must be provided, and not some particular dainty. He wants food, whatever its kind, and true religion regardiess of tte earthly character- istics, It must be had to combat wickeduess and vice, to restrain the evil tendencies of weak dispost- tion’, and to bring out everything angelic in the human breast. A young lady said to him, some years ago, When he was i young, that she had an igiy, perverse nature, when to me ail external ap- Pe rances indicated sweetness and serenity. I did not believe her then, bat | shoald now; for the other «i: lsow a — bet pene that he had mag in hell all day; he wi trange make, bad, morose, ind ay limes the devil predominated; and good, true and noble in, the Sage ‘was triumphant. Here were shown the silent, inviatble forces of religion, day by day sti ing for the mastery with fhe tn- jous demons within, He who is successful with his evil who drives out sin and the con- sequent misery, is greater than Grant at Vicksburg, ie etl ar Apts Tt tae hi apple tree » for * 1e that ruleth bis spirit. than he that taketh @ city.” erefore help yourselves, because God helps those who help themselves. To conform to existing creeds ig not important. rird Catholic said to me the other day, after @ candid talk on the evi- dences of Chi ity, that he was a liberal Onria- tian, but stil adi to the juirements of his Chorch. This is weil. It is ali that is necessary, Believe what you , but study the truth and emulate the life of Christ. Whether here in this hall or beneath the unciouded sky without; whether in the solitnde of your own hearts or at the shrine of the Christian altar; whether in hope or despair, in Weakness or in strength, seek God, and His ma- jestic power will kereen you and protect you amid ihe tupults of your daily lives, Cherish, ob! cher. ish the words of Christ, “Without Me ye can do ‘THE SECOND ADVENTISTS AT COOPER INSTITUTE. The Rev. J. S. White, of Boston, Mass., on the “Sudden Coming of the Lord.” The Second Adventists, numbering about forty, at room No, 24 Cooper Institute, were addressed yeater - day forenoon by Elder J. 8. White, of East Boston, Masa, He selected the words, “Lest coming sud- denly He find you sleeping,” from Mark, thirteenth chapter and thirty-aixth verse, as hia text. The ob- ject of his sermon was to show that all great events had come upon the world suddenly. He cited from the Bible these events:—The deluge, the plagues in Egypt, the fall of Jericho, the overthrow of the cities of the Plain, the captivity of the Jews at Babylon, the capture of Babylon by Cyrus, narrated in the Old Testament; the advent of our Saviour, forming the story of the New Testament, although it had been predicted, came suddenly upon the people. They were found “sleeping,” and thousands were awakened to the know!edge of the full light and Mberty brought to the world by the great Redeemer, They had hoped and looked for His advent, but when it came suddenly they were lost to its glory and the blessed hopes and promises which came with the or begotten Son of God. The siege of Jerusaiem by Titug came sud- denly upon the people and was another fulfilment of prophecy to which the people had failed to give heed. Since the advent of Christ events showing God’s government and the judgment of His righte- ousness had come tothe world in great revolu- Uons. The Reformation directed by Martin Luther ‘Was one of the revolutions which came suddenly, bringing men out of whe darkness into light and making the darkness more visible for those who remained within the superstitions of the Romish Church. The French revolution of 1793 came sud- denly upon a profane and licentious people, showing God’s justice in avenging the violations of His holy law. The revolution of i348 in Europe also came suddenly, finding the nations sleeping, waking only too late to find that their sins should find them out. The latest example of the sudden coming of the Lord was in the late war and the liber- ation of the slaves, when tne nation awoke to the justice and liberty which God had decreed from the foundation of the world, Al- though His sudden Cree found this American peo- ple deep in the slumber of unrighteousness and the Worship of Mammon, His great power was able to bring out from the sacrifices and sufferings of the bitter conflict the fruits of a great and enduring tri- umph for His word. His coming with a sword was the means of the salvation of an oppressed race. SO the second advent of Christ, like His first, was to be sudden, and there would be mullions sleeping, for they do not receive the teachings of prophecy or accept the truths of the holy law of the Judge of earth and heaven. “Be ye also ready, for in such an houras ye know not the Son of Man cometh,” should inspire all men with the solemnity of that day which is near at hand in which the advent of the Redeemer to the huwan ruse will be copsummated, CHURCH OF ST. ANTHONY, OF PADUA. Celebration of St. Anthony’s Day. On Sullivan street, near Houston, stands the un- pretentious little edifice dedicated to the worship of Almighty God, under the tutelage of St. Anthony, of Padua, and presided over by the fathers of the Order of St. Francis. A few years since these good fathers obtained possession of this church, and, from an al- most insignificant beginning, they have built up a flourishing parish and have instilled thto theTesi- dents of the neighborhood a spirit of ety and love for {iéfr religion, which only {iitiring zeal and devotion to duty on the part of the clergymen could ever have produced. Every grand occasion honored py the Churcp receives full justice at the hands of these worthy fathers, and many special festivals—not ordained by the rubrics ag such—are celebrated with all possible pomp and produce most edifying results. Yester- day was tha festival of St. Anthony, and the rever- end gentlemen could not allow the feast of the patron of their church to pass by without some special service in his honor. The church was most gorgeously yet tastefully decorated. The altars and sanctuary were covered with magnificent can- delabras, filled with tapers, the light from which, reflected by handsome and unique collections of flowers, which pee) out from between the cande- labrag, shed a mellowed light throughout the edifice. Over the main altar piece a curtained canopy added to the beauty of the decorations of the altar, while over the sanctuary and from tne centre of the ceiling to the four corners of the ohurch rich curtains of rei merino—faced with costly lace, the latter brilliant with gold em- heightened the effect and displayed the taste possessed by the sons of the “land of song,” wheuce all the priests of this church have come. At the principal service in the morning Mozart’s Grand Mass, No. 12, was sung. Previous to the service an orchestra, of some dozen or more, gave —— pourri of arias from the principal operas; lecting, of only those which might appropriately be for sacred music, At the mass, the regu- the church—comprising Miles. Helena and Emilia Kremyborg, respectively as soprano and alto, and Messrs, Gueli and Banafl, ag tenor and basso—was augmented by Mrs. Abner 8. Brady, soprano; Mme. Colletti, alto; Signor Colletti, tenor, aud Signor Lotti, basso, The rincipal solos consisted of tne Veni Sanctus, sung yy Miss H. Kreymborg, and Gounod's Ave Maria, for the offertory, by Mrs. Abner S. Brady. The latter sang this beautiful composition of Gounod’s with exceeding artistic skill and taste. The trouble ln most of our churches is that the ge get through their lines and notes with a sort of business air, ae- void of ail religious sentiment or pathos. Mrs. poi | succeeded in giving to the part allotted her a dept! of feeling and religious fervor highly commendable, At the Sanctus the orchestra gave a selection from “Traviata,” and at the close of the services the id march from ‘Le Prophete.”” At the mass the vy. Father Joachim Guerrint, 0. 8. F., officiated as celebrant, assisted by the Rev. Fathers Anneclete De Angelis, 0. 8. F., and Gilbert Nuonno, 0. S. F.,,a3 con and sub-deagon; the Rev. Father Casini, 0. S. F., master of ceremonies, who also delivered the sermon of the day. In the evening grand musical yespers were given, at which the Rev. Father Charles Vissani, Provincial of the order of St. Francis in the United States, officiated, and was assisted by several of the clergy- men attached to the church, and the Rev. Father Wilson, 0. 8. D., preached on the life of St. Anthony. Donizetti's vespers were sung by the choir, with Mercadante’s 0 Salutaris, sung by Signor Lotti; Ross's Me Infeliz, by Signor Colletti, and Dr. William Berge’s Tuntum Ergo, oy she jchoir. ir. G. Gueli presided at the organ. The services both in the morning and evening were very fine and passed Oif with great eclat. “RATIONAL SKS.” A Lectare Delivered by the Rev. H. D. North- rop Betore the Sons of Temperance, The Rev. H. D. Northrop, pastor of the West Twenty-third street Presbyterian church, last even- ing delivered a lecture before the Sons of Temper- ance, in Dr. Burchard’s church, in Thirteenth street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues. The reverend gentleman began his lecture by taking for his text Proverbs Xiv., 34—"Righteousness exalteth @ nation, but sin 1s areproach to any people.” They are poor patriots, said the iecturer, who go crazy on the glory of America, but never get disturbed by reason of her shame. The creed of many ts to praise every- thing peculiarly national. The best creed is to praise what ought to be praised and condemn what Ought to be condemned. By righteousness men- tioned in the text may be understood obedience to God's moral law. It meludes justice, honesty, purity of morals, regard for religion, liberty of conscience. It is assumed that our national resources, our silver and gold, our thrilling history, our impetuous march upon the road of empire, our education and literature, ore the glory of our country. So they are; but there isa glory brighter and higher, It is that virtue without which governments are a@ unstable as bubbles, and the welfare of the people 1s insecure. The preacher proceeded to point out some of the evils most appa- rent at the present time, First, there is too much ooseness frequently in the home, both in teaching and living. The nation is made up of families, grows out of them, and is nothing but a large coflection of them. What the families and homes are the nation Will be, ‘dhe people make the laws, elect the rulers, wield their own sceptre, decide their own destiny. Take care of them as individuals and you have taken care of the country. The place for doing this isthe home. Strictures are frequently passed upon the family training of the old Puritains, but many of thetr children have out remarkably well. If there were any evils tn their system of training we in these latter times are not in the slightest danger course, used lar choir of of tmx them. For instead of being trained up the children frequently train up their parents, and not al in the way should go. Secondly, At i certain that there would be more love for virtue in many families if there were less love for the cor- raps literature of the day. The magnitude of the evil tg prodigious. The Hewepepers, sant out from ris tak Come ee of the character of the American @ press is far mightier mame of ne: ress is the potent Infection wills yread through the r rane body politic and work ‘alsamere While we have H pure and virtuous it ts notorious that we have @ press which is juet as impure and unvirtuous as it dares to be A a part of the responsibility for this rests with those who supply this Iiterature; but not Co ag for the supply l@ no greater than the demand. The shop boy Who buys the low paper is responsibic, and 80 1s the young man who smuggies it into the house hides 1 away from the std oe ngry naked and give Bibles to the whole world. This leads to the Sacerany, isdly, that one of the evils of the present ume is a low estimate of virtue, and a tone of morals which seems to be constantly grow! tower, The very construction of our government invites dishonest men to clutch for the spoils. Hence there 1 political corruption. Pride and fashion certs the day. and men steal money with which to live'a fast life and kee ppearances, Then, too, teachings contrary to the true spirit of Christianity have been widely sown, and there is an ormoteing Of religious opinion. The late war undoubtedly hi @ demoralizing effect upon the community. AS & Of all this there is political, com- immorality, Divorce in a “y emnn *4 tracts rain ry jetra nothing from a man’s respectability. We may boast of our Plymouth Rock, our vast territories, our mines of Wealth, our magnificent achievement in building a Paeific Railroad, but if we do not care for the morals of the people this republic, like a rotten carcage, will fall of ite own weight. The preacher alluded to the rage for fashion and the evils of in- temperance, and closed with a reference to the wide- spread spirit of gambling, of getting money without rendering an equivalent, which is NOW 80 8p} te ‘There are sons and sons-tn-law living upon pa- rental estate too lazy to do anything but speculate. Work is ignored. Many young men are anxious to marry rich to get some one to take care of them. All these evils are rife among us, and we must op- ee them. Every organization, like the Sons of ‘emperance, which is seel to reform society and introduce a better state of things is worthy of sup- port. If this nation, after all its admonitions, its sacrifices, its advantages and privileges, is powerful Smiy foe evil, it might better have never been founded, HEBREW FREE SCHOOLS. Fourth Annual Examination at Steinway Hali—Prayers, Recitations, Prizes and Ad- dresses. The fourth annual examination of the Hebrew free Schools took place yesterday morning at Steinway Hall, These schools, four in number, are under the care of the Hebrew Free School Association, whieh was organized in June, 1864. The principal object of establishing these free schools was to counterese the efforts of what are called “Christian Jews,” who had opened schools for children of the poorer class of Jews onthe east side and were disseminating among them tracts and doctrines apparently He- brew, but in fact opposed to the tenét& of Judaism. ‘The first school, how known as No. 1, was opened at No. 42 avenue C, where it is still continued, in a building owned by the assoctation. Here are taught by six teachers, with Isaac C. Noot as principal, all the usual English branches as in the public schools and the German language, and on Sunday the Hebrew language and religion, On Saturday, the Hebrew Sabbath, the schools are closed. In this school, No. 1, there now receive free instruction 300 pupils, all under thirteen years of age, some of them being children of the poorest people of the Jewish denomimation in the city. School No, 2 ig in the same building, with Mr. Moses Cohen as principal; it contains sixty scholars, who, from four to six P. M. every day, except Fridays and Saturdays, are ti ney ea grammar, read- ing and translating and religion. "=> <°'""~ No, 3 is held at the Greene street synagogue, has 150 pupils, under three teachers, and the hours and course of instruction are the same asin No. 2, The same is also the case in School No. 4, at 205 East Twenty-seventh street, where seventy-five scholars are taught by two teachers. The association now numbers over 600 members, each paying an annual contribution of five dollars, out of which sum and from donations received from various sources the expenses of the schools are sup- ported. The Board of Directors have it in view to abandon the istruction in the common English branches, as a good deal of opposition has been gath- ered among the Jews of the city against it, since they claim tnat in the public schools, free to all, these are taught to better advantage, and that to maintain it 10 a distinctly Hebrew school might give rise to a charge that the Jews are opposed to the public school system, while they are its earnest friends. Heed is to be given to this objection, and these He- brew free schools will probably hereafter be con- tinued only for free religious instruction, and for Mmalntaining the Hebrew jJanguage among the “rising generation.” About nine o'clock yesterday morning nearly 500 children, with their teachers, parents, frends and relatives, fied into Steinway; ll, tiling nearly all the seats, and @ number prominent Jewish di- vines, among them Kev. Drs. Isaacs and Vidaver, and many gentiemen of comiercial note, occupied the platform. Mr. Michael M. Allen, chairman of the Committee on Discipline, introduced Mr. Noot, who spoke the opening prayer very effectively, Whereupon Mr. Harrison’s class of School No. 8 were called upon the platform for examination in reading (Hebrew) morning and night prayers and the biessings. The second examtnation was of Mr. Eppinger’s classes of schools Nos. 1 and 4, in He- brew reading, religious exercises, blessings, the months and festivais. Then followed the Afisses’ Harris and Gorlitz’s classes In Lengo a 1, wach ingtrugted Sungayg 01 chismm, Bible PU Rae orttaek A he Wikeds as written by the great Jewish theologian in the twelfth century. During this examination the young Misses Anna Stolz and Rachei Rosenthal were warmly applauded for the correct pronunciation and almost dramatic modulation of voice in their answers. Mr. Abram Oetunger, the president, requested the audience not to interrupt the examination with applause, which Tequest was afterwards complied witu. Mr. Vande- weneler’s class, of School No. 8, was examined in the decaiogue. the creeds, translations, biessings, ine months and festivals. Mr. Joseph Cohen's classes, of schools Nos. 1 and 4, in translations, the prayer books, the eighteen benedictions, Henry's Clasapook to the Book of Judges and in the festivals. Mr. Novt’s class of School No. 3 again in Hebrew trai lation, Henry's Classboox, the Judges, ana Ki of Israel and Judah, in Hebrew grammar aud creed, and the seventh and last were Moses Von classes of schoois Nos. 1 and 3, examined in transia- tions from Hebrew, Biblical questions and Hebrew grammar. The examination was conducted aiter- nately im the English, German and Hebrew ljanguages, and all the pupils gave satiafactory evidence of great proficiency in their respective branches, to the delight of their parents and friends. Between the exuiination of the separate classes recitations by the pupils selected were in order. ‘Yhe first was @ humorous poem, entitied “The Foot's Cowpiaint,” at the excess of devotion paid to the eyes, the nose, the mouth and the hands, and was exceedingly well rendered by Misa Theresa Gluck. The second, an elegy on “Sabbath Eve,” was very fairly recited by Miss Anna Stolz. The third, Der Baum des Levens"—:he Tree of Life—was weil given in German by Master Emil Arnstem. The fourth, one of the series of Jerroid’s “Caudle Lec- tures,’ by Mis# Anna Goidenkranz, was agatn an exquisite recitation. The fifth, a poem in the Hevrew language, having for its subject the 146th Psalm, was approvingly recited by Adolph Ro- senthal; and the sixth and iast was a prayer, in part Hebrew and part English, given with a good deai of devotional fervor by Mr. isaac Oettinger, Kev. Dr. Vidaver aud Messrs. S, Schuster and M. &. Harris were selected ag judges to award the two prizes for the best recitations, and they selected the Misses Theresa Giuck and Anna Goidenkraus as the most meritorious to be so distinguished. The regular prizes on the examination, con ing of Bibles, prayer books and other religious treatises, were rded as follows:—School No, l—Rebecca Cohen, Dinah Pinkns, Hannah Bader, Henrietta May, Kachel Levy, Laura Bader, Matiida Hanauer, Rosa Davia, Anna Goldenkranz, Fryda Baryan, Hannah Marka, Hannah Ballin, Jane Wetsler, Edward Kiein, Samuel Fischer, Hermann Jacoby, Mitchel Frank, Edward Levy. School No. 2—Isaac Fuld, Abraham Hammil. Scnool J 8—Kosa Kosenheim, Marie Blau, Isaac Stiverberg, Emmanuel Levy, Siegfried Schwarz, 5 a Httiinger, and School No, 4, Jans Esther Moses, Sopaia Bloch, ‘Hannan £ Bloch, Tesacs, Gustave Feigel, Morris Samitch, Siegmund Arnstein. Two special prizes, presented by Mr. M. S. Isaacs, Were awarded to Anna Stolz Rachel Rosenthal for their periection of delivery while an- swering during the examination of their clasa, Two meiais for School No. 8 were also presented by Mr. M. B. Harris, and also two prizes for No. 4, by Mr. Alen, and two more by Mr. L. Cohen for No, It wes announced towards the close that the on tim of the Forty-fourth street syni (Dr. enue, had donated $8v0 to the association, ividual donations handed in by $50, $20, amounted to $320, After an adiresa by President Oettinger, during which he thanked the Messrs. Steinway & Son for having fur- nished thelr pall gratuttousiy for the examination, ani speeches by Kev. Dra. Isaacs and Vidaver, the distribution of prizes closed the exercises for the day. Provessor Agricoi Paul presided at the organ. TEMPLE B'NAl JESHURUN, Memorial Services in Remembrance of Rev. Dr. Raphall. ‘The synagogue of the congregation B’nai Jeshuran, on West Thirty-fourth street, between Broadway and Seventh avenue, was quite crowded last evening, ‘The occasion was & special service held in memoriam of the late Rev. Dr. Raphali, during nis lifetime one of the most learned and reverend of Jewish rabbie in the country, and the first and the only one of the Hebrew ministers who opened o session of the House of Representatives at Washington with prayer according to the Jewish rites, The day being the anniversary of his death, and it being the time-hal- lowed custom of the Jews to honor such days in their families as well, if the deceased was one of their circie, it was considered proper to have these memorial services in the Tempie, and the memery of the deceased was honored by the presence of the whole co1 more who were his ngregation al friends in jife, Kev, Dr. Viwaver preached a very impressive sermon, during Which be gave just credit to the virtues and abilities of the deceased, and the great services he had rendered to Judaism. A meeting of Spiritualists was held yesterday afternoon at the hall corner of Eighth avenue and ‘Sixteenth street, the object of the meeting being to form & “‘circle” to receive spiritual manifestations. There was @ large attendance, the majority of the audience being evidently strangers, attracted to the meeting by the hope of witnessing some communica- tions from the spirit world. A great number of them were dressed in deep mourning, and had attended in the hope of holding intercourse with their lost re- latives or frends, A large table was placed in the centre of the room, and the audience was invited to take seats round it. Nine ladies and one gen- tleman, evidently members of the fraternity, at once accepted the invitation, placed their hands, with the palms downward, on the table, and the audience commenced to sing in @ very low key a hymn composed for the occasion. During the singing one of the ladies seated at the table became violently agitated, striking the table with both hands and showing symptoms of great excitement. A pencil was placed in her hands and @ sheet of paper before her, After striking the pen- cil several times on the table and deseribin, circles in the air, unknown in Euclid, she com- menced writing rapidly, throwing the pencil on the floor when she had finished ‘and leaning back 1n her chair, showing evident signs of exhaustion. The paper was then handed to @ lady attired in deep mourning, Who sat on one of the back benches, and she was told it was a communication for her. The communication was as follows:— “From William to Eiiza:—Do not fret much longer. Who managed that littie affair for you? What you were at a loss to Know shall be revealed to you, and you shall not be pea any further concerning the aifair. Be calm, end I will come and see you often.’” The lady to whom the paper was handed stated pee hi could not be meant for her, her name not be- ot various name of hand that she was annoyed about. ‘The paper was then handed about the room, but no oue seemed to understand it, and it was pretty evident that for once the **medium’? had made a mistake, and that - spirits, like common mortals, are not always ex- empt from error, A large number of other com- munications followed, but none of them seemed to be understood by the audience. Perhaps the most appropriate communication was one which com- menced, “Oh! what a fuss for little.” Several of them also proved that composition is not one of the arts practised In the spirit land, aud that Lindley Murray is unknown, RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN BROOKLYN. Free Religious Services Under the Direction of the Young Men’s Christian Association. The Young Men’s Christian Association of Brook. lyn, E. D., @ young and vigorous organization of five hundred Christians, are holding free religious services every Sunday afternoon at the Union Base Ball grounds, Wiillamsburg. Yesterday afternoon several hundred persons, of both sexes, attended and maintained the utmost decorum during the exercises. & Shortly after five o’clock Mr. Thomas, president of the association, opened the exercises by giving out the hymn:— Come, thon Fount of every blessing, ‘Tune my heart to ang thy grace; Streams of mercy, never ceasing, ‘Call for songs of loudest praise.” The whole assemblage joined, and rendered the vocalization affecting, bringing handreds of passers- by within the enclosure, thus proving that “music hath charms to soothe the savage breast,”’ «c., After the reading of a parson: of the Scriptures ce Psalm and the dih chapter of Matthew) by Mr. . Ge e, Mr. E. A. Jones made apathetic appeal to the ne of Grace, the whole assemblage un- covering. The hymo commencing Jesus, lover of my soul, Let me to thy bosom fy, was then sang with fine effect, and the Rev. J. B. Brackett, of the First Baptist church was then intro- duced by President Thomas, Mr. Brackett spoke at considerable iength and was listened to with evident pleasure. He sald that there are only two conditions in 1ife—one of inex- pee joy, the other of inexpressible misery. verything affecting us in this world will end within a@ hundred years, but in the next world we are affected forever. He thought that there are some men in the world not fit for heaven in their present condition. Drunken, proiane, licentious, they place themseives upon the level of the brute. They ‘are corrupt and Fotten—physically and mentaliy rotten, and are not, therefore, fit for heaven. To enter heaven it 1s necessary that we have perfect noliness, perfect love, and perfect obedience to God. Many of us think that heaven ts a nice place to live in, but are satisfied with this world because we believe it better fitted for us; and without somechange none of us are fit for heaven. We must have a change of heart, because the heart ts the seat of the disease. The hand commits no offence unless the heart directs it. A bad heart cannot be reformed or mended; it must be torn out and a new one substi- tuted. “Man, to be saved, must be born in.?” In conclusion Mr. Brackett urged all who heard him to fall upon their knees and ask God to adifit them to heaven. At the concluston of the exercises Mr. Thomas an- nounced that the meetings would be continued every Sunday afternoon during the summer. Rev. Dr. Porter will preach next Sanday. The associa- tion also intends to have open-air preaching in the vacant lot on Kent avenue, foot of lor street. SOUTH CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, BROOKLYN. Military Services in Brooklyn. Last evening being set apart by the members of the Thirteenth regiment National Guard for their at- tendance in a body at church to participate in the annual religious services, that fine organization of the Brooklyn militia assembled at the armory in Cranberry street, corner Henry, and marched to the South Congregational church, corner of President and Court streets. The route of march was down Ciinton street to Union, and up the latter to Court, and thence to the church. The regiment was attired in its new, handsome gray uniform, and presented a most creditable ap- pearance. They were under command of Lieuten- ant Colonel Dakin, and marched up the matn aisie of the edifice and into the pews, where they remained standing until the signal was given by the organ, when ail sat down at once. A voluntary, Jubilants Deo, Was performed by the choir with dne effect; after which prayer Was said and a blessing invoked upon the Thirteenth regiment py its cha) lain, the pastor of the South Congregational church, Rev. Henry M. Storrs. A hymn was then sung by the co! tion, when the chaplain, Dr. Storrs, de- livered the annual sermon of instruction, taking for his text the words of the fourteenth verse, tenth chapter of St. Mark. He was listened to with marked attention throughout. At the conclusion the benediction and doxology were given. and the Thirteenth and their friends who were present took their departure from the edifice, well sausiied with their devotional exercises, CHURCH OF ST. MARY—HUNTER’S POINT. Lecture by Ex-Governor Lowe, of Maryland. Last evening ex-Governor Lowe, of Maryland, de livered a lecture in the new church of St. Mary, Hunter's Point, the subject being “The True Christi Idea of Liberty and the Influence of the Catbolls Church upon Modern Civilization.” There was a large and appreciative assemblage in attendance. ‘The Rev. Mr. Cremmin, pastor of the church, intro- duced the lecturer in a few appropriate observa- tions. Ex-Governor Lowe commenced by saying that the love of liberty was an instinct of the human heart, or, rather, it was the necessary effect of the great peerless gift of free will, How could man be a free agent iu his relations to God himself and not aspire to liberty in his conscience with his feilow man? If God had made man free, even in those matters which would determine for weal or woe, who could doubt but that slavery was foreign to his moral constitution? Freedom was obtained through perfect obedience to the command of the Creator; for it was found that more freedom was obtained in proportion as man continued faithful to the laws of justice, Obedtence of the creature to the great Creator was productive of liberty, That was the fundamental idea of freedom. Not that all men were absolutely equal in ail things, for their faculties were diversified. Nevertheless, man had never been ignorant of the fact that subordination was one of the laws of heaven. The soul of man sighed for liberty, which, how- ever, was not license, But in the early * had men forgotten the worship of hw then'tne image of their Creator was obliterated from their hearts. After commenting at some — upon the fallacy of some philosophers in attempt ing to ignore the liberty to be derived from heaven an Inting out the errors of those who attem| to Por upon humanity a8 God Himself, he adverted to the ancient heroes and observed th deeds were very light when weighed in tian sanctuary. The finest achievements of the pa- a of old were characterized by acts of treachery, Soeiety com) of such people could not under- stand the fundamental principles of humanity. «jiessed be the poor in spirit” could never lave been addressed to the Wise nen of ancient Greece, for all their actions were marked by eerie ride; even Di es in his tub was impudent an foo proud to work, Even at the purest epocha of the ancients their liberty never rested upon the basis of human brotherhood. Their liberty was egotism, and was totaliy devoid of those elements Wiich shouid compose true freedom. But a brighter 3, @ay was dawning. Rome had con Greece; Out the arts of Greece had illumined Kome. The Noice of Heaven e aloud. The pride of the Cxcars Wag doomed. Only @ short time Would elapse wnen it would be tram) into aust ana refinement. It should ve shining of the sun of Christianity. Here commenced the mission of tne Catholic Church amon men, The conv of Constantine not arrest empire, Vice the the had done its work; came in time to the dying. ous ray ciaing empire, The lecwurer ‘wels at considersbie Chiron, its ‘rise ‘an rerings ch, its t and dimicuities; on the su: of her martyrs, who often fell beneath the sword of idolatry, But the Church triumphed, apd none could deny that but for its influence the disint tion of the old Roman empire would never have ‘taken place, and the nations of the earth would have continued in barbarity. It was the work of the Church to civilize ag well ag to convert. Advertin; to the great changes which took place after the fal of the caper end ee oseaa influence of the State that the Catholic asserted the infallibility of ner 8 teach ing. He denied that the arch: or its head on earth ever thinsred bar temporal power. ‘The wisrepresentations of bigots were unavaiill ‘th of the church hajdfatled one ing, an in their attempts to Seer, prove it. He then referred to the new order panes with regard to the temporal power of the ‘ope. The princtes of the church were immuta- bie, while all things else changed, and she could alford to work out her own ideas. She accomplished the grand projects for which she was established without a drop of blood. The Church had no choice in the form of governments, monarchical, aristo- cratic or democratic. The form to her was immate- rial, but hen prisicinlos were those of freedom and Universal charity, and rational ideas of liberty must be in consonance with her spirit, Her own head was elected. Her ministers were the children of the people. She had no fear of liberty on her united religion, and she was freer to-day in the United States than in narrow monarchical domin- tons, After adverting to the influence which the Roman Catholic Church exercised towards civiliza- tion, the lecturer concluded by referriug to the great progress of ,the church itself. The Kev. Mr. Crem- mins having returned thanks in suitable terms, the assemblage dispersed. RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN NEW JERSEYs, roP ls BBM hs a Jersey City. In the Third Reformed church, Hamulton square, the Rev. J. Howard Suydam delivered last evening the eighth of a seriea of iectures on the relations of life, ,entitled, ‘The Transition Period in the Prodi- gal’s Career.” All the previous lectures under this head have been productive of a vast amount of good. They are addressed chiefly to young men, and the object directly aimed at is the correction of immoral habits. The preacher addresses his hearers, more in the persuasive style of a father to his chil- dren than that of a pulpit orator spinning out an hour on atext. The shoals and quicksands of life are pointed out, and some excellent suggestions oifered by way of rules for a Christian life. In short, there is abundant matter in these sermons for a pamphlet, which could not fail to effect a great reformation among the young men of the city. In St. Peter's church solemn high mass was cele- brated at half-past ten o’clock, the Rev. P, Corrigan officiating as celebrant, with Rev. Dr. Wiseman, deacon, and Rev. J. O’Netll, sub-deacon, Lambi- lotte’» ‘paschal mass was given by the choir, under the direction of Professor Neuendor#!. The Gloria 1s, perhaps, too long when given tn full; but with the Pete trgeee regs ot of the soprano, Schinitz, it could never become tedious. She certainly ex- ceeded her former efforts yesterday; and with such a poweriul combination as Miss Neumann, con- Mr. Castelli as tenor, and Mr. ger, the basso, the rendering of the piece ‘was a splendid achievement. At the offertory Mise Neumann sang Bassim’s Salve Regina with great sweetness and expression. Kev. Dr. Wiseman read the pastoral of Bishop Bayley, in reference to the approaching Ecumenicai Council in Rome, which was quite @ lengthy document, concluding with some explanations in regard to the jubilee which 1s to take effect in St. Peter’s parish, Jersey City, dur- ing the month of September next. In this pastoral Bishop Bayley is among the foremost of the Ameri- can bishops to take the fleld in favor of the move- He heartily endorses the views of tne sov- ereign Pontiff on the grave questions which agitate society and make war upon the Catholic Church, and pays a graceful tribute to the Pope, as one of the most distinguished pillars of the Church, Newark. ‘The venerable Bishop Janes preached in the Cen. tral Methodist Episcopal church, on Market street, yesterday forenoon, before an interested and intelli- gent, though not very iarge, congregation. fle gave a portion of the ninth chapter of First Corinthians, commencing at the seventeenth verse, as his text, and depicted in language at once touching and easily understood the sublime efforts which St. Paulhad made in carrying oat the Master's com- mands. Bishop Janes eloquently commented upon the attitude the Apostle assumedjtowards the young, and wound@up. with @ stirring appeal for funda to aid in the construction of the Newark Methodist Se Semunary at Hackettstowa, in Grace church, on the corner of Broad and Walnut strests, waa s-aene of @ lively littie sensation yea erday forenoon, during morning prayers. Unper- ceived, a tne black and tan terrier followed’ its owner, @ lady in deep mourning, into the church, and on belng ted out by some person commenced king furiously, 80 as to compel its mistress to leave too. The effect on the congregation and clergy Was of a character that can only be imagined. To properly describe it 18 scarcely possible, Trenton. TRENTON, June 13, 1869, The acceptable weather of to-day induced a vast multitude of religiously disposed persons to per- form their wonted Sabbath devotions at their fa- vorite churches. In the two Catholic churches Fa- thers Schmidt and Gerber oMciated at the usual ceremonies and preached appropriate sermons. In the Central Methodist Episcopal church Elder Dob- bins delivered a discourse on the subject, “Lead us not into temptation.” After some introductory re marks the reverend preacher descdnted on the dif- ferent definitions of the term temptation, and said God cannot be tempted, nor does he tempt any man. ‘Temptation means trial. In its intention and purpose temptation fs our destruction. In another sense it is kindly. The two definitions differ in their origin aud results. God is the source of one and the passions the cause of the other. Says When @ man is tempted he is drawn away by his own lusts. A man, however, hag not an affinity for every species of evil. One evil often antidotes another. Lather said fared his own heart more than the Pope, who was his greatest enemy. Temptation as an enemy is ex- tremely active and tireless; it goes about like ‘ roaring lion seeking whom it may devour. Kesist him, aud he comes back to the attack. Satan selects his temptations and adapts them to the business of men and makes the shortcomings easily besetting. Every man has his angel’ de and hia devil's side, Man is subject to various evils; thus covetousness was the weakness of Judas. The reverend speaker then dilated on similar illustrations, and concluded in the following manner:—‘“Many are selling them. selves to the devil; giving up their eternity of bliss for a momentary gratification of some sensual desire of their hearts.” The Rev. Mr. Dobins lastly ex- horted his hearers to guard against temptation and avoid the occasions of sin. RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN WASBINGTON, WASHINGTON, June 13, 1869, The Mount Vernon place Methodist Episcopal church, a new edifice, Was dedicated and opened for divinegservices to-day. Before the hour for the com- mencement of the services had arrived the audience was so large that many persons were unable to gain admission. Rev. W. E. Munsey, D. D., preached a sermon from the text, “This is none other but the house of God.’ He dwelt at length on the sacred- ness of a place of worship and closed by congratulat- ing the congregation op the successful completion of the edifice. Rev. Dr. J. P. Newman preached again to-day at the Metropolitan Methodist church before a large congregation, taking for the subject of nis discourse the salutation of the angel Gabriel to the blessed mother of God. The reacher gave a beautiful skxeten of the life of the Yirgin Mary, describing her birthplace, the beauty of her person, charms of her mind and singular purity and elevation of her character. The Old Testa- ment, in all ite pages, could furnish no woman equal to Mary, or worthy to be chosen as the mother of the God man. After dwell upon these pomts with much force and originality, br. Newman touched on the Catholie doctrine of intercession, and labored to show that, high and noble as was the character of Mary, bi as she Was among women, still our Diviné Master never intended that she should be chosen as the intercessor of sinners before the Throne of Mercy. God intended that man should rayers di to himeelt as as 8 man, AS @ man God not ‘was oot everywhere; His ‘was not omnipo a filled the Yun apace, ‘here, ‘ul . aaa vate Mt fe that ti where, much less ea bi 5 "s Cath urch to-day it was announced by Rev. Dr. Charles ats, ee peng that ant tion for the efit of the Would. be taken up, and, thas n that occasion he (the pastor) would preach on @ stibject of the Papacy. The reverend gentieman fliuded to the fact that recently erroneous : ments had beert «1 before the public thi newspapers as to the true character of the Pope and the doctrines of the Roman Church, To refute thes) CONTINUED ON TENTH PAGE