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ORR SE RL Be RELIGIOUS. interesting Divine Services Yesterday in New York, Washington, Brooklyn, Pough- keepsie and Other Cities. BACCALAUREATE SERMON AT PRINCETON The Résurrection, Lay Delegation, the Ecumenical Council and Church Dedications. Im New York, Washington, New Haven, Pough- Keepsie and other cities which are covered by the HERALD’S religious reports the weather yesterday Wasasarule somewhat unfavorable for the church going people, either the result of rain or of intense heat, and in some of the cities from both of these causes, Notwithstanding this diMculty the ser- ‘viees were generally of a very interesting descrip- tion and were listened to by full and attentive con- gregations, RELIGIOUS SERVICLS IN THIS CITY. CHUSCH OF THE DIVINE PATERNITY. Sermon by Rev. Dr. Chapin. Rev. Dr. Chapin preached yesterday morning from the Gospel of Luke, xil., 23, “The life is more than meat and the body is more than raiment.” ‘This was an assertion by the highest authority of a truth that lay at the very root of religious faith ang goodness, for it was evident that our entire views of existence must be affected by the degree in which We realized the facts here set before us. If the life of man were merely an organized material sub- stance, there muse still ram distinction of right and wrong, Fésolviug ii into pain! of expediency, and man would still continue to occupy his place as the head. of the visible world. Nevertheless, im that thé éasential character of our be- img and human conduct Would radically differ trom what they are upon the premises laid down in text. There was such a thing as that a man ight be better than his creed. But no candid averialist could deny that the logical consequence ust be that the human life and the facts of human hfe assume a different phase than what they would if we accepted the statement laid down in the text, Remove from the universe the conception of a spiritual life—of a ‘real and essential life of man, and especially the conception of a divine spiritual being, upon which all-this order of human beings must depend, and, he said, the ve character as well as the root of life would be i—the whole groundwork of our achieve. ment would be shattered as well as the whole character of morality itself. He wished merely to illustrate what he lad stated. The words he had read admitted of a double application:—First, they Andicated God’s care of man, and second, the chief object in man’s care of himself, Did we wonder that sometimes men cried out ‘Allis vanity?” See the terrible condition of things, which Was fre- quently 1 ij avout by sheer necessity, driving xen, 80 to peak, to live from baud to mouth, so hat they had no opportunity to think of anythin, else but the necessaries to supply the anima! system. Now, the body was only the bare shell which contained the ‘k of Itfe. The body was, after all, a wonderful theatre of life and expansion; but it be perforated and abused. Take the human heart and the human eye and consider the world of wonders they involved. Consider the multitudinous functions of a single nerve. ‘Think of the system of life—of the ceaselessly throb- bing heart. Look within the busy walls oi the and see its rivers of circulating blood. What di Science say Of this mortal form of ours? Might it say, “Uh, unsatistied sensualist! Ob, worldly dradge, to whom this form seems 80 useless, why can you not appreciate at ve breath you draw ed every pulse you feel the gift which God has towed on you’”’ The scheme of existence was not to be interpreted by external aspects or material results. No man, he thought, had ever reached that point where he could give us a complete interpreta- ton of existence. Life was a form of trial and dis- cipiine. If there were nothing but mi condi- Uons connected with it, then all he could say was that our life was, indeed, acer Ee low y pany men there were to whom life was a strange aman 91 Rature Ws rk ee ea aee anes nature, Jt was @ consciousness of affliction, it rrow that the pighest for the Was out of the depths rata shi gilts bestowed on sp The egsential Bature might become sceptic, but, of the other han: trial only challenged the brave gor ‘ant, instead 01 acting on ike a Toke ly ined means of . ere a ep EA ot Yaa Of which Was to utiful le words of Christ showing that if i led for the greater He would likewise Provide fof the less? He turned from the wild fowls of the air to the lilies of the valley, one of which was arrayed in more splendor than Solomon in ali his threw His fostering guardianshy Sver’ them. He’ then ‘spoke sof’ “the lite that was more eat and the jy that was more than raiment.” The reverend gentlemen then made the rest of his discourse ppiicabie to the amusements and excitements incident to our own times. He did not conaemn any amusements but those which had @ bad effect on the soul, A deal had been written and said about the injury Gone the mind and m our day, conse- quent on the peculiar condition of our time’, and Slashing and struggling for competition, The cou si for com con- @equence of this wane both ‘meneal and moral in- Ithad been asserted that mental occupa- tions were peculiarly the pronfoters of anny and ansanity Was now rapidiy increasing. As far as mental pursuits were concerned there was a qualia cation, When they were pursued tn a quiet state of fetirement they had not such an 1 tendency Ou the brain; but in the exciting a mn of the Umes, when @ man was cl to the galley oars of work as a necessity, that would produce insanity quicker than anything eise, ELEVENTH STREET PiESBYTERIAN CHURCH, ue Fundamental Principles of Christian Unity—The Work for the Protestant Coali- tion and the Ecumenical Cpancil. The Eleventh street Presbyterian church, between ‘Second and Third avenues, assembled Within its “walls a devoted congregation to listen to a sermon from the Rev. Charles B. Smyth on the subjects men- tioned above. After the usual services the rev- erend gentleman opened by reading for his text from the eleventh to the thirteenth verses of the fourth chapter of St. Paul's Epistle to the Ephe- ians:—‘‘And he gave some aposties and some pro- phets, und some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers for the perfecting of the saints, for tne ‘work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ till we all come in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a rfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the ines of Christ.” Uncharitabie: said phe #8; rr, ‘Was the reigning sin of Christendom, and in the church, so-called, under whose flooring and beneath our fect ought to ve buried out of sight and ought ‘to lie all evil passions, But we find it overgrown at the vory altars, burning incense to arrogance, usur- pation and cruelty, This was true, more or less, in different times, and the Church of Rome stands not alone in this fespect. She had been followed and copied by her daughters, and this i¢ makes her Step blusa and cry out, | shame! jow long this sin of uncharitableness is yet to con- ‘tinue remains to be seen, and we must await, ‘whether it ts to be crippled reir on of Protes- tant coalition or by the Ecumet Council. The -@octrine ofthe human brotherhood was in flat con- tradiction to the exciusiveness of the Church, and #0 1s also the law of the brotherhood of the learned men of science, Unfortunately, the i oe] he ng. ey ju e re t jex all and spread sin even to tl ling of Teil Rect with mardered souls. Isthere no remely ? No chance of for the better? Thank vod that ‘there ap) the ministry, and @ proph the ing of Hts peopic in Chtist. an Beuumenical fs Soeans general, universal council, To be such all professors Of the faith of Christ should take in it and pase juestions to be iste by vote on the qt FA within the range of possil ding large enough to hold them ail, and the 8 of men prevent their havi ‘et the common sense of Christendom oan be more certain. When councils the call of the Pope, though we not the To ascertain voice of the le one must look to the news of the day, to the spondence and editorials of the leading presa, the proceedii of legisiative and partiamentary ies, to the driltof men’s actions and converss what tuey believe and what they show it their hives. These pled the principal sources frou which to learn the common sense of iNANkind, i i & zs ‘ g) A é i Ae y od. Were permitied to live in the ° of the’ doctrines of Chrisuanity in aul thelr TWENTY-THIAD STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Rev. H. D. Northrop’s Sermon “ld Memo- rinm” of the Late Henry J. Raymond. The Kev. H. D, Northrop yesterday morning preached a very eloquent sermon in the Twenty- third street Presbyterian church, upon ‘‘Death” ana the Christian’s duty, during which he alluded to the late Mr. Henry J. Raymond in a most touching man- ner. The reverend gentleman took his text from Job xxi,, 23, “One dieth in his full strength.” Public men, he sald, are, ina certain sense, a public pos- session. ‘Their Ife ig not a thing for private inter- pretation; their death has an eifect und imfuence felt beyond their own domestic circle. It has always been considered to be the prerogative and privi- ‘ege of the pulpit to take notice of the departure of such, and draw there- from suitable lessons and admonitiens. There has seldom been in this city a more profound impression caused by d2a.h or a more universal demonstration oi respect aud sympathy occasioned thereby than tat Witaessed duriug the past week. The reverend entleman then treated of the general subject of eath, rewarking first- that there isa great deal of practical skepticism concerning wt, But, notwith- standing this practical disbelief in the mortality of all things human, the work of destraction goes on, The circumstances under which death: frequent:y occurs are pecuitarly startling and painful, and are calculated to make men attend perforce to what would otherwise be disregarded or dismissed with only a passing thought. Sometimes, moreover, it is ao, ete ema person, but hundreds who are nou uiey . ~saamniti taken in & moment without preucn“*- Some loaded train breaks through a rotten bridge or plunges down an embankment, Some til-constructed or ill-tended boiler explodes and blows humanity up towards the sky, Soine thickly populated ship iuns smashing on an iceberg or takes lire, and with jatal rapidity is wrapped in a whiriwind of flame—an ocean of water, but none to put out that fire, ‘Phe death of Alexander Hamilton, shot by Burr, and that of Darrison, Taylor and Lincoln, all Presi- dents of the United States, were felt to be a public calamity. And now, lately, another conspicuous mark has been chosen for death’s unerring dart. 7 fet i God’s house may be speak of the sacrifices ine ministry and those of the laity, and ‘were no men on God’s earth who made Methodist Episcopal minister. laity were enabied to lay up for the future of destitution and famine the was the dependent of the laity, and up store in heaven and for the pur- pose of securing an everlasting rest. The eloquent and talented c.ergyman then entered at great length in regard to the privil and powers of the laity and ed it in glowing terms and forcible lap- guage, but said that a t_ man and minister of the Presbyterian Church tad said to him that if this lay delegation question wag allowed in the councils of the Church they would be driving a wedge that would shortly pierce to the heart’score of the Methodist Episcopal Charch, He went on at great length to ask an hay the question what the laity wanted to do at the General Vonference? It was said that they wanted to prevent taxation by the Cons ference, but he repli ee pearee to a demonstra- tion that the Confere: 1 no power to tax the laity one cent. Then it was said again that these ininisters had too much legislative power in their hands, and this 1gea he powerfully demolished by saying that the ministry were not armed with any legislative power only that bestowed upon them by the 1 of Jesus it. He said that when there Was ho legislative power exceeded, then what would these lay advocates do at the Conference? Would they do good? Ah! no, only harm, and before a year passed round every class would become a politicai arena, and Methodism which had went on so long and so gloriously would soen be a byword in the caiti, He went on next to speak of the expense of sending lay members to Conference, and saddiing the’ Church with a debt, and forcing te brethren fto pay it just as the nation had been saddled with a debt which would not soon be paid, and was contracted at the loss of the blood of one million of brave citizens of the country. He eoncluded by conjuring them to “let well énough alone,” and concluded a powerful and practical dis- course by advising them to drop the matter alto- gether and follow the ignus sautvus no turther, for u they did uot they would tiirn the Church upside down; Dut if they iet the Methodist Chureh alone she would spread out her wings from the’sun rising to sun setting, and her glorious career would termi- nate with bringing millions of happy souls to glory. ‘The reverend preacher conciuded a very elective ad- dress, which was attentively listened to throughout. After singing and pronouncing the benediction the respectabie congregation was dismissed. 3ca AND LAND, i ; ! steps 6 CHURCH OF THe Installation of the New Pastor. Rev, Edward oppor was installed tast evening as pastor of the Church of the Sea and Land, Market street, copner of Henry. The attendance was quite large. Rev. Dr. Prime preached the installation sermon, taking as his text he words of Paul, “God forbid mE Mr. Raymond was a renowned journalist; had been a high ofticer his native State and a representative at Wasiington; was extensively known among our leading men and largely ed in politics; was abundant in labors engag and unrestricted m influence, and, therefore, it is a loud knell witch has resoundea through he lana telling of his depayture. In the last place let it be observed that there are certain qualities and achleve- Ments which outlive death. This is especially true ‘when a man has been remarkable for personal vir- tues and deeds of charity. Still further, when a man Tas been closely ideatified with any great cause which looks towards the welfare of a nation, or of any particular class of the community, he must of necessity outlive the grave. There is no death for the principles of national justice and liberty, and he who advocates and upholds them shall leave behind hinl a memory that 1s ever green. ‘There ls many a mame associated with our late national struggle which will be as imperishable as the country’s birth- right, Pt with their toils, their sutferings, or their blood. In this (eget of luminaries which gare their steady light through all our darkest ours we place, where the nation has placed it already, the name of him for whom the peopie mourn. No one doubted Mr. Raymond's devotion to his own convictions, and his convictio: were immutably upon the side of the national right- eousness and unity. When others faltered this rock was firm. On questions of the day his position was not 80 forwi as that of some, but he ever looked in the right direction, and in his ideas and sentiments was the avowed leader of nota few. The thatI should glory save in the cross of Christ.” ‘the preacher said that Paul was a man of great in- tellectual power, and that the Holy Ghost, when given toaman, did not destroy his personality. David, Jeremiah, John had all been subject to the influence of the Holy Spirit, yet in all were traceable their original personal peculiarities. Had Paul sought distinction among the men of his age he woulda have made his mark among those whom the world would not willingly let die. But all these intellectual gifts he laid at the foot of the cross, and said, “God forbid that { should glory save in the cross of Christ.” He was a man of learning as well as Intellect, and yet, after he had drank of all the fountains of human knowledge, he still said, “God forbid that I should glory save im the cross of Clirist,’ The rea- sons for Paul glorying in nothing but the croas were then considered. The cross, it was sald, never was the badye of honor, but rather the symbol of ignominy, until Chrisv’s death upon it made it the symbol of Christianity. “He that glo- ried let him giory in the cross,’’ because ™ displayed the love of the Father, who gave His only begotten Son to the world; because it displays the love of the Son, “Lo, 1 goto do Thy will;’? because it proponce reconciliation to his God. The cross of Christ dispensation which removed him seems to be one not merely heard of, but felt, It is some mitigation of the loss to reflect that he has lived to bear his testl- —— and speak noble words where they were reclous, because needed. His public work was |. done. broken pentence, the last he ever peuned, found lying in hie desk, may symbolize his broken life, bub not Mis fufluence. He lives In= what be has loue and heiped others todo, Requiescat in pace. pant SECOND STREET METHODIST EPISCOPAL CAUICH, The Church and Temperance. The Second street Methodist Episcopal church, be- tween avenues C and D, was well filled last evening, it having been announced that the pastor, the Rev. F. Brown, would deliver a sermon on ‘The Church and Te; 1” pt the cloge of the usual opening pany a tthe Gmnmasncing his sermoy tga | reverend gentioman stated that, Td &€Sordatice with the instructions of tle late Methgd{st Conference, he was about, for the first time, to preach to his congre- was the only appointment for the salvation of men. That was another reason why it should be gloried in. it was the grand panacea for all human sufferings. If Paul gloried in the cross why might not men to-day? In Paul’s time it cost something to take up the cross; it demanded courage. They that would reign with Christ must suffer with Him. Those who expected to rejoice with Christ must glory in the cross while on earth. Rey. Dr. Rowell delivered the charge to the pastor. He urged him-to preach the Word, whether men Hould hear or Ww: rend ae ee eee a 8] Tea 4 crucified. He should preach the Wen ied at king apy ining. ee or addin, anything to it. He show as much as ossible the very words of Sscriplure. Rhetdric, cost what it woul v Sie My labor, couid bear no comparison to the Word o! ‘gt, Constant perusal and reperusal of the Sq:tpenres Was of the’greatest Importance. ‘The pub ong et love Guaracterizé Tis fiiglétey. He shontd bé gehitle. bs ould rejoice with those that rejolced; mourn with those that mourned; pity the poor; condescena to those of low estate; be Kind towards the aged and infirm; let men see that he desired to make them happy ‘both in this world and in the world to come. If he did this his people would respect him and his gation @ temperance sermon; and thinking | m ‘They would soon learn to love him, ‘The it well to begin with the house of | love of God was mighty. His success in winning God, he had chosen to speak to his souls would be very much in proportion to his love. hearers as to the duty of the Charch to the tem- perance movement. The text selected was the first verse of the fifteenth chapter of the Epistie to the Romans:+‘‘We, then, that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to piease our- selves.” No Da gery said the preacher, sways a ar werful Oey over humanity than does self. boa the educated and the t to its power, and some- Re of God’s house the Church and directs It was astonishing how gn} t, are alike subj mes it even enters the aud to a Certain extent rul the general action thereof. into play, the youngest early this big: came child finenced by it, and it, there- fore, could not be wondered at that adult humanity patd such homage to this principle of the human heart. One of the atest barriers to the Christian religion was to be found in this instinct of selfishness. No noble actiof could spring from this Motive, as it was certain that nothing wide aud liberal could @ selfish soul. Chris- Uanity trei with live suMfects, and the tem- perance question was one of these. No crime was more prevalent than that of intemperance; it ex- its deadly influence in the family circle, and it retarded the progress of the biessed Gospel. ‘The action of Christian men was the only thing that could stop the tidal wave of intemperance which was sweeping down the streets of this city, and it was almost impossible for a man to refuse to make a sacrifice in this direction and to be a Christian. The Church ought to say that this evil should the Church, in the position of a united phalan. j termined to discontinue the use of intoxicating ti- quors everywhere, using every possible influence to advance Finciples of sobriety, the day would not be far distant when intemperance would cease. Let her take pony, to this work, let her cleanse herself from the foul thing and use all her e‘forts—the thun- ders of her pulpits, the strength of ber prayers and the influence of her votes at the ballot box—and the time would soon come when no men would be scen —, about the streets in a state of drunkenness, with bloated eyes and haggard forms, disgraceful to humanity; when young men would not be drawn oif from home into drinking shops, when parents would not have to weop over the loss of intellect, morality and religion in their children, and when there would a od occasion to ask, “Why are not the masses saveu?" * SOHN STREET METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Lay Delegation and the Methodist Episcopn) Church=Sermon of the Rev. Wm. P. Corbit in John Street Methodist Episcopal Church Last Evening. Last evening this old and sacred fabric of the Methodist Episcopal Charch was flled almost to suf- focation owing to the Rey. William Corbit, pastor of the church, having announced that he would preach onthe great subject now agitating that religious body. After the usual devotional exercises were concluded the reverend preacher announced as the subject of his discourse Acts, v., 38—And now { say unto you refrain from these men and let them alone.” He commenced by saying that these were the words of Gamaliel, a celevrated doctor of the law among the Jews. The Methodist Episcopal Church has been in operation for more than 100 years and had gone in her career of useful- ness with a prosperity and success that has never heon equalled by any other Chris Rev. Dr. Alexander delivered the charge to the ople. He said they had three classes of dutfts; ret, duties toward their pastor; second, duues to one another, Uae A out of the communion of saints; and, third, the duties tuey owed. to those without. They should prepare theinseives to listen to the instructions of their pastor. One great trouble with those who went to church was that they didn’t come prepared to hear. it was their duty to prompt and encourage one another in every good work. Not only had they to consider those tn the cicy, in their immediate vicinity, but those on the sea, The church should show that it loved the seaman. Altey the singing of the doxoiogy, ‘Praise God, from whom all blessings flow, the newly installed pastor pronounced the benediction. . ST. PETER’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. At this early home of Catholicity the warm weather yesterday had a depressing effect. The congrega- tion was not very numerous and all seemed to be laboring under the effects of the heat. The Rev. Fa- ther Noyes, from Texas, officiated at the principal mass, while the Rey. Father McDowell delivered the sermon. The reverend orator, observing, no doubt, that the congregation was in somewhat of a melting mood, made his remarks few and short. He took as the subject of his remarks the parable of the loaves an@ fishes, and demonstrated from the text that the Almighty always provided bountifully for those who sought his aid and followed his admonitions, The mass sung by the choir was @ simple yet expressive arrangement by Van Eyken, sung by the full choir of the church, for the offertory a trio for aito, soprano and tenor, by Curschman, entitied “Ti Prego, O Padre,” was sung with rare taste by Miss Tobin, alto; Mrs. Easton, soprano, and Mr, Fritsch, tenor. Miss Tobin is @ pupil of Mrs. Eas- ton and yesterday was ler first appearance in a solo part. The portion of the work assigned by the composer to the aito in this piece is very trying, and for one without a good range of voice and es- pecial clearness in the lower notes would be ex- tremely difficult, Miss Tobin, however, aside from jittle apparent nervousness at first, performed the rt most creditably. Mrs. Kaston and Messrs, ritach and Staud, as weil as Professor Pechér, the organist, are too well known as fluished artists to need comnent, RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN BROOKLIN. PLYMOUTH C.UiCH. Sermon by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. Plymouth church was crowded yesterday during the morning services with a most attentive congre- gation. The reverend pastor preached trom the Gospel of St, Joun, tenth chapter and ninth verse— “J am the door; by me ifany man enter 1m he shall be stved, an‘ shall go in and out and find pasture.” Different nations have different meanings and signi- fications of expressions and of conveying ideas. The Orientals, the Northerns, the Mediterranean nations have styles so different that one will ever mistake or confound one with the other, The Hebrew, among the Orientals, were perhaps the most peculiar people in thetr mode of expression. They knew how to em- ploy in speech the subiimest elements of nature, and weigh equat pans they employed for the sublimest e most common and ordinal Who but Christ would tian denomination, and now, at this tate figures ct be himgeit to a hen? season of her ty after #0 Jong & career she | And no word ever selected has so charming a should be by the laity of the Church seck- ce, and it will forever be full of divine ing a place in his great Executive bly, the | beauty. Christ compares himself to a tobe, to a loaf ty and which had never been | of bread, to water, to @ coat or garment, to a house, presume’ at before the day. He then went | toa gate, &c. Inthe pi lected for this dis- on to p prove from the of on that | course Christ hh toadoor, And this the laity were debarred from ay, interierence in the begullar habit of selecting for illustration familiar business of the Church, He next proved that Jesus | and homely ohyects 1s one of the peculiar evidences Christ ed no regular organi: but all | of Scripture writing. Looking at the com a in the forms of the Church were derived from t | @ limited senee it Will a common and homely; tare na tel jatine, Hers | remember ve te gd concatets”enSh naal ie t there was no scriptural right for the laity to have a | cance and beauty of the illustration will ey" pon Propiemade ae meat ene hams | Rt ard t sairey sare je ut the | ser, ai startles of Natural ob) ects were to government of the Church originated with the | be selected—a mountain or the oat —onie would reachers, and this point he roved from prac- Firat usa » Civil and ahuteh goverimenn any aif. fered widely in authority, The moment, he said, that Ajerivans Wore borg the nation took charge of recognize a fitness of things. But to select a door, & thing without beauty or impressiveness to the wenses, may be @ starting comparison at first; yet to consider it from another view, to reiect uvon the of the door. admiration at the int of aieatie ‘and protect cages, worldly business and turmoil; are repose, love, trust and confidence. The Li ig the separating instrument. It ts the cherisued ousenoid, beyond world, ‘To one it 1 refuge; exclusion. The door is also tne Protection to the children of the house- bring up chi.dren, thanks to the doer m the saldet of ‘peraicous exampies pure, |, nobie. The ir between then and the mischievous inter- ‘the door 1s the symbol of protection. 1s Christ, at home; the door opens and you are in His presence. This is not a of ha it ia @ beauteous reality. Mane first look! at Christ, whether in a vision or in reality, he holds op to the brightness and joy which to him clears away all doupt. Christ ts the supreme medicine to cure all doubts, ali cares, and whoever can find himself in dita presence needs nothing more, God’a presence in the sou! cures al! the diseases of men’s souls; every thought of God and of Christ in men’s souls is a medi- cine and a curative. Christ is therefore the door which every man may enter through to joys un- speakable. “ How unconscious men are of the treasure so near them—the refuge that is within thelr reach—aud how few there are that ever realize the fact! In a fawiliar respect the door represents a refuse, wid, in the Psalms, speaks of God being his towerof strength. He runs to the tower, is ad- mitted and is saved. David represents one over- thrown 10 battle and pursued. He flees towards the guarded city; the sentinel stands at the gate, which he tirows open to the pursued one; he rushes inand the gate is instantly closed against the pursuer. That sentine) and that gate or door is Christ. A traveller 1s overtaken by the storm; the thunder rolls and the lightnings fash and = the rain is about descending on his head.’ He speeds to the nearest shelter; it is berore him, and just as the storm breaks in rain he reaches the refuge. What unspeakanle relief he experiences at his escape! So ms God to the poor soul a tower o1 strength and a refuge in time of trouble. Christ is the door, and joy and happiness await ail who, desiring to enter, knock for admittance. ‘The prodi- gai son returns; he stands at tne door with a look Of suspense; he sces bis father open the door; he hears not a word of reproof, but fecis the warm clasp of embracing arms, aud the wayward chi'd is once more at home, unspeakably repentant because unspeakably grateful. Christ is a door, as he ts the resurrection and the life, and ali who enter the mansions which God has prepared for us must enter them through Christ, the door, = RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN NEW JERSEY. Jersey City. A sermon was delivered at the Congregational tabernacle yesterday morning by the Kev. Dr, Parker, of Hartiord, Conn., who took his text from Romans y., 7—“For scarcely for a righteous man willone die; yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die.” From this the preacher proceeded to point out the distinction be- tween goodness and righteousness, The good man is better in every way than the righteous man. Good- ness 18 @ higher, nobler, richer degree of excel- lence than righteousness. The religion of God re- cognizes this distinction and accordingly directs man through the narrow path of righteousness to the broad domain of goodness. Rignteousness implies what one is required to do ang yothia; more, turning neither to the right nor to the le! eed is the basis or substratum of good- ness. We must make this distinction, that there can be no goodness apart from righteousness, ‘the square, Upright, straightforward man is to be pre- ferred to him who is merely possessed of what is popularly termed good nature. Your good-hearted ‘ellows are very often doubtful characters. Capable of the worst things, they are often found grovelling inthe depths of wickedness, And yet we hear ple say, “What splendid characters they might ve been.” What praise shall we give to the man Who stretches out his hand tothe poor at all times while he cheats his customers, or to the man who gives a liberal donation to some philanthropic object, or perhaps founds a theological seminary, while at the same time he organizes a gigantic swin- dict The relation between goodness and righteous- ness is that of @ positive to a negative virtue, The righteous man is to the good man what the grove trees in winter are to the same trees in the month of June. The atmosphere created by the good man is wholesome, pure and refreshing, 80 that his influ- ence is felt by all who come within Mis reach. In short, the influence of one good man will purify the moral atmosphere of a whole community, In the work of man’s redemption we see the superiority of goodness over righteousness, The Saviour was ip est but what Kind of right- eousuess was hist With what vehement denuncta- tions dia he pronounce ugainst those who shut their eyes and ears to the truth! St. Paul makes a dis- tinction between the righteousness of jaw and that ofsaith, The one is narrow-minded, one-sided and seliish, whlie the eon of faith is that which we derive trom God—pure, holy, sincere, generous, Goodness is that which will crowa righteousness, Newark, The sultry, threatening state of the weather, to- gether with the emigration of the buttermies of Hon apd persons gt Wealth to the watering Lat at other S¢énes of summer resort, percept- ibly diminished yesterday the usuaily large congre- gations at the various places of worship, At Grace church, in the forenoon, @ discourse of much inte- rest was <e by eed ree Vv. Dr. Hi a es, in presen of a rather small congregation, Dr, Hodges took his text from Komans vill, 14—“For as man are led by the spirit they are the sons of .”?_ ‘The preacher gave three senses in which the text ought to be inter- preted. One of these, and the chief one ne dwelt upon, was that we were sons of God, not by natural birth, but by regeneration. Dr. Hi recurred to the recent Episcopal Convention at Chicago, and argumentatively showed that its protestations against the doctrine of regeneration were directly im opposition to the téachings of Mother Church, Princeton College Commencement=Baccae laureate Sermon by Rev. Dr. McCosh. PRINCETON, June 27, 1869, The College of New Jersey celebrates its 122d anni- versary the present week—the commencemeat proper being on Wednesday, the 30th inst, The centennial anniversary of the American Whig So- clety—a literary society connected with the college— will be celebrated on Tuesday, the exercises com. mencing at eleven o'clock A, M., in the First Pres- byterian church. A history of the society wili be read by Professor H, C. Cameron, and the oration delivered by Judge Field, of the United States Su- preme Court. The college has recently been the recipient of munificent donations from several sources. Mr, Joun ©. Green, of New York city, has given It $75,000, the interest of which ts to be appited to increasing the library and improving the reai estate owned by the college, He has also given a lot of land, adjoming the college, which cost him $20,000, upon which he is now orecuina, at an expense of $80,000, a building which wili contain several new lecture rooms and an examination hail. Mr. Robert Bonner, of New York, and Mr. H. G. ————- have donated $40,000, which is being ex- pen led in the erection ol an extensive gymnasium. ‘The Observatory rapidly approaches compietion. For the building of this General N,N. Halsted, of Newark, N. J., has given to the college $60,000, and wiil tur- nish it with a telescope costing $10,000 additional. Other friends of the college are about erecting a nid to be Known as Reunion Hall, a8 ® memo. of the recent union of the two branches of the terian Church. jay the Baccalaureate sermon was preached in the First Presbyterian church at i'rinceton, by the President, the Key. Dr, MeCosh, from the text— me saith unto him, lam the way. the truth and fe.’ In the course of his remarks the reverend gentie- man said:—Every one must have feit that there is a pecullar tenderness of sentiment, and at the same time elevation of view, in the words addressed by our Lord to fis disciples yefore Lie departed from them. The pear prospect of parting with those who had been His Immediate compantous for yeare seems jo have imparted a special last utter. ances, and entitie hts i way, the truth and the Ii fe,” to our il con. sideration. One of the deepest feel! in man’s sense of want—a want of somethin, nature ts @ which this worid 1s found incapable of supplying. Of this want we are ever conscious, and to du ta Knowledge of the way of access unto the Fath alone sumiceth. It is natural 4o men to Tecognize @ supernatural power. undefin A ie of want iy positive. We have no doubt that there is @ way (0 the Father if we could-but find it, but to many that way is dark and uncertain, Human reason no satisfactory direction; for its in MORE ev lead into ever thic! darkness, in Which fears and doubts have their ropriate dweliing place, ‘Gina alone cen ere eatin for out rhe but the trath. the orks rath as adn 11] not to understand the abstract to csasa man, is God incarnated, without being degravsd. Ail fears and doubts are removed when i } & ; ff i 5 a a i = e z Be # Fe, is il BF i E i E Be 5 | eS ar ra t4 H i BE i zt i g & F i £ i i 5 f g +] i zene eras teees pea by found if we would have @ true rel founded uj it Christ place. there the Church as rist. = proper th have the supreme consider! sentiments and Intenuons. But what is to evoke ‘hese sentiments from our dead and stoful hearts? ‘There must be an object tocall them forth— a Pe ere to draw them towards himself; and that ing is Christ, as he presents himself in all his lovelmess and attractiveness. They tell us that this affection may be called out by such grand and glorious ideas as the infinite and the eternal; but such ideas call forth love only when they are aa- sociated with a living being whose love is infinite and eternal, Some are contented with the truth without the life, They are satisfied with their ortho- dox creed, with their reverence for the Bible and with thelr attendance at church and religious meet- ings. Such a formal religion 18 offensive to man, even as it Is displeasig to God. A different class Seek the life without the truth. Some are led to this by a reaction against a stuf formalism or a frigid pres a The [ite whitch is not supported by scriptural truth will be of a very uncertain, waver- ing wad transient character. Dr. McCosh closed hy discourse with a direct ad- dress to the members of the graduating class, assur- ing them of the deep interest with waich Alma Mater would watch their course in the future, and exhorting them to pure ana noble lives. ELIGIOUS SERVICES IN WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, June 27, 1869, To-day being the feast of St. Aloysius the occa- sion was celebrated in a most interesting manner at the sacred edifice dedicated to his honor at the cor- ner of North Capital and I streets, St. Aloysius’ church is under the Jesuit Fathers, and is perhaps the most fashionable in town, not excepting even the Metropolitan church, which Is patronized by the Executive. The music is always grand, like that of St. Stephens, in New York; but to-day it was even grander than usual. The church was decorated in an appropriate way and an extra altar was arranged on the right side of the sanctuary, whereon were placed some relics of the departed Aloysius—a spec- tacle rarely witnessed in this country. In the morning a solemn high mass was celebrated, and “Hummel’s Mass No. 2,” with the Gratias, trio from Rossini’s ‘Messe Solenneile,” was performed in artistic style. But the most ent services were those Of Sag: ries which comment at seven o’olock. Rev. Father Cleary, of George- town College, delivered a chaste and touching pane- gyric on St. Aloysius, bolding him up as a model for ailyouth. Before and after the sermon several of the finest musical selections were snag ibe the choir, Jed by Madame Kretschmar. The principal plecea were Co7yitebor, bass solo, by F. ase; Gratias, soprano solo, by Mme. Kreischmar; flute obligato, Laudamus, quartet, by Mme. Kretschmar, Mr. Burnett, tenor, and Messre. Chase aud Widney, basaos. But the ip. plece was the last—Tan- tum Ergo—set to one the richest quartets of “Puritani,” which was rendered by Mme. Kretsch- mar’s pure, sweet and melodious voice, and the reatly admirable voices of Burnett, Chase and Wid- ney, in the most finished and artistic styie. Mr. Harry Sherman presided at the organ. At the Mount Vernon place Methodist Episcopal churen, South, the pastor, Rev. Mr. Tudor, preached 8 discourse from St. Matthew, xi., 19.:—The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold @ man that is a glutton and a wine drinker a‘triend of pubiicans and sinners.” The preacher premised his remarks by saying that Christ came into the world to cusappoint every expectation of the ular mind. It was t not therefore, ul the national heart of Judah should be allenated ° from him; but when the Jews accused him, in the language ch f friend of publicans and ited. He ropensa® Tne speaker el rated this poimt at great length, arguing that the proudest title of Christ is the fend of sunners. bore — RELIGIONS GF BYNES tran eagle Tt. d Bridgeport. BRIDGEPORT, June 27, 1869. At the Presbyterian church in the morning the pastor, Kev. Mr. Hinsdale, preached a sermon from Jopn xil., 24—“Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die it abiaeth alone; but if it die it bringeth forth much fruit.” The words were spoken by the Saviour a short time previous to his crucifixion, and were used to illustrate Christ's triumph for his people. He was to be glorified, but not in the manner that they had supposed. To save sinners Christ must die for them, and his sufferings and death have an intimate connection with the re- demption of the World. The subject was finely tlins- rated the large congregation listened with trated, an marked attentio! oe Tae ‘Atthe Baptist ciurch tne be. A. Mf, Hopper, pastor, reached in the mor: Well Considered discot:se ‘rom Romans }., 10, 1 1 was & oman citizen by prthright, He wished ey to visit Bone, the tine erial city and the centre of Civilization. He prayed for & erous voyage. At that time in the me- tropolis was a feeble band of Christians struggling to establish the foundations of a kingdotp destined to be more glorious than that of herself. Paul's prayer was answered, but not as he ex- pected. Shipwrecked upon a barbarous shore, he went to Rome a mga under @ Rothan guard. From these facts the speaker deduced in a forcibie manner the main thought amplified in the sermon. Our prayers are frequently answered in a wanocr different from our expectations. At the Universalist church the Rev. Miss Olympia Browa preached a fine sermon in the morning io a large congregation. The text wasfrom John, xX, 10, and the sabject uiliversality of life in all ifs forms and the necessity of an in- crease of spiritual life for the heads of the world, and the spread of Christianity was finely fllustrated. The same lady preaches at this clurcl in the even- to a large congregation. ‘he evn C. Hoyt, of Stamford, preached at the rt Methodist Episcopal church and ateriman at the South Congregatior church, Regular meetings were resumed at African Methodist Episcopal church, the Rev. Joshua Haile, pastor, occupying the pulpit. There were showers during the day, but the cuurches were gen- erally well attended. New Haven. New Haves, June 27, 1869. At the Chapel street church to-day Rev. Mr. Gould, of Hartford, preached tn the morning. He deliv- ered au able sermon from First Corinthians x., 31, his subject being “Glorify God in little things, and the carrying of our religion into the unobtrusive acts of our lives.” At Trinity church in the morn- ing Rev. Mr. Harold, of Florida, preached in behalf of the work of the Church tn that State. Hather, of Ammerst College, prenened two cermons. mers preached two sermons, In the afternoon he Biter en from Luke xxit., 27, hia subject boing ‘The lofely and humble iife of Jesus.” At the College sireet chatch Kev, Mr. Hubbell the subject of the United tional services were held in this when Mr. Hubvell preached from Acts, X., ject was, “Serving One's Genera- He said men were in an when the gen- eration was on in the swift stream of pro- organ that used only to in irals now is heard inthe old ee reached in the mornii upon oa True Life.” in ‘the evening ohui 36, throws its spray where once the heard. We should not breast the tide of progress, but fall tn with it and endeavor to itina direction, The pastor then spoke of the class of her sons Who did not serve their generation. At the First Methodist church Rev. Mr, Waikins delivered &@ sermon upon the subject, ‘Sectarian Shivvoleths, or Bigotry Newburg. Newsvuns, N. Y., Aprii 27, 1860, At the last General Conference of the Methodist Church @ resolution was adopted recommending the ministers of that denomination to preach on the subject of temperance on the fourth Sunday of June in each year. In carrying out this recommendation the Methodist clergymen of this city opened their batteries on King Alcohol ta their evening's dis- courses. Rev. H. H. Birkin, pastor of the Western Avenue Methodist church, took for his text Gala- tians, fifth chapter, twenty-first verse:—“Drunken- ness, revellings aad fas Xe; they which do such . 3 Sees things shail not inherit the kingdom of God.” The speaker said various plans had been proposed for the abolition of the evil of intemperance, One class Proposed to bring the truth and imfuence of the gospel simply to bear upon the evil, Others would Others advocate the formation of a temperance po- litical organization, allowing none but pronounced vemperance men to hold offices in the gift of the Deople. The last measures proposed was the enact- ment of @ prohibitory law—legal suasion. The rev- erend strongly advocated this Soin Tike chly mate OF thattasing thier elite. bot prone of Trinity Methodist chureh, took for bis e: Proverbs, odes ter, first verse—“Wine is a mocker, strong drink deceived th Tazing; and whosoever ie is not pl oe reverend magn ern many si phases, none st r or more fi le than the tolerance of the evil of # 1 drink. He wondered what ressou men could see in its use. fully compiled statis- Carefi tics showea that in tlils land alone rum killed eve year sixty thousand persons, made twenty thousan led to three hi murders and four ha suicides, and cost the natien six hun- dred millions of money, Rum had power ia this country to elevate the worst of men to oMcial position. The speaker portrayed the disastrous elfects which resulted to the countr, ‘y through drunken officers in the army and oificehola- ers in the civil government, and yet there were pro- fessed Christians who wo march up-to the box and vote for such men. If Engiand or France should kill ten or fifteen of our citizens annually the nation would vibrate with indignation from ne to Caiifornta, and war would speedily result. Yet ere Was a power that slew sixty thousand of our eitizens annually, and, strange to say, scarcely & voice was raised ‘in influential circles against the ram power. The speaker urged upon hearers the duty of identifying themselves wit every agency intended to stay the tide of intemperance that Was sweeping over our land. In the Reformed church the communion services took the pore. of the morning aiscoarse. In the afternoon the pastor, Rev. D, H, Mandeville, took for his lext Hebrews, xt, 1, 2, his subject being “Tho Christian Race, its Methods and Motives. ‘The reverend speaker said there wasa reference in the text to the Olympic races of the ancieute. The contenders in these races prepared themselves therefor by caretul gee threw aside everything that mignt impede them in their course, and were animated by the consideration that the eyes of the principal men of their country were fixed upon them. The first ceatra} thought of the text was the methoas of the Cliristian race. here was to be a disencumbrance of every impediment and a pa- tient, persevering endurance. Every besetting sin was to be laid aside, and the soul, freed from these hindrances, was to press forward to the prize. The second leading thought was the motives of the Christian race. These were the contemplation of the examples of the ancient worthtes, and especialiy of that of Jesus Christ himself, who fer the joy that was set before him endured the cross and despised the shame that was heaped upon him. The joy that Was set before Jesus at the end of his suiferings and sacrifices Was also set before the Christian, who, we would siare in his Divine Master’s joy and glory. Poughkeepsie. Pov@HsEErsig£, June 27, 1969. There was an immense attendance at St. Peter's church to-day, owing to the presence of Arch vishop McCloskey, who came for the purpose of administer- ing the rite of confirmation. At the morning ser- vice Father MeNeirny, secretary to the Arch bishop, officiated, assisted by Father Mackin. At the con- clasion the Arch pisnop ascended the altar and de- livered an eloquent séraron, taking his text from the tenth chapter of St. Paul’s Epistle to the Corinthi- ans. He commenced his remarks by Soniparalasin Father Riordan upon the success of his labora, an the congregation on their good fortune in having so and zealous @ pastor. He said that faith was tne foundation of all true religion, and, without it, it is impossible to please God. There are hundreds of men preach- ing a3 many, if not more, doctrines, each contend- ing their correctneas; but how are we to understand whichis the true doctrine of Christ? Simply by having faith in the teachil of the Bible. Continu- ing in a discourse of an hour’s duration, he con- cluded by imploring ail to be zealous and pious in the performance of their duties and have the utmost faith in the word of God, Tnis afternoon at three o'clock, the hour 4 ted for eg vy church presented a fine appearance. The 2 to be confirmed occupied the centre of the edifice— the girls being attired in spotless white—taking their turns in presenting themselves before the Arche bishop, who performed the duties m accordance with the rites of the Catholic Church, Upwards of five hundred children were confirmed. Thus ended an ailuir long to be remembered at St. Peter's, Middletown. Mipptetows, N. Y., June 27, 1869, The day being rather onpieasant, on account of frequent showers, no very large crowds were drawn from their homes to attend the reltgions services at this place,to-day. At most of the churches the ser- vices were about of the same style as usual, nothing progressive or particularly attractive about them. At the First Baptist church the Rev. F. McCarthy, a native of Richmond, Va., late of Rochester Uni- versity, occupiea the pulpit morning and evening. This church has been without a regular pastor for Some tim3, and Mr. McCarthy has just accepted a call to its pastorute, FA Con, tonal church the Rev. Charles A. Ay in the m from I. Timothy 1, ‘rd subject was, ‘The Advantages of a Proper Re- collection of the Past.” In the evening he gave ano- ther of his popular lectures, all of which have tend- ed to a more liberal view of religion. His text was Ecclesiastica 1, 9:—“The thing that has been it is that which shall be, and that which is done is that which shall be done, and there is no new thing un- der the sun.” His subject was, “A Satisflea He said that we live, more than in a time wiea oid © ene styles, beasts theories and habits of are giving new. are so rapid and the new presses 80 vi upon fae present, while we 1 it ‘Hiarities, 1s almost passiag into the obsolete. He Pr petsists in holding on to he fosail forms of the past have, u is drifted by the tide of events and the progress of = their onward rugh, else he is trample ny by the muleitade 6 ing forward ante some new thing under the sun.” He who cet Oy, with discoveries, inventions or improv. must strike while the heat is op an the most of the present, or to-t w another comes with @ oetter or iY » and his omer. tunity 18 gong, The news which three a ago would mo’ the masses with excitement interests no one to-day. Pubiish in New Yore Herauy o& last Sunday’ “which the ‘fetigiou seport il be Teligious 3 Wi morrow morning, because and only because it is fresh, new. They are found in type almost as soow as utt The sound Ee) a voice ae searce ceased its vibrations "8 oa when tens of thousands are reting tas aut bia the Pilates pase, They read because these, which are jast, are the thoughts that breathe and the words that burn. Men will have thoughts and wopd: which come warm and fresh from the living hi for these are the words of the hour. The disposition which Was active in Athens eighteen hundred years ago “to tell or to hear something new” has lost intensity by this lapse of cen- turies. But, active as it is, with these in- creased facilities its results are prodigious. Such facts may appear to stand in the face of the in- spired preacher's assertion—‘there ts po new thing under the sun’—but he refers to that common feei- ing in od that, in the quickly coming future of life he will fin eh as yet unenjoyed, which will bring him a satisfied !ife. He simply ineans that tie resuit of such seeking and longing will be as it hag been with men. Men may acquire and eajoy more, things may be new and diverse, but the nature of them, tn thetr effect upon men, is not new. it mat- ters not in what circies these activities may ran, or what forms they may take on, a satissled life is only from causes operating within a man, affecting his character and moral being, and then from his heart Working outward in a true life, Dedication of St. Patrick’s Church, Huntinge ton, L. I. The “garden spot” of Long Island, as the village of Huntington has been frequently termed, was the soene of an event long to be remembered by the residents of that pretty place yesterday. The occa- sion was the dedication of the beautiful littie Church of St. Patrick, which nestles in @ prettily latd out section of the Village, off the main road, The ser- vices, which were commenced at eleven o’ciock, were of A most impressive order and will be long remembered by the congregation who thronged the Bishop Loughlin, of ofict- the” dedwation’. services: ; was place, snd , mol ad O’Bri deacon;