The New York Herald Newspaper, October 4, 1869, Page 3

r - RELIGIOUS. SERMONS AND SERVICES YESTERDAY, The Ministers of God on the Disciples of Mammon. Lessons for “the Street” and from “the Street.” THE PARABLES AND PRAYER. Sermons by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, Rey. Dr. Cuyler, Rev. Dr. Chapin, Rev. Dr. Verren, Rev. Father Dunphy and Others, The wet weather of yesterday was rather detri- mental to large congregations, yet many of the churches were woll attended. It was but natural to suppose that the great gold gambling operations Which ‘have startied the conatry and worked so much ruin during the past ten days should have stirred a chord ti the ecclesiasilcai World dnd have furnished material for able discourses and profitable lessons, As will be seen from the reports given below, many of the ministers were not slow in appre- clating “the situation” and discussing 1ts bearings and its teachings, while others confined themselves to the usuai syle of admonition and explanation. PLYMOUTH CHURCH, BROOKLYN. Sermon by the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher on Wall Street and the Getting of Richos. Yesterday morning Plymouth church was crowded by a large congregatiou, despite the inclemency of the qeather. Mr, Beecher preached for the second time since his return, His text was selected from Matthew vi., 19 and 20—“Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and Trust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through gnd steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, ‘and where thieves do not break through nor steal.” He sald that the instinct of appropriation was an instinct that was pecaliai to man. The members of the animal kingdom were possessed of a kind of germ or rudiment of instinct which in some animais induced them tostore up their food; bat besides that there ‘Was no prevision by the animals to any considerable extent for the laying up of stores for the future, This prevision in man had resulted in large developments of industrial resources, and without Which there could have been no suificient material progress, Industrial fe was ‘the foundation of morality, and morality ‘was the natural foundation of true spirituality. Up Ww a certain point it Was a worthy and pure instinct, and had been the means, through Divine Providence, of developing Christian civilization, Up to a certain point it worked well, but when it stepped from its coincidence with Divine Providence it was banded with motives which resulted in evil. it was true that riches contributed to happiness, and the world head learmed this truth thoroughty, but they had not earned it a8 a special truth, having its limits, but as ‘@ geometrical truth unlimited, There was the miis- wake. It had been learned by some men over we river yonder, in that great, roiling maelstrom of haman life in New York. There were some there who lived in this maelestorm aud kept this instinct whhin due and legiumate exercise, ‘Ihere were some Wen who the nearer they lived to hell the better ‘they were, ‘fneir faith ithe truth and right doing ‘was fireproof. They fougit tre devil with a vigor ‘and firmness that cpabied them to stand upas con- ——, as firmer inen, more valtant Christians, than the inexperienced man who had not been 80 near Weer, ‘There were good men in Wall street, men as good in Hy purposes and !1fe as ever walked the face of the earth; there were some. He dit not think they marched in regiments or in battalions, but there were some even ia Wallstreet. There were men who had tove within them, a | ond deal ‘of healthy kindness and goodness, but they never Jet it get higher than their pockets;1t never got 80 high as their hearts. Most men beiieved in the power ef wealth, and believed that it would pur- chase el ut there were a few, and very few, who practically beheved that it would not purchase true ‘happiness. ‘Thure were some in that church thet morning who, under the whip and spur of preaching, professionally and profoundiy believed the thing. There were many of them sitting there while the bauks were alut, the stores were closed, and there were no business transactions, while sweet memories of happy days were passing through their minds, willie their beter faculties were aroused, their hearts softened by the influences of the Sabbath and all its aoftening and genial surroundings, who taproag iy beheved that r.ches would not purchase for them -tree happiness, But when they were free from the fRenday, got thoroughly free from 1t and its in- sAuences, they would think of the Sunday sermon as ‘shey think of a sweet sentimental song suog at the Jasi party they were at—pleasant, delightful, soul- ssubduing at the time—but when the morrow came, + the Monday of everyday life, the daily struggie, the * gong and. the sermon would be as a dreain, and they would wonder how their manliness could have gone - out of them at the recital of so much sentimentality, * That was the practical result of much of the teaching - of sermons, listened to by those who at the time of hearing endorsed all that the preacher said as true. Such a man meets another the next (ay and says how the minister had said that riches were danger- ous, and brought trouble and care, “Au,” he replies, “I think for half a million I would risk the cares and the miseries;” and the other replies, with @ sceptical sneer, “I think @ million’s worth of unhappiness would do mea deal of good.” Many men who recognized and believed this truth on the Sunday have lost the induence ot its belicf in the week, and on the following Sunday returned with their principies of faith in worse practical condition than they were on the previous Sunday. The spirit of our Lord’s teaching was not it Was wicked to geek wealth, but that true hap; 48 or biessedness could not be attained dy riches alone. Let them look at what was the treasure that could be laid up tn heaven. It surely couid not be money, or ships, or goods, or houses, or bonds; nothing that wus merely the earthly symbols of wealth could be trea- stirred there. Now, it was said that we could carry nothing out of tke world, ‘That was true physicaily, and that was what was meant; but we had come mto the worid a8 a mass of gerins, as far as our character wos concerned: but we had to carry ont the developments, ths growth, the what we had made of those germs, The dross of ambition would all stop on this earth. It was only the treasure that would pasa the ordeal of death that men would carry What ‘was it, then, that men would carry through the portals of death, and which would be some trea- gure 1g heaven? How was it with our reason? Our reason and our conscience may be so developed that it becomes quite sensitive, and fit to become heavenly treasure. Ourreason would goon and on in ite Progress and development in the world to come; as we had dealt with that reason here so would our Capabilities of blessedness be there; so that the man who had dwarfed and crippled his reason by neglect . Or abuse would have ages of education to go through before he attained to that biesscdness which was » the reward of him who had developed all his facul- ties. No.young man who had loved intelligence, the getting of wisdom rather than tie enjoy- -Ment of pleasurable vice, no young matden who had cultivated re and devoted her i mental development rather than the decoration of her personal charms woud ever ropret it in heaven. Care should alse be taken as to the culiivation of friendship; for the influence of iridhuships would follow us here- after. Friendships were a kind of gee! currency— they.avere symbolic of a concealed inctal benlnd, We should therefore see to tt that our reason was carefully cultivated and our affections wisely cherished. He (the preacher) might go into his garden.and in a forgetful or ina thoughtfal mood maightt ther a few buds Of geranium, of verbena, & few blossoms of mignonette, and carry them dn his hand and in forgetfulness or thoughtrul- hess put them into his pocket and go into his house. Prescutly a prattiing little one comes to hin ana begins to ask him in infantile accents what it is he has got, and soon his friends ask him what the parfume is he has. Our friendships leave a perfume and fragrance that even childceu would goon gee was a8 & sweet-smelling en ae to not S. id which could concealed, rhere were some who inetinctively entwined themselves ground our hearts; their glectric amuities, their nerous nature aud lurge-heartedness won all meu women unto them. Children Knew them and know them; for even dogs were oftener in this Wiser than men, ‘That was a treasure which they might be certain would be laid up in heaven. there were our aspirations, tho Excelsior of our jife, that which the Seriptures called hope, As we made our thoughts larger, our gifections finer, our Sao brighter, our work truer, we should have developed within us the instincts of a higher and we should grow inexpressibly truer, and ‘our love to God and man would be truer; and being Je direct syinpathy with love to Goa and man we hou'd have @ treasure that could be laid up in heayert, Thore was yo hell for love, neither could there be. There was but one piace where love could awell, that was heave, cowry. © Who hoard him sald that they had pee wl vpriues he talked al bot fouwd that phey had amounted to mych. Did bout, pul ey they think they would in Fulton Market? Did they think that these blegsings would come down to them in the shay Cg AK bonds, food and dress? He did not ex) ¥ would, The treasure they were to up in Heaven was a permanent treasure—immot riches that were in sympath, with God; riches that would give safety, rest an peace in dying, and Wich would pe riches veyond all comparison. Then, this treasure was to be laid up where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves did not break through nor steal. Now, where there were no thieves that must be heaven. “Seek ye first the kingdom of God.” That was just what they would not do. You say that when you have accomplished something, when you have taken care of your children and seen them (poring up ali right and established yourself in ife, then you are going to be a Christiam maa. ‘That 18 jast when you are going to do it; but it is Just when you cannot do it, ‘there is no room in your naturé for you todgit, Seek first the king- dom of this world and its possessions and there Would be no room left, But that was not the worst of it; they had bartered the pcor, miserable things of this life for on eternal inherit- ance. How many men remembered Cualvary, remembered Getiisemane, remembered wnat the Master had endu rather than barter the glorious realities of @ higher life. How He had Died and died forthem? They did not romember it when some eartuly bauble, pleasure or advantage came in their way; but, Judas like, bartered their heavenly treasure that they might deny their Lord, who had bought them wit his iife. How needless, Witbal, was this bartering of true principle for the mere enjoyment of the hour? There were men wio had not passed over the galt that separated them from @ tue Decurrceht of their Lord, They were happy and blessed in that lie, and they knew that goulihess was profitable unto all things. He appealed to the foung men and matdens present belore nim, He did not preach these truths because it was his business to preach them, but because he believed them, and he would preach though he never had @ salary. He delighted my giving, such truths utterance, and he i K them whether ther momen lit faa eles W alk ARS ie Of the grave that opened up O bereavement,’ the Oa of expected picasure that slipped from the hand before it reached the lips; the Joy that did not come, but left an weaited vold, these truths did not outlive all the so-called joys of lile, and whether their truest Joy had not beea found in the higher Iife ¥ Air, Beecher concluded by a very eloquent descrip- tion of the abuudant entrance and welcome that ven to those who had lived a iife in Which they nad, as their first priaciple, sought the Kingdom of God. LAFAYETTE AVC HUE PRESUY TéRlAN CHURCH, BROOKLYN, Sermon by Kev. Dr. Cuyler=More Evangel+ ical Grape and Canister for Wail Strect. Last evening, notwithstanding the very inclement state of wie weather, a numerous and highly fash- lonabie cougregation assembled at this church in antic'pation of nearing its pastor preach a sermon in which the late “gold unpleasantness” in Wall street would be summarily and ably handied; and they were not disappointed, for, at the appropriate time in the services, the preacher aseended the pulpit and announced his text as follows:— He that getteti riches and not by right—at his end aball be a fool, —Jererulah xvi, 11, The preachet then said:—The stock market and the goid room are well worthy a visit by all our city Pastors, We see there in what hot ovens some of our cohgregations bake their “daily bread.’ We see Were with how much lightning-rapidity meus muinds can act, and how instuntaneously vast trans. actions are decided, Witt a nod or @ snap of the Unger @ iulilion of gold 1s purebased. A single bid wins or joses a fortuue., The thermometer Is always at fever heat, No mun in the Stock or Gold Room can be held Tus: to lis mooriugs under such sudden tempests of temptauion, uuless he has genuine, unflinching Bible honesty lu his heart. A mun ought to be thoroughly converted before he ever ventures into the atinos- puere of Wall street or Broud street. 1 know more than one upright, consistent, large-hearted Curls- tau who Is & broker in siocks or a dealer in bullion, ‘They ure the mea who do tue permaneat, legitimate business of the street; they supply the legitimate demaad for stocks aud’public securities, They trans- act Liose exchanges Wuloh are required ip lawsul commerce. Au honest maa may deai as honestly in stocks or specie as tn grain aud groceries, Bat whatever transcends the legitimate demands of trade in either stocss or goid is dowaright, unblusiung, undemavie gambling. In its essence the gambling in the Gold Koo, tae Stock Market or the Produces Excuange is not one whit diferent from the gi bling in the ‘hells’ of Badeu-Badea or on the race courses of Long island, What 18 the easential dufer- ence between legitimate, honest dealing in stocks or gold aud mere gaming? J believe the following teats will determine:—First, does the public good require the transactions? second, does the broker aud te bullion dealer promote the interests of hea thy com- lerce, oF dogs he merely fll is Owa Reed L RUBE. of puolic wealth, or does he only substract from it the product of ls own taient aud energy and by just so wuch Make society the poorer? Vo lis pro Dis depeaa on honest industry or only on chance wad hazard? Does ne depreciate iy property in order to iucrease nis owar Does his business tend to promote or jajure gou-l morais? ‘hese are test quusiious for Wall street just now. ‘The man Who cau stand all these tests 1s pursuing a legitimate aud houorable culling. Butull the reay are guuesters. ‘They live not for the public, but of of che public, Toey are the shargs of commerce. 1 saw & young mau in the Gold loon who was pointed out as the lucky Winuer Of $260,000 la a few months. His comrades euvied him, 1 could only pity the folly that robbed society of an abie trades- jan to make one more gambier Ww feed ou society, Remember what my text says, “He that gettetn riches not by right is im the end a fool.” Mr. Cuyler then gave @ sketch of the pandemo- nium of passion wituessed 22 tae Gold Room lately. Lawiui busimess Was interrupted, values were dis- turbed, distress was brought upon thouswuds and not one honest peuny made im return for it all. society Woulu be tte ricuer aad the purer U ali the game- sters had been consigned vo tne strait jacket Of tue Inadhouse, or to the striped jacket of the peuiten- tiury. une ol the leaders in Ulls gold plut is yaid io be a vulgar adventurer Who descended from a ped- dier’s wagon to the devices of the gold gan bier’s dens. It is u sad proof of degeneracy that in w York city @ prominence 1s now given to such men which was ouce be-towed only on meu ike the Goodhues, tue Leuoxes, tue Kings and the Primes, But gambling is Not couiined vo te Gold Kooi or the sock market. Jt abounds 10 the travic im real estate, breadsiutis and cotton, ft arises Irom tae mad haste to get rich quick and to get rich easy. Young mea rusa m here from the country to make in a year what they could not earn at the piough in a lifetime. iundreds of them fali into gambling. Money is coveted for social show and sei-iuduigence.. Wives push Weir husbands often in this guilty race of ex- ravagance. The Church of Christ is getuug tainted With (his leprosy of: gold, Beware! Ihe preacher coucluded with & poweriul appeai to his auditors to be covetous only tor Heavenly treasures aad to become rich towards God. Christ was held up as tue “one thing needful,” “What shall @ man give ja exchange tor tis soul f” CHURCH OF THE UiV.We PATECHITY. Sermon by Rev. Dr. Chapin—Laying Up for a ftainy Day—A Lesson to Wali Street. Owiug to tie miserable state of the weather yes- Jerday there was a very small congregation in at- tendance at the morning services in this church, Rey. br. Chapin delivered the discourse, and took for the text o1 is sermon the second verse of the ninety-firat Psalm:— a vill vy of the Lord He is my refuge and my fortress— ‘fhe preacher said that these words expressed the highest trust of the human sonl. They were the utterances of one who had overcome earthly dan- ger. Doubtiess they were words suiting the conai- tion of the Psalmist who used them thousands of years aga. They were suited to man now, ag well as then, wherever He was on this globe. We miglit infer that this Psaim was written in a country where prevalent hostilities re- quired a thousand bulwarks to be raised. But how. ever changed the condition of the world might be ju 1i8 externa! aspect, It was certain that men would always need something in which they could surely trust. ‘The human mind might move on in vast revolutions, the human heart throb with false de- sires, but, after all, we required some “ rest —some- thing we could depend on, Even in the most mer- cenary aspect of his nature, man wanted something that he could rely on. An! the human heart must have something to rest upon, or it is @ poor shae tered, shipwrecked heart indeed. Some object of love it must have; some hope to which ft clings. Surely it would be no unprofitable task for one to examine the fortrications of his own soul, to see whether he had anytuiug on which to rely in his troubie. There might be some men who were depending on their worldly meaus. It was nite jossibia §=that = the man who took that view of the matter would never reach the proper means of reliance—would never find the proper thing to reat on. He was laying up for a raiy day. Very well, but let him remember that there were rainy days of the soul, arid when death came crushing through ite Naa would he have anything to rely on which he would find strong and impregnable? Within these few days we Lave seen @ full exemplidcation of the resuit of men placing ail their reliance on the gold and worldly riches of the earth. We had seen how the how the Well earned fortunes of many were sacrificed and destroyed by @ pack of the moat unscrupulous speculators—a lot of gambling speculators who drew into the whurl- ey of destruction not only the capital of the rich, jut even the poor widow's mite, The preacher then went on to ane and moralize on the words of his text in a purely doctrinal manner, and closed by aaying that these words contained the only true meas Of reliance Which man should avail himself of. CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH. Sermon by the Rev. George H. Hepworth— The Legitimate Work of the Christian Mine fatry. Ascrmon was delivered yesterday in this church by the Rey. George H, Egpworth, of Boston, who succeeds Dr, vsvorne In chy Of the congrega- tion. Owing to the extreme inclemoncy of the Weather the attendance was unusually limited. The reverend gentleman took his text from St. Matthew, X., T—“And as ye go, preach, saying,the kingdom of Heaven is at hand.” He could almost hear the echo of those words sounding through centu- ries, pointing us to the proper standard and pur- poses of the Christian Churcn, The work of the minister was practical, not doctrinal—to heal the sick and the lepers, and above all to tell the trath, The truths were needed to-day as they were needed yesterday, It was time that we held our own lives and our own souls up to the unseen light that we might know how strong and how weak we wel Take down our spires and the moral standard of the community was lowered, Illuminate the Sabbath with its influences and holy thoughts and the vitality of socicty was sapped. So they came to ask what was the relation of the Christian Church to the community? Mi was the work, the legitimate wor' the Christiat ministry, and how could {t beat accomplish ite mis- sion? For the last three hundred years the Church had been an ecclestastical institution, It had been speculative in its tendencies. It had tried to form a creed upon which all men could agree, The attempt had fa lp. ere must needs be denomina- tions and sects Varying like the hues of the rain- bow, yet all tending to make one perfect Christian doctrine, It had been trying to tell men how to get away from the world and not how to live init. The Catholic Church had Speman this most liter- ally, and made men turn their backs upon worldly ambition, The Protestant Church, unable to go on and accomplish that work by sitting in the midst of the world for six days and then insisting upon it that within the sacred walls of the Church no worldly influence should come. Catholicism had suc- ceeded where Protestantism had failed, Now, since we could not FF away from the world, that religion was best and truest which told us how to live in it honest and pt livés, As water folds the naked form of oe ba ral i the pd areas them in Ms atmosphere, They must brea f must ive i34 its muds, Ay Bust at into contact with 1 thotiglits, with the drift and current of its power and 1ts public imdu- ence; and that Church was true whtch told them how to speak the trath, how to preserve their con- sciences pure, The true Church, if he understood it, was one Which opened its arins Wide enougn to take the whole of human kind. Where was the use of talking of tie various propositions of Calvanism or Unitariantsm, Catholicism or Universalism, and spending precious time in trying to prove that one dogma w43 more true than the other? While human souls were crying for faith human feet were slipping into the grave; while human homes were shadows and blackened with crimes of perdition; while the city shivered and shook; while the great nerve throbbed and every brick in the city felt its place insecure as though an earthquake came; while thé confiiunity was so startled; while the backyoodsman hear the cry of anguish; while the. honest Cori grower on the prairies of Illinois saw his hut tumbling into rutn because of the uncertainty here at the centre; while the standard of financial honesty was lowered litue Py Hise a men were out th W; Het fy be Santy? should tbe ¢ ut inity OF i of TE ee katNatloR of consubstantiations ray men were ering to grope their Wray jhtough ¢ darkness and ves and uncertainty, tl Hh the quicksand, tho truth was obvious, should the Church not dare to denounce what Was fala, ahd point out the evyerljsting rock for mea to stand upon, and over Wil ‘5 Wave should come; while there were dens in the city where poor human souls lost their fioral strength; while there were ten thousand cradles to-day unrocked by mother’s love, ten thousand children whose only hope in the future was infamy, whose only education came trom the drunken and profane lips of those who should be fathers and mothers, should the Church dare to keep silent; should it talk of the difference between the iden! dud the real? ‘There was the cry of human mteery, and if we were true to ourselves and true to the Church we represented our voices would be loud and strong. They wowWd sound like trumpets and they would go to the reltef of those who sat in darkness. Shame on the Ohristian Church that dared to spend so long a time aSeut questions never to be settled, Christ never dis- cussed theological points, He cured lepers and raised the dead. ‘The reverend gentieman concluded an eloquent discourse by calling upon the congrega- tion to hold fast to that great religion which disse- menated virtue and condemned vice aud immorality. The minister and the congregation must work with ov object, with one hope. Both must trust cach other, ST. JOSEPH'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, Sermon by the Rev. Father Danphy<Lessous from the Parables, At this church yesterdayjmorning, after the first Gospel, the;Kev. Father E. A. Dunphy ascended the pulpit and read from Matthew xxil. the parable of the Marriage Feast. He sald, substantially: We Ne ke Oe ema EMU aye Ee consider witb attention the life, the actions and the words of our Saviour. There is, indeed, in many of His teachings, as in the parable you have heard to-day, much that is calculated to perplex @ mind untutored in the ways of God and obscured by the darkness of unbellef; put to us faithful children of the Catholic Church, who have been once nartured with the milk of that Divine Mother in -our infancy, and who from the very cradle to the grave are bathed in the sun- light of God's trath, to us there is no action of our Lord without its lesson, no word without its signfl- cance. Nor is the parable of to-day an exception to thia general rule, In pondering over it in spirit of faith we are at @ loss which to admire the more—the woaderfal humility of the Teacher or the depti of the lesson widden under @ parable 80 apparently simple; for it contains in @ few words nothing less than the whole history of Christianity from its com- menceinent to the end of the world. The Rev. Father Dunphy, in continuation, directed attention to three several considerations in connection with his text:—In the first place we have an invitation extended by the King to a few favored friends, We are astonished at such conduct eg this occa- stou. Listen to the manner in which the Gospel tells us they received that invitation—'But tuey neglected and went their ways, one to his farm and another to his merchandise. And the rest laid hands on bis sevants, and, having treated them contumeliously, put them to death.’ Behold irom the lips of our Saviour the history of an ungrateful people. Can you have failed w recognize in this picture the ingratitude of that favored people whom God ied forti from the darkness of Egypt into the light of a divine revelation, and from the bondage ofan unmerciful tyrant to tae protection of his own almighty arm? Do you not yet remember that dark- ness and corruption which overspread the entire face of the world when God called forth from its midst an Abraham to be the father of a new Tace of people; when he raised up a Moses to guide them onward through the depths of the sea to the fairest land that earth could afford, and when He sent them, atver long ages of expectation, an filustrious vase of prophets and saints, which bloomed forth in the fulness of time in the glorious incarnation of Mis Son Jesus Christ’ Father Dunphy dwelt at considerable length upou the divine institu: tution, the charity and saving graces contained within the holy Roman Catholic Church, and said, in conclusion:—If ever any chord of your hearts has echoed to sympathy let it awaken you once und forever froin the fatal siumber into which you have fallen, lt is the voice of your Father who calls you from afar; it is even yet the soit voive of affection, and if you sink back to the sleep of sin from witch it roused you, you never may hear it again. Awaken, then, to a sense of your danger and aim, with the resolu- tion of the prodigal, ‘i witli arise aud will go to m; father and say to him, ‘Father, 1 have sinne against heaven and before tuee; I am not now worthy to be cailed thy son.’ And as the prodigal was received by his father so you will be by the Father of all mercies and blessings, and your Father will order “the first robe,” that is the robe of your bd innocence, to be restored to you at once ana forever. The cholr, under the direction of Professor be lia sang one of Generall’s masses with good effect. NORFOLK STREET METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Woodruff—Advice for Adolescents. The Alanson Methodist Episcopal church, loeated in Norfolk street, between Grand and Broome atrects, was laat night crowded in every part, not- withstanding the disagreeable nature of the weather. A large majority of the congregation were young people of both sexes. The pastor of the church, the Rev. Dr. George W. Woodrutl, oMciated, the open- ing services being of tue class customary in Method- ist churches, The reverend gentleman took as his text the seventeenth verse of the sixth chapter of the Second Kings:—‘And Elisha prayed and said, Lord, I pray thee open his eyes that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw.” If young people, said the preacher, could have their eyes opened they would see things as they actually were, and then how dif- ferently would thoy sometimes think, feel and act. Not only would the opening of the eyes make a dif- ference with young people, but also with persons of all ages and circumstances. Only when the eyes were opened in this manner aid men obtain & fair measure of signe, He offered a prayer that the eyes of all his hearers might be opened, and every ptows and devout — per- son in the congregation should say ‘Amen’ to the prayer. Young people often formed ideas of things Which were entirely false, ana it was his pur- pose to show some of these wrong iieas, ana to oint out What means God took to correct them, me of these erroneous conceptions to which young peovle were prone was the looking upon life as a triumph ali through. To youth life appeared full of roves and gardens, palaces and towel beauurul jakes, delicious alr aud sunny skies. To ejder persons tt appeared a thing of bitveruess, and it Was to them ® Wonder how young people could believe other- wise. How truly the American artist who paintod the “Voyage of Life’ had understood the views of ‘outh, when he filled in the coreg Mig of hia pio ure With 8O much of everything that i beautiful. Life to most young people was an enchanted Popes pl ‘The delicate girl of sixteen would wail itterly at her mother’s we and after a week aimos? forget her loss. e young nan of twenty would, when hia father died, give up a week Co care and thought, and after it again plunge into his former picasures. Life to the young seemed all sun- shine, and it was dificult to make them belleve that it wasa lie, Another error young fre fell into was considering that ilfe was long. i¢ longest life Was but a day, but a dream, a vapor, a thing of a night. In twenty-tlve yoars the face of a conrega- tion present would be entirely changed. The young thought that fe was intended tor unboanded enjoyment. They considered that the thine for the conili was not yet; it would be soon enough by and by to commence tie sharp battle of life, This was all false. The first twenty-tive years of life was the most important of Ps Period. All thoge who lived this ume without solemn earnestness would during the rest of their lives feel the finger of tiiose misspeat twenty-five years pressing upon them. Life waa not to be & pete al anon, Rar! te ras the. seed one and every action Was Woyld 600) 1 Was hs Bost oat t pier bring f) harvest. This ason of life, It was impossible to say how many at destinies Were shrouded in vhe first tventy- ive years of @ man’s jife. The majority of men settled the vast problem of life before they were twenty-five years of age. What a man was at twenty he would be at sixty. What & man was at thirty settled whether he should be a dweller in hell ora resident of heaven. If aman pared thirty years without God the probability was he would die without God. Young people made another error in supposing that the things which they saw with thelr eyes and touched with their hands were the most important. They considered gold better than godliness, haman ag pe better than divine favor, and earth before heaven. Tne reverend gentlemen then proceeded to speak of the means God employed for counteracting these wrong ideas, dwelling upon the Bible, Christian intercourse and God’s providence, and concluded his sermon witha Meee salvation an werful appeal to nis hearera to seek to forsake ail their evil Ways. FRENCH CHUICH OU ST. ESPAIT. by Rey. Dr. Verron=The Efmicacy of Prayer. At the French Protestant Episcopal church (L’Eglise du St, sprit), West Twenty-second street, the reverend pastor, Mons. A. Verren, preached from the following text, John xvi, 24 :—*Hitherto have ye asked nothing in mv name: ask and ye shall receive, that your Joy may be full.” In his exordium the pastor dwelt upon the comfort of lift- ing the hanas in prayer to a Creator in every time of trouble and hgaviness of the heart. In every afilic- tion, in every position of life, when to dwell upon the external situation or to look to man for assistance were but to madden with despair, the spirit, afer prayerful commune with God, was blessed with a peace that words coula not express and trouble could not assail. But it was essential that this prayer should not be Incompl Qor jmperfect, In the conduct of the daites tuatiity pissed bs they had been above all othera by communion with the Word made flesh, human nature might learn that prayer, unless obeying the conditions of Christ, would not | Lon hi from sorrow. The Saviour 1s arrested, and is disciples flee from Him, They who bave leaned on His bosom, eaten of Lis plate and drank of His cup shrink from the draught of bitterness which tie scheme of redemption necessitated. All desert Him save one, wild, following afar off, sits in the judg. ment hall of Pilate, aud there denies instantiy his Saviour and his Christ, bat his compatriot and his frieud, “for thou also art a Galilean.” The Saviour is fisen from the dead and the victory over the gepuichre aod Satan is consummated. He meets His aposties journeying to Emmaus and they recog- nize Him not. He reveals himself, and Thomas de- denies and doubis and must feel the marks of the crucifixion before he will believe. Ah, why was this? 1p was because of the imperfec- tion of their prayers. ‘They prayed, but not as they had been directed. They asked .of God, but notin Christ's name, aud therefore their prayers had not a full consummation, Aud so with humaa nature now. Our prayers were incomplete, our devotions imperfect. We did not place ourselves 1 that reia- tion to God and Curist which had been commanded, “Ask in my name, and ye shall receive, that your oy may be fall.” Ifa king, loving his people and ving as prime minister his only son, Sone igsue @ prociamation that all who were uulappy, all who ate the bread of vitteragss and drank the brackish water of tears, should personally present petitions to his prime muoister, would taey not obey? Would the misorabies, huddled together in loatasome pov- erty, disputing with the beasts of burden their sor- did nourishment and hiding their wants from the light of day th roofess dens that expozed thein to the pitiless pelting of the storm, would tiey refuse to ask in te name of that minister all things, that Bie WONT He denied because te hed not complied with tue necessary form of the proclamation, because all would feel too acutely the misery of their condition and would put overwhelming contidence in a temporal and visible promise. Now the apos- tes were slow at first to avail themselves of Christ's mediation, because they had not realized the force of tiat niysterious promise, and the necessity of resting eutirely upon it and not in anywise on themselves. We Ls fois 4 had not that want of speculative knowledge, We had realized the full force of Cuiriat’s victory over death and Satan and his mediatton with Omntpotence in our behalf. The truth had been before us for eighteen hundred years and had infiitrated into every civilized system. But we falled in that absolute humility which was the first and greatest principle of Ciristiauity. Sel!- negation Was what the present age was delicient in, We were not sufficiently convinced of our sins, of our littieness; and until we were inclined to deny ourselves completely we could oot enter into the exceeding love of Christ. Again, those who prayed in Christ’s name, and who asked of the Fatuer favors througa Hin, must ask notuing unworthy of His dignity. He who had lived here on earth a despised life, one of ignominy and scorn; He who had not where to tay His head, would not become tite intercessor for requests insti- gated by pride, envy or avarice. Beyond daily bread to sustain and the grace of God to sanciity, what could the Christain demand of gifis? ut tue bleeding heart tora by ingratitude, the bruised spirit worn by oppression, the fainting soul strug- giing under the loud of alversity—these wouid find 10 prayer that gracious assistance and that balin which passeth earthly power and earthly comfort. For all ovbers their prayer was couched aireaay by Christ himself in these terms:—“Give us this day our daily bread,” aud “Tay will be done.’ it wouid often happen that prayers asked fervently and in a due spirit of bumuiiliy were not tmimediately aa- swered; but the Christian must not hastily conclude that bis request was denied, What was deferred was not lost, and He who gave would choose His own good time for the giviug. Nay, fartner God in His all Wisdom might answer the prayer indirectly, secing that the request would be to the damnation of the asker, and mignt reward the prayer that to ail eyes would seem unanswered by a double portion of His saving grace. For God so dearly loved man that Ite Was always working for his good, While we vain creatures of an hour writhed in agony because our ignorance had not been abie to uaderstand the workings of Infinitude, and our little wants had not been filled, that endur- ing, precious love made itself manifest in the wav- ing of the fruit trees, in_ the downfall of the rato, in the groaning and creaking of the crowded barns, in the joy of che sanrise aud the comfort of the set- ting, in each and al! things tuat live, was platniy to be secn. Without God we were nothing. with Him everything, and we could ouly be with Him through Christ. Of what avail the sentinels on the wail if Goa guarded not the city? Of what avail to rear the glorious proiise of the city if God builded not with us? Hverything told the same story; our confidence in ourselves, our Want of confidence in God through Christ was ruin. And the avoidance of that rain was simple aud never falling, ‘Oh, Lord,” cried the prophet king, “in Thee have I put my trust; I shall never 2 confounded.” THE YORKV LLE PAESBY TERIAN CHURCH. Review by the Rev. Mr. MacNaughton“ ihe Gates Ajay, or Giimpses of Heaven.” There was a very slim attendance iast evening at thia church, the inclemency of the weather, as else- where, inclining less to church going than staying athome, A very excellent discourse, however, was preached by Rev. Mr. MacNaughton, the pastor. Hie theme was the book, “fhe Gates Ajar, or Glimpses Into Heaven.” As the basis of his review he took the text, Romans i., 20:—“Por the invisivie things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are now, even His eternal form and Godnead, so that they are without excuse.” The text, he urged in his introduction, showed the relations between earthly and heavenly things. Just as man appreci- ates the foy and beauty of this world, so would increase their appreciation of the joys and beauty of the world 0 come. The subject of his discourse— “The Gates Ajar; or, Glimpses into Heaven'’—was suggesved by & book of this title. It was a good book, and was having a wide circulation and bene- ficial results. But there were some faults in the book. In the first place the book was written by a woman. The vanity and conceit of a womaa was portrayed all through its pages, Another fault Waa the éeif- consciousness exh{bited in it. Now, sir Walter Scott wrote his best works when he wrote from his, soul «and «tae = inspirafton = and genius in him. When he wrote for money with which to pay his debts he sank beneath his capacity and his higher aud holier impulses. There was a third fault in the book more serious than either those had been specified. There was too much speciation, There was not Teasoning from the basis of the assured revelations of God's word and the unmistakeabie teachings of the material world about us, Having showed up the objectiona- bie features of the book he proceeded to speak of its praiseworthy features, Those were more numer. ous than the faults. It was full of reilgious inspiration and of encouragement to struggling humanity on earth. Its tendency was to lift the soul from the tolls and trials of this life to the giorlous imimortality hereafter. It showed the beauty of the home of the chiidren of the world to come, the jo of that world, the communion of mind with mind, the full fruition ef divine biesseduess iy the pre- NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1869—TRIPLE SHEET. LE sonce of God and his angels and the chosen of the earth, One of the beat points of the book was the clear light it threw upon the question of the revival in this future eternal home of friendships and inti- macies began on earth. This book demonstrated that parents would there enjoy the society of their children and children the soclety of their parents. ‘The same endearmenta of home would continue in heaven. ‘There were po joys on earth like the Joys of the family fireside. ‘These joys would be perpetuated in heaven. It was 80 of all true friend- ship and Rolabicoshipe They were likewise eternal. The spiritual contact was mightier than eartlly co: tact, ‘This book answered unequivocally the all Mtnportant question—“Shall we know each other there?” In his opinion this thought carried with it the most beautiiul conception of heaven. The title of the book he considered, in conclusion, a8 most fitly taken, It was pleasant to look upward from earth, to look into our future home. Tie pieasure carried high aspirations with it—an eagerncss to be in readiness to pass the portais of that future abode of the accepted of God—to go through the gates, their standing ajar, and become perpetual partict- pants in its eternal joy and blessedness. Fi3ST REFORMED CHUACH OF BROOKLYN, E. 0. Opening of the New Reformed Chuch Edi- fice—Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Porter. The new edifice of the First Reformed church, situated on the corner of Bedford avenue and Clymer street, Williamsburg, was opened to public worship yesterday, although the formal dedication will not take place until the third Sabbath of the present month. Notwithstanding the drenching rain nearly five hundred persons ovcupied seats in the church, ali taking a deep interest in the exer- clses of the day. These were unusually impres- sive, opening with the anthem, “Guide us, 0 thou Great Jehovah,” which was grandly rendered by the choir, with organ accompaniments. ‘Dr. E. S. Porter, the pastor, followed with an earnest prayer, and the Rev, Dr. Prime read portions of the Scrip- turea, Dr. Porter then delivered a discourse from the twenty-first chapter of Revelations, third and fourth verses:—‘‘And I heard a great voice out of heaven, saying, behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be Ris people, and God himself shall be with them and be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyea; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow nor crying, neither shall there be an} more pain: for the former things are passed away.” The learned divine prefaced bis discourse by allud- Hy! to the new edifice, aud expressed his delight at its being free from taudry ornament and without the semblance of ostentation. He then proceeded tp elucidate iis text at length, and was listened to throughout with carnest attention. Tn the afternoon the Lord's Supper. was observed, and Christians of all denominations were invited to participate. ‘The ground for the above edifice was broken two yYoars ago, it extends along Bedford avenue sev- enty-one feet and along Clymer street 110 feet. It ts constructed of brick, with Obio stone trimmings, and will seat 1,500 persons, Tuis elegant aud subd- stantial addition to the church architecture of the Kasiern District of Brooklyn was erected at a cost vf $125,000, WEST HOBOKEN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Sermon by the Rev. J. C. Egbert, of West Hoboken, in Behalf ot the Avondale Fund. Notwithstanding the unpleasant state of the weather this church was crowded last evening by a very respectable congregation to hear the Rev. Dr. J.C. Egbert on the Avondale disaster, and for the benefit of the fund. He took his text from the First Thessalonians, v.,3.: ‘For when they shall say peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon theif as travail upon Woman with child, and they shall not eagape.”” May not these words, he stated, have proper reference to the lal Avondale calamity, Which bas plunged 60 many into the depths of sorrow, and hung over our wide land the black pall of monratng: Has not this sad affair one which convey to all a lesson we ought to improve by? Was it not one which they could not afford to lose? a the first pl welt upon the spalling suddenness of the disaster; then picture the terrible position of those poor unfortunate neu a8 they saw escape impossibie, and passed through their many trying moments until they fell with the sweet sluimbers of death. He noted the sense pompoarity engendered in the minds of these men-as they descended tbat fatal suatt that morning. He dwelt with great feeling upon the importance of being Bpeperea to meet our Saviour gnd the uncertainty of life, and closed in & most feguing appeal in behalf of the Avondaie bund. A coliection was ken up which will uy to several hundred dollars, and will be iuiucdiately forwarded to the proper comuttee. SEWMON BY REV. OR. MIDDLEDITCH, AT RYAGK. WYAUK, N. ¥., Oct? s, 1839, ‘This village has churches of the principal denom- inations, aud, tiough not go fully attended to-dey 6 ip the summer season, had generally good sized congregations. At the Baptist church the Rev. R, YT. Middleditch, D. v., discoursed from Provervs Xxii., 1:—“A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches,”’ The preacher remarked that a gooa ame is another form of expression for character. Reputation, without the qualities of goodness, though desirabie in the view of a bad man, would be the result of hypocrisy, and, instead of being commended, exposed men to denunciation. Unsoundness of heart wili disclose itself in the life. Great riches, in the eyes of the majority of mankind, are above all things desirable; bat the text attention to a more “good name.” A good char- acter Wil aiford higher satisfaction than great riches, A leper may wear diamonds, but he ts a leper still. Men may be estimated by wealtn. We vetimes hear it said, ‘He is worth a million,” bat th worth about a bad man. Riches may be inherited, but the remark holds true that every man is the maker of his own character. Kiches may be gained by wicked devices, but the making of a gooi name is the work of a life time. This also approximates to a nobler standard. The glory of God is not in what he possesses, but in what He 13. Character of the right kind will secure higher benefita than riches, Wealth is not to oe under- valued. It procures many benefits, mai friends, and 1s ivdispensrble to the noble: throphies, Character, however, secures tie greatest happiness. There are men in New York to-day who, while they gioat over the wealth obtained by overreaching cunning, cannot ar 6 think of the means by which {ft been secured. Many men would loathe life if they felt as they once did with respect to wrongs they perpetrate. A good name secures honor. A man’s creed or sect have little thought with the masses, but a life guided by rectitude constrains their hom- age. Every man’s character lives after him. It es! be dificult to describe a man’s features after he has been awhile dead, but it is not diMicuit to de- scribe his character. A right character wiil secure the Divine favor and have au cternai reward. Tie great lessons to be iearned from the subject were to prize & good name for ourselves and to be careful of the reputation of others. The revelations which have been made concerning Byron and the manner iu which the follies and frailties of the dead are raked up, should make us carefal. Slander is aiso to be feared. Shakspeare’s often quoted exclama- tion, concerning the thief of a purse ora good name, agrees well With the sentiment of the text, Wrong- doing cannot permaneatly fgg Names once ES in the financial! world are heard of no more. Men Who langi at the folly of those whom they have entrapped may yet tind retribution. Vnere is always some cynic whose memory 1s retentive of 1i-gotten gains. If a dishonorable man is not conscious of general loathing it indicates the depravity of the moral tone of society. Anyway, whatever the nature of a man’s aberrations from the right, ‘the memory of the wicked shall rot.” When the course of mea has been marked, like that of a tempest, by desola- tion and ruin, nogsubsequent tithing of ill-gotten wealt jould secure a condonation of society for their crimes, and most assuredly it will not deceive or bribe the Judge of all, SPIRITUALSM. Discourse by Miss Nettic Pease at the Evcrett Rooms. Considering the unpleasant character of last even- ing it was a really @ large audience that assembled at the Everett Rooms, corner Thirty-fourth strect and Broadway, to hear Misa Nettle M. Pease dis- course upon the beauties and biessings of Spirttual- ism, AD adinission fee of ten cents or so was charged, and though this thing has ordinarily as chilling an effect as a snow storm on the success of a Spiritual meeting it fatled to diminish the attend- ance last evening. Misa Nettle Pease is a young lady of surprisingly delicate organization. She is an old hand at Spiritualism, and her voice is a good deal used ap from too muchof the new dispensation. In fact it sounds sepulchral, though perhaps tt is the vone @ la mode ta spiritualistic circles, The audience Was quiet and respectable. A few rude individuals voting the discourse a bore tasisted on walking out while the lady was baad with @ very unueces- bagi ban wee or thou peels ainst the Noor. is8 Pease having by & féw simple turns of the wrist placed herself en rapport with the leadin, lights Ot metaphysics in the spirit land, proceeded lo answer the arguments of the churches against the doctrines of Spiritualism. Before entering on the controversy she was interrupted by a sfliy question from somebody, asking what the spirits lived upon in the other iand, and what was their standing drink? She answered that whoever was py of knowing would be enlightened next Sunday, Miss Pease, by invisible dictation, then went on to say that the churches bet he the Spiritualists with denying the divinity of Christ. True, they did not look upon the Saviour aa God, but they admitted his divinity as ay | admitted the divinity of every soul, fiving to him the palm of excellence for a more per. ect and beautiful organization than was possessed by Sonat els@ in the days he lived on earth. it ‘Was also charged tat they denied the resurrection of the body. ‘This wai true, 80 far as it meant the eprir up from the clay ip their original fesni Haviltments of the countless mikiions how beneath desirable possession—i has the sod; but these dead oe one fete ane ee doomed to annihilation. The particles where they are composed will go on through time, mingling with the other atoms of the universe and reappear- ing in a thousand forms in the leaves of the trees, in the flowers of the valley, and ever entering into the beautiful and eternal economy of nature, It wag charged that they rejected the Bible. Yes they did; they reject the book. with all ita fables and ee tensions to infailibility, and they took up tn its at the great open book of the universe, found trath in the running brook, sermons in stones and good in everything. Miss Pease here gently titlated her eyelids, awoke to mundane realities and the aur dience dispersed. NEW YORK CITY. THE COURTS. UNITED STATES COUATS, In the United States Circuit Court Judge Benedict Will begin, on the tbird Monday in October, to try cages on the criminal calendar, In the United States District Court Judge Blatche ford will take up the admiralty calendar on Tuesday next, and try casea on it during the balance of the month. THE STATE COURTS. From present appearances the business will not be heavy during the month, Until after. the elections, Which, of course, interest @ majority of active prac- Utioners, the courts will oot present their wonted lively aspect. COURT OF APPEALS. The Court of Appeals will continue to sit daring the month, occupying, ag before, the Supervisors? room. SUPREME COURT—CIRCUIT, There will be two parts in this circuls for the month of October. Part 3 is set down im tue programme, but ag there 1s no suitaple room to hold,tt in it is not Likely that any of the judges will run it, The Oyer and Terminer will also be held im Part 1, The following is the assignment of jt — rt 1, Judge Ingraham; Part 2, Judge Sutherland; ‘art 3, ——; Special Term, Judge Barnard; Cham- bers, Judge Cantozo. There 18 an unusually heavy ‘oaseridar 00 be disposed of, embracing several impor- int cases, SUPERIOR ; COURT. Chief Justice Barbour will preside over Part 1; Judge Frielman in Part 2; Judge Jones in Special Term, and in Chambers from ten toeleven. Judges McCuun, Monell and Fithian will hold General Term, COURT OF MON PLEAS, The Common Picas will take possession on its new room on Monday. The familiar tablets have been transferred from the room In the old City Hall to the. central room ia the west wing of the new County Court House, whic will be occupied by the gary Term of the Common Pleas. The clerk's off{ce o! this court has been already transferred to tts new quarters. Owing to Judge Barrett's resignation the General Term will be defective till the appointment of hia successor 18 made, There are no trial terms of this court this month. MARINE COUIT. Judge Gross is assigned to jury trialsin Part 1, Judge Curtis in Part 2 to Special Term and Judge Aiker to Chambers. There ara forty cases on the calendar for tis morning. COURT CALENDARS—THIS DAY. CourT OF APPEALS.—Nos. 31, 89, 40, 41, 43, 165, 202, 204, 205, 207, 208, 209, 210, 20, 212. Suprema Court—Crrcuit.—Part 1—Nos, 093, 1337, 1091, 1153, 1729, 1227, 1645, 1631, 903, 1717, 263, 1781, 1485, 1249, 587, 1451, 1683, 1335, 427, 891. Part 2—Nos. 1126, 4910, 340, 1436, 1116, 90, 498, 632, 780, G40, 1216, 802, 402, 1896, 1194, 1448, 656, 5844, 1,15, 1 M18 11, 16, 17, 15, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 2d, SUPERIOR Oo -TRIAL TERM.—Part 1—Nos. 986, 181, 1035, 1005, 783, 1039, 165, 927, 85, 911, 897, 851, 1 231, 983. Part 2—Nos. 800, 1048, 1056, 1004, 1458, 1069, 1062, 1068, 1070, 1072, 1074, 1076, 694. Marine Count—TRIAL TERM.—Part 1—Nos. brad 3500, 3541, 3555, 3570, 3576, 3577, 3582, 3585, 3607, 8611, y by S14, 3619, , Part 2— 3698, 3700, 8702, 3700, 3720, 8721, 3730, See Oe wendy abereve. ketone Danang & ems OF OBA En a Bedford, Jr., City Judge.—The People vs. Peter Kehoe, rovv ‘g Same vs. Albert Yegerman, $ Same vs. Frank Di John Martin, burgiary; Same Ws. Robert Dustin, do Same vm Cornelius Hoeck, lo.; Bame vs. James 8, dO, + ine eae aot eee See ee jarceay; Same vs. Julia Jacl the petdon; Smug, vs. James Watson aud Gottlleb Engies, forg: Same vs. James Cooney, felonious assault aud battery; Same vs. Manuel Cortez, ob- taiuiug goous by false pretences, Cic¥ INTELLIGENCE, SPECIAL THE Weatien YESTERDAY.—The following record will show the changes in the temperature for tue past twenty-four bours in comparison with the cor- respondtog day Of tast year, as indicated by the ther- wometer at Hudnul’s pharmacy, HewaLD B Broadway, corner of Aun street:— 1909, 1863, 1869. a M. is 16 3 M. % 13 uu M. . 3 mm 7 M. . 12 70 Average temperature yesterds . aeeee eB Average temperature for corresponding dave last years... eererererrrertrrriith J FOUND IN THE River.—Yesterday afternoon the body of stlilborn infant was found in the E ast river, at the foot «{ Wal streat, and sent to the Morgue py, order of Deputy Coroner Shine, ody FELL IN THE STREET.—JOhN Potts, Who fegides at No. 81 Madison street, fell in the, street yesterday tn and cut his head, geFerely, He was taken jome by the police = Suppyx DEATH.—Sarah Jane Wright, aged four mionths, died suddenly yesterday afternoon at No. 812 East Eighth street without medical attendance. The Coroner was fone aug ag lqueat will be held to-day. P: 2 ay 2 KickeD bY A Honsz.—Thomas Cahill, of meee Washingion street, yesterday afternoon was kicked on the head by a horse aud so seriously tnjured that he was taken to Bellevu v condita @ Hospital in a precarious STABBING ArrAIn.—Yesterday afternoon Dennis Harrington, of No. 56 Ridge street, was stabbed in the calf of the leg whtie standing at the corner of Division and Attorney streets, The assatlant pan tee se was ire to the police sf ere A Surgeon Was called and the wou to be slight. ita ahi KILLED BY FALLING rrom A Wrxpow.—Robert P, Quinn, thirty-four years of age, and a native of Ire land, on Saturday evening fell from a fifth story window of premises No. 133 Mott street to the side. waik, ad was terribly injured. The Fourteenth Precinct police conveyed him to Beileune Hospital, Where he died soon after admission. Coroner Keenan was notitied to hoid an inquest on the body, FOUND IN Tug StREET.—John Corcoran, a colored laborer, seventy years of age, was found by the Twentieth precinct police lying on the sidewalk, corner of Tenth avenue and Thirtleth street, ina sick and disabled condition, An ambulance beln, procured Corcoran was conveyed to Bellevue Hospl- tal, where death subsequently ensued, and Coroner Keenan was called to Aold an inquest, was a widower and a native of Irelan: DeaTd FROM SCALDS.—Coroner Collins held an inquest at the Morgue on the vody of Mary Harring. ton, awidow, who died two or three days since. On the 4th day of July iast deceasea, who lived at 424 Edst Eleveuth street, upset upon herself a kettle of boiling water, scalding herself terribly on the body and lower extremities, She was removed to bog nos flospital and from thence to the hospital on Brackweiks Island, where death ensued. Mrs. Harrington was filty years of age and anative of Ireiand. Tug Park Mergorovoaicat Report for the week ending October 2, 1869, shows the state of the weather during that period to bo a8 followa:—Baro- meter—Mean, 30.153 inches; maximum, at? A, Mu, September 29. 404 inches; minimum, at 9 P. M., © September 26, 764 inches; range, .640 inches, Thermoweter—Mean, 60.07 degrees; maximum, at 3 P. M., October 5 degrees; minim ath A, M., September 25, 45.7 degrees; 20.8 degrees, On September 26 rain feil from 4:16 A. iL to$ A. M. to the amount of .06 ino, one rane any, BT E A. M. to midnight, rain to the depth of 1.22 . Inches; and on from 7 Ac Mer rain fe to the depth oF.15 Mhchy making. Forks tota! amount of water for week 1.40 inches, “Ss Founv IN Tae Water.—Coroner Keenan held an inquest at the Morgue on the body of an unknown man, about thirty years of age, which was found floating tn the dock foot of pler 27 East river. De- ceased had on black coat and pants. Deceased waa avout five feet eight inches in height, and wore no Whiskers. The body evidently had been in the Water but a few days, In the pockets of deceased Were found vwo razors and seven pennies. The body of an unknown man, age about thirty. five years, live feet seven inches high, and with brown hair, was promee the Morgue from foot of Dover street yesterday afternoon. Deceased had on brown cloth coat, black cloth pants gray vent, plaid wooilen shirt, biue hickory shirt, blue overalls Worn as drawers, white cotton socks and shoes. ‘The Dody Was too much decomposed to be placed 14, tue Morgue, ‘ * ee Wd