The New York Herald Newspaper, February 28, 1870, Page 3

NEW YORK 3 HERALD, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET. Henry M. Field ana Rey. T. Ralson Smith, the wrougat with ail fie might for the aecompiishment Of the Seriptures, but not with such good purpose, Dame this pretty litte Gothtc chapel, although @ number ii eeniainiaeebniin pe tilesias te = preg i oe te ay t - it one day to their cost that | the reprimand, ‘Your business was to save your gout gare, gchotng along the fret roof frals ota recent revival: BA¥ 7M. Dawson, tbo'| or work, Ria entieisiatm, were sll intewt, Bus grad. | would) Bae ont one day te snelr, cest that | thereprime past Tas basins R E LI G : 0 U 8 ae ee pegamatia pastor of the chureh, offielated, assisted by Rev. feugte enn ume ee fea mantte sina ne’ | walk exes ee te Preteen like. she bund man Fashion t# not obtrusively conspicuous in a ™, BRodstelt form 4 , Mr, Dawson delivered | of agiven end, The ‘of death was at last reached | cry out, “Phou sou of David, have mercy on te," | of our aristocracy are io the habit o! worshipping truly cont, It rolled like the sound of an | g scoun cinadees address to the new | 824 snecess ana vietany were bis. (t was thas with | when it would be too late. They indeed would be there, Noticeavie in the throng was Mra, Commo: eee Ocean At Upon & lee shire and distracted an occa- the Saviour, Witnes® one of bis atterances on the | fortunate who would as @ reply the | dore Vanderbtit and ber mother, Mrs. Crawford, . : sional Worshipper. converts, and warned them that they should | cross, it iy tnished.” The work of redeeming a | words of the Saviour, OT alt Rati saved Gardiner, Mr. und Mrs. BB. Lewls, Mr. Brayden oad the ular ronounce fashionable | seriously consider the they were about to take, | world was completed, The preacher iilustrated this | thee.” The cause gro’ - of equal prominence, = * @he Array of “Parple and Fine charthen babi ot detbetock Sak tila tito tune | tices pledge Suey were about Lo make to-day 18 point with «thrilling tribute to. the memory of Dr. | ism’ and its, kinured the speaker said, Zinen” and the WKeckness of places of assemblage for worldly lolks of smail piety but of rere, vanity im matiers of dress and ap- Hoo with Furlan, preachers ‘the ‘elabc the pr \ and of His Church was one that prneese tate He asked them whether could never be retracted. Chatters, and to show that thoagn & life might not be long, and yet snccesstul, he pointed to McCheyne, di was want of faith. But hell was @ reality wiich uo. believers would find out sooner or later. God did THE BRIOK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. denuncia. | they were prepared to meet the responsibilities of | and Robertson, of Brighton, and in passing spoke | not make heli, but it was the sins of men that had | suduay Reminiscences ef the Old Pile aed Sackcloth in Worship. tion with Puritan preac' ‘ation of the vow they were about CE mgd in heaven, and | warmly of the successful labors of Anson Burlin- | dug the burning pit, and believers and mupetarers Ite Aged Pastor—The New Pile and the New cburch decoration aud the indulgence of artistic and | whether tI were prepared to live. and if necessary | game, and of his unexpected death, The rev- | alike would leara in the end that God, though Intl. Pradhan eee elegant music, Any one who cares to visit Grace | to die, in the defence of the faith they desired to | erend gentieman considered, thirdly, at at | nitely merciful, was infnitely just; that the i r‘Fashionable? Heurs aud Ways Mi church on Sunday will be apt to consider there isan | adopt. The ueman then recepitulated | the hour of death @ Christian could point | would be rewarded and the bad punished; not for a of Attendlug—The Services Yesterday. ‘The Christian Creeds as Represented by Their Followers in the Palaces and the Slums of the Metropolis. The Theories and Eloquei of the Pulpits. element of error in wll this, No place of worautp tn this city oan show a more devout looking congrega- ton than Grace church—at least such was (he lmapres- sion we felt yesterday, the paritapic views just alluded to there 4 much in the clegance 01 the piace and of the people who select it for their temple of prayer to invoice to devotion, That beautiful young lady in yonder pew, with hair of delicately braided blonde, bending over her gold clasped prayer pook, 1s betier caicifated to inspire pure and holy thoughts than fifty of the ordinay, and homely dressed people who form the foreground of the picture in @ Methodist church. Taose stained . And to the person regardless of the main points of pelter of the Presbyterian Cuureh, having called the converts before the altar, he EO mnk- ling the poounese with water and pronouncing the and, received from each a eon of faith and ceeded to administer ti ie baptismal rite, by s| words, “I bapt thee in te name of ihe Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.” ‘the Sain Shey were then declared admitted to the fello' of church members:—Misses Mary a Ends, vere Magee, Mary C, Brill, Guasie P. er, ry F. Paul, annie M, Lane, Racnei A. Fianders, Amelia G. Vuitee, Mary L. Vultee, Char- ary A. Kowe, Carpent lotte A. Ainsworth, Alleto Allison, with satisfaction to sufferipgs ended, to triais overcome, to enemies conquered. While life ‘Was still before ug aoubt ana tear and uncertatuty reignea within us, Bub the Christian warrior dying could lay down his armor in peace. A fourth point Was considered, that the Christian, at the close of Life, was entering into @ glory inconceivable, into joys aud pleasures at the right hand of God, which, im the midst of — the active pursuits of lie. no human thought could Appreciate. Mr. Miteiell concluded with ap earnest Appeai to his hearers to carefuily develop their cha- racter day by day, Lo give themselves zealously and Ume but for all eternity, They indeed would ve un fortunate who would remain unbelievers until the Judgment day would show them the folly of ther ways in this life, and when the awful words, “De- part from neve cursed into everlasting tire”? would be pronounced against them, Those who had ears to hear should, before tt was too late, listen to the word of truth, and not wait unt the awful realities of eternity would be full upon them, The speaker then ctosed the sermon with an earnest exhorcation to the congreyation to keep in the pat of right and lead euch lives that eternal punishment woul have Old residents of New York will remember the pile of religious red brick that for a lifetime stood upon the block of ground now bounded by Printing House square and Beekman street, Park row and Nessau street, whereon stands at present the Zines bulld- ‘ ing. This was the brick ebarch, built in 1797, from whose pulpit ihe reverend and venerable Dr. Gardl- ner Spring was won to prociaim the trutn with ap eloquence and earnestness that is rarely imitated im no fears for them, and age, About et ears 4.284 windows, the moulded pillars, the groined aud | Annie Carrick, Jessie Carrick, Grace V. Dunlap, | constantly to the work of the Lord, to endure pa- | ‘Tie musical part of the services was not by any | ‘Ms af 0 A Ae NopEen years ago the old peng nnnn and graceful arches, the educaved music, the fine | Isapella J, Hessie, Mrs. Elizabeth Kirwin, Mrs. | tiently the amiictions of the present moment and to | means the least juteresting, Indeed, the music | church was an mm down and a new brick Areeses of conan tae are but So many proper i Bunien, ure Doreas Gallagher, Mrs, Canoltg Sees hopetul expectancy of the moment when reudered. a4 & whole, would gompare quite Rat ehureh was erected on Fifth avenue, corner of ‘ though indaitesimally inadequate, triting contrbu- Ek. Reynolds, Mr, erick Love, Alexander Kt. ey 8! enter ito the mansiou# O1 the skies, pre- y h that of many of our prominent churches, i t treet. The venerable pr, Tho Gossips of “Grace” and “Plymouth,” and | tions or respect to we great worsuipeol the Al. | Gorin Jacob Bulla ‘allen Russell,’ Lewis Brandt, | pared by the loving hands of tuelr Saviour. aud this is cortatnly saying a great deal, wuew it is | Thirty-seventh uy raheg pete ve Dr Spring mugiity. Thompson Pearl, George W. Meekley, Jamea 8. taken Mito consideration tuat the choir is a yolun- | has *fougnt his good Oght aud (almost) finished his how! Mr. Egbert conducted the ceremontes, Rev, | Hunter, William A, Hawkins, Wiliam Heggie and tary one. Haydn's Mass No, 1 was rendered im the Magdalens’ Shrine in Water Street. " Church Services in New York, Brooklyn Dr, Potter preached the sermon, Mr. 5. P. Warren presided at the congregation and the Hon. Grace Chureh Brown, bland as ever, expiaived to jadies of defective hea¥ing the aunouacement of services for the forthcoming week. John A. Deaay. Qhureh “by letter” Thomas H. Allison, Sirg, Mary Rowe and Mrs, Georgie Green. The converts wi mainly young persons, who ‘There were also received into the e bad never before adopted aay settled form of faith. Of those who were CHUACM OF THE DIVINE PATERN.TY. Fashionable Aticudance and an Eloquent Sermon by Rev. Dr. Chapin. Unlike the preceding Sunday the Fifth avenue was good style, and the solo Salve Maria, by Mereadente, Was bung exceedingly weil by the principa! sopraao, Mile, Sconcta. Tue votces of the gentlemen mem- bers of the choir might be tmproved upon. The fol- lowing are the nams pf ihe principal performers In course,’ aud ouly awaits the time of bis departure tw go where a crown of eternal life is reserved for hin, He la wow past eighty-five years of age, and though able to be in bis place on fine Sabbaths, . tle, Le is growing every day more feeble and leipless in ‘ Haydn's Gloria Patric, Greavorex's Te Dein, Mo- | received “by letter’ two renounced the Eplsco- | qggertea by the sun yesterday, no having got cranky | the clolr:—Orgaimst, J. I. Magrach; soprano, Mile. i and Elsewhere Yesterday. senthal’s Jubilate, Paalm 6 and Dreyshock's Hymn | pallan form of worship and the thira was a convert ‘ Sconcia: contralto, Mile. Urotin; teuor, Nr. Kiede.; | body, but strong in spite and in faith. He has lett y 172 constituted the remainder of the acted peas from Judajam, ee dee and chagrined af the freaks he was made to play ? A Sabbath with Protestants and Catholics, High Church and Low Church, aud Among the Mormons, ‘A dun, leaden sky, 1n marked contrast with tne Veautiful and exhilarating atmosphere of the Sab- bath of jast week, overhung the metropolis yester- day, and though not in any great degree affecting ‘the attendance at morning services 10 the churches m ‘The tevor voice, which ia its natural awing of plain- Uve melody seems so admirably adapted for the in- terpeenetan, of church music, mig! trifle more spirited, but allowance should be made ‘on account of the Weather, which is death on tenors aud thin overcoats. When the spiendtd volee of Rey. Mr, Egbert had ceased to intone the lessons of tue oar the tall form of Rev. Dr. Potter rose in the pulpit, near the communion table of green and near the old, familiar railing where so many beautiful and biushing brides have pledged the tuiure of tueir lives. ‘Whe figure of the preacher nad something im- pressive in it as he stood tn snowy surplice in the aun pa light beneath cue grand staime. glass wiu- ow. Dr, Potter preaches in tho tone and language of it have been a Matthew xxvi., 46— This ig my body.”” Church was founded in biood, and grew Pered under the sword of persecutio their bitter ness himself; but that one determined man or wo- man, with God as an ally, was more than @ match for tha, sneers and inachinations of modern de- pravity, and that persistent perseverance would re- colve @ rich crown, —_—_—_ CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH. ‘The reverend preacher then delivered an address @irected to the new members, taking his text from He gard the sna prow. that those Who professed. to lead Christian lives would find to rief that the world was even now & more deadiy foe to religion than the prince of dark- Jagt Sunday, accompanying tadics to church ang waiting outside until the services Were over to chaperone them home again. He tuought that to perform the same office every Sabbath day would be too much of @ good thing, and so be determined, whether it hailed, rained or snowed, yesterday he Would not shine, The subdued character thus assumed by the orb of day imparted itself endemi- of the Church of the Divine Paternity, aud caused of the gay and faunting ones which usyally appear cally to the congregation who woreht!p at the shrine spbdued tonlets to grace the sacred edifice, instead basso, Mr. Poggenburg. ST. ANN'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Charch of True Devotion=The Deaf Mutes—The Noble Charitles—Workluge of a Free Church, The stately and magnificent cathedrals of the avenue have imparted to religious worship in New York the semblance of devotional grandear; vat to find sincerity, the true splendors of fervid piety, deep resignation and zealous Christian l@alty, turn to @ small edidve at No. 7 East Eighicenth street, A us @ record of (he puipit of his day and generation ia @ fine literary and historical work on the American pulpit, In winch are given sketches of the giants thas were in those days, and of the spigit and power with which they preached the Gospel, Tne doctor has an able coadjutor and successor ia the Rev. Dr. Murray. The new brick church ts rather a handsome building. It is large, couvenient and cheerful looking within; but though capabie of accommodating about 1,810 persons, 1s congregations are unusually small. Yes- terday the gaileries were almost empty, and tho body of the church lacked about one-third of being t ds St. Aun’s Protestant Episcopal church, | fwily occupied. The worshippers were modestly @ scholar grown gray io learning. His voice 1s Com- | Unitarinninn from a Boston Point of View— there, Weather permitting. eb pos ne ane fm pets f pectin Though | ‘ough comfortably attired, und secined to take We had @ very evident depressing influence In | manding, and on his calm, higd brow no trace ca | sermon by Rov. Mr. Cudworth, of Bos- | The pastor, Rev. Dr, Chapin, was, howover, m | Me mlsslon.of the deaf mutes oF min, | mlerest in tue services, Vut ‘the atwosphere of the the deportment of the church goers. ‘The air | yet be seen of tne wear ‘and care of ume. He took , 5 a . p was raw and keen, suggestive of snow or a cold jor nis subject the authority and observance of the one of bis finest moods. He looked the picture of St. Aun’s began its glorious work of purifying “sin- church was ex: Nugly chilly, aud ib required ful 2, e has asomewhat | g00d deal of mental exercise to keep one Sabbath, and in tors, argumentative, eloquent aud | Yesterday's lewlen sky, chilly, raw atmosphere | health and good living, and seldom has the reporter |‘! Souls mn 1852, Its exterior now ha acide warm enongh to be avie to pay strict rain storm, and the dust whirled along and across | at times pathetic terms impressed upon his nearers and altogether general gloomy aspect of tue outer | heard him handle his sermon with so much yim and dingy and weather-worn appearance; but i arcil- | Atenuon, There 18 at the same time an alr of ‘the streets with apiteful energy. Tho general resus | the necessity of that particular regard for the o ‘Was that fashionabie devotees were a little less bril- Nant in their attire, less dignified in carriage, and Lord’s day, which, while ib brings rest to the poly, briny holy, calm and a better understanding of tor to the soul of man. ‘Lhe foreigners,” worla did not very strongly invite going to church, Conscientious persons—that 1s to say, those particu- elegance as that of yesterday was handled. The text of his discourse was taken from the Gospel of tecture it is neat and pleasing to the eyes, in con- struction duravie and stable, and in finish quiet and Unostentatious, It 1s built of a dark santstone fashionable society about the church and the people. The usual quartet—which in these days of fashion- able Christianity bas taken the worship of song ouw ces of she Christan ‘i larly conscientious on the point of church golug—put | Matthew, filth chapter and forty-fth verse, running | ;, “ of the hauds and hearts aud voices o/ , g a capac 8 opie, Enter- = ease Unis y displayed leas composure of feature. and ming. The | Doin Ms at Cone wind of Laoctnenish eee es or | on their qood clothes and thelr beat looks and plea- | thns:—crnat ye may be the ouildren of your} {M2 a8 & capacity for 1,800 people, eerie on eats connate Chrmemrnorante. fe ” th h ne ring with them @ kind athen! ance of ing the targe doorways the sexton hands | lmpreasion. There is nothing in st D> ‘common people,” those who go to make upthe | this sacred day, and in place of order, rest and holl- | santest smiles, and punctually obeyed the summons | Father which 1s in Heaven; for He maketh the t abl ips f that so biends hearts together as the service of song, millions of Christendom—well, no matver about | ness being observed as by Divine command was of the church bell. ‘Tue leas conscientious are crea- | gun to rise on the evil and on the you to the most avallable seat and performs } ana a congregation where ali aing 1s less likely to them, But they went to church with no diminu- | Polutea, the streets of our city are given up to noise, = his duty with an agreeable tmpartiaitty. 10 | aristocratic and exclusive thau those where this ser- the wind and dust revelry and belsterous profanation. ‘There lsa Lord's | tures of whim and weather, and especially on Sun- | good, and sendeth rain on the just and find @ sexton who does not presume upon his au- | Vice I# delegated toa few. A neat organ, stowea ten of numbers, buffeting wind And cust | day whose institation the New Testament recognizes, | days, Whether owimg to lack of conscientiousness | on the unjust; and on this toplo Dr. Chapin ‘an they Wo the storm of existence and with the same and it drives the truth of Christ out of oumaa goci- thority and sometimes degenerate into the coarsest away In A smal! niche at the back of the pulpit, ac- companies the «quartet in the Mustcal worship. A ety when tat recognition is abandoned. ‘There is a | OF the weather, or both, or otherwise, itis very cer- | thus spoke. The text he had just read was one of vior toward strangers 18 a veritable gem. It 18 | clock in the tower tells the hours of day to thone out. oftem-tried energy. As they donot follow Fashion j SY when Wu beuind that one of resting from | tain that the beantiful Church of the Messiah, corner | thove great passages of Scripture which at ouce car- bebavior hai oak pat santas en pracinath fide, aud aclock Within apprises the muuster aad oo & deity, the presumption is that they want to | labor om mis appointed day, and the practice of 1 | Parkavenue and Thirty-fourth street, was not yester- | Ted Us into the very centre of religious life. In the | @ melancholy fact tha: nd mes | the congregation of tie hour for closing. ‘The con- ‘worship the'r Oreator.. The services at the various | bi sunshine, sweetness and nce to those 2 Phrase before us our Saviour showed us the reality | degire to hear other than their own minister, and ehurches were of a very interesting nature collec- Aively, and embraced a large variety of themes, as ‘willbe seen by the appended reports, and some of ‘the gossipings, as for instance those at Plymouth end Grace churches, will, perhaps, be found attrac- ‘tive, even Knot exactly appropriate, ST. ALBAN'S-RITUALISTIC ChuacH. rings who combine the repose which the body needs with the'centemplation of higher things—with the social interchange of pure sens, the cultivatioa o! kinder and better manners, the doing of charitavle deeds, and tbe striv: for progress in ali that is good and elevating. "ist has given us this day to well upon and cuerish our love and gratitude toward Him. It is @ stop for quiet resi by ihe way- side of life—from its aust aud work and turmoil, from its heartburuings and cares, its (rivoiities aud weariness, At this point in our weekly wandcrings gence—a@ stranger in these leas Intellectual day a3 crowded as usual. It is not unlikely, however, that the fact thay Rev. Mr. Hepworth, the regular minister, would not occupy the pulpit, bat that another gospel emissary, and, though from Boston, the great centre of modern civilization and intelli- latte tudes—would pray and preach in his piace, had something to do with the diminished congregation. on which that great trath rested. Father who ts in Heaven. our Heavenly Father in our lives. of the Divine Being. aud in consider! We were to do certain things that we might be cuildren of our he direct injunction con- tained in the text was that we were to try to imitate And our aspira- tioms were not limited to any single characteristic It was not meant that we sould imitate God in some one phase of His nature— #3 in justice, pg pg or grace. God 1s life, ing the words before us we might consider them as the standard of all perfection, as visit some popular church for that purpose, are treated with a low rndeness by the Monarch of the Alsies, and many churches from this fact stand im disrepute, Reaehing the foterior the visitor beholds a simple apartment for worshtp, where the seats have a cer- tain comfort aud elegance from their soft cusiions and dark mahogany, ‘Che altar in its construction ion yesterday Kept straggling in unt tem minutes past eleven o’clock—forty minutes alter the opening of the services. The kev. Dr. Murray preached the sermon from the text—John ti., 11-—*Verily, verily, | say unto you we speak that we do know and testify that we haye seen.’ From this text the preacher deduced the re existence and Lue omanlscieace of Jesus Crist, ano : impressed upon hts audience the necessity of giving caretal heed (o the words of the Saviour. Christ's testimony to Wiat he taught, whether reiating to It seemed strange to see the church hardly two- far as humanity could attam perfection: as ‘the evidence of ceavea or heil, dt a future state of ‘| g ; tec but rich, being Mnisued | yy: ; spas ‘Tue, Symbols and'Ceremoulale of Uituntla~ | Cyyregsed in meckiy taaukngiving to the Lori of ail | thirds full; for it will be borne in wind thatthe | far us, ‘the fnite “could -appronch. the "tn: | AMG afchiiecture is plain but rich, pelng Bnlsued | rowardy or yuntauenta, of tie providntial care of Exhortation to Fasting, Mediation and | things tor His many favors in the past and for tue | usal congregations meeting here occupy nearly all aie. auneneeHonenly, Wwe never could know fee Tho church ts evithout columns or gal. | features, oc uy other doctrine mot purely appre- Prayor. hope of a brighter future,” the standing room—the rush, in fact, being | Sl! concerning God, an byes reatel ssn ' gb ‘bbe reverend preacher concluded with an eloquent our might be to ciable by the scuses, is that of an eye-witness, aud attempts n Him O38 st view, the only clevated resort ® oh, fea and Beat Eee cama corner oF Lexington | exhortation, alter which every uead dawed tur a | {0,2 uapewuous, and, uniderminasie as 19 | Tits providence must sul ue enveloped tn mystory | lens to obstruct the view. the only clevaiel resins | tuould therefore iié received ay such. And Rereun | ‘avenue and East Forty-seventh street, is not-a pre- | priet time in silent prayer, the organ pealed fortu & Treen ae ot mérenio on ‘the “wos. | But We may know Him as He is and know what He | being the orga Hennes ve fie frened light per. | religious teachers. They spake only that which “tentions edifice. Surrounding buildtigs conceal it | baruog hymn and the congregation depared. At} gide of town, and far more politeness on tue part of | ':, There were three grades of tha: Knowledge. In | view to all. There isa weal ae per- 7 they had heard. He spake that which he knew aud this moment Sexton Brown gave orders to throw | that ches @aurre of sextons und ushers combined, 4 M2 Hrst piace stood the grade of nature, to which | vading the Interior coming through the { ragtiied what Lle lad heen. He had seen from tts {rom distant Observation, and its plain, steep roof | Sen wide the entrance doors, draw back the damask Mr. Jaufes Berry, and his assistants, iu the latter, and | Of Saviour bumselt distinctly pomted as furnisning stained windows, upon which in rich colors | throue m glory tho adliciions and persecutions of 1s surmounted only by @ bell, that swings between | screens and let the lovely ladies puss out to their | oxciuave euperiaily Messrs, Wuipple, Carter, siacy, | 22. authentic expression of too md anon ht the solemn form of Jesus of Nazareun, | His people. lle had heard the prayers of Abraham ‘two pillars of stone, The entrance ts'small and un- | awalting cari Everybody ot course, nodded | Rabeook, Phipps, Harbeck and Pierce. Yesterdays | Was ® statement that a child contd under. | ts wrought the rte > | for Sodom, of David. for deliverance from Saul’s to the piacia rind ortly Brown, whom to know 1s te i J ‘ stand, and yet it was someting that a phi- | showing the marvellous humility of fis purity, hand and from the bands of his enemies, and of iviting to the aristocrat, but its interior ts beautiful, | bo higaly honored. "Where le Mr Brown? eae he fences, in fact, with Mr. Hepworth aosent, was NO | tovopher could not exhaust, and it was all | ‘The seats are crowded with ladies and gentlemen, | eed ee ee Ure ee eas des and was crowded ‘yesterday with intelligence, refine- | question of te hour, ‘There be is, standing as larze Fly?” ac Bryan's, wih. Den ryent absent, and | tat a philosopuer could really know; therefore | and notwithstanding St Anu’s isa free charch the ) Damie !t, Ris ferne in fabs lin OO ee rues, ak ment and elegance. Every seat was diled to its “utmost capacity, aud when the services commenced present yesterday morning, 1 ‘God | nollow. That large and noble class of ladies who | His disciples and tts auditors on every occasion to arcst, smiling on bis happy family of admurers.as en 9 | #8 far as could be, and there was a revelation of Cov ¢ ri earnest, ferveat and constant prayer. ‘The truths the scene within, viewed from the vestibule, was | they passed Ik. Suview bolee Iauly of a may teke Fi eee eee ERG ete hae Which came to us in our own being. “It was well for | are the possessors of wealth, who take pleasure in | earnest, fervent Bg aR Ba very impressive, ‘fhe azure hues°of the roof and | from Grace church its imported organ, its staved i us to conshter the light which the text shed on the the gorgeous colors that flowed from the stained giass panels bieuded their tints ito @ semblance of tangible “religious light,” through whose dimness ‘the ailver and golden symbole and the tapers of the altar but faintly gieamed, and the solemn chants sweiled as if from distant cheristers. Above and “beyond ail the omance! windows glowed like the gates of the morning. ‘The services of this church are of the orthodox open door in tl transparencies, ite crimson carpets and of musery Would-overflow, oy ST. STEPHEN'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHUNCH Divections for LeuteSermon by the Kev. Father Grimu. terday by & uevout cor as the Moses of Michael Angelo, ieaning against the he graceful attitude of a terpsichorean its soft cushioned seats, but take away Brown and the cup ‘this splendid church wag fitiot to overnowing yes- tion. After the usual monds. Opening the services were played, as usual, a of involuntary cujus anima. trom ‘Kossiut’ bat Mater, by Mr. Edward Howe, Jr., the gran master of this instrument, and who played with h: usual exquisite Skill. subdeing strains diced away on the lis the choir—consisting of consequently they remained at home. Among those however, were the able feminine circies were likewise promptly ta attendance, with the usual accompaniments of rust- ling silks, rich and heavy velvets and flashing dia- ories Sta- As these deliciously soft and vening ears he usual quartet at the morning service (Mrs. Ficker, soprano; Miss J. E. the child and the philosopher stood on this avout the same level. Christ had made G question, ‘What ts life 1? sense that was not @ question eas} and was not aware that 1 been answered. ever own nature. Life was not in seeming. and drapery. es 1 “-eeemi pint on known In what did itfe consist? In What was iis consummation? In a physiological to answer, hed It seemed to him that life waa something more than material evergy—soinething that came out from the tiimitabie a ad no! conaist in outward pretensions or in shows of dress And yet there were a large numer of mes a in this world who spent the best part of their ve The preacher then went on to congregation 13 aristocratic aud well peed. This, however, does not signify that it is superficial and offices of charity and go about among the poor and lowly doing good, form its largest class of at- tendants. There 1s an individnal case. You notice @ young lady of nineteen. She is small but elegant i figure. Her complexton 1a the purest pik; her features possess a fadltiess symmetry; ler eyes are soft with the liquid biue; Der baw is brown and hangs in @ massive roll near her shoulders, and above her forehead is scattered with careless riug- lets. Her toilet consists of @ biack silk dress, draped with graceful flounces en panter, a tignt- fitting velvet sack, tastefuily trimmed with black lace, @ pink tie, a pretty “beau catcher,” and one Knowing tuus the potency of prayer He unto His own time. scientific teacher tells uw Uhat @ ray of light from the clef star in the Pleiades tales five of our years to travel to our earth we re- celve his testimony without question, but we object the testiinony of au eyewitness when the ques- Uons involved relate to the truths of Christianity. Herein Is the azsurdiiy aod ofour belief. Had the court of Isaveila been half as incredulous in Columbus’ belief and the of @ western world teachings of Christ | i Bashby, comtromo; Mr. Whiting, tenor, and Mr. 8 | 4 she class of religionists he bat just aliuded | of ‘those mwect, cunning jittie ‘hata. it | te continent of America would not have been dis- | * ritualistic order, The oMcising clergymen are at- | *tvices the Rev. Father GriMa ascended the pulpit teaasvaon, woes) trav Sweet vocal ntteramon to ene. to, end showed that falls bo would not oalt them | 1s gratifying a Know that she’ “is not | covered and we should hot to-day be enjoying the ‘ tired in ecclesiastical vestments and are surrounded | id made the customary address conceruing the | fons" eormparition, Next’ was sung pith ieee, | Hypocrites in reality, tney were werety practising | all vanity. With conscious obligation * SEO RI a ae ee ee | in their exercises by a throng of white robed chor- | Manner of observing Lent, The duties of members | quistie perfection and effect, thaydivine melody, | ce ou them ie aolicitous for the por deaf mui i + “ «4 -Telerring to the circamstances of the visits to Beth- $ asters. While the celebrant solemnly recites the pre- | of the congregation were defined at considerable “Hear what God tne Lord hath spoken,” the musi¢ CHURCH OF ST. VINCENT Dz PAUL. her ample alms ameliorate the condition of uic a “ oy 4 needfal and uer heartfelt syinpathy ts known in | The earnestness and fervency of manner amd vo! length and the indulgences to the weak and indrm | Srauged from Schabert’s “Praise of Tears.” After oes many of the low and forsaken familirs of the city, | Of the speaker cannot fail to impress an audience scribed passages the members of the congregation | /eniy the tors roudlng @ jew passages from the Scripture, | arewven and Hell a Reullty ‘That Cannot bo | Crom tesaltaful, selfdenying ant eoguent pastor, | sat he preaches what he fully Believes aud u.ters it alternately bow and cross themselves in the re- | Poluted out. The reverend gentleman ulso spoke of | was next sung “Glory be to Thee, O Lord, ¥e| ; the Rev. Thomas Gallanact, through most ali of nis | With @ purpose to gain believers to it. The doctor sponses and the sweet singers around the alter fii | te Sunday school asttachea to the church, and {| by 8. Jackson. Prayer followed,’ and now Dented—Sermon by Rev. Father Ln Font. 5 d she edifice with harmony. Additional tapers are ighed as the worship progresses, ana every form of devotion 18 made to impress the most careless ob- server, ‘rhe rector, Rev. Dr. Merrtil, preached from Luke -xvill., 31—**Then he took unt (mi the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and @t) things that are written by che prophets concern. img the Son of Man shall be accompilshed.” Alter ‘ehem and Jerusalem in those days, the preacher “waid that thie was tie time when tne followers of ‘€brist snould spiritually go to Jerusalem. Keligtous exercises were DO less dependent upon cireum- stances than social and secular affairs, and no one. could be on his knees at stated periods with unvarying regularity; nut one day in the week best possible agency. days totally uncared for. outpouring of God's favor. Father Griffin then read the gospel of the day, to pass that as he was come nigh unto Jericho a cer. tain biind man sat by the wayside begging, and charged parents taat it was their bounden duty to bring their chidren up in the ways of God, and that tosecure that blessing the Sunday school was the It was deplorable, he said, to see BOMany Chikiren roaming about the city ou Sun- If parents will oaly de their duty in this regard they muy safely expect an which was also his text, beginning “And it came a hearing the iuititude pass by he asked what it came & congregational hymn. hymn the siranger eae also Was good at singing. oat familar one Far from mortal cares retreating, sung to the tune of Greenville. The Gailon sang a with lusty power, Hobites. Rev. Mr. Caaworth teresting. In giving out tuts Bostoniaa minister, whose name we have not mentioned yet, but who was the Kew, Mr. Cudworth, said he had heard @ good deal about their congregational singing, and he wished to hear * it and sce if they could beat his own congregasion, The hymn was congre- as if cnal- lenged, as they fairly were, to beat the singing now — preacued, takiig for his text the fiftn chapter of First reter. it waa an unusual sermon and also unusually in- Extreme religious enthusiasts would say there was not much religion in it, put if it faled in Diuce at half-past ten o’vlock. Rative language of the congregation, ‘The Catholic church of St. Vincent de Paul, in Twenty-third street, between Fifth and Sixth ave- nues, was, a8 usual, crowded in every part yester- day morning, during the high mass, which took This church ts fre quented by the French portion of owr Catholic popu- lation, and, a3 @ consequence, the pastors who pre- side over the spiritual welfare of the flock are Frenchmen, and tho sermons are delivered in the It is certainly one of the finest Catholic churches m thia city in every respect, and that it has become one of the most attractive and well to do places of worship of parishioners, the same spirit prevaiis. Does not this truth, in this era of freedom tn al! tugs, pro- claim the abundant success of a free church? Yes- terday morning the pastor, at the ciose of the pre- liminary services, addressed the congregationupon the coming observance of the lenten season, He admoniabed his hearery to reflect upon the solumnt- ties of those forty days and nights during whica Christ straggied in the wilderness and so veautifully exemplified bis mission on earth. He called upon them to forget their earthly pleasures, to avoid the temperate, KeusuoUs aud carnal pastimes of their natures and give themselves over to the glory of religious penitence; and espectally when tne sesti- val approached that dark anuiversary day when Jest ikea that men mignthve, He exaorted them not to seek the sentimental or spastuodic exuber- ance of religion, nor to dwell wo much upon do.s not gesticuiate nor rise to lofty erminences of eloquence, nor does he send forth flasnes of rhetoric, but he evidentiy depends apon the tuternal power of the truth itself for spiritual success, Neverthe- Jess tn this age of sensationalism, wien tae peo| of New York, iike the Athemaus of old, are alwayn seecking for sume new thiag, the churches and the Preachers that best supply this sengalion cravini are likely to be the best patronized, but they cam hardly hope todo so much real good, white tho quiet churches and ministers will ve comparative.y deserted. ST, FAANCIS XAVIER'S CHUACH. Juteresting Musical Services, It would be diMecult, even in this city, which is so i * a Prolific of church singers, to natch Berge’s choir in least could be set apart for the formal worsnip of i ‘ tu clement of ordimary, and ‘it may be added, | the faith Uo classes . | cold formalism 'or bald ecclesiasticisia, but to God ana shoud ve rigidly Observed, The season or | NesUt. And they told hini that Jesus of Nazareth | Coraaiy duil'sormons thowack Wa iiile Madea | te Roman faith for wi classes and nationali- | Col formalism ‘oF bald ecclesiasticiain, results, | tle handsome little temple of the Jesnit Fathers tm Lent was the most solemn and fitting occasion for | Passe eo ao PLease (et Ad ‘og cae in lite aua animation, in touching live topics of art | “es within bee — Pid years is due to the | for inat haven where the ete eta minis | Sixteentn street, The solo quartet consists of a 4 a and literati ation, " er) if indefatigable zeal - | have ling influence on their daily lives. oid " . , nly applied to the professing Christian, but | 224, nis faith being great, knew that by asking bé | particularly characteristic of the purport of the | Pie Pastor, ; or a Font, At i 8 | them kinduess and charity toward otuers, of making | Tamaro aud Kaceill, and a stroug chorus from the tothe? siuner, who ‘should certainly realize | JYOUld receive is sight aud behold the brightness of | sermon. He rangacked the old Roman and Grecian | SPACiOUs edifice, with plain walls aud undecorated | tiem imitators of their great Master.’ He asked Berge Choral Union, one of the lending vocal socte- at this time Is perilous condition and the | #@ day. ‘This instance of faith on the part of the | cras jor tlustrations, akimmed over the mediwval | ceiling, and has no galleries, which fact lends ime | them to Inake Lent a sezeeu of fasting and prayer. prpner . i Necessity Of salvation. ‘the Whole world should | POOF Diind man aud vi the Saviour’s prompt re- | ages for siniies, and clied philosopher wad post t) | menscly to. ite avrearance ee vata a The reverend gentleman then preached a brief out | We Ip te city, 18 always om hand, At how reflect upon its treatment of Curist, how it | #20Wse (o lis earnest prayer was excvedingls siguill- | trv briitiant roundings Lo his periods, And yebn goon | Mensely oii: ple grandeur. | sioquent sermon avout uncican spirits, whereio hu | Wigh mass yesterday (Qainquagesima Sunday» mocked and denied and crucified Him ‘with 1s | Heant, erbecialy it thts time. There ate uiauy | deal of is seruion Was semi-conversacional, with | Duriug the past year a great addition was made to | Connselied his hearers to Teject uncharitablencss ana | tive musical services sisted of Berge’ covetousness, it lusts, its Injustice and its bias- | Revie who, Having the bledsluy of sigt physically, | triging iuctdents, almost bordering on anecdote, in- | the pastorate force in the person of the Rév. Father | ill will toward others, aud to find. shcouragemens ren Ns or eniteoitlyoe spe ayislak bal he No ‘one could excuse himself from the | 8T¢ Yet spiritually bund, Low often has God @pokeu | tervenimg at intervals, But as he progressed in’ his 1 ? and conolation in the Lord. The deaf mute vervice, | PMiiant work, Mass No, 2 ‘There was no Soleta worship of God. at this season, very sont Pass Uy. UNDEEee “Muiase are onee ipa than ine | scrmon peuian task HO oa iT doe bia Bi St Tey Mandan kno. EU ace mara conducted In the sign language, took place at a | Gloria, but the rest of the muss, especially natu reves elf. eI , d ie ve or r cl eo ve % * Seat ain ee eolalig those aria eatalion | man by the Wayside spoken of tn the Gospel. We | Zeal” iis’ cume us tne fnaeiacie haniorats tins the ease of drawing to thé chorohian lmmenualcon--|-secvicws were, Nala dating: ier ate ane io owing | We Credo, was sumctenvly interesting to compensuta Chrisuanity. ‘There cig @ great bod ¢ | kow that since man telt from his high estate aud | text, He spoke of thelr special faith and upheld tts the vainable Christian labor of this pariath for the abseuce of that part. The Credo has a suc- the Church in this city, one how yaaon lost his original inuoceuce we have felt a pride | purpose and liberatity with the most impassioned gregation, lately composed of persons of other than os a E cession of beautiful taemes which glide mto each 4t contained of hypocrisy "ana wickedness at in our = powers of whe mind, and en-| fervor. It was not sober faces that made men «: Catholic persuasion. He is undoubtedly one of the CHURCH OF THE STRANGERS. ouner throuxo artistic moduiations which get of heart! How litte attention 18 paid to the spread | COMraged thetr cultivation without giving due | vout, It was not long prayers that made meu reli. - ANGE? S, of the Gospel and what an awful balance must the recording angel have against it! Jt was ouly by the observance of such duties as are prescrived for the season of Lent that the Church could effect a change in thia respect, and every man who turned credit to Him who so endowed us. These powers are allin all to us, bat the kaowiedge that we pocwess thein 1s‘often an obstacle to oar spiritual develop- ment. For, notwithstanding our cultivation aad mental power, it ts possibie tor us to be botk virad that bought salvation, Godlike, gious. It was not giving away large sums of mouey Religion was to do one’s duty with one’s might and soul and strongth aud heart, to live upright, to be pure and boly, to ve ‘The sermon was listened to with close at- most eloquent speakers tn New York, and tt is quite | safe for the writer—who has beard him—to pay that be 1s as Superior a8 a preacher to Father Hyacinthe as Beecher 1s to the merest Gospel stutterer of the Sermon ou the Parable of the fos “keep— The Argument—The Missing Sieamsbip— Where the Southerners Worship. their attractions (o advantage, Miss Mary Werneko had an alto solo, Ht Mterum, which she sang with rare expression and sweetness. Her voice is mezzo soprano in quailty and the tones are singularly frean and ull, Bacelii's fine resonant bass voice came out " with trumpet-like effect in tne stirring solo Et Una and ignorant, Gou did not design that man shouid | tention. Chanting tue Lord's Prayer nd slpging 4 Western backwoods. He is evidently a deep A jargo congregation, gomposed principally of | Sanctum keclesiain. ‘The finale 1s particularly bril- Agatnit himself Sajgroonta to ois beercey coereg, CP | cultivate his miua st the expense of religion; out | <CaLoe. , Chanting the Lord's Prayer and singing a | O10 T' a nia sermons are characterized by their | Southerners aud a few strangers from tue West, | lant and brings the Gredo to w fitting conclusion. " . He did design that we shouid perfect ourselves in PES *7, ei are esterda re .. | The attendance at high mass yesterday was ver: a the spiritual kuowledge and seek for hght and hie. si depth and earnestness, and are always thed in | listened yesterday morning to @ very edifying ser- small, and the shadow of Lent seemed vo inf y GRACE CHURCH, We often of ourselves imagine that we can sec CAMAL SIREGT PAESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Lcd tere tn ley dry ee ee, H ‘ ie celebrant ‘The Beauties of Fashionable Worship=Lovely Ladies as Aids to Devotion—The Iond to Sal- vation with the Thorns Removed—Color, Aight and Jusic as Flowers of Piety—Rev, Dr. Potter—The Bland Sexton Brown. To the almloas, weary wanderer yesterday forenoon ron the cold, cheerless and deserted thoroughiare of Broadway who happened to drop into Grace church, near Tenth street, there was something of an exqul- alte mehetic charm tn the services, the appearance and the association of the place. The softened holy through the inystery of God, and penetrate ine yell that bides the light of heaven from human gaze, but We are tuistaken. We nfust humble ourselves aud meekiy acknowledge our weakness before we can see and enjoy that apiritual iife which 18 indnitely more precious than physical vieion, The season now approaching 1s commemorative and holy. The Lora, turough His appointed servants, tclis us of whac He is going to suffer and whe Church prepares Ner chil- dren for the sufferings of Oprist. Now, itis per- fectly impossibie to begin the season of Lent and to discharge its duties and obligations arigut rely- ing on ourselves alone. A man may prescribe to hun- self certain rules and regalawons out of ius own head and obey vsem strictiy while he ignorea his One of the Old Shrines v1 game. Aa one enters this church by Gr ship. an up-town church, Pioun Aristecrats— Success tn LitomThe Lute Anson Burlin= @ street he would hardly think that this way once amoung the most popular of our city churches. Here tue Rev. Dr. McCartey preached to crowos aa great as those which aow throng our Fifth avenue places of wor- Tt was then in the enviable position of beng The city has now entirely ehanged. Thie church, which was surrounded by musical and resonant, and. his suited te the words he speaks. presence, Which, ay a matte quence. livered vy the chief pastor, saying, “Thou son of told Him he desired to recei’ his sight, faith hath saved thee.” The reverend eutieman, alter referring to the great goodness ot tures always He fa man of tine f course, lends addi- onal charin to the magic and power of bia ¢@lo- Yesterday, after the Gospel, the sermon way de- Kev. Father La Font. He took for hia text that portion of the eighteenth chapter of St. Luke in which the blind man “who sat by the wayside begging” called unto the Saviour David have mercy on ime,’? aud to whom Jesus replied, after the man had “phy God, who mon explanatory of the two parables of the suep herd leaving ulnety-nine and going into the wi r- ness to Beck One Kheep that was lost, and alay of she woman seeking for the tenth piece of money until she had found it. Dr, Deems, in quoting these and several other parallel passages of Scripture, Look oc- easion to remark that asermon worth listening to once Was worth listening to again, as it wouia ve more inculcated into the mind of the hearer. He desired to show his interpretation of the lesson to be taught by these parables and the great Scripture truth they Impressed on the heart. They showed the rela- the costuimes of the fate worshippers. The celebrant was the Rev. Father Hudon, aud Rev. Father Mig- hard preached the Goapelon the subject of “Chari- ty and Juetice Powards all Men.’ and the Doves—“?Twas the Spirit Moved Us? All men quake during some period of their lives, The reasons are various. ‘The merchant, on the eve of bankruptcy; the burglar, when caught tn ‘ had In His Jove for men sent down His only Son te ¢ Jagrante deliciu; the murderer, when at Aight streaming through the multi-colored panes aud | Gf "Yueh a mink mins be tus devil hes wari Renae | tae mansions of the rich, ls now in the very ceutre | he immolated for thelr salvation, wie batcreaved | YOUMDID existing between God and man, hiungi the. deostvet,” when ta: ther peaedtion of: vee devices im glass, the wavy pearls of music, tho deep | him.” Pumed up with welf-concet and. faise | Sid throug Of mercantile activity. ‘The representa- | man purposely that ue should one day enjoy the | 4d in te true conception of the siepherd | Nun: we to unhappy wight who sees a gn wand stately tones of thejearnest preacner’s voice, the | Pride he is tho victim of tne devil aud | tives of its once fashionable congregation are%: eternal beautitude of heaven and be with Him for- | seeking for the one lost sheep the tove of God 1s , gdost, @eHeate tracery in the Gothic roof, resting on nigh- 1 ‘aching moulded pillars, the massive dark-stained a. “richly furnished pews, the elegance of tuilet an @ beauty of feature among the many fair a prey to nis subtlety, so that his mortl- ficauons of the desh count for notuing, ‘The Chureh has given spiritual control over you Ww your confessor, and he 1s respousibie. Should tie confessor go wrong, 1n your opimion, you will show your Chrigtianity by simpiy bowing your head and shipped. years, removed from the place where sheir fathers wor- Besides this the congregatiod pad a law- suit for their property which continued some Mfteen wuring this period there was no stated pas- Making manu bappier in this life or in tue next.’’ ever, referred to the modern ideas of religion and ail things pertaining to religion which were being zealously spread broadcast over the land by men “whose hearts were not pure and whose motives could not, from the pature of their zeal, tend towards taught, fe adverted to the fact that the Almighty did not merely go into the wilderness of this world and only seek the lost one, but stayed there til ile id found him. This showed His self-abuegation id overpowering love, for even the least soul to be Whether a doctor or an undertaker—all moved by a sliniiar emotion, namely, tear—quake, Buc all men are not Quak-ors. In the muititude of sects that form the Christ! faved was precious in hia eyes. Tue lostness of | religion few, if any, exceed in conscientious di y carr! * A , c evo. @ wo whippers, the air of rest and calm and | abiding by his decision. ‘There are very many per- | tor, and the members steadily deciined tik vuta| These tdeas he sald, had beon carried to | mind and heart in gociety was not peculiar to ueed- | fo. tie oaukers A is’ ayino GSMA D AMON. in” eilsgethed ca igi. | Sone Whoaee COMBE Mie eee ee tacy tik | handful was left. About three years agoa compro. | #Uch an extent that ‘there were those who | less, dissipated youta, but more men after the age of | V2 the Quake nd-how ao they eyjuce 1? qu toge! themselves capable of discharging the tpwt it, endeavored to propagate the error that there was no | forty-five were wandering away frou tne patu of fait | Not, surely, in outward observances; for sim- agiy| impressive emect. While outside 8 | portant Telgions Ausies withour udvice- or oasis, | MISC between the contending parties was made, | punishment in alter iife for sins committed in this. | into the quagmires of materiaiai wud when suc, plicity of worship i one of the kietnal raw, try blast and leaden sky made a duil | ance; bus they are no better than those who make | Securing the present property, iree of all debt, and | Im fact, materialists of the extreme grade had gone | felt the way wardneas of their lives the Saviour was dogmas Of their religion. Not apincipal “4 Jess picture, inside this temple of God ana | Dat little show and no pretence of zeal fur the rea: | an endowment fund of $40,000, Upwards of two 80 far ag tO “argue Dot omly that there was no heli, | then tn search for them wad working out thelr spir- . . Not in @ haughty and c beer! aon stated. Submitting to God's will sauctifies ¥ 3 but that there was nelthera heaven vor a heli—in | itual regeneration. The lostness of many in this | assumption of Pharasatcal sanctity, for meekness sue Gr. Wes the wayfarer found pegce, comfort and years ago the cougregation gay unanimous call to ] fact no eternity at all. Others, who didnot dare to | worid to spiricua! welfare was like that of ohis miss | characterizes their ever: ct. It H she every effort, and people shouid do everytiimg for P ‘ I pe is 10 the purity of content went,’ Sitting on & softly cushioned seat, | God's sake and nowh ig tor thelr own sake tu reij- | the present pastor, About fifty members have since | £0 to such lengths ng this, contented themselves | ingeteamsnip the City of Boston, which diled the | thetr lives tuat we find an answer to the question. ah a ”" gious matters. pies ci moruftcations of we nesh | b added. The congregation, though not large, with the consoling belief that ho matier what jife a | friends of those on board with & feekng of ut Keeping pace with the progress of the , the near thescentre aisle, midway between the chancel are sanctified, First begin by recognizing your een y ? ’ | man led here below ke would certainly reach heaven | ter dcepair, depriving them of all hope, | Frieuds, as they are commonly cailed with @ few and the datrance, listening to the musio, the ripple | weakness, as did the blind man, ana, dike nnn. cry | # Very respectable, being co:mposed prineipally of | in thelongrun. People who argued for this velief | such as that felt by the utheist who buries & | rare exceptions, differ in at responses from the congregation aud the fui, sonorous swell of the reader’s voice, it was aiMficult ga: feel otherwise than au inipulse of aympathby with out, “Jesus, thou sonof David, have mercy upou me.” Prey for the abiiity to see your fuuia, your follies, to Know yourselves, aud to understand the sources of motives and the epriugs of action, thas Scotch and Irish Presoyterians, All are made wel- come, wheter pewholders or not. virtually free. were conducted by tho pastor, Key. David Mitchell, The church is Yesterday morning the services founded 18 on the idea that God was too indnitely good Lo deal out punishment that would be eternal to those who committed sim. Such arguments, tue fo sald, Were faliacious aud should be frowned 10 beloved wife he never expecta to moet in eternity. ‘Che feeling of God towards wan, when lost in the sense of not being in his piace, is one of determination, ag if expressing “I ala going to save nothing in outwai = pearance from otuer people. The time has coh ty Lim bee well ming Tagg me of gray was the ua Of prociaun: @ Friena’s reiigions lon. Tne age of gray bas been sees 7 the ‘superseded by the wo by every good Christian, Sin was | him.’’ He follows nim like a father wo al ring | age of Grecian bends, What a Sek! oraer of Christian worship, dostroyeds aud that goumar Docenamiere {ay be | Cousigermg that’ tere is no full toned organ, a | an” “ofence again the Tey Oe eee at a and never | ideas of the Friendy! Their wives and daugntes whe attendance, as usual, was large. The shew of grace, to rise to w Conception of the greatness bi harmonium being used tustead, the preacher, of | fis mercy, it was true, was infinite, gives up the search until utter lostness environs the | Wear as much Jaise hair and as large @ panier faahAons among the ladies was less conspicuous than } glory of (od and your pothinguevs in His prescace, | CUrSe, is the main attraction, Alter the usual devo- | but his justice was also infinite.’ He pardoned the | doomed man, He said that Obriat was uot the stuf, | ay the rest of womankind. All the colors bath days when the sun shined: bright ana : cei ftonal exercises the reverend gentleman announced ae thief on the crogs, but did not fail to cast tue | formal, nubending man generally represented, but | of the rainbow replace the aid gray on as texe Ecclesiastes vil. 1—‘fhe day of death Man into everlasting Ore for his crimes. It was | was undoubied/y @ man among men, though with- | in the elegant Wardrobes of the fair gvarmA Tho dreshes were of dark, subdued shades, SEVENTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 6 better than the aay, Of one’s birth,” ol apices = outrage to the Gedhead to argue that because | out sn in co) cola circle, In tais perable too he | Quakeresses of to-day, What would their grand- some cases ivel; lore 1 \- 7 ea’ mal 1 & proposision that few persons Ww). re- luman justice dealt leniently with men sometimes | slowed considerable sarcasm, and in the allegory | mothers say? And how shocked ! azim bella ¥ ite with as li co! sath Bop Aduniesion of Converts and Sermon by Kev, | ciate. To the most of men the duy of death 1s ageo- | for heinous crimes God should act equally lenient in | represented the seif-riguteous Puarisee, who blamed The ater er bex are a8 much given wo tue iasoamuie: trast. vu and plush jackets in brown ol T., M. Dawson, Clated with anything but peace and comfort. In } not punishing sin, Men who dared to compare hu- | him for associating with the publicans and omice. | tion of fithy lure’ as the reat of wexe nuMeyOUS. Those comfortable Paisley shawls, | ye seyanth Presbyterian church, coruer of Broome | WeW Of these men who would say that the day of | man justice with that of God were blaspieters; for | holders, whom. he sought to redres#. Dr. Deems | wealth: patella of the patttxa worn for # generation or 60, and " death 1# better than the day of one’s birth But | sin was an tueuit to Goa himsels, aud one which mever Nikeiy’ to lose in popularity, covered a ur of shoulders here and there, Heavy, nen in’ Deavy overcoats, with whiskers trimmed like a m Jawn, represented the mer- chant wealth of thé xaetropolis. Tne coming rolers of the country, in the Jateat fashions of Broadway birth, bright if Arthufian necktles and ene muldiy pious over tuelr flerve mustaches, numbered and Ridge ,strects, was yewierday afternoon the scene of au nteresting and impressive religious ceremonial. Th® edifice was thronged with an at- tentive audtence; pompored mainly ofthat class who earn their bread b,” the sweat of their brows, No Glitter of tinselled add ument caught the eye, but a marked alr of reverenc’® aud devotion seemed to turn to tue Christian, and see how itis with bim, Consider, first, his matured character at the nour of death, }rom the moment of his conversion to Goa he has grown in wisdom, affection and devotion, and the ciose of life’ sees him occupying @ platform far removed in height from that on which he commenced his career. ven Jesus Curist grew daily in kpowledge apd wisdom, and it would be #0 with His every humble and earnest disciple. Con- had to be punished by an eteraity of woe. There Was @ perfect accord between the justice and the mercy of God, and the one was as certain aud as infinite as the other, nor could they be mea- sured by the human mind. If was true that man was created wiih a free will, He could be damned or saved as he felt inviined; but for all that he was not independent of od. He had no right, for instance, to take nis own life nor to conser here made @ digression, and menconed phat oh holders or pablioans seemed to be meh of sin in every stage Of civilization and in every age. He be- lieved it was tne daty of ail wo assume as much ag lay ln their power the duties of a pastor, in the sphere tn which they moved, and tui negailve virtues could not secare resuits. The merchant, for example, befo) judgment seat may have ted what tho’ world ca’ lest men in the city betna It may be somewhat la man the tenets of Quakerism, diate communion of God with every human soui; that Christ was not of a divine nature, but merely a mad Who Was inspired more than any other man; aud believe to 90 doctrine that miliates against by po teachin, fh guterday morning the Quaker church in Rather- ford place, opposite Poy onne aquare, Was filed to give a few of belleve In the imme- anexemplary life; but to the questio, wi congreg, composed wealth, beaut, wars ces ih Epis isan Churn were, as |” atvade se Sonarenation; toe clone orite, “ine aay nf mits Bad no | pias! tor simp iy oe he tn wight i mv e douse tt nt awne t | a ath 00, in r a rauerig soa ame The ahd tashion be CGuaterdom, ‘tivots a ed matin "ne the 00 ais , 4 . ply because he inought he was do , when | many you Nave emplo; 7 where es. sua), ip ie be here Prrhg hyione of solemn ‘The feature of the celebrati.D Was the admission 1 the {uture, During tatancy @hd youth the powers ly iB yy ployed?’ @ negative answer or | and ermine, were couspicaous where sat the doves, and loily tone rose ppyard 19 slow, Tecular mea- into the Chureh of thirly-five new conyerts, the of mind, the adaptation to any parhoular prorerst & Jittie investigation would show that he was on the wrong paih, Sen who argued against eteruity excuse that affuirs of lif he tae ‘attention, fe occupied too mach of ie or that be was too boay, would entail High hats glistoned in biack. array where sat the bawks. No jwellowed ight from etainel giaeg wine