The New York Herald Newspaper, March 14, 1870, Page 3

RELIGIO SAIS EEL U 3 r Sunday Assaults on Sin at the National Capital and in the Metropolis. The Physical Effect of a Storm Contrasted with the Fervor of Piety. Fashionable Religion Suceumhs to a Polting of Sleet---The Temples of the Rich Deserted. The Church Edifices of the Metropolis----Their Beauty, Cost, Construction and History. Sermons Yesterday on Theology, Crime, Providence, Virtue, Morality, Free Loveism, Faith and Politics. The Dignitaries of the Nation at Prayers in Washington and the Poor and Ouicast on Their Knees in New York. There was @ marked and almoat general empti- ness of pews noticeable yesterday in the churches of this city, doubtless by reason of the somewhat Gisagrecabie storm of sleet and snow which pre- vatied, but this lack of constancy in devotion was far more obacrvable in the churches patronized by the aristocracy than amony the middie and poorer classes. Of course fashion was out of the question, and as 4 rule there were no attempts made at diaplay of that deacripuon. Beyond a doubt this was in thousauds of cases the reason why attendance at divine worship was dispensed with, and reflects in a measure the true degree of intensity of religious fervor prevailing in many hearis. The ser- vices were, with few exceptions, of the “routine” character, and there were none of any especial in- terest, thougu all will be found, by perusal of the following reports]; to present a variety ef ques- Hons and topics of moment to the rehgious eouuu- nity at large. ST. ANN'S PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL, CHURCH. ‘Tho Deaf Mate Service—Triumphs of a Freo Chareh—The Vloquence of Sileaco—Dr. Gal- inadevs Luvors=A Scone for the Artist aud Conngisseur. The Rev. Thomas Gallundet has distinguished himself as the devoted and tureless minister of St. Ann’s Protesiaut Episcopal churen in West Eigh- teenth atreel, near Fifth avenue, by a career which Mlustrates every Christian virtue, through years of macrifice and days and nights of noble industry. Tis has not been the office of intemperate zeal, or the duty of well-designed but spasmodic religion. He has avoided evanescent exciiementy, epheimeral agitations, daly sensations; yet be bas been tear- Jess toward wrong doing, boll and unyielding with gin, sharp aud fucisive in his thrusts at public fokites, He has sought to address the understandings of men—uot their rude and often vagovernable m. stiucts; $0 charm their munis with the matchiess mosaic of Christ's eventful life below, and of His glorious resurrectfon and ascension above. To such & purpose be bas brought the levers of a quiet and even-minded judgment, fortified by learning, strengthened by experience, ano indued with nmg- metic force by tne powers of touching and persuasive eloquence. Such a man—the exemplar of thé gen- Meman, the schoiar, the orator, the minister, 14 also the exemplar of that still buLamopersect righteous- ness which should stand in the emulation of every ‘minister of the church. St. Ann’s is free to public worship; hence required the rarest qualities to insure tts 61 How gratilying to know that its victory has bee: complete and lasting, and that its triumph resis alone upon the foundation of voluntary contribu- tions! From five Sunday services there is & transt- thon to weekly prayers, lectures and sermons; ant from day today the church 1s a church, nota leo- domadal resort of fashion and finery, thougo weaith and beauty are conspicuous, locked acm iu arm with charity aud pBilasthropy. The deaf mute service, conducted inthe sigm language by Dr, Gullaudet, is the most interesting and beautiful, rae most poetic and fascinating, of any devotional exercise on the iwiand. Jt develops the subtle nature of the deaf mute—a nature wich, if it Joses much that is ex- ternal, gains the disparity and applies it to the un- derstanding soul. What 1s ios: wituout is found within. The resident nervous force of one's being, ‘gas reservoirs for the organs of sight and sound, bave been placed in the brain by the wis- dom of God, and though their mechanism may be disturbed or totally deatroyed the inate power Ls there aud must find operation, [ts nou-cousump- tion by disordered memoranes and Ussues permits its crystalization around the active agencies of the brain, and thua the mind 18 sharpened, the action intensified, the percepuons quickencd, and there is a grand, almost superbuman power struggilug for ex- Bression. ‘{hisis mind, Could there be found a deat mute, healthy in body, highly charged with ouitare, with tacuities unimpared by sicktiess, his compressed Intnd would give ine World @ britiant exatnpie of gentus. Lr. Galigudet, in openme to them ine Book of Life, bas performed ihe duty of rebarging their souls with fervor, witn the re- sponsibiity of solving their owt personalilies with @ work of literatare und uufathomabie mysiery. ‘Tne trial is great ana valuable, It has been wis pride and pleasure (or twenty years. The deat mutes are notas unfortumate as some believe. Words-—atier- a@uce and We sags of ubleruuce-—bave been demed them, yet— Words are like leaves, and where they most abou Much truit of sense beneath is rarely found. ‘Those deaf mutes gathered at St. Ann’s 3 aiternoon at two o'clock were Mostiy matured, but tMey bad more than common miciligen: for tie very ability to see what omer inen can only hear speaks for the possession of acnte faculues. Dr. Gailaudet conducted the service mM tue TMarvelious sign language. ‘There 1s sometuing woudcriul in the scemingly Involuntary movements Which telegraph, with a Tauitiess accuracy seldom found even in the most Ingenious cchanism, the successive Woughits that are not lost i a dood of parapirastical words, as When eutrusted to the uncertain channel of human alterauce. These signs are silent spoke men; they are strange Maniiestations, which, when twey become Willing subjects of We soul, are noi less accompanied wiih facial demonsiravions than gil the vagaries of the voice. Watch but one deaf mute | There isthe jook of quick intelligence, the visibie wensation of ideas, the swift formation of cuaracters by the hand, the iterweaving combination of tet- ters, the multiplication of words, the interiactng of sentences, the short epigrammatic phrases, and the thought is fasied. Impressions are received with the facility th are given. There 19 @ chain of intercommunicatiou between two speechiess men. [t connects mind ‘With mind, soul With soul; not tongae with tongue, ear with e here 1s no opportunity to wound oy artiu! iusmuations df the voice, or to befoul tne ia tellect with the poison of ill-considered flattery, Every movement is deliberate, while apparently ut- conselous; and tt takes time Lo express, bul a deptir ot famy to express falsely. People are tnua stopped of natural channels, which everywhere bave become slaves to a coid formality, and wijiung servitors of insincerity and guile, Speech wi re. form; let silence be its usaster. The eloquence of Dr. Gallaudet yesterday was grand, yet it was the eloquence of silence; it was the delicate and graceful subticty of gesture, the worship of the bowed head, the humility of the up- lifted eyes, the calin, slow dignity of sacred panto- mime, the living but speechiess presence of ap apostolic ioyalty. Tne prayer beginning ““Deurly be- Joved brethren” was givea with rapidity, and in ail ita beautiful diction Dr. Gallaudet expressed 1t tm his face. No part of the service was such a masterpiece of pathetic rendering as 1 Lord's Prayer. susceptible of grandear as this emotionai prayer is when provounced by 4 Ieeltng voice, no articulation could exceed tn beauty and charm the liguid fow of Dr. Galandet’s poetic measure. It seemed like @ constant succession of dissolving figures, in which each posture and presence had been determined by the speli-bound mspiration of some great artist. There was the face of homage; there the arrested expression of Jove; there the Geep curnestness of supplication; there—“for thine ‘he kingaom, the power and the glory, forever.” @ aposties’ creed, the psaims, hymns, the sermon, were given inveliigibly for the eyes of tiose who saw. Hatfew were present yesterday because of the weaihor, but mapy should attend is service 1a the (uture, pecause if 13 one wh calls for acd Gevelopes the most tuceresting and c:oull auxilary selence of our time, has ry sterday GRACE CHURCH: Fashion and Its Followers—Pen Photogrephs of Anbiter—Sinners, Salnts and Philanthrop- Iste—Sermon on Faith by the Kev. Philip Brooks of Philadelphia. Deapite the stormy weatver of yesterday morning there was a very large attendance of the congrega- Sion a tue Teahonadle tabcrnagle to bgar the Kev. NEW YORK Seneca tl lla: ame Philp Brooks, of Philadelphta, deliver a very edlying and gelaborate Wiscourse from that passage of the Testament in which Jesus walks on the sea to the consternation of his disciples, Htrdly had the bell ceased ringing when the advanced gconts of yhe congregation came in singly, thea followed the ploket guard, and lastly the full strength of the Christian army. Sedate-looking gentlemen, pos- sessing that Aladdin lamp, ready money, sat at the head of the pew, and in their immediate vicinity were matrons, whose aristrcratic faces, much to thelr disgust, showed wrinkles, those inconsiderate demo- erats (hat wont fatter. ‘Then came lovely faces, en- Sramea in the last sweet thing in bonnets, the owners: of which, attired in rich and elegant costumes, gave their alternate attention to inspecting neighbors, with the view of ascertaining if any of the sisterhood of fashion bad succeeded tu arraying herself in the novelties to be displayed this week on opening day. Here sat @ cynical unbehever wio goes to chureh for expediency suke, but who in private sowa scepticism to reap hell, and who provabiy eves in the materiaiistic doctrine that men are but the maggots of some huge earth’s burial. So hear him a8 ainost to be classed in the same cate- gory, 18 & world's stoic, the Man without a heart, who feels for none, Then again come the airy chil- dren of vapor, who have been brougnt up in every dw a 4 and never know the agonizing weight of hu- ™: ours, Demure-looking ladies’ in mourning suits, worn for @ husband, or some other brute, listen to words of love and charity aud im their in- most sou)s look upen the heart as a mere muscle to promote the circulation of the blood, and ask tie starving wuilliner to work for less, Young men of the period are there 1n numbers, apparently giving devout attention to the exordium vo le: goaly lives, but who wil this week pursue the same course of revelry and excess. But tis picture of meretritious fashionable life from ® looker on at chureh has its bright wide, for couungling with the aristocratic sinners ore equally aristocratic saints. Men of the grand old Knickerbocker iype, whose names are foremost tu every benevolent work, and who, in the words of the poet, often “do goou by stealun and blush to find itfame.” Ladies there are in this congregation who deserve the highest encominms, and who are not so wrapt up in the duties of entertaining and beng entertained but they can spare considerable time and means to aid the almost countless poor of this city. Nearly all the prominent ladies of this con- gregation are now busy making preparation of the approaching bazaar for the benefis of the “‘Shel- tering Arins,” and during the Lenten season gaiety, so far as this con; 10) my whl fe piace to ctive benevolence, ie re} (ie leman, in his discourse, which was # very telln 0, one, adverted to the confidence iu the docirmes of Chyistianity sugested by the text, fe elaborated Upon the perilous post¥on in which the apostics were placed, and that in the darkest hour of their peril, when faith ha@ ne&rly failed, and hope flown, the Saviour, iu the calm majesty of superaatural power, appeared, and at once,nssuaged the troubled Waters. Then the wailing: cry of the taint-hearted disciples, “Lord, save or We periah,’” taught us a Yaiuable lesson of implicit faith in Hind to wuom ail things are possible. The choir disconrsed during the service the “Gloria Patria,” “Bonum st,” by Rus- sell; “enedic Anirna,” by Inosenthal: ‘Psalm 4, Drevyschock; “fyi 264,” Iroyte, fae congregation dispersed to a voluutary by Mr, Warren, the organ- ist, aud many returned in the afternoon to lear again the eioquence and ¢ ly instructive divme rom the city of Brotherly Love,’? so} MIDDLE COLLEGIATE ouTCR AEFOIBIED CHURCH. Ite Wealth and Beanty—One of the Aldest Charch Organizations in the City—Sermon by Rev. Br. Dewiti—its Prominent Mem. bership. Snow and hail ana sleet ! Whistiing winds ! Hear the tolling of the bells! They seem to say in solemn tones, “Come, come!” But Mr. Drygoods Clerk Wont “come.’* Peeping from peniad the curtain of ius chamber winuow he east’ a glance of be- wilderment mmgied with dedpair at tae aspect of things outside, No patent leathers yesterday. Gorgeous attire will have 10 be laid aside for some brighter Sunday, Thoze even who possessed carriages of their own, in a@ majority of cases, pleaded “disagreoavle weather” as an excuse for non-atiendance, Bleak as the weuther was, diMcult as tt was to surmount thelr dislike to being exposed to it, yet those who cousidered duty as of paramount consequeice filled, a8 usual, their accustomed seais in church yester- day. Among this clays were those who attended the Middle Collegiate Dutch Reformed cuurch in Lafayette place yesterday morning. ‘This church belongs to the saine organization as the old North Reformed Dutch church on the corner of William and Fulton streets, which was dedicated May 25, 176%. Belonging, a8 1b does, With one single exception, to the oldest chutei organization on the island, the Middie Churen, as 1t # more commonly called, represents in ite congregation members from our oldest aud most respectable families. It was built ja 1844. Jt is made of light colored granite, and is one of we largest and one ol the most substantially made churches in the city. [tis of the Doric order, the columns Muted, the number in sront eight. Behind these are four others, all being made of one solid piece of granite, and coat $3,000 each. There 1s a cemetery contiguous to tne church coutaiming vauits owned by members of the congregation. The interior of the churcn is very plain, act chaste, being painted m lavender and white, ‘The puipit 18 made of tae purest white marble, imported from I[tgly, where it ‘was made expressly Sor this church. ‘The base of tue pulpit and the facings of the sides are al! of white marble. The cushion is of crimson velvet. ‘the organ 18 not modern, but sti very effective tn tone. It has three banks of keys and forty-six stops, with ftty-eight keys in the manuals to A. ‘The sweil stops are not divided, but run entirely through, There are three wxteen-feet pedal stops and two and a half octaves of pedais. This organ does not avouad in fancy 8010 stops, but nevertie- Jese is very fine Jor orchestral effect. ‘The nuinber of omcers of this church 1s large. The elders are Mexsrs. Richard Amerman, William Bogardus, Rob- ert Buck, .Jonn C. Cahoun, Lewis Hatlock, Thomas Jeremiah, Ebvexezer Monroe, Gama- Jtei » Smith, John L. Smith, Jonathan Sturges, Henry Van Arsdalt and Win. Wood. lis deacons are Messrs, C. ©. Demares;, Robert Dorset, William H. Dunning, Jobn ¢raham, Win. P. Howell, John H. Joingon, Alexis A,Juilan, Catyin E. Knox, Frederick 1, Locke, Livert B. Monroe, Edward A. Morrison and Henry Snyder Its minisiers are Rev. Dra. De Witt aud Champers Rev. Mr. Ludlow and Rev. Dr. Vermilye, who % at present in Kurope. ‘The board of trustees is the same as that of ihe North charch, and also tha) of the charch in Filth avenue, corner of Forty ghth street, the three churches forming one organization. The attendance at the Middie church yesterday was large, considering tue state of the weather. “he sermon was given ex- twinporanvously by Kev. Pr. Ve Witt, and was on the preparation for death. Tue text was from the twenty-fourth chapter of bshua, fourteenth verse “andif itseemevil unt you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whi y@ will serve, whetuer the gods which your fathas served that were ou the otiter side of the Hood orthe gods of the Amorites lu whose and ye diwel§ but as or me and my house, wa wii serve the sord.”? The reverend gentiemm exhorted his hearers not to put off the preparatiol for death until the future, for We fuiure Was not heirs, It was, as the text said, “choose you iis @y,”? not when it is too late, Weare alliiabie to diatany moment, Li we are bot prepared we are lol. Delay hardens the heart. There isatime when iod’s spirit ceases to strive with us. Let us haste), Wen. and prepare forthat which is tnevitable. ‘ais can be done only by @ re- nouncement of our feiner mode of life. We must come ont before the wirld and acknowledge Christ. dt igon the one hand Christ, on tue otner hand Mammon. We canno serve botn, Les us then serve Him who died fois. ‘the singiug at this curch is very fine, the choir being composed of Mis Lizzie Fitz, soprano; Mrs. Cooley, contralto; Mr. William Woodward, tenor: Mr. George U, Rexfor, basso. Among the promi- nent members of the cagregation are Mr. Anthony, Mr. Joun Mason Ku€, sonof the late Dr. Joan Kuox; Mr. Oliver, &. Abeel, Mr. Charlies Van Wyck, editor of te Christan Intelligencer; the Onthout family Mr. John Dorset, Mr. William = Van Anverp, Mr. Wiillam Van, Arsdale, Air. W. Brow, Mr. Labau, Mr. Matthew Julien, Mr. tyde, Mr. pin Van Arsdate, Mr, Walker, Among the young ladw noted for beauty are Miss Lilie Allen, Miss Amea, Davis, Miss Halstead, Miss Nevers, Miss MalcolmMiss Lowe, the Misses Albott, tho Misses Forrester, he Misses Rudd, Misa Dorset, Miss Demorest. The rganist of the church is tht celebrated Mr. J, M. dng, noted for the sweetness aud sentiment of bs Musical compositions. The “Monarch of the AisW’ ts Mr. T, De Witt Dunsbee, CHUACHIF OUR REDEEMER, The Edifice and lt: AttendantemServices Yes- terday—i “Goduess and Severity of God?—sermon bj Rev. J. M. Paliman. A siort distance fra Sixth avenue, in West Thir- ty-fifth gtreet, this cley little edifice is situated. ‘Lhe Tront, not in the ast attractive, is narrow, but Waffordse@ suMicientjptrancs to the body of the church, which is conemient and pleasant.” There is no atiempt at displato the sacrifice of the coémfort ofthe hearer, Simficity is everywhere predomi- nant; from the Msking of the pews to the pnipit plain upbistery and subdued colors meet te eye The edifice was crected tn the year 1851, oA since that time the demand for palatial residenceshae caused it to be 80 enclosed Unas the strangerd pussing by would little dreain wails every Sund{ morning and evening represent man, long in ciuge here, ie a sincere, interesting and imstruetive @ader. Lie sympatulwes with the world of mau, fiving to purify and ennobie his fellow creaturei by precept and example in his dauy life. fithout any bitterness, without ry a} without any dogma, he entities lawaplt sp tueivoa jenee some of the moreftélilgent, charitable and wealtny | citizens of New Wk, The pastor, Rev, J. M. Puil- | Porting a simple desk, constitute the awditorium. pastor, se seem the members of the congregation, ‘They go to their temple of worship with that meek- ‘ness of spirit vo rare in this day that the reasonin: attenduut must concede that, aiter all, there is rood and beauty in life, and before him are men and Women not quite given over to prejudice and fashion, but those that beheve earneatdy in the worid’s prov gress and that it preerome’ upward as weil as forward. Although yesterday morning all out of doors was clad in the Spotless mantle of winter's ermine, the avenues trackless With the season’s soft pene n and church goers were compelled to battle with the drifung element unmindful of gar- ments all fringed with frosty fakes, quite a large Be epee: of the congregation of this church wel their accustomed places. ‘The opening ser- vices were short but impressive; the prayer the breathings of # true heart for inspiration and grace, and the singing cultured and expressive, vieng with churches where pomp and luxury of apparel are glarin, apparent, Rev. Mr. Pullman’s discourse was on ‘The Good- ness and Severity of God,” taking as his text Ro- Maus X1., 22—Behold, theretore, the goodness and severity of God.” He satd what they wanted first was a definition of goodness” applied to an infinite Being. No more popular fallaey, no more vague- ness, exists in the minds of those who should be better informed than the correct understanding of the attribute of God. in this parucular Universal- igts gufler greater than the members of any otner sect. Many of them seem to think that God 80 placable that in His grandmotherliness a backsilder, after long pleading, whatever the extent of lia WayWardness, will again be received in I fold, As far apart as pole is from pole so is the oodness and severity of God. One thought {8 pre- lomingnt in the miird of the Supreme Being, and thas is the Dighest good, the eternal , Of His creatures. Some, however, argue like the murderer Reynolds, with whom hanging was “played out,” that moral resolution in life was “played out,” and that divine wrath exists no longer. But if you do not hear the voice of God, if you do not see the foot- steps of such a Being day by day, you do not concern ‘ourselt enobgh. If you do uot believe the moral law written on .the ts of The, your way through the world and listen not to the voice ef Is goodness and severity. God is to-day as pear humanity as ever. Rightially understood, the severest punishment in life is the natural law of things. The proposition is laia down by us that ali God's severity 18 the product of God’s goodness. ‘The preagher then referred to the infraction of phy- sical laws, and said that they had their peual- innocent offspring suiler for tte sins parents; but yet some who have inherited such tendencies have been blessed beyond measure, as like diseases which tend constantly to health, so have these tended to the development of nature's strength. Mr. Pullman then in well chosen, forcibie and burning words, ad- verted to the infrmgement of the law of tuman Propagation. No iapriee 80 great, so foul, so terri- je an this, The Women of tne present ‘day are Greatly 1nplicated in the crime of the murder of thelr unborn offspring. God says the nations shall propagate, and the women who, instead of ex] encing the pleasantest pains known thus to them, insvead o{ beafing the task of bringing their fesn aud blood up to the age vf anderstandiig, rids ber- geil of it by murder—commits the greaiest of alt crimes, We have not lived long enough to know of God’s terrors and Our own, not have we lived long enough io know what God can do to those who vio- jate His laws im this wise. An eloquent peroration upon the love of God, His punishments and good- ness, and that it 1s consistent for Him to save by fire aug by love, if saving is intended, and that His pen @iGes and laws will never fail, concluded an impres sive and-able sermon. CHURCH OF THE FREE LOVERS. Inside and Outside Edeo—Sermon by the Rev, 0. B. Frothingham. Lyric Hall, of Sixth avenue, between Portieth and Forty: th streets, which resounda with sacred music and tree-love preaching on Sunday, and 1s pos- sessed by nerry dancing devils every other night in the week, was thinly attended yesterday. The Kev. 0. B. Krothingham, tue shepherd of the Mock, preached from the fourth, filth and twenty-second verses of the third chapter of Genesis: ‘And tue serpent sald unto the woman: Ye shall not surely die: For Goa doth know that in the duy ye eat thereof, ten shall your eyes be opened; aud ye shail be as gous, Know. ing gooa andevil. * * * * And the Lord God sald, Behold the man has become as one of us, to know good andevil’’ Theological fact, said the preacher, dates from 2. The orthodox idea of Adam is that he was @® man pure without temptation, good without discipline; tn faci, a perfect creature, and that the fall from this state Was into despair and desolation, ‘The heterodox view of the question 18 that Adam was & man in embryo, Uke raw material, haying uo Khowjedge of good or evil. There 1s nothing Genesis to countenance the first idea. F of their Adam could not have been perfect or he would not have yicided to cemptation. ‘Infact he had@ genius for tum- bling into temptation. It would not do, however, to say he was @ savage, for savages don’t live m yar- dens... These views, therefore, do not give the key to Genesis. ‘The accdunt here is that Adam Was ip a state of innocence previous to the expulsion. The real meaning 18 that when he was expelled he be- came conscious that he waa ® man and that the probiem of lie lay outside the gate of Eden. Aman must accommodate bimseif to circum- stances and make his own garden in the world. sve- rything that our civilization stands for ig 0 utside ‘of Eden, and the question is perdnent, therefore, Are we inside or outside? The patriarchal systeni of government was inside Eden: to ‘live, to labor, to ie was the sole business of the people, With us it is different; we are all thinkers and workers and kings and princes, Every one of us is engaged in perpetual strife and do our duty to the State aad qur At neighbor. We are outside Eden. other side of the Atlantic, young girls are closely guarded; Veullance 1s éxercised over them and they are edu- cated in ignorance of the world, Periect innocence is the object sought to be obtained for them by their parents and guardians. The Sacurday Review some Ume since in criticising “Formosa,” an excessively stupid piece, abused It roundly vecause of its sup- posed effect uponthe mids of young’ girls, whom, the critic stated, “should be kept in the dark,” and of course deprived of ull knowledge of good and evil. Tis is inside of Eden. in this country Uoings are exactly the reverse. Women read every- thing, lecture, claim political privileges,-go and see enevidve de Brabant,” “La Belie Helene” and What they please to sce, and are none the worse for it. They are outside of Eden. It 13 the same wa} religion. ‘The Catholic idea ia that the soul of inan Js like that of A child. Tie Church tels him what to read and howto read it; he has nothing todo but submit, They aré inside of Eden. it is exactly the reverse with us. We are all aaswerable for ourselves and submit to no bondage. Tne people are tola that they must mak® their own prayer and receive the auswer in ‘heir own hearts. We are outside of Eden. {t was not for nimi to say Whicit is best-—Lo be Inside or outside of Eden, haps there is good in both. If inside of Kden there is too much government there may be anarchy outside, anf if there is too much restriction on young girls ta England we may wave here too many volude, loud mouthed, coarse females, forcing themselvesjand their tueories every- where garGiess of all propriety. Bue iv is upys- sible tor au American to be laside of Eden. Mr. Frothingham next addressed niuself to the consideration of the iabor question. Labor, he sau, 1# nobie to talk about, but men hate work; Work de- stroys men’s lives and leaves homes desolate. The beautiful butidings to the city are monuments to our civilization; butif we seek out tie men who do it ail we find them in wretchedniess and misery. It is a question whether all we have accompusted by our crvillzation is worth the cost. Property 18 out- wide of Kden, us is strife, division and care, Care is the dark speck in the heart that spreads a vetl over life, Temptation ts aiso outside of iden, and stre: tue shores of the river of life with wrecks. Tie text of Beriptare quoied is extraordinary as show- ing @ unanimity of thought, between God and the Devil. ‘There 1s something in the idea of Adam’s at- tainment of the knowledge of good and evil which the Devil liked and God approved. Tne nioral effort to atiain the knowledge of good and evil is the Godlike quality. God only koows all the difference between what Js good aud evil: = =we but — speculate. Knowledge is accumulated thought, and thought comes by think- dug. ‘There is no conscience inside of Ede and no merit, Ifa man knows not the diference between en and evil aud does not know what sin is, he deserves no credit, He 18 goud because he can’t help himself. Religion comes of the distance be- tween mau as heis andinan a8 be ought to be. Adoration comes of want and is born of tears and groans. Religion exists omly outside of Eden, and it is effort which lifts us ap and makes us sons and daughters of Heaven. T'pis is the Lenten season, and the streets are filed with peopie hurrying to church with prayer books im their hands. Festivity is tabooed and asecticism reigns. But vice and vir- tue cannot be separated tn an hour, por can holl- nese be attained by giving up meat and taking to fi ‘The batule for perfection ts not to be gatneu by urte of religious fervor, but by continued effors. T. Frotbingham concluded bl discourse with a cbaracteriatically eloquent peroration. the The Church aud Its Membership—Aimplicity and Christianity United—Funeral Serman by fev. William B. Roberta. On the south side of Eleventh street, between Sec- ond and Third avenues, and Mapked by coopers’ and carpentera’ shops, stands a modest brick church, kuown as the Smyrna Welsh Congregational church, which was erected in1852 by the Weish Congrega- onal Society of New Yor, at an expense of $15,000, and hasever since been occupied by them, The dulld- ing 1s & small, but solid and substantial one, Whe auditorium being neatly pur simply ornamented in fresco. A long rectangular | that the congregtion that worshiped within ite | Teom, lmperfectly lighted in gioomy weather by two long widows at the @ad, 4 deserted gailory op- posite the puiplt, and # smali raisea piatform snp. ‘Tne congregation on the present occasion was sinail, Owing lo the fact that the members in many instances live at such great distances a3 to preclude their attendance im very stormy weather, This being the only church of its kind in mis vicinity is embraces = @ large membership, covering Feqpect, Jake the | New York, Brooklyn, Wiliameburg, Greenpoint, HERALD, MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1870.-TRIPLE SHEET. Westchester county, ana the border cities of | aaa, are twofold—external and internal. Thi The usual services ab this church | New Jersey. cousist of a sermon i the afternoon and avotier im the evening. The afternoon sermon yesterd; @ funeral discourse upon the recent deatn of Miss Maggie, daughter of Mr. Lewis Thomas, a promi. er of the society, and was delivered by the new pastor, Rev, Wiliam b. Roberts, Alter the singing of @ vyma by the congregation and te delivery of a prayer the preacher proceeaed with nis discourse from Job xiv, 1 and 2, the sermon, a8 well as the other services, being in tiie Welsh language. ‘The words of the text were as follows: —"“Man that 18 born of & woman is of few days, ald full of trouble, He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also asa shadow a d continueta not.” The enor divided the subject into threc heads—First, he shortness of man’s jife; second, his condition in unis life; and third, bis departure from this lie and Ms future condition. Remarking upon the brevity -of human life, he instituted a comparison ve- tween the present average length of Wife and that of the patriarchs aud dwellers in antedi- lnvien umes, allucing also to the incomparable difference between a mortal’s span of life and the eternal existence beyond the grave. He asserted that, in addition to the nataral causes tending to ab- breviate human lite, such as sin, aisease, &c., 16 had been twice shortened by direct ordination of the Almighty—once immediately after the flood, and jain shortly before the advent of David. But as fe was sbortencad by sii, 80 with the gradual driving out of sin whieh he believed was in | progress through the world, the human span of iife would be extended. To some deash ts the greatest of troubles, the culinination of griefs and. the mtrodyction to eternal misery and despaw; but to others, to the believers im Corist, it ia but the mo- mentary pang Which ends ali pain and care and un- locks the door to an eternal life free from all pam aud full of glory. Alluding to the character oi the deceased, the preacier deciared that Miss ‘Thomas hod through ber jong sickness clung 10 life and had had itttie thought of ayin when she died, but that at tne ‘en of all her long affiictton she conformed ber mind wo God aud was willing for Him to do with her us it seemed best in His sight. Her last testimony, While mortal tears streamed down her young face, was that she was going to her mother, and that she hoped Jesus wus willing to receive her. Although her name was not curoiled on the list of church mein- bera he doubted not that it was enrolicd in the Lamb's Book of Lite, and that the would be found at His right band on that — day when He should come to make up Ilis jewels. WELSH BAPTIST CHUACH, One of the “Siuple Shrines ot Lowly Saints?— A Good AttendancesThe Church and the Congregation—sermon by Kev. Frederick Evans. In Chrystie street, near Delancey, there etands an unpretending littie brick building, bearing upon the outer wali the legend “Welsh Bapust Churen.” This church is now over twenty-two years old, having been built im the year 1848 It was constructed at a cost of $8,000. The structure ia very small, being only capable of seating perhaps 100 persona. Here Sunday after Sunday assemble a smali but earnest band of the Welsh residents of this great city. Tho entire ser- vices are conducted in the Welsh language and are very impressive. Yesterday afternoon, notwith- standing the inclemency of tne weather, the little chorch was, as usual, well filled with devoted fo1- lowers of Jesus, who, though separated from their beloved “fatheriand” py thousands of weary miles, still Worship the Almighty after their own sasion and In their owngtongus. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Frederick Bvans, of the Laight street Haptist church. He chose for his text the ninth and tenth verses of the seventh chaper of Kevelations:—"After this | bee held, and 10, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, aud kindreds, and people, and tongues stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes afd with palms in their hands; and cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sttteth upon the turone, and unto the Lamb,” The speaker opeved his discourse by stating That the general subject of his sermon would be “The Redeemed. Man was a good arithmetic, abge!s were better; but go one was competent to number the redeemed. tie had ence been told that only ope per cent of mankind would be saved. He believed that nine per cent would reach heaven, Ciiidven who died ga their mfancy Of course swelled the number of those re- deemed. The great success which the Gospel had attatned proved that tt was aiupted to ail nations, kindred, people and tongues, Some doudted this, yet they believed that a waich, which was tie work of man and not of God, kept time in vil climates, ‘The greatest work of God was the gospel; ali its parts and teachings were worthy of the Kternal mind. The Herald of the Croas with the gospel might go to all Jands and lift up his vowe to all people and call all nations to the Saviour. In position and appearance tue redeemed could be compared © persons standing before tie ‘Throne as servants in Waiting. They stood there because the Jam» was there. It was Jesus that made Heaven what it was, and the desire of the odly was not to go to Heaven, bat to siaud before he Lamb, clothed in robes of spotiess white; when in that position, With palms in their nahds, they felt that the victory was wou, It was pot well to criucise the works of God until they were competent; for no man, be he ever so boly, could understand the inteat of the Divine mind. mie Bald toate the anthem of Earth was in the minor key, but all good deeds Were sharps and wiil eventuaily transpose it io tue Major key. ‘the song of the redeemed was an uu- ceasing one. John compared i to the sound of ‘many waters; this was the only sound which knew of no interruption. The thunder we beard was silent; “the song that delighted us was 00 more; tite sweet music of the wind sighing through the trees would cease, but the sound of the cataract was load, jong, deep, in- créusing and everlasting. So with the song of the redeemed us it swelled Out Upon the heavenly air from the millions of saved one’ Who stood be! jamb. Nothing Could mar is beauty, nothiag change 1t9 simple sweetness. The Gharch below Was established as a training school to teach sinners how to sing tue ail-giorious song Of Lue redeemed. The Evidences of the Divinity of the Curistinn Religion and the Evigences of Giod’s Grace~ Sermon by the Rev. Dre Kaubeau. ‘Ten years ago the Bapust churches ministered to by Drs. Weston and Hague united and purchased lots on the corner of Madison avenue and Thirty- first strect, where thoy emecied one of the hand- somest church edifices in the city, It 14 not so elabo- rate in its style and appointments as some others, being externally built of b’ with a low square tower rising about twenty-five fees from the front But mteriorly it 1s light sod pleasant and iuspiring to cheerful worship. ‘The pulpit i# not ratied in as so many are, giving One the Unpression of the great disiance that exists between the pulpit and tae pew, but i4 ulerely & Kemi-circular platform with @ neat readiug desk in the centre. In the arch in which it gtands are a half-dozen imitation windows, whict thongh they do not admis light, do yet it from the other windows. The celiing 1s open aud plain, and ix painted white, ag are aisothe walls. The galleries are finished in hight javender color, and are supported by & Keries of heat Corinthian columns. ‘The caurch is not very large, but can easily accommodate one thousand two hundred persons. ‘The congregation yesterday, owing to the storm without, did not number above five hundred, but the utmost decorum aud avention was ovserved throughout ihe somewhat lengthened services, Fora few minutes previous vo the opening hour te organist played au overture, but a¢ svon as the pastor (Rev. J. F, Elder) appeared tnis was changed Jor the first notes of *Oid Hundred,” whick was the intimation to the congregation to rise and join im singing “Praise God trom whom ail blessings flow.” Ti was rather a picas- mg feature for a stranger to notice, and it might be profitably imitated by other churches. ‘The pastor then led the audience, in reciting the Lord’s prayer, after which @ hymn was sung, & portion of the Sermon on Mount (Matthew v.) prayer foilowed, and the choir then chanted fey. 1, 5, 6, 7—"Unto Him nat love us,” &c, The singing was wot very rematka- ble. The alto voice was rather shriil and piercing than round and voluminous, ‘fhe tenor was passa- ble, but the soprano and bass were barely digsin- guishable. However, neiter the day vor the occa- slon were very favorable for exhibitions of vovai music, and allowances must tuerefore be made, Nevertheless, oue must diways feel that a quartet ina gallery praising God, while the audience Lelow With almost bated breath catch every strain with- out being able to unite in prolonging them, is en- Urely out of place, aad that the service of song in tue ‘sanctuary belongs rightly to all the people. Hence the most pleasing exmibitions are those of children where all sing. and because ail ging. And the best filed churohes are these wherein ail we people praise Gud—where Congregational singing Is practised, Among the solid men of thi urch may be named J. R. Casweil and Jacob Vanderpool, of Pith ave- nue; Addison F. Roberta ina A. F. Hastings, of Madi- son avenue; Robert Colyute and William J.-Todd, of Tweuty-third street; DeWitt ©. Hays, of Thiueth street; Mr. ferris, of Thirty-eecond streets; Whitain A. Daring, of Fortteth street, formeriy memosy of Coe and president of the Third Avenue jati- road Company; William D. Murphy, James Cum- mings, Mr. Comstock and others, They could wei atford to pay $120,000 for theerection of thelr chu edifice, After the first opening vf the church Dr. Hagae roumistered to the peopie. Dr. Weston &1 | ceeded him, and on the Ist January, 1870, tue | present pastor, Rev. J. F, Bider, took cuarge. ile is | a young Han of medium height, dark complexion | aud hair, and penetrating eyes. He possesses adecp | bass Voice and utters all his words with distinc ness | | | and with apparent care. Ais palpit waa diled y terday by the Rev. Dr. Rawbeau, President of Wii- | liam Jewell College, Missouri, who is ou & Vis to the Bast to raise uoney for the supy of that institution. He preached an eloquent ser- mon on the evidences of the divinity of the Chris religion, the Covenant of God's grace with man and the consolations that spring trom the assurauce of the diving form in human bearts, iis wat was Hi Samuel xxii, 5. The cyigences of the divinity of Cpriatianity, he he pointed out in detail. The formerare hard to be ap- preciated and understood, aud bad we ouly those We should never be able to accept saivation; but the internal evidences are 40 many and so plain that, While we follow the precepts of the Gospel, we have the witness in our hearts, and cheerfully bear vesti- mony to the truths that have been taught us. but every dying Christian m' dissatisiied with himselt, as did David in bis last hours, as recorded in the text. Taking God in Christ as the standard we must perceive in the dying hour that we have not been holy as He holy; that we have not followed in His footsteps av we ought, and that we have come far shore of the glory of God, Nevertheless, God nath made un everiasting covenant with Mis people, ordered 1b @ii things and sure, and “this? David excitims, as the dying Christan must exclaim, ‘+ Tuis is all w, salvation and all my desire.” He cao thank Ge Wat this covenant 18 not temporary, but everlast- tig; not nade with some relation or friend of ours, but with me; with each one who Is called ito tats covenant of grace separately. We are, therefore, Individually responsible for the censure or hoaor that we may being to Gou’s family and hgusehoid by the character and conduct of our lives. ‘The difference between hear’ religion and ritual- isn or formal ceremonies and rives was very appa- rent in the earnestness of the speaker and che rapt attention or his audience while he discoursed for nearly au hour, At the clone o1 the sermon Dr. Ram- beau gave a brief sketch of the college over which he presides aud its wants, here are iu the State of dilssouri 600 churches and 200 clergy- men. Thirty churches oniy are open every Sabbain and the reme@inder about ouce a month. Within a radius of 1,000 miles there ts nota Baptist college in all the West and Southwest. Two years ago ne took charge of it, He has succceded in reconciling the loyal ana rebel factions, so-called, of that region, He has aiso raised among the peopie in money und lands $140,000, but # large proportion of tar is yet unproductive; but if they can hold it for ten years More the college will then be self-sustaining. Ite annual income now 1s but $6,000 to pay the saiaries of five professors. ‘here have been over 100 appil- cante for admission, but the faculty aud trustees have only been able to receive torty, but they have encouraged all, believing that thelr irieuds in the Kast would not see wem want in this hour of need, ‘The peopie are mostly poor, yet they bave provided for the cjothing and. support of those forty yqung men, and are domg alh they can to sustain te Insti- tution. ‘The Orst ministerial collegiate instruction that had ever been given in Missouri was given, he said, by himself last winter, He has received a few thousand dotlars here and in Brooklyn, chiefly by private subscription, There Was no collection taken up. BROADWAY. TABEANACLE. History of the Church=The Congregation, Their Numbers and Wealth—The Oldest Congregational Church of the City. The Broadway Tabernacle is the videst Congrega- tional church in New York, and the most celebrated. It holds about the same position to this city that Plymouth church does to Brooklyn. The preacnet May not have the burning eloquence and fiery de- livery of the Brooklyn Gamaitel. There inay be somewhat of a softening down between one and the other When a strict compartson is made. Dr. Josep P. Thompson is one of the most popular preachers im the city. He has been for twenty-seven years pastor of au important church, and still holds it ina firm grasp. What this populariiy is due to it would be rather hard to say, Mr. Thompson is not an elo- qnent man in the full sense of the word. His dis- courae is mild, cold and philosophical. it breathes rather the spirit of controversy than of love and truth, ‘The earnestness that is undoubtedly within bim does not appear upon the sur. face. Thoroughly up tn wil the metaphysies of | tue Gospel he is apt to neglect te importance of clearnesaa; that 1s, clearness to an audience of aver- age incellectimuity. There is acertuin religious slang aud devout cant, WhICn preacherseare very muct 1b Lhe bapital using, more from habte than in tention, Contiuual mMtercourse with religious people brings them to thig, and instead of speaking the English of the day they preach the Saxon of the New Testa- meni-—all very good 19 Its way, but Greek to a great any. Mr. Thompson's discourse yosterda was on the necessily of God in our existe morning wo. He began by saying that we, of eorse ves, were, noching—Co i was everything; not omy in « heavenly iife, bul im the eartuly Life here velow. We were weak and power.css; God Was almighty. Some people denied the existeace of God, und a8 a proof said that we pever saw Hin and could , uot substantiate Lim. ‘fhe best argument agaigst this Was to show those people how nelpless they were, but for 4 higher power, which they couid not ser, net understand, not grasp. [f the firas mau created himserf, why could he not preserve himself; way, ne was ali- powerful, could he not have made his ch mortaly There were no liwa for a creator. fact was, God created us, aad aurwured us, and pre- served Us, ANd gave Ts a8 MUCH Attention to all (hese petty detais as ne did to the great mysteny of crea- lion. And to show now great tings necesaartiy de. pended on smaii, the preacher gave, as an i!ustra- Hou, his once travelling on @ raliroad, ‘There was & short curve io round, and when they came to the turn they foand that only a few yards of another train was coming down on the same track right against them. Immediately the breake were puc down, wie engine reversed, tne whistle sounded, everything done to prevent Histon, wut the impetus of the linmense train Was such Unat it Wet onin-spite of ail, Let, bv a miacle of avilvity and alectness, both trains were stopped wheu ouly & few yards from each other. Now, had tne engine not been reversed, or hat some of the brakes not beep put down, or any other iitue detail not been attended to: wad the train been carried on only a few short yards jurther a fearful accident would have taken place. Thus 1t was that (od took care of the little things in our lives and the great took care of themselves, He was ail love and protection, and watched over us with @ care such a3 ao mother bears her child, and ali that we might inect one day with him in the Eternal City and be forever happy hereafier, The Tabernacle yesterday neid a good sized ou- dience. and had thé show uot interfered, uo doubt there would have been # crowded one. ‘Tie atten- tion pawl to the sermou was reiarkable, and the devotion of the cougregation was also aig nging of the choir was very good. Miss ©. Hutchings is the soprano. This choir cosis £4,500, Whe organist, Mrs. Ohristopher, 14 a reuarkably fine player, and the instrument is one of th est in New York. ry ch was first organized in i842, in Broadway, at the Tabernacle, then the | t churen in the city. From 18 first foundation tt came one of the best congregations here, aud Yapidiy increased. In 1897 th chureh became dissatiafed with its quarters, aad, following the fashionable move, resolved to go uptown. Fie sits chosen Was te present one at the coracr of Broadway and Thirty-jourth sircet. The purctaye weladed stx lots, and ¢ was depreciated, $60.00 diately cowmenced an BI them. When eve The puilding wa took two your: ying Tone $100,000. It was built on the mod the cacnearais wiih the grooved 4 Saini innge | massive piifars, ail tne 4 being Of Ouk. jt is eXx- | ceedingly stinple in appearance, and in woo simpie 0 be pleasing vo tie cyé. ‘The pre desk, decorated In gothic styig, and the large ore: risiog above to the Poof, look lupowing. AL tue hast sale of pewa tuey brought $14,000. Oui of this comes $9,000 salary to the minister Very few m ive county receive as much. The church now vam rs about 600 members, who are as 4 yeneral thing wealthy. Yet there is never any display of dvess at service. The congregation 38 principaily from New England, GHURGH OF ST, PAUL THE APOSTLE. Father Hewitt on Prayer—The World, the Flesh aod the Devil—The Ivish and st, Patrick. The sieet and snow of yesterday hac scarcely any perceptible effect on the attendance of worshippers atthis church. in torongs came the rich and poor, side by side, im spirit, as tar as outward appearances went, to Offer up prayer and join in the religious exercises prescribed during the peniteutial season of Lent. ' In every respect the church of the Pauiist Fathers will compare favorabiy with tae fuest | ecclesiastical edifices in New York. It is located on Fifty-ninth street, near Tenth «venue, and is constructed in the form of the letter L. The interior bas a very impos. img appearance; the paintings are numerous and costiy. including 4 superior “Ascension of Obrist,”” which serves as an altar piece; the win- dows are siained In harmonious colors, adwitung a subdued but not gloomy jight, that adds macy effect to the broad alsies; and the sanctuary, which is quite #pacious, te covered with rich carpeting. Rev. Father Hecker, now attending tie Ecumenical Coun- ch in Rome, is pastor. He represents In that au. gust assemblage Kight Rev. Dr. Kosecrans, Bishop | of Columbus, and brother of the well Known general | im The | 3 proach our Maker and seak forgiveness of our trans. Bressious of the law of God, Tae reveroud lather sald that bis object this morning Was not to prove tue power of prayer to such a congregation as that before him. The war of the elements, the snow, sleet and bitter blasts that prevaiied this day—thia dreadiut and poisterous day—Were no obstacles im the way of the faithful, who flocked *o obey the com- Mandwents of the Church aad full their duty te Almignty God. To such a congregation tt was bi ee | necessary for bim to point out the necessity and cacy of prayer, He would, however, draw attention fo the fact that our prayers are never oifered in valu; for wheter we pray aloue or wnetver wé are in the state of grace or not our supplications are always accompanied by the seceptable prayers of the just on garth, (he souis in purgatory and the santa im heaven. Uence they cannot fall when im unisom With these (o bring down the blessings of God, Father Hewitt also dwe't on tue camiculties the Coris- tan bad to encounter from tne world, the fleab and the devil; tow ois path 1 encum- bered with thorns aud bow the arch enemy of wankiud is ever ready wit ms satellites vo tempt rane ain and dries Wwe favor of God. And tt is only BY prayer—itis only by aliny “Our Father who art iv Heaven,’’ the preven of alt prayers, thar we can beat oack the enemy and per- severe to the end, ff @ Christian desires to earn salvation he must wake up bis tnind to keep the lo Butter injuries, atfronts, pri uth iteelf, if necessary, before he cap reach the heavenly destination. For instance, a man wishes to visit Europe; he ieaves a com/ortaiie nome aud suffers pain, sick. im crossing the oceau. He ie in & coutnnal stase of excitement, un. Ui his journey is euded. So it Ww with the faitufui Christian, He leaves ease, comfort and pleasure; he embarks on te ocean of {ife, encountering in every direction mortifoations, temptations and trials, unui be reaches (he promised laud. In really touch~ ine and capuvating language Father Hewat referred to the Boundivss love ihe ever biessed and immacu- jate Virgin Mary, Moiger of God, entertal ness and danger for those whom her divine Son died on Cross to redeem. She presents our ers with her own plexsed hands, and she never ip her intercession for us here below, He cons trasted the exeupiacy lite of the Irian ie mm Ireland wain those of other countries. They have never wavered in their tuith in the Holy Ohurch; they Dave ciuug (0 it tirough storm and persecu- tion, aud are practical in Lueir duties as Chrisnaens, How diferent trom the people in our own country, whose jufideltty aud crime are so rampant The preacher alluded to the ife of St. Patrick, the Apostie of trelund, sud golnted out how mcemsantly he prayed for his people, and how deservedly tae Jand ne loved and Lue seid of his labors 18 called the Isiand of Swinis, Afier an wfecting appeal to his hearers Lo persevere to the end in Cg > that they might enjoy everlasting happiness, Father Hewit concluded a realy eloquent and powerful sermon by giving ai! preseat iis blessing. CHVACH OF THE OWINE PATERNITY, “Phe Snow, the Soow, the Beautiful Snew?— Eifect of the Weather on Parson and Flock— Empty Pews, Dearth of Fashionable Toilets, Short Prayer and Mediocre Sermon, ‘Thick and fast fell the suow on Filth avenne yes. terday morning, and as fashionable caurch time drew ucar it fell thicker and faster, accompanied by achill, bimng wind where every breatn spokesin Vengeance dire against the votaries of the Goddess of fashion kad Waraed them to Keep within doors and console themscives ax best they could. As the reporter hurr. d along towards tte Church of the Diving Paternity, with his overcoat buttoned up to hiscbin and his hat siouched over his eyes as a bar- rieragaiast the pelling storm, he was somewhat eplivenca how and again 48 «he passed the palaces, which ja that) = neaghborhood do thickly abound, to hear tripping and sprightly nowes va pianos, and ip one instance even tue Sonud of « love ditty from a sweet female voice. Said (ue reporter, then, to bimsely, there will be litte or nothing to write about the ser- vices al the Churcd ofsthe Divine Paternity to-day, and congratulating himself with the prospect of | Short work and an early dinuer, he makes @ dash for thé church, and enters it just as a terrife gust of wind sweeps around the corner of Filth avenue and Forty-filth street, at the same me sweeping Dr. Chapin, with the aagilional uapcius of Lis fuli- blooded Lea of bays, up Co Lie suciue of Worship, Tuside there ts a look of gloom. The enureh is omy about one-thirdfilea. Chere gre only avout # dozen ladies in the pews, and ihere are DO Loilots worty of note. ‘The only (astionabiy sppeaitag individaal Wo be seen is the puliosopuer of tne Trioune, who ap. pears dieguised in 4 Span ueW Coat aad a clean Bhirt ‘The pastor, ou (aking his position at the reading des! appears to be seusibly affected by the paucity of hus cougregation, aud aller viewing the situation through his giasses durkly for @ minute or #0, opens the serviges 1n a subdued voice. At the appropriate period Ke kes bis text trom Mavinew, XXIL, 40:— “On these Lo commandments hang all the law eas the prophets. 1 preacher sald, 1@ reading the iuded his text, We found that 1% questious addressed to recorded certain Cheist by we J diaus having been tious, aud the Sadan probiew regarding tne . = ws, the Pharisees and the Hero- 1 by tus reply to their ques- a@ certain s by his reply & ction of thi of th Kev, Father Hewitt i# at present in charge of the parist. Attached to the church is @ semipary, in which a ber of young men are in course of traming for the* Priesthood, The Puulists contemplate at an eariy day to extend the fleld of their labora, They are about andertaking the education of young boys, aud the reformation and support of others wae may have strayed away from the paths of virtue, * High Mass was celebrated yesterday forenoon, by Rey. Father Deshon, with marked solemnit; A procession of priests, shudents and acolytes slowly moved from the sacristy, and after ort pause took places within lie sanctuary. As tie ceremonies proceeded it was observable that the Bathers we wowict im paying deference to one another. choir, under the ditection of Protessor Bverlardi, | cousisis of over twenty volunteers, It is well watned and very effective. The sermon, from we Moapei of the day (Matthew Xvi, 1, 4), was preacncad by Rey. Father Hewit. The eloquent speaker, re- ferving to the text in whieh i mentioned tliat Jesus took th} of Tis disciples, Peter, James ane John, up into a mountain and was there iruis- formed in their presenoe, dwelt upon the aficavy vf prayer, Whicd i #0 powerlul as to storm the very citadel Of heaven, aud moves the just and mercial | (dod to consider OOF umerous “aud continually recurring Offences with leniency—*4sk and you iwi revuve.) Here we ave aD mvilaton Ww ab Was tien akaed by ag commandment. fie said, “It ts that tho shall love the Lord wy Gud with all thy feart and with alt toy streugth aud with all thy mind.) And on this bung the suppiemental commandment, “hou shall love thy veigubor as tayseit’ Now, there stoou the principle ou Which CoriGanity rested; and, although the terms vi this prineipie Were ianuhiar Lo us, it did not (allow t we fully uuderstouu Its scope meuping. tuem vo consider the cormprene Christian priveipic. it migte ti the sigaificance of tue lawyer's question and our Savious’s reply thereto, when we learued that the Rabbis were'at that time much given to the discus- Blue Of Luc relative characteristics aud meaung of the commandiueuts, Ava Che Jews Had one hunared and thirty-#ix requisitions out of which Lo select. Possibly, tlerefore, the lawyer taought our Saviour wouid be embarrassed ia aosweruy that question. But Jesus Corist did not maké any distiaeuos in He did not consider the taw as a and mululorat lot of precepts and pro- hibitions, but He treaced i asa principle, Upow tits pwiext, ien, buug vot only what the an- cient Jews may wave considered binding om them, bur all tue conditions of life aad duty Which oecurred in out Own experience now. 1D view of iis truth we were preciuded from making any distincnon as to grea: or small. Hus man Jaws, setuing up a standard aud tun poruiona' might 2 the Divine Inw deciared U point Was guilty or ali, “Vn gole hivaself with the Idea that uo has fuittiod al great duces and neg the small oves. Let him ask himselt whe her S occasions dul not some- tines furnish yreater priucipies than large ones. It was euater, He sad to be vircuous in soe grand theaire of aehon auidst tne dramane conditions of Publicity Chas amidst tne p scurlty and sorrow. It was easier lor MiAGy? by the Seale tha to conqu Duise Of fis OWn Whi, Like the which duigitt let ho man © ty sureouadings Of ob+ mau to be & OMe POLLY ims ream of water it ntate or roigot « trink, or it cu the Nee amity dtd ne tinent. nsed book of Ch yie Uhat might t aise It contained principles which ywhere, AG 80, Clipse note and detaued code, bul {inspires hin WILL & law-making pe ‘The revereud preaeber closed his reaa slon to Clie ouLWard semuiauces of reugion WI characterized many people ta this word Warblug fis hearers against falling i grieyous error. ALL SAINTS’ CHURCH, Depeadence Upen ibe Providence of i iacourse by the De. Corneille The Church, tis Orgenizntion and Con Yesterday, the second Sunday m Lent, was ob served at (Bis churcn, corner of Henry and Seammes streete, in accordance withthe ritual prescriped vy the Protestant Episcopal body, whieh is most exe acting upod pastor and congregation at thes season. A large attendance was present, despite the cheer Jeas aspect Of tie weather, distingnistable among whom were many representatives of the oid famies kooWn and respectad on the east mide of the eity from time aimost tmmemorial. vunctually at hali-past ten o'clock the morn+ Ing service commenced, at the conciuston of which the respected pastor, Rev. Dr. Cornetiie, asceuded the pulpit and preacned a truly eloquent sermon, taking hi# text from Deuteronomy ul, §— “Man Goth not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth oat of the mouth of the Lord.” ‘Tbe reverend preacher #ald:—AN things might be in their uses good, but enthasiasn might develop Into Insubordination or excitement lead to divorder. Aguinst these (eurptations Moses wished to guard, In calling to mind how God ha Jed the child aei forty years in the wid meas, leeding them with manda. The Israelites did not live by mun but by tae Word of God, who direcied th This was the less the great t wied to teach Inracl ere he forev it was that of datiy d: providence of God. There w m1 Lawgiver and lyoph Was taken away pendence upon anoiaor even! in Scripture metory to whieh the text called atieation. When the Lord ad = conipleted = is forty = duya’ = prepara- in the wilderness, and bis liuwoene nature ing for Want of foodthe tempter ap- vive, ofering bread, but bem 8 weil 4s wan, he couldtad did suspend the laws of nature. Ju this double character he had giveu shrht to che blind aod jearimg lo the deaf, as he hac, performan, his first wiracle, turned water info wiue, and fed nruititides with a few loaves and fishes, Phere was & COINMON Saying that necessity knew no jaw, aod upon this the devil based Mis suggestion to Saviour. Bat as He was sustared #0 Khou, man be when vompted, He even refused work a mae us his owe vehi, end