The New York Herald Newspaper, March 14, 1870, Page 4

j | } noe the words of Moses in rebuking Saten, low often tn business or pecuntary dealing was not the devil tempting man and whispering specious counsel Wo argue Wrong doing! Tran Reeninn of this kind was caused by Weakness of faith tn God's providence, The speaker gianced at another aspect Of the subject, He said man was naturally sanguine; be trusied in his, own resources while all thggs went well with him, and cared not fdr the future. How did he know tiat gil things would be ever thus prosperous with bim? All should be pariakers of that bread which comes dowa from heaven and which isthe germ of ule Mm the soul, That brea’ which is distriputed by man to man and to the faith. ful couveys the spiritual presence of the eternal God, our Lord, ‘The pastor conctuded with a truly elogueut peution that God would feed his people ‘wilh the bread of lue, Whose elements would sus. tain the sinking spirit aad impart a vital energy that could never dite, Ali Saints’ church embodies a very old congrega- wou. They organized in 1523, and worshipped to Grond street, between Pill and Sheri. The present structure was erected in 1825, Dr, Clarke waa the first pastor, following Whom successively were Dra, Haight, Ligenbrodt, Fiugg, Barclay and the present popular Incumbent, Rey. samuel J. Corneiiie, The property i3 assessed at $75,000, and is clear to the ebureh corporauy thouga Trinity church has ge upon it for $14,000. ‘his claim 1s , a8 ‘Lriuty bas never even demanded tor principal: but, ou the contrary, give abundance $3,500 annually to nurture the nussionary lavor of All Saints’. CHURCH OF THE NEW JERUSALEM. in. the Seal=Discourse by Chauncey Giles. At tne Chureh of the New Jerustiem, mm Thirty. Ofth street, near Lexington avenue, there was & good ationdance yesterday morning, notwithstanding the storm. ‘This was doubtless to be atcriguted to the fact (vat tue pastor of the church, the Rey. Chaun- cey Giles, is delivering a series of disconrses Sanday mornings whose general subject ws “Heaven (pon Rarth."” * The special topic yesterday was “Heaven in the Soul.” Ther nd" speaker Cook for his text Luke Xvu., 20th and 21st verses, “Tue Kingdom of God cometh not with observation: neither shall they say Lo here! or lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God 4s within you.” He commenced his aiscourse by saying that in these divine words our Lord teaches us thal we ure not Lo look abroad to outward things, to external gonditions of society and earth! y posses sions, for heavenly peuce and biessedness. ‘The king- dom of God does not consist in outwara show, tu splendor of rirnal, in strength of organization, tin greatness of numbers, We cannot point to any or- ganization of men upon the earth and say, Lo there Hearea Rev. 28 the kingdom of Godlto the exciusion ot ali others. 1t°13 not an e siasticism, The king- dow of God is within » wud if it is noe vhera it w not for as anywhere. We are not to look forward to the spirtiuat world and say, Lo! there only 18 heaven. J must wait until 1 pass through the gate of ceath before £ enter the biesse of eternal fife.” The gates of pearl which open to the glories and blessedness of eternal lite are within us, ‘The kingdom of heaven must be Zound within us belore we canenter it. His arse point of inquiry was, What is a kingdom? ‘he an- sWer was iilustra mm aiferent way he word has various wean ais the territory and people gov When appled to the material world it denot of the provinces of nat When appli e3 One re, as the mineral, vege- table and anna King: Tn a universal sense & Kingdom cowprises-al ine snbstances, forms, acuyi- ipies which compose any province of " 1, Spiritual or natural, ‘The kingdom of 1 is formed of all the principles and qualities oF the divine nature, and Witch, cmunatiing from Him ag their inimite source; have become embodied ju the spiritual and ihe =~ material ani verse. ‘Those pineiples constitute heaven. Where they exis! there 18 heaven; Where they are wanting heaven ts not. Man is a umcrocosm. In ms nature 2 Lord sembodied all tne forms, substances, ivities Rud principles of the material and splrit- ual universe. Ali the principles of color, form and Night are in the eye. Sve eye 18 the kingdom of Ught; it is formed to ali its wodsications; it is the embodiment Of ts principles, ius mous and sub- stances, ‘Lhe Kingdom of light is, therefore, within the material body. In the same tanner the ear 18 the kinydorm of sound and of all harmony. All gen- sation is Wibin us. ‘There is none without us. We cannot say, Lo here! or lo tiere! ‘The Lord has em- bodied in our physical nature all the substances, forms aod principies of the outward world. Ac. cording to the same method and tne same law the Kingdom of God, whieh 4s lormed by all the principles of Tis love and wisdom. 18 within us, embodied in our spiritual natures, ‘The wii ws the kingdom of the diyine iove; 14s formed tor its reception as the eye 13 formed tor the reception of 1 Io is the Uo bodimeni*o! ts principles and ‘Tae em- dersianding 13 Kingdom of the divme truth, 1s formed for tis 1 Jon and by tt. ‘ius, tn utr iwWo greai divisions of the humau miad, tie Lor embodied in germinal forms all the principles of 1s own. being man can know and love. ‘Lacs? two possibillues constitute his true humbnity; vier ave the tage and itkeness of God in niin; ue Wue spiritual and heavenly kingdom, Which the Lora seeks to develop in orderiy aud eud~ less Variety and falness forever. These kingdoms v formed im man. ‘There is uo love aid no no joy and peace out of him, Having these ex Within alm, the question of the greatest men! 18, how are they to be developed / kingdom to be extended? iow are we into the aciual possession of their spiritual ? All analogy, ali huinan experi- revelations otf ‘Sac! Scriptures ‘he Kingdom of heaven ts formed wichin natures, as the kingdom of scnsation 13 fortwed In our material bodies, “‘Vhe Lord gives us the germ of every lacuity, and the power to exercise il The kingdom of love, embracing all the provinces * of the anections, can ouly be established and de- veloped by loving. We must jove the Lord aud our Wemust exercise thes affections. in heart will become puritied and expand, sending tis atlections like the roouets of a iree, and growing by 1s own action. The kingdom of the mnteliect is formed by learning ual teen, The understanding IS the spire, which 18 the Kingdom of spiritaal ibe trata, AS We learn the truths rd las reveaied tu us in His Word, and iiem our own by @ life according to them, tne dom of God 1s formed and extended Within us as"t Kingdom of scence is formed im the mind of the natural piuosopher. ‘Thus we sce that the whole Kingdom of heaven can be embodied inevery Kaman veing. 16 18 a subline truth, and shows the ima meusurabie greatness of iau’s pal ud the inti nite love and wisdom of the Lord, Lord iinited hiimsei! to m He guve him a nature capable of receiving I fe ine 3 fur ¥ she more we exere! vi 2 deep fuser they beeou more we learn tne more our capacities for Knowledge increase and ter wnable litt beyond wuich tke toma nness beyond the cd being, All tue the aphocence, purity, igh Ui supreme har- mony m heaveu be gathered into the kingdom of love ux every human peart: ail the "ght and power and glory of tie divine trath which tils the heavens with splendy: nd reveals Lo eve AMEE 1 nt Attainment ot BITeNgLD and glow ot love oeace and blessed) meiiods and vodived in thie vy posst- Let jes, orde How ud 2 bilities! How meuly Nas the Lora endowed us! us be diligent and faithful in Uhe*use of the me entrusied vo us to estamush ay dom within 1 ‘The discour: e wus lisiened Lo with yuarked atten- on Phe special topic for next Sunday Was announced as “Heaven in the (ome, and (ben, with amnging and benedichon, the services were prowght wd close. ST. JOHN'S PROTESTANT EFISCOPAL CHURCH. ‘The Churchy thy Church Soc Weston, ‘The services at this time-honored tempie, located tu Varick street, yesterday, were not alone appro- priate to the present season of Lent, but would be equally edifying, and profitable at any Subbath or the year. Nor did the weather, inclement though it was to an extreme degree, have much if any visible effect upon Whe numbers or respectability of tue cone gregation, Toilets were ¢ july more sombre tinted than they are when tue sun shines brightly or the wings biow Jess rudely. Warm wrappiug and close equipages were the order of the day; yet though without all was unewinsoriable, once inside the sacred edilice a pleasant temperature aud agree- able surroundings soon begat @ Mental as wo aa bodily equaviluy not at all detractive from deep reli gious devotion, ‘The morning services were celebrated by the | 8. H. Weston, D.D., assisted vy Rev, Wiliam H, cher, the Music and the Dr. Pre iew—Dincourse by Rev. Cooke, A. M.and Rey. Alvan Wiswall, the regular, clergymen attached to the church. Dr. Weston preached, taking jits text from the {40sh Psalm and fourth verse—‘For there 1s wercy with ‘Thee, there- Jove shalt Thou be feared.’ He said that to some ininds, perhaps, the sentiments of mercy and fear were here irreconcilable. Why did God's mercy cause fear? If a father were cruel to an erring cuud, that were good reason why the child snould fear the father, but i on the con. trary whe facner were full of mercy, and coustantly offering that boon why siould Me be feared? ‘fhe fear of the Lord was the beginning of wisdom.” Mercy implied transgresaiou, but love forgiveness, The love of our heavenly } prot. fered pardon through the merits of His Son, and only by a reliance pon the Saviour could men Lope for delverance irom fear. Without this leve of the Redeemer man would be like the fallen gugels for whom there was no hope through all the sgos of ‘kneas. God was just, but justice left mo ruom for forgiveness. The Unitarian asked why the for mercy, if atoucment nas been miwic? NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MARCH 14, 1870.~TRIPLE Tf the creditor has had his due, why any further satisfaction? Man must show himself worthy Christ's atonement by asking for it in repentance for sin, God gave bis only begotten Son Jor man’s re- demption, and in doing 40 He taxed almost His omnipotence. God would not have paid a heavier ransom than was necesasury—the greatness of sin enhanced God’y mercy. The only sia which would not be forgiven was a sin against the Holy Ghost, but we were told that through the merits of the Saviour, ‘though our sins were red as crimson they shovld pe as wool.” As men grew more’ holy they became more peni- Tent, and only through Christ’s sacrifice could we hope for mercy, because the pleading of Calvary would alone avert the thunders of Sinai. - Man must accept or reject God's mercy. | He could not be neu- tra, He might appeal irom his Maker's power te His justiee, bub Mnally mercy was the last resort. ‘The preacher closed with un exhortation of power- ful effect. Hf men persisted, when the spirit was pleading withim them, if they threw aside the Cross, then must they abide the issue, for otherwise there Was no atonement [or Siu. i ‘This admirable discourse by turns denuncla- torysdidatic and colloquial. There was eloquence with flne declamation, and teaching simply menl- cated, Throughout the witoie sermon & most earnest: piety characterized the reverend speaker. and deep convieton rried to the hearts of his hearers, During the service the following choral accompant- meats were rendered:— ie vessional, seventy-three Hymn: ui z +e Ancient and Modern ‘Tallis orlan Gregorian German Chorale Benedictus Vrat Sixt Responses to Cu Hyman Bixtleth, Recessional, se a " ry Dr. Pech, the organist, directed the full choir, con- sisting of tienty-tive, men and boys, among the lat ter of whom was distinguishable a voice of almost Tull soprano compass, The schools atiached to te, church, number over 2,600 ehildren, under tne severat classiti¢ations Kuown as Cerman, industrial and colored, ‘The industrial clas# ts saperintendea by Miss ©, A, Butler, the juveriie musical by Mrs, Antvew Leguat. The Dorcas Soctety of St, John’s is civected by Mrs. Lydig, and distribute quarterly jarge quantities ef clothing and other coraforts to tue poor of the surrounding locality, ST, PAUL'S CHAPEL. Trmity Parinh—Discourse by Rev. Dix, DO. DeeLenten Services. At St. Paul's chapel yesterday the sermon was de- livered by Rev, Morgan Dix, rector of Trinity Parish, He sald— Without the formality of a text propose to ‘give some plain pracucal instruction on a subject concerning’ which the clergy are much con- sulted. Lents @ season of practical devotion—a ume when we should draw near to God both in pub- lic and vate prayer. Now, 1t is one of the hardest Kiulogs tmaginabie to keep the mind tlxed during prayer, and many are very anxious on this subject, fearing (hat they are in stich & state of sinfulness ag will bring some severe judgment upon them. Now, I do not itend in what L say to excuse wrong doing, bat Mf anything can be said in favor of hi many surely it were well to say It, for #t the best we have a weary load to carry. Now all sins are not of the sae grade, Our Jord spoke of the sin against tie Holy Ghost as having no torgivness, thus implying that for other sins there Js torgivness; and Common sense sigws that sims which are dove wiih deliberation are graver than those which are, la a great extent, in- voluntary; and of this number 13 the sin of wander- ongais In prayer, In extenuation of this two 23 MAY De said—First, 1t is not possible to keep ihe mina iixed upon a subject tor any length of time, and secondiy, the mind can carry on at the same lume several operations entirely discouected with cach over. How long a0 you suppose you can keep ihe mud fixed vpou any subject without the least wandering’ Not wore than five seconds, unless you master of tue art of self-abstraction. The com- piete abstraction of the mind is not its normal siare; when 2 man is in this state we say he is absent. «minded; but we shouid have our wits about us—not mm the clouds. Again, ie mind ts remarkable for 1ts power of carrying On several trains of thought wholly uncoonected—the reasoning and -Tetlective faculties may be working at she same time, One may be listening to a discourse and at the same tine Morgan be counting the zigzag tines in the car- and yes not lose » single word, Such is the action of the mind not simple but complex, and it 1s not so much a “duticuit miatier to Keep the thoughts froin wander- ing 1 prayer as itis an impossibility, Surely, then, tts 18 sin of infirmity. Are we, then, to remain passive, allowing our thoughts to take what course they will? By no means. We are to do what we ck and direct them, There are two reme- n We may apply to this fault, The first 1s special, the second general, First, then, during prayer we sre to Keep a constant watch and recall our thoughts whenever we find them wandering; to throw all tie Carnestness we can into some part of the servic i Nake that a specialty. Wut the only way to overcome this fault 1s to lead an upiformly golly life, to constantly direct their thoughts to- wards God, and then on special occasions we shall not have the same diMculty in directing and con- trolling them. St, Pauls chapel, built In anti- revolutionary days, 1s the special pride of the rector ‘ol Trinity, who oltictates bere, Jeaving Ola Trinity to his assistant, Dr. Francis Vinton, and the beanti- tol chapel on Twenty-tith street to Dr. Swope. Dunne Lent there ure 81x sermons delivered in tus eluapel weekly—on Sundays, Wedaesdays and Fri- «lays. CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH. ‘The Public Schools and thy Bible—Hands O1— Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Hepworth, The attention anu appreciativeness which charac- terize the targe and fashionable assemblage usually present at the services in the Charch of the Messiah were fully tilustrated last evening by the crowded congregation that thronged tne handsome edifice, After the preliminary exercises the Rev. Dr. Hepworth preactied a ser- mon, taking ms text from St Paul's First. Kpistie to the Corizthtans, xvi., 15:—“Quit ye like men.” The reverend gentleman commenced by sayiug that the governments of Karope were based upon and protected by muscle and bayonets, while une government of Atnerica, on the other hand, was based upon and prot by brains and heart. The ecessity of moral e ion then was easily seen, ‘freedom and virtue were born of the same mother and rocked in the same cradic. That fact had been noved by est statesmen from Patrick Henry to De uster. li was oftentimes said that there cognition gof God in our consti- tution. ft would be remembered that when Thomas Jefferson presented to tue American Congress the Mrst draft of the Pectaration of Independence he nee whaiever to God, and that the ue deliberation, inserted the tivo ‘Appealing to the Supreme Judge of world for the — rectitud of our in- dd, second, “That a firm relt- ed on the proteciion of divine Nearly every State that had since Jaton had had in its preamble e lollowing being generally user hty God for civhy, political, and rei We were thus committed as a people ous as well as tosecular education. No man entered upon ai oflice of any Maportunce without solemnly declaring his futh i the Aimighty. In our collegt ri of Ihe scheme of education consisied ot text books upon religious matters. Paley’s “Byidences of Christianity’? and Wayland’s “\oral Betence” w taught in every academic institution of this ry. (pour common schools it was the custom be e the exercises of the day to reada portion of te Bib and to make a prayer. This education in reugtous matters was wholly ansec- tarian. No'sec n teacher would be considered qualified (or taat rexpousibie position, Thus it was tried to iniuse into Lhe minds of the young 4 sense their moral a8 well as of their political obligaung, After dilating upon the subject of the necessity of a religious education the Kev. Dr. He p- worth continu: Now, who asks us to take the Bible out of the schools? Are the men who are most Americanized, who are most influential, who are besi educated’ No; they are persons who have come from the oppressive Jaws and customs of. the old country. and who have fonnd @ home in our republic. To republican Institu- ons they owe all they have. Too often they have been_clotl prematurely with American citi- zenship. It nas, infortunatety, happened that many @ man, fresh from the monarchies of Europe, has, within twenty-four pours after he arrived, by the chicanery of politicians, been empowered to vote, Indeed, this attempt 1s wade by what ts vermed the dangerous element of our American society, 98 well as the uneducated element, If you ask me what their neture 18 the answer is piain enough. Js It situply to get the Bible out of the schools Wil! they be satisfied f we substitute Catholic Bibs insteaa of the one now in use? Will they be? satisiied if we use prayers of their own making? No. The truth is that they propose to undermine the public school system. They have organized @ fight and Americans must meet it bravely and squarely, We have taken them mto our polltical house, if they tell us that a tree intercepts their DP viston we wilicut it down. If they tell us that the house 1s too small we will butld it larger; but if with pick hand theytry to sap the foundation of our Dutlding, it 1s time that we spould be up and doting. (hey tei ud that their plea 18 one of conscience. reapoct conscience as Much aa any Man; but if their conscience is In our Way Why did they come to this } country at all? If they cannot accord with the Spirut of our institutions they have no right en our Sores, [‘ask whose conscience is troubled? Is ff thatof the poor man whose children are in our public schools? No, Is it that of the priest, Who gives him his spiritual lessons from Sunday tu Sunday? No, Is it that of the archbishop, Who controls the ecclesiastical aifairs: No; tt rather that of the Head of the Church, who neither knows anything of nor cares anything for republi- can Institutions, My doctrine 18 simply this:—I say to all the oppressed of Europe, Come to our country, for we have acres enough ior you all; use our inati- tutions for your own development ana for that of your children; batdo not attempt to aesiroy what we hola 80 dear. And my only motto 14 Wus--Our public schools and our btbie—janasa off! SECOND AVENUE METHODIST CHURCH. clusion of the Bible from Public Schools Dangerous to Our Liberties.—Sermon by Rev. W, C. Steele. ‘The Second avenue Methodist piscopal churca, at (ho Corner of Second avenue and 119th street, LA & plain, but neat and substantial church edifice. Among its cungregation are some of the wealtitest people in Harlem, the attendance ts usually large, and the preaching by its present pastor, Rev. W. C. Steele, spirited and eloquent. He follows in none of the old ministerial rats, out takes up bis topics and handles them with true vigor of logic as well as brilliant energy of eloquence. His subject last even. ing was the “Exclusion of the bible from Public Schools Dangerous to Our Liverues,” and having given previous nottfication to this effect, the church jast evening, notwithstanding the untoward weather, was yes weil Miled. Ax the basis of his theuic the reverend speaker an- nounced as his text the two passages respectively recorded in Join xvit, 17—-'-Thy word ts trati,” and John vill, 32—"Ye shall know the truth, and the trath shalt make you free.” He started with the propost- tion that God's word is the world’s emancipator, and that nations aud individuals are free or tn bond- age proportionately as it 18 accepted or rejected, THE WATER STREET MISSION, Prayers and Manifestations In the Dog Pit— A Convert-Kit Bur Next Door—Pheous Cries tar Mercy—A Home for Females, At the afternoon service on yesterday in the new mission yooms on Water street there was an un- usually small attendance of the brethren, owing to the inclemency of the weather, Rev. Mr./ Boole, the pastor of the mission, was absent, but his place wes well filled by Brother Litile, a member of the con- gregation. The nelghborhood, which is ever unti- viting, was particularly so on yesterday, asthe Wayfarer had to avoid not only the slums and rata Of the negivcted street but had to bring into requt- sition especial skill and caution to enable him to ,Steer clear of the ciout of snowballs that were di- rected towards the heads of those who appeared bent on devotion from the hands of the hatutucs of the adjacent nios. The Williamsburg party did uot attend in force, and the audience was mainly composed of women from the surrounding districts. Of the male portion of the congregation little can be said more than that those who cradied the institu- tion were on hand, and enthusiastically pressed for- ward the movement with a genius, an cye to the workings of grace and s knowledge of the stages of religious effervescence that do them much credit, The services consisted of prayer, siogmg and the disclosures of manifestations made by the Spirit during the past week. Brother Little took the rostrutn in the absence of the pastor and having in- plored the Divine blessing on the ralssion and on its Iriends and supporters, he prayed that before the services closed Heaven might deign to send them & master of ceremonies, He said, Let no man fear a man, let po mau praise @ man, but may we this day catch sight of a spirit tuat will guide us through lite. A vase of natural flowers which were placed on a uesk before him appeared to possess a peculiar attraction, and the eyes of the brother constantly turned towards them as though they wielded sone hidden supernatural power. The brother stated thi a8 tuey had no pastor to minister to heir souis to- day he trusted that some brother or sister would kneel in prayer. brother Smith mamediately fell on bended kuets and besieged Heaven in a supplication Which lasted fifteen minutes. ‘Thus brother 1s some forty-five years old, and 18 one of the original Jaborers in the mission, but combats with the enemy of mankind do not appear to have told on the equanunity of hia temper. He sai We can make tills =mecting more profitable and peasant than if Rev. Brother Boole was pre- sent. (Cries of “Amen.’?) May we learn to jook away from man. Our Lord promises never to cisregard the prayers of those who appeal to hin; but the ery for mercy is not the ery of may: the cry is yea, yea and amen. We have come togetner to worship aud not to gratify our senses mereiy, May Cod make us his servants to-day and heirs to salva- tion, Lord help the people to pray and testily What God has done for them. (Groans of “0 Lord.) Brother Little here stated that no person would be allowed longer than five minutes to make @ mani- festation, unless the spirit spectaily directed tt, ta which evens he stated that an unction wonld pe im- parted to the soul Of the bellevers that would make Une yume pass without their koowledge. ‘The bro~ ther then said that if any one present desired ine prayers of the church he should stand up. Three of the females present stood up, and the brother, in broken tones cried out, “Bless yeu iny cuildren, and tay the Lord help and guide you, and if there iy anything the matter with our pastor, O Heavenly Father! protect him, O Lord! we are all fost sheep gone astray. Let some one pray for tose Who rose.” Sister Smith then arose and in a feeling and tervid manuer prayed that the “berrenness of pride might never rise between them and their souia.” She sald:—We will ail be saved. The sister was some- what disconcerted during her prayer by a set-to of amateur performers Of the species canes, gouen up in ine yard of Kit Burns’ estabitsament, next door, A few of “tue boys,” who Happened to stroll ito the room during service, departed hastily at the first sound of hostiie demonstrftions, bul the mterrup- tion was of sbort duration, and the prayers of the sisier were seconded and her dogmas. ratified by vie meeting with loud ories of “Ameny” nder Hall, of Vernon, N. Y., told his ex~- perienc He thanked the Lord that he was with tunis people the frst time in his life. He had heard much of the movement, but was not prepared to meet such a flow of religious enthusiasa. Ee bad prayed for the success of the mission, and wouid pray forit. The spirit led him here to-day, and he wished that this people may lave no rest til they rest in the Lord. Mr. Wendell, of tne Albany Sunday Schooi Union, next uttered a few brief words of vestimony. During the years he lad labored in the vineyard of the Lord nothing had given him so much plea sure a8 the sight of a movement of this nature un- dertaken and prospering i the very centre of filth and iniquity. Sister Mary Haniford, the first and only convert of the Mission up to this time, “1 dropped into the Mission as a giri of the stre { stayed; L prayed; J got sick; | thought it was no use praying, that i had gone too far, and | sald so; Kev. Mr. Boole came to see me and J found the light breaking 1n around me, and now i know I am saved.” During this recital the audience burst forth In tears, suppht- cations and groans. Streams flowed down the cheeks of Brother Little amid eries of ‘Bless the Lord |” ‘The lips of females present, whose eyes were swollen and distorted Irom the debauchery of the previous night, were seen to inove in prayer, aud when the meeting had broken up some of thera still remained on thelr knees, apparently unconscious of the fact. ‘The rooms of the Mission are now prepared for the eplion of females and can alTog) accommodation bout twenty-five persons, and he inauagers ex. that wituin @ very short ‘iaw all avauapie ve will be iilled, MISCELLAHEOUS SEWVICES iW TWE SITY. On the principle that where two or three are gath- ered together for religions services the Lord 1s in their midst and therctore good and saiicient grounas for such services, there was yesterday tho usual nris- collany of reiigious exercises throughout the city additional to those reported above. Of course there Was an unusually sitm attendance at most. We give below an epitome of these miseellaneous services, At the Church of the Strangers—so called because this church is mayatalned specially for people of all Christan denominations visiing the — city— Rey. Bishop Meiyron preached in the morn- ing and Rey. Dr. Deews in the alng. Asermon On behalf of the Midnight Mission was preached last evening by Rey. Dr. George A. Thratl, Ascension, corner of Fifi avenue Right kK Bishop of New York, ad- ming the rite of conirma- tion ta the Church of St. Jol the Baptist, corner of Lexington avenue and Thirty-fftth street. Rev. Dre Dutin pr in the afternoon. There were the usual Sunday exercises at the Five Points Mission, Rev. J. M. Shaser preaching jn the morning and a variety of addresses to the children being given in the alternoon, In the Forty-second street Presbyterian church Rey. Dr. J. W. Schenck, of Pottsville, Pa,, preached yesterday morning and evening. Key, Dr. George Lb. Cheever preached yesteraay in the Westminster church tn Twentieth street. ia St. Peter's church, West Twentieth street, Rev, Dr. Beach preached yesterday morning. His subject was “Roman Error and Catholic Truth Concerning Infallipility.”? Rey, J. Mel yesterday, morning and evening, in St. Paul's Ke- formed Duich church, Fortieth sircet, vetween Fitth and Sixth avenues. ev, Dr. Price, rector, preached in the morning tn St. Stephen’s Episcopal church Home chapel, in Fast ‘Nwenty-ninth street, and Rev. Jostaa Weaver in the evening. In tue Church of the Holy Light, in Seventh avenue, near Tuirty-fourth street, the Rev, bean J. M. Forbes preached in the gorning, aud Kisiop Yotver in the evening, Rev. William UH. Pendicton preached morning ana evening in the West Fitty-tnitad strect Baptist church. Rev, Andrew Longacre delivered @ sermon to Young men fast evening tn the hail of the Young Men’s Guristian Association, corner of 'twenty-vird street and Fourtn avenue, At the Emanuei cuurch, and Fifty-ninth street, Rev. preached yesterday morning. ‘{wosermons, morning and evening, Ww in the Jonn street Methodist church by Corbett, the pastor. Miss Emma Harding held forth morning ana evening at the Everett Rooms, Detoro the Society of 2 gressive Spiritualists. Where is Paradise ?” wag the subject of an after- Noon discourse by Bishop Snow in ihe New York University chapel. . ‘Phe Chareh of the Puritans, worshipping in the hall corner of Broadway and Twenty-eughta sirees, was preached to yesterday morniag by Kev. Dr. Cheever. Rey. Dr. RS, Foster preached morning and even- dng in the St, Luke's Methodist Kpiscopai ¢uurca in Forty-first:street, near Sixth avenue. Tae pulpit of the Plymouth Baptist church, in Pifty-firse street, between Nuith and Teuth avenues, was occupied yesterday morning tnd evening by Kev. Dr. Wescott, ‘The subject iu thé morning was the “First Psaun,” and ia the evening, “Saving Faith." “Prue and False individuality’ was the sabject of 4 sermon delivered yesterday morning 10 brevoort Hall by Rev. &. M. Bellows. In the eveuing he preached on the “Perua ot Light aad Darkness uw Religion Compared.’ There waa & miasionary meeting with various Ad- Nellan Holmes, of Hudson, preached orner of Third avenue jeorge E, Powell, rector, preached . Win. Pe Cresses last evening, in tno Trinity Baptist church, corner of Fitty-secona street and Third avenue. Io the Hall of the Histortcal Society, corner Second avenue and Eleventh street, was held the usual Sun- asy exercises, Kev, George 5, Chambers preaching morning and eveaing. Rey, Dr. i. D. Anderson preached in the morning ae afternoon in tho First Baptist chacch, Park enue. At the Presbyterian Church of sea and Land, corner of Market aud Henry streets, Rev. Edward Hopper preached mornfng aud evening, Rev. Dr. Eaton, by request, repeated yesterday morning, at Saint Clement's church, in Amity, near Macdongal street, bis sermon on *“fue Church of the Javing God.'* At the Lexington Avenue Methodist Eptscopal chureb, corner of Filty-second street, Rev. M. Stratton preached last evening on the subject of “Profanity.” There were services morning and evening in the free chapel of St. Chrysostom, corner of Seventh avenue and Thirty-ninth street. At the Trinity Parish Free Chapel of St. Augustine, in the Bowery, near Houston street, there was preaching morning and evening by Rey. J. B.C. Keanchbien, ‘The mae of the evening sermon was “Temptation and Evil.” Under the auspices of the New York Port Society there Was preaching yesterday morning and evening by the Rey. i. D, Murphy xs the Mariners’ ehurcn, corner of Madison and Catharine streets, Services were likewise held at the Missions, cornenof Water and Dover streets and at No. 27 Greenwich sirect, “The Atonement” was the subject of a sermon delivered last evening by Rev. W. W. Conkiing at the Kutgers Presbyterian Churcb, corner of Madison avenue aud ‘'wenty-niath sirect, BROOKLYN (CHURCHES, PLYMOUTH CHURCH. A Small Attendance=-History of the Church and Ite Officers--A Sermon on the Humor. ous Side of Human Misery—Beecher-fike Hilustrations, ‘There was no crush of eager worsnippers yester- day morning at Plymouth chureh. The ushers had an easy task in finding sittings for the strangers, for many of tne pew-owners did not. put in an appear- ance, and the result was that, after tne entire con- gregation was accommodated, there were a good inany empty pews—certainly an unusual event in the history of this church when Mr. Beecher preaches, This was, of course, attrioutable to the wintry storm, for the tnclemency of the weather kept many away who were unable to encounter the stormy blast of snow, slect and wind. Plymouth church congregation 13 not a local congregation, made up of residents who are within the sound of the tolling of the belt. They come from every part of the city, and also from the neighboring city of New York, magnetized to a regularity im at- tendance by Mr. Beecher’s eloquence and his earnest enunclations of Gospel truth. ‘his fact in the make- * up of thts church and congregation is one of very signiticant interest to those amongst the number who have grown up with the growth of the church, To thoughtful men, who have ts future interes: at heart and who look at it occastonatly from the hus man standpoint of looking before and, after invoives the question us to the future of this church wiea Mr, Beecher is no longer the pastor, and is removed either by indronty of body or mind or by death. By the Spell Of his great powers be holds this vast congre~ gation in hand, but that he will leave a legacy of disruption to those who follow after Nia is thor. oughly believed by those who know best the hetero- genous elements that compose the multitade wo listen to bi Sunday alter Sunday, Ib may therefore be usefol to take this op- portunity im this connection of giving a Short summary of the rise aud progress of & charch that fills 80 large & space tne mind of the reli- gious world, and the future of whicn is fraught with anxions thought to those who have the best right to have anxious thoughts about it. Piymouth church stands upon ground comprising seven lots. running through from Cranberry to Oranje streets. It was purchased in 1823 ot Jonn aud Jacob M. Hicks for the erection of an edifice for the use of “the First Presbyterian church,” The population of Brooklyn was then less than 10,000, It was regarded by cautious men us & hazardous enterprise, for the church was bulltm what was then cultivated flelds, and far out from the settiea, poruon of the village, though now in the densest part of Brooklyn Heights. Tue pastors who labored on this ground were Rev. Joseph Sandford, from 1823 to 1829; Liev. Damel L. Carroll, D. D., trom 1829 to 1835; Rey, Samuel UH. Cox, from 1337 10 1847, Whea the Presbyterian y built their present house of worship upon Henry sirvet. In 1846 Join 1. Howard, then a member of the Church of the Pilgrims in Brooklyn, Rev. R, $, Storrs, Jr., pastor, learning that the premises were for salo, obtained the refusal of them from the trastees at the price of $20,0.0, and consulted with David Hale, of the Tabernacle church, New Yor! 3 to the expediency of establishing a new Congregational church at this location. couraged by the promised support of Mr. Hale, Mr. Howard completed tue contract of purchase on June 11, 1848. Possession was given on the 10th of May, 1547, The first meeting of those interested in the establisnment of the new church was heid at the house of Henry ©. Brown, on Saturday evening, Muy 8, 1547, Toore were present David Hale, of New York; Ira Payne, John 1. Howard, Charles Rowland, David Grifin and Henry 0, Brown, or Brooklyn. it was there resolved “that religious services shall be.commenced, by Divine permission, cn Sunday, the 16th day of May;” aud on that morning, th 1847, the meeting house in Cranberry street was opened for religious worship. 4 Henry Ward Beecher, who was then pastor of the Second Presbyterian church in Indianapolis, had visited New York at this time, at the request of the American Home Misstonary Society, to make a pub. lic addregs at 118 anniversary. He was invited to preaca at the opening Of tils church, and accord- ingly preached, both m the morning and evening, to audiences which crowded every part of the build- ing. On Monday evening, June 14, 1847, the church by Auuantmous vote elected Henry Ward Beecher to be their pastor, On the 19h of August Mr. Beecher wrote from Indtanapolis accepting the pas- torate. On Sunday, the 10th of October, 1847, he commenced hts labors. In the morning the church Was about three-fourths fail, and entirely full in the evening. This continued to be the case for abgut four months, after which the building was gener crowded both morning and eventug. Krom the year 1849 to 1866 there was # frequent recurrence of revi- vais at the church and large aceesstons to the num ber of ils members, With a few exceptions, cgnze- quent upon ill healta, & visit fo Burope and a lectur- ing tour in behalf of the abolition of slavery, Mr. Beecher has labored steaaily at bia post since 1847, Jie hay a summer vacation every year, which gen- erally 14318 upon an average about six weeks. On the 15th of January, 1849, Plymouth church Was seriousiy damaged by fire, und it was decided that the church should be entirely rebuilt. The cor- ner stone of this editice was laid May 29, 1449, and the building was compieted so 29 to be occupyed by the congregation on the first Sunday of January, 1850. The church \3 105 feet long, 80 feet broad and 43 feet from floor to ceiling, and accommodates about $2,800 people. Lecture rooms and schooi rooms were also built, and the entire cost of the chorch was about $36,000 and the former about $13,092, In 1866 a new organ was purchased at an expense of $22,000, In 1853 the pew rents realized $11, and in 1869 about $535,000, The Bethel, in Mieks street, bas been built by the church at a cost of about $75,000. os on Sunday even-, ings, lectureg and a free reading room are a part of the agencies of this Bethel. It has done and 1s doing 8 asi amount o! good to the more negiecied pari of the population. It is rumored that some of the members of the churen are thinking of organizing movetnent for a new Bethel in another part of the etty. In view of ail these facts Plymouth church way be said to be a church In earnest. ‘The following are the names of the deacons upon whom, of course, the burden of this great work maiuiy rests:—Messrs. B. P. Jones, K. CO. Fisher, E. A. Graves, G. A. Hail, 8. B. Halliday, 0. B. Coomes, A. Hill, L, W. Manchester and W. F. West. Church Treasurer, 0. B. Coomes; Auditory Cominitiee, 1, Palmer ana A. Morrtu; Treasurer Deacon's Fund, K. C. Fisher; Clerk of the Church, Thomas G. Shear mau. Mr. Beecher’s subject yesterday morning was upon the duty of Christians trusting in God, Toundea upon the last clause 1 the sixth chapter of the.Gospe! of Si. Matthew—‘“Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereol’’—and was a very earnest, elo- quent discourse, presenting so forcibly the humor. ous side of human misery that the strangers laughed outrignt and the more experienced hearers smiled and smothered their hilarity. From the nineteenth to the thirty-fourth verse of this chapter Mr. Beecher said the Master bad laid down a chart of fe that every man would do well to follow, In te was true phitosophy as well as Christian truth, for the man who follow it would, on economic ren sons, be likely tO succeed, a3 Success Was measured even on earthly principles. He then commented upon the modern spirit of enterprise, the large de- miand tt made upon the energies of men, and more especiatly so in America. In this country every man feels that he {3 destined to be somebody tn life. Every boy was taught to believe that he might be- come President, civil Justice, or something else. Any man who had not this spirit of enterprise was deemed to be mean-spirited; such a man was born of poor parents, he was contented with his position, was happy; but such a nian was deemed unfit to be in the whirl of the progress of civilization. You tell men thay ‘they are not to lay up treasures on earth,” and they do nos understand it; uf they ao they do not believe it, In the cariter days of the history of society there were nos such lange demands male upou life. Now the world has become very = much lke @ treadmill. Formerly we wheel went round very slowly, and jmen cong keep ‘step on it very easily, but row the wi went round so rapidly tha required all the powers of @ man to keep up. Thet there was the great puantoim of keeping Up appearances—one of the greatest hum- bugs of the present day. What was it to keep up appearances? Why, it was to bring out that which ‘was worn With dust and moth eaten for their friends vw gave atand to be envious abont; it was a life of fraud inatead of sincerity. Then men looked for excitement instead of joy. Excitement came from the exercise of phe senses, but joy came from the development of that which was spiritual. There ‘was @ spark of humor in the proverb, ‘Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto bm atature,’? Bir. ar. with wondrous mimiary, SHEET. ace te Oe te te Durtrayed a five fect two man trying to m=? Blin- Self appear a six foot man, ‘tof ‘The reverend gentieman then showed the 1% 4 men anticipating he troubles of to-morrow inst. Of being sausfled with the troubles of to-day, He never mes a man who could not get through the troubles of a single day; but then tt was the future that bothered nim. ‘The cure was thna found in an active life. He (Mr, 8.) was always glad when Vacation was over aud tue term time began; glad to Ret Out of the pasture into the haruess; but then he Was glad also when the time came to throw oil the barness and get into the pasture. (Laughter.) Men es that they had quite enough to do to at- tond %© their secular industries, their spiritual con- Victions and a@ life of venevoicnce. The trouble of most men was that they were not content, A man who had formeriy lived in a three story’ brown stone front house bad come to live In a two story frame house, His carpels were comely ooking, and he complained that people uid Dot come to seé him. He Knew he was a king's Son; he knew that he had all the bieskeduess of » good tnan’s lite; he had wn inheribance that was incor. ruptible and thar fadeth not away; he had a crown awaiting.him by and by, but he had not a brown stone front, (aughter.) Well, it was best for men to live in two story trame houses sometimes, A Triend of his, Mr. B., Was persuaded not to speculate in stocks, and so the man thought he would enter ia a book the speculations that he would have indulged ju had he not acted upon the advice of his friends; arid When he would bave invested one bundred do}- lara in this or that stock he entered it down, and when he came to foot the account upat the end of the time he should have been bankrupt three tiwes over, A number of illustrations were given of this discontent, and amongst them one trom Mr, Beecher’s own experience in the West when he used to cross rivers on horseoack. He had a constitu- tional dread of fords, but it always bappened that when the ford had to be crossed it oniy took tne horse up to the kuees, and thea he was vexed with himself (or the imaginary fears. Me met with a maa this week who told bim that every night he said to himself, ‘Well, [ have done the best | could and f leave the rest wih God.” That was truly casting our care upon God. Im this spirit and with a num ber of beanuful illustrations Mr. Beecher concluded a very excelient discours ST. MARY'S ““STAR OF THE SEA” CHURCH. Sermon by Rev. Father Kiely—A Lonten Les- son-—The Parish and Parishioners. Despite the pelting hail and driving wind which prevatied yesterday forenoon ail tae Catholic churches were well flied at each of the masses, but at no house of divine worship tn Brooklyn was the requirement of the precepts of the Church better {n)- filled than was the case at St. Mary’s “Star of the Sea,” Court street, near Luqueer, Thither the de- votees, who for the greater part are humbie working people, flocked to the several services in great num- bers regardiess of tue discomfture of pedestrianism in exemplification of Catholic picty and zeal. ‘The edifice in question, Which 1s commodtoas and hanagome in its iaterior arrangements, was bullt by Bishop Bacon (now Bishop of the diocese of Port- land, Me.), in 1854, and was dedicated the foliowing year, It has been under the pasvoral cure of Rev. Eugene Cassidy since 1857, and the menwpers of the congregation have ever had cayse for mutual con- gratulation at the fortunate selection made by the heaa of the diocese mm thetr behalf. Two years ago be completed the fingst parochial schoolhouse th the city, Which school, adjoining the church, bas a daily average attendance of one thousand children. This latter structure and its benefils to the juvenile portion of the par mapy of whom were unadie to obtain room in tie Over-crowded public schools of South brookivn, forms io itseif a noble work of practical Curistianity in providing jor the education of the rising generation, Among the most prominent citizens, members of this cougrega- on. Who Were im attendance yesterday, were Mr. Le Marsh and family, Mr. Gibbons and family, Mr. Edward Sause and family, Mr. &. Kenny and fam- ily, Mr. S. K. Richson, Mr. Jonn Hughes and famtiy, Mr. B, Bogan, Dr. O'brien, Mr. O'Han- lon, Justice of the Peace; J. Deimar, Superin- tendent of the Poor; Thomas Foran, ex-Super- intendent, John Delaney, Mr. Henry Graham, Mr. D. Hart, Mr. M. Hickey ana others, Av the principal service, commenced at eleven o’clockK, mass was celebrated by the Kev. Father Goodwin, Whose vocal attainments, by the by, are ol superior Order, and an radmirabie and Lostruc- tive Lenten lesson was given from tho pulptt by Rey, Father Kiely, Tne text were the words of the 3ad verse, sixth chapter, according to St. Mat thew—seck first the Kingdom of God, and Hils justice and all things else shall be added thereupto.” Thesa words suggested to us the thoughts which should pervade the heart and mind of man at tiis ‘holy season, especially devoted to the pious consiaeration of the quesuon, “What is the end of man?” ‘“Leneld now is the accepted time, now 13 the day of saivation.”” Let us then consider the great unport and meaning of the query, “What is the end of man?” In the first piace, God created all things out of nothing, brought order out of chaos, made the sun to send forth the refulgence of its light and warmth, the earth to give forth vegetation aud all things else that belong to nawre, thas He might create a being bearing vie impress of Bis divine nature—an im- mortal s0ul—a being who was destined for a brief sojourn upon this earth and then happiness of eternity in the presence of bis Creator. Sueh was the end proposea by God for man. Man was created with a bogy and soul, ‘The body was of the earth and should return to dust, but “the soul which is immortal can never die.” It was, tuerefore, sell-evident to every one that the object in view by our Creator was not that we should devote our time to the acquirement of either wealth or the honors of our worldly awbi- tion, but that by keeping iis holy law in the Vartous relations of lie we should fit ourselves tor the in- hertiance of heaven, which He bas prepared for such a3 keep iis commandments. “What doth it profit a man U ve gain the whole world and lose bis ownsouly? Here was, then, an answer to the question, The eud of man was to be the inheritance of everlasting glory, but to attain this we must fulfll the requuements of the jaw of God. We are bound to obey, the end for which He made us. He iuparted the breath of life to Hiscreature, man, with that view, and unless we realize the ooject for which we are ‘created we are all false to Him and to our soul, and great will be our panisuiment for our crime. To acqutre the grace and sirength to lead good lives prayer and sacrifice were uecessary, togéther with self-avasement. Keep in view the thoughts of the end of man, For what are we createdt—that we may enjoy God. And by dweiling thus eonstantly upon tuts subject we wil! be brought into closer communion with Him, and thus at last, wien called to render an account of the deeds done in the body, We wiil receive the blessings: in store for the righteous. RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN WASHINGTON. Display of Christianity Among the Distine guished and Fasbionuble Peoyle at the Capitul—Geueral tirant, the Vice President and the Chiet Justice in Their Devotional Aspect~Dr. Newman on the Parables of Christ—The Woman Question inthe Pulpit Female Suffrage and Free Divorce Cone demned. WASHINGTON, Match 13, 1870. At we German Lutheran ehurch, Rey. Peter Brand, pastor, preached from the fifteenth chapter of the gospel according to St. Matthew, from the twenty-first to the twenty-eighth verse, His subject was the power of Christian fait as iinstrated in the case of the woman of Canaan, who besvught Jesus to heal her daughter who was greviously vexed with a devil. He described the susferings and trials which Christians endure jn tne world and endeavored to itwpress upon his bearers that this was necessary to their preparation for the rest of the people of God, In all thelr trials, how- ever, tie heirs of salvation derived help from Christ. This woman of Canaan, thougn not one of the chosen people to whom the Saviour was sent, had faith in the Lord. She would not ve pat off by his not answering her at first nor would she be turned away by the disciples who were annoyed at her presence. She begought the Lord earnestly to have mercy on her, aad auswered bim so meckiy and so conildingly that be was moved with compassion towards her, and her aaughter was healed. This was encouragemeni to all Chris- tians to seck tfie Lord, They should be persistens, zealous and full of faith, The speaker referred to the exampie of promment Ubristiany tn different ages of the world who, through faith, perseverance and @ firm reliance on the Lord, overcame dim- culules, and at last won the crown of glory. He exhorted lis hearers w profit by the lives of these worthies. In all their difficulties they shoula seek help from on high, He who heard tie humbie prayer of the ‘poor woman of Cantan would not refuse to listen to the cry of any ot ls children. The poorest and hum- blest may approach Him with confidence, He hever turns any away, and His heart 1s full of sym- pathy tor the poor and suffering. ‘The Bible was full of encouragement, full of examples of the triumph of faith, and those who trust in Christ may be as- sured that He will eave them from all thelr sing and finally take ther into His everlasting Kingdom. Services were conducted at the Calvary tise church by the pastor, the Rey. Dr. Parker, ‘There ‘was a goodly nuinber of the congregation ih atiend- ance and all seemed to take» deep imevest in the oo ‘The dootor selected bw text from Job Xiv, But dieth and waste! ; tue ghor and where Wheto sore! Yess man civeth up + Tue greater pArt of this chapter, the speaker satd, ‘was devoted to the mortality of man. ‘The arch dob was regarded by some as taking rather s melan- choly view of death, bus no person would questien ita correctness, Nothing was so certain ad death. It visited all she great as well aa the humble, the rich end the poor, young and old. From the mighty king Of bid throne Ww the poorest beggar all were subject to the call of ‘men. gsenger. To ome be tra" more terrors than to others. Tho bellever whose fatth was in Christ, and who had made his peace with God could look death calmly in the face, no mat ter what dreadful shape It aysmmed, He knew that him to,die would be great gain. The unbeliever, Pup thor hand, could have no comfort tn death Haecass hs Had no hope, ana yet he inust die ag weil as the pelevar bid corition tate that befen all. Yae reverend géfitleman, in referring to the latter part of the text, “Where is He ?? said tt muay not be Interred friga the language employed that Job was ignorant of wfuture state or being, or that he did not believe in snefta state. Such an idea was at variance with all the teaapings of the Book of Job. In the fourteenth verse of jhis same chapter tt bs sald, “If aman die he shall le again,” shown that Job had a firm belief ina futtire state of oxiat ence, ag Well as in vie resurrection of the body, in @ practical application of the doctrin@ of the text, the speaker urged his bearers to bear if mind that death was cerialn, sooner or later, that tno only Way to prepare for it was to live a life of faith in Onrias and that to those whose hope Was im tho way of God death was deprived of ite sting. It was vain for ihe infidel gnd the scoffer to hug to his heart the delusion that there was no hereaster, Man's conscience taught uim there Was atoture, an existence beyond the graye. ‘There was a very large audience at the Metropolk tan Methodist Episcopal church to listen to a dis course from the pastor, Dr, Newman, chaplain to the Senate. Among the distinguished persons preseat were the President of the United States with” nis family, Vice President Colfax, Chief Justice Chast Senator Fenton, General Horace Porter, many Senators and Kepresentatives. Dr, Newman anounced his text fram the seventh chapter and foriy-siXth verse of the gospel according to St Johai—Never man spake bike wis man.” Vae reverend doctor began his discourse by referring te she founders of various systems of religion end 190 raity. He spoke of Confucius, who was bore four hundred years beforg Curist, and who had founded a system of religion Which continued to this day. His teaching incuicated the difference of the deference of the child to the parent and the obedience of the subject to the. mon- sarch, One of his maxims was, “Do not unto others as they do unto you." ‘fhe morality of Confuctus was of & negative character. Thtt man saw the demoratization of his countrymen dnd be endeavored to unite them upon some basis of mor ality, bus Lhece was no true idea of God init, Wolle this system prevatied there’ could be no true hg gressin China, The speaker then referred to Soc rates and the system of morais taught oy him to mis countrymen. Like Confucius, ne felt the necessity of some check upon the tendency to crime and demoralization which prevaited all around him. Me held that intelligence was the parent of virtue, and that ignorance and crime Were the result of the absenue of ipvelligence. After expatiating at length upon the effect of the doctrines taught vy Confueins and Socrates upon the human race, the Docior compared them to: Curiss and his doctrines. ‘fhe great maxim of the Gbris- tan religion was, “Do unto others as ye would that others should do unto you.” There was nothing negattye-1n that. It was positive. It was ubered by him who spake as never man spake, Christ always spake as one having authority. Unhke Socrates, he did not assume & spirit of self-abnega- tion. His teachings carried anthority with them because he was the representative of the Father. His mode of teaching was parabolic. The parables of Christ set forth the great principles o! religion and morality with great simplicity, Lhey were un- derstood by the common people as Well of this age as of the age ti which Christ iaved. When ne said to the people wito dweit in the deserts of Syria, + unto me and i wil give yon living waters,’ the} underatood and appreciated him. 1 conclusion thi Doctor said, “if tuere was a harvest of riculture way should there not be a harvest of spirituality and of gatheriag unto the Kingdom? As there was aharvest to those who sowed so there was disap- pointment to those who did not sow.” He closed with av eloquent peroration, alluding to the glory and power of Christ 43 illustrated im the Scriptures, and as it would be exiubited at the iast day. At the Masonic Temple the Key, Dr. Boynton, pas. tor of the Central Congregational churci, delivere the lass of a series of Jectures on the woman re won, The large auditorium was Well filled and the disconrse was hstened to with great interest. The text was from Deuteronomy XxiL, 5:—“A woman shall not wear that which pertainet) unto a men,” &c. The doctor proved most ably that all the teach- ings of scripture were opposed to tho popu- lav sentiment ou the “woman question,” thas while many geod and true men and women were 1 as to the necessity of a reformin the wages, property righis, &c., of woman, investing them with the ballot struck atthe very root of Christian mar- nage, He quoted irom the review of Stuart Mills? work in the January number of the Westminster xeview, that marriage should be lett wholly to the choice of the ifadividnals contract- mg wt, that prolonged cohabitation , after were had ceased to be mutual alfection, was immoral. These were the opinions of the ablest writers of England and were re-echoed throughout America. The dudependent had asserted that there was no law of God and ought to be no law of man to prevent parties separatiag when they have ceased to care for each other, He contrastea these teacn- img with those of Curist, who declarec that, when married, & man and a woman are one and can ouly ve separated for one cause. ft is a life union. Man is the representattve head of the woman as Cnrist was of the Courelt and God o1 Christ, This impued no 1nferiority, no degre- dation, no bondage in woman, but her appointment to asphere of her own, to which, by her delicate organism of mind and body, she was pecullarty fitted by her Creator, This popular sentiment strikes at the root of the Christian Church, It loosens . the mest precious ties, builas up an unnatural state of society, making men find # home in and leav- the club house, ing Woman alone, exposed to weariness and, maybe, temptation. ‘The effect of giving the ballot to women might be summed up in four principal propositions:—First, to divest marriage of all its {religious character: second, to divest it of any obliation of civil law except as a busimess con~ tract, so if two will agree to hive together for one year and one should desert the other belore the time expired, the other could sue for damage—tnis was nesrly the words of the Westminster Keview; third, to multiply causes for divorce and to make it easy to obtain them; fourth, to form temporary associa- tions, with no plecges asked orgiven by either party. Woman would have to be schooled to think herself degraded, to adanre the pomp and glare of pelitical display instead of the love and quiet of home. The household with all ite matual obligations and joya would be obliterated. ‘The mutual edforis, trials, successes, bul'ding up of,homes, educating the cnil- Gren destroyed, both would by the transitory char- acter of the unton be looking up a new partner. Tne question of what would be done with we children seemed to have been forgotten. Would they be de- serted a8 orphans in every hew copartnership? On pohtical grounds, the Doctor doubied the saiety of the ballot in the hands of women. First—It woula double the Catholic vote, ‘There are estimated to be 800,000 Catholic voters. These would be doubled, and every vote would be cast under the direction of thatarch Jesuit at Rome. Of the egucated Proves aut women not one in five wiil go to tbe polls, and every one of the other class will be tuere, Second— It will double the colored yote, All are aware of the coudilion, and it is from no fault of theirs, of the colored women of the South, Thus the yote of ignorance and vice would be dovbled im the citi In conclusion, the Doctor drew a touch- ing picture of womaa's condition in ihe reign ot the new Sentiment on the marriage reiation or free love principles, showmg men were false and tyrannical when controlled by Christian and civil laws, What infataation can make a woman place her ell ta & Man’s hand unprotected by conditions of any kindy He referred to the Class of women now testifying to the result of any obiiteration of the sanctity of the marriage obligauon,- and said wey were despised by their destroyers, traduced by the world, dead to society, and, to the shame of their Curistian sisters be i told, dead to all mercy, all pity, all sympatay even from them, alone, in a condition where hell itself was antic pated on earth. Let the Christian woman study this picture. At the Fourth Presbyterian church, Rey. J. C. Smith, pastor, preactied an,interesting and instruc- tive discourse from Matthew Xty., 12—'‘And bis dis- cipies came and took up the body and buried it und went and toid Jesus.” The Doctor introduced the aiscussion of his wext by an account of the pure, good life of John the Baptist, lus humility, bis yaicn in Christ. The Doctor, tn his characteristic manner, dwelt on the practical traths of the context, warn- ing his hearers against bad company, even in high te illustrated in the case of the daughter of Herodias, who, by her dancing, caused the exccn- tion of John, In conclusion, he calied on ali pre- sent to belleve on Jesus and enibrace Him as be was olfered to them in the Gospel. At St. Matthnew’s Roman Catholic church, on 1 street, the services to-day were unusaally interest- ing and impressive. A solemn high muss, with Rev. Mr. Mckim as celebrant, Kev. Father Sumner as deacon, aud Mr. Holland ‘as sub-deacon, was celebrated’ before a large and respectable congregation, mcluding many of the foreign lega- tions, Senators Casserly and Lewis and Fernando Wood of New York. ‘The Forty Hours’ Devotion was commenced aad a very impressive sermon delivered by Rev. Dr. Charies L White. the zealous pastor, from the seventeenth chapter of St. Matthew. After the mass the Litany of the Saints’ was recited and the procession of the host took piace. The services Wore not concluded t!) balf-past one o'clock, At (he Church of the Triaity the services this morn- ing were rendered unusually attractive by te Ane singing of the choir. The 7e Deuny was rendered . with grens effect. Rev, Dr. Addison, the rector of the church, delivered an cloyuent sermon, showing the necesalty in a truly Christian life ot keeping an cye single to God. He tliustrated his remarks from biblical history, and suowed jalso that even im secu- lar matters, vbis same devotion of purpose was sure to reap all reward of mertied suc- cess. He also said that men of power in the pursait of arabiiious schemes often ead great good, though the authors of that good had Bos that objectin view, bat were tinpelied by sctttat. motives. Therofore their works were not accept dle. The remarks of the reverend geutieman were full of practical lessons. This being the Lenten season service wtil Ue held twice daily. Rey. Mr. Mitchetl, of the New York avenue Prese byterian church, deitvered tn intercating and in- structive sermon from the text, “Come, for all things are ready. ‘The discourse treated upou a question of profound rmterest to the Christian world, a question which has mivea rise to much controversy, The argument went to show the compatibility of human tree will and the Davine Providence. ‘Te preacher went on to define the difference between free will and predstination, aud while the dea of infinity comprehended the end of man, it was an act of volition as to the course he should pursue on earth, whether for his own dal< Vattou or damnation.