The New York Herald Newspaper, March 21, 1870, Page 3

NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MARCH 2), 1870.—TRIPLE 8. RELIGIOUS. Sermons Yesterday on Dogmas and Duty, Politics, Providence and Piety, Morality and Virtue. Effect of ¢ Fine Day on Fervid Worship- pers—Crowded Houses and At- : tentive Congregations. . A BLAST AT UNBELIEVERS. His Holiness Hauied Over the Coals _ and His Dogmas Denounced. Good weather brings good houses, Upon that sup- Ject both divines and theatrical men agree, though differing in many other popular and important points. All the churches in the city yesterday were well attended, an extra rusn bemg doubtless made to satisfy the consciences of those whom the snow and slippery paths last Sunday kept at home. The so-called aristocratic temples of religion were unusually crowded, for Soi beamed forth bril- Naptly when the morning chimes annoanced the hour for pubite prayer, Fashion tripped forth joy- fully, and, variegated as the rainbow hues, smiled with self-satisfaction on the less favored of fortune, and no doubt prayed with customary fervor for the physical and spiritual comfort of all mankind. While there was nothing very sensational in the majority of the sermons delivered by the metropolitan aivines several clergymen diseussed the knotty questions of the In- faliibility of the Pope, Catholic encroachinents and the school question with great earnestness, ‘The entire melange of the Sunday's sermons, however, Which will be found below, is both interesting and ipstrucgive; and as such will be eagerly perusea by the resigious commanity. CHURCH OF. THE Waser What Catholicism Will Do iv America if it Can—Sermou by Rev. Dr. George HH. Hep. worth, As usual atthe Chureh of the Messiah, corner of ‘Thirty-fourth street aud Fourtn avenue, there was a crowded congregation there last evening, seats having to be placed in the aisles io accommodate the immense crowd tn attendance, and these even not suficing, many haying to content themselves with standing room, besides large numbers going away who could not get seats. Being one of the dive ministers of the day and selecting live topics as the theme of his discourses, coupled with nis forct- ble and impassioned style of eloquence, Mr. Hep. worth always msures a large attendance. The sub- ject last evening was “What Catholicism will do in America if it Can,” and he treated it in his usual masterly manner, his arguments being at once ex- haustive and unanswerable. ‘The prefatory services concluded, Rev. Dr. Mep- worth announced as the basis of his discourse ihe text St. Luke vili., 6— “ON A ROCK.” After a few werds of introdaction he asserted that the essence of Catholicism was its immobility. The essence of Protestanusm 1s development into some- ting bigher. The latter inspires progress, and in- stead of lookimg backward inta, the dogmas of the past is looking forward tor something beiter and higher. When Kip Van Winkle woke up he fonnd people diferent about himn—peopie betier dressed anu the fields better enltivated. Changes were tinual, He was not a partisan and woud not lift his hand to do a deed for fro- testantism as a ‘sect. He ald not velieve in isms, Te would pull down ali fences; ne would have all yo to ¢ common Carist, have a common father and have a common salvation. fe was no sectu- rian, He aid not talk to Americans. He woula that be could talk to-night to Catholics. Lf they Joved their country they wouid feel the, force of whit he had w say, <Auierica was. Woe navural home oi foreigners. ‘tboy opened thoir arms to everybody. ‘They offered to ail’ 160 acves of ground. ‘fhe gens of America was hospitailty, Ali found an asylum avd a home on those hospiiabdle shores. He was A KOR TO DESPOTISM AND A FOR TO TGNORA Republicanism and 1gnorance could not gether. Unless they couid sweep away ignorance as with a besom of destruction wey might give up this country, He proposed to speak boidly and clearly. He was not a canctdate tor olce. He hud no axe to grind, and he did not propose to grind an axe foranybody. ‘he troubie with them as a pation tm poliucal affairs was procrastination. 1t Was so with slavery. If they had taken hoid of it when young they might have choked it. It was so with wis question. ‘hey should act promptly. The wanted upright maniimess, moral courage 1n public afairs, AS setforthin the journais of the great Catholic body and in the SJilabus of the Pope, there was AN ANTAGONISM BETWEEN CATHOLICISM AND PROTESTANTISM : that never could be opposed. ‘The Pope had thrown down the gauntlet. te had unsheatned the sword, He proposed to take up the gauntlet and fight it out on, this Ime. He proceeded to speak of toleration as the greatcharacteristic of Protestantism as opposed to mtolerance as shown in the trusts of Cacholocism. fle urged that these were the two opposing spirits. It was more important than any political question, more important than the Indian question, more tin: portant than universal suffrage. ‘The gregt and dangerous part of Catholicism was that it hud no allegiance to ws country; that it was not subordinate to @ higher power; it would fight us if told to do so, He reierred to the heroisin of we English Church when it broke with the Mother Church and made 118 own bishop. Cathoii- cism was a dapgerous element, Jt had been work- ug Withaplan. Itnaa — - THR WISDOM OF THE SERPENT, bat not the harmiessness of the aove. It was the best organized Church in Christendon was laying plans that would come to fruition in the next century, In the first place, it was trying to uadermine the system of our public schools and put a varrel of gunpowder under tiem and blow then into the air, Lis region has never flourished where there are tree schools. It had becn so in France and Germany and Spain. Yvopery a despotism. He ke ‘at length the war by the Catholics against the Bible, and in this connection eioguently portrayed the benefctal efects upon civinzation and progress of the Sacred Book. He read a series pi questions and auswers, giving the views of Catholict Bible, showing: that the only way to avoid hijury irom reading it py tue laity was to read tt in the original lauguages. From this he proceeded to show the HOSTILITY OF CATHULICISM TO THE PRESS, upon Whict branch of his tieme be was most pnn- gently eloquent. Next ne commented on the oath, which he read taxen by a Catholic bishop, and traced with thrilling efect its resuits, He continued his reading extracts trom Cathode pnbiicauons at lengta, and cgmmented with scathing power of argument upoR the sume. He showed frow their own utterances that the design of the Pope was to get possession of this country, aud, next in this plan, to burn alifhe Protestanis. This burning atthe stake, he said, might be a rough way of putting it, but the experience would be sough He turther showed tnat it would estabiish tne In- quisition in this country if It could, and adopt as a healthiul mode of making men Catholics burning wem to acrisp, Atter pursuing at length the poli- cy of the Catholic Church as applicabie to tls coun- try, its usarpations of places of pubite trust, ana stretching its long arm into the public treasury to better carry out this purpose, he urged in conclu- sion, With Driliiant force o1 oratory, the duty of all true Americans to resistthis encroachment on their nights and liberties. He urged ail to arouse to the issues of the hour. Pope Pius IX. might be a good man, but he did not want him to run for the next President.of the United States, They should stand up.for the spirit of freedom, for national yistitations, for tbe common schools aud for the Bibie, and not badge an inch. SE, PETER’S PROTESTANT @nURCH. The Arguments on the Dogma of [niullie bility Considered—Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Beach. A large assemblage congregated iast evening in St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal church, West Twen- tieth street, and, after the usual preliminary ser- vices, the Rev Dr, Beach preached a sermon on the dogma of Infailibiltty. He selected his text trom St. Paul's First Epistle to the Thessalonians, v., —“Prove ail things; hola fast to that which 1s good.” He said that, how- ever unreasonable and absurd any claim upon the religious teachings of tile congregation might seem to be, they could hardly be justified in treating | with contempt apy doctrine so long as a large num- ber of thelr fellow beings eiher through iguo- Trance or otherwise ertertained them seriously. Of course the Cogma of InfalliDility was sup- posed by those who were now pressing tt 60 suongly to have solid fovgdation, and 1% Would be wise to see what thé foundation was. He therefore proposed wo consider some of the principal arguments by which the advo- cates of the doctrine of Infallibility supported thetr belief, It was not Papal Infallivility he wished to speak of, but it was of the claim of the Roman Catho- lie Charen, which haa always been insisted by those of that persuasion, and now brought prominently befor’ the Cn world, There were three sources from which any arguments in support of the doctrine could be drawn, namely— f RBASON, TRADITION AND SCRIPTURE. ‘It wag said that although the works of Christianity were dettvered in the written word, yet that the meaning of the written word was liable to be mis- understood and it needed interpretation; that asa matter of fact the construction of itby different persons has resuited in heresy and dviision, and has greatly injured -the progress of the church. Wt Was reasonable to believe that the author of peice. never intended otherwise than that It should be submitted to another determination. It Was known that there were @ great many different belicis, @ number of them being contradictory 1 their principles, and it was evident that they could not be all true. He quite agreed that the Church n appointed the guide in this matter. But when the Church was spoken of as the guide it was im it to know what was meant by the Chureh, ‘Uhere was the further mquiry as to aor CHURCH PERFORMS HER OFFIC in that let 1¢ be ever so reagonable—ift KOme was universally recognized as the mother and .mistress of all churches—this might be all true, yet furnish no ground for the truth of Infalli- bility, The preacher ten referred to the early ages of the Church, and claimed that all the prumi- tive proeecdinas in regard to the assumption of su- premacy by the Bishop of Rome showed that such attempts were severely rebuked, ‘This, he argued, was proved by the resistance of Cyprian, by the lan- guage of St. Ambrose and St. Augustine at the Councils of Antioch and Co: tinople, He sub- intied that the records showed that all ‘THE BISHOPS CLAIMED EQUALITY, and, so far from supporting the dogma of Intaill- bility, did mot even nize supremacy. Certain texts of Scripture were alludea to with great con- fidence in support of the dogma: among others the language of Christ to St. Peter—“L sav unto thee, thou art Peter; upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against It? Nothing more could be made of it than that this Churcit should be made perpetual. Douptiess the essential traths of Christ's relimion would never be perinltiad to perish; but it was not, therefore, to be Ynferred that the Church of Kome should be exenipé from its Mabilities to error. There Was woothertext, that Charch provided that all con- tWoversies concerning faith should be settled by the Church, and let it be ever 60 Nae | adi that the Church must determine any dimculties that Wigh arise, it did not follow that-the Church ot Kowe was the sole judge. However ancient the’ Church of Rome was it did pot follow that jt should have jurisdiction over the whole world, nor did it follow that the Charcn should be gifted with the attribute of infailivility, It was necessary tnat all Christian men ordained to instruct their brethren should have ¥ HUMBLE MINDS AND TRACTABLE TEMPERS, Moreover there was & Dtvine promise to secure them from fatal and final mistakes in ail things necessary for salvation; but there was no promise that they should be kept free from all possible errors in Matters of raith, Besides, when whe Church was looked to as the guide, the whole Church, not a part. of 1t, Was meant to be implied. It was claimed that the ‘Chayeh of Rome was, irom the earliest as the judge of controversies decisions were received as that all erglestastical canses of dispute ( thawit was looked upon as the ‘ourt of Appeals. in Tact, it was contended that the Church was relied upon as to controversies, and setung forth that he who would not hear the Church Was to be regarded as @ heathen and a pabiican, ‘The question plainly was. as lo what was meant by ‘hureh, Surely 1 could not mean the Churet, Catoolic? The Church was scattered every where, and the the continual sittimg to determine disputes. evident thaw « THE CUUROM MEANT 1 was the particular society * or congre both individuals belonged. Another text was that ‘arist woald be with the Apostles and their suc- cossors, the bishops, fo Lue cud of the world. No Christian Would think that that had anything to do with tnfailibility. Could not tne Lord be with them without making them infallibie, for ie Mad promised tat where two or three gathered her in His name there would he be in the midst ? Another text much re- ied on Was that in which Christ told His aposties that after is departure fe Would send the spirit of trath that would gatee the: titruth. sf, Pant wrote to Timoihy concermag the Charch that “It Was tae pillar and ground of truth.” What was meunt by teuth? Certamly it was religions ettling of @ controversy would necessitate it was. Wuthy diving truth, the trath taught by the Church of God, and- what was that buc the Book of Revelations’ And — then 2 to tue Church, tf tgif meant the Charch of ‘he living God. Pid St, bs mean any one church in particular, or did he mean the Gharch unl if he ieant agy one Mm pariicutar, it must bave been that ot Bphesus, and hot the Caurch of Rome, where he had never been. Te plaimjy meant tke Church universal. ‘Thi eacher = COL- tended that Mim. was un- siiustantii, y est wo bi high Tesponsibtity of ce Church to veach the truths of wod. He asked wiich was performing that duty most traly and-most faithtuliy. The Church of Rome, with ab tis high pretensions, kept back the Biole trom the people, and gave torth its} precepts in an unknown tongue, but tieir Churet prociaimed the ‘ine of Cimst. They were sureiof their foun- ation. In fine, he cited’ the evils which he con- sidered would ensue from a belief in the dogma of aufaiipility. Sie JOSEPHS ROMAN CAPHOLIC CHURCH. ‘The School Quostion Discussed—The Bible Disser jo nud a Proposed Remedy—iutalers ance and Brotheriy Love—Sermon by Kev. Thomas Farrell, At the morning service in St. Joseph’s church yesterday ® Vast congregation assembled to hear the views of Rev. Thomas Farrell, the pastor of the church, on the mooted school question, At the open- Ing of the service the ehoir rendered Dontzetu’s Ave Maria Silla in exceiient stye, The piece is set for three voices, and the parts were well sustained by Mine. Ani » Soprano; Signor Hubnor, jaimer, bagsp., Mr. A. (. Mar- of the church, selected Mozarus ‘or the occasion, in the credo of which to, Mrs. Keunedy, assumed a iefding displayed much skill in the execution of some of the more difficult passages. ‘The reverend pastor took his text from St. Luke, Xb, 14-—"AL that Ume Jesus was casung ou a devil, and he was mute.” The preacher entered nto bis subjectin a fow teiling sentences aud dis- played aa amount of originality of idea aud boid- hess of sentiment throughout that fell upon the ears of imany of lis auditors as EW AND SENSATIONAL, He sata:--It behooves us to look caimly and dis. passionately on the question that now so mach agitates tue Chvistian people of this city ana State. In treating this subject to-day we must throw aside prejudices and forget for Use Thomeut that there are differoat systenis Of religious belief; let us look to the general good of the community and select reason as our guide while we seek the path that leads to true freedom and fraternal relations be- tweeen man and man. Tsay emphatically that tue pubiic scnoois are a great biessing and must be sus- tained, and there is no real objection on the part of well Injormed Catholics against. them, although some ignorant followers of our 1aith wil maintain that the Catholic pulpit is at war with these scnoois, ‘Vhs 18, A MISUNDERSTANDING. We are not opposed to the schools, but we are op- posed to the bigotry, mtolerance and violation ot conscience displayed in their mavuagement; and { igel convinced that no Iriend of freeaom who views Ubis subject calmly and in all its bearings Willdeny that our present school system 14 the engine of grievous wrong. Oopscience is the guide givén by the Creator to responsible humanity, and by its dic- tales we Must steer our course through life; and I ask you, iny friends, what right has any mau or any body of men Co force the Jew to read the new Testa- ment, Which Ris creed and his instincts teach bim to reject. Conscience 48 outraged in the schools, and ic is time that the people should rise aguimst the present system cf management. i A THOUSAND VERSIONS OF THE BIBLE have been written, differing essentially one trom the olger, and school wustees will force & pet version on tne pupil. F Let no one imagine that we are hostile to the Bible. No; we love it, we keep it in our houses and reud tt, and love to see 1t universally read;, but we are opposed to the style now im vogue of forcing certam Toris of religious reading down the throats of wose who are unwilling to receive it, Tis is ine tolerance and oigotry under cover of religion; and the worst enemy of God is the man who iisrepre- sents Hin. Let it not be imagived that my remarks are directed to those who differ from me in faith; they ure meant for the cousideration af lovers of Treedom. There ts INTOLERANCE IN THR CATHOLIC CHURCH as well as beyond It. Some of its religious orders are the very quintessence of jitticness and bigotry, and the nerrowminded Goctrines put fortu by some ol its over-zealous advocates has {requentiy driven the people w rebel. Among the quaint doctrines that are fast disappearing from the wortd 18 we theory that God intended the Bible as man’ soe moral, social and religious guide, But while i. must be adinttted that every line in the Holy book hits bad @ meaning and was iniended as @ guide and instractor to God’s people at one time or other, it ts equally certaim that many acts which were con- sidered commendable wien tue Bible Was written ave since been superseded by MORE ADVANCED THEORIES. Men Dave justified crimes by referring to tne Bible, and man can find th the Scriptures a prece- dent for any course he may wish to adopt. He will find acts prated which our laws would visit with tue State Prisgn; and it is eluoply preposterous 10 bots book fn the hands of the child and direct im to find bis fatth there. . Let sectarianiam in every form be shed from. the ls, Ih 1s we of our blight on the far oy eae pve ge 2 and 1s hostile vninepeenth century. Uberty for man—for the breaxing Thold that it 18 slavery of the most galling kind to have the opinions of others on us. The re- gion isunworthy of existence and should be per- mitted to die ont that needs simile. gentle nu and glass covers to preserve its iife during school hours, If our faith we trae and from God letit alone and it wil live and 3 if it be not, iev tt perish; and if others have equal fatto in their re- ligious creeds, let Shem Yeaet im tho same spirit. ‘The reverend gentleman suggested that A NEW BOARD OF EDUCATION should be established, with well defined and liberal ideas. They should be paid Dy, the State, and devote all thelr time to their di Kach school should be brought to a high, xed standard, and vo encourage compelisian all schools showing a full attendance of : wired standard should recetve pupils up to the req equal pay from the State. Every sectarian book and everything distasteful to the feelings of any section or class of our people should be banished. he large congregation the following well Among the large con: jon following wel known ‘otzens were noticed:—James R. Floyd, ‘Thomas Devine. Stephen Philbin, J. and a. Hudson, James Dr. Finnell, John ©, McCarthy, Nicho- las Wala}, Daniel Covle, John Rodrigue, Michael Murphy and Edward Goodwin. CHURCH OF TRE Dy E PATERNITY. Fashionable Attendance—Fashionable Wed- ding and Pertinent Discourse. The brilliant sunshine of yesterday arew a inrge and highly fashionable audience to the Church of the Divine Paternity. But perhaps the sunshine had not all the credit to itself, for 1t was well known among. “the circie’ that Major Dickinson, of the regular army, was to be united in the bonds of holy, and it 18 to he hoped indissoluble, wedlock, to & fair young lady by the name of Miss Allen, and of course this put all the fair attendants tn a flutter of excitement, In order to prepare thetr minds fit- Ungly for the ceremony Dr. Chapin preached from the twenty-sixth cnap- ter and third verse of Isalah—-Thou wilt keep him In perfect peace whose mind 14 stayed on thee; be- cause he trasteth in thee.’? The preacher said that was & sentence which spoke to us from the very heart. Jt lifted us . OUT OF THE sroRss and tumnits of the world, and elevated us into a region of eternal calm. It was an assertion which exacily met the wants of the human soul; one to which we might return again and again and find in it perfect peace. How tew people m tus world were ever satisiicd with the present state of exist- ence; but we mbzht be sure of this, that the secret of trae peace was in God. He coud not think it was necessary for him to repeat What had so often been Said—that a state of perfect peace, the peace alluded to in the text, was not # state of complete maction of of absolute repose, We assocnited the itlea or healthful activity and all forms of cheerful Mndustry With such soings as che . MAKING OF WHEELS and ships and ploughs and harrows; but surety we should not connect such things with what the text mentioned In‘une light of cessation from absot ute eifort. fle satd that men who sometimes looked {n the midst of their perplexities upon the grave arml spoke of it a8 @ place of rest to whitch they would wish to fee afier ail only bad reference re. i? hey were seeking only the consum wihtel ‘The wicked cease trom troubling And the weary are at rest, ‘The most msptring idea of heaven was that heaven Was a eld of screasing attainment. ‘The poor old Woman of which Lhe poet spoke might express her highest noon otcelesual Ielicity by Saying that heaven was a place where she could ait aif day in A CLEAN, WILITE APRON, singing psalms. But let us feel assured that the vest Of licaven Was something consistent with strenu- ous and yet harmonious action. Could we conceive anything more terrible than a heaven of utter inac- on? Notwithstanding, om the otuer hand, man heeded peace tiat he mugnt work. Peace was the contre of all religions action. In one word, while man’s hands were active, whtie bis intellect wak busy, mar neeced to have his inward wad spwitual life Blayed in Goud. AFTER THE SMRVICE the marriage ceremony alluded to above took plar ‘The sidewalk leading tnvo tie churca was Han somely carpeted, less the fair bride mught “hurt b foot against & sone,” and an aniible ch voice: citement ran throng) the church as che two adout to be made one pro- to the foot of the reading desk to plight tueir vows. Jt is needless to say wat the bride was ‘and Beaven cannot be formed with one person, It $8 trae thai the of God ty all tts principles and forms ix within every man in poastbility, but ib can only be brought out into actual existence by exercise. Society is not @ mere aggregation oi dis- Connected units, It is organic. A MAN OR WOMAN ALONE is ke an organ of the body severed from the ry eve plucked from Ite socket, We are bound bo cach otner in all the ramifications of social live by indissoluble ties; and of ali forms of society the famiiy group is the most simple and the most ‘Lhe (aiily 8 to heaven What the nursery 16 the orchard. Tue current of social and otvil influ- euce radiates irom the Home of tho family, but tt does not originate there, ‘Their wlvecior springs are in the angels and the Lord, Mun 18 the connecting link between the earth and heaven; his nature is tue davob’s jadder traversed by hopes and aspirations toward the better land, while angels stand upon the sence of natural ite aud by means of man’s aifec- FLASH LXTELLIGENCB to men with telegraphic speed. Every member of the temily has innumerable chambers, Whose doors on one side open into the spiritual world aud on the other into speech and deeds. Toe home is Whatever they make it—what they bring to it, It becomes a Paradise of virtue when iis members have the king- dom of God within them, but a desert and @ ruin When the forins of the soul pervert the heavenly Ife and change it nature, j ‘The discourse proceedea with ttie statement that husband and wile are the centre and the origin of two family, and continued with a review of tueir mutual relations. The wife brings truth, warm, niany-hued and glowing, in the form ot love. The hasband brings love, bright, clear, strong und sharply cut in forms of truth, and both jay their gilts on the common altar of home. The obstrac- tons in the way of forming A HEAVEN IN THE FAMILY are numerous, but not insuperable, and each of the lve partners will be vigilant to discover the hig- drances tu the other’s nature, and faithful ut gentle in removing them. ‘T'nis precludes svlfish- ness. Heaven is cofcord, harmony; but it is not en- forced agreement. 11 1s not toe concord of silence or repression, 1t 18 not even unity of motive, unless that motive be heavenly. There may be unity of motive and effort und great harmouy of action to accomplish seifish and worldiy )vrposes, iieaven can only come when woulan docs ber own wort Weill and nian does bis a8 Well, and when ea honors the otuer ior equal but diverse services, sisrehdiny THIRD UN.VERSALIST CHURCE, A Popular Pastor and a Contented Congro- gntion—Amuscments, Public and Private, Justified by Kenson, Religion and Common Sense—Eloquent and Liferesting Sermon by the Kev. Mr. Switzer. ° A congregation gifted with that pecuiiar class of blessiogs which Solomon in oxe of nis spiritual, if not his wisest, moods prayed for—not wealth, nor yet poverty—assembled at the morning service yes- terday at the ‘Third Universalist ehurch, Bleccker street, ‘The congregation 18 peculiar in this, that it 1s composed of well-to-do, substantial people, but does not reckou tn its numbers @ single millionnaire, ‘The giorious sunshine of the morning impelied every one to turn out, and afforded a temptation not to be resistea of dopuing the gayest headgear and the most tasteful and becoming holiday costume, So tho unadorned, but eticerful and tinipressive edi- fice, Was filled with a happy looking and fasmon- abiy dressed people. THE PASTOR, the Rev. Mr. Switzer, is an idoi with his people. ‘though a young man, not yet ‘twenty-three, he has alithe wisdom of gray Wairs, and with it We fresh. nes#, graciousness and vivacity of youthful mau- hood. As a teacher he ia eloquent, a3 a pastor zeal- ous and paternal, His discourSes, are based upon Scripture and common sense. Titey are logica! and ornate and have the alr and Imageryewhich only a thoughtful, well read ay enlightened man of the world can give to @ theological exposition, THE CO TON seems & model one, earnest and cheerful in Coristian and natural duty and altogether devoid of cant fanaticifm. Among the leading worstuppers tt were Mr. and Mrs, Norman Stratton, and Miss ‘traphagen, air, Warren Harriett, Mra, ‘Vs A. Oakley, Mrs. Van Ryper, Mis: liomas, Mr. ‘Van Cise, Miss Odell, § Y 1) Ce AVTEM THE SE ch were of the I aporary els led, UG Pastor anuou of the lace ladies? Jair, bt upon the Simple ant Universaist 1 tba’ the uet pro- ud in order to defray 1, amounted to $2,000, and Ky seml-ecclestastical no- tices, Knows to church yoers ws bie “mews of Lue lovely and that her dress was the erenye de la erene of jashion. ‘The ceremoyy euded the “nappy coupie went on their way rejotctng, and whe ediice was soon Emptied of tts occupa WRSS PRUSBYLERAN CHUACH, David's light frem Jerasnlem—Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Puxron—Yaw Church and the Preacher, 7 % 7 AS tis title indicates, thisi4 one of the oldest Pres- byterian churches in New York, and one of the first of the down towa ones io move northward. It has now one of the most eligible locations in the city,.on Fifth avenue and EKieventh street, It isa large, plain, substantial edifice, and 1s capable of seating about 1,800 persous. The woodwork of the mterior, seais, galleries, pulpit, 18 finished in black falnas style, and the walls in alternate shades ot dark and cream coloy. The intertor has a very pleasing effect. At the rear of the altar stands @ tablet appropri- ately inscribed to the late Rev. Dr, Phillips, who died in 1865, after having for torty years ministered Ww the . congregation. On the west side of the ghancei sre two other tablets erected to the memories of Licutenant Gov- ernor Brown and J. B. Rogers, M, ~., who for m: ‘ears were ruling ciders in the church. On the east side there is another, more beautiful and elaborate than the rest, inseribed to the memory of the late Robert Lennox, who was fora lifetime a ruling elder in the church, and died m the TRIUMPH OF THR CHRISTIAN FAITH In 1859, at the ripe age of eighty years. His son and Jamily are still members, and constant mm their attendance. ‘This church 18, perhaps, the only one in the city of any pretensions to wealth and infipence that has not an organ init, But thoush it has stood on 1t3 present site for @ score of years, 1t has to-day but 4 single quartet not oniy to guide, bui to do tne singing. The caurch and congregation beiong to the Old School, and will not admit any tnstru- pntal masic into tueir worship. Great com- iaints have sometimes been made that choirs in churches with organ accompaniments aye destrac- tive to congregational staging, bul a stranger visit- ing the First Presbyterian churca inust be convinced that the choir without the orgat is far worse. David, evidently, Was novan Gid School Presbyterian, for we read that he provided instruments of music ‘and organized @ reguiar band of musicians and vocalists to serve in the Temple. And while “the singers Went before, the players on instruments followed after, and among them were damsels playing on tumbrels.” ‘Whe very last psalm exiorts tue people to PRAISE GOD WITH THN SOUND OF THE TRUMPET, with the psaltery and harp, with high sounding cym- vals and with stringed instruments and organs, witch are more devetionally inspiring than a stu, trained choi, who cannot be followed by the con- gregation. ” About four years ‘ago the Rev. Dr. Paxton was called to the pastorate o: the First Presbyterian chureh, and iis people think there is none like nim, He 18 rea ye very earnest. and, when warmed up, ap cloquert pr r Heis talland thin and about forty-live years of age, and tn the pulpit wears a black surpiice. His text yesterday morning was oF aseas Xv., 25, 26, Which, a4 a part Of the narrative o DAVID'S PLIGHT F. ERUSALEM during Absutom’s rebveliion, shows the power of true religion to sustain aud elevate the suai in times: of trial aad overwheining peril. It also makes a man more concerned for the safety of God’s church than for fimself. It absorbs a man's thoughts; it sees God and recognizes His hand in all our trials = But sit * does not therefore neg! the means placed within our reach. Keligiou intelligent as weil 38 enthusias- Uc, and bence while David had the utmost fain and contidence in God he marshalled bis own forces, sent his Spies abroad and defeated the wise counsels of Aluthophel by Hushar, 40 that when the batiuc was set David's forces came off victorious and Absa- Jota Was slain, and tue king was brought back again in triumpn to the ars of God and to his own hapita- tion, Religion nad made him submissive to the will of God, und there can be no true religion im te heart without the submission @f our wills to God. These are the lessous of the text, and they were dwelt upon in detail, then recapitulaied and fer- Vently appited to the conditions of the audience vy he reverend preacher. CHURCD OF THE NEW JERUSALEM. Services Among the Swedenborginns—Third of the Course of Rev. (. Giles? Sermons on “iTeaven.” Avery large though not exceedingly fashtonabie congregation yesterday morning filled the large auditorium of the edifice on Thirty-fifth ptreet ; owned and occupied by the First Ne soup Society of New York, The sermon was thé third of @ series of discourses by the pastor, Rev. Chauncey Giles, bearing the general title “Jeaven upon Earth.” The preseat sermon was entitied “Heaven inthe Home,” ana was based upon the text found in Psalms 1xXviil., 6—"“God setteth the solitary in | families.” The beauty and necessity of the fami'y relation were first alluded to, and the family clarac- terizéd as @ familiar type of ‘heaven and one step nearer the realization on earth of a new and perfect | Edeu, Soiitude 18 an abnormal condition to man | wees.’? : TNE SERMON, BY TAB REV, MR. SWITZiR, Was on St. Panl lo the Thessalonians, v., 19—" Quench pot the spirit.” He explained the relations in which the Quureb at didercns® periods stood in re- gard io tae world and the positon she took up in reference to muusemeut, and held that too much slorg should Not be Ket Upon theores, Principles and op! a8 wiVanced on tiys subject in ayes long siuce axied. ‘The iustivations of those times, more or less romtore, Gid Mot belong (oO our tile. They ougatto be reverenced for the good that Was in Lei, jusc as family association and slial tenderness tirow a balo round & deceased grandmother's spectacies. viewed erilicaily or emouionally taey were but A FIELD OF CURIOSITIES, : a delightfu! rain, interesting reiigious!y and historl- cally, but not @ guide for u4 in modern tie, Men have been always in partial darkness, Tney have jooked at God through glasses variously colored. St. Paul himself acknowledged tha: he saw God “darkly.” Christ aione was able to bear the full eifuigence of the light.of God's truth, lu tue dark ages nen used dark glasses, Which aisiovied and clouded the truth. Hence their piety was supersis- tious aud tueir practice grotesque. Por these roq- sons reading church history w; like walkmg through @ grotto in which the stulactives varied in size and splendor according to the uawral laws which regulated ther growth, The prescut Was a vast improvement upon: the past, aud the future oud Oatshine the preseat, Adi ihe people ai tines felt A CRAVING FOR AMUSEMENT. The feeling Was natural. It was an iinpulse of the spirit, The spirit spoken of in the text was not the ‘Third Person of Wwe Godhead, for be could not pe quencned, Jt meant the natural spirit whick ani- mates us physically and mentally. 16 18 this spirit which 1mpels us Co eat, drink aad sleep and perform other natural actions. These linpul it was our duty to obey, And he heid it was no less our duty to yield to the sate spirit Wuen it sug. gested the genial excitement of a theatre or the delicious fascinations of the opera. Tue opiatons of Johu Knox, George Fox or Jonathan Edwards upon thls subject couated jor nothing. These men viewed @ scandalously 1mmoral and demorauzed ao- ciety, and levelied their denunciations at i and its developments. But bis view was that it was aa much a duty lugoang see Kootn’s Hamlet or Jefferson's Rip Van Winki6, or to come aad listen fo the thriil- ing inelody'of & Parepa-Rosa, a8 it was to periorm any ouier natuyal duty, had made @ distinction between un meibers of the Chare on the principle that ‘YH KIEND GIVETH TAS MORE FRIENDLY COUN- SBL,” the former, it was beid, could not do, losophy he was no veliever. did nob affect the quesuion. nbers and Non Wuas tae taver might do, In that phi- Courch menwersip Tradition suouid be wholly laid aside, as uo two ages agreed upoa this topic of amusements, ine truth was, Uiat the pysical appetite, the Instinct and the erayiag for amusement, were ali emavations of the saue spirit. ‘those who resisted this latter craving suilerea fur it, a8 those Who won't eat must su. ‘ae results to sach were WeRK Irames nervous fits, despondent views of life, sour, jusra tempers and general Lea- y tomisanturopy. He deprecated ia tue strong- eras excess eituer in the quality or quancity of Overuse and dp auke ce & ther natural aii t penalties. The preacher tuen drew a delightful picture of tne joyousuess of heart, elasticity of spirit and evenness ol temper wich generally tollow A MIND WELL REGULATED and kept strong in tuneful equilyrium by using, without abusing, the means of relaxation, public and private, at our disposal, aud conciaded with an earnest exhortation to bis hearers to take heed* taat their amusements were always worthy of the clii- aren of God. Whe choral performance was not strikingly im pressive, though there were among the preity chor- Iniera several sweet und cuilivated Voices. ACW RYGLAGD’ CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. Services In Kutgers Chapel, Fifth Avenue= “Sermon by hev. J. M. Sturtevant, Jr.y Pastor. Rutgers chapel is at present che only sacred place in which the peopie of the New England Vongrega- tional ¢hurch can assemble, their old church on Forty-first street, near Sixt avqnuc, having been sold about a year since to the Mathodists, vo whom itis now Known a8 St. Luke’s Methodist Episcopal church. AS’ soon as the church was sold the cou- gregation procured this chapel as a place of worship, and although they have had many difficulties to con- , tend with since thetr occupancy of it ang depriva- tion of a church edifice of their own began, ail things considered, they have maw warkabiy well, and deserve great credit therefor Kasides freeing themseives from debt by paying all their obligations, tiey bave accumulated a surping iu thelr treasury, and whue ticy @ been doing Certain schoois of thought. thia have more Una doubled their membersiip, The | chapel is how almost TOO SMALL FOR THE CONGREGATION, but it-is questionable whether a move w another place would be advantageous yet awhile. Kutgers chapel 1s located in F Forty-lirst and Forty-second streets, and bele the Well known femate tnstitare of t ils chapel the services were conduc morning in the usual manner, and the ediiice well filled in every part by an tentive, earnest and well dressed congregation. The day being all that could be desired, with a cloadites sky and | Tighteous” slor stated that a desire to die a righteous death | SHEET. genial atmosphere, 90 different from the previous THE DISPLAY OF TOILETS onthe evening wan decidedly iptwresting and ele. gant; but with this co n the obligation of ‘the hour, tf motor the , belng the worship of br ares individual of 4 agsembiige, pad few ‘ceptions, upon ent sacred portals seemed to forget fashion aid the word in thetr performance The Rev. J. M, Sturtevant, Jr., the pastor in charge, conducted the services and delivered the sermon, his subject bemg “The Troe Test of Christian Rell- gion.” The reverend gentleman, after annoancing, “Charity”? as tie subject to be considered at the next Wednesday evening r mecsting and requesting thase who should attend to be prepared to give their ideas ‘of the meaning of the word to tell how it most impressed them, took as his text the thirty third to the forty-sixth verses of the twenty-fifth chapter of the Gospel according to St. Matthew, beginning as follows:—'‘And He shall set the sheep on his right hand, bat the ‘on tne goats left; ana cl —Then shall they also answer Hum, saying, ‘Lord, when saw we Thee ahungered, Or athirst, or @ stranger, or naked, or sick, or in Saat and did not minister unto ‘thee? Then shalt le answer them, saying, ‘Verily | say unto you, in- asmuch as ve did it nos to one of tue least Of these, ye did itnotto me.’ Tho preacher commenced his discourse by remarking that he had in the saree pre- ceding sermons taken for Ime text the passage Just read. In the tirst of them he considered the human race as composed of two great classes, la the second, the REWARD OF THE RIGHT#OUS, id in the third, Qlast Sabbath, the’ fate of tl wicked was discussed, There was one more subject to consid by one word af the passage- ery say unto you,” &c. These words teach the test of moral character to be required herea(ter, ‘The reverend tleman dwelt at much leagth on the utaning of the text, and iilustrared by corres- ponding passages of the Bible the truths contained do it, His sermon was listened to throughout with marked atvention, A short prayer, a hymn and & benediction brought the services Lo a close. TE CRRISIAN JSRAELITES, Their Origin and Belie—The Adveut of the Geutiles at an End=A New Dispensatioa— Sermon by the Pastor, Frat Thomas A Sacred Worship. ‘This sect sprung into existance in Epgiand in the Year 1822, turough the preaching of Mr. John Wooa, himself an Israelite, who believed tnat'the ume mentioned in the Bible for the Jews to assemble and become a great nation had arrived. Atded by one or two other devoted persons, these doctrines were preached in different parts of the country; out their efforts did nov mect with any great success, for even atthe present day their followers there are only a Jew hundred missionaries in the lterest of THIS NEW BELIED, were sent to Germany and France, but only afew were converted, A vetter tield was founda m Aus- traila, where some converts were made apd three churches established; but the numbers brought into the foid were not large, (or througuout the ‘entire world the sect nuinbers only 1,000, In the year 1537 aMr. Bishop and lus wife were sent over here to convert the Americans, and after great efforts and many sacrifices they succeeded in establishing a church in Bast Houstom street, the onlf one that ever existed in this city, Ten years later the butld- ing now occnpied at 108 First street was bought, und the churen removed there, but so far YHE. DOCTRINE WAS NOL PROSPERED, for atter vuirty years of work it lias only 120 mem- Bishop also preached throughout the , and succeeded in gecitug togeti auONs In other cities, but Lue MUL ‘¢ counted by untts. According to te testimony of the prophets the seed of Abraham, that was seattercd tnrough the world, Will Que Gay be brought togetner. Toney will then receive & new dispensation and be God's chosen people. ‘This time uiey Leileve to be soon at hand, aud the new dispensation 1s Christianity, Luey shail then be reheved of their sins and wake a now covenany with the Lord. (omaas, XL, 27.) . VALEUR IDEA 1s that the @ispensation of the Gentiles will soon eud and @ hew one Will be given, duriag which the Jews wil believe in Curist and the seed of Abraham fram all nations shal be collected into one greagpsople, “Tne fible 18 their foundation for everything, and they have no theology outside of tt. They have a vook of doctrines, called the Laws of God, divided into two BOOKS, coutalning twelve laws eacn. Hach law 1s a Btble Lext, aud thus, to them, they ure we laws of God. ‘Thetr'licerature consists of ese laws, & UYMG OOK and & Collectio sermons, ail of waicn have been published in . their small mumbers do not appear to du them 1a the jeast, Jor they Say that al the Proper tite aut of these few sng! come many thousauds. TO BSOOME A Miwupe itis necessary fo subscribe to the following, Witch 14 printed im their law book:—‘Any one that subscribes with tbeir haud, belleving the four books of Moses and the four bo! of tue Gospel, Lo bo given by the luspiration of God, wil bf received a3 members of the churen.” After the person is received 434 member he ade known to the doorkeeper, Who WI! admit him tO tne service ou Sunday morning, Waich 18 siriccy.private, and only wen bers are acmiued. When @ person wio 13 hoc a member preseuts hiusely at Lie door whe man stationed there te'!s lim to come mM Ue afternoon, when ti will be a sermon in Gerinau to whica Lhe public will be adintited. And such 18 tie case. Most of the members un- derstand German ag well as Hogish, ana ug Mr. Franels ‘Thomas speaks better Gerinan than be does Kaglisn he preaches im German. ‘fois afternoop there were not over twenty persons present, aud most ot them members, Mr. Thomas took nis vex! from ¢enesis, first to fifth, and spoke as ivilows, waich gives THE GROUNDWORK OF THRIR BELIEF. What is the uncerstanding or meauing of the word darkness, and the dividing of we light from tue darkness? ‘ihe light which God had divided from uhe darkness was the spirit of God; the darkness was tie spirit of darkness, called satan. For God hud not yec created the light of the sun; so of course there Was no durkuess nor light yetar hand. We flud py searching the Scriptures this division, that the light ieads to lignt and good. and ihe darkness to evil, We will paws the otber days of creativa and look at the sixth. And God said, Let us make man m our image, and alter our likeness, and he was pronounced good, and very good, Now, 1¢ is well understood by tose whto La’ searched the Scriptures that man Js often set fort in jigurative language as @ trey. isaiah speaks of trees of righteousuess, the pianutiug of the Lord. Jesua says, | am the vine, ye are the branches. But, throug disobedience, ADAM DECAME A DEGENERATE PLANT of a strange vine, and death was pronounced on iim. But the Lord 1s now scekiug those wi are of the trae vine tuat He may gratt theta, that He may be te husbandman of tuein, as He waa of cue woman’s seed Jesus, who bore the fruit of tiraor- tality. Aud He wath, “Every branch in me that bearein not trutt He taketh away.” How does Ue take them away? It 1s by the geath of the mortal body, the spirit Leing separated irom the soul and body. Isat speaks of a vineyard. This vineyard 4s une Israel of God: for the vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the douse of Isracl and the mea of Judan aut piaut. But the House of israel, during duspensauons, have borage WILD GRAVE through their blood not being cleansed; but now the Spirit of ‘Vtuta is come and i bringing all things to We remembrance of Israel which ave Written sn te Scripuures io be fulliied aud pointing ous the re- Ward Wiuict Will be conferred ou those who receive Ms tesumony. ‘The sorrows will (ueu terminate, aad God witli make the vid earth auew, according to tbe words of (he prophets:—*And at shall come to pass ta the last days that the mountains of tne Lord's hc shall be establisied ou the vop of che MOUNTAINS and siall be exalted above Lue hits, and ali nations suai! Dow uuto it, aad i wil make them ue Hatton iv ine land upon the mountains of Israel. And one king shall rate over thea, and ubere sill be no more two mations, neltber wha they be a. vided into two kingdoms aay more avail. And ihe Lord will be king over aii te earth. In that day there sual bs One Lord, and bis vame-—one,”? Ar, Thoias states that as yei bul lew Jews have joined vueir Church, either tm tms country or Europe, bub tuas most of the memoors are recon- verted Chrisuians Or Ute descendants of the seed of Abraiam that uave been lost in Other nationalities. URcM OF THE TRANSFIGURATION, Rev. Dr. Houghton’ on Justice and “Werey. The glorious sunshine, balmy alr and first fra- grance of spring brought out yesterday ali Lue styte and beauty Ol the metropolis, and at the unique and fustionabte Church ‘of tue ‘Transfiguration was gathered toether one of the most ‘asiionable con- gregations in the city. Upon entering the sacred gothic edifice a |ittle be. fore the services had commenced the frat ea that Sprung up in one’s mind was that which the Rev, Charles Kingsiey hazards, on the lips of the monk Pinlamon, “Women are very pretiy devils;” ana though itis an ungracious expression io fall from the lips of soeminent # divine as tne founder of muscular Christianity iy England, yet if we empha- size Sometines the ‘adjective, sometiaes the noun, @u0 occasionally boul, it mirrors the secret opinion or the entire matic population of the world. it was evident tuat there are at least many VERY PRETTY SINNERR y in the fashionabte world of New York, who each week duplicate foraiven in the most graceful and charting manger A jeaven of good, pions souls, too, With the average number of severe aud samtiy faces, and, in mourn. ing Wie average sprivkling of coustened ones who have lately “passed under the rod.’ The services were conducted by the Rey. Dr. Hougaton, assisted by Eaward ©. tioughton in dea- cou’s orde! ‘The (ext was frow ihe euhth verse of the sixth chapter of Micah, and added were the words of the aposti and display the fashions To expounding Uns pomt the reverend Was more acceptable to God than the moat elaborate system of Worshipping or the most piciuresque aud Honosing ceremonies, The original meaning af the lext chosen Was a more resiriciod one than ty now ‘Let ime die sue death of tue | Usually accepted, and referred princtpatty ta Justice toward your neighbor. It was sate ventiment which Curist taught in the words LOVE ONE ANOTHER. and which Paui breathed, when, concerning the Homans. he said «way tinue to whom teeta ts due.” In the text, he added, justice leas mercy and even takes precedence over * humbly with God, exist, and no matter woat the Teligious observance may be, without common justice no real Christianity can exist, Then the speaker dwelt apou (ne divine qnality of mercy, A GREATER VIRTUR THAN JUSTICE, ® something which prompted more than shnple jus. tice demanded and led one to te the offences of others and to remember at all times tie weakness of men and the misforuunes and temptaiious which assail tne Poor and museravie, “Fo do Justice, love merey and Lomoly walk in the preseace of Ged all our life long”? se are the atepa by which aioas we cum hope to reach heaven, ST. ANAS ROMAN CAYHOLIC CHURO. Cathelic Doubters Denounced and Journalists dawed by Rev. Father Prestos, The warm, sunsbiny morning of yesterday drew a large crowd of worshippers to St. Ann’s Roman Catholic chureh in, Eiguth street. Among these were many of those “gildea butterfies of fashion’? to whom 1t)las become so usual to ascribe ,as the cause of their churchgoing the desire wo parade their newest and finest adornments, anil also to wey that they ix not their minds upon the services, put rather occupy thetr time tn criticising the “‘hapita?’ of of thelr neigubors, Thus it ts attermpted to be Proved that fusnionably dressed ladies cannot be devout or reiigious, Now, to show tuat the above, $0 popularly received ag a truism, 16 86 but paruy Only, a little observation and a remembrance of the 80 oft quoted saying Wo the effect tual vaully is Dat anotaer name for woman {3 nesded. No weil dressed Woman but believes her toilet to be perfection and herself the cynojure of critt- cal eyes; therefore does she not deign to turn ner head in church, to criticise the dresses of others, but rather sits demure aad devout, toxang ler eves inteauly upon the altar, wad atkuniug her cars jor the eloquent inetaphors of tie preacher. ‘Thug dic the fashiouable ladies in ot. Ann’s enareh act yesterday, and, Supposiag Liat all women are Vain, 1018 proved (hat Vauily in Women {8 the Danu- mala, if nei of region, at least of sceining demure devouon. ilaving demotisiied or aviempted to de- mousn y winny upon fusblonsoie religious wor- sluppers, wad strengthened the beuef i we vanity 0; Women, 1b Would be as Well L ‘ca WB SERVICKS AT THE CHURCH the demeanor of whose femine atteudanta drew fort taese remarks, Rev. Father i’reston, the pas- Vor, read (ue Gospel of the day from St,_Luke, X1., and preached, giving forth no reguiar text, on the lesson that Gospel in general, aud the twenty-third verse, reading:—"He taat i& not Witd lic ts against me; ahd be that gathereta not with me scattereth,’? in particular, teaches, He spoke of tne almost apostacy of Carholics Who heglected their spiritual ailairs Whe they uttended surictly to their empo- al, adveruug 60 those Wo neglected to avail them- selves of consesdion aud the sacrainent of penance, although tie Church serictly declared th s negiect te bring a surety of future condemnation by so doing, sowing W ¢ not expressing a doubt of the eticacy of these, Many who lave been endowed by God with strong passions ask ow It may be accounted for that He should puntsh them for exercising (ese paastons. ‘The preacher answered cus query vy asking how it may bo acconnved for that God suouid pudisn @ eblid with damnation for having comuitvcd one mortal ain; Now tay be accounted for that great truth upon which Chivatiauity hangs, that Curis came upoa earih and was ccuciled tor man ? QOUBVERS AND JOURN ALI g some remarks of the preacher, réproving for their seewing wavering upen 1ous of the Church (of Course those now unenical Couneil), be took occasion te per men for Writing upon sujects the import of wiich they did pot know. it woukl ve hardly proper Lo close this without sou reference to the choir of the caurch, which, uadey tue lead of Mr. Louts Dachauer, the orgamest, sung kK. and’ Credo, and ‘the Sanctus and A: rym Aovs i's MASS IN AD eXcellont maunes. some que before tie reprove vahip Gtorgia’s ius Det, GC.uRGi OF THE FREE LOVERS, ‘The Rev. O- B. Frothingham on the Sel Question~Tee Bible Should be Kemoved. Bright and balmy as rose yesterday's Sabpath morn tc Was Yo more mvigoratiag to Ue corporal vired oy IL Were e.evating to ‘snature, “The sound of the chur i? was needed not to call peo- ple to pray ‘vhe warm sunshine and bracing au of early spring each contriputed their saare to that happy resu®, and did it go effectually that large throngs of worshippers dd gratiiled 1uimusters were found at whatever sanctuary one might visit Nowhere was a more {ull or appreciav gation asdembied than that which co! nor’s Hall, in sixth avenue, to study fue words of wisdom go ably disceursed by the Kev. 0. B. Froth: iggvam, The raom was filled to overflowing, and a corresponding tafuence was evidently imparted to the pastor. Never was the mood to speak eloquently more strong aon lit, and never did lis bold argu- monts or startiiag utterances anpear to Rave snon effect npon iis hearers as during the remarkable ser- mon ol yesterday. He commenced by alluding toa discourse recently delivered to thei, the subject of which was, ‘Religion; What Was Ic and What Was it For! His remarks showd now be directed to ‘the inquiry, “WHAT WAS THE PROPRY SPHERE OF ‘RELIGION 1 All things, even those noxtous im their nature, had thei’ uses; even poisons were hecesaary and beneficial in thetr proper “spheres, Ali things were good whea rightly used, Oxygen, sOnerdfal to Iife, woutd destroy tue world if taken out of relation te other properties, aud religion in like mauner, = taken ontof ts place, would be a destroyer. Rei gion Was urually confounded With 4 church, a sacra. ment, & form of Worsaip.” Some men supposed it to be boted up in a creed, others called ¢ business their rerizion. To the arast ti was bi art, to the man of letiers his literature, and so in every pursuit. But oul of its sphere 16 @¥as a destroy and if people inade it common thoy festroyed it. ur all things within the reach of human power religion was the hardest of all to attain, it was suppposed to pe a gut, as was music or poetry; but few fully estamated the close appitcation needed to atiain proficiency In those arts. ‘Tne songstress, Whose Voice was melody Itself, reached wat condition of excellence only after years Of tiost exacting labor, and (he poel, who, we were told, Was born, Hot manufactured. justited his fille to the we ie by long and totlsume udy? Could 0 INTO FENRLON'S CLOSE? and wateh tae trains of thought lis life came from, We would tind then to be the iruits of inopolonous and Wncemiung appuce creed Doserv- ten, WAS DOL Teli bie Wes not it Way Only & book, for ali hese Luings were, I Jacl, out the vases of goblets watch con- tained reiiyion. Christianity was not religion, it Was & box O1 COO!S, aud saus Was nO more than Mo- OF Hindooism—implements by toe une 4 Was jusutoned. 1 seuker mext proper sphere of religion, asking Ue olored every 1h w religious ope of Rome declared government 2 religion, and thus wade Wwe priest ording tv alibi all rule and rulers derived Jhurch. Americang¢ecorned bu ropeans treabicd ac it, We perhaps, have IL proclaimed smong us. it dad been tricd before in Congect aggachu- Sets, Maryiand and Rhode Island, wii baa resuits but in Europ aa history 1t found 1s best solution, us Lacre, 1b Would bear the sane fruits, ace would vanish and civilization die, ay besaid by some to be tdentical with ul we Were In tae midst vow of that ) would decide the quesiion. Already noise Of Halhe Dewween TWO extreme principles war ringiuag Girough the counuy, and the fate of | republican tnsutuuens Dung upon tye issue, There were TWO VIEWS OF BOUCATION, the Protes'vuc and the Cathoite, According 10 the Orst (oc more extended education was the bet- ter could iuen defend religion, and the Bibe should queuuy readin the schools. It was tue or- ‘xy alone who wished to unite religion ation, aud Who declared it sectarian to take irom the public schoos, ‘iverai clergy- vd to have the Bible rovaimed, but he ) thought it better to ave | removed. idea Was that there shouwid ve yo Becu- Heaon, Oub that xehoois should be controled by the Church, «if that were adopted the whoie course of study would be governed by sectarian tnduences, for the Catholic Vaurch ever made education subserve re igioh. Hducation shouid be universal; republics 4 not stand without at. In a land of chedp newspapers and cheap postage education Was tie aveguc of ail progress. Univer 6al, EYen CoNtuNoUs instruction We people would have; but pr.ests and bigots must keep their hands of, Ifone Church nad control of a par: of the popu- lar education ai would demand tland sould have their share, which would resultina gigantic tyranny Of priestnood, and that was the moat malignant tyranny tne world could sumer trom. It would give us only A MISERABLE PATCHWORK OP RDEATION, The preicver Mought With many tuat the proper sphere of son Was hom Men siould wake ® religious Ginosohere ip their homes. Ticy should noi try to diapress of tnypose it npon otuers, bub keep it in their hearts, and for the ress it wauid take care oO: tiwelf, It was not necesacr to ral, muon of religion--the legs said aboul i the wetter, | for ii Would speak for itself, Men snouil cadeavor to get it, no niatter by what meags, as if differed | not whether the means were Christian or Vagan mea The sermon ended with a peroratiod somewhat abrup\& DUl is coucludiug BeMLeaCL, Uliered Witly