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et much emphasis, awoke a sensation evidently much relished the listeners, It would, not be domg enough justice to the spiritual esthetics of pastor or congregation to say that both are of the most ad. vanced “iiberal’’ type; but it will give chy reader & fair idea of the faith as well as the ferver of one and the otherto assert that the most novel theories com- mManded the deepest att nitou, ‘The hall was vencered very uncomfortable dunng the whole service by AN ESCAPE OF Gas. This was due, donbtiess, to the negtect of those who occupy the building during the other days of ihe week for worldly purposes, It is satisfactory, however, to learn that at the conclusion of another year this congregation will probably have a church ‘built for themseivea. Their last permanent place of Worsht was situated im Fortieth street, near Fifth avenne, but was disposed 0) With the object-of pro- viding another, which should be a lyceum, lecture room avd clurch—all in one, ‘Ths edifice, when erected, will be self-supporting, and doubtiess leave # surplus avaiavie lor misstouary or other purposes, THE CHOIR of Dr, Frothingnam’s church is very eificlent, al. Though sinail, consisting merely of gu organist and quartet, Viz.:—Miss Globs, soprano; Mrs, Gardiner, contwalto; Mr. Haws, tenor; Mr. Hammond, bass; Mrs. Hopper, organist. ‘The trustees are Messrs. @}iver Johnson, President; Dr, Jota O. Stone, Walter Browu, A. J, Johusou, John H. Cheever, John W. Bigelow, John H. Nic ols, Charles Watrous and Samuel Shetuar, Mr. Sin- ae err 18 Chairman of the Pubication Com- FRENCH EVANGELICAL CHURCH, Christian Activity; er, Inward Faith Shown by Outward Works—Nermon by the Rev, A. M. Gory. A small but select congregation of French Evan- gelists assembled yesterday morning in the chapel of the Union Theological Seminary, No. 9 University Place, ana aiter a simple, impressive service the pastor, the Kev. A. M. Gory, delivered an eloquent addreas on “Christian Activity; or, Inward Faith Shown by Outward Works.” The preacner took his text from James, 1., 174“Even go faitn, if ii nath no works, is dead, being alone.” Cirisitan minds have ever floated between two ideas—salvation by works and salvation by faith, Hesitation of this kind has prevailed both in the Church and in individuals, During the middie ages the doctrine of works was pre-eminent; man Was saved by works of «race, of Pardon, redempuon and sanctification; there was uo Question. With ie Reformation came a change; its nam pions put . THE CANDLE UNDER A BUSHEL. With succesiing years Caristian work feli—a bima, Botbisi faith was all that was necessary—and nowa- gays work, real Clrisiian work 18 alrmost ignored tn ourchurehts, ihe preacherdefined faith ag the work of the giuce of God ia our soul, an taward'suo- Ue force sanculsing and streugthening us. [f men were faved by 1atth, W they thus worked ont them. selves their own salvation, this Would be work; but to begin with murcais would have to confess then. selves vile aud corrupt, sinful and degraded, Can such Men ve supposed capable of what God alone Cate attribute to nunseif? No. Faith is Got's work and His al (He pastor chen defined the Seriptu- fal, Catholic and other notions of what Chrisnan Work should be, avoiding dogmatic crivicism as not pertinent to the occasion, and Went on to say tuat al though, as in tie Middle Ages, Chore are now Our is. tans who Come up to his standard of ¢, re ing Christians, (uere number 18 bub te of God mukes as eliidren, We are vie chitd tue Lord. if we ave Christians tu the glorious } of the calid of God. Cnrisuan work Is TUL OULWAKD AND Visiuek St of an inward god spiritual grace homage of obedieuce and iove to our Gor; neo wad Tove, be it weil understood, for if we ve aside obedience love alose will not suite voice of Calvary is Wuiperious, and ph if you Jove me keep my commandment 8 bluding. Ulrstian work aixo Mioans to secom the Savionr's work. God's kingdow can only come byt. We muss not only be faithtn!, bai energetic. No teebie lea of the Saviour’s power ts chat given by men helping, striv- ing to work out ther owu Saivation. No! God's work 13 in ai! this, . Afters abiy calling on Ins congregation to bear in mind the importance of helplug God, the reverend gentieman Went on to say thal men are solely con- verted by exauipie. No man was ever converted by God alone wituour Hearing mS Words irom ghd see- ing is intkuence on other men. ‘Yhetvery transla- ton of tae ible was @ proof of God enploying men to work out they own salvation aad becowe tis glorious instruments in EVANGBLIZING THE WO! After sketcumy ihe Apostle Paul's and stating that without his example the worid would oave remained up tots day ad uncivilized as then. ine minister concluded christian work was found #0 uninteresting, among ah Ing Chrustisus Lowe We fe. the t Wake Chureh does nop Aght egaiust his apativF it bs ist, bat not forever, fo¢ God will raise up others todo ‘his Wul and carey ovt lis designs. When the tame of the ivan: sb SAUl HAVE Ngited ap the remotest corners of vic earth, then shail be meted out to every one according Lo bis Works,.and as we have glorified God so will he glorify us, FREE COURCH OF THE RECPNCILIATION. A Beautiful Day—Rewards of Unmility—Ser~ mou by the Rev. N. L. Briggs Clear had the day been from the dawn, ed Was tine By 5 eacaris of cobweb lawn aven"s most glorious eye. vet's description of such a day us’ ‘was yesterday, and it 1s therefore not surprising that ali the churches of the great meiropolis were filled to their utmost capacity by hungry souls in search of Christ or few fashions. None of them all, how- ever, were crowded more than Was (nat beantivfel little gothic structure nesting among the massive ples of wasoury in Thirty-Orst street, between second and Third avenues, Known as the Free Church of the Reconciliation, tor its walls fairly wroaned under their weight of worshipping human- aty. This closely packed and jammed congregation was composed for tae most part of laboriug people— People who attend chuceh for the purpose of wor- sbipping God in spirit and in trath, and not to make 4 display of ine clothing or lo see Lhe laiust style of bonnets. The sacpherd of ths flock, the Fh preacticd & 1u0ot eloquent and effectiv The supject o XL Briggs, seruion upou “REWARDS OP BOMILITY,"? end selected his text from St. Matthew xv. 26 i, narrative of the upd 27, Ue first dwelt upon the text, Pr ub in surlking light is pro features, av ing th the seasoi Lent, remwa) i that humility was tue uuest avsit- world, It fa, said he, the abst! e trom and geli-copceit, i ardest and severest dystineuce of all, tis the abstinence from yaunting our own prais? and lesseaing tne merits of others. It is the absune and ambi tion, and therefore ts Jcation and tue noblest scif-denial, The rewards of this virtue ngmished. ¢ humble ana Con:rite spirit $ whleh ta Lab the weil- the mas- i board of pre understood the wemith that ot this virtue. He openly avowed th not haughty nor Lis eyes loity. AINT PAUL, too, was @ marked example of Christan bur At the be muiutsiry ly pumselt anwortiy io be calted au Aposti ume rowed on and ne tad reached ihe tal we of the per- fect man in Chiist, be confessed huuseil to pe the ehief of staners. ‘Tue reverend gentleman exhor remember Chat tie showers of ¢ pon ed his hearers to do Kot agide THE MOUNTAINS OF PRIDE, bub come as singing rivalets to the plata below, wad make rich and feriie the valleys oO. nunaiity peatten! Kouis dengat lo pray. BRSVOORT MAL. Our Mowe Life and Our Religiva—seraton by the Nev. It. Bellows, Bervice wa: i yesterday morning in tue above ball, when 4 sermon was preacued by the Rey. &. N. Bellows ou tie above subject. The lecturer se- lected his text from Luke, x., Saud 6. He suid that St. Paulexhoricd Uis hearers in one place to con- tinue in the churel in their homes—an exhortation whiew, if followed, would bring blessings unto all abiding in the house in which St was carried out. He wes glad to know that religion wae thougit more of in the present day, twmongh he regretted to say that gome nien’s notions of religion were not very clear, no virtues that should prevail in their homes should be love, tenderness aud compassion to tueir iienus and @ cheerial and obliging disposition. ii) HOME PLEASURES stors used 10 boast of were almost their day, and their children certaluly strangers bois. How beautiful it was wo e where ailtne menibers of that house ‘were utte ener & ho! were cemented together by the bonds of Love aud harmony, and Where friendiy and social feellaga were to be 100nd, and where the presence of religion it was tue that he hurry and cht Among then, and which Was always Koay city, aaterfered ¢0 some extent with (he Consumtuation au due performance Bud appreciation of Chose govial and Jawily duties abd pleasures WRich Made lite happy. They should weck to be biended 1 one Coumoa Lrotuerhood, as Christ would have them, Thev snowid nut act ike Duman icicles, bub shonid stvive to promote. cor djauity, freedom and iri 3 ¢ human 80- ciety. Ii home iiie in Kagiaad was mn elaborate Aud #ysiematical Im i4 component yeu It lacked that freedom and joyousne-4 wack was the disungushing feature of American ho, he kuew Wal the mojority of CAN TOMES Contained too much formality, and 12° presence of routine i the matter of visita and social iatercourse besweeu Louies was Clearly appareu® Tis wase ~d NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEHT. New country, and as their beloved country fies older he gto doubtless improve tn ati these drawbacks evila now existing among them. fle was sure that Cid not make the most of their homes and ow mucif happiness would be obtaimed This was, after all, natural; for ihe rent blessings God has bestowed on man has, from ‘ime immemorial, been underrated or disregarded. ‘Dne preacher, in conclusion, exuorted his hearers to u ve their social relations and cultivate a kindly @everous disposition among the members of religion . au thelr ‘households, and, abo , to plant tn thelr house aud thas make it the house of G GRACE CHURCH. Secking Grace in $100,000 Equipages—New. Spring Fashions—Sermon by Dr. Potter on + the Unclean Spirita—Prevention Bettor Than Cure. i A large congregation 1a the result of fine weather at al) our city places of worship, and Grace church Was no exception to the rule yesterday morning. Nearly $110,000 wortn of horsefiesh bore a burden of lackeys, loveless, and aMuence to tue sacred shrine, and, a8 many of the fashionable milliners had their opening day last week, the new green, blue, and dark colors of the tadies’ honnets lad quite a vernal appearance. Now that fair woman is donning her new attire, and as in the body’s cleanliness and adornment the mind re- ceives a certain secret sympathy, no more appropriate sermon could have been preachod than on tits text, from Luke xi., 24:—“When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man he walketh through dry places seeking rest, and finding none be saith I will return unto my house whence I came out,’ The rector, the Rev. Dr. Potter, introduciug his subject, said that by the REVULSION OF FEELING fromthe temporary stllness and emptiness when the man lurcies back into the old life and, in the rude but forcible phraseology of the hour, finally “goes under,” the spirit of torment and tyranny finds his home in that human heart he had so lately gone out from, still empty, swept and garnished; empty, and therefore open to him; but not long empty, for now he back again @ diabolical power, seven fold strong, more resolute and re- morseless—goes back never to go away agatn trom tue Itie be has mvaded, blighted and ruined. What @ portratiure 1s it of we ACHINO, WANDERING, HUMAN 80UL, emptied of its old domimiong and yet filled with hovhing better. Wrenched away from the past, and Yet centred ia no deep pian for the future, the man driits a rudderiess, tenantiess hulk, or, in the words of the poet, The magnet of their course is gous or only points in vain, ‘That above io which- thelr shivered sail auall never ‘wtroeh aguin. Some such ruined impotency it is that Christ here holds up lor the recognition and warning of subse- quent ages and men, The text 18 not only interest- lng becuuse of its Incidental testimony to Him who uttered it; it i8 supremely interesting as revealing the uucbaning law of ali Scriptural freedoia from the sovereignty of or slavery to sin. PRIMITIVE [NNOCENCR, There was @ time, he sald, when the ynclean spirit had no: found admission. ‘Where is a time When the iresa youug cheek burns at the suggestion of an unclean thought, and Avhen the soul hates it- self for harboring a base or vile proposal. There 13 a time when it hears the whisper of a voice that bids it to shut tts ear to every corrupting invitation, and, by steudfust struggles tries lo keep ilsef uuspot- ted from the world. There 13 @ time when, thouga ib freely owns everthing that expe- rience or vevelatian may utter coucermng the extended depravity of its nature, the soul Knows Unat 16 has a purity which 1% may lose, an jmexperience in sin which will degrade It to ex. change tor any gift of guilty Knowledge; a free- dom Jjrout eucrvation im its Inmate power of resist- aace to temptaion which, once tampered with, can never be again possessed, PREVENTION BETTER THAN CURE. Now, because it has been the Jasbion of some mitads to make overmuch Of & condition of compara. live Innoceace, which 1s, after all, only a sort of negative strength, it has been the hablé of an- other and dpposie class to pour studied contempt upon every injunction that bias men cherish it, “Better,” some say, ‘to let the young life atamb!e down into the valley of pollution, und then it will ery mightily to God, and cast away any vestige of seli-reliance, and so nally shine as a vrand snatched from the burning. Say what you please of the spiritual fervor of a St. Anguastine, once a dissolute and godiess youth, and other esti- mable men, who in early life were reprobates, such an experience Is not an essential Ingredient m the compicten: of a symmetrical Christian charac. ter, or that those who have passed tirough ww have bad because of it any subsequent advantages that have not been immeasurabiy overbaianced. by grievous disadvantages is a monstrous’and unwarrantable perversion alike of Seripwre and of experience. On the other hand, exainine the ptobabiluties that those who bave let £o imstinctive purity and comparative tmno- cence and gone down tato the sink of tho world’s poilation, will easily or oiten find thew way oul of it, “God be praised’ said the divine, “that many have and do, but how many are there who get just so far as he whose story stands before us in the text andthen slide back again.” ‘The Doctor deduced some forcivle figures trom the text and concluded wit the exoraium, “Reigt Thou within us, and then te souls Thou hast sanctiied shall pe inade free irom sin, having their srut of hoiy living and the end eternal life.” " JEWISH REFUGEES FROM RUSSIA, Second Meeting of Promivent Jews of ‘This chy. Auother meeting in ald of the Jewish refugees from Russia was heid yesterday afternoon at the residence of Mr. William Horn, corner of Fourteenth Street and Seventh avenue, Mr. William H. Kepsing in tae chair and Mr. I. S. Isaacs acting as secretary. Several contributions in addition to those reported last week were announced. Rev. Dr. Gut herim, of the Temple Emanuel, suggested that before any further contributions are s0- licited the society’ should be fully organized aud the objects definitely set torth., In this he was seconded by Mr, M. Elluger and Mr. L J. Salomon, who thought that the best way would be to declare that the object of the soctety was to assist Jews of all nationalities to start m life in this country as soon ulcer thelr arrival as possiple, and to enable them to earn an honest living. Mr. P. J. Joachimssen sng- which, alter some mao, Was put in writing by iry B. Herts, and moved by tim,and after yate if Was adopted vy theg uiceuing, as fol- gested a resolution to that effect, remarks by the Ohair Mr, He! Whereas it has come edge that in consequence of ihe oppress : rious foreign eounteh ived in this city, and inany nore m: gua it iM Our desire wad ain to preve ecotming na rdiitonal yurden t apport the 6 and © useful members Of society, therefore of carryin ty, to ry OLN, 1K out these Hed the Yc hb whether any of the money coll seat to Euvope, and it was stated that the Board of Delegates of Americay israelites had wiltten to Mr. Oremieux, president of the Alliance Universelie Israelite ta aris, discouragiug emigration of poor Jews ‘rom Russia lo tas couu.ry, but advising the settiement of them in thptr native country, aud promising pe- captary which Was corrected by Mr. effect that it was only Intended to discourage the mcrease of paupertsu. Another aebate sprang up, daring which 1 was urged by Mr. Eittnger that oue of the objects of tue society should be LO procure apprenticesiiips for young Jewish immigrants, that they may learn a trade, aud that the distrioution of charitadie donations should ve left to the old Hebrew Benevolent Society. but tt was Clanned Lat the preamole covered tus, and it Was Ko agreed, A comuntttee to draft a coustita- tion and bylaws was appointed, co sisdng of Dr. Guthem, P. J. Joachimssen, M. Elitager, Henny B. Merts and isracl J. Salomon, The chair was authorized to cali the next meeung, aad aster Liat the assemblage adjourned, SPIRITUALISTIC SPUTTERINGS, Masicy Fiowers of Fancy and Flora—The Mage nifivent Emma Hardinge=The jlyateries of Metuphysiqs Made Manifest ia Wultiple Syllables. ‘The same old crowd as usual, with a large addition of cuttosity seckers, Came logelicr yesterday fore- noon at tue Everett Rooms, corner of broadway und Whirty-fourth street, to hear the mupressive Emma on “Spiritualism and the Reforms of the Nineteenth Century.” An adinission fee of tea cents was charged at the door, wherepy @ certain sui of at least teu dollars nonst have been realized. Near the coor an‘old genticman, wearing & look of resigna- tion as profound as a sheep condemuea to the slaughter, sold copies of the “Bauner of Light? at any price you cared to give. A lady, whose youth must have been speut in the flowery by-paths of life, paper On an Opposite seat, and though total ri wor hi Dose! tyes hardly reached hati a doliay, « ppiaess radiated ner count t mgt ou oy of wntiitons tanle MAGN LP LOE! the Bekina a or Ing the termination of tae prelim. the meeting. A man with black Dlanoned cheeks, glassy supermund voice of Sad aud sawinill sound, a services ol the a . perpe taation anc iWeation of the ination of the age vf fn th stage a sorrowill tooxing ludy played @ Gistaal piano, aud auoluce ly saug a dol 4 the plans i} melody, in which two men with olack whiskers joine?, In the quartet was » female voice that ap- peared to come from under an he! beor barrel, and seemed to arrest all the attention of the audience, though three other voices were banging away in beautitul discord at. the same time, Tuat voice singing “OU! COME TO MR WHEN DAYLIGHT sBrs,” and addressed to any individual who didn’t feel itke going, would have fetctied him mght away, It ‘Was a study, indeed, and should be heard to be pro- periy. ppreciated. ‘the old lads with the long gray air showed a deep relish for 1, and one enthusias- Uc venerable whispered to the reporter ‘That, sir, 18 the music ofthe spheres.” “Excuse me, old ” responded the scribe, ‘the song that angelic lady sings is the Dirge of Outalissi, IT have heard i¢ Many a time in foreign lands.” ‘1 bow to the cor- rection,” replied he, “for 1 never heard anything like it before.’* ‘The music ceased, and then the splendiferous cast ' from he! Emma, in a dress of azure blue, ro) ir shoulders @ shaw) of snowy lace, a advanced to the front ofthe plattorm. Her was arranged in studied disorder, which had @ very pretty eilect as Taras the hair went, A lace handkerchief and a bouquet of lowers were poised in one hand, while the other was made available for gesticulation and for the display of a glittering diamoud ring which Emma fondly adwires. Kmme made a praygr in favor of ABOLISHING WINTRY WEATHER, and making the days and the nights sunny, bright and warm, #8 they are in the spirit iand, Alter taat sne began her appointed discourse, which, a6 usual, was one of tthese mysteriously sublime concatena- tions of pollysyllanic verms watch bewilder the ordi- nal Ca redreres hol ally king,” sata “Biectrically and psychologically speaking,’ Emma, “the imponderability of the. petallie pers of this flower (pointing to one in her bouquet) bears the same relative consequenuality to the aivaricated elements of humanity that the coligation of hickory sticks bears to the dismemberation of the individu- alized units.” Tois sentence created a deep im- pression, “the words of learned length and thun- dertug sound” belng botheration tenfold magnified to every listener in the room. Busma’s voice, unlike wine, improves not with age. Is was once like “vocal velvet,” but now it is mare like vocal rag carpet, if such a thing. be. If # person shuts his eyes and shucs out the view of tie magnificent Emina he will be apt to compare the voice be hears to that woich may haye so offen dolighted him coming from the deep-seated lungs of the muddle man in A MINSTREL PERFORMANCE. “Now, Taw, we will proceed to the disquisition of the extraordinary reason why Pompey Jones is like @ pumpki.’’ Bat Emma’s smile—ab! that’s some- tung to see. It spreads acrosse her face like the ripple of sea foam that marks an expiring wave on the beach of Coney Island, That smiio hasa deeper significance than the thoughtless observer might be Incitned to suppose, but tt would take more than the Innits of this notice to teil all about it, The discourse was well under way when four half dranken, lubberly fellows, who had the audacity to come out on the Saboath without a bit of linen. en- tered-the room and took four distinct seats in the rear, while ail eyes for & moment or two were turned around upon them. In five minutes after they were stretched out AT FULL LENGTH, FAST ASLERP, and the object was at once seen that having been ouc all night on aspree they paid teu cents each to come in dnd have a cheap siakedown, No one dared to rouse them up, for they were too full of spirits, and miher Wan offend the spirits they were allowed to shore away to the ead of Bunna’s dis- course. BROOKLYN CHURCHES. PLYMOUIH CHURCH. The Sunny Morning and tho Flowers—Ser- mon on “ Wimessing for Cnrist”—Mr. Beecher’s Pictyre from Life—A_ Piciorial and |Supereminent Gonversion~The Lord Making a Man a Bankrupt. ‘The sunlight fell on the walls of Plymouth church yesterday morning as the bell tollea the hour of ser- vice, and the well dressed throng, with elastic tread, cheerful countenance and lively talk, wended their way Uutber, The early arrivals had an opportunity for a quiet survey before the rush came, and the cynosures of every eye were the flowers, The lilies lifted their heads with that proud droop pecuilar to lies and displayed to perfection their plastic and purest beauty. A little basket of rosea nestled at the foot of the vase of Iilies, and on the minister’s little table was a greenhouse plant of’ attenuated etems and silvery blossoms. Before the opening voluntary was played the chureh had nearly filled up, and when the choir rose to sing the old English anthem to the words of the hymn commencing Before Jehovah's awfnl throne, ‘vhe ushers had to stem the rush of a well-dressed bat very earnest crowd of anxious worshippers. Every available seat and standing place was se~ cured, and then the doors were perermptorily closed. A large number went away unable to get within hearing distance of the popular preacher. Mr. Beecher’s subject was “The Duty of Witness- ing for Christ's Work;’? and, to use the expressive but homely language of a lady as she left the church with the departing crowd, “We had a good time; or, to put the description of it in more methodical phrascology, it ‘was a melting season.” Mr. Beecher’s pictuzes of life yesterday morning were rather more pre-Rapbaelite than usual; they were sharper cut— A NAKED BUT BOLD OUTLINE, that gave the hearer an tdea that the word-artist had drawn his sketch of the anatomy of mep’s characterfwith @ pair of microscopes on his eyes. A very unusual tribute to the accuracy of the sketches was involuntarily paid to this artist in words in the very noticeable fact that in the delini- ation ot several of the characters to have been painfully percept afflicted with a coid, that had sudden settled tn thelr throat, their nose and thelreyes, While one of the sketches was being shown there was a chorus of throat cleaning and 4 vision of white cambric, that wus none the less signiticaut when 1t was ob- served that the women were iree from this affection and jooked at their lords with a chastened sinile, a8 they saw how strong they were and low weak was the stronger vessel, ‘The text was selected from the nineteenth verse of the ith chapter of the Gospel of St. Mark:—How- belt, Jesus suffered bin it; Out saith unto him, go home to thy friends and tell them bow great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath Lad compas- sion on thee.’? Every man who believed himself to be a Christian should make public acknowledgmeng of 1b 80 that men should Know what that influence was that con- trolled and gave color to nis life. A jotning of we Church was hot enough; that was rather A FELICITOUS MOOK of witnessing. Multitudes of men endeavored to live Cbristianly, but tuey were very cautious m say- jog they were’ Christians; sometimes from motry: of fear, sometimes from pride, Now, why should 1 such men let their lips speak a8 well as their ily: Phe paysician had a right to the testimony of every patient whom he bad aeated, Sucii uses Were Very dangerous to men. Such #@ wan savs bo him. efore L testity jor Christ tet me su That was as if aman wou you I ¢ burning were tw sa¥ to you, grateful Lo you, but Lsball be more aud by, wacn f have leara ts wom drowning “Weill, Lam ver; ar ver how to do it. . ‘The emphle ¢ thls aiscourse he wished to rest up: of Christians kuowiledging tue persons! Obugations towards God for particulat mercies Vouctsaied to them 1m their lives, There was mucu on whieh men could bear testimony inthe history of thei conversion. Dr. Ulaliners’ conversion had Goue more good than ug ‘The Doctor had been a Socinian preacher, been in the possession of moraliy Whicw LEAVES, BUT NoT FRUIT, and then he caine to see the simplicity of the. Gos. pel, his condwton as a sinuer, and pe was brought ous gf darkness Into Marvellous ight. + Every man has to fight against the evil that was in bin, and the relation of the conflicts in geting the victory over that would do more good than even Gospel preaching. ‘There was avother testimony that could be made and shat was testifying to the growth in the spirit of the conzctousuess of sm, Many young mep ana maidens wher breaking up of an @vil lite und some powerful religious Movement say, “Phat is how I shouid like to come to wsaving KuOWleuge of vod,” ‘They want a superhuman mifience, to be awone out of their life of sinfulness by at and grand rovival, and tuey are pot sausied uiess Lacy have a VICTORIA AND & Those who wer? cou womd Srequently be heart knew the power and strength of sin uutll they we converied, and they did Bot know anul then what pleiy Was. It was thatdiving sensibthty to sin and grace U1at was the healtay sign of conversion. ‘Then there was a teetunony of joy which was ex- tre edifying and encouragiag to our feligw men, Some men said tat they had never fel. anytuing bat joy and a coufideoce ta God that had never known any cload; apd it bas been all joy and dit stuastin® wid God has been with Uiem ever to bles am. “Well (said Me. Beecher), Te don't believe them.» You right i tell me that a violin Wad never got vut of tune or needed tuning since the tirst ume 16 was played upon. Well, I don’t vellove that, (here was NEVER A CATGUT MADE that was not susceptibie to the imiuences of tha Weatuier and the wear aod tear of the bow.” Mr Beecher then Went On fo describe the eoniicts of Curisuans, and satd that the Apostie Joua was always agreat comfort to him. is was a loving disposition, but he would cry lor tre to come dowa from Deaven © destroy Villages Mid not accept theic message aud entertain ten Lhave a groac regard for the Apostes, and, considering woe pit ous of which they were broagas, I thiak THE APOSTLES PURNED OUT PRETTY WEGL: but in their experience, tele conmicis, their con. Si, their Weakiesses, I think there 1s yreat for rejoicing.” AN thou hac bier conics, ere were no trouble, comparable to chose of bnsiness mea = ‘The power and dread of the Spanish Juquisiiou Wad OS ROUMIAC be Hiab WAIED soMNe Gust ness Men were called upon to endure, He had known nen who Yn those troubles bave suflered tha TOKMENTS OF THK DAMNED ON THIS SfbR OF THE GRAVE. : He did not wonder tnat mon were urged to com. mit suicide while under. cares Of business trouble that opened before them a storm that would sweep honor, their estate. their reputation and all that they had tu the world into an unrecoverable vortex of ‘The most miserable Was the man who had to appear to be A RICH MAN AND YET A BANKRUPT. He hud to keep up his four story brown stone front, his horses, his carriage, lis gtriq and wife were to dreas well; and he was to do all this because It would be prejudicial to his credit to retrench, and eople sald to him ‘Why don't you subsoribe to ‘his and that.” and it chafed him and he was truly miserable. By and by THE LORD MADE HIM A BANKRUPT, and he was happy after: that, and when he was pushed down to the bottom and God had shown bim his folly and his pride he lived for God and not for himself. There no Waterloo like the victory @ man got over hunself- A humor- ous description of proper and very cola prayer meeting raised the audicrice from @ slight depression of spirits, anc when he intro- duced a hardy, warm-hearted seaman at one of these meetings, who broke out in true Methodis warm-noarted phraseology, the congregation smi through thelr tears aud @ number of them jaugned out very beartily. os CHURCH OF ST. CHARLES BORRONZO. Sermon by Father McGivern—Charity for the Opinions of Our Neighbore—The Kaifice, There was avery large congregation at all the Masses and at vespers at the Church of St. Charles Borromeo, ‘Sidney place, Brooklyn, yesterday, At the last massa short and instructive lesson was given by the curate, the Rev. Father McGivern, who, after reading the Gospel for the Third Sunday in Lent, ascended the polpit and discoursed for about twenty-five minutes upon CHARITY, from a somewhat novel standpoint. The reverend gentleman advised his hearers against the unchart- tableness of thrusting their own dpinions upon their neighbors 1 matcers which were trifling. Such a course is too oftent ndulged in, with an unchristian-like and contentious spirit. Men naturally hold tier opinions—they are part of themseives; they are, in fact, their children—and therefore they guard and cherish them with jeal- ousy. To attempt to overthrow these by urging your owu particular views in matters of trivial im- portance is ungenerous, and causes rancorous feel- ings in the mind of the neighbor you assall. Of course, Where matters of vital importance are at stake, affecuing the spiritual or temporal wel- fare of the person 086 opinions §=you geck to aiter dy enligh! him with that which is true, it ig but rigot that the error stould be pointed out. This would not, how- ever, be contentious. Yet there are those who shut their eyes to the light of truth, and who, througi. excessive prejudice, persisteaty shut them the more you try to open them. With such peysons it 13 un- charitable to urge that which annoys them, as it will not avail, it is charity, and not contention, whica should in ali things prompt us to CORLEOT FAULTS IN OUR NEIGRDOR. And no desire to dominate our own opinions, simply because they are ours, should ever make us forget to exercise charitable consideration for the peace of mind of anotner. If there ts no particular danger to be anticipated for your neighbor through the enjoymeat of his opinions, even though they may be erroneous—if tuere is nothing at stake— then 1b 18 wilogether unnecessary to correct him. Bnt how often do these conventions arguments arise between men on the most trivial points of difference of opinion, which in themselves can assert neither good nor evil, and yet they are magnified ‘Wo suclh@ degree that they would appear to be of great Welghi. Such isthe uncharitabie feeung en- gendered by Opposition where the latter is of no possible consequence whitever. Let us, then, try to pursue a charitable course towards our fellow mon, By so doing we will follow the example of our divine Lord aad Master and be at-peace with all nent as far ad 18 Consistent with truth. ‘The choir of this chure which has long been Jamons for 18 superiority, acquitted itself in the usual artistic manner yesterday, taereby adding much to the devouonal seniuments engendered by the beatiful services. THE CHURCH OF 8T. CHARLES BORROMEO, of which the Rev. Dr. Friel, one of the most eloquent preacters in Brookiyn, 1s pagtor, occupies a position In that. city similar to that held by St. Stephen’s church to the Vatholics of New York. It is located on Sidney places corner of Livingsion, one of the aristocractic quarters of che city, and is attended by the wealthy Catholic residents of that tocality. ‘The edifice 18 not by any means a pretentious one, how- ever, though it 13 entirely new, having been ovcu- pied for the first time aoout a year ago, - it was built to replate tne former church, which, it will be remembered, was destroyed by fre in March, 156%. ‘The present building 3 of the Kagiish atyle of archi- vecture, of Philadeiphia brick, with Ohio aad Beile- vue stone triminings, and is surmounted by @ spire about 150 feev bi ‘The windows are of stained giags, and the altar and chancel are very handsome in desigu. ‘fhe walls of the interior have not yet been trescoed. When the latter work'1s compiled it Will adda materially to thé general ,pieasing eifect of the interior of the church, CENTRAL METHODIST CHURCH. The Berect Law of Liberty and Our [myer fect Lawmakers. ‘The large and influential coagregation worship- ping inthe Central Methodist Episcopal church of Williamsburg were pamed yesterday by the an- nouncement that their pastor, Rev. Benjamin M. Adams, was so severely indisposed that a stranger had to be gent for to occupy mis place. Brother H. P. Hiking, @ local preacher, conducted the exercises and delivered a discourse on the twenty- fith verge of the first chapter of the generat Epistle of St. James—*But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty and cultivateth therein, he being nota forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.’? Mr. Elkins spoke to the text with great earnestness. He thougit that the Aposile, im thus beautt(ully marking out the line of the Christian’s life, exbivited an Inumate koow- Jedge of human nature, looking to tae inner feelings of man rather than to his external showing. In cis turbulent and lawless age we would do weil to read and remember the verse he had selected, be- cause it 1s the voice of God as recorded by the Apostle. He believed with Luther, that perfect law had tts seat in the bosom of God and tuat those woo violated it Would meet with sure destruction, just as the rebellious angels did when they revolted against His commands. God’s laws are perfect be- ause they apply aitke to ail His creatures, They vate one to the degradation of another. Not so, however, with imperfect human jaws, en- acted, as We Know them to be in this State, vy CORRUPT LEGISLATORS, aad administered, as we have reason to beifeve, im many cases by corrapt jadges, who are mn collustoa wit them. Under such law CRIMINALS GO UNWHUPPED 2 oflen. meétines they evade the laws, a8 a memoranie New York cases, by renoing and remaining beyond the jurisdiouen of 3. Butihey cannot evade the laws of God or oe for God has jurisdiction over all‘the uni- nd no man cao lide from Him, and he who ‘Sataw of nature ag surely suifers for it in sh as ha Who Violates the moval law sutters to the conscience. ° JsRSEY CITY CHURCHES. THE ; TABERNACLE, A New Heart and a New Spirit-Sermon by the Rev. G. B. Wilcox. ‘The First Congregational church, more commonly Known as the Tabernacle, was modestiy attended yesterday moruipg by » fashionable congregation, ‘There Were the usual rusutng ot sliks and dying of Seathers as the ladies passed in before the opening of services and out after their close. Jaunty jacket and narrow bonnets, as preity withal as they were narrow, seemed to be about. equally patronized by the heads of the femtnine part of the congregation, while ovee the costly velvet cloaks gene- raly worn fur tippets, those stera remind- era of =o Wiutry = days, = were thrown =o by some, The congregation of the churct ts the most wealthy, and tonsequently the most fashlons- bie, in Jersey City. Iv was organized to 1853, and since 1862 has worshipped in the church it now occue pies, at the corner of York and Henderson atree ‘The ‘structure ls of brick, and bears in the plain ness of its appearance no evidence to the oatenta- tious fashion which it sometimes encloses. ‘The in. terior 1a very neatly but plainiy kalsomined and decorated. A fineorgan stands at the south end of the church, behina the pripit. ‘The ouilding is large enongh for the accommodation of fifteen hundred people, The congregation at presens worshipping iherp numbers abows seven hundred souls. Among voce Inost | PROMINENT MEMBERS .of it aay be mentioned Major#Z. K. Pangborn, the ator of the leading paper in Hudson county; Jona- than Dixon, Jr, oae of the leading lawyers in the State, and Dudley 5. Gregory, Jr, who 18 counted among the wealthiest residents in the city. The music by M ck, he organsst, is more than ordinarily good, There is ne Paid choir connected with the church. ‘The singing by tue congregation, under the lead of Mr. Gregory, is, however, alwars finely executed, Gd. B. Wilcox 1s at present oMelaung im the palpi He is & new incumbent, and has been connected with the vhurcn tor only about two montis, iis sermons are aiwaya thonghtful and logical taronghont. 1a peaking he rely Mase solely upon tis reasoning aciities, and dis 1s overytuing savoring of rne- torical tarnish. Lis sivie of delivery, barring the qecasioual drawllag so commen amOne MIAKIErs, 1s simple and natural. He chose for his text yestor- day morning the words “A new heart wil I give you, and @ new spirie will I pub into you,” anc bis effort was directed to prove that the will muss originate reform, and that the Holy Ghost alone could sustain it, ‘There was nothing, he sald, back of the will to originate depravity. It ts the fountain head of character. The will is responsible for all sins, DIVERSION FROM THK PATE OF RIGHT is wholly tue growth (f bad choices. Let a man make up his mind to bicome @ Christian and he would succeed. He bad heard of a Scotchman who, when a youtn, bad run through @ | fortune and reduced himse'f aimost to destitution; one day wite Wine upon 8 hill, looking over his lost estate, he fin resolved to regain it, His determination was his nee purpose until death. Industry and & miserly life soon brought him to a consummation of bis design. He not only reacquired his squandered property; but died at the age of fifty yeurs & miser worth $590,000 beyord itt. with the sinner who wills to reform. If it be hia controlling purpose, all of the Involuntary instincts of his heart and mind will acquire character [rom the will, and help him w the realization of its aesign. Buta change of will was no easy matter. Depravity ts a deep-rooted curse—the Bible calls it a di — ard the tuitiation of reform can only succeed @ struggle, The assistance of the Holy Ghost must be called in to accomplish it, and after 1¢ has been started that assistance must be had to sustain It. AS the good man whoraisesa stupid drunkard front the street will hold him under the arm lest ho fall again, so will this good spirit sustain the weak, re- pentant sluner, TRIMTY CHURCH, NEWARK. Charity Sermon and Confirmation Services by Bishop Odenheimer. ‘Trinity church, the time-honored Episcopal edifice in Newark, N. J., was filled to repletion yes terday forenoon with a fashionably-attired con- gregation, the occasion being a highly inter- esting sermon on the subject of charity and the holding of confirmation services by the Right Reverend Bishop of the Diocese of New Jersey, W. Hi. Odenheimer. The customary Lenven service, in which the rector, Rev. Mr. Meter Smith and Rev. Mr. Webb, of East Newark, assisted, being concluded, tho reverend prelate read the closing verse of First Corinthians, twelfth cnapter, ending with the passage—‘-And yet show I unto you a more excellent way.” TUE MORE EXCRLLENT WAY, the bishop explained, for the peace and unity of the Christian Church was the practice of ocharity—the greatest of all Christian virtues. As was defined mn the next chapter by St. Paul, ‘Charity suffereth long and is kind; charity envietn not; charity vaunteth not and 1s not puffed up.’’ and, therefore, the .more excellent way to work out the principles of the Christian religion was the practice of charity. After eighteen hundred years of practical working the melancholy topic of discussion tn the Church to-day was the want of unity and the preva- lence of dissensions. What was wanted to reach prescription, uot a the desired result was & panacea, ELOQUENCE WITHOUT CUARITY, continued the Bishop, was mere babbling; know- ledge without charity was simply vanity, and throughout Christendom, for the securing of eff. cient working, perfect harmony and unity, the prac- he of charity was more to be desired than all other things. 5 A collection was then taken up in behalf of mis- sions, under the direction of the Bishop, after watch nearly fifty persons, of all ages, from Mfteen years to fifty, and about equally di¥ided as to sex, received the rite of confirmation, The service throughout was equally impreasive as 1t was deeply futeresting and beauthul, ' WASHINGTON CHURCHES. Devotions Among the Various Deuominations at tho Capital—The Casting Out of Unclean Spirits—A Catholic Blast Against the: Mod- ern Isms~7The Harmony Between Secular and Religious Duties. WASHINGTON, March 20, 1870, The morning services at the Trinity Episcopal church toeday were attended by a large congrega- tion of its own people and strangers. Tho regular rector, Mr. Addison, being absent, the services were conducted by Rev, W. W. Williams, rector of Christ church, Georgetown. The reverend gentleman took as the subject of bis discourse those words in the narrative of Chrisi’s trial before the Roman gover- nor, “Pilate said to them, WHAT SHALL 1 DO, THEN, WITH JESUS, that 1s called Chrfst.’? The discourse opened, by way of forcibiy presenting the subject, with a summary of the momentous scenes that crowded about the ar- raignment of Christ. The Roman governor felt overawed,by the innocence and majesty of the criminal before him. He was doubting whether to accept the teacvings of that inward monitor or to give way to tne clamor of the rabble, the tempta- tions of ambition and the temporal rewards of men. He asked the question, “Who is this man Jesus, and what shall I do with Him?” This, the minister satd, was @ guestion that every human being had to answer. Cbrist is on everybody’s nands, and all must decide what to dowith him, No one isiree from sin. Christ came on the earth the pew lightof the religions world. He was rejected by some and received by others, and so will jt be necessary for all posterity te decide. The remarks of the miniater were ful! of eloquence ané delivered in a manner of solemnity and effect. Among those present in the congregation were ‘Associate Justices Netsou and Clifford, of the United States Supreme Court. At the New York avenue Presbyterian church the congregation listened to an instructive discourse trom Rev. Mr. Mitchell on the text, ‘WITHOUT GOD IN THE WORLD.” The universality of sin in the world was forcibly drawn from the various practical exhibitions that we see around us of its workings. He stated that multitudes of human beings come into the world and pass away Without the knowledge of God or even showing au inclination to learn His ways. Wiihout God in the world, made @ cheerless iife of this we lead in this sphere of probation, Tne congregation was large and the sermon was full of lessons of good. The high mass at St, Matthew's Roman Cathotic qhurch was celebrated to-day by the Rev. Mr. Mackin before one of the most respect. able and intelligent congregations thut ever assembled in that very pretty churci. The music ‘Was not so good as generally heard at St. Matthew's, but one solo by Professor Gannon was remarkanle for Quish of execution and richness of composition. Rey. Charles I. White, pastor of the church, ered the sermon, taxing his texr from ine e! chapter of St. Luke, and dwelllug more partic ulariy on the words, *Biessed is the wom» that bore f nee and the paps that gave Thee “suck. Yaa, rather blessed are they who . HEAR THR WORD OF GOD and keep it.’ Dr. White opened tis discourse, by explaining how necessary above 2b other thiags it was for the Christian to look to lis eternal saiva~ tion, Tho world and all its attractions and pur suits wore as notiing in importance compared with the great end for which man was create. Mankind niust look beyond this eari He muss rise above the vantties of life and direct af his words, thoughts and actions in the channel that leads heavenward, Of what use was all this world, of what avail its wealth, titles, honors and giortes f the Christian neglects the great object for which he was created? The enormity of sin seeined not to be gen- eraly appreciated, len =went on irom year to year attending solely to the. affairs of the world, heaping up wealth and honors, stebping themselves deep in the pool of iniquity and .appa- rently heediess and umnindtui of tno divine precepts. For the seemingly trifitng offence of eat- Ing an apple toe entire human race was condemned to toil and suffering What, then. must ve tee nrag- nitude of punishment due to greater sins, when ape of such apparent lightness wasTollowed oy such dire consequences to maut And yet esery hour and mo- ment of the day the justice of God Was temyted in the most daring way by suancrs guilty of the worst crimes and transgressions against tbe divine law, Bo dreadful was the character of ein tat the Son of God himself of up Uitmselt as a sacrifice for man's rederapth In follewing out his idea of the foliy of negiecting religious duties for Lhe sake of tho world ‘br. Walte was led to make some renavks about THE ECUMENICAL COUSCIE and the efforts being made to cast ridictic and cons tempt upou the datiberations of tne bishops and learned ecclesingties BOW assembled in Rome. Every honr of the day, said Pr. White, a bundie of liea 18 invented by bad men aud scattered al over the world with a view of misrepresenting tie aojects and probable resulisof the Counc. All these efforts were vain and useless, The wise men gathered from every part of the earth, speaking dil ferent languages, With customs diverse, and having almost nothing in common bub that wonder. fnl wnty of faith which belonged to the catholic Church, would resolve sfler mature deliberation what would be best for the interest of religion and the human race, and if they could not do “it it Would be vam Loexpect its accompiisnmeat else- where, The Council could not be affected by threats or persuasions from abroad. Bad mea might rage, aud meuace, and he, and ridicule, but the Council, animated by the Holy spirit, wouid proceel with its work ondisinayed. What cared the Holy Charen for the World?) What was it to the Council wheter tts conciusions shouid he distasteful or not to the great of the carih? kts misstou was above earth; lis 0b- ject. the truth evernal. ‘the Catholic might be suro of one thing, that po matter what men might say, the Councu would adopt What was rught and proper. Whatever tts couciusions may be they Will beta accordance with the ight and truth that God promised should ever reaide ty His Cauren, ‘Loo Mowovoliiad beihodal Loiscopal Gpurcl Was saan eed Milled: with more than tts customary numbers. Jn- eed the pleasant spring-hke weashor caused a gene- ral oucpouring of ail chufch going people, Tne pastor, Rev, Dr, Newman, made one of ms finest efforts. Tie text was taken froi the sixth chapter of Matthew and thirty-tnird vorse—-isut seek ye first the kingdom of God and Fis rignteousness and ail these things shall be udded unto you.” After a short and analytic thtroductory of tie Sermon on the Mount, whence tue subject Was taken, the speaker presented the dua: idea of the text as first— THR HARMONY GSTWEEN SKOULAR AND RELIGIOUS LIFE. And, secondly, the divine promise to those who exemplify this harmouy in every day life, It is = nairow view of the Christian life that Sapposes con- version to be only spasmodic action, Con on is the initial point, the grave the terminus, héaven the It 1g narrow to suppose that only acts of devo- tion are religious. Piety 1# the centre from which all the paths of human life radiate, Piety exciuaes the practice of no otuer duties. A false hotion that te does hay given rise to monasteri¢s end nun- neries, ‘Tne speaker would rather iake his chances for heaven amid the jostling crowd of the. world tian und the exclusions of Monastic life, Paul wven making tents was just as truly a gaint as when be preached on Mars Hi The Quakers were the most benevolent people in the World, but thetr influence i circumscrived by their exclusiveness, an explanation why the City of Bro- therly Love is gursed by 50 many riots, True piety is constant and active, like thé circulation of the blood which constantly nourishes tne body, so true piety as Constantly nourishes the soul, ‘This’har- mony of secular and religious Iife was presenied under a variety of itlustrations,-and the second point, the promise of the text, was shown to be co- incident with the lessons of history @nd tnatvidual experience, A striking illustration 19 geen on tals Continent, Cortes and Pizarro came tor conquest and gold a hundred years pefore the Pilgrims, What has become of their couquoste? WHAT 13 SPAIN TODAY ON THIS CONTINENT? But the Pilgrims came seeking the kingdom of heaven and its righteousness, and behold all things have been added unto us. The same principle ap- Phes to individual life and with equal certitude. At chy Epiphany Episcopal church, after the usual impresslvi bin in which he was assisted by Rev, Mr. Jones, Dr. Biarkoy, delivered an inatructive discourse from Luke x1, "He that is not with Me 1s against Me, and he that gathereth not with Me sree Relering to brie bac eg a text the Doctor began by saying not ree with some authorities that the strengtl of the Churen rested in ite divisions. Unity, he thongs, would better insure the'diffusion of that 1aith delivered to the saints, and which it was our duty to practise. Man was a free moral agent who could choose between good and bad, but who could not occupy 8 neutral pie . In code service there was no neutrality. He would impress upon his hearers the necessity of caretully weighing the responsibilities connected with # Christian life. The sacrifices that must be made, the worldly leasures that) = mast = beg relin- quished, the cultivation of that Christlixe spint which taught the forgiveness of our eneinies were all worthy of consideration. ‘Too many entered the ranks of God without an appreciation of the aim- culties attending the warfare. He wished to apply his remarks particularly to that class w.no, walle not members of the Church, attended and joined tn ita services, and exhibited thelr respect for religion in thelr daily walk ana conversation, They were in tne habit of pointing to Mr. So and So and Inquiring ii he were not @ good man, though unconnected with the Church. Comparisons were instituted.be- tween such persons aud members, to the advan- tage of the former. ‘the text ‘was his only answer to this class of church- goers, Who were as dangerous to religion a3 the scoder. In couclusion fe eloguentiy urged upon his congregation to take au advanced ground and to labor earocstly for the salvation of others, Among those present were Minister Thornton, Secretary Robeson and several Kepresentatives, The choir Bang very acceptably, and is one of the attractions for the large congregation that attend the Hpiphany. Dr. Scarkey having aanounced his tutention of re Siguing on account of ill health, a written request, signed by nearly all the members of his church, asking that he remain, will be subinitted to him shortly. In the First Presbyterian church Rey. Dr. Sunder- land, the pastor, preached to a large audience from the second chapter of Revelations, frou the first wo the sixth verse, THE MESSAGE TO THR CHURCH OF EPHESUS. The city of Ephesus, said the speaker, was the metropolis of Asia at one time, and was famed not jess for its trade, wealth and luxury than for tts idolatry and sorcery, The Apostie Paul commencea to preach the true Gospel here toa smeail audienc but so successful had he been that in a short time ib was impoxsible for his audience to get into the most spacious building. The hesians were not, however, steadfast in the faith, Jn the languege of the text, and again returned to idolatry, ‘The speaker then showed how. God had puntshed and forsaken them. ‘While the Epistle of Paul to the Ephesiana was read to-day in every tongue on the face of the earth, the very spot where the citv of Ephesus once stood was almost unknown, ‘The caudiesuck had been re- moved out of his clared in the text had been fulfilled. God, said the preacher, never falls to punish sinespectally u sin of backsliding. ‘Chis Was proved tn the case of the Church of Ephesus, 2s well as in numberless in- stances in the history of kind, In conciusion he warned his hearers against the sin of back- siding and urged them to Hold fast the profession of their faith, The Kev. Francis P. Boyle, pastor of St. Peter's cburen, Capitol Hill, preached an tnteresting and thoughtful sermon on the Gospel selected for she third Sunday in Lent, which refers to CASTING OUT OF UNCLEAN SPIRITS and the return of seven devils. What has already been revealed 1s suificicnt for the Church. The Almighty preserves the Jewish people, with all their traditions, aa @ proof of the old dispensation and an evidence of the truth of the new ono, He alluded to modern philosophy, which demed and sneered at all the traditions of the Catholic Church. Socialism and communism and the otter isms were now the sovereign remedies which were to reform and cure the world. newspapers, the maga- zines, the quarteriles are all fuli of these modern theories, No one was ever made dumb by a devil. A skilful touch of the strgeon’s knife would have been all sufficient, andsv on. All these theories work very well as long as there is pienty of money ‘or other considerations and influences to support them, But in the end they ail fail, “The last etate ie worse than the frst.” The world -fnally comes back to the Church ana her teachings, which are all truth, What has been revealed 15 sufficient, and we might as well recog- nize the fact, for tt 1s true that there is @ Kingdom of darkness a3 well as @ kingdom of lizht, which has tte rulers and officers in authority. ‘The kingdom of the Devil js as well andiclearly dedined as the kingdom ot Christ, and ‘both strive for tne mastery over souls. But well was it for him who believed and leaned on Jesus Christ and His Church, Services were conducted at St. Patrick's cnurch by the Rey. Father Keane, who preached from Luke XL, 14-28-—"'And Jie wae casting ont @ devi}, and the same was (timp, and when He had cast out the devil the dumb spoke and the multitude wdmired,’? &c. The reverend father spoke of the power of Crist over evil and over the Devil dud of His aoility to defend His people irom Satan, ulustzating by nu- merous ences to the Scriptures. Mass was ceie- brated and excellent music was discoursed by the choir. The attendance Was so large that many per- sons were nnavle to optain admission, At the Firss Congregdtional church: Rev. Dr. J. KE. Rankin preached to a large congregauon from Lake xix. 42:—"lf thou hadst known, even thou, st least in this thy day, the things whic belong unto thy peace! But now they are bid from thine eyes.” ‘fhe Jeaciug idea of the sermon was x LECTED OPVORTUNITIES. God gives every man 4 fair chance to make the best possible nse of Dis tine and talents. But many fail to take advantage of it and waste their lives, ‘yhe three Chinese students who are visiting the city were in the audience. The Huschineon Family, vow calists, formed a part of the choir, which rengered some excellent music. REMARKABLE HERGISM IN A YOUNG GIRL. Three Lives Saved by 2 Girl Only Elorca Years Old, (From the Elyria (Ohio) Constitutional ist, March 16} Ata point on the east brauch of the Black river, near the intersection $f Fourth street and East ave- nue, Is,a place where {t has been convenient for pedestriaus to cross the river when bridged over by ice, The thaw of last week had a weakening effect upon the ice previously formed over the river and renderest it an unsafe passage. On Tiinvsaay afternoon Mrs. Beeze, 8 woman who has reacued the declining age of \ife, 19 compauy with two boys, aged about ten years, started for their home on the east side of the river, taking tie usual rowe, After reaching the river at the point designated they ventured to cross, notwith- standing the unsafe condition of the ice. Having proceeded almost to the opposite shore the ive sud- deniy gave way and imstantly precipitated the three into deep water. ‘The unfortunate trio made every effort o sive themselves, but these efforts were un- successftt, as it WAS Impossibie ior eltaer of them to rive above the tes, At this juncture little Mary Sudro, aged eleven years, whose parents reside on the weet bunk, close tothe river crossing, hearing the cries of the din: tracted woman and. terrified dren, quickly rac to the water's edge and percety ata glance the periions position of tho struggliny: trio, with remark- able presence of mind {tu oae & ung, seized a long pole that lay ear by and here.cally yentured apom Ue weak ice to their assistance, At every avep the ice bent ani cracked, a9 Mf jo warn the Mitte heroime back trom her brave bappenes but still, with the hope of seving their lives, even ac the imminent probability of tosing ber own, she bravely kept on her way, and tinal succeeded In placing the pole within reach of the now almost exuiausied Woman. Here the cnild ramaimed for some thine, reacting the poie to hn of tne suffer. ers, and thas adording a suaicient svpport to keep their heads above water, At uus juncoure & nun. ber of igen who were passing by came to the relief of the dlstres persons, A boat was despatched To shetr ald and. after much dificuity, the suderors were reached; nor, however, until one of the pier who had gone inthe boat bad narrowly escaped drowning himself. The woman w. ken (0 a Kelghboring house, where she was caresully attended, but so serte had deen her frignt and so exhausting her exer- tiohs to Save herself, that Was several hours ere she could be removed to her ly + ‘the ebitdrea did not seem to be Muck exhausted.” Mad it aot been for the heroic presence of mind of the Niue girl a painiul calamity Would daqnesQonabiy wave rosnigga. they left their first tove © place, and the threatening ‘de- -