The New York Herald Newspaper, April 25, 1870, Page 3

“Weekly Wails, Warblings and Worship of Clerical Shepherds ‘ and Christian Sheep. Polygamy and the Yopo Pcunded in the Pulpit. Standstill Christianity flightly Sncered at, and the ‘Jackals of ilercay” Derided and Lenounced. Seetarian Bitterness, Theological Bile and the Religious Fervor of the French, The Vials of Catholic Wrath Poured on Beecher, Hepworth and Frothingham, and the Pope’s Bull Badly Gored by a Billions Prophet. The Evangelization Question Discussed by a Mexican Missionary. Does the Bivle Sanction Polygamy ?—Our City in the Hands of the Evil Oue—Tho Just aud the Unjust on the Sands of Eternity. Sermous in the Metropolis, Washington, Brooklyn and Elsewhere, ‘The warm rays,of the glorious sua streaming in through the windows of metropoutan houses yea- fterday morning admonisne) tate sleepers that no Valid excuse for remaiming away trom church could be granted them, Balmy and beautiful the Dinshing morn gave promise of glorious spring “day, which later hours tully real ized, It would be untrae to state that all our metropoltian Caristians avaiied themselves Of the propitious weather and went reitgiously to church, for thousanas wended their way out into We green fields to worstup nature and thank God for their day of rest; but muititades crowded tae @acred edifices and jomed fervently in praise to the Giver of Good, Stimulated to greater efforts by Whe Kindly eiiticisms and encouragement ot the Hgts.» the preacuers put forth their best powers to the beneftt of our religious community, and on the whole acquitted themselves crediabiy. The re- Ports ef the sermons delvered in New York, Wash- 4ngion, Hrookiyn and elsewiere presented below Will be found to coutain most mtereetinz, enteriain- ins and mstractive matrer, witch doubtless wil be read with satisfaction by ail good citizens. CANAL SIREER PR:SBYIVRIAY CHeRO: Sermon ou the Pulpit aud the Press by the Rev. David Mitehet. Yesterday inorning tng services in the Canal street church were conducted by tue pas‘or, Rey. David Muchell, Aiter the usual introductory services, ana Just before the sormon. the reverend gentiewan said that ata congregauonal meeting tt nad been unan- miously resolyed to raise funds for the erection in the chureh of a suttabic organ; wat nearly half the mount had beeu subscribed, and tiat tae subserip- tion lists would remain open for some time. This an- nouncement seemed to give great satisfacuon, Mr Mitchel! then proceeded with a curious but sugyes- tive sermon on the ‘Pulpit and tue Press,” from the text Proveros xxvit., 17—“Irou sharpeneth tron.” Je said tirat ine press tu these days Was allying itselié with the pulpit. Several newspapers, but more pro- minently than any other the Now Yor Hexavp, treated. their readers on Monday movhines to Byiopses Of many of the sermons of tae previous Gay. it was sucn anew and striking feasure thas even the Seirday Review had an editoriat on It, comme.iding the practice to the press of Great bri- lain, Fome time ago a strong point was male by one Robertson, in Giasgow, woo. had been charged by the session for breasing the Savbata, in that ne had tollowed ms usuai avocation of compositor on tuat day. Robertson retaliated that some of tho Clergy event their manucciipt of sermon; on Sun- day uighis to be noticed the following day. In this inghiy favored elty of sew York the clergy did not Need io resort to such practices. Reporters were everywhere photographing our preachers. No one cau read these reporls without feng that the preacher's occupation 18 nut goue. Lis an acknow ledyiment on the par. of the press of the power and Vaiue Gi puipitiusiraciion, ii preacher vaen traced tie history of the pulpit, evoke of the extraordi- Lary power it wieided belore the priztiag press Was fieard of, and how, 1 possibie, tue press vad dude Cral Mstraction more vaiuabie than ever. Ho Pelesred Lo the press as a Livai o1 We palpit. it was & Vell-meaning tival. ‘There was reauy nv cause for jee ousy between tiem. Both theoreticatly had tue @uvancelient v1 train and eivilization at heare; both, Kebevally speaking, were comiuciel by educated Had thoughiini men. Lucey were boti highly appre- erated by. tie publ ‘the churches in favorable stuatious were thronzed. Tnere was quite a ruan Upon our Dewspapers and magazines, Jeuny Lind might as weil be jealous of a ureat composer, the inventor of a Machine Of the sxiliul artisan, ad the Pulple OF Lhe press. SO long as there were inhuman Voices aid hunina ears and human passions to be moved vovai insiructiou would maintain its place, BHesiacs tae spheres of the puipir and press were Quite istiucl fue preacher dealt persouaily with er ature, ‘ie Was the living embodiment Drinelpes. It was the Word ol Goa he to el ‘The press was the ia Wilich society oeneld liseli. Our sing aod , our Vices ud cries ail political gud BOCA GUeSONSs Were generally desericed 10 a fallie ful mauner. ‘The press had its greatest iofluence over our commercial aud political Mie; the pulpit over aut Individual and domesitc le. “che boundary dine bewweta We pulpit gad tae press was nob so Gistincuy marked out that the one nugnt merge 1t3 Work Wilh thaé of the otler. Many of our great preachers Were our best autuors, such as Cealmers, Guburie, Caud, Spurgeon, beecuer. Literature in Mie past was even the baudmaiden of the pulpit. Who kuowWs but that many excellent reviews and ediioilais ave irou the peas of the sons of toe cuureh’ The preacher eloquently descriogd the day Wheu tie puiplt aud: the press would be ciorougaiy ue. ‘Thea auder their courbtued influence sociey Wouid vise tu iguer platforms of civilization aud Teuugious lie. CHURCT OF THE AFFINITIZE, Teniptution=Sermen by the Rev. 0. B. Froth. ingham. ‘There was the usual congregation at Lyric Hall Yesterday—iashionavie in a degree and sivgulariy @ppreciative, After the usual preliminary exercises the sev. Mr. Frothtaghain preached a sermon on the subject of “emptation.” He said that the more peopie Saw Of the universe the better they liked 1; Aue deeper it was seen the more goodness disclosed fisell, Was Le demed the existence of any evil. ‘There NO pevin, no Satan, Where was he to be found? Certainly Hot in the world outside of man, Science had ex- piorcd the world trow end to end, There was no evil catside 0: man, There was no prince of the powers of the air, Lanning te earth with his dusky And poisonous wings. Was the adversary within? Was the tempter in the spirit? In man’s miuture Lucko was nothing bad. Without selfisuness, even, itece weuld be no progress in human affairs. Wherever one Went, ail -over the world, payaical, atural, luceliecrual, moral, aplritual, he saw order, ‘iaw, beauty, Darsnony, movement, skill te geuce. On the other side was to be seen Sraprnions exposure, sail, ilo, desolation, powers perverted Ake Wil corrop ihe mteiligence devased and the oral pature degraded; tempsation end no tempter; Ti! and no adversary; ruin and no wahgnant power} Gevuiatiod and no ravisher. Woere wus the exol naven? What was caled evil Lad no suostunce, Bei oe had its ou temptation. Whatwere i) bdO8 4... SCCIAL CONYULSIONS, those polifical revolutions, those Insurrections In Spain, those strikes at raris aod Lyous, those dis. d4urbances in Germany, those aprisings 1 Ireland phy - hy i what were tnose jarrings 10 be ian? “ailvonded, ts anow thie tb ny ‘00 the | & tof man to arcommo- hy to better circumstances, to obtain nis sivilege and into pos-c¥sion of is preroga- ves. He @ luded to the restiessucss of man, eu, he sald, arose from a desire to adjuse hiumeel properly to ns sd Live was an experiment. TBMPTATION WAS TRIAL, but trial was not tempiavion, and the difference was (hat temptaioa was an excessive stray; 1b Was the point where the moral turee gave Way man’ toppled aver; it was that pom ab wich man | bis se f-control. There were theories regarding vemptetion and the means emoloved in overcoming it, One was exposure. The advocates of that theory reasoned that ex- oxUre gave experience and teinptations that seem ormidabdle taded mio insignificance. Yel, were all the wretches Wao pursued that course Co sive (oer testimony upon the subject they woul deo are with One Vovvd that it was @ failure. ‘Tne other theory Wus tac of avoidance. which was alinost an impos. ed. siouY and ananenvea with tho desired resuit. What, then, wasto be stone betwoen tiem? The roper method was ee » RESISTANCE, No avyowanee, no exposure, but rosistaace, Life was not sleep. It wasa hatte that must be fought. aAfier some further observations the preacver col cluded by ad. ocating resistance as (he most advi able manner by which to overcome temptation, CHURCH OF TUE HESSIAN. A Large, Brillinut and Fashionable Congres gation~Sermou on “The Divine Hope” by Rev. George Hl. Wopworth. Y¢sterday’s gladsome spring day ond tte briviant sooshine and soft oaimy alr, giving, with reani- iwated verdure of our parka aud lawns and trees, Teanmmated vigor to human Kind and a liveiter tingle Of blood through the vera, a brighter sparkie to the eye and tresher bloom to the cheeks, brought out everybody, 23 1t might be expected auch a day would, to church, who even on the great day of hebdomadal worship are accustomed to at tend the sacred temples set apart for Sabbath devo- tions. ‘There certttuly has beea rarely such a large attendance as yester@iy morniag at the Church of ihe Mezsiah, coruer of Park aveaue and Thirty. fourth street. THE CKURCH 18 ALWAYS FULL, and sometimes overfowingly so, and this was one of the overflowimg occasions. All the politeness of the pleasant sexton and generaiissimo usher, Mr. Berry, aud the peculiarly polite corps of ushers acting os his aides-de-camp, was shown to the stranvers—of whom there 13 @ large number coming hero—and, as far as the churca cw pacity admitted, seate furnished them, As it was some had to content thouselves with BEATS ON CAMY STOOLS, @ fact showmg toe growing popularity of this church, tu say nothing of the growing popularity of tae Key, Georze HB. Hepworth, its young and brllitont pastor. But to ail seated in the soft-cushioued pews, or on camp stoola or sanding, to the noted representatives of tue world of weaith and fashion who worsnip here, to those in the ricvest tollets of yariegated silks and satins and laces. aud tothose numobler circumstanced and in hometier apparel, to rich and poor, to old and young— to all Were granted the same priviieges of spiritual Worship, the sa#ue enjoyment of tts hign and boa Uru and poly observances. Foremost of these was ue TREAT OF SACRED MUSIC, surnished by Mi. Howe, the accomplished organtst, and ie quartet Of singers—Mrs, Ficker, contralto; Mids Rusaoy, soprano; Mr. Shattuck, tenor, and Ar. ‘Thomas, bass—Wwho have few equals and no supe- Kors among ihe many churen Choirs of tne city, virst came the voluatary on tne orgau, ‘The Mat- Veilous Works.” from Dayan’s ‘Creation,’’ most ex- quistey rendered, Next was sung “Oh, Come, Let us sig Unto the Lord,’ by Obappel, and wier tulsa “alinighty Lord,” aa authem by Byrnes, With so10 vy Mr, Suattuck, Foliowiag next sil the Oruer of the muste Was *Biessed are tne Pure du Heart,” Wath a s0i0 bY Miss Rusuoy, which was sung with fine teeiiue aud rare power Of expression, the tiusic peing oy Mr, Howe, the organist. Suc ceeding prayer Tolowed tue Congregational by.on bogmaiog “iow Glorious is the tuur.’? THE SERMON, At length came the sermon—at once one of the lonvezt &Dd ais cae Mest eioquentol Mr. Hepworth's discoursds, fs theme was ‘ine Divine dope” 4 Corinitians XuL, T—"Hopeth ail thiags. tHlope Was tuat changtug a boou mtoa god. W out hope lie would have no Vaile. Man never 1s, OUE AiWays to be bicst It Was the pleasure of pul sult, and n0t acluevedieat Lat gave lie its greatest Joy. ‘there were yet ideas tn the future, deeds yet +o be dove, words yel to be spoken. ‘It was this that mea 100K jorward to the gorrew, ty live on hope, There were two Classes of meu to be avoided 1a this word. ‘fhe first were OLD vossiLs, Who always shak® tneie heacs eminonsly at any new smovement. 4 Was nosiamina in such mea, no toughaess of ire, no strenztn of will, ‘they ‘are weak, bay bo high aspirations and sit down cou. tent with lo-day. ‘ihe otuer ciass are the TOO HOPEFUL KIND, that class of meu who are always building casties ja tie ait, Micawoer-iixe, they believe that things Wii coe Out ail right. Witu a capiial of ea thou saud they do tue business of a mnlilion. ‘ney dio with their hopes upreaimed, Leiween these two Classes lies We trash, TAE AUB CORNER STON, genuine hopeful God's best gift to man. Dwell- ing at leagti on tis topte with rave eloquence and iiustratioa, he portrayed with masterly power of vivid delmeation the execu of hope upon Mankind in al! ages of che worid. ie showed tow men out- grew the buabie heart, and Lue roughnesses Of tic olden umes, aud traced human progress through all tae ceaturies of the past, from the humble altar to tae gpleniid dome ef St. Peter's and to tue present age of steam aud the pen aud the telegraph, and suowed how tke Impetas of hose accompisucd all tue great vievories oc the world. To hope was to be heroic, Comiag now from betind the barrier of his put be dwelt Ou tits hervigm Of Rope with a force impassioned eloquence and talugled pathos that tariled the heart of every nearer. He pictured tie mother by the bedside of ner sick son—how hoge lived aad then dicd im ber heart. From this hv ti LUND within the leariag oi n Most of thoae came lo the City twonly-live years ago, with uot a second Saitof clothes to theis oaves; with ail their liste Worldly stove tied up in @ small bundie, with plenty of room for more. They had notuing but hope. This hope carried tuem through; carried them from voyerty to wealtl, and yoo they were no happier vow with thelr big incomes. Arter diweliiag ou tits sub- oct atiurther length, Le drew acoutra picture of the SON OF THA RICH MAN, “ His advice to rich iathors was to throw their sons ont of dors and not give them a dollar, but make them earn every dollar they spend. These young men Grink aud suioke und gow gambiung heils for exciioment, Thee is no bope in thom, Let them begin where thelr fathers began. Finishing this brauch oi his topic, which he did witha piai terse- nes3 Of talk that must bave astonished some oi his elderly rica listeners, be spoke of hope as tue true test of religion. As for the old Calvinistic idea of perpesual heil and damnation, he regarded that like teiing @ man to Bit on av Iceberg and kcep wart. He counselled parents to plant religious Dope in the bosoius of thoi children, not to pictare God aa wrathiul, bub iull Of love; nob Lo tell Laetr childrea that they were totally depraved; for the clitid Knew better; to give them assurance of Fis love and forgiveness and Lis abiding care over them im the tuture world. Such children would dream great dreams and do great deeds, Lis final argu ment was thas all must have retigion—a religion that ne ma basis hope, tie hopeluluess Laat looks up 0 God. ‘The sermon wag listened to with the most undi- vided attenuon. At its ciose waa chanted the Lord's Prayer, thon was sung by the congregation the hymn, “Oh, fora closer walk with God,” and prayer, benediction and move music on the orgau—- the last of tue inspiring, hopeful kind, such as the sermon would naturally inspire—ciosed tue exer- cises, TAL HALL, On: The Boy Preacher Casts the Gauntlet at the Feot of the Spirit of Darkness. It was announced that on yesterday morning a lecture on “Our Captatn’s General Order” would be Gelivered at Oriental Hall by Rev. Charles F, Lee. ‘The audience were ireated, however, not to a lecture but to a heavy (xhortation of the blood aud thunder Kind, and thelr cars and souls were refreshed with mission hymna and the prayers and benedictions of the youthful divine. A group of three or four youug men, Whose burnmg eyes spoke of a batile aud ® severe night, through whica a kind Provi- dence protected them, rolled mto the hail during the opening prayer, but retired wita evident disgust, impressed with the beitef that they got badly “solu? in thelr search for A HERO ON THE WARPATH. The usual Sunday morving services of the Univer- Salist chureh were held at the Mission room. Some sixty persons were preseat, a large nuwber or whom were the friends and former playmates o1 the “boy preacher.” ‘he hall is well adapted to Sunday miesion purposes, being jocated in the third story of a butiding tn a quiet neiguborhood in Bast Twenty-seventa street, which 14 used soieiy for busmess Rend eae daring the week, Tue fevveat enviusiasm of the preacher, the naked simplicity ot 0 Mall and the eagerness of the listener, reverted ic mind Of an Observer to the crippied conuition of the Opurch of Corist when she commenced her struggid wiih the world. THE PREACHER Rey. Mr. Lee, popularly kuown as the “oy Proacher,”” acted the eroises, Yesterday he fully sustains us chacacter vr vigorous and de Ciivd expression Of OyImO0D on veiigious matters. Tuere iz musk of Wie poet 1 bis nature, gud als a eimites follow 49 rapidly on one another that it ‘would Bot u tly FEQUICe w Person Of & pECU- har order of gepius to devermine his meaning. He has al the enihusiasm of youth and the qualities necessary to Cuustiiuce an Interesting preacher. THB SERMON, The reverend gentiemau took his text from St. Matthew xxvill., 16, 10 and 2.—“All power 3 given unto me in heaven and m earth; go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, vaptizing wem, &e, "He di pleted, in language illed wiur stkeng and pte- turesqne imagery, the relations of Christ wih his Church trom the day of His resurrection tll the Gay of H's ascension Into Beavea, aad dweit on the touehing endearment® and the words of comiort aud consolanon wach the D:yine Master tay on the aposties as he was abu to them, He said:—As the son moment of 118 separation from earth approacues, He Yemiuds them of tne sorrows He had evdured and the glory ile was about ty enter, He places deata and igoomtuy velore their view, and telis Laem tas they inusi be prepared to suvinic to vota i they Would sit with jin near His Father's throne. Ten ‘His eve Kindies and His vovee giowa so.ter any more Joving, and He iesues His parung Ail power is given to Me * * * teach ail nations,” ‘Then the scene grows bright, tue air 18 fied wih Perinme, a rent is made i the skies and ibe golden aes of the New Jerusaiem open, aud wih His ands extended, conternng a parting blessing on His wposties, 1 ascends to tis throne, wien tue aky closes and the work of the aposties is begun, ‘Taese worda, »Go teach ail nations,” are OUR CAPTAIN'S CENERAL ORDER, It is Hia Jase injunction to 1:18 aposties, and by vir- tue thereof the annuisters of the Gospe: prociaim God’s truths today. But bow many of those Who wear the Cnarch’s livery and Gl! her puiptts practise the duty o1 selt-deuial and selt-sacrifice which Christ Moposed on tis aposties? Kasy carriages und soit cushions are the Incent:ves to appear In cuured, und men wear the clertval robe and von the cravat np y because they are unfit to engage Ma Lie pur- of commerce or to undertake the lavo- sul rious life of @ lawyer; but give tem an opportumty 1 wake an cr living, aod five to one wilt take it, Shali we prove recreaut to the teachings of our Captain? ‘The bivod Of the maiivrs 13 not vet dry, and in its presence iet ‘us figut wader we olue canopy of Weaven ull victory 1s ours, ‘Tao fieid of battie is Wide aud whe enemy 18 in etrong sorce. But let us comuence at our own door, While our brotieré are in misery ana want next door or in the next treet it is incckery to Bup- pose we serve our Captain well by sending WiBLES AND TRACKS to the Feejee Isiandcrs. ‘the rum hell—that abode of Saiwn—must be closed, aud the brothel must be made tO Vanish and disappear under the brcata of THE INCEXBED TROUVERS h; who are mare lug under the bauner of Chfist, When we shall nave cleansed ine streets and av- enues of Chis great city {et us take Up arms against the wide world, and, While the voice of the ruving trumpet cails on us to fait into tine, let us at duce to our post, ander our Ca itain’s general order, aud avi steadily and toxether on the lines of our foes aud sirike discomuture and deata inv thelr battalions, AT ST. STEPHENS R. C, CHURCH. Crowded Attendance=-Delicious Music=Bru- midis Crowning Glory. Thia splendid temple of Catnolic pisty was thronged yesterday by a congregauion of devout and attentive worshippers, Some of the flovai decoia- ion which marked the advent of the joyous festival of Euster still remained around the novie marble altar, and purple siiken banners, fringed with white, were ranged along the gallery sides. The appearance of the charch was very beautiful in the golden ligut reflected irom the stained glass windows, The Btriking fresco, by Brumidi, above tho altar, representing the ascension of Christ, never appeared to better advantage. It 1s certainly the most finished work of art in any Christian temple of this country. The day being ciear and bright, the foreground of the Painting, presenting ihe summit of a hill in mar- vellous prospective, showed wita wonderfal distinct- ness under the skiliully regula’ reteetors in the roof, This crowning giory of Brumidi’s brash must impress tue most indiferent eye with its amazingly life-like rendering. it 18 weil and fittlagly framed within the canactous compass of tnis Goubie church, dnd cay never cease to be one of the absorbinggi¢atiues ol attracuion in St, Stephen's, The celebragis of tie service were Fathers Grifiin and McSweeney, the former of whom preached ia his usual eloqdent and tiupressive manner, HE MUSIC. The music, which is here never indifferent and vory often superd, was the “Mass Mercadante tn ("? and Savetus Agnus Det, Parmer. Mr. Weinlich sang an aria from Mozart in the offertory. Ar. Yoa!man aad Mr. G. W. Morgan, the accomplished organist, performed @ voluntary with barp and organ, con- sisting Of an arrangement, with variations, by sir Morgan of the Austrian Nauonal Hymn. Ma. dame De Lusan and Miss Halley, soprauos, were iy splendid voice, and Madame An- schutg end Miss Sunth, altos, sang wiih their accustomed purity and grace of expression. Myx. Lott and Mr. Johason have had ther superior Inérits as tenor singers long since acknowledged, and Mr. Wetnlich, bass, 1s-too well Known to need addi- tonal notice, AND TILUS IT 1S THAT St, Stepnen’s in the matter of mm) most aufoug the churches of New Yor else 13 the accommodation for singers an ia 80 aomnple and complete. ‘Lhe bveral space around the organ ts handsomely carpeted, end the organist can stretcl his legs to his fusiest couvenience. Tie devotional feoting excited by the delicious music must be of an clevated and fervent character, and in this respect shows the wisdom of supplying this pure ethereal agency in supplementing tepid ox ior- pid piety, TABERNACLE BAPTISs CHURCH, Dr. Kendrick on the Wisdom of the Bible. Side by side with the hall of the Historical Society, where each Sunday is gathered together the congra- gation of Ebenezer, and directly opposite the once Jashionanle, but now dingy and brown, churca of “St. Mark’a in the Bowery,” beneath the walls of which lie the mortal remains of Petrus Stuyvesant, 2st Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam, the Taber- nacle Baplist church rears its se1i-Cothic front in marked coutrast‘to the humbler and unadorned edi- fices adjoining. Here yesterday a somewhatfash- fonable audience lustened to one of the finest efforts of that uaually eloquent divine, the Rev. Dr. Ken- drick. The services opened with the fortieta byma, sung by the choir, and a remarkaviy FINK ORGAN ACCOMPANIMENT by Mr. Sherwin. Tius was followed by the reading of the third chapter of Paul to the Phtippians. Sup- piemeutary @ Cali for # Contribution of $169, aud Subsequent to the collec:ion tuo following was wens 3 And must I part with alt Tha: My dearest Lord, for Thee ? This but right, hou hast done Much more than this for ae The text was from Philippisos, ii, &--«Yen, doubtiess, aud I count all things bat lows for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord.” Dr. Kendrick began lis discourse by allud- ing to the presence im @ neighboring city of ap ex- traordinary comyeution, It was the lirst of the kind 1n the history of tie sect—pernaps in the history of @ny sect in this country. 1b was an Imposing con- dite Spee | for tptetiect and the well known high character of those attending it. There were delegates irom every section of tue country—East, West, Nortaand South. it was A MOS? AUGUST BODY, A fow years siuce it could no: have brought to- gether so many men of such high character. A few years hence it may be easy to secure & couveniuon of even higher character. Yet it was not to speak Of this convention, to glority If, that he chose the text. It was natural.y suggested to his mind by tne text and by the fact of 11s petug so In Opposition to the conventions of learned mea, who get together Yo discuss their own and others’ theories without apy relerence to the work of God. Dr. Anderson had said that @ man should finish bis worldiy edu- cation by the time he was twenty years old, For all other and later knowledge the Bible would guf- fice. Neander had told the assembled savans of Germany that “the heart made ine theologian,” snd those learned men laughed at tim in scorn, The Binle was within the reach 01 all. While the greatest scholar paused, unable to comprehend ail it iauglt, and the intellect would nave to SOAR AS HIGH AS THR ANGELS to comprebend its subtimity, a citid night under- stand its vital points, che fool may uot tose his way and be who runs may read. ‘The coid, dismal dogmas ol Swedenbory, ihe atheistical philosophy of Auguste Compte, which even ibe philosopners themselves are unavie wholly to understand, are in striking contrast to the Bible, im which ail the essentials of faith and salvation are within the reaca of the hum- blest capacity. Then let aot the wise man glory 10 LIB Wi ut, Hor the mighty man tu his might, nor tue rich tnan in his riches but glory in the tact that you Understand tue Dath to redemption. Oh, that those great ones of tle ages, woo discovered, mevsured, and named the stars, and those whose names are Sweet with the sound of infinite musie, should be cast out im the darkness forever! Oh, that any of You may be cast out ! ESLish BU ST, LSPRIT. Rov. The Life of the RighteoueSermon by the Rev. Antoine Verren. The services yesterday morving at the Freneh Protestant Episcopat church of the Moly Spirit, in West Twenty-second street, were unusuaily well attended, At the conclusion of the morning exer- cises, during the celebration of which the fine ama- tear choir rendered some exquisite music, the esteemed pastor of gthe ¢huroi, the Kev. Dr Verren ascended the pulpit, and taking is texte from Provervs x, 6—slessings are upon tne head of the Just —preached a very excellent o uri sermon on NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, APRIL 25, 1870—TRIPLE SHEET. One seeks happmess in this world. Some take the wrong patua to secure tt and awake frow a leth- Y dream of joy to find they mast begin again Tue hapotness can ouly come by being righivous virtuous. One tn the path ot virtue ost towards ha, piness, The just, according to the tex: is nob w } Piet MAL Of Necessity; we caanot lo! for On Here, Dut ONE Wio WaIks Witt his God and respects him, startiug with adesive Lo do iis Wil, gradually growa stropaer, ull truth juste, charity and tove mars alt hiv actions. No doubt no has hard batties to fight, but every con- diet rende) Dum stronger and more vixorous, Tha righteous sions kuow What true pieasure ts, and pence Of tind, dud the approvation of a good eva. science. Tins fellow men, too, esveem iin, Be they ever sO Wicaed Lavy set aimup as a model for inst echidren, Chas reigua she just man ou earen, Lili as last Oid age coines on Hin und her ail the nearer to the reward for whicn be has combated, Projecta, .CasUres, Gli, ALE DAUZUE theu, Bad, Whichever Way e tii, be bio his past career or to His glorious future, ail is serene, all 18 gratifying, Virtue has accompanied hin Chrougnout aid now saataina lor a iasivictory over deata to reap an eternal ew: AW! 71S & YMRIGLE MOMENT FOR YE SINNER when life Is ebbing tust and the foot of the mui bund is touching the sands of eternity; projects, Mes, Dope and ine word escaping Lin, and he fail- Ing tuto the bands of an awiul, just God. Untice the Tigateous, deaut to hun 18 fearfal; oe regards it i terror, How diferent the mehicous, Calmiy be awaits his ead, and lays tis head on his Father's bosom fui) of joy and coutidence, Waeu earta kuows O10 Do more tu the flesh he still lives, by weritorious lile, in the hearts of Uhose Wao survive. THE JUST TRIUMYH IN BYEUNITY, InHeaven wione can. we taste the jovs and pleasures Waieh are pure aud mortal, Of Walla Wwe shah never beconie weary. The reverend geptiewan con- cided by wn eloquent exhortation to is Hock to Jollow In the patus of the righteous and just, aud trusted that his discourse uigat sink ilo Ucir hearts and produce soine good etiect, FiRaE BAPASE CHURCH. “Our City in the Hands of the Evil Onc Addresses by Rev. Dr. Auderson and Mesure. Pearsall and Pheips. ‘The Boara of Managers of the New York Baptist Lay Preaching Association heid their second annt- versary exercises .oa yesterday alternoon ia the First Baptist charch, Park avegue, near Fortieth street, Mr. Charies T. Goodwia in the cuarr, The pastor of the church, Rev. Dr. Anderson, de- livered the annual address, He pomted out the necesaily of the active co-operation of tho members of the chureh with the pastor, and said thatin a greater or les# degree the care of suuls devolved on every Christian layman as well as ecclestasuic. No ene can undertake tte service till he is called by God, and the proof that he 1s so calied 19 that we chureh approves him. The seeds of Christianity must be propagated tu the family and the Sunday school ag Well a3 in the ehurca, and the propagation of the Gospel by business men is one of Ue most Due lent means ol etteciing that end, We tind in the Scripture narrative that when Jesus sent a teacher lor be see oue nce, & poor leper, It ts uowadays lushtovavle whom he had cured, to say that we are THE VICTIMS OF BAD GOVERNME that our city is nanded over to the eyil on 18 @ power in Our hunds superior to the powers (f darkness, and that power is the Gospei, which eaci , bat there and every ove of us should preach in Out of season. in*the absence of Mr. R. H, Lyou, the secretary of the association, tue ANNUAL REPORT was read by Rey, Joseph Stroards, Jt ts lu eunstsnce 8s follows:— On October 30, 1869, the assoctation adopted tis Present constitution, aud on the 12h November, afver an informal existence of fiiteen monins, a board of sixtesn uanegers wat elected to conduct lig alaira, ‘These managers were chosen for five ‘At tha Novewber meeting a wembershio ‘free was reported, wuo had three station8—9ne at Lrookes? Asseniply secondat Berosaita chapel, oa Pbird ave: the third im Bethany chapel, on Etghty-first streat, During these fifteen moutas of tts exisicace over TWO HUNDRED ADDRES3D3 were delivered a2 these stations, Stice November two new stations have been taken charge of vy the fassoclation—one at Fairview, on the tiudson, gat one At Shady Side, ‘ihe asuai religions services Of stig ing, prayers and addresses were | n Sunday ay these stations, aud the report su assocla- tion is in a highly satisfactory condition, Short addresaes were ther de! Hanse.), Phelps and otners At the moratog service in thischureca yesterday the sum of yasou aud TEN THOUSAND DOL was contributed towards tue erection of the new church wich is being built for thts congregation Making the total smu contributed for that purpose to Uils dale about sixty thousaid doilars. CBURCH OF THE MIELEITON, Bishop Snow on Kevelations and the Destruce tion of Larthly Kingdoms—Novel Views of the Werld to Come, ‘The “Messenger,” “Bishop” 8, 8. Ww, preached or “prophesiea” yesterday afternoon, ag usual, in the Churcn of the University in Washington square. ‘The attendance was somewhat amall and of a queer kind, The men were In tho greater num ber, and the women were genetally some- what im the sere and yellow time of life. Mr. Snow himself 1s an old man, with a long, gray beard and gray hair; wears glasses, dresses tp Diack, and has a singular way of casting his eyes down ana not looking at nis hearers while he speaks, His voice Is stroug, but very mo- notonous, almost to ureariness at times. His prin- cipal point seems to be a perfect acquaintance with the Scriptures, which he guotes with an immense ease and fucney ail through his disconrse, which is somewhat rambling and diffuee. Ne sald many singular things, not the least of which was (hat he spoke with more authority to the world than the Pope of Rome, Some one next our report seemed to be praying (not the reporter, | one), mutiered at the same moment, ‘Nothing ake having a good idea of yourself.” However, whether Mr. Snow speaks witit more authority tt ts lard to say, but cortainly he has uot such a numerous con- gregation as the Pope of Rome, “chet infamous wretch,” as Mr. Snow called his Holiness. it began avout TAA GREAT BEAST tons, having a head of goid, a neck and artis of sii a belly of 1rgn aud lees and feet mixed of won and clay, The beast of we Apo'ca- lypse, Seid Mr. Sno represented the fonr king- domis Ot che earta, nd.” added the me “I don't suppose any one here is tdiotte en to know what these four kingdoms nobody seemed to know he to expiain, ie said the head of \ represcitted the Kingdom of Babylon, calied Babel In the Old testament, which was foundod by Nun- rod, the great hunter, and ended with The secoud kingdom, represented by the and arms, was Persia; the arms meani Tigris and Euphrates. Third, the iron } the empire of Alexander; and Mr. Snow gave his hearers the benefit of some elementary history tn proof of rhe agsertton. Fiyally pe said. the tegs and feet of clay and tion, mixea wha TEN HORNS IN PLACE of ten toes, represented the great Roman emptre, whicn from oue great whole had divided into two empires, 2nd had Mnally gone to smash 1n ten ditfer- eut klnwdoms, which existed to-day. Mr. Snow then seid that Chrisi’a future Kingdom was to be on this earti. Ho suid it was absurd to suppose that God woald destroy his own handiwork becvuse tac stain of sin pad been on the earth. With Him, for whom all things were possible, was it not easy to purify the earth? He sald that it was evident the wicked would be irrevocably done away with, but she just should live to possess the cartu. of the Revala CHURCH OF THE REFORMATION Who te Christ Sermon Nelson. ‘The morniug service at the Ipteriorly neat lite Church of the Reformation (Episcopal), in Fiftietu. street, Was quite weil attended yesterduy., Whether the loox of placid contentment visibie upom the faces of the ladies present was the result of the workings of religious feeling in their nearts or was. the exponent of that “serene peace of mind’ which the knowlédge of being well dressed is said to cou- fer is a question. The sermon, which was delivered by Rov. Mr. Nelson, who had exchanged pu'pits with the pastor, key. Abbott Brown, was an abie and eloquent argu- ment against certain erroneous ideas of Christ. Is text was taken from Matiew xxil., 42;-“\What think yo of Christ? Whose Son 1s He? They say unto Him, the Son of David.” He began by sayiag that Jesus, hav.ng passed throug a syatern of cross quesuoaiog, duriug which be had coniuied the chief priests and Wise men, put unto them tie question, “What tink ye of Carat!” and baving been answered that he was the Son of David, so cun- fused bis Opponents by his secont ingury of “How, thea, doth David cail iim Lora? that He thereafter enjoyed nmmuntty from questioning. He theo said he put the question to every one present, aud that everything depended upon “their answer. Let us note the diferent views meu have oi Christ. Mauy tnvest Him wita mythological interest, woile Otuers protess to have no opimion reiative to Hin. But those last caunot deceive; lucy caunot hide their disbelief aader tas guise of imdiforeace. ie by Rev. Mr. Is a tool or mad man who cag proiess mditerence to such a ile as tat of dosus. ‘Vo others Jesus 18 a historical chacucter* Wwhoul they may criticise a3 tey pease, aud in a theviogical View lie is Orten Wweared as a mere oF Gs & subject in Whose Iife there 14 enougiL ish matter Jor Inuch wainaied Giscussion. the fe of the righteous, Hiyery | Ai] BuGu CBiumalgy OF Cusi¥i are WusBuslaytyry, May, pn A Onriat, which iy based Race perience of the heart, aud regards lim as the Paviour of man Individually not aion® as a whole, which 2s the a ‘aq ration of Jesus by each man at bis Saviour, ci if tae view that begets tho ge otal low of religion, J hoid up, then, this view. May I old up Jeaua for your suudy ? mM. E. CHURCH. WASHINGTON 5Q Sketch of Its House and Its People—Eloquent Protest Ayninst Dumb Christianity — De mand tor Moro Grateful Praise in Our Wornhip. The most mexpensively handsome Methodiet church im the cliy, and withal the moat pleasant, cheeriui and comfortabiy appoimted within, is that one ia Fourth street, near Washington square, of which the Rev. A. H. Wyatt is at present the pastor. The style of arciiteciure-of the edifice is a com- pound Of various styles beautifully harmonized. It Was built im 1360, and cost, with the turniture, about $60,000, The congregation, one of the oldest im the eity, formerly worshipped in a chureh in Sulivan street, near Amny, now owned by & colored Methodist society, It has had some of the ablest munisters of the denomination As its pysiors, among whom may be named the Rev. Dr, Foster, of Drew Theoloyieal Semmary ; the Rev. Dr, Newman, now of the Metropolitan cbureh in Wasnington, D.C, and Dr. HB. Ridge. Way, of St. Paul's. The Rev. Mr. Wyatt is a young man ol modiam heighs, of slight build, pale face and ark batv, full beard and mastache. He has the reputation of betag an exceilent pastor, but not ko Clojucita preacher as some Of his predecessors. His sermon yesterday morning was, however, an eloqnent appeal in behalf of GRATEFUL CHRISTIANITY. _ His text was Luke vil, 17—“Were there not ten cleansed, but where are the nme?” He remarked that of all the miracles performed by Christ nmeteen were acts of healing ana three were the ratsing of the deat to life, ‘The Saviour might have chosex any one disease a9 & type of sin; Hut both He and His apos- tles have shagied out toprosy a8 the Lest aud truest type of moral corruption. Tals disease, though ter- ride in its effects, was not contagious, It broke out upon men siagly, ana walle they lived aud walked about among thelr jeilows they were as men dead, of whom the flesh was more than half consumed While they still lived. The limbs frequently teil trom. the trunk, and they were shut otf from ali inter- With Wankitd, and af they Walked the streets em they aid so WILL garme. ts reas and earunon their heads. aud their constant cry was, eam! uncieau l They were sociwily ostra- cised, aud Wie ware penaliios were imposed upon Wore who touched @ leprous person aa for touching @ COrpEe. THE LEPROSY OF SIN, Of tho ten lepers ciedased uine were Jews, and one & Samaciaa, strange’, who was lo kea upon by the Hebrews a8 dog, but & Common disease at tims Giue made tuem one in syinpathy. They heard at Jesus Was passing dloug, ano they were deteruiued i Wemselves in his Way. Without, however, iov ciose to him they ifted up thew voices “Have tercy upon us.’ Jesus, turuing unio them, G0 show yours: ‘This response inust have seemed vo new a Ws could only pronounce tien about, sal priest” ©.eu nt tis they had aiready dune, Bul wey pived to obey, and as they went whey Ww ansed, They are not the only examples of perscaa WO Have fouad salvation while on the way wih IN OBBD/ NOK TALRE 13 LIVE, in disobedience deal But oaiy one of the ten re. sarued to give glory to God, aud he did so with as loud @ voice as co iad beiore asked ior mercy, Tincse le Surist the se ten wen name is menivoned 1 salvauion they ¢ a of; vub baying obsainod it fa ihe church walle God is asking. Wier the nine? ‘Chey ave uot ivana 6 give to God. ‘They’ church relationship Is delight: a the love of Christ Vacued as orgauly now ju Lace hoarts a8 ub did ortytually the church Wonid ve wore tina @ pieasaat piace. ‘thei Voices would be heard ia praises and their haucs would ce engaged in Jabors of love toward Cou, Loo many Carstairs are vely guide posts; they stand still’ and pains, pub do nothing and say aoining. Tals ND STILL CHRISTIANITY 18 THE BANE OF THE OUU ROH. I pass through this chureh durtng the the altar aud (he organ are here. the pews fortabie, the light gieams turouga the stained wia- GowWs a8 choeriy a to-day, bat Lae Worshippors are yor SO ib 18 WILD The iusts and the aliars of imapy @ Chrisuan heart, Grownig.cloquent m tts earnest protest agains, this suliness he cried ow “Ling ail the bells of prayer in the soul, call “back the woramppers and let every heart aod voice be ded with prayer and praise wday.” The worst sinners generally make the best Christiaus, bus too often those who have beea brought up witiiu the sanctuary never utter a word of praise aiter they have entered the church aod tice Names are enrolled on its records. He did noo counse: boisterous devotion, pat if it comes trou the heart he would preier the noistest demoustra- Lous cotins dumb siieice against whien he carnesuy protested. ‘Tuanksgiving, Fant Macthew Henry, is #oou, but thanksliving i$ bewer. Nether snould be ‘luvoroed from tae olber, but voto snoull go baad in baud together, fur God Hath so joined jeu, THE STRONG MEN OF THE CUS This chureh hes the largest proporuoa young peopie oF any other Meinodiss cuurch ia tHe city, save, perhaps, Bedfuid street. fis Sabvath School 1s also One Of the largest in the city, and, Wn like the other schools and churches, a3 suon as they grow up and marry they do nel deem it necessary to aosent themselves or to slay away aliogeiner, but they adhere to the enurch. tence a majority of the older members have been witn the church trom its organization and Lae younger ones have grown Up In tae Sabbach sciool More tuan a quarier of a century age the Mevnodist Provestant churca thea located in Sullivan strect, near Broome, spit, and a portion of tiew Jett and buill a caurch ed¥gce for themseives in the same sireet, between Bieecker*and Amity, and there they continued for many years: and @ few of the same oid vecerans coatinde unui tis day, among whow ave Syiveaier Geduey aud his son,’ kobverc Paicou, A. 8. See. Charles bi. Hadden, Peter A. Weich, Oliver Love- land, George K. Meyers, Luther H.’ Buell, James I. "Pelrou, youn 2. slayback and some otlers—younger men—who have come in more Teeeully, All are comfortaniy situ. ated in life, bus nouwe can ve said to be wedthy. ‘ive late Willa W, Corset was for maby yeats & prouiment member of Lois churca, aud its Savoath Scvool Superintendent, and through his infaence maay of tae jeading young men o1 tae chuven Were brougut into it, fis Ume, tents aud. purse were cneerluily speat in removiag its ladevt- edness and inereasiag its membersuiy. and when it hag atvamed a degree of unusual prosperiiy he removed to, Washingioa Heiguts, and there per formed similar good deeds for another poor church vou bis Master caticd tim from laoor .to reward. Lut though in deatu he yet speaketh, CHUReN OF THE NEW SERUSAL week; asc “Who is My Neighbor??? as Expounded in the Writings of Swedenborg~-Scerwun by the Rev. ©. Giles Service was held yesterday morniag in the abovo cuurch, in Thirty-fifth street, between Fourtn and Lexington avenues, Waeu @ sermon was preached onthe above suvject by the Rev. Chauncey Giles, Tie church was well flied wita a mumerons and fashionavle congregation, The preacher selccied his text from Luke x., 39, 31 and 32, Me observed that this was a perfect auswer to tho inqulry “Who is my neighbor?’ The ordluary sense ia which they understood the term neighbor was when they epoxe of @ person itving hear them; but there was anotner and deeper meaning, and the parable bad reference to them as spiritual beings, The poor Samaritan was journeying from Jerusalem to Jericao, aud fell Amody tuicves, Add a Levile and priest passed by Willoul rendertug the man any assistance, PUR PARAULE HAD A SPIRITUAL SENSE it was iutended to typily their spiritual life on rl eyed from Jerusaloa te Jericho Wat was always in their aud the dangers of tue road thus typitied ci4 Of Lug Levite And priest are jus. Wuat @ in tue history of almost all of (nein. salem Was thelr spirtival abode; its those thoughts of God and love tarouga | pass, AU iS Loses ¢ tae homes of Lier Various afections. ut there was soine difi- culty in bUtlding iis new Jerusalem; chere Was o lot of ruboisi to clear away; mien Would cling to elt Old doctrines, ‘The doctrine migit be clear in bueir Own tainds, but it Was duticult to take them Bud impress them upon others, Wiica o Carisian Bev ollt ou his heayeily Jouruey be treveilod in a eyiritual seuse from Jer en to Jere do tiat 4 by many new doctrines and Worry and harass iin and Many pflests and Lévites woat by Wem just as they dra tu the parable, aad readeroa then no assiswan wese they did nov belong to their facutou, aud were OUPSINS THE WALLS Many persoas impressed with new ut to (etn & ies dud prieais for com- torso Hine Mikal distress, LUT received no ald, end they were loft bail dead. ‘This 1 more go 1 Une Cathouc Chared, because th st Would tel thea WU they acvepied new doctrines they Would dauued, and vey certainly would be If the priest had te power, Wack persons paated for nfre ligue aud craved for more truis aud ieft the pecu- har-sect to which they formerly belonged they were lovked UpoU With scour st their iehow iraveLers aud Levites passed by ou the ober site and reu- dered thei no Tits parable taggut Wem that tuey dud! be Kind, gentie dad pauent ti all theu acts of if When they discovered tagit spiriiual* Naaedness wuoy sitould eudeavor to clothe thei aud take care of tbe aud se; thom again og thei Jour- tougais, and the Wa p YVnew aur i of their sect. truits repau < Chrinttanity Not a Mere Theorctical Ree Ngton=sermen by the Rey. C. B. Smyth. About fifty members of the United Presbyterian churcn aasembied yesterday for divine worship in the Welsh Congrezational chapel, East Eleventh etre between Firat and Second avenues, Tne voraries of fashion were conspicueus by their @psence, few Teally fashionably dressed women betug present Insieat tere were homely Christian matrous of mature years and pious dispositions, Nor were there any young yentiemen of fine tastes and exe pensive babt:s present, their places veing well sup. piled by young mea whose Cartstian 1fe and godlte ‘Bess 18 stumped! Upon their features. THE ELDEKS Muetered in strong force. Tall, lean and gaunt, with bold, prowluent, hard features, they take ®@ visitor's mind off at once to “ihe land 0’ cakes,” and renew the memories of solemn Saboatn associations north of the fweed, Their looks were grave and godly, and, with eyes reverentiy bent upon mother earth, they breathed forth audioiy their origons the New Jerusalem, THE SERVICE was as aimple as tuo worship of the Cameronians upon a Scottisn hillside mevil days one by. The Kev. Mr. Simyéh 16 peculiarly itted for ota position, No extemporancous prayercan ve finer than his, Le does not mix things up. He gives to Cicsar what belongs to Crsar and to God waas bolonga to His Wiagery is acripeural aud well ; laced. There no cant in Lis supplications mor avy of that transcendental senumeutalism so muco 1M Voxue muderu prayer meetings. + AX A PREACHER . the Rev. Mr. Smvth is weil kKuowao for his bold de» nunclution of tne “Kiack Crook,” the dicnargsons Mevaranug “vluspheluy’ at the Astor Hiouse an@ other notorious tutarntes aud scandals to evilzation, Chrisuianity and tie Coristian pulpit. Mis volce 1s £00d, dod tia elocation correct and Maaly, Asa theo r iis discourses are carefully and jogically reasoucd, and, a4 & rule, are very Me structive; but taere seems @ lack ©: unction In ® mranoer Otherwise xcellent, iesterday be preacued tvom tae First General Bpistie of John, 4. 7, last clause— ‘Ths blood of Jesus Christ, His Son, cleanseh us from ad sim? fie said Ubristlanity was nota mere tueoreucal Felis glow. it does not coasise of & simple projessiOn of orthodoxy, thourh fo tat We shoud vay due regard, in the Seripiures, nO Gouvt, Were laid the founda tons and motives OF all duly; but though we were cherubs and had the minus of arcuaugels and all knowicdge, that would hot giye us Christianity. It was not enough to have currect views, A mao's practice must oS ID accordance Wilu ota profes sions, Ina pora, PRACHICE 18 THE SOUL OF CHRISTIANITY, Not preaching rigitt, but doing rigat should, they, be Wie Chitsian’s guiuing Maxtn, Loaeed, the ver} great reasou Why Cirstianity hud not made greater triumphs was because sts fullowers dtd not show py their lives that the religion iney professed wae aivine and iy Men would juige theones by resuits. ‘(hat was natural If sucicies tave cer Wahi principles aud puviish them to the world, people wili compare tie conduct of tueir memuers Wwhu the principles enuuciated aud fo.m au vpinion adverse or oluerwise according|y. is Way, Dy the oppo- sition of practice and principle, many institutions adiniravle in themscives 5 ulufy themse.ves, He remembered rearing of A SCSNIARD ALARMED FOR BIS SOUL, in who us idea had verification. He felt tn- clined, When tis religious fears were exciied, to be- come a Curtsian, Accordingly, he set about ex- @unining what sort of vie the Christians were, Proceewiny to Kowe, the centre of Carsiendom, be contrasted the itves of the dugnitaries with their texchings, and the resuit at which he arrived Wai adverse to Christianity. The Teilg.on of Chetstianity mast be taken, of course, upoa ba own merits, All meu are jaild'e, kyven God's own anointed Kiag feil miserably away, ‘Ong of the Saviour's Aposies dented uth aud an rayed lim to ais cvemied tor thirty pieces vi stiver, ‘Phese falls con't disprove Curtstiagity, jor to ore is human. THB CORN jefin tue vile STONE OF RELIGION is saoritice of Jevus Christ pou the cross, Theocy and practice are combined ta tut mystery. Nv tuildol shared ia the atouimg meritsfor the Keleeuer; faith was necessary aa & means of grace. Against gnother cuss, too, the gate to mercy was stub, They were hypocrites— those who (raged upon religion, Lo Wow 1b Was @ tusk Or cloak tO hide their iniquities, ihey were vi » and » of ther hk the cevll, He koow sad examples of uypoi Men wao had ed others with dereitcuon of duty and Rad pressed the caarge ome witu severity he bad seen rds fail so .ow that they would jain eat with the hogs. The preacber explained at great lengih tie text, and exuorted wll to Rave recourse to tue 4 of tne Saviour, “the greal dyeliye nouse.”? reese gtumeuts Were Midse clean La tae biodd Lamb. 13 be HOMC FOR INCURABLES, Sermon in Behalf of the Lustitution by the Rev. Dr. Morgau~A Poweriul Appeal, Tue Rev. Witlam F. Morgan, D. D., delivered an eloquent sermon last evening before a highly re. spectanie-louking congregation atthe chapel of the Holy Saviour, East Tweaty-fifth street, in behalt of woet may be deemed ous of the most deserving charittes in the worid—the Home tor Incaracles, A few words tn reference to this humane institution may not be iuappropriate here. WHAT IT HAS DONE. For threes years the institution has received and provided for a large number of cases of chrome rheumatism, of epilepsy, of consumption and of pa- ralyeis. No distinction bas been made on account of the religious denomiuattoa of applicants. The Howe offers sieiter Wo the incurabvie im destitute cireum- stances as well as the licaurably sick. Ot late. tne justitution has been found to be too small, and in. creased accommodation is demanded. An elfort 1® how being made to add an exieusion to ihe presen building, and to further this purpose Dr. Morgan preached 1ast eventag. THE SERMON. The text was from the tenth chapter of Luke, tenvil verse: “Take care of Him,’ &e, ‘ihe learn divine clucidated in a very forcibie and uopressive maaner the meaning of the adnronlsing words quoced by the Apostle, ‘the fountain source of ail charity was God. His werey and compasswn “for —hia—ereatures Was mianifest to the dullest imteligeace. Hts iniinite care never forsakes us for one instant. When the morning breaks 1 glory He 3s with us theve, and wheu the mysterious shadows of evening gather around a3,Wwe are sti eactrcied by his provie deuttal Jove aud care. He has otner engagements beside—as augels and archangels, worids more giort- ong far than thls we live jn, lagects that Mit im the forest and shes that the of sapphire seas all ciaim bis Almighty C: the preacher, after continuing ut some h, and snowing forth 1 @ powerful inanner tne bounttiul Jove and mercy of God tor his creations, f the greate-t Lo tne most minute, concuded by 4 ‘lef allusion to the “siome ior che incurabie: jorted all, as they remembered God’s loving care for them, to be miuafai of those poor lucaraoics and 2 purse strings to help and succor them, TRUE BAPPITESS, Sermon by the Rev. Pere Choigrand at St, Vincent de Paui’s Church. y The French Catholic Church of St. Vinceat de Paul, in Twenty-third street, between Sixth and seventh avenues, was crowded to Its utmost capacity yester- day forenoon, during the ceremony of high mass, Freneb people are, as a general (totng, a litle more fastidious about going to church than most other people, Tue weather has a great effect on their piety, and a rainy day puts the fervor of their relt- gious thermometer consideravly below the freezing point, On the other hand, a beautiful day, when the sun shines brightly and there ia no mud on the sidewalks to give a chill to datuty French dottines, the fervor rans up to the blood beat point; at least it would, seem cy as far ag can be judged {roms cursory glance aa they kucel down on their cushioned stools and clasp their bands ia prayer On @ fine Sunday. Yesterday was just the Gay for the Congregation of St. Vincent de {aul to Carn ous in all the Inward streagih of re- Ligiows ivcling and the oulward siow of THE LAPESY STYLES jn she matter of bonnets—‘iuves of bonnets” — dresses, and What nov ail that constitute we artitl- cai and conune Wjaut make-up of tue women of the period, who, whtle having @ holy horror of ex tremed ia the styles, don't object to bemg decked oul ta nery just as wear to the extrewes &3 possivie, indeed, the diapiay of fashion at tie churca was of no mean order, aud to an tudividual more criticuily nan prously locuned che grand cou- Rlomeralion Of headdresses and ocker (emale para pReraaia a8 Seen trom the choir vallery must nave beech a forcime remiuder of “opening day” at & fashiouabi¢ antiiner's, THE SERMON was preached by the Kev. Pere Choigrand, who vas tur seme Unie past deen delivering Week y sermons at tne churea, present week he mave his discourse & fare. Weil O16 aud chose tor his subject “happiness? ‘This, a ‘s said, was the ‘ Cie — man in the world wag struggite, Yue men who in tis couunng reo busied hast to acvuiMuate Weath had riches iu VIOW as U grand culuiuavon of us happiness. He work day and nigit, often at tue espease of health; he toiled Ou trom year te year, aud many privations, probably, 10 outer that m, possession of Whica he vbelkeved would nim @ happy mao, might vereaized. The bis gold aad scarved hunseit sia ra i the Uy order (lat mia Weasiies As he goes to Frauce during the