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yh RELIGIOUS. Sights, Scenes, Services and Sermons in the Churches of the Metropolis, Washington and Elsewhere. The Immortality of the Soul from a Fifth Avenue Point of View. Secular Education Denounced in a Jersey Pulpit. “The Lord’s Scavengers” in the House of the Strangers, and Insanity Considered in the Church of the Affinities, A Liberal Catholic Estimate of the Es- sentials to Salvation, Unsuccessful Attempts to Estab- lish Christian Unity. All the Points of the Doctrinal Compass Covered by Eloquent and Logical Ser- mois by Divines of All the Isms of Christian Faith and Hope. ‘The full reports of Sunday sermons published in the HERALD seem to have a proper effect both on pastors and congregations; for while the latter were Bumierous, devout and itive yesterday the former were unusually sharp and pointed in their spiritual atlusfons to the live topics of the hour. Rarely has religious fervor been more demonstrative, and seldom have our metropolitan divines acquitted themselves in the pulpit with more oredit to them- selves and profit to their hearers. The beautiful May day drew out large congregations, who gave practt- cal evidence that the wearing of purple and fine linen is not always a bar to’ religious enthusiasm. Graphic and accurate reports of the services and sermons will be found below. AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN FREE CRUBCH. The Rev. Charles B. Smyth at Masonic Hall—His Friends Flock to Him—The Right of Private Judgment—An Eloquent Sermon and Cordial Assurances of Sup- port. ‘The poputanity of the Rey. Charles B, Smyth, the earnest sympathy in his regard and the general de- termination to stand by him as a minister of the Gospel were yesterday most satisfactorily demon- strated. The reverend gentieman, amiable and eloquent, and zealous as he 1s, has been ruthiessly hounded down by @ Pharisatcal inauisition, but the result has rather tended to endear him more strongly to those that appreciate his worth, His appearance at Masonic Hall yesterday morning was Welcomed by a large and respectab!e congregation. As previously mentioned, the Rey. Mr. Smyth and Q's numerous friends are desirous of establishing a church in this elty upon a LIBERAL EVANGELICAL BASIS, A sincere and substantial support awaits the movement, Which was yesterday inaugurated with the most favorable prospects. His discourse, though extremely charitable concerning the treat- ment to which he had been subjected, was clear, vigorous and impressive and falied not to awaken the interest of his attentive hearers, who, by the way, included a large number of the congregation of which he had been the faithful pastor, Indeed his expressions were so thorougily earnest that but forthe occasion the assemblage would have given vent to their feclings in applause. After the usual preliminary exercises the Rev. Mr. Smyth proceeded to preach the sermon, taking his text from the second chapter of St. Paul's First Epis- etothe Corinthians—‘And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with exceilency of speech or whdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. For 1 determined not to know anything among you save Jesus Christ and Him crucified. And I was with you in weakness and in tear and much trembling. And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words ef man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the spirit and of power; that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.” He said that notwith- standing all the recent circumstances, with whigh his hearers were familiar, he felt happy on this occa- sion, There were how no chains, NO STRAIT JACKET to fasten him down orto keep him back from the full and free declaration of what he desmei to be the teachings of the Word of God, At the outset he would ask to read the following coafirmation. The reverend gentleman then read the foliow.ng cer- tficate:— ‘That Rev, Charles 8. Smyth is a minister of the United Presbyterian Church in connection with the First Presbytery of New York, in good and reguiar standing, and that he 18 hereby dismissed at his own request to join the Arsociate Reformed Presbytery of New York, is attested this 16th day of May, 18q0. eabyt order of Presbytery. i eT ROBERT ARMSTRONG, Clerk. That certificate gave him hin standing in that church, nor was it affected by any of those circum- stances which had been reported, and had he been 80 disposed he could have remained in good aud regular stand! with that Presbytery; but he had chosen not todo so in view of the facts. He pre- ferred to be in a position in which he could ex- ercise the rights of a free man in accordance with the great doctrine of the Reformation—the right of private judgment. It was the right which Jesus Christ himseif acted when he was among the Jews; not as to-day, when the prevailing sentiment among those who regarded themselves as superior to the rest of mankind was to despise others. A class of B pentine who used the language of the Scrip- ture, and contending that they alone were right, des- P others, which existed among the Scribes and Pharisees, was similar to a class of persons of the present day. There was a sitting of those as a supe- rior class to the rest of mankind, and who observed CERTAIN CONVENTIONALISMS, which did not compor: with the conduct of men who Teli themselves to be iree, The Lord had no xympa- thy with that state of things, and therefore very tre- quently acted contrary thereto, He was objected to by the Scribes and Pharisees and was charged with violating some of the precepts of Moses, though He told the World thet not one jot nor one tittle of that Jaw but should be fullilied. Bué thoge who found fault with Him had their own interpretations of the Scripture, their own tlaterpretations of the commandments of God, and when they perceived Him violating at of those commandments according to thelr interpre- tation they considered it Impossible that He should be acting in the spirit of Ged, though He himsel( assured tie world tha: He was carrying out the law to theletter. On one occasion when passing through acorn field with His Apostles, an ear of corn was placked and.the Scribes and Pharisees claimed that the Sabbath had beea violated. Another time He restored a man to heaith and desired him to rise aud carry his bed. He was charged with violating the Sanath, but He answered them saying that ‘THE SABBATH WAS MADE FOR MAN and not man for the Sabbath, and that necessity and mercy demanded what might seem to be work on that day. The spirit of the law was as much ob- served In extending mercy and performing that which was tere as in observing the command. ments to the letter. The Apostle Paul gave the world to understand that the great fundamental DOCTRINE OF CHRISTIANITY was tue crucitixfon of the Lord Jesus Christ. That ‘Was the 81m and substance of the Gospel. Every other iter relating to Christianity clustered around that great principle. The passage which he had read showed the great importance of Christ erucifed. After fully Soienecie. this doctrine, snow! ‘bat it was entirely tree from all sectarian- ism and that it was superior to all other instruction and of the highest importance to mankind, he quoied the seventh verse of the [ee chapter of Paul the Philipplans—“But what things were gain to © those f counted loss for Christ.” Iv struck at dauion of all sectarianism =p ectionallan, @ tl ul had the Be icy be a secta- rian hi Hs bees oe osed, Ll on from mtd ied to have been dovermine nd u prone piatrorny of faith fn he Crucified fateemer hat great docirine should commend itself to the juaguraat of all enlightened men, Might he not say ay it gid commend itself to them? What was it Ng nsh of intelligence, men of iiberality, men of largo-bearnedness, men of respectability and honor wer pi , for? What was it that the muttimndes whe this great cily were hungering for? ‘What wag it that made the pews of churches aupty ? | those churches they were com- pelied to . sua maers nie aE ae no reference Jesus Christ. desire] to Judgment, and were not willing Was Known gs ecclesiastical authority. tended that there Was no authority for consciences Of men except the authority jority w| the con- When men Hpposed, human aut jh the re of the great Creator. the it Yate Julgment was ihe fundamental of Retormation. It was that whieh made selences of their fellow bet in the face of arme cee etteais ae, nee heir at . ton, if God would fine ity, to teach the Gospel of. the Lord , without altera- tion, and free from or of man. Let them in this enter- i dapect “It was only" as sea Wate Sa eee ee at 5 Some further the subject of secta- ri and 4 ret gentleman conclu @ po’ discourse by ask- ing that the new movement would receive the cor- dial co-operation of tne congregation. SUBSTANTIAL FRIENDS ON DECK. At the termination of the services the prominent members present went to the pulpit and gave the Rev, Mr, their assurances of their substantial support. One gentleman, a stranger, in hi of $ new re earnest Btated Meet that he was ready at mo- ment to hand 3100 tor the erection of the temple of which the Rev, Mr. Binyth would be the . The reverend gentie- man seemed to be senstble of the affectionate manner in which his friends addreasea him, After all, out of evil cometh good, ST. STEPHEN'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CRURCH. The Exsentials to Salvation Liberally Con- sidered—Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Edward McGlym. “Paith, hope and charity: these three; but the Greatest of these is charity.’ This was the text of an eloquent sermon delivered by the Rey. Dr. Mc- Glynn at St. Stephen's church yesterday at high mass, Faith, hope and charity, said the preacher, are essential to the spiritual life aud happiness of every man that comes into ts world, and it would be illogical, when this is admitted, to say that one of these Is more essential than another; yet the Apostle does not hesitate to say that one 1s greater than the others—‘the greatest of these is charily.’’ Itis charity or love of God that sauctifies the soul, and fulth is but the means aad necessary condition of charity, while hope is merely the combinatton of ‘one and ihe oiher—of the love of the eternal life and of faith in God's power and willingness to give it to us. Obrist comes to save us through faith and love, because this is required by the very na- ture of man. It 18 an absurd prejudice of many minds that fhere is a necessary antagonism between nature and grace, reason and faith, the world and heaven; and some would almost seem to imagine between God the Creator and God the Redeemer. Again, some would seem to imagine that God has cursed entirely and forgotten His origl- nal work, while THE TRUE CORISTIAN DOCTRINE is, that God the Redeemer ig not a new and a strange God, but one and the same God with Him who made us; that His mercy is overail His works; that His law is written in every heart, and tat He has left no man without @ witness of Himself, a8 38 taught expressly by St. Paul, and that He forsakes no one who has not first forsaken Him. Now, as God has created us with intelligence and will, niind and affections, our-very nature sebins to require that we should be saved by the knowledge of the true and the love of the ol—that is, by the knowledge aud love of Hiinseli, or, in othe: terms, by faith and charity. But why is Sg Meg greater? Bevause it is the end, of which faith is the means, Hence it is that faith without works {s dead; that the profession of the true creed will only redound to our greaier condemnation if, having believed aught, we have not done aught. No mais saved without charity, no mau ts lost with it. No man is saved merely by the knowledge and belief even of the fall and entire deposit of christian faith, while with ot love sine ime, tae hyo with only a very imperfect. knowledye 0! lepositjol fai provided their ij orance of it, as 1s very Honucutly the case, if not through thelr own fault. Hence it is that ali the Catholic theologians teach that what is catled Hence conscience 1s the ultimate guide for each in- dividual and he ts bound to sollow it, even though 11 be erroneous, until he Ulscovers his error. So, i any man folowing even an erroneous conscience, were, ratuer than oifend God by violating his conscience, to suffer death at the hands of any inquisitor, whether sclusmaticat, heretical or Catholic, we could very well say, “‘HGly martyr, pray jor us.’ Catholic Seeolagane. distinguish between tenets of the Chris- tian faith, that it is necessary (o beileve, as far as po ure properly made known to ns, and others without which no man can be saved, A man may be ignorant of the former without any fault of his, and in such case may be saved without knowing them. In the opinion of many theologians no man having the use of reason can be inculpably ignorant of the latter. These theologians quote Si. aul to prove that what is absolutely essenital, and What no man canbe faultlessly ignorant of, is ‘that God is, and tuat He will reward those who love 1 Inc.ine to this opinton, because it seems aa more rational and more wortny of the mercy an UNIVERSAL FATHERHOOD OF GoD. But others hold tiat 11 18 essential to Khow also the doctrine Of the Trinity and the Incarnation. But with these [do not agree, for the reason that there may be many, even in ee lands, who may love the God who has not left them without a witness of Himself, and obey the holy law which He has writ- ten in their hearts, aad he joved in return by Him who hassaid in the Book of Wisdom—“I love those who love me,” The fall knowledge, there- fore, of the trae faith and the com- munion of the Church of Christ are only valuable becaiise of the greater helps to charity and commu- uion with God and the sanctification of our souls with witch they supply us. Hence St. Paul tells us that faith shall cease; for we (hen stall see what we now belteve, but charity willbe eternal. Charity, which is the end, must also be the principal means of converting the whole world to full communion with Christ and His Church. Charity will attract where controversy Would repel. We must begin by acknowledging the truth and the goodness that GOD HAS PLANTED IN THE MIND AND HEART even of the pagan, if we would do him any good and bring him to a better knowiedge of the trac and a more perfect love of the good. The worst way to convert any man 18 to begin by abusing him and whacking his head mercitess'y with @ controversial bludgeon. Wiule all Catholic theologians agree that incul- pavie ignorance excuses, yet some, who may be deseribed as bigots, are inclined to deny as a matter of fact the existence of such excusable Ignorance of the truth. They will tell you that the trath of the teachings of Christ’s Church is suiticiently promulgated, so that it is hard to adinit excusable ignorance in @ given case. 1 differ with them en- tirely; and I think 1t sufficient to quote the example man, and authority of tie illustrious John Henry Ne' an honest, a learned and a great miad—i ever was one—who, wiih lis heart upon his lips, ws in his ‘Apologia’? now, during his slow and weary growth in the knowledge of truth, which ENDED IN HIS BECOMING A CaTUOLIC, he was always honest and always in good faith. Again, the Ulustrious Dr. Manning, Archbishop of Westminsier, fas written @ work on “The Work- ings of the Holy Spirit in the Church of England,” in which he holds that it was the work of the Holy Spirit to presevve the fragments of Catholic truti: for the beueflt of many souls who otherwise should have had no guide, and as materials for a work of tC edted restoration to Catholic unity. If Chrisitans ere allto have more charity and jess theological bitterness they. would the sooner convert the world to theologicat truth. If the world has not been con- verted long ago 1t is due, perhaps, as much to the want of charity towards and man on te part of Christians as’ to the hard heartedness or wrong headedness of thoge to be converted, ANTIOCH BAPTIST CHURCH, “Stumbling Blocks”=—Sermon by the Rev. John Love, Jr. The congregration that assembled to worship yes- terday morning tn the Antioch Baptist chureh, though nol numerous, were evidently animated by a spirit of genuine and earnest piety. The pastor of the church, Rey. John Love, Jr, who 1s one of the Youngest ministers in the city, is gifted with considerable power of eloquence and promises with some “experience to prove one of our most effective and popular pulpit orators. The subject of his discourse yesterday was “Stumbling Blocks,” the text selected peing from Isaiah—“Take up the stumbling blocks out of the way of my people.” In all ages, the preacher said, truth las had its opponents, and an endless conflict had been waged against all thut was good and noble and trae. Enmity towards the Divine government and rebellion Inst His claims had ever characterized men. e cipee scenes 0} Eden had been reproduced in each succeeding age. In "i ing the history of the Qhureb, the treasury of truth, we found that at all time§ heresies and errors had prevailed. As in earlier tlnes Arianism raised its scorpion head and Ne the destruction of God's troe Church, sou later tines; 60 later the Papacy lutrodudéd ideas that were FATAL TO TRUTH, inasmuch as if substituted rites and ceremonies in- Stead of Vital religion. Despite, however, of the dangers that threatened her and the enemies who sought to compass her destyuction, the Choreh hye i sii ee eke Dior ures fe Ee USER laboring eacl ry Will be judged according to te.daxht ‘which’ ‘ive facts . ever adi —her prnerene has been onward. Founded tru h eternal, he cannot be erushed, The Diocks in the way of the ch have come its own members. Omef peace shone stomping, blocks ranks the prevailing it Of conformity to the world. Men hesitate to pt in its praciieal jaences the command iven by urine to ai the promptings of duty my ancortunately. wa thee Helg 0 y, Was the principle the majority of mankind, ‘AS DISREGARDED when it appeared to interfere with our success in it se caret, Oe a eee tl sought tn vain for that earnest it -eacrifice which ayimated aa te and caused them to suffer everything cheerfully for the sake of Christ. In conclusion, the reverend gentleman nis hearers as tr Christians to cultivate a spirit of Piven and strive to remove from their path to sau on the stumbling blocks to which he had alluded, Let earnest and devout, firm to the faith until the millennium shall come, when the ‘er of Uhrist shall prevail) and He shall rule over he whole purified world. RUIGERS CHAPEL, FIFTH AVENUE. The Call of the Rev. Merrill Richardson=Elo- quent Sermon on the Iumortality of the Seul—The Stock and the Whipping Post. ‘The Rev. Merrill Richardson, late pastor of the Salem street church, Worcester, Mass., who has re celved an urgent call from the New England Congre- gational church of this city, took his position in the pulpit of Rutgers chapel, Fifth avenue, yesterday morning and preached an eloquent and instructive sermon to a congregation which, besides bemng fash- fonable, was decidedly ‘“Massachuseits’ in its caste, Rutgers chapel is @ quaint-looking and picturesque Little place for public worship, and is fitted up with neatness and effect. The choir attached to the church is an excellent one, and sings wellin quartet and trio, The exorcises yesterday partook of more than the usual interest to the cun- gregation, as the fame of its newly-called pastor as an orator and an elocutionist has been well estab- lished throughout the country, and, consequently, the audience drawn to tie chapel to hear nis matden ef fort over @ New York congregation was more numer+ ous and intellectual (han at ull previous times. ‘The exeretses opened by the singing of the 754th hymn, commenctng as follows. Oh, let our mingling voices rise In grateful praisos to the skies, And bail the Saviour’s death. THE SERMON. The Rev. Mr, Richardson, after appropriate prayers, then proceeded to deliver his sermon, taking ‘Dis (ext from Job, as follows:—“Il a man die shall he live again 1"? A More interesting inquiry, said the preacher. could not be made, And Job likeiy spoke that in the dawa of history, while reasoniug on that subject fom the light of nature. He (the preacher) pro- posed that morning to do the same. For, though we had been educated in the Gospel, from which Ife and morality had sprung, yet it was good to take every possible view of such & momentous subject, ‘The @ of the morning Was, therefore, this:— How clear fa it it @ man die that he shail live again? ‘The first argument from the light of reason and na- ture that he offered was tnat the thinking mind had ever been impressed with the idea that a man lived aster death, Unlike the anunal, the gratification of man’s scusual nature never satisted him. iow was that true of THE SCHOLAR, THE PATRIOL AND THE CHRISTIAN? They had plans to accomplish far higher aud novier than the brevity of their lives. It was not so with Voyetables or animuls. A man had a mind that rea- goned. ‘This was true of the mind in its advance- ment in art, science, history and virtue. The povi, the painter and the artist were ever trying to pro- duce more beautiful and more perfect images. Thus the more the mind was trained aright the more capa- ble was it of still further progression, Woulda wie God.create such a thing a8 a mind and then, just as it began to show its wonderful powers, annihilate it? Would a wise man dash in pieces that © »iplicaied matter jast as it began to show its ‘wonderful alu? Would such a mau as a Newton have TO FERL AS A MERE OMILD laying with pebblesy Was it wisdom of a just God to dash in pleces ao plece | of mechanism like that—to crash the thoughts of such men in whe bud—to close forever that door just Open—to Kil that spirit jist pluming its wings for Dight—to place under the senseless sod the heart watch had ouly begun to beat? Wonid a wise God do that? No; for removing irom nature’s light he sak a wise God would cause it to live. And yet, when we thougit of hali of the human race dying inddels before they were seven yearsiold, ti tMougit that a wise God never would have ‘called such luto existence simply to send them back into notuing. He was reasoniig fiom nature. Let us then assume that the God of Nature is PERFECTLY GOOD, AS WELL AS WISE. What did-we sometimes ses in this life? Guilt tlumpbant aud virine deieated. Taus were virtue @ad innocence cast into and starving ta dangeons— placed in the stocks —writhing in the rack—flozged— tormented—shut out from the gemal lighi of the sun—month alter month, year alter year, sorrowing, ploing, afil.cted with no hope of release, and if DEATH WAS AN EPERNAL SLEEP no hope but a false hope of anythfng beyond the grave, The preacher then went on in @ forcib! ne eloquent mauner to depict the diffrence between thosereferre! to above aad thetr tormentors, and concluded by observing that God was just and Would deal with al: mankind equally, CHURCH GF THE MESSIA', ‘Phe Bible, and How to Read It—Sermon by Rev. George H. Hepworth. ‘The usually large, intelligent and refined congrega- tion worshipping at the Church of the Messiah, cor- nerof Park avenue and Thirty-fourth street, with many strange faces attracted by the brilliant reputa tion of its young and gifted pastor, Rev. George H. Hepworth, was promptly in attendance at the open- ing hour for yesterday morning's services. Pleasant morning greetings in the vestibule and rustling of silks soon became hushed to a deep reverentiat still- ness, in keeping with the sacred character of the day, and the low, soft tones of the organ, played with musterly skill by Mr. Edward Howe, Jr., the organ- ist, filled the spacious interior of the beautiful temple of worship with their divine concord of sweet sounds, and the hearis of the worship- pers with & sweet accord, in harmony with the exquisite, soul-enlivening music of the voluntary “He Shall Feed His Fiocks,” from Handel’s Messiah.” But what more inspiring to inner soul worship than the authem, by De Monte, following—‘*Praise the Lord, Oh My Soul !"—in which Mrs. Ficker, soprano; Miss Rushby, alto; Mr. Whiting, tenor, and Mr. Shattuck, bass, each of whom sang with their accustomed sweetness and expression ! The whole music, indeed, was unusually fine, and especially the ‘Rock of Ages,” a quartette, by G, W. Warren, with solos by Mrs. Ficker and Mr, Whiting, and another quartette, the vespers after prayer, “Heavenly Father Graciously Hear Us,” by George er. HE SERMON, The sermon, the subject of which was “The Bivle, and How to Read It,” was a pre- eminently clear and forcible discourse, and, de- livered in the usual eloquent style of the preacher, Was listened to with the closest attention, Mr. Hepworth took his text from Matthew xxtv., 14— “This gospel of the kligdom shall be preached in all the world.’ He begun by saying that no part of the world’s literature has been put to such severe tests as the Bible. For more than fifty generations that part of it Known as the New Testament has been gaining new influence and conquering new victories. No part of it has escaped the SHREWD ANALYSIS OF THE SCHOLAR, His keen criticism has hunted mto every obscure assage, has examiied the original manuscripts rom which tts precepts and its biographies have been collated, has called in question its statements one after the othe id so far without avail, As the sun sheds his dat git upon the world, calling the grass, the flowers and the flelds of wheat into life every season, never once velling his face because of the scientific scepticisin which has to probe his secret, so the BIBLE HOLDS ITS SUPREME PLACER in the affections of the world even in the ages of gravest doubt. When Voitaire scoffed and ridiculed, When Strauss tried to prove that the Scriptures were but @ collection of myths, the great body of the people found in the sacred page the comfort aud encouragement which blessed their lives. Like some granite bouider far out at sea, against which the stormy waves of centuries beat, and beat in vain, only breaking themselves with snowy spray, so the Bibio stands. It is enthroned in the world’s great heart, and nothing can achieve its ruin. It is protected by the Providence of almighty God, and will be the religious educator of mankind uutil the last man closes his eyes in death and history shuts her book and clasps it with a clasp. A book eae appeared, wrliten by a French sceptic, and THE BIBLE IN INDIA. It has been received very warmly by a part of the press and with great sadneas by a large part of the community. Its object is to prove that all the best teachings, and all the more characteristic tnciaents of the New Testament, recon Dlagiarisms from the sacred books of the East, With the seeming of ae scholarship the author gives first, the story as 1 finds it in the Bible, and then the saine story as he gets it fromthe Sanscrit. He then exclaims:— “See, Christians, how you have been worshipping a false idol, I have already knocked it off Its pedestal. ‘Thousands of years ago what you call your Bible was a part of the religious literature of the Brah- mins,” At first the unlearned were shocked. Tho faith of some gave way. Scepticism reared its head and laughed with scorn, But soon a clarion voice is heard {rom England, and Max Muller tells us that, so tar from boing stolen from the East, the Bible, or the best parts of tt, Were centuries ago In- corporated into the sacred ks of the Brahinins aud inence Wausiated hy our French author, whose victory is thus changed into an iguom:nious defeat, It will always thro out thes ‘The sermon on the Mount is the sermon for aii peoples tn alt ages, It is THE INSPIRATION OF MODERN CIVILIZATION, or tear it from the ht never so valiantly, battle with the wiad- the Bible is eguatly per- he caw & mouatain life to (ie felt subdued sublimity spectacle, he did | be Some moss covered ome ravines and many nooks But this fact does uot Sag ‘Tt 18 just are has grief and woe those blessed words, “Let heart be ‘onthe "c. Our fathers hearg mm the pulpit wi they came home from and wea Heenan had left their boys on god; martyrs read them in the by- e Eterna: City, wien Roman emperors hunting them to death. How macy wayward story of the Son has brought back arias of the Father, Generations upon gene- tions have read and thanked God for the privl- The Bible is indeest the one book of life. Keep close to your heart, and your life must be pure. Chaunting the Lord’ fayer, a Congregational hymn aud benediction terminated the exercises, EREE 3 ia 2 by the Rev. Dr. Deems. A large, fashionable and highly intelligent audl- ence assembled yesterday in the Church of the Strangers to hear a «itscourse by the Rev. Dr. Deems. The text was selected trom Matthew xxiv., 23— “Wheresoever the carcase is there will the eagles be gathered together.” Dr. Deems thought that this passage was often misapplied, as when it was Supposed Lo mean that wherever there’s game there's a hunter, or wherever there’s a chance for sinning or cheating, cheaters would be found ready, He believed there was adeop, general truth in these words of Jesus, which be should try to pring out. Men often complain of their benefactora—such as Mies, worms, caterpillars, aad some birds like buz- zards, that follow an army. Rust, fermentation, cor:uption are offensive. They are not nice, but they are useful. We should be surprised if we could leiru how mauy scavengers God employs, and that some nice things did Unig unnice work of cleaning up God’s beautiful world, The deaths we mourn over are merely the gettiig oul of the way of things no longer useful. Nothing dics that is usetul; bat when its functions have been discharged It dies and isromoved. Then the first thing we Jearn is that GOD 18 THE GOD OF CLEAN LIFE. He can’t bear a corpse—a dead, useless thing, And he can’t bear waste. All the files around the markets eat up the matier which in its decay would breed disease. And even if there are no files the decay wil! throw the elemeats into other combina- tions. This very disease, that comes of what we call miasma, 1s proof of the activities eugaged in using up what otherwise would be waste and always be festering and producing offensiveness, God’s good millsare always sileuty grindiug filth into beauty and making everything finer. ‘The dead horse oi the batite held attracts the ugly buzzard, and the Carcase ts consumed; but even @ live buzzard is bet- ter than a deal horse. 80 a fy, Whose Wings are so beautiful when examined in che microscope, ts bet ler than the decaying vegetable fbres or ‘animal mins¢.¢ on the marke: stall. God cleans up the wit verse, but throws nommg away. He transmu(es, but does not waste or unuiliilate. The second lesson 13 tuut io keep from ve.ng carried off WE MUST KESE ALIVE. The vultures hover acoand a putrefying man who is barely alive, and go long #s strength is in him he vat party then the moment they see that his strengen has fall ¥ pounce on him. God has made them go that {© it the carrion from afar, But our most beauitiul friepds, Kept to the last, em- bated, jocked in alr-tigit caskets, put away m @ sepulchres, waere no bird or worm cau reach them, do, nevertheless, corrapt—that 18, set loose thetr elements for new combinations, God has put inside us What will chinge the dead into the living, It mast be carried away, So with A DEAD MEMBER OF SOCIETY. While he is actively alive he keeps hits place. he succumbs to death he must be carried away, He cannot bide himself tom (he carrion crows. So With all dead institutions, such as dead churches, They May have members, weaith, fine edifices, but the Lord cannot spare place for a dead church any wore than the husbanaman for a dead tree. If you Want to keep your candiestick from being moved out of tis pl the light must b: kept shining. When any tit becomes utterly useless to us we tirew it away. The Lord never throws anything away. He gathers up these very dead churches and transmutes them into something usefal, ag he changes the vegetunle deposits into coal. But tt is no lounger # church any more than the coal ts still leaves of tropical plants. So with a dead nation, When any nationaitiy dies, ceases to be a civilizer, no longer discharges the function of its individual nationaitty, ti is carried away by some process which reprod it, So the old empires of Nineveh and Babyiot 9 Greece; 89 the Jewish peopie. That nation was to dischurge the functions of a theocracy. When they would no: God let the eagles in on them. The Lord wae never #0 in love with any elect nation, or man or woman, that He wouid preserve the corpse, He is no sickly senttinentaiist. He ioved the Je but when the Hebrew nation died, thongh Jesus loved it unto tears, He did not lift a hand to drive back the Roman vultures that trom Britain, Gaul and farthest Gertany scented the carrion aud flew down on the prey, The third lesson is that there is no use in WORRYING OVER NUISANCES. God will abate all nuixances. Everything that nas life ought to be living, and has a right to live. If it die nothing can keep it. A mother holds her dead baby in her arms iu wild grief of bereavement. But at jast her babe becomes such a horror that she muse UG it out of arms, So with any institution. ing dead it rots, Do not, therefore, worry, If you feel called to the offfve and work of a vuiture, whic ts an honorable work, eat up the dead thing, but be sure that you turn tt into glossy feathers and delicate nerves and splendid eyes, sucti as the Lord's winged scaveugers have. Do not worry about Mo- hammedanism. If tt has any life it is so for doing good, aud has aright to live. When dead tt will dis- appear. Sv some Protestants would move the Ro- man Catholic Church out of the way. Whyy And they worry. Why? If that church has Ule it ought to live, and will probably live, If it dies, all the councils and emperors on earth cannot save it, for Wherever the carcase is there the eagles gather. But do not try to bury anything alive, The discourse concluded with descriptions of the beauty aud grandeur of living, the usefulness of dying, and the infinite sense of purity in the Heavenly Father. When A NS (CATHOLIC) CAURCH. Sermon by the Rev. Chancellor Thomas §. Preston. One of the prettiest churches in the city is St. Ann’s Catholic church, in Eighth street, and the fame of its pastor, Father Preston, has rendered tt celebrated throughout the city. There isan air of sanctity about it which impresses all wio enter it witha feeling of devotion and raises the heart to God. The decorations, though rich in character, are by no means gaudy. The music, too, ts of a sweet, solemn nature, fally realizing the idea that it is meant as a homage to the Divine Being and not, as in otner Catholic churches, intended to draw large congregations or to enhance the services by its artis- tic excellence. The services yesterday at the half-past ten mass were celebrated by the Rev. Father Poele, and the sermon was preached by the worthy fpastor. He took his text from the Gospel of the day, com- mencing:—“‘At that time Jesus said to His discipies, ‘Amen, amen, I say to you, ff you ask my Father anything in my name, He Will give it you, Hitherto ‘ou have not asked anything in my name.’ le spoke of the disbelier those outside the Catholic Church in the great mystery of the eucha- rist, which was in direct opposition to the Holy Scriptures and was a disbelief of tne very words of Christ himself, who said:— “THIS IS MY BODY; “TnI§ 18 MY BLOOD.” With regard to the intercession of the saints and the efficacy of the prayers of the faithful for one another, “having. become members of His body, flesh and bones,” why not have the power of inter- cession? He sald there was no religion without sacrifice. In the old law it was ordained that an in- nocent victim should be offered up to show the ex- Piation of sin and to the penalty of Di by - sious against Heaven, Christ has left the sacrifice in our hands—the sacrifice of himself, which was offered up on , and which is now offered | up on our alta! command he gave in these | words:— “RECEIVE YB THE HOLY GHOST.” “As my father hag sent me so do I send you,” ‘Then when We offer up the Lamb of Gori as our sic- Titice, who wou may t We canuot send uo aus NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MAY 23, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEEY, euttons to the throne of God? By the very words or the Gospel—*Wi you ask my Father in my vame He will it you"”—this truth is it. ‘The reve dwelt very m on the wrolgion of our ” which be eterized as no religion at all. new reli: not admit the divinity of our Lord; made heaven 4 resiing place for the unredeemed and ed, aud laced man’s intellect on an eqnality with God. Inder Gie now system of religion man did not require redemption, had perfect om of action, and ost out all thoughts of God; to the doctrine of its followers the saints Know nothing of our wants and we know nothing of thei; heace they cannot he'p us, in conclusion he advised hedrers to listen to the voice of God, to pray fer. vently to Him, to be prepared when the hour of death came, THE CHURCH OF THE AZPINITIES, Sermon by Rev, 0. B. Frothingham—“Spare the Rod, Spoil the Child”?—Ineavity and Bursta ot Feeling—Propagation of Disease Gambling Houses—Blood and Bones. An elegant and refined audience, chieny composed of representatives of upper tendom, gaily attired in the most fascinating of spring costumes, were present yesterday morning at this most fashionabie of churches, A new organ has displaced the sinailer instrument that has been in use for some time back, and its rich, full tone lent a charming accompant- ment to the ringing soprano of Miss Gibbes and che voices of the quartet. The musical portion of the service, certainly not the least attractive, comprisea @ selection from Mozart's “Twelfth Mass,” Millard’s “Come, Holy Spirit, and a concerted piece by Ber- nard Schmidt, ‘The Rey. Mr. Frothingham selected his text from the nineteenth and twentieth verses of the twelfth chapter of St. Paul's Epistle to the Romans:— “Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for itis written, vengeance is mine; | will repay, saith the Lord. There‘ore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou sha't heap Coals of fire on his heal.” The preacher proceeded to explain the difference of the vengeance of God and man, and how infinitely more severe was the punishment in- Micted by Divine Providence than that awarded by human jaw if you wish to pumsh your enemy very severely leave him to God, and tution wilt suyely overtake htm. Do be tmpressed with the idea that the justice of God is retribution or even punishment, as tha¢ might sugest retaltation. Again, the sentimental view of God 15 a fa'se one. Rather say that God ts as a father or mother aud acts according to the law of So!omon: SPARG THE ROD, SPOIL. THE CHILD, Again, believing him to be the great universalist, he carries us through a very iong purgatory before we reach our biis-. ‘The severity of Gou is indesorib- able, See how He punishes offence against life. When Cam murdered his brother, God said, “Now thou art cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brotler’s blood from thy hand. * * * A fugitive and & vagabond shait thon be on the earih,” and when Cain complai and said he would be slain, God set a mark upen bin that he might live, and a family grew up around hin, emblazontng the curse God had planted ou his brow. ‘The thieT is punished inthe pillory of pub- licity; nobody trasts htin again, nobody gives him employment. {f he succeeds, men say he goes on ste Ng if he fails, serve hin right. carries about 1 his breast the fecting that he ts hated, and belongs to the y of kKnaves and tricksters. Do not procrastinate; work be done on the spot: when you lose one inch You lose six inches, aye twelve inches, and cannot recover time that 1s lost. A careiess architect erected that buildlag at Richmond which crushed two or three hundred peopié in its fall, but there was no voice or warning to prevent the penaity. God pun- ishes every offeuce and every crim If you sin ugainst your body, your body suifers: against your soul, your conscience suifers, God never makes ine discriminations, and sets up no FANCIFUL THEORIES OF INSANITY; does not make allowances for passion or motives, or mistakes or illusions; does not say a man was be- trayed py a sudden ft or a sudden burst of fecling, but when the dee: is done the axe falls, He does not tke into consideration fon suifering wife and chil- dren, or, in the case of the drankard, the motive per- haps of good fellowship that led him to drink. No matter What motive the punishment is the same. The mistake that broughtdown that building at Ricti- mond was not considered. and innocent and gutity sudered alike. Two foolish people meet in this world totally unsuited for ove another, who should never have been brought together, smg thelr songs and enjoy the honeymoon, but presenuly thelr suderings begin, Some poor child 1s brought into the wWorid adected with scrofula in the blood, com- inits some crime and is sent to jail, but Providence makes no allowance for thelr mistake. ‘They may have done it with tue best imtent THRY LOVED ONE ANOTHER, and they did not know what was the inevitable re- sult of propagating disease. When God punishes He naapta the penaily to the transgression, but there 45 no connection in human law, If the child makes a litter the parent boxes its ears; if the child steais shuts it up in adark closet. The penalty does not saggest tho offence, vor the offence the penalty. Men are tried for murder, pubiic sympatay 18 generatly With the victim until some few weeks pass by and the memory of the man has passed away. ‘Lhe art of law, eloquence of legal advocates, combine together to save vie murderer from death, and he becomes an object of pity. Li found guilty there are peti- tons for remittal of sentence, and he 1s perhaps imprisoued for lie, bur does not remain long in rison before pity 1s again at Work and he is released. ‘here ts no certainty in human punishment, as the force of pity is so strong that the oifence is forgotten. Perhaps in a moment of moral indiguauon a man is coavicted of murder and sentenced to be hung. What 18 the benefit: Rainer Jet a man be doomed to repair If possible the rent he has made in society. Deatir sounds like a fearful penalty, but the doomed man becomes accustomed to his doou anc in the ——_ ‘ound tiere Is rest, The odjection to capital pun- iment is that it is too merciful. Uf you wish to punish him, correct him and let him go, outcast and vagabond, seeking refuge im degrading Vice and car- rying With hum that eye reveauag the juigment that never wavers. YHE GAMBLING HOUSE KZEPER, who sets a banquet ia a gitied palace ty ie his victims, pays a tine of $1,000 aud goes Scot free. If you wan’ to punish such a man, let lim be sentenced To support His victtms and thé fumilies he has in- poverished, and pay day by day for tie sufferings he has given othecs. In all punishwent there should be suffering, and suffering akin to the offence. When your child makes @liiter, do not pick up the Liu yourself, but make the child do it; if the child sicals, Inake it pay back oUt Of its pocket mouey or ma: it earn the vacu2 ib has stolcn, no watter What is th cost, even if tt shopld pay it out of its BLOOD AND BONES. if you wish to punish your encmy who has com- mitted a crime agatust you, hang his photograph about the city with the crime appended and let He wept for the nakedness of others. It was His ory Lo honor the jaw of God. Jesus Chrivt dit glo- ny His Fother asa true ian, There never was & Passion of anger in the heart of Christ, never a sinful liought, He never committed @ sin, He never could Lave been our Saviour HM there had becn one single sin in His soul. His only happiness was to a GLORIYY GOD. The last day of Ife must surely come. Every one Wi'l at rome time lay a) tie brink of eternity; @ few Inliestoues more and we come to Lue ead. Every one desires to die and be happy. Lhe question wall then come up, “Did we glorify God upon eur??? ‘This day miy be your last, Wilt can you say In the sight Of God? Can you ray your agaet aun Was Lo g10- rify God? that you dit Hot eare for rehes or power, bat simply for he gory of Goi? God requives you to serve Him from tie very depths of the oul. Let us rest upou this Bitie, and think that In afew mo- ments we shail slaud tn the presence of God, aud be prepared to say on our bea of death that we have gloriied Goa. PLYMOUTH UAPTisY CHURCH. Discourse by Rev. Isaac Weacott, D. 0. om the Life of Queen Esther. Last evening the Rev. Isaac Wescott, D. D., pastor of the Plymouth Baptist church, Fifty-trat street, between Ninth and ‘Tenth avenues, delivered a dis- course on the “Life of Queen Esther.” He confinea himself to the simple story of her life as related in Scripture. He took his text from Esther i, 7 and proceeded to say that the scene of the narrative waa laid during the Chaldean captivity of the Jews. About 464 B. C., Ahasucrus ascendde the throne of the Medo-Persian empue, After some years he gained a complete victory over the rebellion of his brother and of the sons of his uncle. He celebrated the triamph by a festival to the nobles and ofMicers of his empire, continuing 180 days, when HIS HRART WAS LIGHT WITH WINE and he commanded Vashti, the Queen, to appear bee fore him, She refused to violate the customs of the country and disobeyed the King’s come mand, His counsel udvised that ther mar. rluge relation should be disso.ved and that she be sent away out of the realm, lest her example might mjure the authority of husbands over their wives. A year aiterwards messages were sent throughout the kingdom to gather the beauutal maidens, from among whom the King migat select a queen to take the place of Vashi, Among those gathered was a Jewish captive, named Esher; she Was selected and raised to THE THRONK OF THK MEDES AND PERSIANS. Mordecal, who had brought her up, > being an orphun, refused to Kneel to one Haman, the preaier ot the kingdom. la his rage Human det rimined hot only to desiroy Mordecai but the entire Jewish race. A decree was sent abroad that every Jew in the realm was to be slain on @ giveaday. At this Ume Mordecat requested the Queen to go vefore the King and plead for the bile of tae nauon. As ne law €\posed any person who approached tue presence of the King unbidden to instant death Esther iesi- lated, butalter repeaied urging she vaia, “On the close of a three days’ fast of all the Jews in Shushan 1 wil go im Letore the King aud IF I PERISH, | PERISH.” She went before him, and he heid out his golden sceptre to her, and her lie was saved. The K ny promised to grant Ber any rejuest, even to the hai of his Kingdom. She said, iet tue King and Haman come to my banquet on the mo:row, Sue gave a two days banquet, and at the close of ihe first day Ha- ms turned to his home elated w.tu pride, because that he alone had been invitxt to the Queen's ban- quet with the King, and Was advised by nis iriens to build a gallows at once on which to hang Mord cal. Gallows ninety feet higa were but that night, But on the second day of Hsther’s banquet she requestea of the king, “Let my life be given me at my petition, ana the hves of my people at my request.” The King sa'd:— “Who is he that doth presume in hig heart to do r? Bather auswered:—‘The enemy is this wicked ffsman." Haman Was at once taken and hung on gallows which he hal caused to be erected; and by the action of this nob.e woman was the life of a nation preserved, In a few years aiterwards the King gave orders that the captive Jews should return w Jerusalem, with ther religious rites’ restored. After years ted prosperity Queen Bek Was gathered to her fathers, CATHOLIC APOSTOLIC CEURCH. Discourse on the Uniiy of the Church. About one hundred persons of. diferent nations alities were congregatea at this little chure), on Sixteenth street, between Sixth and Seventh ave- nues, last evening. It is a very quict church, and oOue cannot but be linpressed as he enters its portals With the (act that most of the occupants have col- lec.ed tw worshtp God rather than display an ela- borate wardrobe, The church itself is without any pretensions to vanity, the walls being bare as prison cells and the seats without curhions, A few of the atiendants evidently believed that Bun- day was a “day of rest;” for they repaired to the “Land of Not” as soon as the exercises commenced, and persisted in nodding their heads to every sen-+ tence of the preacher, After the opening prayer the whole aadience joined in two hymns, of four stanzas each, The siuging Was very good, com. pletely overshadowing the iittle tastrument in the corner. ‘fhe sermon of the preacher of the church from the text (Ephesians 1y., 4, 6)—‘*Phere #8 one body and one spirit, even a3 ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, One faith, one bapusm'—was a careful review Of the discords existing between the ‘ diferent religious denominations, ‘The oneness of Which the Apostle speaks 18 Variously trauslated by different theologians, while OMRISTIAN UNITY IN ITS FULNESS is nearly a thing of tie past. The mystical body of Christ signties unity. No man will deny that there is but one body. Paul says, “By one spit.t are you all bap*ized into one body.’ What does the inspired Apo-te mean vy unity of Chrusty Ohrist prays in John, 12th, that they may all be one, even as He and the Father are one. Unity of church is unity of Father and Son. The witness of God upon the earth jg hot & book but # living body. God sormed the Churci on earth to show his power aud love, and unity on the earth and the human body is an exact pattern of what the heaveuly body is. Those who : ray IT IS OF NO CONSEQUENCE what the Cuurch is have no faith that it is the body Of Christ, As we look over Ouristendom do we see anyllung resembling the unity of the Father and tie Son Do we se oue faith, one body, one hope, or many hopes, one baptism or many baptisins? Do We find a body joined in unity or one aistracved with divisions and strifey 5t. Paul was indignant with the Coriutilans becarse they took unto themselves names of men, ing, “I am of everybody know who and what he is, Human pan- ishment ought to meet two contingencies, the vindl- cation of law aud the vindication of comscience. A child biought up under a loving mother will re‘vain from stn for fear of paining its mother. When we kuow that God loves tue World and punishes by reason of His love, shail we not love Him as ihe child loves its mother, and refrain ‘rom sin, 80 a8 to spare Him pala. Let society be your mother, and you will not pain her by offeuding against the laws of humanity, CHURCH OF 1HE PHARISEES. The Pulpit Formerly Occupied by Rev. Charles B. Smyth Declared Vacant—Sexmon by Rev. A. C. Tris. Arather limited congregation was tn attendance yesterday morning at the United rreabyterian church, on East Eleventh strect, formerly underdne pastoral charge of Rev. Charles B. Smyth. Al‘hough many of the church and congregation, parucularly those of the Puritanical order, were in favor of the dismnissal of Mr. Smyth, there are others who at- tended his church who belteve that his indiseretion in partaking of gin and milk on the Sabbath was an error of the head rather than of the heart, and that he is a pure, upright Cliristian minister of the Gospei, and will follow litin to his new fleld of labor, ‘The puipit yesterday was illled by Rev. A. C. Tris, no regular pastor liaving yet been called to take the piace of Rev. Mr. Sinyth. Mr. Tris, who 18 a Hol- jander by birth, speaks with a slightly broken ac- cent, but so slowly as to be understood and followed without difficulty, No aliusion whatever was maae by Mr. Tris to the recent trial and dismissal of the late pastor of the church except to state that he lad been selected by the ited Presbyterian body to declare that pulpit vacant, which he did, He then deitvered a plain, instructive sermon, without notes, selecting for his text a portion of the fuurih verse of the seventeenth chapter of John— “I HAVE GLORIFIED THEE ON THE EARTH." He said the words of the text lead us to speak a word for Jesus. If we look around us we notice that everything in nature gloritied God. The hea- vens, the trees, the birds of tne air and every crea- ture join to glorify God. Man does not gloriiy God as long ashe Is walking in wickedness. Ie then cited from the Bible the case of Lamech aud Haman, iy! Paul,” *l am of Cephas,’”? “I am of Apollos.’ What would St. Paul say if he rose from the dust and feard men say, “ft am & Romanist,’? “Lam @ Protestant” or “I am a Baptist,” &c. Not alone in name, but iu faith, rule aud government does antagonism prevail. The three great divisions of Christendom are the Roman, Greek and Pro- testant. The first, with one head, the Pope; the second, with two patriarchs; the third, witu no pre- tence of unity at all, We have Roman against Greek, Greek against Roman, Protestant against both, Within these great divisions there are sub- divisions, The Keumenical Council makes Roman dussensions visible to all. Eptscopals have high and Jow church, aud PRESBYTERIANS ARE DIVIDED into several sects of diiferent names. No effort of man can heal the Gtvisions of the Churrh. Als human efforts will ouly add to the evil, and our wit- ness to tie Church 1s that for the purpose of gather- Ing together the fragments of the scattered «tf s of Zion He has restored his master builders, th Apostles, as at vie first, according to his words, “Fr Will restore thy judges a8 at first and thy counsellors at the beginning.’? ngs will be continued at this church on ceeding Sanbaths, 80 long as 80 good an audience shall gather to hear the “angel o the Charch.” BISHOP WAIVWRIGHT’S MEMORIAL CHURCH, The High Festival of the Christian Church— Sermon by Rev. it. G. Quennell, The morning service yesierday at this church, ated at the corner of West Eleventh street and averley place, was attended by @ large and tash- ionadle congregation. ‘he solemnity of the occas.on Was greatly enbanced by the splendid weather that prevailed; aud the glorious rays of light, as they poured through the colored glass of the windows, imparted a sentiment of holiness to the scene, Although the congregation was highly fashionabie, it must not be inferred that the church was invaded by a grand display of religious, aristocratic grandeur and pomp. Tne ladies were not behind the times in their display of elegant and good dress; but it was evidentiy not intended that the love for dress should in any manner supersede the duty that all men owe vo the Creator, The holy princples instilled by the who did not glorify God, and were punished for their wickedness, Haman, the Prime Minister of the Per- sian King, caiied his friends together and told them of the glory of his riches and muititude of his children, — &c. What & poor trea. sure! He did not give his glory to God, but glorified man, ne same King of Persia afterwards ordered that he should be executed. If we do not giorify God He will show his anger to. ward us. He then went on to give the words of Christ on the last eventog of His live before He was crucified—“I have glorified thee on the earth; be. leve in God; belleve also in me.” Christ glorified God as achild, When He was twelve years of age He went with his mother to the tempic at Jerusa- lem. His mother found him asking questions of the doctors. He glorified God as a cluld. When he was thirty years of age He CLBANSED THE TEMPLE. He had zeal in His heart to glorify God. It was His neat and drink to clo the will of His Father. How glorious were all His ways! He could gay tne bousts of the carti have hotc#, the birds of the air have ests, but the Son of Man Nath not where to lay his ligad, He did not weep for tae things of his Worid; fourth commandment were visible — through- out the service, and sincere attention and respect for the sancuty of the place of mecting Was marked on every countenance, After the usual service of the day had been performed the officiating clergyman, the v. R. G. Quennell, delivered & most appropriate lecture. Taking his text from the First Epistie General of Jonn, ilt., 22, 2—‘Aud whatsoever we ask, we receive of Him, because we keep His commandments, and do those thin, that are pleasing in His sight, And this ts His con Mandment, That we shouid believe on the name of Is Son, Jesus Christ, and love oné another, as He gave us commandment”—the reverend preache alluded to the approaching high festival of the Chrisitan Church, which ts especially Rigs Ha Dp the Church of England. Jt is true that the te: above quoted, stares that have only to ask fi order to receive ; but siill it must not be forgotten» th, there are certain conditions atta this theory, If we expect the ‘Amish (. to favor us we must favor Him, and sp HTS COMMANDMENTS. In ai in Ife among men engaged in busk ness, or any other calling Whatever, there is no rea

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