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4 to the Ephesians:—‘Walk in love, as Christ also hath loved yon, and given self for you.” The Rev. Mr, James then ,proceeded by saylug:—Jesus 18 our law in all things.” He is the example which all man- Kind must follow, His Iife was that of a sacrifice, and all the offerings made to God are a different type of Him. He was theJembodiment and full ment of the prophecies, He was concetved by the Holy Ghost, was baptized at thirty years of age and before He proceeded on His mission, Every one should be baptized, as baptism removes all stain of ain, The receiving of the Holy Ghost is tho nexe¢ great thing to be attained, as We are never capable of serving God until we have received Him, THE DISCIPLES GREW STRONG after recciving Hum, but in order to attain Heaven we mast follow the cross, It is no longer the thorny path to heaven, but the smooth Way thereto, The ancient Christians Who had suiler martyrdom were never dotert they found consolation when they were Ke, Well Knowing that their eternal lappiness was near, The object of our Saviour’s iission was to teach men how to act in this life, even unto death, to gam eteraal salvation. Wheu we were itis greatest enemies, HE SACRIFICED HIMSRLP for ua; but thot sacviilce, although it left Heaven open to us, cid not relieve us from the necessity of ourselves making sacrifices for our salvation, and all who have the spirit of Chyast will sacritice some- thing every day for the benefit either of his own or some ober noely soul, as, without sacrifice, we can- not go to heaven, BLREAN BAPTIST CcUReM, “Jesus Christ and Public Opinien’’-Sermon by the Rey. P. Davies. ‘The frequenters of the above church were present yesterday in goodly force, more aus 3, no doubt, than usnal, as the attraction of a new pastor coming among them must have created some excitement and induced a good many of the ‘stayaways’? to honor ihe church with their presence—more out of curiosity than anything else. The church is a neat, small building, comfortably fitted up inside, and possesses & good orgau, which ‘was very fairly played, and, together with the choir and congregation, rendered the hymns in au agree- able manner. The pastor, the Rev. P. L. Davies, offered up some brief but telling prayers, during which a disturb- ance occurred by some malicious parties SETTING OFF FIRECRACKERS outside, under one of the church windows, This had the effect of shocking the nerves of some old ladies and young maidens and distracting their vhoughts froim heavenly matters—that is, provided they were centred there at any time, The pastor announced that the main portion of his sermon would be & comprehensive discourse on “JESUS CHRIST AND PUBLIC OPINION.” He took his text trom Matthew xvi., 13 and 14:— Whom do men say that I, the Son of Man, am? And they sald, Some say Thou art John the Baptist, some say Elias, ‘and others ono of the prophets. It has always been the aim of men since the world began, no matter what their station or position tn lie, to stand well in public opinion. We hear of persons Saying that they don’t care a straw what the world says of them; but it 1s all nonsense, Such parties astirm thus merely out of a desire to appear courageous and independent In thai very opinion which they profess to despise and scoff at. All our great oralors and statesmen who have astonished the world by their power and fame lave culiivated and made it thelr chief study to please the public a valg the public mind by their doings, ng that THB ONLY SURE ROAD TO SUCCESS lay through the good opinion and confidence of parties whom they would have to make use of in Uheir career through life. Now, Christ, although being man, differed from men altogether in this respect, He was not anxious as to the Optuion entertained about him by persons in whose age he lived. When putting the question to one of the disciples contained in the text, “Whom do men say that Lam He put it merely to find the opinion entertained about Him as to who He was, and ‘wheiher the generation among whom He lived really comprehended where He came from and what His Mission or rth was, When Jesus Christ made His appearance on earth, and by His great works and malracles, by His wonderiul, pnilanthropicalg nature and unsuilicc character completely astonished the world, public opinion was aroused; the universal theme of conversation was, “Who 1s He?” Wonder and admiration were no doubt raised to their highest pitch at the amazing miracles performed by Jesus ; but the quesilon asked was not “What is He?’ but “Who is ie His works were seen and wondered at; but what principally actuated the curiosity of the inhabitants of our World at those early ages was to find out WHO JESUS Was and where He came from. It is apparent thata ify of opinion existed as to who He was, revive by the answers given to His ques- ay thou art John the Baptist, some "sone of the prophets.” ‘The early globe did not reaily comprehend prepared for His coming by the He was so incomparably beyoud and 80 far above Whut was predicted of Him that natur- ally humanity was bewildered, as Me combined in ter not only all the qualities of per- sessed by all the prophets who ever lived, more besides. # OF AMAN THAN ANY OTHER MAN, nS, amoug which are the follow- t He came on earth and jumed man- hood of his own accord and free will We poor humanity have no control over our voming into the world or our destinies mit afterwards; but Jesus ntionally and at the time that pleased came down from realms of bliss and everlasting happiness to tis dul and sinful world of ours solely for our good. ‘This was what the ancients could not understand, They could not faliy comprehend why He should so love the world as to endure such great suffering and deprivation by com- ing am 1 being cructfiea and tortured by that very people whom He came on earth to save. No more proof positive of tn MUTABILITY AND PICKLENESS OF PUBLIC OPINION can be shown than in the manner in wiich our Lord was re ‘ded for coming on earth to save the in- habtiante ‘eof, Jesus was the type of all that was lovely, mainly and noble, took to himself no nation- ality, sided with no race, but steered a middie course like the sun through the suliry sky, illuminating and enlightening all around, influenced only by the good and pure, and passing with calm and pitying majesty thi rown in his path, Bitter eatmies sprang up allaround him. From envy, malice and hatred the wretched beings who plotted and accom- plished his cruciéxion were wrought up to the necessary amount of assassin braygadocio. In the wild frenzy of their mu bie mds, blinded alto- gether as to what they were doing and the alte? cons sequences of their crime, they were like murderers steeped tp drink, awaiting and slaying thelrvictims, i so honor in his own country; soa ple man is never appreciated until his couutry or expires; geuerally after he does the latte GREAY QUALITIES AND LARGE VIRTUES are found out a8 Naving been pr iby him in life. The memory of ti ether forgotten until r, afler death—pumbers being envious of tle reputation or afraid to express their impress- tons of one’s govd qualities until after the short and checkered career of life is over. Abraham Lincoln was not thought much about until the assagsin’s bullet pierced his br nd then, when the country was deprived in on: ud second of her great and renowned d or, the fri¢uds of tis wonder. ful man find ont his large and kindhearted soul: aye, and even his very enemies ‘wept in sorrow over his grave. Jesus Christ, when He ascended into heaven, drew all men after Him, even those who were most prominent in ac- compiishing his bodily destruction—once the favored race of God, but foréver losing their tile to that proud position by their ‘public opinion” and action towards Jesus Christ. SERVICES AL LYRIC HALL. A Heaven on Earth and Hell in a Horses whip—Doctors of Theology, Physiology and PhysicmGod Among the Statisticians—Ser- mon by tho Rev. O. B. Frothingham. While in our fashionable churches a part of the congregation exhibit their little piety in leaving the edifice at the close of the music and before the ser- vices begin the more intellectual audience which gathers at the temple of lyric Christianity must, in a large number, plead guilty to an absence of good taste in leaving before the nal anthems, and while yet the voice of the eloquent divine has scarcely ceased to echo. A part of the programme performed by the fine quartet at Lyric Hall was thus lost by many yesterday. It included the following:—‘Search me, O Goa” (faunbach); “As pants the heart’? (Spohr); “O God, Tuou art my God’—opening with a duet by Mr. Haws and the excellent soprano, Miss Gibbs—and the Forty-fourth and Forty-ninth hymns. After prayer the Rey, Mr. Frothingham said:— “SHOW ME THY FAITH without thy works and I wil) show thee my falth by works.” It would be @ very liard thing to sub- mit any religion to be tried by the lives of its pro- f essed believers and followers. The lowest religion would stand ‘his test the best, one in which a lew forms and ceremonies constituted its body. But Christianity is the most ideal and imaginative of ail religions. Yet no strain 1s put upon the mind in its efforts to comprehend the teachings of Christianity ; its morality is taught in the single Golden Rule, “Love thy neighbor as thyself,” and tts spirit beama forth tn all the beatitud Tn the fourth century religion tasted power, and, catching at the pomp and glory thereof, it became perverted, and for cen. turies has had nothing but the name. I have seen but two or three persons in all my life whom I be- lieve to have been Obristians through and through, and yet i must say that if it were possible to find a multitude of such as these litle would be found in their character to aid In the advance of civilization, To-day Christianity employs itself in discussing items of ritualistic form instead of teaching the sim. pie fatth of Jesus and love for our Heavenly Father, and churchmen becoming absorbed in ese forget the practical work of Curistianity in weir anxious discussion of O#SCURE ARTICLES OF FAITH, Men work not in the interest of weir Heavenly Father, bat of their Mare passions. Religion has consecrated nothing in art, and has laid the hage upon the opera, the theatre and such other recrea- Hons as men’s hatures demanded. Relist Say Lo man, when m search of recreation by am ment or travel, “This is my work as well a8 yours: tell life is pleavant, earnest and 1d it can be rendered glo- the bright and an heart and points to the gates bigotry. Wishing to conquer noble, and tat sand sacred. beautiful yo the hum: of a cold and formal husnanity as Unrist conquered it. the! Tetuse to approach it, and placing t their anathemas upon a far-off eminence they bom- bard the poor, wayward, but PLEASANT AND JOYFUL SINNERS. Tf a vicious man was sure of @ horsewhtpping for every bad act committed, bad acts woul the certamty of speedy physical pain would have more horrors for lim w Religion should si With gloomy Words the speaker pictured the varions phases of those curses Of man, poverty and sickness, saying that the spirtt of G made manifest in the works of those statisticians and imventors who explore and lessen the evils of the former and regretting the mark, that the latter is @ felony—a fatlure to obey physician 18 brother of the preacher, the phystologist is of his Kin, and they are together servants of God in His divine love and pity, He alludes to the day being Whitsund: the old logend says, when the Spirit of down to those on earth, Ah! fends, there is the GOD IS AWAY ABOVE us and the divine afflatus is only detached on occa- sion to mingle with the souls Of men. So long as revalls we will never know true Chris- Men understand that the Spirit of God dweils with us on earth always, and the saactuary of that Spurit shall be opened in every bosom and home, mien Will never realize the hope willbe a Whitsunday when this will be, through knowledge, the faith of the in in repetition of It rather ignores @ cannon of preachments of trike hands with truth of Emerson's re- the divine law, Christ. But there les, and now we THE PROGRESSIVE SPIRITUALISTS. Large Audienco and Eloquent Discourse Freo Will Versus Destiny—Mrs. Nellie J. T. Brigham on Deck. Mrs. Nelile J. T, Brigham occupied the rostrum at the morning service of thé Society of Progressive Spiritualists at Apollo Hall on yesterday. <A large and respectable audience attended, put the usual array of curlosity seekers and nondescripts who thirst for the coming of the spirit were on hand, The latter may properly be placed in the category of those whom the “Boy Preacher” disposes of in ‘the following facetious style:—*'They are THE CRUISERS AND BLISTERS OF RELIGION, their breath never cured an ill. Religious lunacy and rabid fanaticism have imprinted an indelible brand on their brow, but God can pity even those.” Mrs. Buighum conducted the exercises with grace she was plainiy but neatly dressed, and her expression breathed devotion and gentle- She is an orator of nature, every muscle in her face moves, but even when using Ue strongest denunciatory language an air of When at rest gloom creeps over her countenance, ner hands twitch and her eyes rot), and she sinks into a revery, a8 though pos- sessed by some supefnatural power, inspires respect, and SHE IS A GIANT when allied with the spiritein his march on the Mrs, Brigham opened the exer- cises with a solemn invocat.on to Heaven, inter spersed with poetic imagery. distant and the dear as well as for her hearers and ‘The fine quartet of the society then gave a hymn, with harmonium accompaniment, commenc- ing with the lines:— ‘The angels are about us When we think not they are near- And those of angel natures ‘Are to angels wedded here. Mrs. Brigham selected for her discourse the dim. She dipped into the sub- 8, and criticised the various mucn skill, without advanc- She said, there is When speaking calmmess possesses her, iier presence worldly minded. She prayed for the cult question of Destiny. ject in all tts beartn; theories in vogue wit ing a positive theory of her own. a God who rules and ordains all things. while some receive a complimentary ha If the doctrine of predestination be true, then the Bible 1s in yain, all the acts and schemes of men are Jn vain, and man has no absolute duty to perform. Church, is that God is inspiring man and assisting and guiding him to his heavenly home, while the devil is arrayed against Him,seeking to compass ruin. This theory necessarily brings up the question of the power of God. If nine-tenths of mankind walk in the road to death where is §God’s omnipotence? ‘There is @ contradiction 1 tius which the churches have not answered or expiained, The children of Israel believed in a God, who sent all good, and in Satan, who sent all evil, but their theory was ridicu- Jous on its face, as it acknowledgea the continued two almighty rivals. GOD 18 NATURE carries with it more force than any other theory ad- He is infinite;so is nature; there is no God isin every part of the material worid, in the running stream, in the blazing comet, on the hillside and in the valley, and the questions of destiny and free will can only be solved ‘om a special and determinate point of view, and from the belief each one has formed of the character of:the Divinity. Ditverent views o/ the same landscape reveal different aspects; it 18 simply a question of Let us look at the past. certain events, the result of tendencies which we cannot control, and we are led to believe that there is a Divinity that shape s our ends, rough hew them realms of peace. The theory of the ‘The belief that vacuuin in creation, But let us look forward, and this is the proper course, and we become convinced that we are free, responsible beings, with passions and dispositions which we have the power to re The doctrine of predestination 1s lence, and however pleasing it may be in theory it should be discarded in practice. A man should work and shape his own course, and not float down the ress or develop. egotten of indo- Meet misfortune with determination. the music that cheers life, as the rocks make music The sweetest feeling that humanity knows is that of the toiler who sits down to rest alter his combats with difficulty and danger. the sake of all that 1s dear on earth let us throw des- tiny into the past and take up the work of iife, re- membering that no fancy theory can excuse @ wrong action. BROOKLYN CHURCHES. PLYMOUTS CHURCH. in the stream, Mr. Beecher in His Summer Dress—No Obser- vauce of Pentecost Sanday—Sermon on the Infirmities of Mankind, with a Kind and Charitnble Word for Them; and also on the Tuning of the Human Fiddle. Pentecost Sunday, the great festival of the Church, received no significant honor at Plymouth church yesterday morning; except 1t might be indicated by the outward adornment of the pastor, who appeared for the first time this spring season in a white vest, and holding a brown, soft, felt, low crowned hat in The choir did something towards paying @ tribute to the day, a3 was heard when Mr. Rock- woot, the tenor soloist, sounded forth the wondrou lucid notes of Handelin “Comfort ye, comfort ye, my people,’ and the eighty.voiced choir followed with the sublime chorus set to the noble words of this spirit-stirring chorus from “The Messiah.” THE FLORAL CONCERT, recelved another advertisement from Mr. Beecher, who urged that as 1t was to bea concert of glees and madrigals, a class of music not generally popular, but far more beautiful than even the German, and would have the novelty of being exclusively Old English song, all who attended might be sure of having a musical treat, as well as music for the eyes in the floral dressing of the church, to say nothing of the gratification of social intercourse with one another either before or after the concert. The subject of the sermon was, ‘“Man’s infirmities and their relation to the Spirit of God,” and was founded on the twenty-sixth verse of tne eighth chapter of St. Paul’s‘Epistie to the Romani Li wise the Spirit also belpeth our infirmities; know not what we should pray for ay we ought; but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us witb anings which cannot be uttered.” ‘om all metaphysical treatment of this question of Mr. Beecher kept his hearers in the plane of ig and common sense. Discarding the monarchical enerally attributed to God in His dealings 8 creatures, he elaborated the paternal idea, and showed that as the soltcitude or the father and mother was for the good training and development of the child, so God had creatures for directed all A next Thursday, redesiinated all His it was for that He dealings towards them. Nature, in all her bounteousnsss anda glory, was com- manded to take care of man; for tits Providence, in all its wonderous dispens God to take care of man. of His spirit He thus hel ons, was commanded by ‘So that with the sunlight th our infirmities. There h more soul-elevating than to see a noble nature condescending and itting itself to the tuition of @ smaller nature; to see a PROFESSORIAL, ENCYCLOPEDIC 8ORT OF MAN stooping down from the loftiness of his intellect, and adapting himself not only to the feeble knowledge, but to the stupidity of an ing it almost, unconsciously, to itself, out of the low lands of itsown ignorance. ment of God towards the soul of man, and the fitness of the teacher was shown in the words the fifteenth verse of the fourth chapter of He- ‘For we have not a touched with the feeling of our You have never secn two violin. ists step into an orchestra to play a violin duet tune their violins together before they commence, however well they may have done this in the room before they stepped onto the platrorm. Before they have got through the strings have run down and the violins have to Now the human heart was a thou- sand times more finely strung than any violin, and \he great business of life was to get THIS FIDDLE OF OU intoa more tunable stile. Now orant child, and lead- That was the treat- have seen them ‘be tuned again, RS this Life of ours was like heme in the neighborhood of a public | and it was not necessary to tell everything wo knew. sehool where all kinds of annoyances and troubles | One Of the most worthless men in the community wore on, ard where we were very apt to ict | was who went about everything he our run down. Living in such ae uie @ man | knew. There were many persons, Mr. adge sald, ‘who thought he was perfect was certainly fit for one | whose whole life was given to of two places—either heaven or’ a lanatic IMPOSITION AND CHEATING, asylum, Beecher here described a human | those who vere easily swindled, and believed every- soul with an emphasis of declamation that must | thing they heard, ey had known those who were have aroused any drowsy hearer that the try | frightened and would assert that there were “st! morning t lave glided into a sleepy uncon- | and unaccountable sounds” at night, in unoccupicd sciousness, 8 tudrmity that was last noticed and | houses. They believed that 1t was a terrible sign to ‘was described very eloquently was that which was | them to have a bat at tone through their room ullar to high strung, noble nati with their | or see the moon over their left shouk {tfui moods of melancholy, joy and ess. For | he declared, was strewn with the wreck ‘Sheee God had posaiae s770 hy. ‘These were often | and women, Mr. Talmadge alluded to the foubt sceptici ENT MEDICINE FRA\ erally nobler minded and more cared for by God Pan UDS, remarking that 1¢ was apout time ¢hat some one those who ewear allegiance to the priest and | lilted up a voice against the butchery of human life. his teact who are deyot to the service of the | There Were thousands of people, he asserted, Church and the music thereof. tumbled into their graves through sheer charlatan- ‘The sermon was closed by anassurance to all that, | ism, but still the fences of the city were however far they might have wandered from God, | covered hy sGvexsianmenie of supernatural “reme- eee had not wandered eye a Ee o me pro- ere ane noaperas which Log ate Fanos » ng care and sympathy father in heaven, | in; es were ut whole les. plunged int ve e LAFAYETTE AVENUE PRESBYFERIAN | Was strange that such Infamous, quackery was allowed right under the very shadows of the many OHURCH. universities of these citles, Allusion was also made by the preacher to frauduient mercantile firms, He said that there were mercantile establishments who had not one honest yard of cloth; their books led, and the firms were nothing but GANGS OF ROBBERS. Yet some such men walked about as merchant rinces in the community. They gather up green- acks, buy up stock and astonisn the money mar- ket. But the day of retribution would come. There would be a shaking under the brown stone fronts; their aappis gray horaes would be arrested and the canopy of their couch would become a volume of un- quenchable fire; scorpions would sting their feet and anacondas twist their necks, and the whole world would see what a defrauder’s soul was when God tore off the mask. JERSEY CITY CHURCHES, DEDICATION OF A NEW CATHOLIC CHURCH. ‘The interior of this church has a bright, cheerfut, wide awake air that could not be made gloomy and dimly religious by even such sultry, mizziy, drizzly weather as much enduring church-goers experi- enced yesterday morning. That particularly pro- voking state of the atmosphere in which thick clothes are unbearably warm, and thin ones unbear- ably limp, no doubt had its effect upon many, for the spacious audience room was by no means crowded, and many @ vacant seat here and there suggested a restful picture of INDOLENT SAINTS AT HOMB, lounging in dressing gown and slippers, While the congregation came in by twos and by threes, singly and in groups, tender and solemn music, at first in low, sweet strains, then full and unpasstoned, doated out in greeting vo the day and to the worshippers; and baskets of clustered vincs &nd blossoms sent the thoughts back to Him who, when on earth, taught traths of beauty and consola- tion from the grass and the lilies, Both the service and the sanctuary have the spirit of cheerful energy that so eminently characterizes the pastor, aud though there is nothing seusauonal nor boisterous, neither 1s there any HOLY STUPIDITY. In the absence of Dr. Cuyler, the Rev. Mr. Withe- row, of the Arch street church, Philadelphia, preached ou the subject of “Confidence in God,” taking for nis text the seventh verse of the fifth chapter of Peter—“Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you." Men will always have hours of loneliness that nothing but the Divine sympathy cun brighten, Sometimes these feelings are consti- tutional, and sometimes they are the effect of cir- cumstances, That disease which the French call ennut and which we call “blues” affects tens of thousands. Physicists say it is the effect of a torpid liver; moralists assign ‘A BAD CONSCIENCE as the reason; but common sense tella us that neither Knows much about it, When one is thus afilicted the landscape, instead of a cheerful green, looks blue as indigo; the grassnopper becomes a burden; books mean nothing, Tuese depressions of feeling are common, especially to ail per natures. No instrument that was ever made ranges such a gamut as the human heart. The more fineiy wrought a man’s nature the more susceptible is he to these deep and _ terrible feclings of melancholy; it docs not matter what is the cause of suffering; if it be never so small the pain is just as iatense, The strong are very apt to sueer at the weak, but there is one retuge that ail may go to, ove heart open to all; and this brings us to the text, “He careth for you.” ‘There is AN INCALCULABLE COMFORT in having a protecior near. How often when a child you have been reassured by bearing merely the breathing of your father in the next room, wien you have waked in the night. The Bible teaches us the Divine care by inference and by direct assertion. As the mother never sleeps 80 soundly but that the slightest noise from the child reaches her ear, 80 God, who never slumbers, broods over us night and day, and 13 al saying tenderly, “Ieare for you.” The divine is over all the world, and we might learn much from watching the loving ministry of God to the birds and tow and their trust im Him. 1 think it would do a fretful man sometimes to sit down and let his canary sing him asermon, We funcy that we our- selves provide our tood; but could we open the frozen soil of January und make it fruitful? Not untii the sunshine comes from God can we get our har- vest, and a8 we must trust him in the greater we should in the less, and remember that fUE HAIRS OF OUB HEAD ARE ALL NUMBERED, Let us haye more confidence in our Father; His wisdom cannot be doubted, his watchful- ness cannot fail, When Christ spoke to the waters they were calm, and while we are voy- aging over the troubled sea of life our business is to trust our pilot, who will surely guide us to the haven. e must be willing to wait. We expect our children to be patient while we tt them by our discipline for life; so we should endure God's discipline, Keeping before us the picture of our per- fected characters. What the diamond 1s to the other precious stones that is patience to the virtues. Sermon by the Rev. Father Cody, of Hacke ensack—A Hopeful Future for the Chtholic Church. Last winter the corner stone of a new Catholic church was laid in the Sixth ward of Jersey Vity, at the corner of Gilbert and Mercer streets, The building 1s a wooden one, comparatively small, yet large enough to accommodate 800 per- sons, The work of erection was pushed forward rapidly, and the dedication took place yesterday. ‘phe omMciating clergyman was the Rev. Dr, Corrl- gan, President of Seton Hall College and Vicar Gen- eral of the Diocese of Newark. The edifice was dedi- cated to St. Bridget. At half-past ten o’clock the ceremonies commenced and lasted half an hour. Solemn igh mass was then celebrated, Rey. Dr. Corrigan being celevrant, Rev. P. Cody, of Hacken- sack, deacon, and Rev. P. Corrigan, pastor, subd-dea~ con. The space within the sanctuary was filed by & crowd of little boys in soutanes and surplices, under the supervision of the Christian Brothers of St. Pe- ter’s parish. ‘ After the first Gospel Father Cody preached from the text in the epistie of the mass which related the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the aposties. This is, he sald, Wiiltsunday, the feast of the descent of the Holy Ghost, who proceeds from the Father and Son, aud is equal to the Father and the Son. The same Holy Ghost who descended on the apostles eighteen hundred years ago comes down on you to- Sd and fills your hearts with joy and gladness, This day His kingdom 13 extended, for new church is being dedicated to THE HONOR AND GLORY OF Gop. This church is placed under the patronage of St. Bridget, one of Ireiand’s great saints. We may well say Of gthis edifice, as David said of old, ‘I have chosen ‘this place that my name may remain there forever.” We have sanctifled this spot, in oraer that the Lord may be worshipped here forever. God commanded King David to see that a place was se- lected for a temple to Him, and that it should be erected with great maguificence. Yet the old law was nothing more than atype or iigure of the new law. If God promised to dwell perpetually in the temple of old, how much more does He dwell in this temple, where we have Him ALWAYS REALLY PRESENT? Here will be preached, not the fancies of men nor the working of great minds, but the Word of God— of Him who gave the command, “Go ye and teach all nations,” In order that His people might not be Jeft in doabt, He said, ‘1 am the wav, tle truth and the life.” We speak to-day from this altar as His messengers and servants. We have received the commission to teach not merely the few who are willing to hear us, but the whole world, kings as well as beggars. “Preach the her ae to every crea- ture.” Here you will receive ail the graces that God bestows on those who love Him. Here you will receive the sacraments wiich constitute the CHANNELS OF GRACE flowing into your souls. The Holy Sacrifice will be otrered here ‘from the rising of the sun tll the going down thereof’—in other words, to the end of time. See here how the Catholic Church is unlike other ciurches, We have something more than four walls—a mere enclosure. Twenty-five or thirty years ago there was only one Catholic church in this city—known as Jersey City proper. To-day there are five. This is the first new church in the new city, and from this date Catholicity makes her advance. Your city has been consolidated, and this apnlies in a spiritual as well as a temporal sense, ere the flock will be gath- ered together in order that your faith may be con- soln aud strengthened. What will be tue con- dition of ‘ THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TWENTY-FIYE YEARS HENCE? We shall see churches multiplied as they have been in the great metropelis over the river. Twenty-five years ago that city had only as many Catholic churches as we have to-day. Though to-day we stand here as simple priests, yet the time will soon come when this city will be ruled by one of the successors of the aposties—when it will have its own bistop and its own cathedral. The Catholic Church is a rock which can never be destroyed. Those who are outsiae of our Church wonder why it is that this Church of the poor anda the foreigner, as they say, sO far exceeds all the others in growth. They cannot understand the reason, but we can tell them that it is because on this day eighteen hundred years ago the Holy Ghost came down on the first Catholics. He is the enlight- ener of the Church; He is her protector. The Church is sometimes persecuted, but she rides triumphantly over all persecutions, and she is young 1n iife aud vigor to-day. This Church Is the great giory of the and, for stie alone contains the great truths of eter- nal life. She contains those great principles which can never perish, for they came from heaven, St. Cyprian remarked, “As tuere 18 but One God, one Christ, so 8T. VINCENT DE PAUL'S CHURCH. The Celebration of Pentecost—Solemn Blesse ing of a Bell. The beautiful Church of St. Vincent de Paul, WIl- lMamsburg, was densely crowded yesterday by per- sons of various denominations, to witness the cere- mony of the blessing of a valuable bell presented to the church by @ private citizen. This ceremony was performed according to the ritual by the Rey. Dr. Turner, acting Bishop of the diocese, in the absence of Bishop Loughlin at Rome, assisted by the Rev. David 0. Mul- lane, pastor of the church; the Rev, Father Farley, the Rev. Father Franstoii and others, The sponsors, all laymen, were ex-Judge John Ui. Calahan, Thomas O’Brien, Robert Murphy, James Rodweil and Jonna Quinn. The music selected for the occasion was of the highest order, and was grandly rendered by solo and chorus, with organ and orchestra, under the im- mediate direction of Mr. William Dressler. Previous to the ceremony of blessing the bell, Meyerbeer’s “March du Sacre from the *Prophet,” was given with fine effect, and following tne cere- | i celebrated march, “stiver Trumpets,” by Vivianl, At the grand mass on the occasion, Father Farley appeared as celebrant and Fatner Mul- lane as deacon. Rossini’s “Messe Solen nelle” was fgiven by the choir with the followin; among the vocaksts:—Miss Mary Gillett an Miss Riley, sopranos; Mrs. Ventz, alto; Mr, Ventz, tenor; Mr. DeWitt, second tenor; Mr. Hertz, baritone, and Mr. Uchricin, basso, Besides the Vent Sancte Spiritus and the Quam Dilecta Taver- nacula, the above named arusts charmingly sang the famous “Hymn to Pope Pius 1X.,” composed by Magazzani. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Father Fransioli, who took for his text St. John, xiv., 21, The preacher spoke at length on the infallibility scheme, and made some apt tilistrations. He was attentively listened to by the Mayor of the city and a multitude of other saintly politicians and sinners, THERE 18 BUT ONE ORURCH.” She fs the Church that is to save mankind and to last tilt the end of tim From St. Peter to Pius TX. she has fuliilled the command of her founder— GO ye into the world and preach the Gospel to every creature,”” ‘To-day the bishops of the wholo- world are gath- ered in Rome, showing vhe unity of the Catholic Church, and proving that the Holy Ghost still ea- jightens and guides her. This sureiy 1s uo work of man, This manifests its divine mission. No work of man could bring together, from all quarters of the world, men of diferent tongues and nitionalities, It is a spectacle which astonishes the wor.d. WASHINGTON CHURCHES, ST. PATRICK'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, CENTRAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Sermon by Rev. T. DeWitt Talmadge=Vile lanies ef the Day Exposed, Before delivering his sermon yesterday morning Rey. Mr, Talmadge stated to his congregation that, having obtained permission from the officers of the church, he intended to take a trp to Europe, start- ing on the 15th inst., and remain absent until Sep- tember next, His visit there would be for tne pur- pose of seeing what he could learn, and would be both advantageous to himself professionally and advantageous to his congrega- tion, The sd he announced, would be filled during his absence. Mr. Talmadge’s sermon yester- day was based upon THE STORY OF THE WIFH OF JEROBOAM, who disguised herself as a poor woman and went to Shtloh for the purpose of conferring with the prophet Abijah with reference to her sick son. ¢iut Abjjah could not se0; for bia eyes ware set by reason of his Aud the Lord said unto Abijah, Behold, the wife of Jero- boam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son, forhe is ‘us and thus shalt twou say unto her, for it’ shall be he cometh in that ahe shall feign herself to be another oman. Wand ft was so, When Abtjab beara the sound of her feet as sie came in at the door, that he said, Come in thou wife of Jeroboam ; why feignest thou thyself'to be another ? 4c. Mr. Talmadge stated that the first thing to be learned from this was that wickedness always at- tempted to involve others and to employ them as DUPES AND SCAPRGOATS. In this case Jeroboam did not go to Shiloh himeelf, but sent his wife. Gencrally baa men who blus- tered and talked a great deal were cowards; in fact, he never knew a really bad man who was nota coward, They devised villany and compelied the comparatively innocent to execute it, They laid the train of powder and got some one else to touch it om, and they originated siander and got some one else to circulate it. While the originator of acrime nad for the most part gone free, those who were deceived had rattled the chains on the alleys. Mr. Talmadge cited the cases of Aaron jurr and Benedict Arnold, who both escaped punish- ment, while their dupes suffered for them, POLITICAL REVOLUTIONISTS, he continued, satin finely a parlors, with their feet upon ottomans and their heads wreathed in the smoke of the very best Mavanas, making their plans and getting men to execute them. It was generally the case that leaders in villany escaped, while the calamity fetl on the heads of tenth rate criminals, and in the vast majority of cases those who were incarceraied for crime were merely agents, dupes and satellites. e learned also from this story that royalty might sometimes pass in disguise. very day we passed unnoticed and unrecognized those who were to be kings and queens under God forever. Another thing to be learned, 100, was how masks were put on an taken of, We haye sometimes a right to conceal Arrangements for the Construction of a New Church—Sermon by Rev. Father Keane. WASHINGTON, June 5, 1870. The announcement was made to-day during the services at St. Patrick’s Catholic church, of Wash- ington, that the erection of the new and splendid edifice by which it is to be superseded will be com- menced forthwith. This undertaking, which has met with opposition from some of the more conserv- ative members of the congregation, although it might be difficult for them to define precisely its ounds, is thus resolved on*and will soon take substantial and mae shape. The old building will probably be pulled dowa on the return of Arch- bishop Spauiding from Rome, and its material made available as far as practicable for the new St. Pat- rick’s, which we learn will be a temple worthy of its splendid site and an ornament to the national me- tropolis, Inthe meantime services will be held at Carroll Hall, in the vicinity, a8 usual. THE DISCOURSE to-day was made by Father Keane. After picturing the scene of the first Christian Pentecost at Jerusa- lem, commemorated by us to-day, he dwelt at length on the perpetually abiding Upoaiened and operation of the Holy Ghost. Before Christ appeared on earth the Holy Ghosi, as the Nicene Creed states, “spoke through the prophets.” after Christ was returned to the right hand of His Father the Holy Ghost was again to be the teacher of mankind. Ohrist’s promises of the coming of the Holy Ghostannounce, first, that the Holy Ghost 1s to come to abide with and in the Church; second, that He ts to come as the “spirit of truth,” in order to teach the Church all truth; third, that He is to come in the name of Jesus Christ, and to teach His truth—‘All things whatsoever I have said to you'—so that the voice of the Church utter- ing the teachings of the Holy Ghost was to be the voice of Christ hinseli— “HE THAT HEARETH YOU HEARETH ME;? fourth, that this was to last forever—He will abide with you forever.” Just as Clirist himself was to be with the Church in its teachings ‘All days, even to the end of the world.” From this it follows, frst, that after the descent of the Holy ‘Ghost on the infant Church, that Church taught the truth of God with infailibility, since its teaching was that of the Holy Ghost, which is intallibly truth; and secondly, that any man or body of men opposing the Church or contradicting its teachings opposed and contradicted the Holy Ghost himself. But the Holy Ghost dwells with us not merely to teach us the truth of God, but also to sanctify our souls by grace, and here the reve- read preacher showed the sanctifying operation of the Hoiy Spirit. After drawing a parallel between the needs and weaknesses of the world now and those which the Holy Spirit remedied in the souls of the rst believers, and exhorting his hearers to freaueut oraver t@ the Spirk of God for Ne whel NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JUNE 6, 1870.—TRIPLK SHEET. enlightenment and nealing, he concluded his dis: { rirhteousness, and grant itat trie religion may flourtsh and course by reminding them iat He who ia life unites sound MON! Us. An ‘poe ‘tis our duty us with the Son and through Him with the Father BY | svea\eo aepocially lw our estes tonen Seale tee rs grace will in eternity unite us with them by a More | ‘Thou hast essed us. Theref Bere el nate archanse td wit alt the wompenar tee yee oe magnify Thy glorious name 2 Thee, and ql 3 evermore praisin; holy Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth glory. “Glory be to Thee, O Lord moat high. ‘Lot us pray for our Queen and the Royal Family, our God, who upholdeut and gorernest all tbingyin Secor ‘and earth, receive our humble prayers for our beloved Sovereign and all the Royal Family, especially for his Royal Highness Prince Arthur, Who 15 Bow among us; that they, rusting in Thy goodness, yy Thy : and crowned with Thy gracious favor, may continue before e¢ in health, peace and bonor; and’ may heroa(ter obtain everlasting life, through the merits and mediation of Christ our Saviour, who, with Theo, O Father, and Thee, OH Sirk, liveth and reigneth ever one God, world without eng men. THE SERMON. ‘The Bishop then ascended the pulpit and taking his text from St. John xiv., 27—'‘Let not your heart be troubled,” &c., said:—Twice over in this chapter does our Lord use these words, charging His disct- ples not to allow their minds to be troubled. And truly, tf in this world, which is so full of trials, there is any one who may feel that he has @ sure remedy for them, itis @ Christian, How ts this? Is he not exposed to trials as well as others? Is he not made of the same material as his brethren? Does not David declare that “many are the afMiictions of the righteous f’ And does not our Lord nimself tell 111s disciples that “in the world they shall have tribula- tion?” Yes, it is 80, And yet our Lord says to them, ‘Ye have no cause to fear; let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” Our trust and confidence in God has lately been put to the test, A BODY OF DISAFFECTED MEN, mostly our own countrymen, Ddut disloyal to their sovereign and haters of England and her children, have made @ rash attempt to disturb our peace. For the last week or two they have kept us in a constant state of unqulet. They have called forth our soldiers from their peace- ful homes, and forced them to quit fora while their wonted calling to buckle on their armor and to sally forth in defence of their country and their home- steads. And most nobly have they stood forward in the hour of need. Laying aside their for a while worldly occupations and thelr worldly gains, they willingly offered themselves for their country’s ser- vice. Some of you had sons, and husbands, and brothers, whom you were called upon to spare in this emergency ; and I doubt not you felt a littie anxious for the welfare of those who were so dear to you. The past few days have been DAYS OF UNEASINESS for you. Feelings of anxiety found an entrance into your happy homes. And yet there was a voice which Whispered to you then, as it does now:—“Let not not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Your beloved ones and yourself are under my care; they are safe in my keeping. I can rotect and shicid them frum danger.” it was well it we could, under such circumstances, simply ‘trust and not be afraid,” feeling that “the Lo: lehoval was our strength and our song.’’ It was well if we could leaye all with Him who ordereth everything concerning us, and “without whom not a sparrow falls to the ground.” And wiiat has been the issue? Our troubles have passed away as a tale that ts told. Our vojunteers have come back to us safe and sound. Not a hair of their heads has been touched, and yet a great work has been accomplished. Our enemies haye been driven back; our soil has been cleared of those TROUBLERS OF OUR PEACE— those locusts that threatened to destroy the fruits of our Industry—and all this without one drop of plood- shed on our soil, Truly God has been better to us than our fears, and we may now take up the thank- ful language of the 124th Psalm and say, “If it had not been tie Lord who was on our side when men rose up against us then they had swal- lowed us up quick, when thelr wrath was kindled agamst us. Then the waters haa overwhelmed us, ihe stream had gone over our soul. Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.” I have been pressed to apply to the government and urge upon them the appoimiment of a general thanksgiving day, and I feel that the occasion scarcely warrante such an application on my part. Itseemed tome that it would be better for us, in our several churches, to put up with all quiciness, and yer £ trust, with a hearty earnestness, our special prayers and thanksgivings to God, who has been 80 gracious tous, But there may be some who will think that even this was hardly called for. They will be dis- posed tosneer at any marked recognition of God's Providential care and goodness. They will be dis- posed to regard what has occurred as a mere suc- cessful exercise of military tactics, and nothing more, and that we are making MUCH OF A SMALL APFATR. But might not a more decided engagement have taken plave, and might not the same repulse have been effected, but at the cost of many precious lives? Let us remember that what has turned out to be small might grow into great importance, and that if God had been against us instea of for us ihe matter might have assumed a very se- rious character and fraugat with great disaster. No; we will not be ashamed of either seeking help of God in the time of trouble orof praising him for de- liverance in the hour of our success. ‘ We will not be ashamed of committ ng ourselves and all that be- longs to us to Him who is our loving Father and our Almighty friend, Aud now, as I wisi not to lengthen out this service, Which in {tself is longer than usual, Jet_me very briefly show you how it is that the Ouristian’s heart has a sure remedy against trouble. First—Because God has specially promised to be with us in trouble. He was with Joseph in his cap- tivity, with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in their sorest trials, He was with St, Paul when all his friends forsook him. Nevertheless,” he says, “Tie Lord stood with me and strengthed me.” He was with His people Israel in ail their reverses. ‘Fear not,” He said, “for 1 have redeemed thee. I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. When thou passest through the waters I will be with thee.” And go, too, God 13 with fis people now. Never for- get this, When allseems dark and gloomy remem- ber there 18 @ bright light behind the cloud, though you see 10 not. When no human aid is near He 1s by your side. Hear what David said, and may rou act as he did—“I looked on my ight nand (it was in some movement of great difticulty), and beheld that there was no man that would know me; refuge failed me. No man caved for my soul. Icried unto Thee, ‘0, Lord, Thou art my refuge.’ Fly to Him, dear brethren, in the hours of sorrow or in the time of need, and you Will find him ever ready to befriend you—a very present help in trouble. And you will lind, too, at such time, that you will realize a near- ness which you neyer feit before, Auother reason why the Christian necd not be troubied is because there is 80 sure and bright a prospect before him. In the first verse of this chapter our Lord says, “Let not your heart be troubled;’’ and then He gives His reason—‘‘in my Fatner’s house there are many mansions; if it were not so I would have told you. 1 go to prepare a place for you.’’ The thought that Jesus 18 gone to make our ‘home ready for us—that He has already entered there as our forerunner—yea, and that He wil come again and receive us unto Him- solf; that where He is we may be aiso—this thought should make all our troubles light. There will be & PEW MORE CLOUDS and then will come perpetual sunshine—a few more tossings on the ocean of lie and then we shall enter our peaceful haven. “There remaineth a rest to the people of God.” There is another reason why the people of God should not be over troubied, and of this we are specially reminded to-day—I mean the abiding presence of the Holy Ghost, the Comforter. Look atthe verse before otr text. Jesus had just promised that the comforter would be given, and then immediately He speaks of peace and the re- moval of trouble—The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name he shail teach you allthings. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you. Let not your heart be trou- bled, neither let it be afraid.” As much as to say, “You are going to lose me. Asto my bodily pre- sence I shall far away from you. But lleave with you one who will be your ever present com- forter. Therefore despond not. He will EXERCISE a PEACEFUL INFLUENCE over you. He will breathe a holy calmness into your souls, And on this day, brethren, on Whitsunday, or Pentecost, the Holy Ghost came accordmg to the Saviour’s promise. And what he was to those mourning disciples such ts He tous. Ever look up to Him, then, as the comforter of your soul. Pray to Him and He will reveal Christ to you in ail His fulness; for, be assured, we shall never know our Saviour thoroughly but by the Bolnys teaching. No one can call Jesus Lord but by the Holy Ghost. Pray to Him and He will kindle a holy love in your hearts. He Will lift them up above the world and will give them a heavenly bias. He will fill you with a calm- ness and @ confidence which the world knows no- thing of. Your peace shall flow as a river and your righteousness as the waves of the sea, and, what 13 very 1mportant tu us at this moment, He 1s able to prepare your soul and mine for the enjoyments of that holy feast which is now spread for us. He can soften our hearts and give us tender feel He can enable us to draw near to our crucitied ant ascended Lord emptied of self and deserving to be fed with the crumbs thai fell from His table, spirit- ually to partake of the body and blood of Christ. ‘The sermon was throughout listened to with earnest attention. ASSEMBLY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Sermon by the Rev. Dr, French. WASHINGTON, June 5, 1870. The services at the Assembly’s Presbyterian Church were to-day conducted by Rev. Dr. French, 1n the absence of the regular pastor. The text was taken from John, 1i., 36——‘He that believeth on the Son hath everlasung life; and he that believeth not tne Son shall not gee Ife, but the wrath of God fabideth on him,” The preacher took up particularly the latter portion of the text, He said the principal reason tho Scriptures were 80 Much unheeded was because their benefits were easy to secure; that anything that was dificult to obtain was much more BieOY a As the Son of God was the Intermediate link betwoen mankind and the | -ohtea of the Heavenly Father, it was BELIEVE IN THE SON EQUAL WITH THE FATHER, He said there were some persons who thought It was amply sufficient to believe in the Scriptures by merely admitting their divine origin, but that this ‘was not the case; that the Scriptures must be closely studied before their full meaning, instruction and the truth of the Doctrines they teach can be even Partially understood. The teachings of Christ were TOO LENIENT for some people, who thought that any time when it was convenient would answer as well a3 now in which to give them the close study of a Cliristian purpose, Although the way is open to all men at any time, now is the accepted time, and putting the question off until some future convenience would stand against the person who had never thonght of God’s teaching except perhaps in a moment of trial or expected death. The congregation was small, owing to the heat and threatened rain. NEW YORK AVENUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Sermon by Rev. 8. 8. Mitchell. WASHINGTON, June 5, 1870, The New York Avenue Presbyterian church, the usual Sunday resort of a large and fashionable con- gregation, including several of our Senators and Judges of the Court of Claims, was well filled to-day. ‘The sermon was preached by the Rev. 8. S. Mitchell from the text “See that ye abound in this grace also’—Second Corinthians, elghth chap- ter, seventh verse. The giving of property to the Lord 1s shown to be an essential element in the Christian religion from tts relation to the diffu- sion of the Gospel and the conversion of the world. ‘The reasons which induce me, said the speaker, again and again to return to this subject and emphasize this grace are: first, the importance given to it in the sacred Scriptures. The man who 1s afraid of any Scriptural doctrine or of the importance given to it in the Bible is NO TRUE MINISTER OF CHRIST. Secondly, the needy and starved condition of our our Church agencies is a proot yes present. Ever and anon continually appear at the doors of the church the several boards dressed out in rags by their patrons and exhibitors, each pointing out its sores and telling its story of sorrow, and all like so many Italian beggars clamoring for food. Surely this is not a Christian spec. tacle, ‘Thirdly, the disposition of Christians 4s to be considered. There 1s very little of principle of religion orof joy inthe giving. I name three points of the Christian theology: first, this world is to be converted to God; secon vhis is to be elfected through the gospel which is to be dissemin- ated by the agency of Christians. The two most powerful aids in the great work of disseminating the gospel are PRAYER AND CONTRIBUTION, and these itwo go together, and no one can pray & true pret who ts not willing to provide the means called for by his prayer; so that the giving is ren- dered an essential and ever enduring part of all true religion, It 1s grounded in the fundamental relation which the Christian sustains to a needy world. There is the gospel, and there is the world perishing for the lack of it, and between these there is no other medium save the new man, the benevolent spirit, the disciple of Jesus; and in this solemn attitude he can do nothin He must prove recreant unless he opens his mouth and reaches forth his hand, If this is the true view of giving it follows that there should be a wide dif- erence between iving and getting money within the Church and ‘without it. Chris tians are now entrapped by nice sirate- gies and wheedied out of their money. Fairs and festivals are made to do the work of principle. Christians are now asked to pay so much for ice cream instead of giving so much to Christ; ana 80 in the long run great harm ensues and varreuness curses the Church. My hearers, whatever other hopes of philanthropist or of statesman may be blighted, one consummation is sure:— Jesus chall reign where'er the sun Does his successive journeys run. BAPTIST CHURCH. “What Think Ye of Christ ??—Sermon by Rev. Dr. Cuthbert. WASHINGTON, June 5, 1570. At the Baptist church Dr. Cuthbert, the pastor, preached to-day to a large and attentive audience from the text, “What think ye of Christ ?’’—Matthew xxi, 42, There are many guestions, it matters very little whether we answer them or not—huis- torical, geological, political questions—which may be very interesting. What we think of such men as Hannibal, Napoleon or Washington are questions which every day claim out attention; but @ great deal does not depend on our answering them, and it is not essential to our present or future hap- piness whether we answer them or not. But how different ihe question I propose here to-day, ‘What think ye of Christ” ‘This question we must an- swer, and the manner in which we do it will deter- mine not only our present, but also our future and eternal welfare, and therefore it 1s of lasting impor- tance tous. “What think ye of Christ?’ He who ous in accordance with @ long series of prophe- cles LIVED AS NEVER MAN LIVED, wrought as never man wrought—Son ot God and son of man, combining im one the human and divine—is to be accepted by us as the divine witness given unto us for our eternal sal- vation or damnation. Our Saviour 1s our mediator, Seated at His right hand He shares the government of the universe—a high priest after the order of Meichizedec. ‘ihis One was not only to atone for our sins by offering Himself, but also to rule over us with His mild andfpeacefui sway. When we see Him lying asicep in the fisherman’s boat, amid the dashing waves of the sea of Galilee, we think of Him as @ man; but when He rises and com- mands the elements to be still, and they obey, we cannot but think of Him as God. When we see Christ bending over the grave of Lazarus, mingling His tears with those of Mar- tha and Mary, we think of Him as a man, touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but when at His command the spirit of Lazaras again entered the tenement of clay, and he came forti in all the fresaness of manhood, we think of Him as God. We see Him suspended on the cross in the egonies of death, forgiving His enemies in His last dying hour. Again we see Him in the noon of His resurrection, — burstin, Irom the bonds to the tomb, conquering death and the grave, and hear Him say, “I have power to lay down My life, and I have power to take it up again,” His human weakness, His divine, almighty power making one perfect, finished character of a per- fect Saviour, ynd we think of Him as our Sa- viour, our God, the Maker and Ruler of the uni- verse, RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN CANADA, CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL, MONTREAL, Fenianism Trented from a Religious Point of View by an Episcopal Bishop—Special Thanksgiving Services for the Canadian Vic~ tory~Volunteers Praised and the Fenians Denounced as Locusts. MonrREAL, June 5, 1870, Pursuant to the direction of the Most Kev. Dr. Oxden, Anglican Bishop of Montreal, special thanks- giving services were held to-day tn all the Episcopal churches of this city in commemoration of the recent victory of the Canadian volunteers, or, as the cir- cular expressed it, “for the deliverance we have lately experienced from the Fenian aggression.” Short forms of prayer were introduced, The Angli- can Cathedral was weil filled, it being generally an- ticipated that the Bishop would in some Manner refer to the recent invasion of Canada. Immediately after the “collect” for the day the following pray er was offered:— O Heavenly Father, who art the giver of all ous blessings, our helper in time of trouble and our deliverer from every danger, we desire to offer up our humble and hearty thanks unto Thee for Thy late mercies vouchsafed unto ts. Thou hast graciousty delivered us from the hands of our enemies; ‘Thou hast brought to naught all their unholy devices, an driven them back from our borders with shaie and contu- jon of face. We praise Thee tor Thine especial mercy to our soldiers, for having guarded and protected them in the hour of danger, 80 that the enemy could do them no vigience. We thank ‘Thee also for the preservation of our own lives and for the safety of our homes. And we dosire to acknowledge that wa owe this, not to any wisdom or prudence of our own, but to y greatvand undesetved goodness to us and for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ‘This was succeeded by the following prayer. Let us pray for our country. O Almighty God, look in mercy upon this country in which Thou hast cast our lot, We thank Thee that Thy blessing hath hitherto rested upon us; that we have enjoyed peace and plenty; that we bave been mercifully freed from foes abroad and from enemies at home, And now. we look up to Thee as our defence and our shield; for there {s none other that fghteth for us, but only Thou, O God. We pray Thee to take us and ours under Thy special care, and to keep us evermore in perfect safety, none making us afraid. ‘Above all, preserve to us, O Lord, the blessings of Thy { Gospel. @ us & gtople fearmg Tepe apd working | yours in Christ, WILL! AID FOR THE POPE. The following circular has been addressed by the Very Reverend Vicar General to all the pastors of the diocese:— New Youx, May 30, 1870, REVEREND AND DEAR StR—The time has again arrived when tbe faithful throughout the United States are invited to renew thelr annual tribute in aid of our Most Holy Fathor the Pope. I therefore appoint Trinity Sunday June 12) as the day on which, for this purpose, a collection will be made an all the churches of the diocese, ‘You will endeavor, with earnest exhortation, to impress on the minds of your flock the many and urgent motives which should induce them, at thls tine especially, to contribute with even more than usual berality. The Wany expenditures necessarily attending the General Council, atili in session, have drawn Leavil treasury. It ts, therefore, expected that tl ted to your charge will mako a generous offering on this occa- sion, You will then give due notice on the previous Sunday to your congregation and exhort them to respond livorally to this appeal to) their devotion aud cburity. Vloavs seni the collection to the Chancery office, in ctrrent money, duriug the folowing week. I remain, reverend dear air, tuithfuily LAM SEARKS, Vicar Qeueral,