The New York Herald Newspaper, July 4, 1870, Page 3

—_——————— RELIGIOUS. Piety and Pulpit Politics, Pyroteehnies. A Doctrinal Firecracker Fired in the Face of President Grant. Preaching of Stray Shepherds Jo Out-of-Town * Fashionable Sheep. 4n Independent Hditor in Ply- mouth Pulpit—Agony of the Congregation. ‘Fhe Prophet Snow on the Religious Situation, Free Personal Freedom—The Apostles as Fishers of Men—ihe Devil as an Angler—Foundation of Our Chris- tianity—National Glory. Services and Sermons in the Metropolis, the Capital, Hartford, the Watering Places, Brooklyn and Jersey City. Whether it was that the lowering clouds which bung threateningly over the metropolis yesterday deterred good people from venturing out in the morning, or that during the heated term a large num- ber of those who regularly attend divine service on ‘the Sabbath escaped to green ficlds and pastors and pastures new, certain it is that the congregations were not as large as usual in the majority of the churches, Stimulated to greater effort, however, by the cool- Bess of the atmosphere, the preachers generally addressed themselves with commendable zeal to the work of enlightening their hearers, and the result is that we are able to present to our readers in the following reports a rich feast of religious reading. ‘The reports of the sermons delivered at the watering places will be read with especial interest, while the discourse spoken befo! the President at Hartford will command untversal at- tention, PRESIDENTIAL DEVOTIONS. Services at the Park Congregational Church, at Hartford, Conn.—Remarkable Sermon by Rev. Mr. Burton—Everything and Every- body in an Uproar and Commotion. HARTrorD, July 3, 1870. Shortly after ven o'clock this morning, the Presl- dent, in company with Governor Jewell and br other, Harvey Jewell, attended the Park Congregational hureb, at which Mr. Burton, a relative of Henry Ward Beecher, regularly oificlates. The church was filled, thongh not crowded, as it was generally sup- posed that the President would be present at the Centre church, where Mr. Jewell isin the habit of attending. Mr. Burton took his text from Ephesians, 1, 12—"That in the dispensation of the fulness of time he might gather together tn one ali things in Christ, both which are in heaven and which are in earth, even in Him.” EVERYTHING IN A COMMOTION. He said:—We have but quite recently emerged \ from a great national struggle; but if you will fora ‘moment ascend into the upper air and there pause in that calm, far aloof from these intense absorbing local events, and playing mere spectators a little, with broad vision look down on earth, you will find that this American commotion, thts almost contl- nental disruption and earthquake, which in its physical dimensions and its moral elements and bearings is probably the most magnificent outbreak and controversy which ever drew to itself the atren- tion of heaven and eurth—that this one prodigy of the world, this leading disorder of earth and ume is merely one local symptom and temporary mani- festation of spirit and an effort of disorder which pervades all men and all things and all periods, and meludes, also, the realms unseen. ‘The great United States of America do not make up the whole unt- verse, Our agenctes are not the sum total ofagency. , On Our right hand 1s aw uproar, on our left hand 18 ap uproar. Look forth and ‘tis uproar; look back, ‘tis all the same. Fly out beyond the stars and you'll find realms and spheres of uproar, or go straight into the solid globe, and from tts rind to core of fire, the whole way, there are signs that even the whole earth does not escape, And by reason of sway and dash, and.rage about Him, of every side of tints general, discordant, half suppressed chaos, even the intlgge.and.iatinitely steadfast nature of God 1s moved—such motion as ix possible to such as tle, It would be tedious to particularize and show this immense matter, Usis general disorder aliogether as At is. eg POLITICAL CONDITION OF NATIOS But let us consume a moment upon it by way of preparation for certain thoughis to come. Look hirsi at other nations and see how the case stands. Holland 13 fighting with all her might; Russia is fighting her; England is opening her guns in the far old East; our Central American States have almost always some turmoil on hand; Greece has just gone through a bloody ag .tation—in fact, of all Europe, the Continent that bears up foremost banners Gi modern civilization, and 18 a8 near the final days of peace as any section of earth—of all Europe we can say nothing but that one of its principal occupations, century after cen- tury, is war or negotiations to avoid impending war. And as to the barbarians and the savage races of mankind, to hunt and fish and Kill each other—that is, to Kill beasts, fish and men—is about all they care to do; and if you and small neghborhool it is same, Take the best—vyour own if you like— and here are enemies, ungodly, competitive, tattling, lying, street fights, grog shops and the eter- nal snarl of traitors, on whom the legality of the Jand has its hold; and 1f you would see the game (the condensed in a little) you need only enter the private soul of the first man you meet, whether saint or sin- ner. There in him are these national controversies and these neighborhood irregularities and combats over again. He has disagreements with himself; he has contests, and heavy ones; bis mmost life Is a se. ries of battles; and it is just because each individual of the human family 18 thus unhinged and aistem- pered and unable to make periect concord in his Spiritual self that these turbulences on a larger scale, these acrimonies between kingdoms and this agitation in all societies of man are evermore, bs A CONSOLING ASSURANCE, The preacher went on to say:—It is from the in- +ability to suppress these commotions that nations are subjected to the same controversy. If ts be the case with man it ms right to admit that the much the ee meee inspect any single { ciation efedied in the dominions of hfe, human and brute; fourth, some inarked effect, most likely upon thore other malntudes unknown to sight, who have been iuvorved, exch set Melis OWA Way In Our sinful and disecderiy atlas, “y or ‘He PRESIDENT. f or leaving the ehureh a umber the aisles and d of the cong tion remained ways toone wi pass out, but allowiag an ope space so that he could get through without dill. cuily, BL'GION IN SARATOGA, Services at the Bethesda Episcopalian Charch—Appeal for Ansiannce to Build a Church in Mtwsiselppi—Waterin Plac Fashion on Her Knees. Sanaroga, July 3, 1870, The day being mild and cool, fashion devoted itself to Sabbath duries, . Although the hotels were not deserted, the churches exhibited a briliiant sprinkling of elegantly dressed strangers, whose ex- quisite toilets relieved the usual sombreness of the village congregations whom they rivalled in the beauty of earthly ‘things if not in the plety which wins its way to heaven, Tne most faahtona- ble congregation met at the Episcopal Cnureh of Bethesda, on Washington street, over which Rey. Dr. Norman W. Camp, son-in-law of Bishop Hop- kine, of Vermont, has presided for the past seven months. He isa man of fine presence and gifted with @ magnificent voice, ‘The rector designed to preach on the subject of THE MINISTRATION OF AXGELS, taking his text from the Gospel of the day, Sfeeuth chapter of St. Luke:—“Likewise J say unto you there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth,”’ showing, first, the nature of the angels, the reason why they should rejoice because they see the good that is done on earth, the thousands of human souls tried by tem; tion and rescued: from sin by divine good and r: to the dignity of children of God, In this the angels rejoice over the defeat of the devil in his miasion to destroy the souls of the human race. Dr. Camp, however, surrendered his pastoral pavilege in the cause of charity, He introduced to his congregation Rey, Dr, Crane, rector of St. Andrew’s church, Jack- son, Mississippi, Who, he said, came there by the authority of his bishop and with the sanc- tion of their own beloved bishop, Dr. Doane, to solicit neip for his church, which had been destroyed du the war. His beloved brother would state to them the circumstances of the case, but he was afraid he was too modest to tell the whole story. They had, no doubt, read in the newspapers @ recent case of deceit practised upon the community, but he could assure them that there was no “bleeding Kansas” connected with the mis- ston of his brother, Dr. Crane, whom he had known for thirty years, and of the church in whose behaif he now appeals he (Dr. Camp) was ouce pastor, A CALL FOR ASSISTANCE. The Rev, Dr. Crane then said that nearly the whole town of Jackson was burned by the troops in 1863, including his church and the residence of the bishop. He could not rest day or might until the building, consecrated to God, was restored to Him, and for this purpose he had come to ask for the crumbs which they might spare out of their abun- dance, When the church was built before the war @ communicant laid twenty thousand doliars tm gold wpon the altar to atd the enter- prise, aud he regretted to say that the generous donor had since died in poverty and broken-hearted. Everything ih the town was swept away by the ravages of the war, but he had never seen a federal soldier wounded or sick that he did not share with him his last loaf and extend every succor. The dearest friend he had was an ofiicer in the federal army, who came not far from this vicinity, died the ignominious death of a spy, and though when he first saw him after his condemnation he was im a convulsion of fear he consoled him by the aid of religion to the last moment, when he died with the heroism of a martyr. Jn his urch, at Jackson, there were no politics; they be- lieved that the Church of God was a church of union, It could beno more disumited than Christ could be disuuted. He asked them to assist him in cece @ inemorial structure emblematic of a united faith and a reunited country, The reverend Doctor then, turning towards the altar with uplifted hands, in fervent tones offered a solemn prayer, in Which the congregution jomed. ‘The usual services were then continued, THE OTHER CHURCHES drew their quota of worshippers from the hotels. The Grand Union (Congress Hall), the fashionable Clarendon, the Columbian and the others contri- buted to adorn the pews with dainty hats, magni- ficent curls, and the rare freshness of complexion ee the wir of Saratoga unparts to city belles and peauties, Scenes at St, James Episcopal Charch—Sermon by Rev. Mr. Poole. On aceonnt of the wintry: weathet whieh prevailed yesterday thers was an extremely small at tendance | | | atall the churches. At St. James’ Episcopal church’ the pastor, Rev. Mr. Poole, preached a very eloquent sermon, taking for his text the following:—“When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesns’ knees, saying, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord"’—Luke v., 8 The teaching of the Divine Master while npon earth was off a twofold nature— words and works, The latter were the practical demonstration of the former, By them the truth is defended with an impregnable wall, against which the waves of opposing falsehood have dashed themselves In yam, The enemies of truth could only resort to misrepresentation to combat this barrier, But the fact of an external miracle, such as curing @ dumb man essed of & devil, brought even the unbe- lieving Pharisees to their Knees, aithough they pre- tended at first ‘that “He cast out devils through Beelzebub.”” When the man who was blind from birth was healed they acknowledged in this wise, “Give God the praise; as ior this fellow we know not whence He is.” At the resurrection of Lazarus they Said, “What do we? for this man doeth many muira- cles.” ‘Plus our Saviour, recognizing the power of external manifestations of His power, never neg- lected them and pointed to as indisputable proofs to human eyes of His inission. Alt the e of positive miracles 1s past, yet the Almighty still tfmpresses the minds of men by external means, The sinner or the dying man feels the influence of a superior being and involuntarily acknowledges His§ power, like St. Peter, when he exclaimed, “Be. part from me, tor I am a sinfulgman, O Lord.” This expression is not that of a terrided and remorseful being, but rather of humility, and an acknowl- edgement of weak humanity. These words were brought forth by the miraculous draught of fishes, Oh, tt does thriil the heart to hear St. Peter make this free, noble confession; it binds us to bim a new tie, it joins us together in the brotherhood | of suffering. “Each one ofus, if we are true to our- Selves, must make the same confession. We are sinners all, and need no miracle to convince us. Let us then humbiy own our faults and strive for their amendment, The operation of the Holy Ghost inour hearts 18 @ sufficient manifestation of the glory and power of the Almignty. The story of this miracle should be an encouragement to us While we ure toiling in prayer or wrestling with the spirit. With a fuil, confident faith in the eternal promises of the living Saviour of all men, let us draw near to Hun with humbie confessions of our unworthiness, Let not fear take the place of faith while hope trem- bles in the scale, Let us by obedient action secure the prize. Hear how the Holy Apostie answers the poet s logic of the soul:— It in my Maker—dare I stay ? My Saviour—dare | turn away ? There were several communicants, this being the first Sunday of the month, ‘The’ distmguished preacher was listened to with marked attention, NEW YORK CITY CHURCHES. AMERICAN FREE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, Religion at Masonic Hall—Rev. © Smyta on “National Glory.” ‘Yhe Free Church of America, under the guidance of Charles B. Smyth, the vietim of an absnrd and narrow-minded fanaticism, bids fair to become a recognized institution in the city, Though the sky was lowering and there was every indication of a tles Be whole universal natipn is so. Geology says that na- ture before man had an exisience. Even na- ture takes part in tils general disorder. Nature, while going along, is Keeping her laws. She is so upon man. She returns by giving him fe- vers. While she is doing these things she is producing disorder. It would, therefore, seem as if aman and nature were united tn producing disorder. ‘There isa partnership of heaven, earth and hei), When man feels it had a general sensation it shocked heaven, it shocked earth, it shocked hell. ‘This was to show that what he had to say avout unt- ® versal disorder was correct. The text teaches that God is at work in redeeming this state of commo- tion. until society shail stand working His own will, Ged at peace and all His creation at war seemed to be the state of the world. Man will do what he can 10 create disorder. A PLEASANT PROSPECT. ‘The world is at discord, but before God discord cannot be. Historical investigation shows tie ue- cessity Of areadjustment. The preacher continuing said:—I phe tox your eyes upon it as another proof that Almighty God is bent on ratiying the words of his own book and ering together in one all things in Christ. In fact, there is not @ single lu anan soul converted to Christ, bat that that, one in- stance is In Legere Dertect demonstration that God to fed in pushing forward the cause and enter- prise of universal order. Carry out that simple process of Christian conversion and the result must Me™ ye Hew reduction of atl conscious dis- i en; the a ai more or less, of all brate and jer, ainelioration of Lyrare and att ably, qnd the reassembling of ‘1 heaveD age a new each v9 vorseppenl by yy Feuoy. ‘wet day a respectable audience assembled at Masonic Hail yesterday to liften to the words of wisdom which fell from the lips of their pastor. The sermon Was & most admirable one, glowing with PATRIOTISM: AND RELIGIOUS ZEAL, and delivered with an earnestness which went right to the hearts Of his hearers, At the outset of his discourse he sald that preach. ers were very much in the habit of dwell. ing on the sufferings of Christ. Chustiang are exhorted to plety through a feeling of gratitude for the wondrous sacrifices made by our Lord, and they are taught to remember that they were re- deemed by His precious blood. This is ‘most com- mendable. But the doctrine of the resurrection, ich is seldom introduced, conveys an equaiiy forct- jesson, and is of equal importance in its own place In the plau of redemption, As the sufferings of Christ caused the wiping out of ail the sins of God's peopie in the past, the resurrection introduces them into the state of SINLESS PRRPECTION orid to come. Moreover, there is a joyous- the future resurrection which must needs commend itself to the hearts of all who do not wish to always entreated by # servile fear, Or contemplating with sorrow the jumiuations and tortures undergone by the love of God in working out the redemption in the w ness about of the hamau race, The history of this great coun- ty reprevepis tn an extraordinary manner the Curistian life, with 19 short period of aMiction and its eternity of glory for thove who ain faithful. NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JULY 4, 1870.-TRIPLE SHEET, Declaration of Independence Se, eoptpared with the present glorious cirenmstances of Hberty which it enjoys! Belore the Kevolution it Was a poor, op- pressed colony, with a few inhabitants scatiered over its boululess extent, Now it is one of the migiitiest countrics of the earth, with countless cities on every Geek and river 1 height; with a population of ‘orty millions and wealth unequalled r nation. Aud when the fathers of the drove te oppressors from the land and ¢ tablished an ependent governiwent they could not form aby conception of the ACTUAL PUTURE OF THIS COUNTRY, For what wonderful discoveries in the realms of sclence is not the world indebted to this young re- public {In how many varied Ways has not the in- telligence of her sons been employed in’ bringing the powers of nature into subjection and making them the slaves of man’s faintest wish ! Witness the electric telegraph and the countless applications of steam to the purposes of everyday life. In like manner the Church can form uo idea of the actual clicumstances of the Mberty of the glory of the sous of God which they will eujoy after the resurrection, ‘The speaker then quoted the passage from Reveia- tions about the woman who fied into the wilder- ‘ness clothed with the sul, the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars upon ber head, and said this was symbolical of the American naiton, the founders of which had been driven by versecution to this country, which was then A HOWLING WILDERNESS, but where the pions. has been well nigh fulfilled through the indefatigable exeruons, scienufte skill and Christhan civilization of her sons; 80 that the wilderness lias been made glad for them, and the desert inade to rejoice and blossom as the rose. ‘The preacher concluded by an eloguent prayer for the Suture prosperity of the country, ST. STEPBEN’S (@. ¢.) (HURCH. Sermon by Kev. Dr. McSweeny—The Apos- dew as Fishers of Men. Yesterday St. Stephen's church was, as usual, crowded at the half-past ten mass. The.sermon was by the Rev. Dr. McSweeny, @ really eloquent and moat logical speaker. He spoke on the Gospel of the day, which is taken from the fitth chapter of St. Luke, commencing, “And it came to pass that as the people pressed upon Him to hear the Word of God, He stood by the Lake of Gennesaret, and saw two ships standing by the lake; but the fishermen were out of them and were washing their nets. And He entered into one of the ships, which was Simon’s, and prayed that he would thrust out a@ tile from the land, and He sat down and taught the peopie out of the ships.” The Doctor began bis discourse by saying that on tais Sunday the Charch celebrated the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, and 1t was opportune and appro- priate that the Gospel of the day should relate to the fisherman; for the Apostles were themselves fisler- men, ‘The tish was a symbol used by the Charch to siguity our Saviour, In the catacombs ‘THE FIGURE OF A FISH is very often to be seen. The Greek work ichthns— a fish, using each of its letters separately—makes, in Greek, Jesus Christ Son of God, Saviour; and as in olden times Christians had to be carefal in their demonstrations of faith—for on the one land they had to fear discovery from the pagans—they had alo the fear of allowing to be Known the Juystery of their religion, ‘The fish desiguates the faithful, as by baptism man gains heaven, and by being taken irom the waters of hapUsm he becomes purified like a sh taken from the waters of the s Our Saviour said He would make His Aposiles fishers of men, This simile is natural, for if any animals are careless apout their own good the fish certainly are. When they see fishermen bringing them dainty morsels they rush at the bait. Tie folly im this is ike the human race, the majority of whom ave led away by the bait in the shape of pleasure, under which, care- fully concealed, is ETERNAL DAMNATION, and thus both fish and men are caught, and jor the sake of the morsel of pleasure they grasp at the food that tears their vitals. The young man who Irequents the gaming table casts hi eli deilber. ately on the hook, The difference between the fish and man is, the one may be jerked upon a hook and his comrades know not of the cuuse of his capture; but with @ man itis different. He knows that plea- sure is but a snare, and the danger of swallowing the bait isto him apparent. Stull it does not avali to be warned; man rushes on, aud the consequence is utter ruin, both in body and soul. What Gils the isons, the hospitals, the poor houses, the mad jouses, but this blind, headiong career of vicey No examples of the consequences of this do any good. ‘The same nuinber, young and oid, frequent the gam- ing table, the bagnio and the barroom. 1 is not known if any fishis caught twice; but it is but too well known that men are, and by the same bal! oa the same hook. SOME PERSC “T have done my own wil to me; my companions have done xo, why nol Te? With this foolish argument any consvie them- selves; but how many fish take the bait, wiihout be- ing caught’ Very few; and nobody should risk the danger, for the con<equences ure great, 1h is not only destruction 10 the body, out it is dasumacon to the soul, S WILL SAY, and no harm has come THE DEVIL, I8 AN ANGLER, who tries without ceasing to hurt and ipjure us, He is like a fisherman who, having hooked «ish, allows hun to ron off with the line to make him believe he ts safe. Occasionally he gives a pull, and after this | amen with his prize he lands him safely in his basket, ‘The devil when he has usin his clutches leaves us to ourselves for a while, and God leaves us without remorse, but sudden sunstroke or a swift bullet lands us in hell. Foolish girls, too, like the fish, are easily tempted, ‘The bait they are caught by is money or a comely person, and they take the bait. Itcautioned they say re is no danger, and only see it when the hook has them in its grasp. Priests are fishers of mien, for our Lord Himself has satd “YOU WILL BE FISHERS OF MEN.” The gospel of the dhy says our Lord was crowded by the multitude, and He told Peter to launch the vessel out, and then He addressed the multitude, and as St. Andrew says Peter was the priuce of tishertuen, £0 is the Pope the head of the Church, and every bull he issues is signed with the seal oi the. tisherman’s ring. And now the Pope does what Peter did, he launches forth and calls his bishops round him and tells them to cast thetr nets; and in obedience to his command they will cast tneir nets, and will catch an abundance of sinners; and, as in a “take of fish,” the good will be chosen and the bad will be thrown on the sand to perish. Those who have not heard the voice of God may have some excuse; but those who have been caught A the net of salvation And not availed themselves of it must sutter the ter- rible consequences of their mistake. The reverend preacher concited his sermon by hoping that all would be caught in the net, and would be chosen and not thrown on the sand, The mass sung by the choir was {rom Metner’s Mass in © minor, to the Agnus. Del, and Charles Wells’ Mass was sung to the end, ‘The offertory was from “Le Prophéte.”? Signor Latti has left the choir, and Monsteur Phillipi oecupies his place. ELEVENTH PRESBYFERIAY CHURCH, Sermon by the Kev. Mr. Kittredge—IHe Abandous the Disaffected and Acecpis a Cc from Chicago. Despite the very unpleasant condition of the weather yesterday there was a large attendance at the Eleventh Frésbyterian church, in Fifty-fittn street, between Third and Lexingion avenues, Owing, doubtless, to the fact that it was announced in the papers that the pastor would upon the o sion preach lus farewell sermon, there were many more present than Would have been under other and different circumstances, aithough large congrega- tions have been the rule rather tian the exception at this church for the iast four or five ye: Notwith- standing the announcement above referred to, the pastor, Mr. Kittredge, dia not preach his last ser- mon this church, bat will do so next Sabbath, About six years ago he first took charge of this congregation. It was then small and in a very feeble condition. By dint of CONSTANT AND PERSISTENT EXERTION he soon raised it from the lethargy into which ft had faliev and made the church a favorie place of resort on the Sabbath for. lovers of good preaching, sing- ing and devout worship. With few exceptions, he was ingly popular among Ils congregation; but, a8 is too Irequentiy the case among fashionable congregations, there were a few sore heads—persons who thought their tor was, perhaps, nut quite stylish enough, and tucrefore ihey did ‘ail in their power to make relations with the chureh anyti: uit, and in some respect piishre purpose, Despite their contemptible condu yntinued to grow in favor among the masses a fervent and eloquent preacher and expounder of «l's Holy Word. Indeed, so popular did he be- come that last spring 11 was found imipossthle to accommodate with silting room ali who cxme to bear ium preach, and ,consequently he advocated among bis Nock the sale of the present building 10 a Jewish society, Who had already made a libe for it, und the construction of a b butiding im the sane neighborh however, were futile, for these very DISALER Jearing that should he carry out his programme it | Would increase his popularity, raised such an up- roar about tt Tat he soon gave up the idea. This and ineny other things of & similar Kind made it so unpleasant for Mr, Kittredge that, upon lis receiving acall from the Third Presbyterian chureh of Cnt- cago some ten days ago, he decided at once to reer ms Aceept it and thus sever at once and forever his co: nection with @& congregation many of whom hay used their utmost endeavors to make his stay among them so unhappy. Last Wednesday evening an informal meeting of the members of the church was held, and 1t was de. cided by the majority of them to offer Mr. Kittredge $5,009 and parsonuge free wf he would withdraw lis jetier of resignation and remain among them. This, however he declined to do, and before commencing his sermon yesterday hie stated his reason for so de- slining. Me said it was not trie, os ‘stated by some the papers, that he was open to the highest bid- der, and that he was going to Chicago merely be- Wht was the gumdion of ihe youmtsy before tue J couse a church tere had yuered him, two oF three thousand dollars miore than he was now recelving. Tt Was bow t A FINANCIAL. REASON at all that prompted him to accept the offer tendered him from Chicago. since he received the letter from a majority of the congregation, urging hit to withdraw his jetier of resignation, he had considered the subject long and prayerfully and had finally come to the conclusion tha. it was far better for the church, under the eircumstances, that he should sever his connection with tt than to rematn among them, ‘This announcement took very many of the members wholiy by surprise, for they had thought that an increase ju galary would be a suficient in- ducement to cause Mr, Kittredge to stay with them, and when they lieard the conclusion he had come to many of them shed tears most profusely. Whatever may be the future or the Eleventh Pres. byteriau chureh, there is one thing certain, 1 will never have another pastor who wilido so much for Mt as the one they Rave just lost by their short- sighted and foolish policy. ‘or his sermon yesterday morning Mr. Kittredge selected Colossians, il., 1, 2, “If ye be risen with Christ, seek ‘those things which’ are above, Where Christ sitteth on the rigit hand of God, Set your aitegons on things above, not on things on For the eart! @ ure dead, and your Iife is hid with Christ tn God," 5) a The frat thou ight su, ited, said the preacher— that Christ really did pong the dead—there is & great abundance of evidence of His having done 80. His disciples saw Him die, saw Him nailed vo the loody cross ald saw the blood rushing from His wounded side, ‘They saw Him taken down and con- veyed to the tomb, where His body was closely guarded by Roman soldiers, There could be no stronger proof of His having died then and there. Three days afterwards they saw Him again in all the strength and vigor of life. Although this is THR VERY FOUNDATION OF OUR RELIGION, brea pave been but few who had the hardihood to . Mr. Kittredge went on to show the it cha which the resurrection of Carist had effected in the ol and beilef of men ti shout the civilized world, and A hearers lead Christian lives—to ir burdens at the feet of Christ and draw their hearts nearer and closer to Him, said he, be able to say:— Saviour! I Cage ah band tay ging ban Constantly news Thy eve i wiekened and purified, Aving for Him who died Let us, CHURCZ OF THE DIVINE PATERNITY. Eloquent Discourseeot Dr. Chapin—What Constitutes @rne Freedom—Thoughts Worth Receiving on the National Birthday. This Christian temple and its eloquent pastor, Dr. Chapin, are too well known to need an introduction, It may not be 80 well understood that the services Merein do not begin at Uf same hour as m other churches, Yesterday 1¢ was a quarter past eleven - M. ere the organ gent!y announced that the hour had arrived, and then the Doctor ascended the pul- pit and the choir sang a lively song of praise. The congregation was very sparse, and very few were present at eleven o'clock, ‘The Riguth Psalm was read and sung responsively by the postor and the choir; &@ part of Ue eighth chapter of St. John’s Gospel was read and a prayer ottered, after which the Lord’s prayer was chanted py the choir asifanoche, The effect was exceedingly delightful and spiritual. Hymn 490, being an aspiration for holiness, was next sung, and then the sermon was delivered. ‘The subject of the discourse was sug- gested by the approach of the nation’s birthday, and related wholly to the nature and character of TRUB PERSONAL FREEDOM, It was based on the thirty-sixth verse of the les- son that was read—“If the Son, therefore, shall make you free ye shall be free indeed.” ‘Phere is here made, he said, a wide distinction between the free- dom that most men claim and that which ts truce, genuine and complete, Itts diticuit to understand why the Jews madie such @ remark as that which called forth the words of the iext. Thetr assertion t they were never in bondage to any man if ant politically was untrue; for at that very mo- ment they were in bondage to ihe Roman government. If (hey meant personal bondage it was also nptrue; for they had been slaves in Egypt. If it was uttered in a metaphysical sense it was bat partly trne, The great truth wh.ch the Jews and which we should understand Is that freedom ts inward and spirttaal. No word will be more emphatically spoken to- morrow (to-day), aimtd the explosions of gunpowder, the dring of rockets and the shoutings of di than thus word liberty. All tne personal, 1, political or religious itherty 18 essentially FREEDOM BY CHRIST. Concerning this Inward spiritual freedom there are man, aud grievous errors, some of which. the Doctor refuted. Regarding it a3 a personal spiritual matter, some good Men overlook its efforts to ex- press itself in concrete form, and stand aloof fron all politieal action aud thereby perpetuate the evils in society of which they complain, Other men, again, regard this freedom of Christ which shows itself in political or social action as something too gross and worldly to be introduced in the pulpit, and they turn up their noses and sneer at the political reacher, But freedom, whether in the social circle, in the State, in song, everywhere, must begin in the heart of the individual man. Whosoever commit- teth sin 1s the servant of sin, but ifthe Son shall make us free then are we free indeed, His Spirit and Histtruth are in alliance with every effort that we may make to become free. The graves of martyred heroes, the waving of flags and banners over a re- stored Union are but the emblems of the strivings of men and of nations toward this consummation, But how does Christ make us free? There are two con- sutments required to make history—men and cir- cumstances, Neither are wholly tndependent of the other. The real, the grandest changes are effected . where man moulds and shapes the circum. stances ‘to his will, and in the reign of the will Christ operates. There 1s no power thoving the springs of human action equal to RISTIN THE HUMAN HEART. The deliverance of man from all thraldom Is liberty, It ts the spirit—man’s spirit—emancipated from sin and brought into harmony with ait that is true and pure and good. There may be outside cir- cumstances of independence, externals through which Christ can operate, but deliverance from in- ward bondage is true freedom, The best constitu- tion in the world cannot make mer free. Take our Declaration of Independence to savi and tell them that 1t has been written with biood and sealed with the lives of heroes and martyrs to liberty and it would not make them free, “One class or one nation of men cannot’make another free. We may lift heavy burdens off their shoulders, but they must be prepared, trained, enlightened in the inward actions of the will, The wave of @REAT AND MIGHTY MATERIALISM. 1s rolling in upon us, apd eome of us think and say our Institutions wiil take care of it. But they can- no}. Our institutions are but dead things, and unless we are individually free our institutions are nothing. He (the Doctor) did not desire to be an alarmist, be- canse believea that the present tendency to materialism will have @ reaction that shall bring us back again to truth and righteousness and personal purity. The Old Testament is the greatest chart of freedom in the work. From the Song of Miriam all through the Psalins and down to the last written page it is a book of liberty, Order and liberty are two divine elements, equally legttimate, and the pro- lem to be dis to harmonize both. Where is e sol nation, where the individual that can be fully eloped in these two things? They have divided world into conservatives and reformers, into holics and Protestants, and’kept them at vari- ance with each other ip regard to personal rights, How shall we harmonize them so that liberty and night sali be bound together in love’ Liberty-is*a duty. Liberty is order. It is the right to be right and to do right—to unfold all within us that makes us dutiful, e, und trae and good—to be moraliy like God, iM liberty is tobe moving in line with God’s will; but without liberty MAN CANNOT BE FULLY DEVELOPED, cannot become God's children. This is true liberty to break the bands that hinder us from de- veloping into godlike beings. Spiritual freedom of conscience, of worship, of thought, are necessary to this end, And A put far from us the day when any power, political, social or religions, shall arise that would conirol our freedom tn this regard. God keep American tougues, American pulpits, American institutions, the American pres# and American homes and hearts free from civil, social, political or religious bondage, ‘fhe highest conception that many men have of liberty 1s freedom from restraint. But, my friends, God has not a place In all this uni- verse for a man to do as he pleases untess his mind is like God’s mind. We hear every day about rights of man, rights of woman, aoe of labor, but as dis- tinct from order and duty. What purposes have the rights of man saye the right wo live and to be as n. “Che rignts of labor are not merely ter Wages or fewer honrs of toil, but to ve elevated into trae manhood. ’ The sume ts tre also of womanhood, Woman's work is vot mau's Work. Freedom is not material itual liberty. Ours is largely a heathen etviilzi and Weare stil worshippiig heathen gods. dom must bea personal expecience im onr be: and lives, IT 18 NOT AN INHERITANCE, that can be carried down iroin another, But how are we made fr chapter it is answered the trath shail mak It 1s from truth to liberty and from ltbert We are made intellectually tree. We are made tree from the fusions of our senses, The present world has great Infittence over us; but Christ’s truth brings the invisible World betore us, and we are not of this world, because by faith we rise above the shadowy darkness in whteh here we sit in doubt and despair, and all the realities of the better land are made sure unto us, There {s no fanaticism or insanity like that of the senses, from which Christ delivers us, We cannot kill che life of sin and the love of evil in man by penalties, and to-morrow we shall hear men boast- ing of their freedom to do and say as they please—to Vote, and to vote a dozen times a day—as if that was liberty. We are free oniy by the assurance of the Father's love, and Paul spoke like a fr thongh bound with chains, when he gaid persuaded that neither death, nor jie, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor thugs present nor things to come, nor height, nor depth nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is In Christ Jesus our Lord,” Say that in a dungeon and you area free man, He ix Jree who can look upward to heayen and feel that to truth. > vited, whether you bel 8 the Son has made him free; not by creeds and inem. our peace tn this world and the realiza- tutions, but by His spirit and His truth, The char- ter of freedom is not on any seo}, ‘The symbols of freedom are in these elements of the broken body and shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, to pariake of witch you are all earnestly and aifectionately ta- to any Church or not. ‘This ts not the table of a Church or @ sect, but the table of the Lord, aid if you seek Jo be free come to this table, that you may be released from the bond- age of sin and death, CAURCH OF THE STRANGERS, “Together”=Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Deems, Although the weather yesterday was not all that could have been desired, there was, nevertheless, @ very large attendance at the Church of the Strang- ers in University place, On the previous Sunday night Dr. Deoms had delived a& discourse on “All things work,” showing the jaw whitch pervaded the universe, This morning he took the next word in the text, Romans vii, 28, i “TOGETHER,” showing the manner in which this law was obeyed. ‘The dtderence between chaos and cosmos he de- clared lay in that word ‘“iogether.”? It expressed harmony, a8 diatinguised from anarchy—chaotic, energetic, operative. The monuments of one sup- plement and are supplemented by another, showing the orderliness of that mind which governs all. He showed this first in the dynamics operating on dead matter, from which he drew many deeply interest- ing examples, For instance, ‘the centripetal and centrifuga! motions, the nice balance of these forces and the proof they afforded of the truth of the nebular theory, in which the Doctor eviiently be- eves, All created matter lay as in A HUGE PooL. He represented God's brooding over matter as the ‘stirring of that pool, giving a vast and prodigious rotation to the mess, which thus produced the planets, the satellites and the plavetoida, Also the relation of the law of gravitation to light, which 80 few people knew or noticed, and he explained how the prodigious density of the sun’s mass pro- duced an enormous heat, which evaporated the sub- stances on the surface, raising them to auch a tem- perature as to produce the brilliant protosphere which gives us oyr light. ‘Then it was sho’ how man works together with man. Some movements are made far apart anid yet in thetr results come together. The work of so man produces a necessity which the work of another supplies, So even the generations work wgether. We have the results of all former thinkers and doers. This generation would not be what It is but for the generations of roy and Whittield, of Shakspeare and Bacon, of Luther and Calvin, of Onarlemagne, Cwsar and Alexand And we shail work with the thousands of the earth's future popu: lations. Na. natu body, and wi out the soul! THIS SPLENDID UNIVERSE Would not be splendid without mon, There could be no light without an ey id no eye without light. ‘The bram in the observatury takes In the sweep of Worlds ata glance and reads the history of miller niumds ina brief Mathematical formula. Years ago, the preacher said, he bad paid a visii to New Eng: land, and Pr. Hitchcock had shown him at Ambers’ College a large fragment of a rock on which was in- pressed distinctly the coming of @ hie bird of a& species no Widividual of which now existed. When another rock was being formed 1 Wus manifestiy raining, and the ratudrops leit ti Marks. Man's mind, acting on facts in nature Like this, reached not simply systems of sedence, but great discoveries of the biography of God. The Liole speaks of good and evil spirits, and every Where sets before believers the SUBLIME PICTURE OF AN IMMENSE SOCIETY works together with man, and man with How heipless would be the soul without (he it a lump of uselessness the body with- of active spirits working on the wiivers work- fag with men. Good und evil work together. Above ali, God works toget wi man. In Him we live and move. He works with good men and with bad, seizing the evil deeds of even the wicked, making the wrath of ian to praise Him, and re- straining the remainder. So God works. with nature—that 1s, works now with the — pro- ducts of former works. It is a wonderful concatenation; not a link able to break, yet the whole swinging ™M perfect freedom. Not the least amazing of these phenomena was sI to be the relation b tween man’s perfect freedom of will and God's pe fect sovereigaty. What visions for the tntellect * wh comtort for the heart is here’ Think of the grandeur of that mneasureless adamantine chata, be ergs 9 ail things, and swaug by the omnipotent hand of the heavenly Father! ST. PHILIP'S (COLORED) CRURCH, A White Brother Assists the Pastor—The President Prayed for—Munic, E: and Commu Service. The Might of the fushionables has had its u disastrous effect on the metropolitan congregation ‘The gloomy character of the weather, too, on yester- day had its usual deterrent effect, and prevented all but the most determined churchgoers from assem- bling at the different places of worship. In the Pr testan! Episcopal colored church of St, Philip, 3 Mulberry stree!, only sixty of OUR SABLE FELLOW CITIZENS sought spiritual consolation. Of these the male por- tion of the lately enfranchished were largely m the ascendant, while the gentler sex, as if painfully con- scious Of this fact, eudeayored to make up for their paucity of numbers by the vehemence and extreme religious fervor with which they took part im tue various religious exercises, In the gallery usually appropriated for the Si school children @ solitary little darky sat, in his hand a gigantic hymn book, from which bis eyes occasionally wandered to the ceiling of the church and thence to the oficiaung clergyman, where they usually became riveted jor a conside: rable time, until the explosion of some firecracker near the sacred edifice brought the youthful wor- shipper toa window with precipitate haste. Yes- terday being the third Sandgy aiter Trinity, aud communion day with the congregation of this church, the pastor, the Rey, John Peterson, was as- sisted by @ white clergyman, the Rev. Patrick ba Costa, who acted as deacon. The reading of the thurty-seventh chapter of the Book of Genesis, t the Rev. Mr. Peterson, was followed by a gene appeal for mercy to the throne of the Most High, the whole congregation taking part therein, When the eleventh chapter of the Acts of the Apostles had been read the prayers of the congregation were so- lewted for a sick man. THE PRESIDENT OF THR UNITED STATES was the next for whom ap unctuods supplication was offered. Every spiritual gift which an all-bounti(ul God bestows upon erring mau was solicited for our chief magistrate, that he might ever have strength to resist the mantfonl machinations of the evil oue, a8 well as the myriad temptations incident to his ex- aited position, that he might have strength and ¢ Wo stand bravely by the helm of the Ship of State and guide her safely clear of the snoals awd quicksands that may at any moment plunge her into superstitious darkness and polliical dismay. The Rev, Patrick Da Costa then came forward and announced the twentieth selection of winen tire fol lowing is the first verse:— ‘Oh for a heart to praise my God, A heart from ain set free | A heart that always feels thy blood So freely split for me! The selection was sung throughout by the choir and congregation witn an organ accompant ment and an atiount of religious fervor and feeling tat was most edifying. A prayer for the chureh mili- tant and its minisiers was then offered, after which the Rev. Mr, Peterson exhorted those present who were avout to partake of the Holy Sacrament to ex- amine THEIR CONSCIENCES and see that they held no eomliy against any o! that no lurking malice had a place in the tnmost re- cesses Of their hearts, and that they approached the Lord’s Supper, not only with clean hearts, but with that fear and trembling that should alwuys characterize the real Christian, An interval of deep stliiness followed, during which the assembled worshippers bowed their heads in awe, The Rey, Patrick Da Costa, assisted by the Key. Mr. Peter- son, administered the sacrament, which was parta. ken of by nearly all of those who Were present. Re- verentiy rising from the altar rail, where they had artaken of the sacred elements, the communicanis med their seat4, when the oMeciating clergyman sald the Lord's Prayer, at the conciusion of while! ‘THE BLESSING WAS GIVEN, and the congregation deparied, the organ playing the while a brililant voluntary FREE METHODIST MEETING HOU ¢ Pastor Absent—A Volunteer Substit Methodistical Propagandism. A goodly number of that denomination known as Free Methodists, who become inured to all kinds of weather and exposure at their frequent camp meet- ings, assem b at their chureh yesterday with the expectation of hearing a soul-stirring sermon from their reverend pastor; but aster waiting for half an hour beyond the appointed time, the minister not having made his appearance, in consequence, a it Was announced, of his engagements In Brooklyn, one of the leading men of the church, uot wishing to have the andience depart without SOMB GOOD CHMASTIANLY ADVICE, Proposed a few remarks on what might be terme Meth tc propagandism, After the nsual pretinil- gestions tue speaker said it Was a mutter of greal interest to all of us on Which side we were en- Gaged, ax we were all soldiers eniisted etther on the side of God or the Devil, and it was time to kn: every one for himself and herself for whom we wer Oghting, and yet what was it that man had to light ainst? A large majority really did vot know. ey Look up one side of tie question which seen to thei—-the not far-seeing peopie—as embod ny every element of good doing that they should follow d Keep uppermost in their minds during their ery day of which Was @ reminder that they were passing away. THIS GRAND MISTAKE wt (he start changed the Whole course of our desiimy and b) tion of hopes Im the worl’ to come, the boundary line between which place of dwelling or existing and Unis was death, which wes a final seal, and from which there wag bo retraction, no turning back, for life in the world to come, be it whatit may, treats With us there Just as death found us here—prepared or unprepared, Man has to fight against the flesh and the devil, of whicit the world was composed. ‘The world was not the grand, glorious creation upon Which we live and have our being; nor the business World, with its never ending voll and troupie; nor the social world of home, with Its many varied de- ghts; but it was THE EVEN PRESENT TEMPTATION fo go astray with Which human nature was en- graited aud @ Ways woul! be, But we must work hard agaiast Wis habitual tendency to err. “Sirtke out boldly with the wide nding, far-reaching, in- futuating voice which ¢S utterance to pure, #6D- sivie, consistent motives, so that all may understand and feel that they are not going on bitndly in the pretended worship of Christ crucified, as Vice is a monster of such hideous mien, ‘That to be hated needs but to be seen; But seen too oft, familiar with ite face, We tirst endure, then pity, then embrace, PATRICK’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHE- DRAL. ‘The Example of St. Peter—Serum Rev. Father Kearney. Roman Catholics do not consider themseives at liberty to go to church or remain at home just as the whim takes them, They regard the first command- ment of the Charch—namely, ‘0 hear mass on Sundays and on all holidays ef obligation’ —as one to be obeyed under all circumstances and tn all sea- sons. They believe that if they wilfully neglect to be present at the offering of the sacrifice of the mass on Sunday they thereby commit @ mortal sin and cease to be at peace with God, There are cer- tain circumstances under which a Catholic may be excused for not attending mass, Unfavor- able weather is one of them; but it must be such weather as, by expos- ing themselves to it, would do them grievous bodily harm. No such weather troubled us yesterday. TO be sure, Uhe sky was leaden and the streets Were siliny-wet and sloppy, aud it was not aday on which new dresses and fashionable head- gear might be shown olf to the pest eng neither would it be considered opportune to risk exhibition of other costly and delicate articies of parel, But there was nothing whatever about the weather to afford any good Catholic an excuse for not going to church. It is, therefore, not surprising that, though some otuer church were thinly at- tended yesi yall the Rowan Catholic places of worship Were thronged as usual. Last mass at St. Patrick’s cathedral was at- tended by us iarge a congiegation as ever, The munies were of the usual solemn and inter- apg charac! and (ie sermon was preached by the Rey. Father Kearney, ope of the clergymen at- tached to this chureh. ‘Tie reverend geuleman read TUK GOSPEL OF THE DAY from the iifth chapter of Luke, and proceeded, in a stinple yet eloquent and inpreasive manner, to ex- Plain and apply the mspired lesson, He sald that the people pressing on our Lord “to hear the word of God” showed (hat a great Uiirst bad been created im men’s souls for ihe waters of divine truth, and that the power aod beauty of the Redeemer’s teach- tng Was such as to attyict Wie multitude from the concerns of this World, to which our mere human nature attaches us but too strongly, ad been tolling e fish, ought to remind us waving could only dimeulty, and that we with innumerable disap, by the hat was xtre: polit Wits of Ife before snecess can crown our perseverance. PETER WAS WORN OUT with toil and hardship and disappointments, and had withdrawn his nets in despair and htter hope- lessness; but, at the bidding of his Master, he cast forth the nets again in a pure spirit of implicit obe- dience and Was rewarded with tinmense success, ‘This should teach us that, though the commands of God are sometimes inysterious und tncomprehensi bie, and though, With our Loman and necessaniy im- periect vision, We cannot always see the good of up- condivoual compliance with apparently meaning- less tustructions, we oughi, nevertheless, obey the Divine injunction, if only lor obedience si ke—if only. to show our willingness ty do Woatever (ic Lord, in his profound wisdom, wishes us to DO WITHOUT ASKING QUESTIONS. It was thus that simon Peter cast forth his nets in, He had no hope, after his hard and truitless . nee of the night before, that there were any fish to be caught; but the command of his Master was enough for him, and he did as he was bade and asked no questions. An’ thus it was that Christ not only rewarded this obedience by filling the ships with fish, but concluded that Peter and his humble companions Were just Lue material out of which to make “fishers or inen.”” Their meek obedience was a quality Which Lis disciples an! apostles must neces- sarily possess, and the world wasto be thus taught that whhesitaung Compliance with the commands of God 18 one Of strongest recommendations that man can have for a place near the heart and threne of his mighty Creator. ATTORNEY STREET MN, E. CHURCH. National and Religious Independence—Nermon by the Rev. F. P. Swift. The services at this church yesterday were very interesting, and the pastor, the Rev, F. P. Swift, preached an eloquent sermon on “National and Re- ligtous | ndependence. Mr. Swift took for his text 1. Corinthiaus v., 6-—+A little Jeaven leaveneth the whole lump.’ He sala how grateful we ought to be on such @ morning ip looking around us and viewing a nation as iree and a3 glorious as ours was, The true soil for a republic was our own continent, THE OLD WORLD was beginning to feel the influence that such a gov- ernment, where there was freedom of religion, free- dom to the individual, national freedom, had and would ever exert on all nations, Here our Puritan ancestors found a world where they might vertly the value of those theories wich dad been derided as visionary or denounced as dangerous in their own land, Ali aronnd was free—free as Nature herself; the mighty streams roiling om in their majesty, as Uhey had continued to roll from the creation; the forests, which no hand had violated, ;flourishing in primeval grandeur and beauty, their only tenanw vhe wild animais or the Indians, nearly as wild, scarcely held together by any tle of social probity. He likened thé sun—the ind centre of the universe, the centre of ligut ans gnergy, sending its warm rays to the uttermost ends of the earth, where their Influence 18 as much felt as it is here, penetrating, reaching all things—to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, which we are to understand as the great principle, the grand source from whence come ail the treasures of society—the leaven of our earth, the leaven of hi soclety. Whatever have been our ‘, our ideas; howe’ much may vased, it exalts, It raises us above the pntemplation of the Mere petty trifles of this earth and imbues us. with happier and nobler feelings. | there isin this principle! How man seeks to exalt himseit! He has @ vain ambition to conquer—to still triumph. But when that nature is changed, when What a beauty THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST touches it, how diferent! Oh, the independence of religion | the independence of Jesus Christ! How ndence ! No man is so independent who belongs to the Church of Christ, The whole world 18 leavened by the Gospel of Jesus Christ. There 18 nothing 80 sure of snecess as Christian prineip!« Our Heavenly Father in His providence selected this beautiful continent as the place where religious freedom should have its tome, May we not celebrate an event like the anniversary of onr independence at this time with grateful joy? The churches dotted here and there in this etty, from. one cud of the isiand to the other, these are the silmulants to religious and national independence, We are proud of oar charches, our institutions, yet we must trace this independence to the seed which was sown by our forefathers when they first landed here, What thought more glorious to us as Amert- citizens than to Know that God has called us can w be A VOICE IN SOCIETY ? Our nation, our Cb is made up of individnals; ch has a voice which he makes heard. What « lous feeling vo think that to-morrow we are cele bratlug our independence! Thia principle of ce Gospel of Jesus Obrist is not to stop here; it is to leayen the whole lump. Mr, Swift's discourse was tistened to with great attention and interest by lis audienc His sermon was enti extemporaneous, and was delivered with more accuracy, more delicacy of expression | than such oratorical pertormances give evidemce of generally. Mr. Swift young and has been pastor of hiv present chureh th short time; but if efficiency can produce the desired efeet he will certainiy obtain a | More lucrative post tian that which he now occupies. A NOTICABLE PRATURE was the earnestness of the worshippers, Ente | ei to be unbued with the very spirit of religiousfervor, the prayers of thelr pastor being frequentiy\ inter rupted by the ejwcniation, “Ever,” “On Lord,” ¢ | ny God,’ whenever a passage was mores th usually striking. Thus, ihe pastor woul } “Pour out Thy spirit upon ui come from an old ran in audience | another time it would be, “O my God? The won of this churoh, in a quarter out of the the busy aud more moveru part of the ¢ity, indeed, there are bur few ciurch-going péeoy simplicity of the interior and of the manner ¢) silp, tend to excite @ feeling in the strange, to that experienced by the most devout Catia, | fore the shrine ot some patron gaint. But th { mg is more true, more veal than that felt eve | lofty cathedral, TEEMING WITH ARTISTIC BRAUTY | canght from the many stimulants to the admi , Which the hariaémous blending of rich tuts, | dotal paraphernalia, pictares, lights, images. | above all, the meiodiaus chauts of cnildren | and the religious half light pervading the inte jw these tend to produce tie sensuous fe 4 the dileVante experiences, and not the feeling