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4 roofs al of the Lord, and Prretner ey show evidence of the Dive power, More than all otuers do (hey attest the workmanship of Divine hands, Wien BLVAN PERFORMED WIS MIRACLES and Moses wrought lis wonders in the land of Pha- raob they had recourse to carnest prayer, and when the Baptist began his mis-ton he sought (he purify- fog rite of immersion in the Jordaa, But wien Christ performed the wonderful miracles of hig iife tHe liad only te open his lips and speak that they might be accomplished. All through the pit- rlinage of our S@our. from hts childhood at Both fehem to the std meeting inthe garden of Gethse- yoane, His miracles were always spontancous, and breathed of the divine attriputes of justice and merey towards man; they overflow with mercy, and snow not only pre-eminent powers, but wisdom and Jove. wach oaly proved that He came from God, as he said, “1 come from my Father, and though ye be- jueve not in me, believe tn my works and In my Father who seat me.’? SPIRITUALASM, with its wonder/ul mysteries which startle us in our time, is full of the uuexplainabie, and often lures souls to perdition. Wouders they iruly are, but do they come from abover ‘They are not of the miracles which Christ performed, No holy purpose directs them, and they are fraught with dauger anddeath, They fli our lunatic asylums aud hospitals with victims, and invading the regions of another world, Beek to tear aside the vell of death, and rend the rnysteries of the tomb, ‘They are full of power of Geheana aud au, aud dre uot of the works of the Father, ST. ANN’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, Laying of the Corner Stone—Deecription of the Building—Addreas by Rev. Dr. Harris. The ceremonies tu connection wlih the laying of the corner stone of this edifice took place yesterday on the site of the new buliding in Tweilth street, between Third and Pourth avenues, The church will occupy the site of an edifice built about filty years ago for a Bapiist congregation, but for twelve years past used as a Jewish synagogue. The old edifice been, with the exception of the front tower, completely razed to the ground, so that with this exception the building will be entirely new. It Will be 105 feet long by sixty-three fect eight inches wide, and 1s designed In the French Gothic style of the thirteenth century. The interior will consi.t of & nave, witha cleve story and alsies. The former Will have an opsidai termination at the church end, where room will be provided for the mata altar and two chapels. A guilery wili extend on each side. ‘Tue ceilings of the nave and alsies will be gratued, and the interlor work of pews and galleries will be executed with hard woots. At the southern end of the lot, which extends to Figi@enth street, a paro- chial schoolhor 5 by 40 feet and four stories high will be erecie.l, intended for the instruction of the boys and giris of the parish, an advantage which has long been desired py the founders of the church. @ piutfurim on wich the ceremonies were con- ducted was erected on tue southern end, A proces- Bion, Consisiing of St. Bridget’s Total Absi:nence Benevolent aud other temperance societies, the Or. pang ladte: wih blue satin sashes, Dominican and Fra ed from the old chureh at six o'clock. thiriy clergymen brought up the rear, and eded by the members of St. Aloysius and ch ac Among those ou the plat- rrs, Rev, Dr. Morrough, Hecker, Father 2: uaguire, I, Mooney, J. Birtseil, & he Were commenced by the chauting of the der of Sodaliies, composed of fully atilred in ‘winte, carrying bie banners, monks, sta About 1 silm by the priests, beginmng with the words, “Except the Lord butid the house.” Recita- tions of the Lituny to the Saints next followed. of the priesis and acolytes aid the stone and next walked < defluing the position of the he period, together with names of nd the Mayor of then deii.cred the addresa, He s which I am about to select are General Grant the city, were 2 Pealm, “Uniess the Lord build the hous labor in vain that) badd tut? These words, belovea friends, are presented to yon by the Church in ber divine oftice, specially applic § sie on occasions like the present, The ks of te house, bat the churen ex+ iteTaphatt ally a house of God— nd dedicated to the honor and worJls of the prophet are a:- 5 ol Christian itis on the present scusion, When we ventar erect @ structure m honor of Him who has c 1 the universe out of nothing. We butid the honse not for man but for God. When God created t e of the carih ihere jit ak! Was no sin, but atterwards sin was commuted by His sion. He did) not Wit Mis hand to ent it, in that) man might ¢ iim free ho: Alter @ few word: In deience of rele or speaker con- tinued: —Now all cur public acts of religion are ac- commompanied with ce HONS, inonies make a great Impressin. and these cere- Th Obristion chu ch os one of the gre: can pertorm; 1 act of merey, ft of charity, an actoi ad nd at the very commeucemeont we invoke the aid and viessing of Us Divine Pro- Videnes, that whe whole stru ture may be pleasant in fis sight may Dever ci and We pray that ne here when 1 destroying angel ts of Christ are to be appropri to the en, We have laced this co e name of the auora- ie Trinity, and for all those wie contribate To its ¢ Join in the Lituny of th c Join with the earth that the ¢ esting may descend. casion 1 fave to congratula’e the esteem rol Si. Ana’s church in selecting BO beau for bis new church. Talso have to congr the membors of the congregattoo, vere you will have a church s1 ent to ac. wghe a large congreg:ition, and you will have tor lone desiped to AT a Hake Where chow ho se; but now he ts con- can now collect the cluldren of the aan aud Ca*ho- id become The pre rehed back | to Fighta regiment | band. ‘The chu. inl Schvolnouse will cost about 1 burch will accommodate 1,500 CALVING BAPLis’ CavRLE Good Hight-Sermon by the Rev, Avthur. and the fact that a great ng on from the metropolts and Wighting a eather ne Was ye De exodus ts and for e time highly ta al in the Calvary Baptist claret near broadw an eloquent sermo good Oghi'—2a 1 The chapter fr the last re Bor rday a larg a he morning s¢ in Twenty-third Je arthur pre 2 words are taken 18 # Apostle. leatii was soon He wrote knowing that the marty to be endu: I tle martyr’s crown soon to be enjoyed. His expectaions were red Three months after he wrote our text he marched to death. Litule did the crowds which came Into Rome on that June morning in €8 think that the prisoner whom they met going “without the gate” to TH LACE OF EXECUTION ‘was the greatest mgn then living and destined to an immortality such ra ve world has not given to the bravest Roman who wore the diadein of the Cesars, Paul, though prisoner, marches iike a king. Aged and weury, braved aud bleeding, he 1s radia with hope and joyous in fall. The execatione: Jeases the noble soul trom the feeble bedy, and weep fog Mends carry the body to fie mis which bo long furnished graves fot the disciples of Christ. gut Paul ia not dead. Wis struggling spirit, so long tied to earth, Is now “present wi vord,”? and by his words and his Live be is a power in the world to-day, rebuking us for our indus ace aud inspuing ns by his triamphant fal Paul had a right to fought a good fgnt.” His words are no emp boast, Uiey come from a veteran and a victor. We remember Apab's feply to proud Ben-ladad— him that g.rdeth on his harness boast lil S$ he that pute To bivoi.”” Paul 18 puiting it ov; his work is almost don When a raw recruit he might not utter these ‘words; whea fu the midst of the fight, now rejoicing in victory, how lamenting defeat, they would not have been fitting; but with the contest past, the race Ee and tie crown ln view, be niay “I bave ought.” Paul often represents the Christian life under the Lure of a contest, a race, a fight. So imbued was Le with Grecian spitit and so familar with tie pub- Jic games of the time that such a mode of representa- vont Was Lotural to lim aud eflectual with his earers. in the Christian life the strnggle is against princi- palrties and powers, against the rulers of the dark- ness of this World, against spiritual wickedness in Ligh places; or, as It is elsewhere stated, itis againse world, tue flesh and the devil. The world 1s not the friena of Christ, THE FRIEND OF HIS FEOF Vs maxims, its spirit, Its very atmosphere seems to euill the spiritual life and drag down ihe aspirations oF the soul, ‘The servant 8 not above lis masier, when the master came unto his own lis own re- e not, The world which he had made had iter to offer him than a crown Of thors, ful When it Would exalt him it did so by the cross 0. Calvary. The world ts always hard. It prisoned Socrates; Mt murdered Savonarola; it cruciiied Curist. its bes wen are its first victims, But the world can be over- We may conquer even when we die, and if We would wear the crown we must wield the sword, Tue “dt Is faished” of Curist has given us the “I have finished” of Paul, and the strength whic made Faw victorious will make us victorious (oo, We need nore Christian manliness. We need the courage to stand up like men tor the right and ring Tt is not scon | NEW YORK H | vice and a daring ‘Yes’? to virtue may stand an humbie, but noble victor. | _Agitinst the flesh, 1ke Paul, we must war a good warfare. At times victory soems to be sure. We get our enemy down aud are ABOUT TO STRANGLE TIM, | when suddenly he springs upon ua and we are forced | ery ont, “O wretched man that Lam, who eliall deliver me Some men have so learned the use of the shield of faith that the flery darts of the enemy hurt them not; | other have miik and water souls tual the darts are ; @xtingulshed at once: others, by their very open- | heartedness, expose themselves to the tempter, ; Such are the mea who when war triumph move the world, Such a@ man was Paul, tle had terrivie temptations — his victory, through the grace of Christ, Was correspondinsiy great, “Vigor and spirit in both men and horses are good. But they must be held tn by a ght rem. O men, the strong hand of Christ must hold in your tiery passions or they will prove your ruin, The world, the fesh and even tho devil may be overcome, “1' write unto you young men because ye have overcome the wicked one,” SATAN SHOOK THRONES IN HEAVEN, destroyed our first parents and brought sin inte the world, and fay the fecblest Christian panoplied tn the armor of heaven may triumph over his power, O matchless grace of Christ that makes sinning men Stand where angela and Adam fell, 1 beseceh you dying and feeble men, exposed to temp ation and death, put on “the whole urmor of God” and Oght manfully the Nght of faith; so shall you come Of more tian conguerers in life and in death you shall receive the crown which the Lord Wil give to ali them that love his appearing. SOCIELY OF PROGRESSIVE SPIRITUALISTS. Falso and Genuindé Wealth—Discourse by Kiev. Moses Hull. About the usual number met yesterday morning at Apollo Hall, corner of Broadway and Twenty- elghth street, where the Society of Progressive Spiritualists assemble for their Sabbath morning worship. The number was something over 200, showing that the Spiritualists do not naturally help to swell the summer hegira into the country, A quartet of singers sang a sort of nondescript medley as introductory to the exercises; then @ poem, in strangely wild measure and treating of strangely Weird subjects, was read; then followed the an- nouncement of a grand picnic of the Spiritualists, to be heid at Elm Park on the 15th tnst.; then there was more singing, and then the Rey. Moses Hull began a discourse on HOW TO MAKE AND SPEND MONEY. As the basis of his uiscourse ue took the text of Matthew enjoining the laying up of treasures, not Where moth and rast do corrupt, but where these corrupting agencies are not to be found. Afier a ob. dug introduction on the importance of Spirit- ts having stated pastors to preach to them, he yursed upon the general subject of the law of compensation in tis wo Gradually he came to speak of his theme, show the Inuuility of laying up thas world’s goor larting point, or rather Taking this the great absorbing object of Ife, He adyised, however, that everybody should put a just jute on his services aud make provision for a umy day. There was some good rich men, even among the GAMBLERS IN WALL STREET, who were striving each ank all to enrich themselves atthe expense of everbody else. His idea was that GRITING RICH DON'T PAY, and he urged It with great vehemei hearers, He advised all to use their wealth while living, and if they had any left at death not to leave itto children, but to leave it to be turned to the bensas of humanity. Next he spoke of intellectual an upon his SPIRITUAL WEALTH a8 more intrinsically valuable than gold and silver and government loans and securities. This was a wealth all might enjoy, the poorest as well as the richest, In conclusion te showed that as naked people came into the world, so naked they must go out, and that the wealth accumulated here conated nothing 1n the unknown land acrosa the river of death. It was there spiritual wealth had value, and this alone. Good deeds, pure and upright tives, and high and boly aspirations made real give this wealth, An unusual thing in Suuday worship, he was iaterrupled with occastonal ap- plause, and sat down uipid aa enthusiastic stumping Of feet. Tue exerelses closed with singing a semi-rhapsodic ani wholly mysuc piece of music from sheeta of mustc. THE MORNING STAR BALL, Public Opening Yesterday—Lutorosting Sere vir A public opening of the Morning Siar Hall, No. 180 West Twenty-fourth street, between Sixin and Seventh avenues, by the Morning Star Sunday School, took place yesterday afternoon, The school Was organized October 25, 1868, at Pike's Opera House. They changed their quarters in 1869 to Apollo Hall, and thence to thelr new hall, which they occupied for the first time yesterday. The school nuiabers upwards of 500 schoolars, who are in regular attendance, aud has about $3,000 in the ireasury. The officers are:—R. P. Perry, Super- inteadent; J. Ward Murray, Secretary; Silas Cc. Judi, Treasurer, and Wiillam Heath, Libra- ran, The exercises, which were witnessed by a large assembiage, Wereopencd with singing, followed by prayer by Rev. Dr. G Addresses were made by Rev. Matt B. Cleg- horn ana Rev. J. uith, Of Brooklyn. Puiltp Philips sang a nuruver of hymns 1m hs characieristie style, among which was one entitled “Your Mis lon,” which he sang in the Senate Chamber, in 1364, by special request of Presiaent Laacoin. ’ During’ the exercises Miss Fannie Crosby, author of a great navy sweet hymns, recited a’ poem entitled “God ti #6 Our Union,” which was also sung by Mr. Phil- Ds. A collection was taken up for the benefit of the Bchoul aud the exercises closed with benediction. BROOKLYN CHURCHES. PLYMOUTH = CHURCA, The Glory of Plymouth Church Restored—Ail the Accessories Kestered—Communion Sun- day=Sermon on the Personal Following of Chr st. Plymouth church was ttself again. For the fower- less and forlora condition of last Sunday there was suvstituted ail the stock attractions. The platform had more than its usual floral decorations; the choir was strong ia its complement of voices; the congre- gation was larger than any Sun lay since the heated tera setin, and Mr. Beecher, thoush no! so sonsa- Hoval as ordinarliy, preacued with very much of th old fervor and fresiness of illustration, The o¢ca- } sion was well caicuiated to pro: this, mdepen. deut of the spirttual famine brought about by the interregnum of the previous oath. The pas- tor of Plymouth Churen 14 making tracks for his summer holiday, or, as he put at himself yesterday, is drawing his pastoral year to within a few Sundays of its close. Execpt for the Wovdstock and Presidential visit, last Sunday would have been communion Sunday, That notable event not only deprived Plymouth church of its pastor, but deterred the administration of the communion until yesterday. This, however, does not comprise the eutire summary of the attractiveness. Yesterday was the last communion Sunday that Mr. Beecher will officiate ju the dispensation of the sacred em- blems, and therefore those to whom lus presence at sucred oiloes gives am attractive charm made aa effort be present, Thasiteame about that this large congreyation, that 89 jatengcly lives, move ud has ite betng in the life of its pastor put on |ta holiday, seif-courplacent Look, and Caine oul im even larger hujvers than usual. ‘The sub cot of the sermon was “tne following of Christ,” or im less techutcal language the duty of al devote Ines Lo the canse ‘he text selected was St. Jonn xxi, 21, eter see- ing him aati to Jesus, Lord, und what shatl iia mai dor Jesus saith oubo hin, Twill that he tarcy tull come, What is (nat Co thee? Follow thou me.” A few introductory observations on the place that the Gospel of St. John occupies im the relationship to the other Evangels, auc espectaliy on position that thts chapter takes in connection with the - over chaplers of St Julin’s Gospel, led the way gradualy aud ainost impercepubly to a practical talk about the matin truths of Lhe cext. The emphasis of the passage was best seen, sald Beecher, when we considered that Peter was josie Who Was about to be sent out to bring im the disciples, ‘The following of Christ was to re- produce im ourselves bis disposition and to accept his wide live of dat) That wich made the distinctive, the pecullar Worth of tae Christian teacher was that witel had happened between himself and God. Every mau had by this experience a «distinctive power to teaca. We were in danger of losing our personal relations wita Christ by undue anxieties about the progress ©. Christ in the world. To every man oa tite globe Be fattutul personaly to me.?? men Who deferred this aris waul they had sett Men of this character avout ersonal rela- dd unseltieable were troubled € colors, orders, ‘There we tloasinip to questions, about infinitestinai things pointa and orders of service, WuO conside that itWaa enormously importaat to the satvation of mieu’a souls that a man should with his head turned to the nt pom the compass. They were so mit ngayged with this 1 eng: minutia that they had forgowen the Lord, who had bought them, Ah! did it matter much whether your mother’s name was Bates, Page or Smith’ But it did macter everything whether she loved you with @ mother’s love, aid Wither you igved her with ali the tender-heartedacss of a child, Let this question Of love to Christ be settled, and thls Murry of eccle’ slasiry be forgotten, and thon the hearts of men ut A emphatic ‘No? against every ior of vice and sin, icked men may biuster and seem brave, ut at heart they are cowards agd sueaks, and the who @ hears to say & detided No" to would be inflamed with a divine love for the Lord Jesus Christ. ‘These words of the text would be words of cal tou to those busybodies who are busy iD dotng th ERALD, MONDAY, JULY (J, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET. which {s described in cant phraseology as saving souls, Thess people talk fippantly about savin, souls, pray abont saving souls; but to many ol these he (Mr. Beecher) would gay, save your own soul drst. It was far more important that tae busy- bodyshould be quite sure his own goui was saved than he should be running about volunteering to aid {u saving other people’s souls. It was far more 1 Portant, also, thaf those in whom Christ had begun & good work should be built up than that they should be neglected for thts kind of volunteering. The Church groans with momense quantitics of Uacured grass that never be made hay. make men holy who have begun to be Christians Was, among otiler things, the most potential way to make every mana Christian. If Christ were here He would Bay to these busy ones, ‘Follow thou me,” and atleast it would be good counsel to such a& those to say be a Christian a little time yourself be- fore fo9 begin to preacn to others. ‘This sub,cct also led them to be CHARITABLE TO THE SECTARIANISM OF CHRISTI ANITY. That wes the best sect that produced the best men, the noblest Christians, whose records were radiant with the stories of good men's lives. A few ciosing sentences, directing the thoughts of the eoneremenan to the communion service, in connection with the text, brought the sermon toa close, A catholic and large hearted invitation to the con- gregution to stay at the communion service iprobaniz added to the very large number who tarried to take part in that soleian service, CLINTON AVENUE CONGREGATIONAL CHU: Secret Forces the Strongest-Sermon by Dr. Gulliver, of Iilinois, It must be a very pleasant thing to Keep Sunday n Ciinton avenue. One would very naturally call to mind the old lines— Sweet #0 calm, go clear, ao bi The bridal of the earth asa sey” on such a Sunday as yesterday, walking under the shadowy branches of elm and maple, on that quiet and beautiful Brooklyn avenue. In company with the sunshine, and the waving leaves, and the tink- ling fountains, it seemed very easy to be good, and no doubt the denizens of that aristocratic quarter of our goodly neighboring city are as good as itis con- venient to be in this evil world, ‘The pastor of the Clinton avenue chureh, Dr. Bud- dington, ts now abroad, and his pulpit 18 ably filed by Dr. Gulliver, president of the Knox Female Col- lege, of Galesburg, and pastor of a Chicago church, Dr. Gulliver spoke eloquently upon the power of SECRET AND NOISELESS FORCES, taking for his text the, twenty-first verse of the Seventeen'h chapter of Luke:—“Neither shall they Bay 10, here | or Jo, there! for behold, the kingdom of God is within you.’ It 1s @ general law that the Most potent agencies are the most silent. The soft falling dew, the moisture, cold, heat, light, elec- tricity, chemical amunities, are the chief agents in the realm of nature, and they are ail silent, can. cealed, Hidden forces made the strata of the earth's crust, threw up mountains, depressed basing and sunk great reservoirs. ‘The shrieking tornado may spread desolation and terror, but how much more potent for evil is a frost in midsummer. It lets you sieep undisturbed, it hushes all the winds, yet when it mingles its breath with the still atr it snrivels every leaf it settics upon; in @ moment it has robbved ‘nations of their wealth, in an hour it has disappointed millions. This is equaliy true in the intellectual world, ‘lhe men who gesticulate, Who are full of metapiiors, whose fingers are ever on TAE PULSE OF THE PUBLIO, are called great, but they are oniy the foam that cresis the wave; the real force 18 found in those Silent men who dweil apart, content to know that they are shaking tue Ideas of the world. These men really control opinion, but they seldom represent tt Though the toquactous Americus gave his name to a new world, Columbus evoked that world from silence and darkaovss. Forces are silent and hidden just in proportion as they are powerlul. Now it was Ciearl the object of the Saviour to teach the disciples doctrine as applied to % THE MORAL AND BPIRITUAT. WORLD. They coud not see how a mighty and glorious king could be born in a manger at ‘hichem, could live in Nazareth and die a#a mailefactor; hence when the event too place that had been prophecied ior generations, these actors in the scene knew it not. ‘The Messiah stood among the Jews, and yet they de- manded of Him when he would come. Our Saviour detected at once this inabiity to see power unicas cloched with pomp and externalitiés, aud He sald the kingdom of God cometh not with observation, We are thus taugh: that there is a cons ied power in the spirituai world that is estabilshing a new universal kingdom, that is revolutionizing, to use the expressive words of Scripture, is overturning, “ull ne shall come whose rigitt 1t 18 to rule.?” if any pretend to be the beraids of Uus Kingdom and point you to the pomp of un organized ritual, or he splendor of cathedrals and the glory of art, saying, LO, HERE! AND LO, THERE! know that they are false, aud that the power ts within yourown hearts, if you have itat ail. The new birth—this is the secret force that 13 to revolu- tionize the world, You may civiitze men, you may eleyate them, you may cultivate them up to the Greek standard ; but s0 long as you do not succeed io making men feel thatthe heart must be filled with new purposes, and the le nan be shaped anew under the moulding iuiuences of God's nature revealed to us, you do practically uothing. Educa- tion 13 auxiliary to this HIGHER CULTURE OF THE SOUT, and is prized none 80 Much as those who believe in the new birth, byt il is prized as a means and not as an end, No expression 18 so hard to be understood by those who haye net expemenced sometuing of it, as the Kingdom of heaven. One man’s ideas of reiiion are confined to the benevolent side; auoiher thks it is a developing power, and not a renovaling; some persons seem to Know uo other text than that which Suys, “Pure region aud undefiled {3 visiting the fulberless and widow ia their alitiction,” ‘There are diferent ways 0. beginnthy the work of true religion m dierent hearts, but the end is the same—the renovation of the whole nature: and te establistiy ment of tue piace of Godin the soul. Heathendom is ali about us. Tiere i8 plenty of opportunity to do missionary work in every direction. People are every where worshipping THE IDOL OF SELFISHNESS, There are tempies of Juggernaut all over the city of New York, ud if you want to see men dragged under the fatal car go inio Wail street. A murder a day, somewhere! Think of it! The means of ruin of body and soul supplied freeiy to the weak and tempted! We have neca of a prohibitory law inside, and we had beiwe* apply it there, The example of a single pure, active Curistian 1s Wonderiully potent; how much more of # whole church, of all the chure! except & Man be born agatn.’? Let change be felt and all else will foliow, and the leaven aad new earth will appear, wherein awell rigliteousne ss- Sf. JAMES CATREDRA Sianderous Tongues—Sermon by Father Keegan. ‘The services at this place of worship, although not quite so imposing ag on the previous Sunday, when the solemn high mass was sung, were yet highly interesting. There was a very large congregation present, and the music was very fine, Mass was said by Father Kiely. After the first gospel, and before the creed, Father Keegan, of the Church of the Assumption, delivered a short but practical discourse, taking for his text the Epistle of the Day, third chapter, eighth tg fit. teenth verse:—"For he taat will haye ite and see good days let bim refrain 45 tongue from evil, and his ips thas thty speak no guile.” These words, said ths reverend gentleman, which we read in to- day's eptstie, seem to correspond with the gospel of this day, yet there seems more dignity in the words of St, Matthew:—‘'Uniess your justice exceeds that or the Scribes and Pharisees you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.’ St. Jaines, the Apos- tle, says a Wicked tongue does harm not only to the person to whom 1t belongs, but spreads far and wide its dangers. Often under the gulse of friendship THE TONGUE OF THE RVIL ONE will follow us, and often too late do we awake to the warning voice that bids us beware of the im- pending danger that surrounds us from the tongue ofthe slanderer, Mighty its Influence and ever de- structive to virtue it goes along, finding always a ready listener, No obstacle, however great, seens to interfere with an evil tongue; it does not grope about in the dark seeking for an audience, but, guided by the light of its own infamy, it reats not in one place, bat is ever onward until satisfied with the eftects of its evil doings, Even those persons that profesa to be so religious, they wili not look you stratghtin the face if they sce their neighbor get along a litte, perhaps, above themselves. They will say, (hat man obtained his riches by fraud or by the of some poor man’s brow. It is true there is nness attached to an evil tongue, a shallowness of mind, that porwr: self in the volce of scanaal. ‘The wise man say He that knows how to hold his tongue ia periect;"’ and we see in the Seriptures that @ fool even, if he can control his tongue, 13 considered a Wise man. Parents oven teach their children to speak without discretion, How often, alas, too ofien, are we made ac- quatnted with the painful fact that chiidren, Infants Of three or four years, Will sWear most blasphemous oaths, aud yet Cannot say thelr prayers, Brought up in @ntire ignorance of their Creator, no know: ledge that there isa God, their tafant tongues will Map forth language appatling to he THE TONGUB OF A CHILD 1s compared to an aAimond tree, ‘The earlist to blos- gon, the most beautiful, but which at the approach of tho first frost will wither and dic, St, Ambrose says, “The tongue is the first ting that will siain the soul of an tinocent child.’ Tue tongue ts a biter enemy; it 13 tuil of fre; there 1s no end, no stopping it, aud never can We be too well guarded against 18 base induence. The man that will not offend ta the Rev. word, that will not swear or blaspheme, ta a perfect mau. Charity is @ most beautiful virtue; Charity covers a multitude of sins if we only bear wilh one another, and remember as we are merciful we must expect to nd mercy. STATE STREET CONGREGATIONAL CHOU The Example of Moses—Serm M. P. Gaddis, The congregation of this church are worshipping in the basement of the buliding, as the upper part is undergoing extensive repairs. The Rev. M. P. Gad- dis, pastor, preached an eloquent sermon yesterday morning. After reading the thirty-second chapter of the book of Deuteronomy as the morning lesson, ho sald, by way of an apology, I was A LITTLE Rovaa on some of you good people on Friday niglit last. As the sportsmen gay, I took you on the wing, but I did not intend to be #0 rough. After getting home and thinking over the matter I concluded that J had done wrong, and now I confess it. I had no time to prepare myself for the evening lesson, and there- fore took an unjust position—now I take it all back. Next Friday evening I think we will be better prepared, Owing to the rainy weather thel Work upon the church has been delayed and we wil- Not open it until two weeks from to-day. Without fail, rain or no rain, we will then open it. Mr. Gad dis then read the notice of their annual picnic, say- ing—We wat 6 et and we seo no n wh; we cannot Teatlzo $400 hon this piénte to buy tt, i oo ee know why it should not be made in this way. PERFECTLY HONORABLE, Just as honorable as butlding a city hall and filling It with polllolana. (Langhter.) The reverend gentie- man then selected for his text the thirty-first verse of the thirty-second chapter of Deuteronomy—''For thelr rock is not as our rock, even our enemies themselves being the judges,” He sald by reference to the lesson and the reading of the thirty-third chapter which foliowed it they would discover that this was the history of Moses, the great lawgiver of the Isra:1. ites. There was something wor.ny of every man’s consideration in the thought of the glorious death of this man—his life going down amid sunshine and glory. It was athought which perhaps bad often jawned upon their minds. The child, cradied in ite mother's aris, cannot tell what its future will be. Step by step the future would be developed. It might be pleasure or despair. Its path w: bp be one of sunshine or dark and shadowy. if of Moses should have been one of ne, but shadows seemed to fall upon it from his birth. Above ail other men who should have been perinitted to enter the promised land was Moses, Few men like him would have come down from tne high position Which he migit have occupied to the lowly condition which he took upon himself; hearing the complaints and murmers of men, he thought, as he reviewed the Satire uistory of Moses, Who was but a small man, ol by tho Rev. THE SMALL MEN Were chosen as leaders. Instead of taking another they fell upon Moses, the leader of the Isralites, the smallest man among their number, Yet it had ever been 80, Moses said to thei ‘We will give them Water,’ and smote the rock, and for this act was banished from tne land. How careful we should be not to commit Cd rebellous act Which might make ua Hable to banishment from God. They anid “Now, Moses, your work is done, you can go.” Did he mur: mer? Did the poor pastor murmer when he weat down to bid the children tarewell? No complaint Was made, He said, “For thelr rock 13 not a8 our rock, even our enemies themselves belug judge:.”” What did He mean by this metaphor? Moses in the resence of the ciildren of Israel compared the Jreator to the rock of ages, ‘The design of Moses ‘Was to show the strength of the Lord. There was nothing with more strength, berairy | with more ability. The pilot of a boat in which he went down the bay pointed out @ rock opposite buoy No. 8, which he said was among the first things which hai attracted his attention when he first went down the bay. Ithad stood there firm and mmoyabie, not the smalicst piece having shivered of. It had st there firm for ages, and Moses’ rock, was immovable, Rocks were noted for their durability, as iiiustraicd by the Saviour in his reference to the man who bulit his house upon the sands and had 1t washed away, While the one who built his house upon the Tock had a foundation, which was THE DURABILITY OF GoD. Rocks formed the greater part of all solid founda- tlons, and no forttfication was constructed without them, though he believed cotton was used once in New Orleans asa fortification. We all had our little forts and knew wiiat they were, Some were built upon morality, but the first bombshell got the devil would scatter them to the ground, Some built their forts of greenbacks, bul the devil with his litte artil- lery would soon ao them away. God was not only the rock of our defences, but He was the rock of our supplies. How often did we go to this rock and ask for a supply of the water of life. After some further remarks Mr, Gaddis dismissed the con- gregation with praye! NEW JERSEY CHURCHES. CHURCH DEDICATION AT WEST HOBOXKE: Sermon by Rov. Monsignor Seton. Yesterday forenoon the elegant and spacious chapel of St. Michael's church, adjotning the monas- tery at West Hovoken, N, J., was dedicated to the worship of God. For twelve months the Passionist Fathers have labored zealously in building up what promises to prove one of the finest religious edifices in the State, It will be entirely composed of stone, and rapidly approaches completion. The basement chapel is capable of containing a thousand persons, and was completely crowded yesterday. The midule altar was adorned with flowers and numerous wax lights casting a solemn glare over the dim as- pect of the interior, From the surrounding districts the temperance and otier religious societies marched with music and bauners and swelled the throng that Milled the building. At half-pase ten o'clock the dedi- cation ceremonies were commenced, and continued with the usual solemnity for half an hour. Asolemn high mass was then sung, the Rev, Father Allinus olliciating as celebrant, Rev. Father Jona as deacon, and Father Vincent sut-deacon. At the close of the gospei an ab'e sermon was preached by Rev. Monsignor Seton, of Madison, who had also conducted the dedication services. He began his discourse by citing passages from the Old Testament illustrative of the worship paid to the Creator by the people. Whether man received the tenets of his religion directly from God. or was lett free to exercise his reason in arriving at the truth, he saw equally well the supreme necessity for that worsbip. Man ts evidently the only animal destined to live tm society. And, a8 in temporal affairs, men congregate to transact che moat Momentons Dasivess, so aiso is it fAtting that they should act tn the spiritual sphere. Hence it was that tae devoted members of the congregation of St. Michuel’s assembled there to assist in dedicat- ing a tempie to the Lord—a temple which will fully aitest their piety Lo generations yet unborn, whose splendid spire will tower above the homes of them- se ves and their posterity and be a tt emb.em mate- rialiy of the religious influences which would be exeried beneath its walls. The speaker continued tn a fervent strain for nearly an hour, aad received profound attention from his he rs. Lambiliotie’s entire Messe Pascale was chanted by a very fine choir, under the guidance of Professor De Grand Val. At four o'clock solemn vespers were sung in the presence of many people and a number of the Passionisis. A collection was taken up and @ handsome sum realized to aid in completing the Stracture, GRACE CHURCH, Sermon by tho Rev. Mr. RiceWarning to Evil Doers. At Grace church (Episcopal), in Jersey City, yes- terday, there was, ag usual, a large and fashionable congregation, though many prominent members are spending the season in the country, The pastor (Rey. Mr. Rice) preached from the text, ‘‘And if it bear fruit, well; if not after that thou shalt cut it down.’’ It was a common saying among the ancients that the feet of the avenging God were shod with wood, thus showing how notselessly fell God's punishments on the wicked, But it is not so with us, GOD'S PUNISHMENTS COME UPON US and we see them in his handiwork everyhere, He has made nothing in vain; everything has a pur- pose andause. He has made many things the uses of which we have never discovered, and perhaps may never discover, but nevertheless we do not ven- ture to deny that they have uses. What is made for a temporary purpose dies, or, according to the tex! t, 1s cut down when that purpose is acnieved, It is Nature’s sentence that they be cut dowa when they no louger bear fruit. THE BARBARIANS MULTIPLY, but let civilization once set its foot on their shores and no oppression will be needed to cultivate them. ‘They will gradually fade away ia spite of all the efforts of philanthropy. Our Lord requires of us holiness and usefulness, charity, devotton, meek- ness, love of God and man. Jn proportion as we practise these things shall we bear more aud more fruit, A REALLY GOOD MAN, that is, @ man who bears good fruit, never forgets Wiiat he owes to this world and to the world (o come. The question to ask ourselves is, are We making a faithial use of the means by which the Divine Spirit 1s to be quickened within us? Let us examine our- selves, and see whether we are carrying forward the kingdom of God on this earth. Let those who are not bringing forth good fruit remember that their days Will not be longin the lend, This lie is not necessarily the one witch will be out short, It 1s the spiritual life that 1s chiefly meant inthe text. And yet, from natural as Well as supernatural causes, the GOOD MAN LIVES LONGER THAN THE WICKED MAN, Ifthe Holy Ghost, the Spirit of God, desists fora moment from quickening the conscience within, then that man’s inner life ts cul off, and therets nota being ou the earth so forlorn, As the generations ia tho past theological periods have been cut down from their very organization #0 shall we ii we bear ao! good fruit, ‘There will be no moral relation between ua and tho Kingdom ot Life, WASHINGTON CHURCHES, METROPOLITAN METHODISE CHURCH. Eloquent Sermon by tho Rev. Dr. Newr in ood of Man—President Graut aod Family Present. Wasainaron, July 10, 1870. President Grant, having returned from his north- ward trip, Was at the Metropolitan Methodist church this morning with Mrs, Grant, Nellie and two lady friends, The Vice President and Senators Pratt and Borman were also tn attendance. The pastor, Rev. Dr. Newman, preached an eloquent sermon on the text “Who is my neighbor?!’ The reverend doctor had a theme on which he was eloquently at home— tho brotherhood of man. His heart ia large enough to take in all humanity to share his religion, He has no narrow creed door through which they mist Squeeze, except the One door which is the way and the life. So when the Doctor gets on this favorite theme he does nop treat it with indifterence, and though be 066 not SHATTER THE PULPIT, since he aims all his blows at the congregation, yet he takes up plenty of room and uses all the walking Space his platform affords, In other words, ho shows, with eye, volce and gesture; that he is in earnest, and this is one reason why he never lacks hearers. People like to hear earnest preaching. In opening his discourse Dr. Newman recounted the ger of the good Samaritan which Curlst related the inguiring young lawyer in answer to the question, “Who 1s neighbor?” and then proceeded to consider the doctrine and the lessons it taught The doctrine 1s the brotherhood of man. This 1s opposed to the plurality of races, Objections purely physical are raised by sceptic scientists against this doctrine of brotherhood, e are pointed to differences in con- figuration and color as arguments for the plurality of the race; We are pointed to the long bone of the Hindoo's leg as being characteristic of a special Face, to the fair face of the Circassian and the dark visage of the Alrican, and also to brainiological aif- ferences; but these anti-Soriptural scientists do not agree among themselves. They cannot ayree a3 to A rps Of aspecies, and they cannot agree as THE ORIGIN OF MAN, whether he had his origin in a vegetable or whether he was aquatic, then amphibious, then terrestrial, or, With Monboddo, whether he descended trom the monkey, When these men assail the doctrine of hu- manity it 1s only fair that they agree touching the fundamentat principles of their creed. In opposing this doctrine of plurality and answering the scient- ists Dr. Newman referred to the swine, It 13 agreed that bam f are descended {rom @ single pen; yet the swine of Bavaria are reddish brown, the swine of Piedmont are black and the swine of Cuba staud so high upon tueir hind quarters that thelr vack forms an inclined lems But take the mentai calibre of na- Uons. While it ditrers in capacity, yet the facuities are the same the world over, and the moral nature 4s tdentical the world over, All men are endowed with will aud conscience and affection, Tuere is not an inhibition in the decalogue that has not been violaced by every nation on tie face of the globe. On the other hand, there is not a precept in the Lord’s Sermon on the Mount that has hot been kept by some person in every nation on the footstovi of God, Mahood is not @ geographical term, mean- ing one thing on Uw shor another on that but manhood is as universal as the sun, It is true, there i @ superiority of uations and of fami- Hes and individuals, but it is not to conflict with THE GREAT OBLIGATION OF CHARITY. Christ struck right at ihe root of Jewish national Prejudice in this parable; but national jealousies siliexist. Christianity has not yet couquered that triumph when all nations will look upon each other ‘as living in one magnificent neighboravod, As it is, England watches France, Fronce watches Prussia, Prussia waiches Austria, Ausiria watches Ltaly, and they ail watch Amoerca. he speaker drew from the text the great lesson of prac- tical benevoien There is a diiference between brotherhood It requires less hu- manity to pick a beggar out of tie gutter than to walk arm tn ara with @ man who mikes his bread by the sweat of his brow. Too much charity ts dis- pensed upon the rags rather tian upon the rags which tie humanity covers. It ts the midding claas of society that is the despised class, not the ex- treme poor. THE CHARITY OF THE CHUROH ig attracted to them. But where men are doomed to lifelong toll, with hardened hand and prouzed feature, itis @ ground Jor despising them by those ta superior circumstances. But Christ embraces all, higu and low, rich and poor; and the great idea of charity is to eatend the helping hand to man wherever he needs it, And the great duty Christ enjoins upon) us is to be @ living emboliment of this great principle of Christian philanthropy. Follow in Christ's foot- steps and thou shalt not give @ cup of cold water to a disciple but thou shait have thy reward, CHRISTIAN CHURCH, Sermon by Rev. P. A. Burtholomew, on “Lhe Great Trumpet.” ‘ WASHINOTON, July 10, 1870, At the Christian church, a plain, unpretending edi- fice, Rev. P, A. Bartholomew preached a sermon on “The Great Trumpet.’ The congregation was rather small in numbers, and made no pretens!ons to con- form tothe fasnions ef the world, but was evidently devout and intent upon hearing the Word. The preacher announced his text from the twenty- seventh chapter and thirteenth verse of the prophecy of Jsalan—‘‘And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish io the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shail worship the Lord in the holy mount in Jerusatem.”” “THY GREAT TRUMPET," the preacher said, was the gospel of Jesus Christ. This was @ prediction that it snouid be preached, and that it should have a powerful elect in con- verting siuners, He laid special stress upon the fact that it was @ great trumpet. It was great because it proclaimed great truths and the of salvation to sinuer: second, it showed forth the love of God towards sinuers; aud third, because it was the voice of God. The prophecy ts now being fulfiiled, ‘Tne ospel Was preacned to all nations, It had been ransiated into every tongue, and has been pro- claimed by the heralds of salvation to the ends of the carth. Some persons believed that the great trumpet here spoken of was the the trumpet tuat Would be sounded on THE DAY OF JUDGMENT to call forth the living and the dead to judgment. This, in the opinton of the preacher, was a mistake. That trumpet was to be sounded by the Ang?i Ga- briel; but the gospel trumpet was in the hands of men of like passions with ourselves. God haa not commissioned angels to blow the gospel wum+ pet. Salvation was a mystery which they did not understand, The Apostle represented them as desiring to look into it; but they, being pure beings, could not sympathize with fallen man. The “ireisfire was to earthen vessels,’ and wisely 30, for it required @ sinner to preach to sinners. The speaker heia itto be the duty of every person to sound the great trumpet. Some persens would quote the language of te Apostle and say, “How can they preach exvept they be senti’? Every lover of the Saviour was sent, commissioned by Christ himself to sound the Gospel truwpet. It was a great mistake to suppose that the Gospel could be preached nowhere but from the pulpit, and only by those Known as ministers of the gospel. “Ye are my episties,” says the apostie, “known and read of all men.’ What did this mean if it did not mean that every believer, every iv.lower of Christ Was a preacher commissioned to bicw the pospel trumpet? Tne speaker closed his discourse yy urging his hearers to sound “the great trumpet" everywhere, and tobe Instant in season and out of season, At the close of the service the Lord’s Sup- per was administered to such ag chose to partake of it. ODEON HALL. The Christianity Taught by the Apostles Sermon by Rev. Dr. John Thomas, of England. Wasmineton, July 10, 1870. Rey. Dr. John Thomas, of England, to-day deliy- ered at Odeon Hail @ rather novel sermon on the subject of the Cliristlantty taught by the apostles. He took as the groundwork of his remarks the sey- enth chapter of Daniel, wnich gives the dream of the prophet in the first year of Belshazzar, King of Babylon, ‘The speaker set out by stating that there was nothing In the Old Testament that had not the endorsement of the New, and no- thing In the New that was | not consistent with the Old; that the inspiration of the Seriptui could not be disputed when the wonderful prophe cies of twenty-five hunared years ago were so very faithfully worked out. He spoke particularly of the figure of the ten horns, He said that they had ret- erence to the ten kingdoms of Europe, and the plucking of them out had reference to the downfall of these ten Kingdoms. He said that it was castom- ary for politicians to teach that REPUBLICAN INSTITUTIONS i would in the end prevail throughout the world, but that no American should humor himself with any Buch faise belief: that republicanism, too, would fail and there would be an universal theocratte form established for all the peoples of the earth; that there would then be no political lines, but tha’ the Whole world would be one peopie muder one authority and everything = wou a 3 very peaceful and happy. The saints of the Mos High would also come in for 4 slave in the new gov- erument, ‘The speaker put in avery apt side ob- servation that it was very sure that Washington was not goverued by; the saints. Tho sermon was cer- tainly interesting, and was very ingeniou ly put to- gether, The Christlanity taugut by the Apostles was 7 Struction there. eee the ultimate ascendancy of religion and the direct government of Ged and Chirta RELIGION AT TH& SUMMER RE- SORTS, VICES AT LONG BRANCH. mou by Rev. Dr. MocCosk in the Little Si side Chapel, Lono Brancn, July 10, 1870, Sunday at the Branch is one of the most stupld days of the week. People are wandering around to-day not knowing what to do with themselves, and it must have been purely for want of something more wicked to do that sent 60 many of them to church this morning, If piety were the cause, then the sea air certainly has a purely moral effect, and it isa pity that more of them cannot be induced to pay the place a visit. Tho weather to-day ts perfectly delightful. The sun is very warm, but thereisa ccol breeze blowing, and the beach 1s full of bathers and lookers-on, At churok time this morning a roads wep very lvely With GaiFlages Of all desor tong, and the week day sinners of Gotham who are paying the place a visit were on the road, for per- haps the only time in their lives, towards @ good ne Almost all denominations} haye a church TO, THE LITTLE CATHOLIC CHAPEL held services trom early in the morning, and each mass was well attended. All classes meet at this littie temple, for many of the most aristocratic people here are Catholics, and thus mistress, master and maid sit side by side, THE METHODISTS held services In a large tent. A large crowd of people were present and the services were attentively listened to. Two ministers were present and elo- quent discourses were read by them. ‘he largest number or people, however, were to be found at the LITTLE SKASIDE OHAPEL, situated just back of the Mansion House, The audt- ence was @ very artatocratic one, The display of toilets was extensive, and many @ ‘perfect duck" of @ bonnet, a5 weil as the latest style of dress, was brought out tor the first tlne. The chapel is & very plain one. Itis built in the gothic Maret nas beautifully stained winlows and @ door perfectly bare. ‘fhe music is furnished by a@ quartet of rural vocalists, one of whom discourses ona very inferior melodeon, The melody which these four give forth is not of tte most pleas: ing character, and provokes many smiles from the critical and Legian 4 educated audience. ‘The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. McCosh, President of Prince on Co!lege, and was a very learn- edand eloquent discourse. He took his text from the twenty-second chapter of Matthew, the thirtieth verse—“In the resurrection they are as the ungelsin heaven.” He endeavored to impreas upon the audt- ence the {mportance of the trath that heaven isa place for work as well as pleasure, Few really en- deavor to fit themselves for entering the holy piace, Man longs for joys for which his state of affection al- together disqualifies him. He ts too much in pursuit of aggrandizement. Few ere there who are willing to give up the pleasure of the world for that place where the light of hope ts never excluded. A!l know they must d.e; they are reminded of (nis every time they see a friend going to his long home; yet they go on in their career of dissipation unminaful of these warnings, Heaven must be v.vwed in a very pract!- ca ight. It snould be viewed as 1t really 1s, as it is shown to be in the word of God. The Sadducees asked Jesus which of tie seven men whom a woman might marry would be her husband in the world to come; but Jesus met ail their arguinents as all true Christians should meet those of tbe tempter, We have no account of THR OCCUPATION OF THE ANGELS. All that we real of them shows that they have a spotless character, Man in this respect widely dif- fers from them, ‘To make iuen like the angels is the aim of fhe Sortptures. by redemption God's chosen ones are saved. Gullit {s blotted out by the biood of Chiist, It washes away all sia. Nan can only reach fection after death. ‘Ihe portals of heaven are hrown open to none but those cleansed. They are turown open to those whom — sanctification has made pure. Perfection fs necessary to fit us for thai holy place, It is purification by the spirit of grace that gives man perfeciton; without 1t no oue can see God, Heaven is a piace of perfect holiness, and this is why it is @ place of perfect happiness, Impurity theré would taint all that is pure and holy there, Itcan be looked upon only as A PLACE OF SPOTLESS PURITY. Some men think of heaven as oniy a place of pleasure. The trae Christian thinks of it only asa place of joy, because there is no sin there. In heaven tie sainis, like the angels, shail engage in exercise, for it is @ place of exercise: as well as a yp 10@ of reet. Many took upon ft only asa place of jdieness; and it ig a piace of usefuln-ss. Angels are active tn the service of God, and they continually cry “Hallelujah” as they tune their narps to the giory of the Most High. They travel with messages of joy to strange countries; they are winged mes: gers sent jorth to comfort. All ihe angels, with the Saints, are sent to complete the work of God. The angeis were at the tomb of Christ and learned in- ‘The saints in life are to be em- luyed in the same work of redemption on earth. ‘hey have a work of their Maker to perform. Nothing that God ever made 1s useless, Even inanimate objects perform their work unconsciously; but all angels are cons tous of the giorious occupa tion in which they areengaged, At the resurrection we shall appear in te form of God himself, in the h ghest state of celestial puriication. We shail not have siek or diseased bodies, but we shall appear in unwearied bodies, with unwearied minds and ready to do unwearied work. SERV.CES Ar SUAROY SPRINGS. Sermon tn tho Church of the Trinity, by Rev. Edward T. Bartieit, and st. Mary’s Catholic Church by Rev. Father Harrigan. SHARON Srrinos, N. Y., July 10, 1870. The worshippers to-day at the pretty stone Church of the Trinity, which stands beside a pretty parson- age, Were very numerous, very well dresssed, of course, and particularly attentive to the teachings of the youtufal rector, Rev. Edward T. Bartlett, The Aspiscopal service was read with a@ distinctness and sweetness of tone which rendered it musical as well 3 impressive, The amateur choir sang their portion very oreditably. Mr. Bartictt, although this 1s his first year at @ fashionable watering place, evidentiy unferstands his congregation, for his ser- mon was brief, it was praciical, and it was hopeful— three qualities necessary for a ‘asiionabie audience onasummer Sabbath. The text was taken from Hebrews, first chapter and twellta verse—* God, who at sundry times and tn divers manner spake in time past anto the fathers by tne prophets hath im these Jast days spoken unto us by his Son.’ Gol’s revelation of himself was gradunily perfected. He gave it in part, just as we teach a child to spell a word, taking letter by letter, and jimally adding all together to make the word complete, God had a word to spell—ilis own name. He did it by degrees. At the Word was mide flesh, Thea men tearned know Him by His highest names. The Son of God me and revealed Gud as His Father and ours. He is Fatier in relation between man and man. We are never iuily satisfied with our knowledge of a charac- ter if we do not know what it seems to others, 80 in the relation between God and man; tt helps us to believe in Him if we know something of what He is 10 hiniself—it we know that before all worlds He was ® father and loved the Kternai Son. Jes Cnrist revealed the fatherliness of God, which haa existed irom eternity. He revealed it by a trust in having no will of Mis own, but delighting to do the Father's will. God is our Father, ‘The 5on tells us What God bas always been to Him aud says God will be the same to us—our sonsiil» to Consist, as His did, in LOVING OBEDIENCE. Men believe in some God, There are not many etueists, yet there is a practical atheism which is common. Men do not beieve in the Father, the God of love, Tis beltef is the only one thatcan make aman traly happy. There is no man whose life is so dark and troubied as that this belicf cannot make it bright and peaceful. ‘fae preacher con- tinued to elaboraie these points in simple language, aud to enforce the necessity of a full and perfect fattn in the fatherhood of God, who Was always pie- sent with us. The peculiarity of this church Is that It is sup- ported by visitors to the springs, who maintain both church and pastor tor tue convenience of summer residents. ‘The services at St. Mary’s Roman Catholle church were duly performed by the pastor, Rev. Father Jarrigan, Who preactied an excelient sermon on the gospel of the day taken fromthe ith chapter of St, Maitnew. The text was—‘Uniess your Justice ex- ceeds that of the Seribes and Pharisees you shall notenier the kingdom of Les ’’ He spoke of the piety which the Pharisees exhibited and of the real Viciousness of nature within, ‘The sermon was not along one, but it was very interesting and weil de- llvered. The cougregation was not very large. A LITTLE RAILROAD WAR IN WILLIAMSBURG. For the past week there has been trouble between the Grand street and North Second street ratlroad companies, Willlamsburg, in regard to the right of way overasmall portion of track between Bush- wick ayeaue and Newtown creek, and the trouble jookeu serious yesterday afternoon that Mayor Kalbfeisch and “a force of poilee repaired to the seene of disturbance. The presence of this formidable foree so scared the belligerent rall- road men that’ they compromised their dificuities Without resort to physical force, Captain Frederick Cocien represents the Grand street road and Justice Voorhies the North Second street road. Hoth com- panies run thelr cars on parallel Lines, with the Lu- theran Cemetery for their objective point, and it ts yet uncertain ‘whethor their employe¢ wil ever POMC Uy —-