The New York Herald Newspaper, July 18, 1870, Page 3

ELIGIOUS. ” Political Parsons Piping Peace ., to France and Prussia. The Dark Side of Religion and the Bright Side of the World. Joys of Heaven Centrasted with the Pleasures of Sin. Tho Rewutiful as an Element of Morality, and Natnye as an Instructor, fices Required of Men. The Liberty which Christ Gives—Yanity of Formai Piety and the Folly of Fash- fon—An Sufuviated Local Prophet— Glorying in the Cross of Chiisi— Let the People Enjoy Theum- selves on Sundays—Infale libility of the Pope. Not all tho hells of the metropolis, though sweet in tone as those of Sandon, could eatice people to ehurch under sach a broiling sun as yesterday poured Its lerrible rays “upon the evil as weil as upon the good,” nor tempt them from their homes, The elurches were con eqiently very tainly attended ; but, as if regardless of antfest coolness of the congrogations tow sufterng pastors in the pulpits, the cleigy generally distinguished taem- selves, Many of them haying discussed the European question at mitich lengih and with great earnestness, Whe sermous given beiow will be iound more than usually interesting and entertaming, if not fustrue- tive. N FREE AMER ©, Ch eVeursian WareeThe Gi by the Nev. Fight Charles B, Bmyihe ‘The American Pres church was ye-terday well attended despite the extreme warmth of the weather, After the usual devotional exereisea the Rev. Mr. S.nyt preached a lengthened sermon, wking his text from Paul's Ep 'stic to Timotiy, vi, “Fight the good fight of faith.’ The end entlowan Bail vuly, “thou kuowest not whata ‘sy may bring forth.’ Who could have seriously apposed one week azo that the whole world would vy this time be tilled with the almost inoredible aews which has been placed before the eyes of us all within the last two 4 ‘Those wonderful Jusuumenis whick Lave been created by modern seionce and art, in Lhe form of the telegraph and the s#teain press, and whieh, y been predicted to our fathers, would en inugued at seep. Ueaily, have clreulsted to tle distant ends of the earth in a indment an anrouncement which now agliaics oli men, Standing as we do in America upon AN ELEVATED POINT of opservation, and looking down over a widely ex- tended field, which ts svon to be deluged ith the biood of thousands, perhaps millions of our fel- low beings, we should scarcely deerve to be eatied human ourselves we to ailow the coming evenia, whieh are cast.ng their shadows before them, to be unnoticed by os. Tho last week has been eventful. We have had ‘war at home aud rumors of war from abroad; a disgraceful riot inour own city and a not much less diagracefal war (to be #m the nineteenth century) dooming up in Europe. And we have had a number of assaults and stabbings, and shootings and mur- ders truly deploraile. A thoughtiul mind may naturally ask, Why allthis? What the occasion? What do men seex by such bratailty one towards auother? Is there avy objecy to be galne!t worth so dear @ privey Why do peopie not contend for something worth fighting for? Why are they not actuated by motives tia: are reasonadle, and jot by such only a3 enlitie them to be numbered among wavages or lunatics? Have private indiyidvais and societies, and governments all goue mad? Js the ‘whole world ONB VAST BRDLAM, where every one from prince to pauper requires a wtraight jacket? Oh! surely there is sometuing bet- sT Worth sceking and better worth fighting for than ‘loouy, bitter memories, or petty ambitious or ottea thrones, or tinsel crowns or muddy empires, the climax to al of which is only a avo of #ix fect by two, filled with a lump of flesh to feed the hungry mawa cf worms, Yes, there are; and they are such as mines of gold could not pur- shase, Bor sons of monarchs hiherit, nor peoples by even a unanimous vote confer, nor armies conquer. But who sees them? Who knows them? ‘ney are notseen because they are invisibie, They are not known except by those to whom they are — ‘They are the objects of faith—even he sxame = to which =Paul alludes when be says, ‘Fight the good fight of faith; lay hold on eternal life"? Tne greatest battle that ever was fought was the one that raged around Monnt Cat vary, and the dearest things that ever were in Jeopardy or dependent upon a fight were those for which Christ died. And the war which has all along been waged between ll and the Prince of Dark- ness is the t teriific aud exurpating that has ever existed, though unseen except by the eye of faith and though unknown unless to those to whom 1i te explained by the Spirit of God. It becomes us to OBSERVE PASSING EVENTS, and to pluck from them the means of llustrating and enforcing the high and important themes of revelation, aud at a moment wien the thought of war fills every mind, and the din of arms and the tramp of warlike men, and the musket’s rattle and sbo'rifle’a crack and the cannon’s roar are sunmon- ng'the nations to a struggle which will be the most lesperate and sanguinary of modern times, except sur own late domesti¢ contest, to consider what les- ‘ne we should learn theretroin as a Christian people. 1 the first place, the news of the week may nind us of the existence of ihe great spwiiua! war has been raging jor centuries. Since the frst mation of the approaching European struggie Fogel many weeks ago, with remarkably pro- sight, by & distinguished journalist of this as he viewed the covered intentions of the two -it innperial rivals through the preparations ‘hich both were making for War as yet undeclared, WW many leaves ot h'story have been turned over by ‘orial Savans and others to make their memories siipularly familiar with the facts of modern wars, ngtthey might instract the numerous and promis- vans readers, What have the clergy at the same time been doing? Have thoy been preparing to give Jessons to,their people upon the great unseen but not afe|t war which Christ ever since his first advent ‘sbeen waging against ali the combined forces ‘powers of evil, overcoming all enemies and rely bringing about the destruciton of death it- Mf, which 1%, therefore, styled in Senpture the last enemy to bej desiroyed?”’ This creat spiritual coniest is called “ihe fight of faith,” because, first, the chiefs opposed to euch ‘ther have been objects of faith rather than of pp secondly, the achievements of the “Captain of our Salvation” are objects of belief; thirdly, the ends to be ultimately accomptished are objects of belief; fourthly, the spirit in which all who eniist under the banner of Christ is one of faith, Al- thongh this is a spiritual warlare, cognizant as such vy the eye ot faith oniy, yet many of the steps of Durist’s conquests are seen and felt by all men, aven while they donot ac\nowledge the triumphs w be Christ's, 4 FREEDOM OF THOUGHT, personal, social, ecclestastical, civil and religious ioerty, the att of prluting, discovery of the use fsteam and of electricity; the steam engine, the feamship, the steam press, the lightning teiegraph, “he camera obsctira and photogoaphic art, the tele- acope, the microscope, and ali tie Works that belong: Ww modern civilization, not excepting even the re- ~wiver, the Chassepoi and ihe needle gun (wich ae aiseful in thelr place), are some among the numer Dlessings to mankind which the great Imperial Chieftain of our salvation has achieved against ihe barbaric despotiems of Satan and the dark ages, A ad these instruments which now constiute the ble enginery of war he will so employ and cons vol as fo make them peacemakers and to cause men sully to “boat thelr swords into. ploughsiares and ber spears into praning hooks and learn war no more.” He now sits upon the rone of the universe, thence commanding 1 He armies of heaven and the hosis and combating the prince of the power of Parties MTR unto Himself,’ and, +(e Apdatie says, “Ho must reign unti i jail queues ander ign until tHe hath ve put down ail A nN Mis feet, until “He shail rule and all authority aint Ther shail God be “al tin ali rth one’ vast United — Siates equal the cfeumfereno? of the giobe, the gina ent with ita blue expanee and the spark. ling gems seen through it, and the Milky Way for our Ficrions banner ofthe Stars and Str es, It should lead us to contrast the objects sought m earthly wars with those which are contended for be- tween Christ and Satan. It should lead us to be diligent in the use of the means necessary for carry- ing on the war, It should, above all, lead us to con- template and ess the mignty power of faith, ag & great moral force for ach‘eving successes, “This is the victory that overcometh the world, even in faith, Whois ho that overcometh the world but he that believeth that Jesus 1s the Son of God?” ‘The Rey. Mr. Smyth concluded an eloquent and exceedingly metructive sermon by prxing congregation the necessities of attending to the wany incumoent duties upon the fuithful of the Christians Imposed by the present European war- fare. Tune reverend gentleman was throughout listened to with the deepest attention, The services terminated shortiy before twelve o'clock. CHURCH OF THE STRANGERS. upon the “Phe Liberty Which Christ Gives”—Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Deems. Owing to the intense heat of the weather yester- day the congregation at the Church of the Strangers Was not as large as usual, although there was still a goodly auinber present, Dr. Deems, the popular pastor, preached a very able and eloquent sermon upon the subject of “The Liberty Which Christ Gives,” and selected: b's text from the first verse of sixth chapter of the Epistle to the Galatians—“Stand Saat, therefore, in tha liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.” The firat intent of this letter from Paul to the Galatians was to correct a false impression which had been made concernitig himself, and the next to set his brethren right on the great question of salvation. After he had left them teachers came who, to break his fort’ declared that he was not in the apostolic succes§ His contempt for such a succession was it able. He was an Apostie not made by mat bearing the signs of Jesus, and that van efian any of their “succession,” Wheo a wes surpassingly great z ACULESIASTICAL DILETLANTI begin toy «Mine his credentinls and to inquire whether he is doing everytilng “orderly” and ac- cording to some “coastitution;” as if personal great- ness were not its own cre lential; a3 uf any man had uot a right to do any great or beautiful or good thing he had the power to do. Al) this opposition was from that set and stereotyped characteristic of Judaism which, when Jesus appeared, bad made Usat religion powerless to do good any longer. Jesus Christ brought liberty. He treed the worid, He flung the shut gates open. The Judaizing teachers Weve striving to pull the free Christians back to tie bondage of forms and ceremonies, a ritual and crdotal rule, Paul urges them to stand fast in ne liberty wherewith Christ has made us iree, The Voctor urged that Jesus did not introduce or en- courege licentiousness. He made men free frow “entanglements” aud ‘bondage,’ not from law. He released men from that which kept men from being obedient to law. Men had not been FREE TO SERVE GOD. ‘The sense of guilt which comes to every man who Js conselous of having signed is in the way of thus service, Paul says that the animation of this ser- vice is “the faith which works by love.” Guilt breaks faith, We cannot trust fully one toward whom we feel guilty. So long as man feels that lie has wronged God and there has been no reconcilia- tion, he cannot trust God nor work lovingly lor tie interests of God, no matter what his ideis of the goodne-s of God may be. That is the load which Jesus tilts, He demonstrates to the world the loving- ness of the Heavenly father towards the erring child and His desire to haye His children’s love, aud thus makes reconcihauon possible and faith strong, aud love sweet and active. That 1s one reason why such frighttul sinners become such radiant saints when they are converted, it is the ‘ bound, The load duh koaeoe ta th. Pe falls, tue ity oy foker which boyng them breaks, and tiey ieap dnd wou ead bral dod en Not ouly the entanglement of gi whieh is at one memory aud a consciousness, bus the tangiement of loving to sin and of torming sinsul hats broken, THE OFFERING OF JESUS fov the sing of the world slo insuch a jurid lignt wid wakes the beauty of holiness so vonspicuous that Jus being lifted np draws men unto Himself, Tie love of a aoble human being, however distant, litte a man, and makes him feel a horror whenever he thinks of letting himself down below the place of that love. Many a man wants to serve Goa and cannot, because of his sinful habits. It is the knowledge of Jesus wiich proves an attraction strouger than the fascination of sin, The love of Jesus breake the chain and sets men tree to do rigiit. ‘The world has never suflicientiy given credit to Jexus for the power He imparts to men of breaking the enlansement of prejudice, that bad habit of reaching aod acting upon decisions that have no basis in righi, JESUS WAS AN ICONOCLAST, He broke the idols and images. He taught that the manhood o. 2 man was inside in character and heart, not in office or profession, Pharisee or publicaa, phylactery or punic, priest or centurion, ail these Were nothing, but truth and courage, and faith and love were everything. And you cannot tell by a man’s birthplace rofessed creeds or official tokens, how much of these he has. A saint might sit on Cwsar's throne and a devi! wear the high- priest's breastplate. It is not the impertal purple hor the urium and thummiin, but the man! Jesus set men free from the entanglement or prejudice on account of uationality or position. The Roman was free to enter the “ Holest of Holies,” and the Jew ‘was free to yoam the world and preach the gospel of love to every creature, 1. was lastly shown how Jesus bad set us FREE FROM CHURCHISM. By that word the Doctor said le meant all those ideas of a close pa prio jn which alt were saints and outside of whieh all were sinners, possessing cor- porate powers to reiuse grace or confer and trans- mit grace. He did not believe such a thing existed, although he knew there were ascore of different claimants, He was sure that Jesus came partly to get men free from jast that kind of thing, “He iMustrated tt at some length, as in circumeision and the Sabbaii laws of the rigid Pharisees, and the ne- ceasiy of worshiping in the temple at Jerusalem. Jesus seb men free irom all these things, and Paul taught that -in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth anything nor wncircumeision, but, fatth, Which worketh by love,” that, being in the Churen, Mere observance of rites Would not save a man, nor could any man, on the other side, boast that he gains by not being in the Church; that being in or out Was a mere circumstance; but if aay man ied a life wholly animated by A FAITH IN GOD, which was active aad which was not the result of logic, not a belief reached merely by a demonstra- tion, but was the sats of love, and was kept working by love. Then he alluded to the hverty wherewith Christ made us free. Men do not love Jesus because they belleve in Him, do not love God because they believe in Him, but believe in Him be- cause they love Him. ‘With the heart man believes unto righteousness.” Being freed froin guilt and sin and the power of prejudice and reliance upon mere forms, @ man thus has all his faculties “free? to serve God, There 18 no bond in heaven or earih so stroag to hold, so sweet to wear, 80 hard to break as aay The perfection of love iy the perlection of aberty. in conclusion the Doctor alluded to this being the anniversary of the day on which he had be; — in the University, and made touching sion the growth and prosperity and unanimity in his church. Iv is understood to ovcupy a new chure that this congregation are h in the fall. si TRINITY CnvRtH. The Hatcfolness of Sin—Sermon by Rev. Dr. Vinton. Despite the intense heat of the weather a falr con- gregation of worshippers was present yesterday at the morning service in Trinity charech. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Dr. Vinton, who took for his text the following words from the seventh chap- ter of Joshua, verse thirteen:—*There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel! thou canst not stand before thine enemies until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.’ In the midst of the victorious career of the Israelites, under the leadership of Joshua, an unexpected reverse betel them. ‘I'he marched against the men of Al, Who, instead of fleeing beiore them, inflicted “severe defeat upon them, aud pursued them with much slaughter. Joshua, amazed and distressed at 18 unlooked for catastrophe, had recourse to the Lord, and learned that the disaster was attributable to asin committed by one of his followers, Achan was discovered to be the culprit, and he, together with his gon and daughter, were taken outside the camp and put to death. Among the lessons to be learned from the lustory of Achan was that the sin of the individual HURTS THE COMMUNITY, and this was eminently expedient and demonstrated the wisdom of Providence, Many & man, reckless in regard to his own temporal and eternal interests, Is Kept in the path of gooduess by considerations for the misery and sbame which the gratifications of his evil propensities would entail upon others with whom he happened to be connected by social or family ties, The head of the family found in the Same considerations a powertul INCENTIVE TO VIRTUE, as he is restrained from evil by reluctance to injure tue fair fame of his children. Another lesson the story incuicated was the avoidance of vaulty and covetonsness, Many Christians sin like Achan be- cause they do not accustom themselves t keep those passions in control. Finally the detection and swift retribution which overtook Achan ought to bring home to every one of us that our sin 13 SURE TO FIND US OUT, that we cannot keep anything hid from God. In conclusion the preacher urged his hearers to exa- mine their consciences and find whether they were prepared to stand hefore God, who would Judge them as ie bad judged Achan. if their consciences ro- proved thew with apy crime: let them hasten to re- pent aid make ready for the day which shail surely come for all, hon aur sod aud bad actions shall be | [a- (4-1 HE NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JULY 18, 1870,—TRIPLE ganjeces to the scrutiny of a Just and All Wise Judge. ST. PATRICKS CATHEDRAL, Celebration of High Mase and a Sermon on Charity by Rev. Father McSweeny. Notwithstanding the intense heat of yesterday the usual congregation of the faithful were gathered for the performance of their devotions in the Uathe- dral of St. Patrick's. High mass was celebrated by Father McGean, and the following music performed by the onoir, which includes Mme. Chome, soprano; William H, Schmitz, tenor, and Mr. A. Sobst, basso, the organist being Gustavus Schmitz:—Masa by Mine, for four voices, Kyrie and chorus; Gloria, chorus and soprano soio credo; chorus, “Est in carmatus, Frio; “O Salutaris,” basso sung by Mr. Sohst. The lesson was from the miracle of the loaves Gnd fishes, and the sermon was delivered by Rev. Father, Mc8weeny, who said:—There have been many occurrences in the past week which would lead any good Catholic to approach humbly the Throne of Grace as a supplicant for Divine favor and protection and cause him to remember his own Weakness and sin and to trust for supporting power in the blessed Saviour. ‘The miracles that were per- formed by our Divine Lord were such as teach useful lessons to us all. The five thousand who followed our Lord to the wilderness were not rich, but the Poor, the miserable, and those the modern affluent ones regard and describe as contemptible. They Were not of the rich who followed the Saviour, car- rying with them, among five thousand people, only five loaves and @ few small fishes; they were ouly Such Of the poor ag found the bread Christ broke for them very acceptable, The Catholic Church is and always has becn THR CHURCH OF THE POOR, the miserable, the despised and the contemptatie, as they are called. ‘These are the people to whom Christ came, who followed Him and whom He taught, The Catholic Church is therefore pre-emi- Bey the Church of the poor. When men are as- sailed for their religion’s sake in our day they are too often apt to deny their religion and to iorget that 16 is only the assailed who constitute the body of the Church, and that now, as in our divine Mas- ter’s day, we are esseutially of the class calied de- spised, vavie gud contemptibie, How many of our people think er have given much lo the poor, when they have, 1n fact, given but very itttle of their Weill, ‘Theologians state that one-| wenty-Lith part of all our substance should be given to the poor; and, sinail as this upporuonment is, how maby are there wito give this inite? THEY SHOULD GIVE ONE CENT of every twenty-iive cents, one dolar of every twenty-five dollars and $100 of every $2,500. Yet how few do more than a sinail part of this mm giving, idan should give to the needy ail that is not abs lutely necessary to support his life and his place and rank in (he world aud the dignity of his social posi- ton, A man need not give ull in life above @ bare subsistence, because what would guiilce for the sup- port of one man Would not maiitain anocier in we social position he migit occupy or in the station of his birth, Tuere are am. us those wiio are always haunted by the phantom of poveity, who are con- Unually in dread of losing their wealth and BECOMING BEGGARS, Let such give to the poor already, and, thus lond- ing to the Lord, He will not forget ‘thei In the day ol ineir adversity and necessity, Wien Christ has. heen so generous to us we should not fail to exiublt something of the same spirit toWards our peleabors boorer thin ourselves in tuls world’s Pris! 9 Alter the sermon the Imposing ceremony of high mass was perrormed and the consecration of the water, ‘Ihe soiemn chant was heard, tue ka eling suppiicauts murmured their prayers, and the superb notes of the Kyrie and Gloria echoed through tie Cathedral’s vauited aisles, with the rica tones of the organ blendiug in proloaged strains of harmony, Peaking of “peace on earth, good wail to inea.? AVTOOH BAPLBT culate. Cirist the Corner Stone—Sermon by Rev. Jobn Love, In the Bleecker street Baptist church yesterday notwithstanding the intense heat, a goodiy numyer of earnest worshippers assembled to hear the words of wisdom from thelr young pastor. Rev. Mr. Love preached @ very eloquent sermom fro:n the inspired words, ‘Behold, Ilay in Zion @ chief corner stone.” In these words, the sp oY Sail, Was pictured the foundation of re- ligious belief and the eternal fixeduess of truth, As the corner stone supports the building, and as on the strength of the corner stone depends the stability of the structure, so in spiritual things Christ is the corner stone and Christians may rest se- cure. Where anything human enters into the motives of faith there must ve unceriainty, doubts and fears. Here lies the inherent WEAKNESS OF THE CHURCH OF ROME, and to this admixture of the human element will its downfall be due. Romanists are fixed in their be- lief by the dictates of a man—the Pope—whom they call the Vicar of Christ, and to whom they imagine the gut of infallibility has been handed down from St. Peter, the first Pope, Even at this very moment the bishops of the Catholic Church are assembled in Rome to force this dogma of infaliibility on the en- lightened men of the nineteenth century. This is a farce—nay, worse, it isa blasplemy. 1f the Catho- le religion depends upon @ man it is human, and it is ridiculous to claim for tt @ divine and heavenly destiny. If there 1s any especial meaning in the words of Christ, hou art Peter, and upon this rock will build my Church,’ He merely declared St. Peter the head of the Church, and did not convey the Catholic tdea of a transmission of the gift of in- fallibility. How much happier, the speaker went on to say, were they in their religious penef. Believing the inspired words of Holy Writ they learned that Christ was made the chief corner stone in Zion, the bope and salvation of Christians, and their confl- dence in Him 1s proof against all doubts. As the Eaaystone lighthouse, which 13 founded on and built into the solid rock, defies the fury of the waves and the violence of the storm, IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL, so is it with the Christian soul which rests on Christ the corner stone. Though thousands of enennes may assail it and seek to instil a want of faith the Christian souls remain tranquil and quiet. Our Lord himselt spoke of the house iounded on a rock which withstood ail the assaults of the elements. Even so is it with the membersof their church; but woe to those other churches which ure built on quicksands and which are doomed to be swept away in the tu- mult of exiernal and internal contentions. The Scripture says, “Whosoever believeth shall not make haste.” There is a deep mystery in these words, but taken in the present connection they are easily understood, As long as a person has no set- tled form of belief his mind 1s torn by distracting doubts, he rashes from one persuasion to the other, he knows not whether to beileve in the Koran or the Bible, he ig nm @ state of misery and incevtitude truiy deplorable; but when at lust he reaches the true faith, when he sees clearly that in Curist must his hope of saivation rest, when he verily be- dieves in Him as the corner stone upon which the edifice of his religions belief ts raised, then a divine peace takes possession o! iis soul anil jie is no longer CARRIED AWAY BY EVERY WIND of doctrine. He believes, and dows not make haste, He leels a perfect confidenc. in the goodness of God, to whose fold he belongs, aud he has no anxiety about his salvation, This does not imply a careless ness about salvation, but a heaven-inspired trusiful- ness. He knows that the b ood of the ltedeemer bas bcen shed for him and has blotted out all his sins. He Knows that Christ is the way, the truth and the life, and that if he believes in Him he will be saved. ‘The preacher congratulated his hearers upon having attamed Unis blissful state. They had reached THE HAVEN OF REST, and they felt that supreme happiness which those enjvyed who were on the sure road to heaven. They had only to remain faithful to the end, to trust to the goodness of God, and by reposing an unfalter- ing tuich on Christ, the corner stone, they would sc- cure the unalloyed happiness which is 4a store for “i true servants of God in the realms of eternal iss, MURRAY HLL CHAPEL, Public Immersion—Discourse on the Doctri of Baptism by Rev. James Christal. As the mercury rises in the thermometer religious enthusiasm sinks towards zero. In this broiling weather the ciurches are all empty, and the ptous persons for whom pews are constructed are wor- shipping the Author of Nature in prisence of His wondrous works, On the sides of alry mountains and down by the breezy seashore all the godly of Gotham (who can afford the expense) now keep their Sabbath, find ‘sermons in stones and good in everything,” or chant hymns of praise to their Creator in chorns to the music of the waves, Thus at was that though A RARE RELIGIOUS TREAT was offered at the coot and cosey little chapel on Lexington avenue, near Thirly-seventh strect, yes terday, the pews were almost entirely unoccupied, not more than flve persons (two of whom were re- Porters) being present to iisten to the instractive and interesting disconrse of the Rev. James Christal on the subject of immersion, as distinguished rom ‘the ordinary custom of hoe inthe rubric of the Episcopal Church, Tho ABSENCE OF AN AUDIENCE aid not dishearten the clergyman, who, with zeal of a true propagandist, went on with the ser- vices a8 earnestly a8 though two thousand individual intelligences were there to absorb the words of Wis- dom to which he gave utterance. He suid though he had no absolute fault to find with the custom of sprinkling water on the head of the person to be baptized, yet he thought the TRUM FORM OF CHRISTIAN BAPTISM embraced the immersion of the body in wator three ‘times, IO Hie Dame of the Father and of the Sue wud of the Holy Ghost. The reverend the authority of several eminent gians in suppors of his views, including Jeremy Tay- Jor, Whittleld and Wesley, and to these he added the opinions of two eminent bishops of Rome, who sup- Ported the theory of immersion ana regarded the mere sprinkling of water as scarcely complying with the divine injunction at all. In THE SACRED WRITINGS it 18 remarkable that men are spoken of as nein baptized in, not with, water. Up to the sixteent century the custom of immersion was universal in ‘the Christian world, and except in cases of extreme necessity, such as dangerous tilness and the absence of convenient means of immersion, sprinkling water on the head was never resorted to. Even to this day, alter we cross the Asian boundaries of Lwin we find the custom of immersion practised alto- gether by THR EASTERN CHRISTIANS, ‘who would not consider a person baptized unless he were immersed aiter the manner of their Church, The Key. Mr, Christal said he would like to see this custom of immersion brought back again into the Episcopal Church. For his part he meant to labor, and hard and earnestly, to that end, and devote his services gratis in so praiseworthy & Movement, But in all mevements of that nature it would be necessary to have some kind of wn organi- zation and vo gather togcther all those who believed Uke himself, aud set them TO WORK CO-OPRRATIVELY to eee their ideag and bring about the destred end, doing this he would not inaugurate any- thing antagonistic to the rubsic of the Eplscopailin Chureh, a8 at present practised. He would simply Wish to see the custom of immersion introduced and Prhctocs by even a few who belicved in it here in lew York, and he had nota doubt about its soon Minding its way into all the congregations and be- cominy universal as of yore. Mr. Christal is A VERY EFFECTIVE PREACHER. His manner is engaging, his voice extremely Agrecable, and his reasoning is logical and clearly pat. He was listened to by huis small put evideutly intelligent audience with great attention throughoui, ald present felt convinced thas they had listened to @ zealous and sincere advocate of his own faith, and @ learned and eloquent gentieman besides, CHURCH OF OUR SAVIOUR, The Benutifa) as au Etement in Morality— Admirable Discourse by Kev. J. M. Puil- man—Natuyo as an Instructor—Let People Enjoy ‘Themselves. ‘The Rey. J. M. Pullman, of the Sixth Universalist church, on Thirty-fifth street, between Firth and Sixth avenues, preached his farewell sermon yester- day morning previous to the summer vacation. Considering the intease heat and the fact that a large number of bis congregation are out of town, the attendance was respectable. He selected for his text the fifth verse of the 143d Psalm—I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Thy works; I muse on the work of Thy hands,’ In estimating the forces which are potent to lit man above the control of his lower nature ana develo and reiine his character moralists and theologians have cotn- monly slighted his inaate love of what is beautiful. Esthetics is not religion, and a refined and cultivated taste will not alone deliver @ man from the dominion ofsio. ‘he senses are not the avenues traversed by the Divine Spirit on its mission of regeneration. But man is created with a perception of and a love for what ts beautiful, and this love is one of the mstru- ments of his redemption, MAN LOVES MORAL BEAUTY as displayed in character and action, and uatural beauty as seen In material forms, This latter love is of two kinds—scientific and unscientific, The man of science prizes nature for its facts and suggestions to his intellect—for what it makes him think; the unsclentifi¢ man loves it for ite deeper suggestions to his heart and conscience—for wnat it maxes Luin feel, The natural sciences are the GREAC ALLIES OF RELIGION. There are many, indeed, who regard them as the allies of scepticism, and therefore foes to religion. ‘Their mistake is here:—Sclence 1s sceptical in 1 to old superstitions; it 1s mercile-s in its exposur the absurditics and follies Wich haye been imposed ucon the world In the name of religion. Lut towards that religion which consists in the know. ledge and the love of Goud seience is reverent filial Itis only the pretenders to scientific know- ledge or men wholly destitute o1 any list hand scientific attainments who diseredit the verities of religion, ‘‘A smattering of philosophy,” says Lord Bacon, “leads to atheism, Whereas a thorouzh acquatutance wiih it leads & man back to religion.” If we turn to consider the Influence of the common aud unscientific love of nature we shall be siruck first with Its uulversality, No man treads this green earth who does not receive an influeuce from the beauty with which it is clothed, THE HARD WROUGHT LABORING man who takes his evening or Sunday walk in the fields or woods may have no technical knowledge of trees-or flowers, tut as he govs he will be penetrated with an unconscious, subtile, subduing and elevating induence, The facilities for getting away to tne country should be mulitp!ed. The moral and physi- cai health of the city demands the influences of na- ture. ‘Take your wife and babies into the country Cs down by the sea. It youcan doit on no other fi ntleman quoted rotestant theolo- the DO IT ON SUNDAY. Going to church 1s good, but this, for the time being, is better. Above all, children should have the teach- ings of nature. They are best taught by symbols, aud nature is full of symbols. The late Thomas Siarr King tells how, on lis voyage to Call- fornia, he took the opportunity of a cloudle-s night on the South Pacific to give his little duughter a lasting and adequate idea of the infinity and majesty of God, 1c undiess ocean served Him as the embiem of eternity; the vast vault of the heavens, with its million of sparkling worlds, was a fit type of infinite majesty. We may well believe bhat the lesson thus illusirated will not be forgotten, You would keep your children from the destructive teachings of the street and that evil companionship which is to @ young soul as A SPARK TO DRY TINDER, then you must give them something else to think about. And there ts no Jorg companionship than that of nature, none to which they more instinctively turn, none which will more indelibly impress its truta upon them, none that will be a better saie- guard when the inevitable temptations of life beset them. ‘fo the child of purely cultivated tastes the cominon dissipations of lifeare shorn of mach of their attractions, and it 1s rarely that they fall into them, or, falling, fail to right themselves at the last, Teach them to see in niture, not the capricious God Of the theologies, but a God unchangeable, maii- fesied in tue divine order of the universe. PLYMCUIH BiPiisr cuURCK, The Dark Side of Religion Preferable to the Bright side of the World—The Contrast Between the Pleasures of Sin and the Joys ef Heaven. Through the sweltering heat of yesterday a faith- ful few wended their way toward Plymouth Baptist churen, in Fifty-first street, between Ninth and Tenth avenues, to hear the Rev. Dr. Wescott dis- course on the contrasts between religion and ungod- liness, The particular contrast to which he called attention was the dark side of religion and TAK BRIGHT SIDE OF THE WORLD, the former being preferable to the latter. The dis- course was based on Moses’ choice, who, though surrounded with all the laxury of the Egyptian court, “chose rather to suffer afliction with tne people of God than to enjoy the plea- sures of sin for a season.” (Hebrews xi, 25.) The greatest proportion of our lives, he rematked, is joyous; nevertheless we have sorrow, too, for we live In @ World of troubie and trial, Religion bas Its sorrows and its joys, but in the spirit world there are no such mingling. That ts nota world of disci- line, and there these extreme phases of life will not be experienceu by the same person, It is dificult to believe that the dark side of religion 1s preferable to the bright side of the world ; but let any one at- tempt to prove it in his life and he will soon realize it asa fact. The Doctor then detined the term “sin? in the text, which here means not the outward trans- gression of law, nor the omission of moral and re- ligious duties, but the absence of God from the thoughts and hearis of men—a living without God in the worid. ‘The joys of the world are such that a man may Nave picasure here without troubling him- se.f with a thought of the existence of God or his own responsibilty to him. TAUGHY TO BK INDUSTRIOUS and to enjoy the fruits of oar industry, It 1s not the Manner but the motive of our iabor that God lvoxs at; and our first duty, as taught not only in the Bible, bat in Pagan theology is to live to the glory of God, But, alas, how many there are who prosecute business, and prosecute it successfully, without any thought cf God! They gather to themselves wealth, build for themselves comfurtable homes and fill them with all the luxuries of this life; they lay up treasures and acquire lands ant houses for their posterity, and enjoy the goou things of this world wo their fullest extent, bat they have never a thought of God. There might be some worldly parson pre- sent who in his heart is saying, “Sir, 1 often think of God, and refrain from sins that 1 might commit did T not so think of Him.” Let such a ane look iuto his own heart and see there whether he does not avold open transgression not through any fear of Goa fore hig eyes, but because he fear respects the opinions of his neighbors and of society. But while ho (the Doctor) thus spoke he was now opposed to the pursuit of wealth, honor, fame, re- sponsible and eminent positions amoug men; bub these sliould be sought for the glory of God aud the good of humanity, Ainusement, too, has its pleas and man was made to be amused and we Pivasive of it, 1b 1s the abuse of amuseme 13 suuiul. A few years ago the Young Me: tan Association added an amusement feature their rooms—either @ bowling aliey or bliliard tabl he knew not wluch, Bub, wi it was, v6 \ ely @ bridge thrown across the chasm that sepa- Tales & striculy religious life from the devil's commou, ' HE SORROWS OF RELIGION, especially of the backsiider, are very deep. But the nearer a Christian lives to God the keewer Will be ix rorryws, butfhoy will Bot be Ike those of the Curts- to SHEET. backslider nor of the worldly man, He is troub.a@ at the plagve of bis own heart, bis ingratitude, his ty 18 coldness and proneness to stray away from the Church and from God. ‘The Christian is sometimes grieved because he doubts whether he isa of God or not. His anxiety for the prosperity of Zion also causes him sorrow, as do the reproaches brought on peligion by faithless chureh members, But taking all thin; ether he would to-day choose, as Moses did, rather to suffer afliction with the people of God than to enjoy the leasures of the world. Both are bat for a season. joges’ Sorrow and affliction ended when he stood on Pisgah’s top, with heaven in his heart and Godin his eye. One side of this picture ends in endless ‘woe, the other in éternal bilss. And our light attic. tions here will work out for us @ far more excoeding and eternal weight of glory, STREET METHODIST CHURSH, Prize RacingSermon by the Rev. Swift. The Rey, Mr. Swift, pastor of the Methodist Pro- teatant church, Attorney street, between Delancey and Rivington streets, yesterday delivered a sermon on “Prize Racing.” He took for his text that part of Paul's epistie to the Corinthians which reads, “Know ye not that they which ran to a race run all, but one receiveth{the prize? So run that ye may obtain, And every man that striveth for the mastery 15 temperate in ail things. Now they do it to obtaiu a a corruptible crown, but we an Incorruptivie.”’ Everything a man did, good or bad, the reverend gentierman said, was done through some motive, - which, a3 it were, pushed him forward to the atiain ment of whatever he sought. There was a stimulus to every action, and all men were more or less coutrolled by @ propelling power to obtain things which they considered allimportant to themselves, which seem- ed to be irresistible, Men who sought for fame Mr. eagerly pushed onward over every obstacie in their way, and never Minched when diMeulties that ap- peared to others insurmountable stared them injthe face. ‘Those who desired to accumulate riches acted in ®& lke manner, In fact, dangers and sacrifices were as naught to the man’ who desired to obtain A ORRTAIN PRIZE. Whether the prize sought for was one that was in itseif bad or not, the struggle for its possession by him who coveted it was ail the same; his determina tion and purpose were uushaken, Indeed, when a man determined to attain & certain objcot which 11 Was possible, though dimeult to attain, his resolve to suceeed became the stronger and his etvorts were redoub.ed in proportion as tue obstacles in his ¥ multiplied and became more and mor tween him and the object of his d T aprize in everything that a man sought for, and when St, Paul spoke of the Grecian games to inake his idea of the Chrisitan runaimg the race of life for au incorruptible crown he spoke of things whicit were in existence in his own da He dit noi go back to the ume of Abraham to tid a metaphor by which to strike the minds of those to whom he ad- dressed himself, He deait with VHD LIVING PRESEN’ as people nowadays shouidt do, pit as in all the departments of life. ¢ all could see what excitement, what anxiety, the grea! race between the yachis Dauntless and Camorta bat al- ready given rise to; BOW everything about tae’ eagerly read; how the newsvapers Ww day alter day for some tidings as to where the ves- rels Were ata given time. And why ail thls exwite- Ment, all tis gaxiety, on the part of two nanons concerning the result of the race? Because there was a prize at stake, a natioual prize, a pri t would make a whole nation cry out for joy or sorrow, a8 the case might be. And knowing all every effort would be made by te men on cach of the yachts to gain the prize sought for, which only One could wine Ty ayouts be ollected that 6 une od acd the Cortuthi; y, one could win; yet that fact ¢ eter many from contenalug for the prize aud nak ing great sacrifices to be abie to contend with sou show of success, Christians were racers course of life, and the prize of tie race eruptible crown—a life of eternal happiness w the grave, with Him who ruled the uni more than one could win the pri Every Ch who contended could win the prize in the same race, and the (ireat Judgo of it all was ready to reward every” soul who had courage manfally to contend for the crown, and dnally reach the goal, Where the crown would be given ft, No matter what men contended for in this Ife, the prize the winner won was always a corrupt- one. It might be, as in the Grectan game: A CROWN OF LAURELS 3 but, then a few days and tt woull be fadea aud de- ed. In races where the prize was an earthly o ject the reward could not be otherwise than’ cor- Tuptible, The crown which, py leading good lives and ranning well to the very end, Christiaas woud obtain would never fade, never decay, but be a thing of eternity—a life of Joy and glory without an end. In the afternoon the Sunday school concert of this chureh took place, and, notwithstanding the terribly hot weather, was well aitended. The exercises were very interesting, aud made by sev- eral gentiemen, who li Lto take part in the procgedings. FORT Y-SECOND STREEL CHURCH, PRESBYTERIAN The Higher Aspirations of Spiritual Life— Sermon by Professor Green, of Princeton, White religious fervor will Make some people go to church, the thermometrical fervor of yesterday will Keep a great many away, Thére certainly was a slim attendance yesterday morniug at the Forty-second street Presbyterian charch, near Eighth avenue, and this notwithstanding the presence in the puipit of a stranger of quite wide-spread pulpit renown, Pro- fessor W. H. Green, of Princeton, The stranger preacher se 4d for ins text the latter part of ysalm IXxt., ead me to the rock uiat is higher than 1,” and @ most FORCIGLE AND ELOQUENT SERMON it certainly was. He began with asserting that the beauty and diyiutty of higher asptrations were the great principle teachings embodied in the peti- tion to which thé text ot utterance. Davul saw that for his progress to a better and nobier life, und to a higher and holier state of being, he must depend on God, and hence his snpplications to be led to this exalted position, He showed how God had pianucd the way, and how Jesus Christ was the guide. path before them showed an IMMENSITY OF DISTANCE, but Christ stood ready to guide them forward and upward, This upward progress was in rising Fupe- r.or to besetting sins, In overcoming temptation, in working out @ grand mission in this life, They had constant occasion to invoke divine assistance, Christ had offered Himself as thelr Guide and they had aright to ask this service of Him. The path by which He would lead them was narrow and winding and toilsome and rugged. It was not as easily pursued as THE BROAD ROAD in which roam most of earth's travellers; but it leads to @ glorious reward in the future—to heaven and its perpetual joys. Their religious progress must be @ pr 88 of faith, They must toil on, ik, must not grow disheartened by discouragements and diMoulties, but press forward and upward to the glorious goal and bright crown of the hereafter, Singing an! benedictlon terminated the exe PLINPTOWS BUILDING. Glorying in the Crons of. Christ—Serm: the Rev. Charles F. Lee. Tho Rev. Charles F. Lee preached at Piimpton's Building yesterday morning before a not very large bul an earnest congregation, He took for his text the fourteenth verse of the sixth chapter of St. Paul's Epistle to the Galatians—“Bat God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.” No one, said the speaker, was more gealous for the cross of Christ than St. Paul; he was ready to fignt, and, if necessary, die for tne faith he loved, taking his words for our text, i ua examine into the glory of the cross of Clist. here is A GLORY IN THE CROSS, in the divinity which glows in the Gospel, in witen all can tnd spiritual food and grace. Nona but those who would not couid fall to understand aud feel the divine Latinence of the word of Christ, Christ dealt in simple, honest traths, which went home to the hearts of men. Yet while He was so eaxy of comprehension He was divinely wise. If St. Paul found glory in the cross, and foreseeing the early sufferings and trials of tie Church and the blessed bands of martyrs Who would seal with their blood their faith in the Gospel of Christ, be gloried and Wished by his zeal to be worthy of the faith of his divine Master. If there was a glory in the evoss eighteen centuries ago there is no les glory in itnow, The cross consoles us amid sutierings “a1 death, making us feel that whatever may be sufferings here there is hereafter ; W biece gy cease from troubling and the weary rest.’ Our only true glory, t of the Apostic Paul, In fore, should be, like that cross of Christ. Not that we are to conteman earthly joys when these wre of a right nature, Neither are we expected to close our eyes to the progress aro.ud us. We can feel a just pride in the tritunphs of civilization, Bat all things Jn this world pass away; therefore our hyghest ar. c- lions should be placed on the tmpertshable ilie which 4s to voine and our true glory in the cross of Christ. BTICISM NOT REQUISITE. Not that Ohrisuanily requires from us a life of aseclicism or that (he Gospel inculeaies that God would have us gain heaven by making this life dark and miserable by penances and te) How many there are Who can cross of Christ ve HO glory in the THE scrPrics, for example, who do not believe m the cross of Christ. Oh, how unich nnast they suffer before Wiel eyes are opened? Life to une sceptie is bul @ curse— & bitter mockery, ‘Tne trae Christian does not merely tacitly believe in the of Christ; he feels, and lives, and i4 prepared to make any sierl- Hee for hia full. dhe past year has seen many Gyancial disaston, is Well in the pul- | how can crumbling fortunes concern bim who ise his thongnts on @ werld beyond this? If we have but faith in Christ wordly calamities are of lit- tle moment. ‘The riches of the world are all trausi- tory, but the glories of the cross last for all eternity. TH2 CROSS OF CHRIST. Some fifteen centuries ago, through the zeal of the pious Empress Helena, the true cross was discovered, aud there was such rejoicing throughout Christen- dom as had never been witnessed before. The cross Was raised on tigh in Jerusalem, and, as the legends tell us, the sick aud infirm became miraculously cured by its touch. We have still the cross among us in having the Gospel of Christ, which, while the material cro’s healed bodily woulda, heals the wonnas of tie soul. Let us, toen, glory in this cross of Christ. CHURCH OF THE INFURIATZD PROPHET. Bishop Snow, “the Man of God,” in a Tower- x Rage at the Herald, The herald of the kingdom coming and the ex- press confoundet of tue New Yor«e Heraup preached a lengthy and interesting discourse yester- day afternoon in the Universtty Building, taking for his text the several verses of the HERALD’s graphic report of his sermon of last Sunday, The audience was mereased by the ad tition of two new facea, en- ticed by curiosity and tue notices of the HeRacp, making io ali thirty-\wo and @ half, including the long-hatred saints, old maids, one girl and a boy, Be- fore the service hegan the venerable Bishop was heard to inyufre If the HERALD reporter were present. He announced two hymns, the language of which most plainly indicated the divine mission and the woful perseeution of the self-constituted bishop, The infant melodeon groaned ounce more wi ng of the chubby tugers of th: anxlou lady pert ner, Who at the end of the song eried out loud cnongh tobe heard all over the rooin, on, MY So nor |"? and begun to fa herseif v gorously, as if over- powered alike by the mental efforé and the fervid heat. The sepuleiral bishop then rose with @ vengeful took of direful wrath In his pro- phev’s eye and a piece of newspaper ino his hind, ie then read a seriatim, word for word, the HenaLp’s report of last Mouday,stopping at each Ine to emphasize the points, and give the reporter (he fie. In fact, his rage was immense, ead line, he tarned red it ied the reporter “that siaart youn £1 dozen tunes, wiped the tears fram his a » turned ont the gas ting bro’ Merht, quoted jyeigny from the Bible about “all liars shall have thelr poruom in the lake,” aud cou- tnued bis DOLE RSONAL JUSTIFICATION for the spa of ay hour, to all of whieh the namer ous audience replied w.th a halt suppr laugh, ndg a few an “Yor may laugh,” Bard “You are a mean set of dirty new. p polnting his skinuy dager at one of the strangers in the irent, The reverend prophet, dismissing the extract with A fing on the pu'pit anda haif altered religious oath, then read @ number of chapters from ievelaions, witout enlightentag iis hearers (o auy extent; In fuet lis ludicrous geste ation and denunciation of the HERALD, 282 dirty sheet, ft only for the waste purposes of hell, was more ediying than the rest. His naine is more suguestive of comfort this weather than his prophesy. The plate was handed around, and returned tothe table In nearly the sam a8 when it s#arted—the prophet again reco) sale of his visionary books, once more s si the bears on the mountain side and devour it for deriding the prophet of the Lord, and m @ half a minwte more the hall Was silent. WATER SIRENT THEOLOGY. Shall Receive—The Rev. Mr. Ask and WV Jose? Opinion of the France-Prossian War The vieluity of Kit Boris dogpit im Water street Was yesterday afternoon the scece of rather exten- yeligious services, At tho “Water Street Mis- ver of Water aud Dover streets, the Rey. My, Jones preached a moat eloquent and impressive sermon to a crowded house composed of men, wo- men and ¢ reu Of all classes, grades and colors; and itis worthy of remark that while n fashionable and aristocratic uptown chur most deserted yesterday, both at the moraing and evening services, this huw/le litte chapel, in one of the lowest and most depraved portions of New York city, was literally fitted with worshippers. Mr. Jones, ihe preacher, discoursed in a peculiarly appropriaie and touching manner from the text, “ Ask and ye ghall receive.” He said God had prom- ised that if we asked—asked in earnest, and as we should ask, he would not only hear, but he would answer. We oifen doubt what men say to us, and 1¢ is well that we should do so ina mesure, but bow can we DOUBT WHAT GOD TELLS US? We know there is a God, and we know that he has promived us all these things of which we read in this blessed Book, therefore we should rely apon Him most Implicitiy aud believe his every promise. We have many other proofs of God’s existence besides His Holy Word—the Bible. We see Him in everything that grows, lives and haa an existence. We see him in the plants, the flowers, the rivers ant brooks and in the vast and majestic forests, We all know that God 1s anxtous and walt- ing to save, and that all we have to do ts to ask Him and He wu! gia‘lly take us into His fold, Bat what must we ask for’ We mast ask, first of all, for par- don of our sins; for unless they he forgiven we are all and every one of us ogee 4 Jost. There will none escape, nO matter how rich, how por how high or how low they may be, God is no o! persons. We must all go down lato the der ley and shadow of the grave, where * ¢ © Allare equal; Site by wide, the poor mau And the soa 0° pride, Lie clu and gull, And from thence we ihust go before tha? awit throne to be jadgel according to the deeds done here in the flesh. How important it ts that we should be prepared to meet this awful hour. God wil not alway brook man’s insults, You may as* why it is that He is sparing many who daly delight in cursing Him to Hts face—wiy He allows to go unpunished so many BRUTES IN HUMAN FORM, who commit frequently the darkest, the most foul deeds that dis; re humanity, While itig true that He does those things, it is alco true that He does them for a purpose. God does not take pleasure in seein any one suffer, and He lets the bola, bad men and women go seemingiy a great while to give them ample opportunity to turn from their evil ways. But fle will not always do so, There Will soon come a day when they will wish they had never seen the light of the sun. See what is now going on 1u Europe, said the eure, ‘Theie two, and perhaps more, great nations are going to war upon the most trivial pretext imaginable. Instead of France obeying the leis Injunction, and, when Prussia smote her on one cheek, turn the eter, she is now marching with bioody weapons to BULCHER AND BE BUTCHERED, Who can te!] the amount of woe atid suffering this useless war Will entall? Men by the thousand, with- out any warning why r, will ushered mito the presence of their God, there to receive their final doom, wile thelr wives and little ones are le:t to mourn their loss and to is out a nuserable existenc Would such a state of things now exIst, he would ask, 1f these nations knew and performed thelr Christian duty? No; will sooner or later avenge rimself upon them unless they repent and ask Him to forgive them and wash away all their sins, And the same may be said of individual sinners, Why not ask for this forgiveness? There is nothing on earth so supremly noble us asking God, through Jesus Christ, to pardon aud cleanse us of ali our manifold sins, and there is nething that He delights so much todo, The mere fact of one’s belonging to achurch and conforniing to all {ts rales will not suf- fice. Sluncis must Lurow themselves at Jesua’ feet and beg of iim to intercede in their behalf, We are now, continued the speaker, on MERCY’S SIDE OF THE GRAVE, and why, dear friends, not come now? will there ever be a better time? Will you stilt put it off and tell Goa to His face that you will not come to Him; that you preter to still live in stm and vice? Oh, do not, I pray you, do not insult the Most High any longer, but come and ask Him to receive you ut one Wiiile service was gol on ge eed the Home for Rev. Mr, Boat Waa being held acrows ; direction of BROOKLYN CHURCHES, Women, under we ae leee sean Sf. AVNS, ON THE HEIGHTS, ‘The Completeness of Man—Sermon by Rev. Dr. Tyler. There was a very slim attendance of devotees at the elegant temple of worship belonging vo the con- gregation of St. Anu’s, on the Heights (Protestant Episcopal), corner of Clinton and Livingston streets, yesterday moruing. The Rev, Dr. Tyler ofiiciated tn the absence of the pastor, Rev. Dr. Scheuck, who, like the greater portion of hs flock, is absent from the leat and dust of the city in quest of rest and recreation, ‘The services were quite long, the ventilation hmperfect, and per- spiration profuse, reyuiring the mcvssant agitation of the fan to keep up com/ortable respiration, The choir acyiultted itself adinirably, despite the warmth of the buildtag. Tue words of the text were chosen from th pistic of St. Paul to the Byiiostabs, exe planatory of the Christian standard of the complete: ne- of mun, as found tt the second chapter, teatl Vora’ ‘THE DEVELOPMENT OF MAN, the reverend gentteman commenced by saying, has been & problem of Christianity since the carliest ages of the Church, Man has been studying more du order that he nay devise meaus to elevate bia yer