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4 sed vine life. Jesus is justice. The world 1s convul y men UYNg to secure thelr rights, Jesus eg Bir The essential thing needed is love. ‘That mech alee Ba ane i aca nat ba OU pret Sreatcihce.” i ‘social science falled to make Ly 80> ly relations satisfactory. The onl cist gar Re only happy. emg tn found where (he golden rule ts i gecrer HO. as men live for sell so long will the kingdom o' prevail; but the moment that they Live for each Other that moment will tho Kingdom of established. Lhe way to change State 1s to f the spirit ty pooh peleiane. The Stare ta the yov- erat bre tH me PLE JUST, §ndustrious, loving, a1 will make their own laws, Jesus taught us to educate the people and eave the people to make the laws. if our country ever becomes ® real republic, it w! bo when our staiesmanship is founded 9p, th iow rt Christ did not-write out an ‘creed, «lid not establish a Couroh with infallible pretensions; he lived a divine life. When will the Christian Church Jearn tits one lesson? We do pot more divi- sions, more ecclesiastical systems, but more love to God and mati. Christ does not guide men by im- vannical he ides them by erg al’ that they a mae nignest aspirations woud become, He is the divine. man— the ideal man, The word will go on FROM WORSE TO BEITER, ‘Decauge the life of Christ has been ilved init. Well might Christ say “Ir I be ltted up I will draw all men unto me,” When we look away trom Him we Unconsclously fall below our aims, our ideal is lowered. Ofcourse a man Har, ignore Jesus, DOo- body will prevent a man from getting up a PATENT RELIGION, ‘but no one yet has met will great success in that direction. Preac! Chris 118 not the mere repeti- tion of Ais hame, itis living as Christ lived and onl, ‘tose Who om! Christ's life can hope to do goo ‘to the world, ‘STATE STREET COLGREGATIONAL CHURCH. Amprovement of the Church Edifice—The Opening Services Yesterday. Thia editice, which 1s located at the corner of State aud Hoyt-streets, has recently undergone a series of improvemeats, and was yesterday opened for the first time since the completion of the work, The front of the.bullding has been made Nova Scotian, of brown stone, while the interlor has been entirely re- movated, Néarly everything is new, and, though not gorgeous, 18 pleasing to the eye, adhe walls have beon tastefully frescoed, the four newly carpeted, the pews altered, the old gas fixtures re- paced by new ones, and there 1s @ marked mmprovement noticeable throughout the entire churen. The background of the platform 1s mare into a semblance on a large scale of the ancient foram. ‘The capstone is brought to the summit in the form of @ Masonic keystone, on which is im- printed “lioliness unto the Lord.’ Yesterday tuere was a large wreath of white ith the square and compass formed of ved Jer colored fowers, suspended directly tn Gaddis, from which it flowers, and Javen ront of the pastor, Rev. M. would appear he REVERES THE BROTHERHOOD. He looked pot unitke a Worshipful Master when seated behind his desk yesterday. The subject of his discourse Was upon the reconirucuon of the Church, taking for his ext — the ninth virse of the second chapter of Haggal— «The glory of this latier house shall be greater tian the for ver, saith the Lord of Hk and in this piace will 1 give peace, saith the of ilosts.”? 1i@ also took as the key to the text tLe third verse of the same chapter—“Who 1s left a'ou; BW this house in her first glory, and ho itnoyv? Is a6 net in your eyes in oomp: on to it as nothing?” Mr. Gadiiis’ sermon bore re‘erence to the Lor |'s rebuke o! the Israelites for beautifying their hous+s and neglecting to complete the temple, showing that they thought more of the world and thur personal comfort than of the Lord. In the course of his remarks Mr. Gad:lis referred to me fyou that do you see THE HOSTILIVES IN EUROPE, saying that now two of the most powerful nations on tae giobe stood with drawn swords ready for war, and t ere another Sabbath came there would be. thousands of widows andi orphans there. There would Le the blood-red scenes of the battle feld and THE SHOCK OF AKMS of m‘jlons of men would be heard on the right and left banks of the Rhine. He predicted that Cuba would also throw Off the curse of Spain. At the con- clusion of his.germon he informed the congregation that the cost of the Improvement of the church was $5,500, and that he wanted the money, which was thereupon promptly subscribed, Tne congregation ‘was afterwards dismissed with the benediction, ERVICES IN WILLIAMSBURG. What is Man t—Sermon by the Rev. Samuel Carlile. ‘The number of worshippers in the First Presby- terian church, Williamsburg, at the forenoon ser- vices yesterday was swall, bat the pastor, Rev. Samuel Cariilo, preached with as much earnestifess fas if the large edifice was crowded. He took for his text the fourth verse of the eighth Psalm—“What 4s man, that thou art mindful of him? and the Son of Man, that thou visitest him? Mr. Carlile soid that from the whole tenor of this psalm it would seem that it had been written under the in- spiration ofa balmy night, after the psalmist had retired from the toil of the day to the solitude of a grove, Gazing upon God’s great works at sucha time and remembering that God was greater than lis works would inspire an ordinary man with grand ideas and conceptions. Man 1s the very PERFECTION OF ANIMAL NATURE, As a compound being be is made up of boay and soul, The body, extracted from dust, is mere mat- ter. The soul is that which moves the body—moves the hand and the brain to explore the world. It makes him avatiabie for everytuihg, and is glways progressive, It is some times called reason, In con- tradistinction to what is known as instinot in the lower animals. Instinct 1s not progressive. It bas but one direction, and is the same to-day ag on the day of creation, Man’s reason controls fire and water and the lightnings of heaven, and makes them his servants, He can reflect, compare, then act. THE CREATURE OF INSTINCT cannot do this, It is devoid of conscience, that di- vinity which is enshrined in the braia of every man and directs his actions, although his conscience is sometimes blunted. Man bow seems to be in a state of deterioration. He is not, as he was created, a representative of God, He Is not happy, as God in- vended him to be, Pains and tears are his por- ton, and his very cradle rocks him to the tomb. He was created perfectly happy because per- tectly holy; but he fell from holiness aud is now suf- But his case is not hopeless. rist cagive him renewed life and will lead him to eternal bilss. Mr. Carlile closed lis discourse by exhorting his hearers to do good in the world and to be prepared to render a correct account of these doings tu God at any moment, NEW JERSSY CHURCHES. 8T. PAUL'S MH. B, CHURCH, ELIZABETH. The Christinn’s Race Witnessed—Discourse by Rev. Louis R. Dunn, ELIZABETH, July 24, 1970, If strict and impartial justice is regarded by Goth- amites as a leading characteristic of New Jorsey administrators, so also may be accepted as an axiom their uuswerving devotion to religious as weil as their political faith. Of the former it may be said, ‘that their mode of homage to the Creator is without that ostentatious Qisplay that attracts the worship. Por to the house of God to make appeals to the Throne of Grace. In this beautiful ,olty the char- acter of Its inhabitants is known for courtesy to the ‘visiting stranger, as also for their honest piety and moral worth, To the superficial observer this may not be apparent, but would rather indicate the op- Dosite, from the fact that almost at every church door may be seen the equipages of wealth and re- Anement, tended by Jehus in briliiant liveried cos- tume, indicating that their owners might be the Count de Shoday, but such is not the fact. THR WEALTH OF ELIZADETR 4s not made up of that class of society whose amu- ence was purehased at the sacriiice of our country’s sorrow; hence their genuine good manners is ap- Parent to the visiting worshipper, and the pew of some family of wealth is tendered with that good taste that makes one feel al ease in good society, The quiet litle church of St. Paul ts situated in Jersey street, and is not noted elther for its elevated Position or beauty of architecture; it is situ- ated in close proximity to the old family mansion of tne late General Scout, which is now gone into moulderivg decay, and 18 USED AS A LAUNDRY. The Rev. Louls R. Dunn 1s pastor, and it wasa leasure as well a8 @ profitable lesson to listen to is beautiful sermon of to-day, clothed in that eloquent and impressive language that cari1ed sum. ey influence to his congregation for their spiritual good, ‘the reverend gentleman after a brief reference to the heated term, offered @ beautiful and impressive prayer to Almighty God for the bleasings vouchsafed been as us one in Maveed Veep det 3 = ay ; ich awaits all Who porsevere m6 1a ot aay fiat ieavent iy Oph HY ‘was from the tweltth chapter of Heptsl Ta) second verses:—‘‘ Wherefore sevin, my pasved apout with so great a clou ot Sarees let us lay aside every weight, ant tho ath whien doth so easily beset us, ald lot ¥ run with patience the race that is set bofore us.” Tie Feverend speaker beau- tiully ilustrated the races run in fie yipat Olympic races of gld, contrasting the preparations tual were Shen made to obtain the se\eal Desses of thowns ade of evergreens, &c., whereas the crown that Wale the repentant sinner aud persevering in We also are col NEW YORK: HERALD, MONDAY, JULY. 26, 1870.—PRIPLE SHEET, ee good, will be awarded with a prize heavenly aud In the course of his remarks he said:— ‘Who in the Olymplo race the prize Hoa borne from early youth fatigue xcogs Of heat and cold has oftea t ves softness bapluhod wnd the glass dented. They try, they rouse their speed with varions ari ‘Toei Teugaid iimbs hey pet to ac. thelr parts tr Now with oF tor: nha nae Ra shout cae 14 c trace wuigh Hop triage the lel bape cee 00.5 observed by the reader o! nt q a zest reference made by the Apostle in the text to 18 Ene “hee ano tasks, ‘These exercises were varied, conaléting of charlot races, throwing the digous or quoit, boxing, wrost- and racing. This last exercise was ul to ibtedly in the eye of the Apostle when ho penn the lan of the text. Ip writiog £0 the Corin- thians Be is @ more optus reference made to them, because the Isthmian games were practised near to their city.. The language I have Ce sd hearing is Introdnced in the m peopeiare manner, Havi everlasting. Noi Ana with a Tow oa rae ee atieivan for thel* God,” he nts sents them a3 crowding around the Christian course and watching with interest and with eagerness those who bag ae the nate #et before them, The ae fect of the whole scene ts real aes to jarest, Se career ot the Christian with thrill interest 1. The Christian Ifo is compared to a race. At po agg ‘two thoughts suggest themselves to the mind, Firat—The preparations for running ths race refer to ye made by fp ee racer. No man can Tun this race withou! ‘Second—The effort essential 49 succoas, The race igtove run. It cal/s for all the energy and the strength we can obtain, This ‘race is set before us.” ‘The stadium, the course in wich they were to run, was distinctly marked out. The race ground in this world, the course from earth to heaven,and the way 1s cloatly drawn out in the Word of God. The Christian racer is to be ue cumbered with ony- wing which rae hinder his progress. ‘Lay every weight. Aman wit ‘a burden on his back and the long garment of tne ancients dangiing about his heels Taust divest himself. ‘Time falls to specify the many things which act as weights, but eres which acts as a hindrance to our plety mast be shaken off, Among thei are all the easily besetting sing, the sin of our constitution, instab,lity and irra ielbiiity, over- weentng sensitivenoss, tendency to sloth, sel: shness, sensuailly, Covetousness, te sip of our business, overreau log la nines transactions, suing an undue advantage of others, false representations. Every individual has lis besetting sin, aad they are ented In every situation in life, No matter it is it must be laid aside. Pitrd—The race 18 to be run with pa tence, a hath pleased God to surround our course With diff- culties aud trials. These will inevitably “] eb with and they ave numerous and varied, They Will con- tinue unto the end, and we are nof to lret and worry at them, but to bear Hom patiently. We are aiso to persevere in midst of them all mines We @x- pect to gain Heaven without them, when those Who havo preceded us have pnagred greater trials? On running the race the Obristiah is compassed about wit a great cloud of wiinesses, Muiitiudes agsein- ble to Wituess the race—friends gud judies. So an innumerable company witness the Christian race. AY THE BATLLE OF THE ran Bat $ When the Mamelukes, opder Murad. Be, , Were pre- ‘Lig to mal terrble charge on the French try, Bou 2 said, “Prom yonder pyramids forty cen uries behold your actions.” So we may pay vo the Coristing Taoer, “From yonder thrones of light and glory the salnta of sixty centurles are loo<ing down upon you. Three worlds, we may say, are deeply interested, though with varied emotions, at the result of the race—Heaven, the angels and the archangels, the spirits of Jost men made perfect, Patriarchs, prophets and aposties look with wonder aad delight on the race, Iutldelity, woridlinoss and hell yell with exultant crying in the night, a child crying but for a light,”” or he may be as astrong man, with mighty kind- Ings ot intellectual deatre tn his soul, which he ts conseloys Ean onty be met from above, No amount of learning, extending from the remotest antiquity to the present; no depth of skill tn all the arts, no acquaintance with ail the s:tences, no degree of familiarity with all the phenomena of nature th on ict fing River for part onan re. and Ath its tau ato ay ge a of ay yu w cons! Tt needs ay f yer inguel ee this world of life can ‘tad ot pad weere 0 eternity, ter bial oan, knowledge be fou i Gods which 18 shouid thi cousist? Nowhere but in the essential to make man Wise unto salvation and to secure his true and lasting happiness, of wich God 4s the only source, SUNDAY AT LONG BRANCH. Most of the Churches Well Filled—Brilliant Discourse by Rev. J. B, Grau on Life as a Lona Brancn, July 24, 1870. The visitors at this famous place of summer re- sort, however much given up to wordly dissipations during week days, have evidently, very many of them, a fitting regard for the solemnities of the Sab- bath, Such certainly was shown to be the fact in the large numbers in attendance to-day at the various churches, The principal attendance, however, was at the Methodist church—a result of course to be attributed to the expected presence of President Grant, Those who came to see the Pre- sident, however, were disappointed, as he fatled, pursuant to announcement, to put in an appear- ance. The ‘preacher was the Rev. J. B, Grau, the pastor, who preachgd a most eloquent discourse, Als subject was “LIFE AS A BATTLE,’ and the text elected as the basis, Revelations tl., 21:—To him that overcometh will I grant to sit wit Mein My throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with My Father in His throne.” The question of warfare was one, ho began, of life. Our life was & constant campaign—a contest between man and grace, between sin and hoilness, It was a ar of principles; there could be no compromises, Looking at the Bible they found the truth of God as pure as purity itself. To compromise was sin, To please one’s fol- low man simply would be wicked. In this great contest crowns and kingdoms are fnvolved. In this conilict the kingdom of heaven ts to be won, Tho KINGDOM OF HELL is to be overcome. The Christian could not do these things himself, Ther reliance must be on God. With God on their gide the victory was surely theirs. On every hand they were beset with foes visible and invisible. The in- visible forces of sin are more to bo dreaded than all the Milble forces of the world, The iind that has been led through the ways of sin till lost to every, thing else necds & 0 bring it back. This To exert this induepce lesus Qnrist quenee. the human form, and through Cirist the powers oF hell were to be overturned. beara | to speak more at length of the life of the it as a soldier he showed the nature of this conf{et. Unbelies buried a generation of Israclites in the wil- derness, Unbellet led to the oruciiixion of Jesus Onrist. It was unbelief that clothed Jerusalem with arobe of blood. In every age unbelief had shrouded the world with superstition. When Martin Luther strong influence Influence was Carist, cheers should the Christian fail, But all heaven 15 interested for- our success, Angels, ministering Spirits, all assist, comiort and encouage us, Those who have gone before, by their influence, encom- pass us about with their love, and thus help us on our eternal race, if we wonld but give heed to these influences, The sermon was closed by a practical application, in which the necessity of looking to Jesus was strongly urged. SERV.CES AT BERGEN POINT. Kuowledge and HappinessSermon by Rev. John C. Bliss. The heated term and the exigencies of fashion compelling a residence out of town has naturally Mled the suburbs of the metropolis with the usual fluctuating population, Tho tabernacies conse- quently are crowded, and at the Reformed church, Bergen Point, @ iqrge congregation worshiped yesterday morning. The heat, of course, was very great and might have served aa an admonition tothe evil liver of an unpleasant hot hereafter. Dainty handkerchiefs were put In active requisition, and fluttering fans seemed like butterfies on fair human flowers; masculinity gasped, perspired and thought of cool drinks and shady places. But their truant thoughts were quickly brought back to re- flection as s00n as the sermon commenced. The reverend gentieman took for his text, “If ye know these things, happy are ye ifye do them,” and proceeded to show that one of the mallenable rights of man fs the PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS, which may be said to be one o1 the ends of his being. In order to this end knowledge is necessary, for hap- piness is more @ mental state than a bodily condition; so the latter of course affects the former, So in te history of the world it bas been seen that those periods which have been the most Iutel- ligent have been the happiest. It is the conscious- ness of this which makes the age in which we live one of such intellectual activity; for whatever may be said by those who would have us believe that tue deep waters of learning flowed only iu the past, it is nevertheless true tuat this is an age in wich thought may seein almost too free, We live in a day when A PREMIUM ON BRAINS 1s put, and never was there a time when brains were buster than they are now. The boweis of the earth are plerced and its mysteries brought to ligit. The waters of the lake, river and sea are made to dis- close their secrets, und each drop under an empow- ered vision, almost Godlike, reveals a world in itself. The expanse around and above us ts seen to be not a blank space filied, with only distant won- ders, but a sphere of well-defined facts, capable to a jarge extent of dednite record. Man, him- Seif, a3 the epitome of creation, answers his own study with new tucitement to further research and on the wings of lightning answers to the poet's dream of girdiing the earth in forty minutes, The press teams with publications, a legion progeny of the mind, to Know but the names of which as be- longing toa slugie year were no smail effort, and What is true of scientific investigations aad conyen- tions is true of genera} iiverature, The best of an- cient Jore is preserved, prized and republished, while the modern mind sweils the currencygof ideas by its constant contributions of a new coinage. In the untiring energy of MENTAL INQUIRY in the vast facilities for transmitting knowledge and ia the educational system for the promotion of leapueng, It is eVident that these are thin<ing times, 4nd as descriptive of them this Passage of Holy Writ may be quoted, “Man run to aad Tyo, and know- ledge {s increased.’ Ie ine reason of thus activity of mind be sought it will be found that notwithstuna- ing the lustful, lucre-loving spirit of multitudes, their intense selfishness aud sordiduess, there is @ com- fis conviction that knowiedge and happiness are inseparable, ‘This conviction 1s correct, for know- ledge has a tendency to elevate and enuobie. To edu- cate & man 1s to lead him out of himself and up from lower toa higher level, to put him in the way of lug a benefit to himself and a blessing to others, IGNORANCE LEADS DOWNWARD, it degrades and Aarrows the mind. ‘Vo leave a man under its power 1s to make him a prey to supersti- tion and vice, which are its Sure companions, ‘Tne illiterate life, a dead weight on society, hinders its progress and drags down others with himseif. There are, indeed, diilculties and restrictions im the ac- quirement of knowledge, which is often at the cost of bodily suffering. its results are attended with much uncertainty, for its feid is ever widening and its data frequently changing, Much that pretends to be scence is falsely so cailed, and it 18 sometimes hard to distinguish between dreams and thought, fancies and facts, ITS REWARDS are many times unequal. Smart smatterers receive the plaadit and palm, waile those of solid sense are neglected. Pigmies climb into notice and remain upon the shoulders of giants, who are overlooked by the crowd. Comparatively much Knowledge may be gained, yet in reality the mind scon reaches bounds beyond which 1t cannot pass, So many questions must remain unanswered, so many depths unfathomed, heigits uoscaled, that, aier all its acquirement, the mind is very olten thrown back upon tiself with a keen sense of mortification at its own llttleness. Still there is pleasure in Knowing what it can, and surely there isa £ at contrast between him who, familiar with the languages and writings of those of other lanas and other days, feels a sort of fellowship with all men aud him who knows nothing beyond his own contracted circte. Also a difference between him Who, conversant with history, profits by its warn- ings aud forecasts the future him who, ignorant of these, has but his own experience for a bitter teacher; between him who, incited by what others have done and instructed by the method and manner In which it has been done, finds himself rising in the scale of manhood, nis burden growing lighter, and him who, ignorant of this, Keeps on in the treadmill of life with no aspirations, no attain. ments, his burden all the whilo becoming heavier, ‘The present ‘01 ‘NOWLEDG: which existe Td ieiminkabte ‘degree, May be ex. panes by the desire for happiness which upd fies (i, for fappiness to be secured in tho ult oF for jig , to bi din th bi i kuowledgé beg ts re oe or fe re pr etic Te- sults i praduces; ye i t this happiness is uly. ot i mg. a? Kt ure it ade Re not embracs I ft eternal spiritua ho fo kind or degree of earthly ku eee can do this for Its, springs, relativns, resuits, Sel ny, this , world and concern man as a mortal being. within every man a sense, more or less deeply of gomething beyond this world—of something bige® than this life, He may be but as “a child opposed the Roman Catholic Church it was the grand doctrine of FAITH IN CHRIST tnat made Popery totter. Faith grappled with this mighty power and roiled back the dark clouds and gave beanty and giory and brightness to the future. Atneism was the offspring of Tolly and ignorance. Doubts in God's works and providence were the roducts of equal folly, Saivaion came. through 1000 hating. This was siown in Abra- ham’s case. cross the path of coming centu- ries he saw the coming saviour, and he re- joiced in the blesseduess ot the atonement that was to come, When he juted his knife to take the life of his son he saw into the far futare, and tt was this faith that gave him victory. gt was £9 with Daniel, aud all the prophets of old and Christ's disciples, ‘They all optained : VICTORIES THROUGH FAITH, and in this were greater than Washington or Napoleon or any great general aid victo- rious leader of armies in any age of the world. It would so continue. Life would always be a wariare. Next he went on to particularize the nature of the confict between sta and holiness. Nothing but divine power could place them in tho Daths of holiuess, Nothing but divine power coud keep them there, The devil tempted Curist by offers of the worid, but he was unmoved. He was tempted tn all poluts as we are, and yet without sin. There {Was Ole could stand up and accuse lum of wrong. His liie was @ succession of victories over tempta- tion, We are not as pure #4 Christ, but by Christ's grace We, like bum, could ‘TRIUMPH OVER THK DEVIL. This was victory complete. Next came the final brilliant victory, the victory over death, To the be- Hever tliis was the glorious triumpit of life's close. It was an easy thing for one surrounded with the mp and Ciroumstauce of glorious war to face the am on’s mouth, and another to face death in the close of life, A marshal of France trembied when bout to be shot, and was asked why he was tremu- lous then When be had eee’ Aud Aeriessly facea death on mauy baftlé flelus, “I facéd death then, but death faces ime now,” he answered. And so it was. Death was sure to come, and then would aoe victory or deveat, In conciugion he spoke of tie CROWNING GLORY OF VICTORY. It was the privilege of all to achieve victory and the glorious reward awaiting such victory, A crowa of glory would be given to the faituful soldier of life—a hfe eternal in God’s blessed presence and La the presence of His angels and the glorious lost of the victorious Christan army, ‘The grave was the birthplace of immortality, The figit they are figh:- ing had been fought Kd Jesus Ohrist before them. it had also been fought by the saints of Go: through all the past ages. 11 was being fought now by them, It was to be fousht through all coming time. Theirs it was now to fight for the victory and the crown eternal, AfterSinging, and previous to the benediction, the Pastor gave uolice that certain pew seais in’ the iJront part of the church, then empty, in expectation that President Grant and his family would nave Leen there, Would thus be kept for tue use of the Presi- dent and family during their sojown here. This ar- rangement had been made, as it was understood that the Presideut would attend their church when he attended any, aud to prevent the coniusion which otnerwise Would atise on his coming, With this arrangement and the benediction tle exercises closed. WASHINGTON CHURCHES, Sf. PATRICH’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURIH, Sermon by Rev. Father Walters on the Neces- sity of Doing Good Works with a Pure Intention, P WASHINGTON, July 24, 170, The services at St, Pattick’s Roman Catholic church to-day were not prolonged by the execution of unnecessary wearisome music, The pastor and musicians had compassion on the sufferings of the congregation from heat, and shortened the ceremo- nies considerabiy by omitting the singing of the full high mass, At the appropriate part of the mass Rev. Father Waiters, the pastor, preached a short but very effective sermon on the necessity of doing good works with a pure in- tention as well ag professing the true faith. He took his text from St. Matthew, vit., 15~21;— “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. By their fruits ye shail know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns or figs of thistles ?” &c. The figurative language used in the gospel of the day, he said, was easiiy unders‘ood, and its applica- lion very simple. ‘The tree meant the Christian soul, which the Lord had planted and watered with HI8 OWN PRECIOUS BLO. ‘ In this age many people had a sort of belief that Christianity consisted io negatives, or, in other words, in not doing evil. Tuey sgemed to think that 80 Tea os thay ci. not steal, nor rob, nor murder, nor commit other heimous crimes, they were discharg- ing their duty as good Cliristiangs and satisfying the Lord. This was a fatal error. Our Lord telis us good works are necessary; that such 1s His will, and “he that doeth the will of our Fatber shall enter the kingdom of Heaven.'’ We must not only avoid evil; but also do good. The preacher illustrated his meaning by Scriptural examples, pointing out the case of ihe fool virgins who had not their lamps trimmed, aud were forever shut out from the nup- tial feast therefor; and also the case of the servants to whom their master gave talents. Some made good use of. them, but one hid his talent away and ut it to no use. ‘he latter merited and received’ just punishment for his neglect, while the other was rewarded. Father Waiter then proceeded to ex; what constituted Good Wonks. Some sad mistakes were prevalent on the subject. Christians are not required to do anythiug incom- atible with their stations in life. God only needed ‘hem to do works within their reach, Bx- treme fasting and mortification were not called for, but the rules of the Church on the subject could be foliowed without damage to almost anybody, They ght vO visit the chuich and spend reasonable tinie ps ‘er gud in spiritual reading; but 1 ‘as Thoyer neceaiary,. ws some too plous fo) supposed, tg neglect duties Bt hoind fi to ute Telltyas ties, The two things we entirely compatible, Many Clinatians who passe in the World as exemplary member's pf the society because they prayed joudly and long dia yalled out “Lord | Lord !" neglected thelr home duties Sitwely, allowed their children to grow up in sloth, ignorayte and Deglect, and so committed a great crime in the eyos Or Gel. They should always do the works re- quired of their tation of life, and at the same time shontd have their hearts and thoughts tarned heavenward. That was the pleasing way of doing iu in the sight of God, Other Clristians were very charitable in always GIVING TO THR POOR, and yet they never paid thetr debts, Such people were performing good works not required of them by God. Others pretended they were too poor to give charity, but they could at least vialt the sick and perform other acts pleasing n the sigbt of God. I the formance of all on works aie 4 ot intention ~sbould be an portant elemel Th was no merit, for ins ee § aviig to the poor if it was only done | ” a) plause of men, or because it was P<pie tothe I} be ‘Derformed with >» honor and glory of ivers to do so, Such ac Be aml cet 10 uve ing and every event on Fetiring: tho onrisean on; nto omer up aia rayer urity of heart and totea! to to the Lord and beg pr enable him to love and gervo nis Divine Master with veue Christian spits. FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Sermon by Rev. J. E. Rankin on the Dogma ef Papal Infallibility. WASHINGTON, July 24, 1870, At the First Congregational church the Rev. J. E. Rankin preached a sermon on the following text:— “For that day shall not come, except that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition, who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or taat is worshipped, sy that he, as God, sitteth in the temple of God shewing himself that he is God.” ‘This day 1s this Scripture fulfilted in our ears, The doctrine of Papal infallt- bility, so long hovering over the Roman Church and straggling for existence, actually exercised in the promulgation of tho immaculate conception, is at {ast formally published to the world. There is a new God in the Papal Pantheon. Not content with hav- ing legislated the Virgin Mary into competition with the second person of the Trinity, we have here the attributes and prerogatives of the third assigaed to @ poor, weak, shortsighted mortal, It ts the logical CULMINATION OF THE INDIGNITIES which the inventions of the Papacy have heaped upon the very Godhead, It was not enough to make the intercessions of a mere woman complementary to His—‘Whoever liveth to intercede for those who come to God by Him,” and “Whose ts the only name givon under Heaven among men whereby We must be saved”’—to give her a niche, an altar, a chapel in whe professed louse of God—to luvent for ber a prayer as a counterpart to the Lord’s prayer—to use 4 rosary with a hundred and fifty aves against fficen daly hosers—to catia wer se share be the work of human reiemption, gud desexygs es Saviour and Rosesmae at wat no hough it g encfoneh POH tie kphere of tue second person in the Godhead and give {lis glory to another, i elmilar imdignity was in reserve for the third, It has been Rae pete magn A sre Elie Siecieg by the balls rying mon lke Dimself, agsuucs to be, is ae think Haale INFALLIBLE IN HIS DECISIONS, undertakes to determine what and bow much men shall belleve—to interpret and even set aside th declarations o! oly men ol old, who spoke as the were moved by the Holy Ghost’—to do the ¥ thing agaiust which inen are cautioned in Revela- tion--to add to and take froin the Word of God, If it is an event to be celebrated by all Papal Christendom, it is an event to be measured, analyzed and pondered by all Protestants. Thus fur il as boen an exceed ingly conventent way of apologizing for ths mistakes and crimes of the past history of Romanism to. sey they belonged not to the Church and its rulers, but to the times, Here- after they are not to be apologized for; tt ve to be defended. As Protestants we would glaaly lave forgotten such scencs a3 Millon describes in his im- precatory sonnet, O Lord, avenge Thy slaugbtored saints. We would gladly have turned away forever from the inhumanities of the Inquisition, It has been a fond, delusive hope that Rome had become ashanied of her past, had felt the tupulse of humai prozres. and might yet be redeemed. Tho dogwe Papal in’allibility forever panishes ‘this hope, If links the preseut and the fa ture irretrievably to the past. All the absurdities, gli the inconsistent decisions, all the vbarbarlsis ua confessed and unforgiven, all the plood of innocents and of saints she now justilles and eador “sions with her sigd manual,’’ set to her seal at the Vail- can, tn thé year of our Lord 1870, It will not do to say = Liner a changed, has ea er meyicanized, adapted fo demooratic Insiltations. ft is Want wb 3 fe a to be takea ns a whole, It is to embrace past, present aud future. ‘The past 1s to explain the present and forecast the future, The highest and most dcli- cate office which the Creator can perform for iis creatures is to reveal to them the great truths that relate to their own welfare. ‘fhis ofllce is performed by the Holy Spirit ta the Bible. ‘Search the Scrip tures,” said the Saviour, “for they are they which testify of Me.” The Bibie speaks authoritatt and finaliy upon all questions of doctrine and duty, Any man who undertakes to sot tt aside BiyLts ABOVE GoD. Having made (ily revelation and cautioned his creatures against adding to or subtracting from it, he-has constituted the third person lu the ‘irinity its eternal interpreter—“He sliall take of mine and show it unto you.” A poor, bewildered man, does not need to iook to the Vatican. He has only to litt up his eyes to the hills. The Papal priesiood, of which the Pope is the culmination, casts tis shadow of imperfect, fallible, sinful man, upow the human spirit. Yearning to commune with God is an ob- struction, a blasphemy, [tis said that PROTHSIANTISM 18 NO BELGE, There couid not be a drentae inlsiake. We take God's Word as supreme authority and His Spirit as the puly Csr epee interpreter. We believe this mic! infalibliity; we put God where the Council has put tae Pope, and, planting ourselves here, we deny what His Word does not teach—namely, that there are seven sacraments, the doctrine of transab- stautiation, the’propitiary to sacrifice the mass, the merit of good works, penance, purgatory, interces- sion of saints, eflicacy of prayer for the dead, But we believe in ali Luat the Bible teaches—in the pro- pitiary to sacrifice, once for ail, of the Lord Jesus Christ, tn repentance and salvation of faith, the Lord’s Supper and baptism, and in the ever-livin: intercessious of the Lord Jesus Christ. We protes! against adding to or juking from the Holy Scrip- tures; We protest agen tue assumption that any man, whatever his ofiicial position, has authority to afix the meaning of the Scriptures or to devreo what is essential to salvation, ‘But what care Pro- testants what new dogmas the Council at Rome shall promuigate ?” Have we no regard for the ta terests of the uuman race? The syila us of suijects laid before the Council clearly inalcates that its grand design was io put the CHECK OF PAPAL AUIZORITY UPON INDEPENDENT THINKING. T admit the frequent avuses that spring from free- dom of thougiut. Lutuer judged for himself, and hence the Refurmation. Other men judge for them, selves and deny the divinity of Ohrist, the eternity of punishment, Abuse is incident to freedom. In no other country but ors could President Lincoln have beet assassinated as he was. Shall we have a Presidential body guard? Protestants deny all relation to the Papal Chureh. Christ's presence und power among them prpves that theirs are tue churches, They — are linked directly to him, Against Papal infallibility they urge the errors and disagreement of Popes and councils, from Tib rius to Pius ie But gre not Protestants gulity of the same (pconsistency, against which they animadvert in the Church of Rome? Do they not claim to be infaliibie in their standards of Taith and Chrisitan offices? Notatall. Tiey point to oneinfallible standard, of wh.ch God 1s the author; bat they leave every man to determine whether he will adopt this standard. This aoc- counts for the fee variety of secis holding to the substautial truth, Diversityin unity, as to the way of salvation, they all agree, while within the Romish Church there are hundreds and thousands depeuding upon its last ofices, and to be buried ac- Supine to its rites, who are really atheists and infil. deis. T rejoice in this proclamation. It will be the occasion for sich men as Father Hyacinthe to come out and to speak out, A private letter trom Paris, from Rey. Tueodore Monod, says, “ile is ready. A new Church will be formed. “The material only awaits the spark.” It a oolneidence that this Kuropeanj war has broken out pre- cisely at the time when this Council is in session, and that the thunders of the cannon mingio with — the fulminating words of the Vatican. It may be that the Pope will be driven as an exile to America before this struggle 18 over. All analogies teach us that this ts to be the great. battle field of the nations. I do not doubt that there nave been many and eminent Christians in the Papal Church. I'see here and there a Fenelon and a Faber, but the rest, much of it, 1s a desolate waste of super- stition and spiritual degradation, There is no hope for her as a whole but in an intellectual and spiritual revolution, Itwilicome. Let it come, and may the proclamation of this dogma hasten it, CENTRAL CONGREGATIONAL CEURCH. Sermon by Rev. Dr, Boynton on the Euro- pean War. ‘WASHINGTON, July 24, 1870, At the Central Congregational church the Rev. Dr. Boynton preached an eloquent sermon from Matthew xvi., 3—“Bat can ye not discern the signs of the times?’ After explaining the cause of this rebuke to the rulers at Jerusalem, the preacher pro- ceeded to apply it to the present European war. Events were passing In the world which the world seemed not to discern. It was generally thought that the present war was occasioned by political causes alone. France desiring to extend her boun- dary to the Rhine and Prussia t’ place herself at the head,of united Germany. There was a deeper sig- ce £ this giganti¢ straggie; a more profound ittache it, In whiob ail Bere. and che ast ay even America had an interest, He thought ‘a1 ineaning of the Ee would be found to vue Ten. A be an attempt °o atrgst the progress of civil and religious iioere by, bringing firs Europe, and then the st of the werk UNDER THR SWAY OF THB OATHOL.!S a Ry the military power of France, This wf Coh- ‘erned the three great religious divisions of [st “ re ual and France as military head, and the Protestant its = Coatinentat. Church, with Prussia ad leader, It also concerned the great divisions of the races. But it was impossible to be all brought oinan endeavor. ical review, ant {ilusérations in pure the redict wheter they would nto the contest. The revereu! ¢) very ingeutously pointed out oti.io past Istory to show (hat je policy now bein, Stato dy just LMemoued-contuties neo. a tempued cent y 7 whe Fermon Is too long and closely kuit together to, ‘admit of anything like a fair abstract. It was ened to with deep attention by the congregatio _— FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. . at WASIIOTON, July 24, 1870. At the First Presbyterian Church the pastor, Rev. Dr. Sunderland, preached a sermon from the words, ‘e believe in the Father; believe also in me.” The speaker said there were @ certain class of people who, while professing thelr faith in God, undertook to disregard His Son, ‘They held Him to be @ mere human being, of superior character, it fa true, but still having more of the at- tribute of divinity abouts Him. The import and meaning of the words of the text wero that Christ the Son was entitled to the same homage as the Father, Like the Father, He was. divine, oe ‘lnciple earnest was 8 ty contended for by cians * Giristians who claimed to be orthodox. nced| Was nota divine person was to conc: nera. No mere human bel pres at He could not be the Savior of sin- could satisfy was peocessary to here commanded, ‘yea, exhorted, His foli believe in Him, eVen as they professed the Father, ‘Lhe one was a natural sequence of the other. The lan; by died “if ye bolteve in the Father you cannot but believe in me,” In anothet place Ubrist had said, “Iand my Father: are one;” 60 that he who belleves in the Father must necessa- rily ee in the Son. As Ohirist ‘ats be niy Savi jon one nen, = dlghelles fi nim a Ni “ rae To! 4 ‘ne. salvation Offered by God to sinners. There were various ways of showing this disbelief, I¢ was not necessary to openly ‘aony vist, 1¢ could be shown by a refusal to have anything to do with His religion, as well ag by an outwari declaration of infidelity. There must he irda a as si ag Works, in eee the egitim fruit of 5 pegker Qe) that there could be no th Aosta ‘at bad gon without Corist without an acknowledgment of the Saviour of sinners, He exhorted his hearers to an avowal of their belie’ in the Saviour, None could love ie, Father truly without loving the Son. Itis through the Son that we can coiné’ to the Father, There ts 20 other name given upder heaven or among men whereby wo can be saved but tie name of Christ. Let those who reject Christ onder these words. “Other refuge have I nong’ is the language of the akened sinner, and every Soul that sceks carnestiy to be recoag.led to the Father believes drst of all upon the Son of God, SERVICES AT YONKERS. Parr eOnece Sever seaues Sermon in the Reformed Church—The Rev. Dr. Cole on Vacations. Yonk 13 fast atiatning the proportions of a city. It is now indeed as largely populated as aud ex- tends its jurisdiction over more territory than many ainbitious in the vicluity of the metropolis which sport the cognomen city, It is not to be wondered at, therefore, that the several denominations of Christiags should have here commodious places of worship in which the Sabbath is solemnized and homage is rendered to the Creator, These several churches have each a goodly number of adherents, but yesterday, owing, no doubt, to the peculiarly oppressive heat, the attendance was very limited, In the Catholic church, under the direction of the Rev, Father Sigvin, tho sacrifice of the Mass was duly pertormed, but the good father, in considora- tica for the feelings of hts flock, refraiued from INDULGING IN A SERMON. The services were rendered quite long enough for such a day by the eforts of the choir, each member of which did, no doubt, his or her best to render ther performance pleasing and approprigte. The weather Must have aifected them very much, if no other reason—such as the want of good voices, effi- cigut trating or proper musical sentiment—could be fonnd to serve as an apology for the painful iscopal churches, the Baptist and piuishment indicted oa the congregation, At the two E) Methodist and the First and Second Presbyterian chureies, the sermons delivered were brief and genera'ly orthodox, The most interesting sermon was that by tue Rev. Dr. Vole, at the Reformed church, on Broadway. The reverend g. read from Mars vi., 6, 31, and founded hi mainly on the saying of our Lord:—“Come ye, your. selveg, ivart into @ desert piace and resi awhile,’? In these words the speaker sald our baviour shows that & A SEASON OF REST 18 NECESSARY, His aposties returned from their soveral missions, They heard of the murder of St. John, and tie men- tai trouble caused (hereby, added to the boatiy fa- tigues they had undergone, showed thet Lord that rest would do them good, Then, as it were, THE KiND MASTER GAVE A VACATIO: telling them to coine apart in a desert place and rest awhic. On this point the reverend gentleman di- lated, drawing some appropriate suggestions. An- other point was that our Saviour’s astm as to the best mode of resting was s} in I1}s advice to them to go into some dosert piace, By this He meant to go to some place uway from the mea and scenes they had beea accustomed to-to go into some desert place. We should LEAVE THE CARES OF BUSINESS, the rush and bustle and the hurry and whirl of city lite, and go where we can commune with nature and with nature’s God. In this way our minds and bodies would be refreshed ana recuperated, so that we can enter again upon the cares and duties of Ife with increaset vigor. Then again our Saviour showed his judgment as to the extent of vacation in saying “rest awalie.” He meant that it should not be too long. | It should be only for ‘awhile.’ Then further our &: ur slowed that it was our duty to rest, and who can go to rest without thinklog of the work which calls for everything but rest ? The reverend gentleman then gave some sugges- tons as to THE BEST WAY TO SPEND A VACATION, enlarging on the views expressed by our Savioar in the sentence above quoted. The rest required might be regarded simply as aciange. fest in the true sense did not mean inactivity; rest does not mean dissipation; it means getting away from wnat we have to meet with datly and hourly in our various vocations—getting away to some “desert place.” By intimatiow the reverend gontieman properly rebuked the fashionable style of DOING TH® WATRRING PLACES, where dissipation of all sorts 13 so painfully promi- nent, and h's discourse closed with a neat little homily, urging upon the hearers the necessity of re- membering that the child of God should carry his religion with him everywhere, and that the work of worshipping God and preparing to meet Him in the z 3 life to come was the only work witch did not call for @ rest and in the pursuit of which there need be uo vacation. SERVICES IN NEWBURG. Discourse by Rev. 0. B. Frothingham—The Old and the New Theologics Compared. NeEwsurga, July 24, 1870. Another torrid Sunday, with the mercury madly mounting into the nineties, and the consequent dis- comfort to those carriageless mortals who have to foot it over burning pavements and dusty streets to the houses of worship—a Sunday of penance to the victims of long sermons and ill-ventilated churches. But in spite of sun and heat and dust and fear of unduly protracted discourses, the dwellers in this goodly and Godly Highiand city have courageously come out to church and made as good a showing there in proportion to their num- ber as have the citizens of more pretending places. ‘The great pulpit attraction of the day was the Rev. 0, B. Frothingham, of New York city, who dis- coursed in the morning in the new Unitarian church on South siect, consecrated only last Sunday. ‘The worthy denizens of New- burg had read much concerning Dominie Frothingham—uls connection with the MeFarland- Richardson case, his outspoken, “liberal Christian” views regarding the theological questiones vexater of the day, &c.—and they very naturally turned out in large numbers to see and hear this famed metro- politan preacher. The church, which ts @ neat, commodious edifice, in the early Gothic style of architectnre, was handsomely and elaborately trimmed with flowers, ‘The reverend gentleman took for his text Proverbs il, 13 and 14—'‘Happy is the man who findeth wis- dom, for the merchandise of it 1s better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.” The word “wisdom” was defined by the speaker: to be the great religions word. It Was found in the religious books of every nation, It always meant the same thing—insight into the laws and principles and conditions of the good life—per- ception of the meaning of existence, of the wealth of the divine love, ot THE PURPOSES OF PROVIDENCE. It was not speculation, information on subjects large or small, theotogy, science of philosophy. It ‘WQ9 p practical insight into the living laws which reg- aimed, Suited iki dgaded this human existence. Ut caitie not from study; no observation of the world wonld bring it; no fine or delicate or complete cul- ture would confer it upon us It came not with or Latin Church, with the Pope as apirit | Genius or talent. It came partly with internal ¢x- endom—the Greek Church, with Russia at its head; the Remigh Pertence, but oftener still to those who had none a of that Kind of expertence—to the’ simple, pure, n+ dd, trusting, seif-forgetting heart, Woridly wis dom was a knowledge of the laws that conferred Worldly success; this other wisdom was an intima and direct jon of those laws which confers Unworldly success—the success of principle and eharacter. Aftcr thus defluing the “wisdou” of the text the speaker passed on to tnquire into the nature of public wors! and noting the diderences between the worship of the sect to which this churci be- and that the | t and Evangelical, t scote, = eet roi witch Hye ‘he saw various super. was free, of Christianity waif cae and ge ba oe Tre ig port ‘our care, | silo! Biftggiing for way through the world, plas wer, money, ni then all is over. Over for yet b Tstead vf ending your ie, mF Hg ora 1 ih ctoeSucay = Of gold that opens inty lite, the ofr mengege ate that opens into eternal death, Thi ‘one other of these you must pass mto your heaven your hell, and there 18 pone that will give you the key to one of those doors or ite ofier but only faith, Your knowled, accomplish- ments, graces of character’ wil youjone inch in your way toward eternal ‘Tho quae ion is, have you believed; have you been to the priest; have you accepted the Goes the fa th once delivered to the saints have lodgment in your soul; have you # hold on the: ees of the heavenly Christ? if not you ost, Thus Romanism put it; thus always put it, and no wonder, with these views, thas religion was called the great, the only interest. What in comparison with this were dnance, ‘lands, all the treasures of civilization? But all that for us, sald the speaker, has passed away, ‘those who thought with him did not scoops the issue—did not believe ‘in the two doors, in Fi am a a at a at ct cepting a it of faith or by tasting @ morsel of bread, or by confessing one’s sins to a prie-t and golaingl priestly absolution, They did not believe wat moral being wee limited by'so short @ as tiat of death; that a single accident like that of death puta sharpiand sudden stop to all , seat iy oar feeling, will, eu. ‘They believed that mtud, heart, |, eu- Geaver, were living things, and if they Avec at ont would lave y. and on, ‘They believed that this sife ‘was God’s life, and that the other life was no more so. ‘They beiteved. in heaven, and that character waa heaven? It wis not heaven they were aiming t, but gooduess, ‘Thocefore religion {n the old sense War hot tio r chief and absorbing interest," It was not tie only thing that hela the key to the blessed life. They believed in culture, beauty, accomplish- inents—im short, In making themselves complete men and womea. iisey punt arches and organ- ied societies in order tint they might study carn- estiy, faithfully, the laws, principles and conditions on which thia heaven o! character was won, They worshipped from week to weck to get at the secret of the divine life, not by a charin, tallsman, device, form. of words, abject supplication or humiliation, but by learniug how. they might so conduct them- selves toward luemselyes, toward their fellow men, toward the princtples that satorated the world, that neir life mighty be nobler, purer than it was. The Church Ww ob caste from which to bombard the foreds Of thelr Teligious oppouents, nor was tta place of amusement where they could entertain - 4 tudnigelves with their own smog {MTELLROTUAL CONCEITS, It was an observatory & tndunt of vision—a place from which they could look abroad upc? thelr lie and learn to see 1) in its relations. ae It wi of viston from which they could see distinény three f eat things First, the law and order and provi- lence of God. Tae one thing that was never for- i gotten in this place was the grand thought of the order, the beauty, the finish, the organize: love of the world—faith m God—faith that all was well, that effect wouid always follow cause; that everything was inthe hands of tue vast power which some might think more of as power, others a3 love, Justice, wis- dom, kindness and tenderness, &o,; but think of tt lu whatever aspect they would, was law and order, peace, progress, beauty, developinent and the beat ossible good for each human creature. This was a ath of supreme moment. Men might have it whd even eae themselves, technically, athe The speaker had kuown such. Men mi yd not have it who called | themselves very Ohristlans of Christianity. And such, too, he had known. To lose this faith was With it, sorrow was sweet, — to loge everything. marinas asy, Fosse were compensated fo one truth + OTE Re Ratye eee RELIGION HAD NEVER FAILED R, Keen. in view. Second—There was be to seen from 113 MSuat of viston, ) absolute distinctness, the nobility of human nai this spirituality. of man, his immortal charecte: ¢ deathle:sness of hits tine properties. It was no eazy thing to hold that in ‘was @ child of God—to hold it fast in this world turmoil and trouble, of seeming contradictions, Aad yet if this wer: not held fast what would be- come of us? There would thea be no incentive for high endeavor, Science takes @ man all to pieces id and shows that he is composed of acid and gas, and 3 that there ts no soul to be found there. Poultical economy makes him out to be a creaturs of circum. stances, answering to supply and demand. As men were seen in their worldly Lfe—imean, cruel, geifish, grasping—we learned to despise them. Religion alone paying no regard to the * DISBELIEF OF SCIENCE to the misgivings of cconomy, to the foutings and frowns of, caRyat ry areta steals, Spon this: rand fact thatman has qgoul; ue 13 immortal; oink great Teck in this tev Wy was the grea® “| law of the brotherhood of man. Religion haa never forgotten that man was of one blood, had one Heav- enly Father, and looked forward to one commom destiny, This idea was enlarged upon and illus- trated in various ways. It was argued that the “nighty maze’? of lie was not without its plan; that even we poor, short-sigited mortals would one day be able to trace this wondrous plan and be able to mark the wisdom and the inaulfold goodness of the power which had led us.and brought us to Him- self at last. THE ARION EXCURSION—WAR AND NO END, The Arion Society started out yesterday morning on their usual summer excursion to Spring Hill Grove, on the Hudson, The barge Martha Sands was pro- fusely bedecked with flags, banners and pennants; but while the colors of all other nations were con- spicuously displayed—even the orescent of Turkey— the red, white and blue of France wasaissing. Mr. Theodore Guensel, the decorator, seemed to know that, under present circumstances, the French flag would not be welcome at a German party. The Committee of Arrangements, consisting of Messrs. ©. F, Triaeca, Fritz Behringer, Theodore Steucr, Nagel, Albert Reichert and J. Otto Hundt, had thet mrangements complete, and Deputy Sherift Mosheit succeeded at the several landings in keep- \ ing loafers aud other unwelcome people from get ting on board, j On the trip up the Hudson the Arion Chorus san; ; the “Rtune Song,” of Franz Liszt, the first verse o! wich was as follows:— Wo solch ein Feuer noch gedetht, Wo solch ein Wein noch fiammon spelt, Da lassen wip in Mavigkett Unanimmermohr vertreiben, Der Rhein soll Deutach verbletben. Hurrah! Hurrai! Hurray! In English prose it reads, that where such fire sparkles, where such wiue gleams, trom that place we will never retire in all eternity. The Raine muss be German. Hurraht 4 Similar war songs and other patriotic lays were ven, as the “Vateriand,” the “Watch on the thine,?? gr seat 1ents were expressed which would ha¥é mado Napoleon squirm could he have heard them. The duel mentioned in Sy eaten ars HERALD Was a matter of uews to most of the members of the Arion, { although several of the more prominent members o the society were concerned in it. Il Comte de Grilio was not present, Don Ricardo and Comte de Grillo’ quondam second, Signor Oandidus, were as happy as newly hatched chickens, and received the con- t oe of their friends with the utmost com- posure, On the whole, the trip of the Arion co Corporat | ‘Thompson's steep hills was what may be termed & success, ‘The annual excursion was never vetter | patronized, and the whole company was of that class of our people which 1s seldom found on other occasions at Ppbttc places. But the Arion ieee larity and well known respectability was suilicient to keep afl unwelcome characters away. Cheers for Germany, for the victory of the German : army, abounded on the return trip, and at nine P. M. the whole party had returned to the city. PICKPOCK:1NG AT THE HOBOKEN FERRY. On’Saturday evening a man named Schaeffer, of Union Hill, N. J., was passing through the ferry house in Hoboken when he was divested of his gold watch and chain. Asharp looking customer, named William Jonnson, attempted to escape from among } the crowd, but was arrested by officer Van Riper. The watch and chain were thrown on the bridge by Johnson, as is alleged, aud were returned to the owner, ‘The prisoner was arraigned before Recor- der Pope, who committed him to the County Jatl to await trial. THe APPLE Crop IN MAtnE.—Reports from all quarters unite in the opinion that the apple crop Will not be so large a8 was anticipated. The extreme hot weather has caused them to drop from the trees to an extent eed aed witnessed. Farmers, who bring in early potat to market, say the hills, as they open them, are a mass of dust, the earth is 80 dry. Pie drow will seriously aifect the early crops and cut off late ones, unless rains fall soon. ‘The At ta Jounal says that farmers generally in that vicinity will close up the hay harvest this week. ‘The crop can be safely put down as one-third i smaller than last year, but the hay is heavier and of superior quality; so that what has been lost in bulk | is made up in quality.—Lewiston Journal, A MOWING MACHINE ACCIDENT.—A few days ago, as a young Man named Wedber was mowing with & machine, he rose to his fect to strike one of his horses With the ends of the reins, when both horses started atickly, throwing hitn to the ground in front of the cutter bar. He shouted to the horses aud they stopped, but not until whe rapidly moving cut ters siruck iis left ankle just above the instep, mangling it in @ horribie manner, severing the blood vessels and nearly all the tendons. The bones were also crusied, 80 that Dr. Seavey, Who was , called to attend him, removed several pieces. ‘Ina doctor Leh save bis foot, though of course Will be atilf.—Bangor (Me.) Whia. ST ER SAR ERS Ts —