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6 RELIGIOUS. Political Prayers and Preach- img in the Pulpit. A Country Parson Implofes ‘the Almighty to Crash France. «Coming Events Cast Their Shadows Before.’ Religion at Sing Sing ‘Camp Meeting—TMorace Greeley. in the Woods, i ‘The fine showers of Saturday evening and Sunday morning imparted to the alr @ most delicious coolness yesterday, aud thousauds were anxious to attend divine service who on more sultry days were wont to ensconce themse:ves in shady nooks about home or to go down n° ships to vatch the sea brecze. More-than this, as the ther- mometer showed a ataimished teraperamre the fer- vor of the pious ones grew more intense and the preachers alos? equ, a their best efforts during the late relirtous season, while the congregations were notiweabiy larger than for weeks past. ‘The following reports of the services and eermons will | be read with mnverest. BE AM RCAN Fit Coming Events Casting their Shadows Before Sermon by the Rev. Charles B. Smyth. “Wheresoever the carcass is there will the cagies CSCRCHe en be gathered together.” (Matthew xxiv., 28.) ‘This was the text of a discourse delivered yesterday by the Rev. Mr. Smyth. He said:—An eagle veing the ancient Roman standard, commentators are gener- ally agreed that the iiteral application of this verse isto the assemblage of the Roman armies at the siege of Jerusalem. Wh be the application, it is self-evident that a pre ciple is here taught by re‘erence to a im ommon observation, A dead carcass expo. air, upon an apro- ib tot tecied flelu, 18 soon pot pon and devoured by birds of pre, Gods s¢ ors lose ro tim removing the | Offensive aii injurioas co’ same thing is ts doom is sealed. tle upon it, and of car- agencies Anal destruction tn operation apon f stupid indeed uw we Gesny ss iL it wer we must be its doom a in letter of PIRIT OF THE PR ton af tis Lave me spirit mig nem; Dut Whoxc v PHETS might pen a bols; and th principie Ws inspi 1 to UAlOCK tweasures oh of every | man Who Cuovses . He nas but news of ie diurnal record greater and » ones are Dut Uy in this way, di dictions, to Were made we war. ‘to @ sé two of the gr teeth, watent: countermo: from a similiar 5) pean wer, It wa) prophetic state first discow opes of its MEX one, that the and the Se the strugg! not e the swift past US & Most proaching. It is to say ths ling sudject of destruc carried along upen the si Of tian curvent as irresistibly to destruction as the man in the boat—or Which we all read wien we were chlidren—was when he was hurried to sudden death over tie ails | of } We have all been looking for a jong ur the wiles which pBave been fymg hither and AS we daily read the events ¥ transpiring all over the r Lord 1843, at Year so preguam with revolutions and ma m resnits—we gazed at tais eagle and at cuat, flew here or flew there; quidmews applied thetr | or their spy glasses, aud endeavored to | birds in their PLE and to discover where the care ould be on which they would alight. Behold the car ass! Eighteen hundred and iorty years ago Ubrist, the great Prophet, and our Redeemer, powwied, out the carcass, which sagacious scribes fat! net now to perceive by the use of the key to which we have reierred. Behold the carcass? It is “the abomination that maketh desolate standing in the holy p.ace,” The eagles are nover- ing over it; the eyes of all men now can see them. How soon they Wil descend upon their prey time ‘wil tell, Whether it wilt be betore the close of the present Franco. Prussian War or dnring some later Dloody contest between nations tt would be difficult | ‘to tell; but sooner or Jater they will descend and de- | siroy. { uced scarcely say (hat the carcass to which J ullud» is ‘hat of the beast about which we spoke on | Jast Lord’s day. The beast, whose “number ts that of a man” and is “SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY-SIX,”” as contained in the title Vicarius Filtt Det—is | coomed te die, But about the same time of its destruction the Turkey, witch is perched to the east oi it, must fail dead and be b inci up. Wise mea now look upon these two destructions as certain. Men of the world—not to speax of those who are students of prophecy—perceive tr approach, aud, 80 far, unwittingly corroborate the th of ROPAN once ‘mistress of the world,” and the ‘urkey, which at one time ad the audaciiy y m the face of its mistress and mortaily wound its wings and ot her children, both now tremble veto! re and thi age have settled apon th The ea, which follow a vessel ome one: Ul is likely to die and be thrown overvog 40 not as surely anticipate or anxiously awalt that event as the on their lofty perches or flutvering over the t E the dissolution of those t ry diseases of which th which are but the precursors of their are Sick, a end. H Laying figures of speech aside, I believe that the | aple t Pove has a clearer and better title in fee his estates than any nobleman of Norman has to bis in fuglana or in Ireland ast that he or his Ohurch should be dey y iorce, Nevertheless imunkind believe that a unic State is dangerous to the libert! Whether the Pope's opinion te the lible or not, even th are many of them of the oplaton thy his Church would be much better of if he would confine himself to his spiritual duties ana Jet Victor Emanuel or some otuer temporai ruler perform the part of civil magistrate m nis stead, even though the rentals of fis estates, less the ex- should be pi over to ted tor him by the civil magis- of the people, trate. It the Pope would peace; enter into such an arrangeni greatly prolong his seat upoi PAPAL OHAIR ut if he will not do that qui yk a the avariciousness of monarchs woo tor him or hus religion than as 4 meu aggrandizement will seize upon hi force of arms, and make it their own, Already the news bas come that France has with- drawn her protection from him, and the French soidiery nave trodden Roman sof! for Me last time jn peace, Perhaps Napoleon considers the ipfa!)i- pility of the Pope, assured to him by so sugust an assembly as the Ecumenical Council, @ saficient secarity Im itself against all the eagles that might congregate about Lim with hostile intent; bat f iear ihet if a flock of Gartbaldian or Muzzinian eagles were to alight upon the old man’s dominions they would not leaye many fragments of the carcase that would not have been eaten ap Dy Vietor Emanuel before breakfast. But what has all this to do, you may ask, with the Franco-Prussian war? Much. A distinguished writer in prophecy Mm A. D. 1701, speaks of the French monarchy a$ pointed out in Scripture as a mainstay of the Roman system as existing nowas days; and with singular accord a leading Roman Uatholic organ in this conntry, the 7ibfet, says, “PHR CAUSE OF FRANCE ig the cause of Kome, and af this sad strife must 0 divide the nations, the prayers and wis! ry Catholic, of every child of Mary, eae bly consent to, and at as that, be'’migut 3 ‘are nO M0re thetr own patrimony by jurown into the balance ou behall of ut i which stands between fidel assailants.” Already aus have begun to take sides wo wish o the one or the apen it hey conceive him 62. a | rus t | essly peawtful Chr | arth, and furnishing men with the preparatory 8 seem that | NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 1870. j favor their own prejudices respectively upon the subject of religion or of civil and lous liberty. Viewed in this nt, the Prahce Prussian war bas a very umportant upon the of the city me and the temporal wer ae least of the Po When it ts ered that Catholics @ such 8 view their organ the Tablet does of the renation of France—by which no doubt Napoleon and his dynasty are meant—tt is not likely that 1m the event of his ultima’ being deleated becoming evident, the other Catholle Pow- ers of Hurope will continue neutral; nor that In the event of their entering into AN ALLIANCE AGAINST PRUSSIA, the other Protestant Powers will remain idle spec- tators; or that the mass of the people of either rell- gious profession, Who are pan! after civil and religious liberty, an im civil organizi- tion throughout Europe that secure to them “tiberty, fraternity ty,” will allow the op- lost in 1848, to.pass ; Portanity, which they gene! away this time untmp! |. And thus. we Tage e have not only a general European war amon; crowned heads, but one followed by @ rising and popular cable en which, vie' é ] nection wita the terrib! imery of m: fare, would furnish or usl in @ fulfilment of that subilme passage in Revelations. ‘The sermon was listened to with deep interest by | ‘the congregation, which was larger than usual, C2UR(H OF THE STRANGERS. | The First Christian Missionary—Sermon by Rev. Dr. Deoms. The rain of yeaterday morning did little to thin the congregation in the Church of the Strangers. Alter the usual services the Rey. Dr. Deems preached from the words found in Acts vit, 6—‘Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ upto them,” It seems wonderful, he said, | that through, all theages men fail to learn the use- | lesgness of persecution for the purposes of the per- | Secutor. Fire will burn dry wood to ashes, water | will quench fire, material things can be modified by material, but the soul cannot be stretched by the Tack nor mutilated by crucifixion. Here is also a lesson for the godly, God's ways’ are not ours. We plan; He capsizes our plans, We are frightened or sulky. It is allwrong. God charges himself with care over the immortality of tuth, You Caunot crusmit out. You may drive it about; 1P.18 NEVER ADRIFT. God guides it. A persecution of great flerceness began the missionary labors of the Church. Better bave been quiet; but no; the enemies would sur. ‘they scattered the friends of Jesus all about, but did not piuek Jesus out of their hearts. As they went they preached. This deacon went to the “cy of bamaria.” There is so much in names. Here are two things, & “city,” “Samaria.” Whut a great thing a ciiy 18, Some one has said “Gow wade the country and man made the city,” to disparage cies, But WhO made man that made the city, which is 80 great an improvementon the country? It was God. Olties are just as mucha | product of operation of the laws of nature as pian- ew are, The Doctor dweit on cities as “condensed .uity,’? such @ ‘Held forthe pluy of the pas- ? “such centres of induence.’’ The coun- | .ty,” said he, “may be the cradle of great though | but the city 18 the birthplace of great deeds.” Pallip weat toa city. it was “Samaria,” the seat of tose WhO were tne political and religious ene- | mies of taeJews. But he went with sucha theme 0; giscourse and Nad such faith in it that he carried it rigat among those who were inveterate in their cumily against the very civilization he was used to, He plunged into a city. His theme was Jesus, Jesus the Jew, the Jesus who a been cracifed, tne Jesus for testimony of Whom | Sephen had just been stoned, It showed how Piubp believed in Christ. 1t wasno mere propost- | ton to walon his ioteliect was vo give its assent, it Was @ peru to declare for Jesus. It was a ques- truth. In this new life men are brought into mutual Sri ip, which they are to develop into full fervent love. The reason assigned for this is thi We have been born again into a new family, with new ‘tual relations. We have one father—God— and all we are brethren forever. A relationship so Yast, 80 noble, so enduring, should bind us to- gether in sweet affection during tho tolls and sor- rows of this lie, as it will in the joys and victories OF the life above, CHUKCH OF ATOYEMENT. A Good Joke on the Congregation, avd the History of Joseph Reviewed. Owing to the extreme mclemency of the weather yesterday morning at the time of the commence- ment of divine service. the Rev, Mr. Trimble had but @very thin gath riariu the above church; and. the Yeyerend gentlemun seemed to be moved with sor- row on this account, for he latd particular stress upon the words, “AS MANY AS ARE HERE PRESENT," when inviting his audience to, follow him to the throne of the heavenly grace. The subject for his morning’s discourse was taken from the forty-third chapter of Genesis, part of the third verse:—“Ye oat, not see my face except your brother be with He safd wehad alla mnomiedge of the history of Joseph—a history so fall of inciting incidents and remarkable trails of character; of how he had been bold by brethren to the Ishmaelites; of his trials and ities when fret sold to the Egyptians; of his being mace a bondman, and alterwacds cast into prison. he refused to accede to the soli- ¢citauions of Potiphar’s. wife, be the God he served, ae oy we knew how by the man- ner in which be afterward acted he was it Anto Pharoah’s house @nd made second to the King rhout. of Mgypt, and by lus the whole weal and wisdom became the means of saving not cea 3 the tians from destruction by famine, but also many other bribes, ¢ctuding his own father and brethren. But when he first saw his brethren he ce them and pretended not to recognize them," and even went so far as to bind Simeon before their eyes; this he did to'show them that they had come into the presence of A STRRN RULER, ‘This was ali accomplished in the presence of the Egyptians; but when he could leave them for a few moments he retired to his chamber and wept. He haa made the demand to see Benjamin for a special he Benjamin was to be the me um their next audience, without him he Would not see thea again. ‘The reverend gentieman here touched upon the lovely scene of Joseph mak- ing himself known to his brethren; of the remem- brances they must have had concerning him, and of the meeting of Jacob and Joseph subsequently, when the former ten tye: that, having found his long lost son he had no further wish to live. The object, said Mr. Trimble, which I have in this <is- course, of the bringing of Benjamin into Egypt be- fore anything further could be done, is to show that We cannot approach God in any way except through the medium of Jesus Christ; that we must go tn our nothingness, for we of ourselves have noting 60 recommend us to God. There are in the world 3 umber of men called “MORAL MEN,” who think that because they pay everybody what they owe, and endeavor to do What acts of charity, &c., they can, God willsave them. This ts a great mistake. Their acceptance must not and does not depend upon any such basis; they deceie them- selves. Again, there were others who rested them- selves upon position and respectability; these were they who were starving themselves in a spiritual sense, shutting themselves out from the food that is absolutely necessary for them to take. In conclu- sion, he said that not iniellectual merit, or anything that was in the world; neither’ discoveries, sciences nor arts, would make them acceptable to their Maker, and ne urged his hearers to cust away all self and worldly merit and go to God through the | uon of lke and death, If any doubis had creme | hus mind ag to the divine power of Jesus he never ; couid have thus boidly prockuimed bin im tue midst - | orenemies, The, again, it slowed | HOW FULL PHILIP WAS OF JESUS. | He conid not forbear, It sprung up lua him as a well | Of water. Ji rose; it overflowed. How Dlessed a | tainyg it ts ior a disciple of Jesus when he does not have to urge himself up to speaking a goed word jor his Lora; but when his love ig so overmasterin tual 1¢ 18 out beiore he knows tt, betraying itself, ; Aud, moreover, it showed that Phiiip believed that | Was noving like Christ to break down the | errors Of men and save them. He did not go preache | Ing Moses, and Leviticism, and “ one altar,” ana Je- mM, abd ritualism, and politics, aud ecucation, | aud civilization, He preached Curist the rece; | tion of Jesus as the Anointed of God, the Giver of tne Hioly Gost, the Saviour of Men, that would correct | every important error of iaita or pracuce, Wat topics Philip’s theme opened! How end- and good 1s wie preaching of t. Christ—the mau, tender, solicitous, loving, by miracles of love masing tue waves of the lakes to have a celestial giint, the hilisides and the valleys to bloom with ; hew flowers, making humanity a loftier thing for- | ever; the Teacher, speaking as never man spoke, revealing humanity to itself and the spiritual wort to humanity, laying the foundation of morality in tue Leart of God and SIMPLIFYING THE ETHICS OF ETERNITY to the compreiension of chiluren; the Suferer, en- curing all and all for others broken down by crash- ivg weights of suffering, yet lilting every sufferer, loving tus murderers, loving Samaritans, sutfering | | forall, making all of one blood, and that nis own | | blood, des: ing the supersiition that sufering | linphes sim; the Risen, vemoustrating & power | gieater than the power of the grave, letting through tue rit Sepulchre the purple light of Immortality, setiing lie aud death in that light till bown were splenaid twims, sister Life and brother Deatn; the Giver of the Holy Gost, that had come at Pentecost, bringing the holiness of heaven into the struggles of 2 cufication, Whata theme! What topics! The weit op these with apparent fondness, and d by urging all his peopie to imitaie Philip, who was only a deacon, and in this clty everywhere preach Curist. TWENIY-LIGHTH STRECT CORISTIAN CaURCH. Definition of Truth—Sermon by Rev. C. C. Foote. Notwithstanding the gloominess and rain of yes- terday moruing there was @ good attendance at this church during the forenoon services, which were conducted, as usual, by the regular pastor, Rev. 0. C. Foote. This large body of Christians, numbering more ; than five hundred thousand communicants in the United States, with many congregations in Europe, styling themseives “Christians” because the disci- ple converts to the new doctrine taught by the aposties were given this name at the city of Antioeb. By some of the antagonistic sects they are denominated, in derision, “Campbellites,”” after one of the great exponents of the Church—Alex- ander Campbell, of Bethany, Va, now deceased. One of the chief designs of this people in assembiing themselves together upon the Lords day 18 to partake of the holy sacrament of the Lord's | Supper, which sacrament ig gedministered by the congregations of the church every Sunday, 1n imiva- tion, aS they intimate, of the example set by the divst Cliristtan congregation whicn met in Jerusalem and composed of the twelve aposties, The Chris- Mans hold that “the breaking of the loaf and the joint participation of the cup of the Lord, in com- inemoration of the Lord’s death, is an tnstitutea | part of the worship aud edifi¢ation of all Christian | congregations in all their stated meetuigs.”” The | administration of the ordinance always toltows the | pulpit servicesof the morning. The exercises were | upon this occasion commenced by the congregation singing the old, familiar nymn, ‘There is a fountain filled with blood, Drawn from Immanuel's vens— the hymic conception of the David of English poetry, Cowper, “of the fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and uncieanness.” ‘The Rev, Foove delivered an interesting discourse, taklog his text from the twenty-secoad and tweuty- sof first chapter of the first epistie of | eing ye have purified your souls in obcy- ing the truth through the spirit into, unieigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one angther with a | pure heart fervently. Being bom again, not of cor- | Yuptible seed, but of ncorruptible by the word of | God, which liveth and abideth forever.” | The term truth, he sais, used mm this connection by | the apostie, is the holy gospel, calied so in many New Testament, The spirit 19 the instru- leads the human heart to obey, by re- bg the fullness of the truth UNMIXED WITH ERROR, and by its personal mfuence aids us very much in this work of obedience. No element contributes so largely to the success of avy enterprise as tue | very presence of the creator of the design, which fact is completely Mlustrated by facts from everyday life. The lobbyist—the very parasite of the national Congvess—tacilitates the passage of almost any measure he essaye by his indeiatigable personal efforis and presence; the stock dealer at the Ex- change “works up” the price of the unceitaio, doubifal character of the securities ne deals in by his personal presence, thus by buying what he desires to sell Inspiring others to “load” them- selves with the worthless commodity he would sell. How much more successfully can worthy or holy objects be attained in the same way. ‘Thus the spirit aidiug usin obeying the truth leads us to the pee 1ountaip, Onr text speaks of the purtfy- ng of the soul, Man is a triune being, consisting of body, souland spirit, In his fali tuese elements are all involved; in his salvation his entire nature is redeemed, St. Paul says, “I pray God that you mey be wholly sanctitied, spirit, soul and body.” ‘The body will be made pure by the resurrection; the spirit I cleansed by belief in ‘the truth” and love, and the text teaches that the sou! is purified by obedience. The term soul signifies life or charac- ter, the cleansing of which is twofoid—namely, LEGAL AND REFORMATORY. The former is by forgiveness. A person guilty of a capital offence against the Stote can oy be re- stored to citizensitp by the clemency of the Gov- ernor. So we must be forgiven tn order to enjoy citizenship in the kingdom of Christ. Having sub- mitted ourselves to Him we are to refashion our lives avcording to His reyea will, bere called the || = a 3 2 m love | ceedingly quiet and orderly. Redeemer only. THE WATER STREET MISSION}.. The Works of Mercy That Have Been and Are Still Being Performed—Reseuing Fallen Women end Teaching the Children. There are now in Water street three missions, each of which 1s conducted upon somewhat du‘fer- ent principies. The Water Street Mission of the New York Port Society, corner of Water and Dover streets, was established seven yeurs ago, uncer the immediate care and supervision or Captain E, Richardson, an old seaman, who has spent nearly his whole life upon the seas, and consequently knows how to manage the class of men with whom he is now daily brought into con- tact. Heis now nearly eighty years old, but not- withstanding this, he is competent to and does per- form more REAL GOOD WORK than most any two men in New York city of half his years. At the ‘Mission’? he holds four meetings @ week in the summer and seven in the winter. He supplies upwards of 160 ships with libraries free of all cost, and these he changes whenever they have been read through by the seamen, Of ‘course the money necessar, to carry on this thing 1s h by the 80. ciely, but perform: the work without receltving one cent a3 compensation, He also carries ou a free week day school in Dover street, where there are an average of forty scholars in- structed dally, A great proportion of these children are half Orphans, whose condition is pitifnl deed, Besides teaching these httle ones he also furnishes them wrth clothing and food, and where required furnishes assistance to their mothers, such as paying their rent and providing them provisions, Mrs. Jones, GOOD, KIND LADY, who 18 connected with the soctety, has visited a great many houses of 1 repute in the ne ghborhood, and since January jast has read the Bible to about 800 sailors found there, besides the poor fallen women. Yesterday afternoon at the Mission there were a large number of persons present, most of whom were seamen, their wives and children, The Water Street Mission for Women, as is well known, was established jast February, by a Methodist mission society. It 1s now under control of Rev. W. H. Pool, pastor of the Filty-fiftn street Methodist Episcopal church. Unitke the Mission of the Port Soctety, this one deals only with women— women who were Once as pure as the snow—but fell; Fell like the snowilake, from heaven to hell; and they are doing a@ most noble work. ‘iley have a large, commodious house, weil furnished, where they keep these Women, furnish them with every- thing necessary for their comfort, and use every — in their power to reform them and persuade em to LEAD VIRTUOUS LIVES, So far they have been eminently successful, and many of these poor women, who a few montis ago were “dealing in shame for a morsel of bread,” are now leading good and virtuous lives, and many of them are cecupying domestic positions in Cirtstian families. Mr, voo! holds dally noonday prayer meetings, 10 which all are cordially invited, but of late they have not, unfortunately, beea very well attenged. He aiso holds services on Sunda? after- noous, and these are always well attended and are evidenily doing much good. ‘The third mission is known as the City Mission, and contines itself chiefly to furnishing food and lodging to scamen Who are In a destitute condition. These three missions have certainly done gn im mense amount of good In the locality where th are situated. When the first of them was estab- lished the neighborhood. was one of the very worst tn the whole metropolis. Houses of prostitution of the lowest order were on every hand, and street brawls and fights were the rale rather than the ex- ception. Now there are but three houses of tte kind in the vicinity, and they are, for the Kind, ex- ‘The notorious OLD SINNER. KIT BUEN, . Who still keeps a den next door to the Women’s Home, has of late conducted his place in a very quiet and orderly mauner, and has learned at Icasi to respect religion, a iiing of which a few years ago he had never heard. If some of the old fogies of both sexes, who are always prating abont tie poor heathen on “Greenland’s icy mountains,” or in the vicinity of “Afric’s coral strand,’’ would emulate the example of these good men and women, who have estabiished and are now carrying on these works of mercy, and start institutions of like char- acter in various other paris of New York city, they Tight in future years be able to say the world was somewhat vetter for their haying lived in it. UWERSALIST CRURCR. FIFTR What in Truth ?@—Sermon R. Nye. Rev. H. R. Nye preached yesterday morning at the Fifth Universalist church, Plimpton Mall. Despite the weather there was a fair attendance. After singing the 1,002d byma the minister announced his text, which 1s contained in the thirty-eighth verse of by the Rev. He iAhe eighteenth chapter of John—“Pilate said unto him, what is truth?’ We cannot tell, ne said, out of what spirit this question came. Perhaps, as Lord Bacon observes, it was asked in a trifling spirit. Or, on the other hand, as Archbishop Whately re- marks, it may have been asked in a reverent spirit, ‘as he may have had a desire to know what truth was. We live in what is called a transition period; men are passing from the old to the new. Tuey alternate between hope and fear, doubt and faith, 13 CHRISTIANITY TRUE? ‘There are men who say that it is the product of Chris's thought, but is there any authority for it? Volumes have been written upon it and will continue to be wrilten, We know when and where Chrisuan- ity began. We know among what people it o ° nated, Did Ohrist arise from tue dead? If He did Christianity is true, but if did not then if Is a lie. He did rise or He did not, upon this point, aud we iy: Wh nd the auestion turns settle itin our owa Him. What more proof do we want! Is not this conclusive? In he said a word in relation to what is true concerning the ultimate DESTINY OF THE HUMAN RACE. Tho end, the final end, of every man, will be for a ta hag wi His At reached, becom: rapatlonk bi Tine cae ‘ait, God Degins e ut must Wi with man ate very low pone and educates him, and must wait till the hi seale is Yul usticy ‘the {ge will be'the cud for Which God created itm BROOKLYN CHURCHES. YMOUTS CHURCH. An Excellent Sermon by the Zev. Mr. Ballard, Rev. Mr. Ballard, of Detroit, preached again at Plymouth Church yesterday. The attendance was slim, but those who were present appeared'to take a greater interest in the services than was evinced on the previous Sabbath, when Mr. Ballard preached first, There were not more than half a dozen of the members of the choir in attendance yesterday. Mr. Ballard’s sermon was an earnest, eloquent arid comprehensive one, He selected his text from the Book of Exodus, 1i1,, 14—'‘And God satd Moses, Tam that I am; and He said, thus shalt thou say Israel, rage hath sent unto in these words the God is without benign, aud He 18 self-extsting eternally. existing. At first thought the aid not seem to convey s0 much, nor di be specially suitable as the name any! , be it even an insect, could Bot the words implied hs Oe. le- of poe other things did by no means give as fall an account of themseives, by simp): saying. “We are.” They could not say, “We are,” and stop there, ‘They muat add to this, “the time ‘Was when we were not,” and the reason why they are took us back to someting outside of them and before themselves. Each wos derive from SOMETHING GOING BEFORE, by which it was brought into being. The largest life and the noblest life gave Me same account of themselves in this regard as the shortest apd the loweat. Thus we were carried back to the first vital creation, and were brought face to face with that Being who was before all things, and by Whom all things were mae. While the first three words of the Bible, Mr. Bal- lara sald, declared creation, the fourth word re- vealed the Ureator—‘‘In the beginuing, God.’’ It was something very inconceivable and beautiful that the Bible should so long ago have Oxed the limat of haman thought tn this lon. We stood upon the verge of creation and looked forth into bouna- less realms of space. What did we come to? We came to God, and we could go. no further. When, therefore, God satd, “Iam,’? He meant that all the grounds and all the limits of His b were Him- seif—"I am, so because I am,” That was the only account which God could give of his existence, and it seemed to Mr. Ballard that God's existence must be a great mystery to Himself. That was why he called Himself Jehovah—the ever-living one. ‘Taese words taught us in the second place not only that God 1s sel!-existing and eternally existing, but also that He is unchangeabie; not only that He ds ever-living, butthat Heistiesame. Each created thing conld gay, ‘Not only 1 am, but I was and 1 shall be.” Newton in the very height of his power must have said, "] was once weak in knowledge and understanding. lam even now achili picking up pebbles by the great ocean o! truth. { shail know MORE HEREAFTER." Our Tam, Mr. Ballard conunued, covered but one moment of our foie ene, moment in which we uttered the word, We know something of what we now are, but could not tell what any of us mughc be in the coming years. The “I am’) of God ingiuded the Creator and the whole duration of His being. God had no history, for history was a string of recorded changes, and God was unchangeable. At Lhe evening service Mr. Ballard also preached. SING SING CAMP MEETING. ‘Tho Services of the Week—A Directory of the Encumpment—Korace Greeley “in the Woods”—A Stormy Sabbath--Preaching in the Tente—Sermons of Messrs. Ferd, Haugh, Kichmond and Others, The camp meeting at Sing Sing, whieh com- menced last Tuesday, 1s increasing in interest, and though the attendance of casual visitors has not been 80 large, perhaps, as on some former occa- sions, there are preachers and people enough here all the time to make social intercourse anytning but monotonous, and to render each public service in- structive and profitable. The Board of Trustees are constantly in attend- ance upon the ground, and the respective committees are untiring in their efforts to contribute to the health and comfort of the denizens of the woods, many of whose tents are as comfortably and luxuriously fitted up as their homes in the city. By dint of per- severing labor Mr. Truslow has prepared a directory ofthe inhabitants of the forest; so that whenever strangers come into the camp and wish to find their friends, all they have to Go is to refer to the ‘Direc- tory” at the preacher’s stand, and they will learn the street, the avenue and the particular tent in which John Smith or Peter Brown doth dwell. The preaching thus far—and there have been three ser- mons dally—has been good, but the discourses have not been characterized by much originality of thought or marked oratorical ability. Ever ince the meeting began the social exercises, held in large tents, consisting of singing, speaking and praying, have been very interesting. There has not been so much boisterousness and mere animal excitement as some might suppose, but the presiding elder states each morning before the sermon that con- versions occur nightly in all the prayer meeting tents. The great sensation of Savurday was the appearance of HORACE GREELEY IN THE Woops, which, figuratively speaking, 1s not a very rare oc- currence, It may seem incredible, but it 1s strictly true, that by a slight stretch of the imagination a stranger might have concluded that he was an un- sophisticated rustic trying to ape the manners of a city dandy; for he wore a pair of kid gloves and simpered continuously while exhibiting himselr ‘around the encampment. He arrived at noon and was lionized by some of the “brethren,” who took spectal pains to point out the objects of inverest on the ground. Such toadyism 1s, perhaps, excusabl Yor the attention paid to the “Op to Richmond’ philosopher is the spontaneous tribute which is always given to intellectual greatness and distin- waisied service to humanity. And yet a friend re- marked tn the hearing oi the writer that it would be a glorious thing if Horace could hear a good gospel sermon and be *‘converted” from the error of his it is very likely that tf the preacher of the had known that the next Governor of the State was to be one of his auditors he would have | showed the /ailacy of the Spruce street philosopher's views of “ulliversal Salvation”? and the superiority ot Methodist dos a “iree salvation,” to be obtained, however, upon conditions which he and his followers iguore. Greeley sat the sermon out without nodding assent or dissent to the preach- er’s Views. Nor was the minister of the yospel re- minaed by @ pull at his coat tail that a distinguished personage Was present, It 18 impossible to say wheiher he would have responded to such an inti- mation aiter tho fashion of the eccentric and Tamous backwoots preacher—Peter Cartwright. On cusion while Peter was holdin, forth General Jackson walked down the aisle and took a seat. A yousg minster in the pulpit pulled. Peter's coat tail and whispered to the son of thunder that General Jackson had just come in, “What do I bout General Jackson |’ exclaimed the old ; “he will be damned and go to heli like any ‘her sumer unless he repents.”” ‘The presiding officer apnounced that as Mr. Philip Philups, THE CELEPRATED “SINGING PILGRIM” of the hodist Church, would arrive on Saturdi evening the sermon would be omitted, and brief ad- dresses, interspersed with singing, take its place. Mr. Phillipa arrived, but @ violent rain storm pre- vailed. This did net quench the ardor of the S.ng- lug Pilgrim and his admirers, for Mr. McFarland opencd his tent, Which was furnished with a@ fine organ, and Mr. Phillips sang a nuw- ber of exquisite pieces irom his “allowed Songs.” A crowd gathered around the tent, stand- dng in the drenching rain for hours, listening to the songs of Zion warbled by the sweet singer of the Methodist Uhurch. AS was stated in a previous article upon the camp meeting, the trusiees of the ground resolved to close the gates on the Sabbatn, so as to prevent, if possible, the desecration of the Sabbath which has heretofore marred the sacredness of the holy day, Excursion boats loaded with thou- sands of New Yorkers—the rowdy element greatly predominattng—have annually swelied the congre- gation in the woods, superinducing great dissipation ofmind, The severe rain storm which continued ail night made the camp wear anything but an inviting aspect; but there was no grumbling or fault finding, If the weather had been fine the S ith would have been ‘the (pean day of the Itwas expected that Bishop Janes would ut the preside, elaer received a comma- irom him stating that he would be present middle of the week. THE MORNING “LOVE FEAST," the great feature of the day, Was not held before Stund, but the Worshippers distributed them- selves in tie respective prayer meeting tents and continued the narration of Christian experience uatil the hour of morning service. ‘The sermon in the Forsyth street tent was preached by the Rev. O, minds, each for himself, at proof have we that | B. Ford, of Brooklyn. Mr. Daniel Drew and He arose. Itis the testimony of his own disciples, | other influential members of the Metho- honest men, who knew that Christ did arise, Shey | dist Episcopal Church were among the hear- must have believed it or what motive would | ers. The text was the tenth verse of the they have i to preach that He aid? ! fourth chapter of the First Episie of Timothy— Tes a fact: th ‘d Him, thev saw Him. they ielt | “Por. therefore, we both labor amd suffer reproach, because we trust living God, who ts the Beviour ot all men, eapecially of tnat belteve.” ‘The speaker, in his introductory remarks, said that the immediate successors of Clirist were in labors abundant and tn sufferings oft, but they exaured them with patience ae Cer po the Taster ‘clause the Nrerwen “Who 19 the Saviour of all men, especially of those that believe. Christ was not the Saviour of all men in we ne sense in which He was to be regarded as the eS Of those that believe; for when Jesus Sominieeoued his apostles He sald—‘Go ye into all the wor ind reach the el to every creature. Be thst La eveth ant’ baptized shall be saved; bul shall be damned. because he had each ited this interposition man was permit ‘of the earth. While he did not teach sch tus dpoteine th that God could justly punish man for TRANSGRESSIONS OF ADAM, an individual him eure the law ‘ he rendered pee ere to tt, jesus interposed in behalf ‘esgOr. Ohrist was also the Saviour of all men because of the prowsion he had made for the eternal salvauion ortne weapon a hee veued in the _ second co ‘show that seeen tne Saviour, « especially ol those believe, inion of from thé defiiement, the guilt and the dominion, 0° THE yet 50 soon as one particular hime, ‘@ God, 1 ‘Thee that am not as the rest of Binley Just, adulterers, nor such as this publican, 1 twice in the week; I give tithes of ait that 1 possess. And the publican, standing afar or, Would not say tom steno nis ‘ -sinner.' I say'to you this man went down to his howe justi. fled rather than the other; because every man that exaiteth Iumself shall be humbled, ana that humpleth bimself shall be exalted,’ Keane said that *he exclamation of the stricken publican, “0 Goa be mereiful to bang any ner,’’ showed that he possesged the TRUB HUMILITY OF A OnRISTIAN, and that our Sevionr nad oor bilcan had romed out fore, those who really desij should come into His tem) as the publican, and m a sense of selfl @ man wishes to dation deep and makes it strong, which is (he foundation. of true opty di i ihn i own level, and our D on et Cie UE Meare ees jueror, Sunlehem, with, the RUMMY of the caraele, 4 Christ was manifested to destroy the fess our sing, he is furnias and get to Tofgivetee ‘our sins and to cleanse shop and the rusnitty. of the death of the us from all unrighteousness,” ‘The beilever would bat Ie emule of negre . be saved from & = feenivenit of ain, oD eh alow, fata a perry = 4 ic Pest and see the feaie-pel save yee : ri mal deat ate CLIMB THE MOUNTAIN OF PRIDE igs Ford ‘ inhex cellent alscourse bya practical raomeeen ant eee ery level of the ham! appeal to hig hearers to avall themselves of tue pro- basta rk ae reed artery omen Bo oe Cds DUANE, STREET. Lapel Peis ae preeactrn were in charge of Rev. J. S. Haugh, pastor of the | W' Er tc oes teteae® 2 to give am Willet street church, New York After te usual | &ccount to Hin Ot Cas Waa at Rat hu introductory exercises, consisting of singing, prayer, ore at a ee tay flere sit tik ive e oer eed aaa able Fiiwcourse, taking sepecielly, senso i Ais Beer is the very Torhis tent the sixth verse. of the fifth chapter of CET eee ea ee at keallvimna, shave. we Tiger ee Ore he a rho poe as 13 {t “for us serine | pride. What we hat “fae speaker shoved — Bee oe eaoton to plority ourselves tan nae ene irae—Bhe bungering and thirsting, especially in which is fashioned into beautiful shapes in the the domain of the mental, the mo! Of the potter, When we see 4 ne oeeae me say oy ~The objection of the hungering. Righteous. ting on airs we say nee ridiculous toa are; but ness, ‘which cancels the past of our gin, renews the when we assume spl pride, and superad heart by the holy spirit, and harmonizes, by Its blessed power, eS whole spirit, labors and charac- ter of true believer with the teachings of the Scriptures and the needs of the race. Then the dis- tinction was drawn between the profession of piety and the even, intelligent and potenilal character which trae a creates. fs vhtrd—The promise made—“They shall be filicd.” The blessedness was even in the thirst and hunger, and much more in tie falness to be attained. ‘The service in the Belford street prayer tent was conducted by Rev. J, £. Richmond, of New York, ‘Tbe tent was crowded, and the service at- tended with much ardor. The subject discussed was the power of prayer, from James, v., ié—‘‘The eifeetual iervent prayer of the righteous man availeth much.”? The preacher graphically stated and illus- trated three points:— Firsi—The reiation divinely established between character and power. Seenod—The blessed lasting effect of fervent prayer. Third—That the power of prayer was one of the most sublime and wonderful powers of the haman soul. IN THE LARGE TENT, north of the stand, Rev. C. C. Keys conducted the | service, His text was taken from Galauans, ly., 1s— “1b is good to be zealously affected always in 1 good thing.” Furst—In what does religious zeal consist? In a comprehension of the nature of religion, Second—1n an exp ence of its powers, Third—In an appreciation of its ends and objects. Fourth—In the performance of its duties. y Fiih—It includes diugence and perseverance in these duties. Sirth—Earnestness of spiritual desire. Severnth—It periains to a justified state, £ighth—Complete holiness needed for its fall ex- emplification. he speaker proceeaed to show in the second place the motives for the cultivation and muin- tenance of religious zeal: — First—It wili result in the perfection and maturity | of our spiritual mannood, Second—In satisfaction with onr spiritual state. dhtrd—In our extended usefulness. At one o’clock, the storm Paving ceased, the pel! summoned the multitude to the stand to engage ur an bour in A “SINGING SERVICE,” conducted by Philip Phillips, ‘The hour of two having arrived the congregation remained to listen to a sermon by Kev, Dr. Kynett, secretary of the Church Extension Soeie vy. His text was taken from the eighth chapter of the prophesy of Zachariah and the twenty-third verse:— “We wiil go with you, for we have heard that God 1s with you.” The theme which he deduced trom the text was, “The attractive power of the super- naturai in religion.” It was a masterly argumeut against modern rationalism and tn faver of spiritual religion. He demonstrated the reasonableness of the iact that God reveals Himself to and communes with the human soul. He was listened to with un- flagging interest, and at the conclusion of the ser- mon the people repaired to the prayer meeting tenis for further worship. SERVICES IN WASHINGTON. FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, Sermon by Professor Whittlesey, of Howard University—Tho Mystery of Growth in Na- ture and Religion. WASHINGTON, August 14, 1870. Professor E. Whittlesey, of the Howard University, fillea the pulpit to-day at the First Congregational church, corner of G and Tenth streets, He took his text from Mark iv., 26-23—the parable of tne seed growing secretly—and spoke upon the mystery of growth in nature and religion. He said:—The facia of vegetation are familiar. We are so accustomed to the process that 1% 1s not regarded as wonderful, but as a matter of course, that the earth should produce herbs and transyleld seeds after their kind. We also know some of the conditions of vegetable life. We know that seed and a proper soll and a right mode of cul tivation are necessary, As sctence continues her marches we shall icarn more of these facts and con- ditions; but beyond all this les a sphere which men cannot penetrate. In every flower a leaf lies hid—a secret which acience is unable to reveal. ‘the most learned can only teli us what the operations of nature are, without explaining whv they are. ‘The seed springeth and groweth up, they know not how. So it 18, says the Great Teacher, with spiritual lve, It shows itself in the changes wrought upon men and upon society, making the cruel humane, the dissolute virtuous, the profane reverent. A people whg iifty years ago were barbarians are now, through the imfiuence of religion, civilized and re- fined. We need not go abroaa for proois that THE PREVALENCE OF RELIGION spreads @ new, coloring over the face of soclety, as alter rain the springing grass changes the brown hills to living green. We also know more of the conditions on w ich the growth of religion depends. Truth 1g necessary; spiritual life and absolute 1izho- rance of God and His will are as impossible as corn without seed; but piety often flourishes among the unlearned. ‘true, but those who. are. called unlearned often have a knowledge of divine trath which philosophers have not acquired. Another re- quisite Is a rational mind to receive the truth—a mind Unprejadiced, anxious to know the trutn and willing to obey it. A third condition of spiritual life is the supernatural influence of the Holy Spirit, without which truth will not germinate in the soul. Beyond these facts and known condiiions there 1s still a mystery which we cannot fathom, Who can fully explain the process by which & vad man becomes good, or tell the precise order of pheno- mena? Somehow by the combined action of the mind and the spirit a new life begins in the soul, and by the same means tt continues to grow Into perfection. Some of the practical !easons which the parable teaches are:—f1rst, hamiilty. Wesume- Umes think we can compretend all things under modern science, which has made such rapid strides that some imagine ‘THE WHOLE UNIVERSE WITHIN THEIR GRASP, and pronounce unreal what they do not com- prehend. Yet every part of the field enfolds a Inystery beyond human compreheusion. Why, then, should religion be Doo cere ianatical? Because it contains things hard to comprehend ? It better becomes a finite mind to accept as true What God teaches. Second, @iesson of duty, We are not to walt in idieness for the growth oi religion. Without careful culture we shall witness no good results. Our work is to learn the truth and to make it known to others. ‘Third, a lesson of patience and faith. Having done our duty we may leave the re- sult with God, The winter wheat is buricd in snow, yet its vitality remains. Our lavors for mankind are not lost, though they may seem for atime to efiect nothing A missionary in China tolled fifteen years belore he gathered any harvest, We may desire and look for quick returns, but we must not be impatient. Every earnest effort will help toward the great result, when earth shall be filled with righteousness and heaven with joy. He that goeth forth carefully, bearing prectous seed, shali doubtless come again with rejoicing, bearing his sheaves with him. SERVICES Sermon by Rev. Father Keane, on the Parablo of the Pharisees and the Publican. WASHINGTON, August 14, 1870. Rev. Father Keane preached to-day at Carroll Fall, St, Patrick’s Roman Catholic parish, taking his text from St. Luke xvill., 9-14, which contains the parable of tho Pharisee and Publican:— “The Pharisee standing prayed thus with AT CARROLL HALL. thereto sin and crime, how much worse are we Through pride Lucifer fell; through pride Eve fell.) belng tempted by the serpent to eat the fruit that would give her tne eaine terrible ain mien have fall Through the same ter ve fallen e since, oh we still keep falling. When we pti littie, we think we know -@ great deal; but whe: after pursuing Knowledge for years and years, we ask ourselves what we know, we find it 13 but little! indeed, So it is in studying the book of our own hearts. A light examination is apt to make us be. lieverthat we are somebody. Werke to think go,; We like others to have the same opinion of us; oud when we look deeply into our hearts we tind how un« measureably empty they are; how little true piety wa possess; how much we should pray to God and con- pa seek His divine assistance; ho ense 11 that divinity and how tnestimabie 1s the quality humility in man. True plety 1s not speculative; must be practical or it will avail nothing. To truly pious 1s to be traly hamble. We must learn tt bear the slights and humiitations of this worl with resignation; first with patience and then with) thankfulness, lt is difiiculs at first to practise humility; itis hard to be patient under taunts an slights, and particularly hard to thank God fo sending such trials; but perseverance will enable us to accomplish the task. These slights and in- juries are as medicine, which, when taken, with proper spirit, will strengthen and pany. We must not seek the aitiucnce of the world, but only strive for THE APPROVAL OF GoD, whose blessing and esteem are of the highest im-| portance, Be men of principle, good through a sense of duty. Do not begin at the wrong end,) by working solely for the world’s affiuence, like the Pharisee, but at the right-end, by laboring f God and truth, like the humble publican, The trul good man must ever be esteemed In this world. aro all seemingly inclined to be Pharisees and proud in our own esteem like the Phi who pointed the finger of scorn the publican. We must strive and overcome that mcimation, and thus will we bulid up the editi of faith, and obtain our proper rewgrd and ton before the Lord, We must strive unfalte! on no matter how small may be our beginnings. must work on day after day, constantly, faithfall and hopefully, and God will eventually crown o1 efforts with success, SERVICES IN PATERSON, N. J. ‘ God Asked to Take Sides ‘with Prassin—Ser® mons by the Rev. Dr. Knapp and Others. ‘The inclement weather in the forenoon of yester4 day interfered materially with the church attend ance mm Paterson, although in none of the houses off worship were the pastors by any means calied uponi to address empty seats. In the Willis street Baptist church !2 the morning| ®@ very interesting sermon was dejlivered by the! eloquent pastor, Rev, Samuel J, Knapp.) Tis principal prayer was remarkable for! ws bold sentiments in favor of the cause! or Prussia. Is was a Christian nation ur arms against an idolatrous empire, and the! divine called upon God to “grant such success to thet Prussian armies as would grind ‘the throne of t! French tyranito powder.” Tuis strong exp! ) was reiterated in several distinct elauses of Mr. Knapp’s prayer. fe also prayed for the many of the ehurch in so touching a manner as to affect af large number of his congregation to tears, Mr! Knapp's text was that portion of II. Kings, 4tn chap-/ ter, relating to the rasiag Irom the dead of the som of the Shunammitish woman, the Soriptural narrae tive of whicii fills several verses of the chapter men-, tioned. Elisha at first seat bis staff by his servant,| commanding him to lis 1i upon the face of the deadd boy, and thereby restore him life. | But failed to produce the effect, and Elisha himself then went and! stretched himself on the body of the dead child an breathed tuto his mouth, which brought him i back to life. The preacher compared this to th habit.of God’s people in entering into the mere form) of religious duties without entering into it with the. whole spirit. To all outward appearances they did! aright; but they fatied to breathe the breath of life’ into their devotions. Ce gee they proved un-! successful and useless. wicked man might! preann an eloquent sermon. It would Fepeyatel e outer ear, but, being devoid of feel- ing, it would wo 8 that sympa-! thy between speaker and tha necessary to produce the desired effegt. The mei 7 laying on of the staf was not sufficient; it is neces- sary that Christians enter into their work with their Whole soul, apd breathe into it the breath of ive and; feeling and earnestness; otherwise it were worse; than useless. ‘I'he preacher commended to his peo- ple the habit of the Shunammite woman to keep an; apartment for the accommodation of good men and, good women. He also applauded the woman’s cus: tom of asking her husband’s consent to every lin-! portant step she took, and wer liege lord; gud master was characterized as a “model, husband” tor always freely gtving his con- sent. When the child was taken sick while. Working in tue flelds with his father the latter com manded that the Loy be taken to nis mother. his,; said Mr, Kuapp, was in those days just as it is now.} When the children are sick pater yamilias tams, them over to the mother to take caré.of, to walk all night and alone look after the sufferer. ‘Thereupon; the married women looked at their husbands ‘err an expression signifying their entire ratification of the dominie's remarks. fl In the Main street Methodist chureh the pulpit was, filrea in the morning by Mr. Joseph Parker, what preached a very abie devotional and exhortative, sermon. Mr. Parker is a successful and wealthy, jeweller and watchinaker of Paterson, but the talent ce Gisplays in religious lectures proves him to have, Bote oe phesd caiculaied te be @ minister of the spel In the same chureh in the evening the sermon was. reached by the pastor, Key. Wiillam Lord, who has; ust returned from @ summer's vacation, inuch im- Proved in health. His subject last evening was “God's Great Merey.” “God's mercy 14 universal. It penetrates into tue deepest researches of sorrow and sudering. lt pervades paiaces as weil ag the lowest haunts of vice and misery. Jt pervades, altke the miserable attic and cellar and the decorated, mansion. God's mercy is co-equal with his existe euce; irom everlasting to ever! it endureth,?” Rev. T. E, Scuper, of New York, fil the buipiy of the Broadway Reformed church, the regular pas-?, tor being absent. Dr. Banvard, of the First Bapusti church, not having returned from his vacation, nig neeeeee were edifted by @ very interesting dis- course by the Rev. Dr. Parker. The St. Panl’s Pro- testant Episcopal church being closed for its ann, renovation the matn portion of the congregation, atteaded the Church of the Holy Couimunion, in. Market street, where the regular , Re Hewes, preached. Rev. Mr. Lo’ the Cross, strect Methodist church, being abyent at the Meth-: odist camp meeting, his pulpit was filled by % stranger. Servis LANGDON’s Wi11.—The will of the late, re Langdon was adiitted to probate ate} Judge Spauiding yesterday morning. The execu-) tors named are J.D, F. Slee and Samuel L. Clem-i mens, of Buffalo, and Theodore W. Crane, Charles! J, Langdon and Mrs. Olivia Langdon, of this city. The farm on East Hull, qn which Mr. Lang-) don recently erected & ‘summer cottage, bequeathed to Mrs. Crane and to his nephew, An- drew Langdon, and _his uleces, Julia aud Henrietta; Langdon and Elia Woodward, he gives to each the: sum of $6,090. The residue and remainder of his estate 1s given in trust to lus executors to perform: the coparinership agreement of J. Le peed Co., and to execute all his agreements and contracts) heretofore made, Alter which the residue of the es-| tate, real and personat property, 18 to be divide equally between his two ‘ohntdren and Mrs. Lang- don, the amount of which will reach about a million dollars. Bimira Advertiser, AUQUS Lis