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a ELIGIOUS. The Mirror of Christian Hopes and Fears Held Up to Nature. Sensational Preachers Throw- ing Mud at Napoleon, 'rhe Naturé and Value of a Just Government, Consoling Faith of @ Christian Fey Destruction of Everything Preache and Prayed Tor. " Christ Knocking at the Door of tho Christian Heart, Special Reports of Sermons by Preachers in the Metropolis, Washingten and Other Places. Notwithstanding the fact that the emigrés at the watering places are still enjoying the cooling breezes, the dashing surf and the questionable en- Jjoyment of summer fashionable existence, the at- tendance at the churches yesterday was by no means small. So mapy of our sensational preachers make it a rule to ‘point the moral and adorn ‘the’ tale” o1 the Franco-Prussian stroggie in their weekly manifestos from the pulpit, that m the absence of “extra’’ editions of morning ‘and evening papers hundreds seek the excitement of the churches, there to hear authoritative opinions expressed on the war and tts probable consequences. This may account for the fact that even in the heat of yesterday all the places of worship were well attended. As will be observed, however, by the readers of the following reports of tho ser- mons, other topics of higher interest than the war ‘were dwelt on by the preachers, and tt is to be noped with good effect. AMERICAN FREE CHURCH. Confidence in the Almighty—lequent Sermou by the Rev. Charles B. Smyth. ‘There was a fair attendance at this church yester- day. After the usual preliminary services the Rev. Mr. Smyth took his text from Hebrews vi, 19~ “Which hope we have as an anchor ot the soul, both sure and steadfast.” He said:—Napoleon 13 dead—not, indeed, yet stiffened for coffin, but his dynasty has evidently breathed its last. The “bap- tism of fire’ burned up the prospects of his son. Prussian sabres have shaved of his imperial. Prussian guns have battered down his hopes. And why? Because he made not God his trust. I have Jooked upon Napoleon IIT. as the greatest statesman of hia time, but that time is pai Tsay he Was the greatest, but im declaiiag war against Prussia when he did be committed an irreparable blunder. Puifed up with pride—mfated with vanity at the retrospect of the prosperity which God had given him as the ruler of the Frouch people—he im- ugined that his sun would never set, and that he had put to will the SUBJUGATIQN OF TSE PRUSS and the thing would be dene. France had enjoyed a great Measure of prosperity under his reign; bat, i hazzar of old, he becaiwe wo self-confident aud trusted too much to his own sagacity, The re- pull 18 seen in the news which now reaches us daily of Prussian victories and French defeats. We may all learn a lesson irom these facts as to the How few m youth they baild our castles Hiled with air, ana ric of a vision, Es- 1 we follow not the not from conviction g some great , on reaching ili unceriainty of mere eartily nopes, ever conciude in persons had hoped! youth we high, to find th alterward Gievaicd only on bhe Daseless pec this the p wit leadings of Provider sotcuty, We are like a p eminence, We by aegr life as the summit our i and like a bed on the wing, unex’ fowler, we drop int we re. It be- comes Us as Cirstians tv W are rauspiring around as—to make ourse Har with the daily record of t us—and to coulwast Uh the siabillty of the eteraal bi obtained by faith in Jesus Christ, Christian is compared 1a ¥ tto AN ANCHOR OP THR SOUL, both sure and stead! 1 he of those instances 4n Scripture m why 18 put for th Ut 18 evident from the Bn Uhat dimeut and si fall our he nor of the ship ¢ so Christ has ed His church to tne a Stability tha substan coumprehends a great varie as the hope of par- don, of peal of Sanctilica- tion, of adc the body, of eternal life and en. in Ro- mans, v.,jl-5, Ui Paul speaks of our hope In its incipicucy and ia its fruition, and traces tt through the intermediate course through which it acquires strength. At the onteet, when tle believer begins to exercise faith, it is very different in degree from what it 1s wheu it has chcountered overcome the difticul- Ues with which it has had to coutend through a long course of CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE, as the hope of a mariuer, when he is yust leaving port, is very different trom that Which he possesses -when he is entering the desired haven tor which he set Ball, alter encountering the squalls and storms of the voyage. Having reached his destination and cast anchor, his y betng safely moored in the bay, and thus made » and steadfast, as he lowers lie row boats to convey himself and passengers to the shore he has no longer uny fear about their safety. 20 the Christian, assured that Christ having entered within the vaie, his anchor 1s cast, Muds his hopes SURE AND STEADFAST. ‘This js the great hope of which we should all seek to be possessed. Oue may start in life with the expec- Wauon of becoming a millionnaire, or a distinguisned Biatesmian, or a glorious warrior, or a powerlul and Tamous emperor, and after all fail to reach the helgat of lis ambition, or, having reached the pinnacle, to retain his place thereon for more than an hour; bat ‘he who sets lls heer! on heavenly things, and seeks the giory, honor aad power that come only from obedience to God will find that he has cast anchor ‘Within the Vale—au anchor to the sonl both sure and Bicudlast, CHURCH OF THE STRAYGERS, Whom Ged Henors—Sermon by tho Rev. Dr. Deems. ‘There was yesterday, as usual, a large congrega- tion at the Church of the Strangers, who had gath- ered to hear a discourse by the Rev. Dr. Deems. ‘The text was from John xil., 26:—“If any man love me him will my Father honor.” The road to the highest honor les in the devotion of the life to the service of Jesus, sald the Doctor; and this 1s true in every department, the lowliest as weil as the loftiest. ‘It was shown that the appeal here is to our love of approbation. Some @hristians have odd notions about praising others, and insist that it should never ‘bedone. Parents abstain from praising their chil- dren because it makes them ‘conceited,’ ,) é THE TRUE DOCTRINE ‘was expounded to be that children and men onght not to be pratsé@d for what they have of the accidents of fortune, but for what they do that is rigut from a love of right they ought always to be praised, God himself loves to be praised, and men love praise be- calise theyare the sons of God and resemble Him. The Heavenly Father appeals to the love of praise as a motive.’ Acnild or @ woman should not be praised for her beauty, bgcatsd she did not make that, but the Lord.should be praised every time we see’ any beatitifultidaturé: The child or the woman Bhouid be praised whet shé d¢e3'a good deet. For. tune, strengthp beauty may fall,and if you fecd the vanity of your yw being on these scores he wiil but a man can always do y such prals: The highest honor comes from God, and no man’s-praise can compete with His, Such honor ail men have who berve Jesus. ‘The service of aspect the great ends for v Were two, conjointiy. inder two sus when tuey carry out ved and died, They namely, to save men from 8 discussed a SIW SPEK HERALD, (MUNDAY) ACGUST their sins, by putting them fm right relations to God. Every atid serving Jgsus when he 1s training nis own heart and life under the thoughts of the Father- hood of God, and by such a living relationship be 1s drawn away from sin, and there 1s no other way. Men must come to love God more than they do or else they will never quit sinning, And WE ARE S8RVING JESUS * when we help men to this view ol the case and assist them iu being thus delivered from their sins. Then, in the second piace, Jesus ts served by us when we inguence other men to trust the claims which Jesus pat forth. He claimed to be the life of men and the light of the world and the holder of ail spiritual power. These are claims which we can scarcely prove logically to our fellow men; but if we demonstrate in our lives that these claims are valid, So lar a3 We are concerned, others will be induced to trust, If we submit our intellects and hearts to His guidance and control, and these cause a transformation and an elevation, a spirituality, a mora! force, a persistence against and triumph over great inoral odds, we make others feel tho Paremieuuk Mmaportance and trath of the ciaims of ess, ‘fhe honor which comes to such men from God was a in three ways:—First, in the upbuilding ° A NOBLE CHARACTER. The devotion of one’s life to Jesus develops strength and ienderness, truthiviness, heroism, chivalry— Whatever great men most admire and pure women most love. It is the lofgiest independence. The Wan 18 sure of his reward, which circumstances cannot touch, because itis in him. Second, the con- Udence of one’s fellow men is won. Let a banker or mechante, a lawyer or a bootblack, & philosopher or a lowest menial, @ man in any condition, sincerely serve Jesus im the way described, and their fellow Mien will discover it, and even those who are farthest trom serving Jesus will admire it and confide in bum, Every man serves his country, lis city, hia social circle, his family better by being A TRUS SERVANT OF JESUS, and men generally believe this, Third, a way is opened to the felds where such & man can be most and do most, That 1s the noblest ambition, to nave the grandest development of one’s self and to do the most for one’s fellow men. You may caucus and wire-work for & grand place and Jali, But if you devote yourself wholly to Jesus you will make @ little place grand, and when you grow too large and nobie for the little place ‘the Father” will honor you by putting you into the larger place, Therein is the digerence between a wicked and @ holy ambition. {twas shown, in conclusion, that this honor was open to any man, and how glortonsly tt haa veen illustrated in some of the simplest men. JANS STREET UNITED PRUSBYTZRIAN CHURCH. “Is God Plenteous in Mercy or Not ?—Ser- mon by the Rev. G. D. Mathews. Eyery pew in the above church was yesterday filled by respectable and attentive worshippers. This may be attributable perhaps to the fact that chis church 1s not exactly what 1s called a ashion- able’ one. After the usual prayers had been offered up, and some expressive hymn#,rendered in an artistic manner, the pastor announced that his text would be Psalms, ciil., 6:—“The Lord executeth righteousness and Judgment for all that are op- pressed. He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel, The Lord is mer- ciful and gracious, slow to anger and pleptecus in mercy.” He said:—In the days of Joseph, when the famine raged in Egypt, after those seven years of dearth, when the whole land was devastated and STARVATION STALKED ABROAD, then was the wisdom of Joseph extolled for laying up cora in the daysof plenty. In Egypt alone was there abundance, solely through the foresight of one man, a$ all the counties around had their seven years of plenty as wellas Egyp , but n0 thoughts of ‘he future possessed the Inhabitants. They ate and drank, feasted and rivted, until ail at once their merriment was cut short and their rejoicing turnea to weeping. No more was music and gayety heard in their hails—the powerful and the oppressed all suffered alike. The strong were made weak and puny, but the weak were not made strong. Grim death visited all equally, and nothing was heard but tribulation and weeping. How readily thea did men forges their and guimosiiies uuder the pressure of dire necessity. We find that the very greatest eneuues of Joseph quelled their feelings and went down into Egypt aud even begged irom Dia the food to keep them alive. Low beauti- fui did that land of Egypt then appear to them! What praises did they not bestow upon Joseph, whom heretofore tiey had reviled | He, remembering uot the evils tnéy had done him, in @ moment forgiving the pasi, sup- piled them with ail they Fr the gene- rosity of from starvation. HOW beautiful it is to see a Buman being so forgiv- ing in bis uature, 80 truly Chariable tu mis doing yet how incomparably beauiiul 18 God In lis deat ings with men, how forgiving and long-suffering | The preacher here said be princtpaily wished to | direct the attention of tue cougregation bo Lue latter part of the text— “THE LORD I3 P TEOUS IN MERCY." No mere human reasomug can assure us that God is plenteous in mercy. & His promises do | not iead us to believe in His mercy also. Lis actions | rather leave us under the impression that He Is a God of vengeance. ‘fake, for instance, ine thunder | storm and the lightning in 1s destructive course, scattering death Wherever tt strikes. Look at the hurricane, sending (o eternity thonsanas of human creatures traversing the oveau. Look at the eurth- quake, shaking the buudivgs of the world to their joundations, striking terror to the inhabitants— FAMINE, PESTLLUNCE AND WAR, War, that dire scourge of the human race, causing homes lo be made desolate and bringing forth 2 the corrupt and evil passions of m: We ha how aspecimen of the terrors of war in Bur: The hands of eu are dyed 1 the blood of their fellow creatures. AU this moment thousands of | corpses are lylug around polluting tie very carta by their ghastly appearance, We may reason about the existence of God, wo May attempt to speak of His ommipoccnce and om- nipresence, bu& such reasoning can satisfy only a few and carry conviction to none. We are totilly unable to speak of the attributes of God or by any process of reasoning to detine His position—in lact, we are unable to argue His existence, character or the nature of fis mind, But there is anouner aspect trough which God is revealed unto ns as a justaud forgiving God, and that is by Lils gifis to men. God made man and knew weil tat sin would come into his mind; He knew that Wan would disohcy His commands and walk In paths of nis own, in Which sin and Wickedness predominaied, if He hud been AN UNFORGIVING GOD man woul! have then experienced the measure of His yeugeance; but what ts the fact? te gaye Son to tae world in order that tie sins which men commit should be washed out by iis blood. ‘aus alone can we experience that divine mervy and be- come partakers in akingdom to whica we have forfeited all right by the enormity of our offene Thus we must believe, NOt reason, the character and ways of God. Columbus, by a process of reasoning, judged that land lay beyond the poundiess deep which washed the shores of snuny Spain; but he only could ima- | gine it—he had no positive assurance that such did | exist. By surmise alone could be support nis | theory. If he went on the grounds of pure reason- | ing he never could have arrived at his conclusions. A deunite, comprehensible footing mast ilrst be ob- tained before we can enter into pure reasoning ou any subject—otherwise 1t will be impossible to arrive ataconvincting termination of theargument. As in wordly aifairs, 40 It isin heavenly matters—a solid basis for reasoning must be apparent beiore convic- tion will be carried to human muds. GRACE CHUZ0H. Temporal Frosperity—Three Ohurches in One=—The Congregation—Sermon by Kev. J. C. Kramer. ‘The Rey. J. ©, Kramer, pastor of Grace chapel, on Fourteenth street, occupied the pulpit of this church yesterday, The edifice was fliled, although the summer birds have not yet returned. Purple and fine linen were at a discount; the ear was not height ne had tne hardthood to assert that he would nover be moved, Ho had forgotten that he was borne in the hand of the maker and destroyer of worlds, He dared to glory in himself, as did the wicked angels, but God levelled an angry At his Inso- lence, when the prophet looked into his heart, acknowledged his nothingness, and having as ‘umed me gard of penitence, he burst into those admirable sentiments of sorrow and pathos that adorn the pages of the Old Testament. Gou heard his cries and listened to his prayers, but condemned him {to undergo @ course of penance before his sin should be forgotten. He was told to choose between PRSTILENCR, FAMINE AND WAR, and he wisely accepted tne first, preferring to leave himself in the hands of God, We can gatuer from the Psalmist’s history, as just related, Wi recepts which the Christian should ever retain in his mind. Prosperity long continued tends Co turn the mind from heave; things, and to engross us entirely with our own a! It makes us selfish and proud. It hardens the heart and soft ens the brain, aud renders us unable to appreciate our real positions in life. To many itis a curse 7 =} penury. God than the darkest condition of want and chastises those he loves; but if Heaven sends pros- berity, let it be accepted with fear and trembling, and let the wealthy man remember that prosperity comes from the hand of God, and that the same hand can pull down in an instant whac it bas built up. The rich ur Hs THE GUARDMAN OF THE POOR, orshould be s>, To him are addressed the words of the Saviour:—‘‘Depart from me, ye cursed, into everiast- ing Ore prepared for the devil and his angels: for { was hungry and you gave me not to cat, | was thirsty and you gave me not to drink.’? But let the weary wanderer, bowed down by want and woe, remember that he is treading 1n the foot- prints of the Redeemer, and that his is an enviable po- sition, although the vg narrow-minded worid fails Tact. The darkest nigut is followed » of sunshine, and there 1s ever a sinili i ‘ind the clouds, What the world calls ad. versity God calls prosperity. Real prosperity i3 not Visibie to the human eye—it consists in a unison With Heaven and in friendship with our Aimotghty Ruler. When God hides His face we are troubied; when he smiles every other consideration vanishes; but all things work together for the goou of eee 00d of him that CBURCH OF THE INEVITABLE DESTRUCTION. Prophecies by a Rochesterian—The Coming Mean Who Was Heralded by Bishop Snow—A Comfortable Fuith. Yesterday morning there was gathered a rare audience of men and women in one of the smaail halls of the Cooper Institute, There were men with peculiar retreating foreheads, with long, lank frames, with corkscrew ringlets falling to tucir shoulders in studied disorder, and with long, care- fully combed locks of the texture of tow. ‘Tucre were women of that class who regale themseives on “horrible atrocities,” “mysterious murders” and yel- low covered novels reciting the terrors of the “ust hours of the condemned,” and among them all there was that general air which oue notices as peculiar to the frequenters of policy shops and the propric- tors of saddles and gigs. Immediaiely in front of the Elder were haif a dozen or more men, on the shady side of fifty, and an antiquated negress, all dozing. Panctually at half past ten the Elder mounted the rostrum and began a discourse from Revelations He stated that the most ofensive of all mundane things to Goa were ROME AND NAPOLEON. There was a great war prevailing in Europe in con- sequence of # prophecy made by Daniel in regard to the horned beast. Before the war God lad a chance to move the people by the dissemination of His doc- trines aha His works; but there was a war, and after it passed away with the minor kingdoms tuto which the Roman empire was divided Christ would come 1mm his second advent to earth. The rush of armies is fearfully portenvous of an impending struggle. whicn wil probably result in conficts, commotion and ex- citement, in the crumbling of crowns and the shat tering of thrones. Now WHAT DID DANIEL SKE? Daniel saw an image with five toes of conglome- rate tron and clay. The Iron and clay in the toes represent strength and weakuess, he prophet says they do not cleave together, nor do the nations of Lurope cleave together in this struggle. Dantel Says the nations shall rush together with a rush luke the rushing of uighty waters. God will rebuke them, and that is one point I would like to impress upon your minds. We are to look for an increa: state of commotion and increased state of contiic ali increased state of excitement; but we caunot look for the mille; m ult Christ comes, Lam hoping constantly that confuct and rushing of the nations Wili soon take place. 1 hope for the casting down of thrones, and i hope to receive Christ at the time and shine with Him in glory, When Isay Aba, Father, | don’t want him to say 1 KNOW YE Nor. God took Abraham out. * * * He took bim out and told htm to look east, and then to look west, and then to look south, and theu to look north, and then to go home to his mother's tent. On this o aio God prouised Abraham great riches and gre: jands, an inheritance In this world. lexpect an in- heritance here also. When Christ comes 1 shail meet him and teli Him I have been watting for Him. We are aii waiting for Him and the inhertiance which weare told we cannot get till He ues— after this war, confict, commotion, excliement aud rushing of armies and breaking of crowns and shat- tering of thrones. 1 now pray for these tings to com jon, that we may receive our Inheritance quekly and shine with Him Iu glory. d und (BIMITY CHiacd. Sermon on Prayer by Rev. Mr. Oberli. It is most noteworthy that the state of the weather has a great effect upon the attendance at places of worship in this city. Yesterday was truly @ glorious summer day, and the cloudiess sky ana the gratefal breeze which moderated the heat of the sun, joined to the solemn stillness witch reigned about Trintty’s venerable pile, instilled feeliags of piety into the hearts of many and induced them to devote some hours of the morning to religious exer- cises. Never did old Trinity look more maguificent than yesterday, with its countless towers and pinna- cles bathed in sunshine, while inside the mellowed light streamed through the stained glass windows, imparting an air of religious solemnity to the gothic aisles. The Rev. Mr, Oberli is a young man of ascetic aspect, who has lately been appointed toa church in Connecticut. He took his text from the Sec- ond Book of Kings, vi. 11—**Theretore the heart of the King of Syria was sore troubled for this thing, and he called his servants and said unto them, Will ye notshow me which of us 18 for the King of Israel? And one of bis servants said, None, my lord, 0 ky but Elisha, the prophet, that is tn israe!, telleth the King of Israel the words that thou spexkest in iny beachamber.” Prayer, the preacher said, is an ele- vation of the soul Lo God; it is the aighest aspiration r connecting the empyrean with rid; 16 is tne venicle ot our thank s the recognized means of obtuining al to God; it gra nd blessings; it is the medium by which ao- fortunate sinners disburden themselves of the welght or their sins. Prayer is the dread of the sinner and of wie slotuful; tt 18 the comfor: of the sorrowful and the delight of the saints. He weut on to quote St. Francis on the beauties of prayer, and said that an accurate and complete desertption of prayer is impossible, a8 prayer 18 essentially spiritual aud mental. THE HISTORY OY PRAYER 1s full of the deepest interest to every thinking man. it is not of recent birth, but ts from all time and is truly catuolic, being found in various forms all over theearth. 1tis first seen in Paradise, and is called in the deautilul and touching language of the Holy Writ “talking with God.’ After the fall and degra- dation of our first parents, and in subsequent ages, when stn defiled the earth and the things of thts world diverted the thoughts of man from his Crea. tor, prayer became more formal and more reveren- tial, and ouly the chosen ones of God, such as Moses and Elias, enjoyed the privilege of talking with God. Sull prayer always existed under some phase or greeted with the usual rustle of silks and sating, nor was tne eye charmed with the perfumed array of pompous beauty who patron- ize this magnificent house of worship. The regu- lar choir were absent, but their places were well supplied by a corps of amateurs. The sexton was on hand, brilliant and busy. On the arriva: of ihe faithial he distributed to each a num- ber of A RELIGIOUS WEEKLY, Which was eagerly read, although in a few isolated instances asecular daily was peered into under cover of the religious print. ‘The large attendance 1s accounted for by the fact that THREE CONGREGATIONS worshipped side by side in the church. Grace chapel, on Fourteenth sireet, which is closed for re- pairs, was fally represented, The members of Calvary church, on Twenty-first etreet, near Fourth avenue, Which is also closed, attended in large num- bers, on the invitation of the pastor, while several of the regnlar hebiues of the church came to listen to the word of God. They came, however, without attendants, and journeyed on foot. The Kev. Mr. Kramer took his text from Psalms Xxx., 6, 7—“In my prosperity I said I suall never be moved, Lora, by Thy favor. Thou hast made my mountain to stand strong. Thou didst Thy face and I was troubled.” The reverend utieman dwelt atlength on the carly history of David, God's chosen follower. He was victorious in battle, the acknowledged champion of the people of Isracl; he communed consiantiy with his Creator while’ he eujoyed the goods of thts world in profusion and distribnted them with a mu- nificent han. He had ascended a pinna- cle which ts even beyond the reach of human ambition. He was the friend of God and the idol of men, wad when be gad gained this giddy other; and even when the nations became blinded and worsiipped the various attributes of the Deity as distinct gods, they used some form of prayer which was really spiritual—not addressed to the statue, but to the invisible, supreme vetng repre- sented by the statue. In prayer that LONGING FOR THE SUPEBNATURAL which all men have in a grearer or less degree finds its object. In prayer the heathen who worships lo ignorance, the Moslem, the Jew and the Chrisuan address the same Supreme Being, and have some- thing im common. The power of prayer is best seen from its effects. The history of the prophet Eusha, from which the text is taken, shows this tn a wonderful degree, The King of syria was waging war against the King of Israel, and the prophet revealed the plans of his enemy to the latter. The King of Syria, suspecting treachery, biuntl asks his iollowers which of them 1s in league wit! the enemy. They answer that none of them are, but that Klusha the Prophet informed the King of Israet of his plots. Then the King of Syria determined to find phe ners aud, hearing that he was in Dothaa, invested that place with a large force. In the morn- ing the prophet’s servant saw the vesteging army and told his master. And he answered, “Fear not, for they that be Wlih us are more than they that be with them.” Then ie asked the Lord to open his. bs and he saw the mountain full of horses ana chariots of fire round about Elisha. Again does Elisha pray, and the enemy 1s struck wiih mental blindness, jand he entered their camp and toid them they were atthe wrong city, but that he would guide them to the man whom they sought. And he led them into Samaria, and when they were in the midst of the enemy’s forces he prayed to the Lord to open their eyes, and they were astonished to find themselves surrounded b’ the Israelites. In this story we bave au extraoral- nary instauce of tae efiiciency of prayer, and Holy ‘Writ abounds with STUPENDOUS MTRACLES wronght by the agency of prayer. The aead were raised to life, the sick cured, sight was granted to the blind and children to the childless, food was raul- \plied and countless other wonders were verformed | wer may oy But all those things were merely ty of the spiritual effects which follow earnest, trusting PD Prayer is’ a tremendous power, which com- pels God to listen to man, He has promised that if we ask We shall receive, and if we seek we shall find. But there is not enough prayer. We do not avail ourselves of the great boon which is oars. We lack faith, and when we do not gee the immediate results we grow indoient and neglect thia great duty. Christians, then, should pray with conti. dence, and even for little things, and the good God will fulfil his promises and will pour forth his races On those who ask for them as children ask eir father for bread, THIRTECNTH STREET CATHOLIC CHURCH. The Feast of St. Bernard~Sermon by the Rey. Father O’Farrell, of St. Peter's. The Feast of St. Kernard was celebrated in the ttle Catholic church in Thirteenth street, near Tenth avenue, yesterday, by a grand High Mass, ‘The pas- tor, the Rev. Father Healy, was the celebrant. He was assisted by @ deacon and sub-deacon, The church 1s not a very large one, The congregation is made up from the poorer classes of the neighbor- hood, and is, a8 a consequence, not quite so gor- geously fitted up as are certain of the Catholic churches tn other parts of the city which atiract the élite to thelr services every Sunday. The church nas asmall organ of gooa tone. The choir consists of volunteers from among the young folks who beloug to the congregation, and although they do their best to render the masses they sing acceptably they do not make any efforts to outrival any good choir about town, That will take time. ‘The Rev. Father O’arrell preached the sermon, after the gospel of the Gay had been read. The rev- ere.d gentieman took for his text St, Paul’s First Epiwtie to the Corintilans, i, 2—“for I have judged that I know nothing among you save Jesus Christ, and Him crucified.” After alluding in a gen- eral way to St, Paul and to the cross being the Chris- Uan's book he sald that St, Paul, who had witnessed “the things which God nath prepared for them tnat which no other mortal “eye had seen or ear heard,” considered the cross his book, and Pg nothing but what that book taught hun. he cross was @ ook, the reverend gentleman said, whose contain most wonderful instructions, and unless we know how to read them we couid not proiit by its teachings. Paul had seen things that NO OTHER MORTAL HAD SEEN, yet he knew nothing bat Christ crucified. the same with St, Bernard. He knew no other book than the crucifix. At the foot of his Master he studied the incomparable mysteries of Chrisi’s re- lugion. The cross was the boox of ail Christians. On the cross the Lord taught us what was the vanity of all worldly things, He who was equal to the Father, Bie Joy and delight of the ancy who created all things by His word, became like unto us, He was not conteat simply to live aa we live, but he calmly submittea to hardships, and aliowed biasphemtes and ce to be lavished upon tim without a murmur of complaint. On the cross the Christian could see the Son of God, the consubstantial image of his father, maltreated and heaped with contempt and contumely; and when we contrasted ail this with the way men live in the world we could see how little tue world really is, and how unworthy it ts of men’s love and ‘toil. St. Bernard was of a@ noble family ta Burgunay. His father and mother were relatives of the then reigning family. He was gifted, noble, taleuied, amtable, accomplisned, The most brilliant tuture was before him, All the tempiatious which are alluring to a yoane san beckoned him to the world. It was Just atthe age when a young man’s hopes are the strongest that the grace of God came to triumph over nis heart. At twenty-two years ot age ne was called to ieave the world. At that age the world 1s all ATTRACTIVE TO A YOUNG MAN. flo has had no experience to tell hia how deceitful is the world, In his eyes everything that siunes is gold; i Adg bein | that coor 48 grand and solid, He had not yet tasted the bitterness that is in the cup of pleasure of the world, of which ne drinks 60 freely and often to the very dregs. When he has gone on for a few years, led on by the faise pleasures of the world, his beart Decomes disgusted and he begins to fee! alas! but too oiten when his best years are gone how true the Gospel is when it tells us that all here below is vanity and affliction of spirit. Indeed, when we are climbing the bill of this ive every dream is a reality to the young man; but when we get on the top we find te past gone without recall, the future with but few charms, wile the present is escaping us day by day, It 13 not diflicnit for the ald to give up the world. The summer is gone for them, buc in the ks sear of lite the flowers are budding and everything in nature Wears its most atiractive dress- Foolish loves, dissipations, when ali his best hopes for the future are whed tn the cup of pleasure, how often are they the shame of the young family and the despair and ruin of himbeli | Young men were led away from the chureh nowadays, and for years we had to bewau their loss, as did the father of the prodigal son his child, and await their return in the future, when they should become DISENCHANTED WITH THE WORLD. St. Bernard was in the prime of life abandoned ine world, He entered one of the Strict religious orders in existence in the twelfth century and devoted hunself to the saivation of his soul, His maxim was that when he entered the monastery te should leave his body outside, and be acted as though he had no body. “ Food and drink became imsupportable to hita, and when oll was given to uim instead of water he kuew not the dul ference, His austerities alarmed even his # brethren, and he was forced to relax them by of bis superiors, head should be crowned with thorns and the wem- bers suiler nothing—how Christ could die on the cross for.u8 and we live a@ life of picasure, The world was dead to him and he to the world. The reverend gentleman then went on at great length to tell of tue way St. Bernard converted bis whole family to a religious ive, fought for the Church against schisms aud preached the ‘3 to thonsands who flocked to hear bin, and then closed his serigon with the earnest exhortation for his hearers to imi- tate the example of the Saint, Nowadays, he said, people cailing themselves Christluns, instead of doing good as St. Bernurd did, allowed themselves to driitalong wita the streai ‘of the worldly. In- stead of striving to have the world forget us we liked to have it believe we were somebody—that the world Was sometiuug worth working for.’ If aman found the cross in his way he put it aside: triais to test him allowed by Provinence Were disagreeable to him, and to be in anywise a likeness of fitin cru- cified for the world was distasteful to him. The true Christian Was the tan who takes up his cross and follows Christ upt ivary, Who drinks of ibe cup of His | not for the sneers of the world. it was order He could not understand how the SEVENTH STREEL chin. Napoleon the Untappiest Sermou by the Kev. Abe! Stevens, The weather being cool and pleasant yesterday morning the Seventh str Methodist’ Episcoval church was well filled with an intelligent congrega; tion, Rev. Abel Stevens, LL. D., ovenpied the puiptt, and preached a sermon that caused the large assem- blage to listen with devout attention, After the pre- liminary services Dr. Stevens announced bis text asa poruon of the third verse, sixteenth chapter of First Peter—“Uaving a good conscience.” He said a good conscience taay be pronounced the best of ail things. If a man possess such it ts the chief moral power in his conduct, and he cannot be seriously aifected by any unhappiness or his life marred by any adver- sity, Health ig a great blessing, There are mulion- naires in this city to-day who would lay their wealth at the feet of any mechunte if it conld buy them their health and their sleep at nignt, Virtue isa great blessing, but a good conscience is tne VERY EXPRESSION OF VIRTUE, the attestation of it, a blessing Inaeed. Conscience is the special faculty of the soul. No one doubts for & moment that tue mind acts functionally, not pure- fact—but in functions, that we observe every day. In some imagination exists to a great degree; in other minds there fs nothing that approaches the imagtna- tive, Just tie same with music—as some are gifted with this beyond measure and ovhers are not able to distinguish the difference between “Vid Hun- dred” aud “Yankee Doodie.” Conscience 18 a distinct moral sense, and when Teason is present makes what we eail the moral sense inevery wan. ‘There is no man, unicas he is abnormal or ingane, but that bas about his nature a conscience. No grander spectacle presents itself to the angels and arcbaugels than the human being who, amid disasters and misfortunes in life, remains true to the integrity of bis consclence, ‘The utterances of conscience are more or less har- Mmonious and dependent upon education, especiaiiy rehgious edacauion. It sends # huge utterance around the world for right. There is to-day pre- sented in Europe the spectacle of one woo nas assumed great things in the past, and occupied a great position, of being cast aside by his people, and the nation over which he ruled breaking up im con- fusion. His failure is simply because he has not believed in the moral laws which govern the worid, and now the past, the present and the future of that man all are weak. Jf he had been a good man the people over which he ruled would not have de- serted him, but ed in a mass to his aid and helped him up again after his defeat and humiliation; but they do not act in that manner, simply ignore alm, and to-day without doubt that Emperor is the UNHAFPIES? MAN IN EUROPE. Conscience is fallible and no errors are so griey- ons ag those It commits, When aman believes him- seif right in any matter of business or duty in life and his strong consclentious scruples are endeay- ored to be overturned, that man, if he is half a man, Will go throng fire and water before le allows his convictions to be turned aside. In matters of relig- jon the fallibility of conscieuce 1s very pernicious. How many know of some good, old members of oficial boards on matters of religious umportance, when all the other members were «unity and ready to vote on a subject, that would hold out ana send the body or church it represented to ruw or tumult! What a beditling of consience | | ble for their actions, nologically—for that science ts notyci anesiablished | | cally, the joye and IS70=TRIPLE SHIET Why it Uke taking a harp ont of an angel's band PLAY A NIGGER DOGG The worst atrocities in the world hat mitted under the guise of co! of the Inquisition, the hi ne children, are due to it, Wi history of our ancestors, the Netherland wars, how all these years the men Were burned at the stake, their ashes dug up and then their wives and children buried alive in the same grayea? And who will not recall that while all these terrible atrocities were being committed that the hearts of the body of the persecutors were the long Gas saying their prayers and counting their beads \d ail this in the name of conscience. Itis very fallible, The reverend doctor then discoursed eloquently upon the way to ovtain a good conscience, It was pointed out that to do it oLe utust lead a good life; that upon this point there could be no compromise, ‘There was too little conscience in this degenerate age. Many of the professors of religion want inere anchorage, and conscience is the only anchorage that issafe. Faith and works must go together to Make a good Christian, Tiere will be troubles of conscience with us all, in our indrmities we need the assistance of God; we need io go to the cross and at its fect pray for a ‘heart sprinkled from every evil conscience.” Cling to Christ; cling to His cross, and His blood will Wash us clean. Walk with God, do justly and we shall be saved at tast. The horrors of men, women and not remember the BAPTIST CHURCH, Mlealing the Ten Leprous Men=Sermon by the Rev. Isane Westcott, D.D. ‘The attendance at this place of worship was very Jair, considering that the church starved into exist- euce only @ year and & halt ago, with a membership of twenty persons, A pleasing feature in the con- gregation was the presence of a large number of bright eyed children, After a hymn had been beau- titully rendered by the chotr, Dr. Westcott, the pastor, read a portion of the seventeenth chupter of Luke, and selected for his text the passage which recounts the miracle of the healing of the ten lepers by Christ, contained from the eleventh to the nine- teenth verses inclusive. The lesson whica this por- tion of Scripture was intended to teach is the neces- sity of faith and obedience in the work of salvation. Christ was on his way from Capernaum to Jerusalom when the ten lepers met him. Leprosy i8 o disease peculiar to certain localities, and has never been known in the United States, lt was regarded by the Jews with great ab- horrence, and stringent rules were latd down for the conduct of those who fell under its blighting in- fluence, The disease being infectious, lepers were. obliged to remove themselves to a distance, and therefore it happened that these ten “stood afar off.” By the law of Moses the priest had the power of pronouncing whether the leper was healed or not. But before coming to the priest the leper must first believe that he was cleansed of his disease, and then await the judgment, from which there was no appeal, The speaker here referred to a case in which the disease was spread all over, und com- bated Dr. Manning's views on that subject. ‘These ten lepers lifted up their voices and asked for mercy when they saw Jesus pass by. They believed in his power and mercy, and theretore it was faith which saved them. The liustory of these lepers teaches the great necessity for ACTIVITY IN RELIGIOUS LIFE. Faith and works must ever go hand-in-uand, The electing grace of God when it comes into tle heart is like electricity, or rather galvanism, imparting new life and energy, Where all was dead and inac- tive before. But man must work inorder to fit him- self for this electing grace, otherwise he never can be saved. The lepers, although “standing afar oif, lifted up their voices,’’ and therefore they found mercy trom Him wiiose ear is ever open. ‘The grace of God is free and fall, but the heart must be fitted for its reception, otherwise it will never come. Tne one and only way to salvation is by RUPENTANCE AND BELIEF. There are ceriain duties, the performance of which wil tit a man for the reception of the Spiri. And, iirst, the strict OBSERVANCE OF THE SADBATH. This not only the interests of the but those of the communtiy and demand, This day God has reserved for Hin- sel, All dulness’ must be panished on this day. Neither heat nor cold should Keep a healthy man from public worship on the Sabbath. flere the speaker culled the attention of his cougrezation to the fact, in connection with this church, tuat men seem lo be influenced by the weather more than womien are. ‘vhe second duty impressed upon the sinner was the necessity for systematic BIBLE READIN Jt must ve read dauy, and with a firm belief that it 18 God’s word and that it speaks direct Individual country reader on his most important imterests. third duty recommended waa eurnest, secret prayer. No matter how shori, or devoid of ornament, if it be in. the spirtt of that uttered by the publican, “Lord be merciful to me, a sinner,’ it Will reaci the ear of the Almighty and bring an answer down, The necessity of Visiting religious peopte and seeking an interest in their prayers Was also strongly impreased upon the sinner. When saving grace has been imparted to the soul other duties will devolve upon the Chrisan, and dtrecily those of baptusm and com- Uuconverted men can do much tor their fen mistake the way of salvation and ‘Ask and you shall re- ward, by waiting, lose all. sed an eloquent and tmpressive ser. mon by appealing to the sinner to secure his saiva- tion above all ouner considerations, Delay 1s danger- ous, and In the stormy sea ot life he may ut any mo- ment suffer shipwreck. On the other hand the Christian has notbing to fear, for he has the promise ‘+k ye iirst the Kingdom of God and ills rigtteous- ness, aud all other things shall be added unto you.” t ST SERVICE AT BREVOORT HALL. A Small bat Pious Congzregation~The General and Particular Love of GedAli Men to bo Saved. At the Universalist service in Brevoort Hall, Fitty- fourth street, near Third avenue, yesterday after- noon, just sixteen persons who had arrived at the years of discretion, and were consequently responsi- ud anumber of children be- tween the tender ages of two and ten, congregated to worship, Which they did, to all outward appear- ances, In complete lombieness of spirit and sin- cerity of heart. The smaliness of the congre- gation was doubticss caused, to a great extent, by the delictous flaen of the day, which was well calculated to induce the good people of our Empire City to leave the dust and din behind them io seek enjoyment in rural retreals or on the sandy beaches, or Saliing over the blue bosom of river or bay, Msteniag to what the wavelets were saying. If such Was the case that apochrypnal persouage, the clerk of the Weather, 1s much to tame for co-operat- ing, Ho Matter how unintentially, with the evil one in the riination of souls, The Rey. Charles Flanrer opened ihe services by leading the stuging of the bymn begimmng— Praise to Theo, Thou Great Creator, Praise be Thine trou u ; Join, my soul, with eve Join the tiniversal song. ‘The hymn having been sung in a very effective maune i present joinmg in, the reverend gentie- man offered up a preparatory’ prayer, in which be implored God to bow stow on those present the blessings and graces Watch they Were most in need of, that they aught walk in the way of right- eousness and sure in doing good, but also that de h the heart ts so inces- santly craving gospel ol Sle creature, oun X,, 6—“He caileth His own sheep by nae.” fie said there Was a significance in the words tea whict was not altogether plain tothe majoriiy of tie people of this country. To fully uuderstand thea it was necessary to go back to the days of th jour, and also take Into con- sideration the people to whom they were spoken. Ip the days when Christ was upon earth working ou aly, of fallen man the rearing of aheep Was the great means of support among GOD'S CHOSEN PEOPLE. The care of a shepherd for hix dock was unceasing and pariicular, because his means of living de- pended upon it. A friendship almost bordering on affection sprung up between the shepherd end hus diuub creatures through long and close association. fhe anxious care of a shepherd for his flock was proverbial among the Israelites, and hence in Scrip- resses things metaphori- God for His people 18 rep- resented as that of asnepherd for his sheep. The text aiso contains the comparison of God’s love and remembrance of His children; for as the shepherd neverfnegiected hia sheep, so God wishedjto intunate, by making use of this expression, that He would never lorget or neglect his people. In the Old ee te the preacher went on to say, God was represented as mighty monarch, sit- ting on a throne tn the skies, surrounded by majesiy and glory. But in the New Testament the Lord was represented as a suepherd, @ father, having tho salvation of his people deeply at heart, and exer- cising unceasing care over them. For every tndi- vidual God had made a special care, and to each he had given a particular and marking grace, in addi- tion to the general gifts which he nad bestowed upon all. He would tlustrate this by tnstances of the human face. All faces were mage after the same general type, but though in general out- line ail were the same, still there Was a aifferent anu recognizing expression given to each. There Was @ sameness about creation aiso, but underlying the surface were innumerable variations, The preacher then passed on to THE LAWS OF GOD, Jaid down for man to work out his salvation by the greatest perfection which humau laws can attain to Uenetlt the majority of the people who are sub- ject to these laws. Some must aiways suifer injustice. But the laws of God provided that every pergon should lave equal privile es and advantages, and not be subjected to tijustic: also showed God’s special care for hur legislate for the many, but Christ legis ivation for all. From this the preae and scripture sustained him in the pelle tall Will utumately be saved, God was aot Like Lue sep. Men herd who did not think {t worth his trouble to look after the ae sheep which strayed from te flock of & nundred, He, on the contrary, would leave the ninety-nine who were safe and look after the ong strayed one. it Was pleasant to know that while the world may get cold and forgetful of one, the Almighty will not cease to remember, love and care for him or her. There was another point contained in the text which he would explain, In saying “He calleth his own sheep by name” the expression was not intended ta convey the idea that God had only one fold an knew not those outside of It. Christ came (0 break down the barriers between ” JEWS AND GENTILES; to call back those who had strayed uway and then unite allanen in one great fold, Together with being a guide to the good, the Gospel was also @ call to men to return from evil ways to everlasting right and trath, God did not wish to drive his pocele the right way, but by gentle means to lead thom after Hin, as the shepherds of old did with thelr herds. And that men Would Know how to follow God Jesus came on earth and ied the way. ‘No man was asked to do anything thatthe Saviour nad not done; wo pass through any trouble or sorrow which he did not pass through, If they, then, made Christ their model of life they could die when the storm of life ‘Was past with the blessed assurance of entering into Paradise to dwell with God forever. BROOKLYN CHURCHES. PLYNOUTH cuURCa, A Large Attendance—Mr. Ballard Annvances: the First Appearance of Brother Beecher, Rev. H. W. Beecher’s Brother, and Preaches Eloquently on Government. ‘The attendance at Plymouth cnarch yesterday morning was greater than it has been on any Sab- bath since Mr, Beecher left town. ‘The choir, which had dwindled down to about half a dozen singers, Was also reinforced by quite a number of members who had absented themselves on the two Sundays following Mr, Beecher’s departure. Rey. Mr, Ballard, of Detroit, preached for the third tme yesterday, and previous to the announcement’ of his text stated to tue congregation that on Sum day after next REV. JAMES BEECHER, OF OWRGO, a brother of the pastor of Plymouth charch, would preach there, and continue to do so every Sunday until his brother, the Rev. Henry Ward, returned. _ Mr. Ballard selec‘ed nis text yesterday from I Samuel, xxiil, 3, 4—He that ruleth over mem must be just, ruling in the fear of God. And he shall be as the light of ihe morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning with out clouds, as the tender grass springeth out of the earth by clear’ shining after rath.” t] ‘The topic suggested by these words, the preacher said, Was the nature aud value of a just government, Tal n iustration at the outset:—fhe morning to uch ® government was iikened in the text was an early morning, at or before sunrise, It is cleur—a morning without clouds. It 1s in the early growing time of spring, when the tender grass ia springing out of theearth. The snows are melted and the warm winds are blowing. The streams, un- abie longer to contain themselves with joy at thelr new form, are overflowing, and the soll ts settling down and warming in KINDLY SERVICE FOR MAN, Everything at sucha time in the vegetable kings dom is in the pasture of earnest expectation. Across the heintaphere stretches an expanse of ploughed fields, and tn each field lie buried myriad Kernels of, grain awaiting that resurrection in which each Blail take to itself that body which God has been pleased to give It, and vo bear, It may chance, wheat or some other grain, Mullions of plants are already: Springing fortii, each wiih its summer career before it, which 1t is eager to fulfll, And for what are they all watting? ‘hey wait and watch for the morning; yet not the morning for itself, but only as it is the herald of the coming sun, The sun, mightier and more resplendent than the morning! ‘The sun its the bridegroom, and the morning only lingers upon the hill tops, and he comes forth out of his chamwer to the bridal and the amatory earth and then disappears, his joy belng fuifiiled, Tnhis isthe figure. And then we have on the one hand, outlying towards the west, a continent teeming with God-given vegetable life, and with God-given capacity for growth. On the other hand, IN THY EASTERN HORIZON is the sun, which 13 Goa’s great provision for the quickening and maintatning of that life, and for the perfection of that growth, ‘These two were only cor- responding parts In one great divine scheme, Mr Ballard said, and parts which could nos be associatea without bemg lost. For what would all the countless forms of vegetabie life be with- out the stimulating and vivifying sun? Now, here came in the need of law and government, for this uaion and tats application of provision to cae pacity must be continued accordiug to fixed law. Days and seasons inust be established of suit- able length, and no capricious influence must be allowed to obstruct the vitaltzing and developing forees, Mr. Bakard then turned from planis to Tankind. Here were tuiilions of the young, he said, waiting to become men and women—such men and women as God qualified them to be, and what He had qualified them to be showed what He mtendea them to be. Not that all were born to ba philosophers, orators, poets, artists or statesmeu— not that all had the same ability and knowledge; but all had their proper gilts. They were all men and uad the same common.human nature. They were ALL CAPABLE OF GROWTH and of acquiaitiou—all capable of attaining a certain | measure of skill, usefulness, honor and attection, There were millions who had accumulated and learned semething, and who are waiting to accumu- late more. Now this manifold life, like the earth in oe time, was in a pasture of expectation, and this expectation, given for something better and higher, was above. God's capacities in man should always have free access to God’s opportunity. A man should have the use of himself, tie use of his own faculues, and with these faculties should be aliowed to craw freely from all sources not pre- viously and jusily appropriated by others. This was the natural condition of man, and if it were untver- sally recognized there would be indeed but litte need of what is called government; but it was aos universally recognized, the maxim being more or less prevalent that might made right. Where OPPRESSION WAS CONTINUED FOR YEARS the ople 10st Reart and finally almost lost knowledge of their rights, because tney lost knowledge of themselves. ‘The way to come to the knowledge of our rights was to come to the knowledge of ourselves, Wheu any rulercald, “ um the State, the government ts everything, and the people are for it,” then it was an imposition, la the concluding portion of lis discourse Mr, Ballard sald that he would that the words of the text were written on the walls ol our natlonal and every Siave capitol and m the hearts and cousciences of our Awertcan citizens as iheur only guide and sateguard, Ore thing, he asserted, was iidispeusabie to na- tional life and prosperliy, and that was, be just to all classes of our fellow citizens ant all nationali~ ues. Mr. Ballard preached at the evening service also. SIIPSON = METHODISE CHURCH, TRE EPISCOPAL Sermon by the Rey. Richard ieredith. The Rev. Richard Meredith preached to a large congregation yesterday morning at the Simpson Methodist Episcopal church. He read for the morn- ing lesson the fifth chapter of the First Epistle of John, and took for his text the twelfth verse of the fourteenth chapter of John, as follows:—*‘‘Verily, verily, [say unto you, he that belleveth on me, the works that I do shall he do also, and greater works than these shall ne do, because I go unto my father.” ‘This and other texts of similar character, which in our serious moments would cause us to tremble, and in Jess serious moments seem is ag if tt was almost impossible to interpret truly, made the Christian anxious to know the proper meaning of the startling enunciation of our Saviour. Now what was It that Jesus Christ meant by tnts language? Jt was sald that it was Bulger MEANT FOR THE APOSTLES, for they did miracles, Our interest in these things wwonid in that case be nothing more than 4 lustorical interest. Christ himself mdicated that the state- Ment would have a startling influence apon those who were to bear the burden of His cause. He in- troduced the statement Wid solemnly, as they would observe, calling upon. Who believed in Him to do His work; butiy the belief in Hin was merely ahistorical belief, just as inthe Roman history wa assigned a place for Jullus Ciesar, it would not have that startling influence which Christ undoubtedly intended it should, In this sense there were a great multitude of believers in Jesus; indeed the grew mass are in this sense believers in Jesus Ohrist. If we believed in Him we believed that tie lived for the great purpose set forth in His life. If we be: leved in Him we were drawn closer to Him. The says aad DIED FOR HIM, and that by Chrisvs work he may be saved. This ‘was the beginning of evangelical iaith and this faith increased, The man felt himself guilty and ne sees the Saviour can give him peace; that God can save him from the abyss of ruue and he trusts in Him with all his faith. In Jesus* recious blood there was some mystic spirit an& foundation in whuch he might plunge and where his sins might be washed away. He finds that im Jesus Obrist be has a Saviour whose arms are strong enough to snatch him from heli. The sinner ac- knowledges the claims of Jesus Christ and goes to Him in weakness, feeling that he might be takem into the family of those who are blest. Jn bis ol- ward career he claims a brotherhood tn Christ, acknowledging the biessing of the Gospel. and seck- ing an inheritance in heaven. The reverend gen- tleman spoke of the difference between Cliristianity in the first centuries and that of the preseny day. Tt was sometimes satd that THE RELIGION OF TO-DAY ‘This | had not that deep, earnest piety of the foundation, but he thought it had, and said there were men even in the ec egation Who had been the medias of Lid conversion of many dear souls. He spoke of the wi belief of the people in the tines of Christ and the at iiy offurnishing them with evidence that He { could do what Ue clatmed—that Fle coud “do more