The New York Herald Newspaper, September 26, 1870, Page 4

4 EL Sunday Services and Sermons in the Metropolis. [e10us, Fervor of Faith and the Folly of Fashion, A Methodist Clorgyman Denounces “Iell Fire” Preachers, The Elements of Power by Which tho Saints Have Conquered. srother Beecher in the Midst of His Flock. Swinging the Historic Pendulum from a Lofty Paipit. ‘The Moral Aspect of furope —The Horrors of War—A Colored Preacher on Peace—Sermon for Workingmen Who Heard I Not—Spirtta- alism A(tacked. It has often been remarked that the fall months constitute the most beautiful season in this latitude of the American Continent, And it seems that this year does not intend to contradict the experience, Inasmuch as aciear horizon, a bright san, a genial and healthy air avect correspondingly ali the finer and higher sensibilities of man, it is but a natural reault that the religious emotions of the people shoul be equally aroused to a higher degree, and on the appointed days for devotional outpourings of man’s filial ;ratitude tothe Divine Ruler the sanc- tnaries of God, of all the varying sects and denomi- nations, are well filled by the pious, remembering themselves as ‘miserable sinners,’ repenting of their mantfoid offences and thanking their Heavenly Father for His great gilts and blessings. Hence yes- terday the cuurchos of New York and vicinity were well patronized, fashion was exuberant and piety controlling, as wil! be seen by the coptous reports below. ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL, Sermon by the Rev, Father Carney. The largest attendance which has been at St. Pa. cick’ Cathedral since the commencement of the heated term presenicd ttself yesterday morning In was evident that nuimbers of those who went to seek the cool s! 8 of country districts during the anmmer season have returned. The majority of shose present were of the better class of our citi- zens, the healthy glow of whose cheei:s unmistaka- biy showed raral health, The congregation through- out appeared to enjoy the blessings of comfort, and showed the greatest devotion during service. THE MUSIC, both vocal and instramental, was splendia, being \aken from Penserun's Mass in F major, The parts sone most superbly were the duett for soprano in the offertory, and the Et Inearnatus terzetio in the Credo, ‘Yesterda ing the sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, the Gospei of the day Was taken from St. Luke Xiv., 1—l1— And it came te pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief I’harisees to'eat biead ou the Sabbath da watched him. And behold there was a certain Him who bad the urojsy. And Jesus answering the lawyers ana Phares, saying: I tt lawful to heal oa the babbath day? Anu they veld their peace, And Hie took bim and hewles im, and et him go; and answered them saying : Witeb of you shall have an ais of ap ox fallen into # pit, and will not straightway pult him outon the Sabbath day? "And Shey could no. answer Him agatu to these things, &e. HE SERMON, » WHo preacned the sermon of the da: neuced’ by saying:—The Gospel, brethren, reyreseuts our Divine Lord with one part of the Pharisces asking hint questious and watching Hun do things on tue Sabbath, while the otiers strive to Hud fault with Him. Feeiing what they were about He asked them was {t lawful to heal oa the Sabbata, and Ue says to aman sick or the dropsy, Go, and the tan went away cured, Now it was envy and pride which caused the Pharisees to ao this. Taoey envied Hin because they saw our Sa- viour at a z attable. They wondered why this poor man, a carpenter by trade, should be treated with so much respeet, and they asked who is this poor man that % 60 mnch hon- oredy and they — sald, low’ is it that Rie should be preaching the Gospel, and we who have been © aud Leaching the world not haviig power. artsecs also envied each other, when ai table at that tune each one Was striving to honor himself by The Rev. Father ¢ ‘BAR THE HOST, them. ‘The worst kind of envy is eds from pride. It was pride that these inen act so. it was pride that eauved the brightest angel in beavea to fal and be tout of that glorious place. Hell was made spe- y jor hum for josing favor with God by the sin of fe. He made tuat place of torment to suit fatien one. Man was made to go to and our Saviou the heaven, but the devil envied man and determined that be should also suder as the fallen angels suitered. ‘itis pride is between God and the soul. It is) not of an honorabie pride I speak, but the pride that springs from envy. in that pride we envy those Around us. We envy the successes of Our neigubor, and we envy all their wood dee The Pha envied Christ. They Saw @ tan WhO Wes superior to them and one more ertu) than themselves and thty knew that this jhe spirit of God. # ARE ALL EQUAL. been expressed very often; more 1a unis country than in others, ‘Thé expres: sion Us correct as far @s the soul 1s concerned, but in & Worldly point of view how can we imagine that ihe uneducated are equal to those who have received The biessiiys of literary attainments, or the man with- jot @uy inheritance equal io a man of wealth, in- fucnee and prosperity, This 18 only as far as the vody 18 concerned, for T again must say that the souls of @li are equal, Sometimes people are envied because they are rich, Why should that e? Is it not ihe dere of ail men to raise them- elves? And this exaltation is justified so long as a an does not damage his soul. “Itis the very same pride showa by the Pharisees when they said, refer- tog to the Saviour, WHO IS THIS MAN® Are we not equal to this man’ We must try to pic- lire To ourselves the wickedness of this pride, how our neighbors are hart by if, how our souls are de- stroyea by 1, gud, finally, the little good it can do any one. Some poopie, because they go to maas and to thelr duties, think they have » right to look around ou their neighbors, go to them and speak with contempcto them, because they do not do as y thitua right, This is contrary to all the Gospel ching. li possible we might advise with the ur principal duty 1s to pray for them, to go an Aneel down bevore the altar of God and supplicate flim in thei favor, Let us now before Him here to- aay Cleanse our -ouls from this wicked pride and trom ‘he stains of sim and pray for humility, which made Mavy the mother of God. TRINITY CHURCH. These words A “parse Congregation—Sermon by Rev. Dr. Patterson, of Mingesota—Music. Trinity church was far from crowded yesterday, ihe congregation, doubtless owing to the oppressive heat, being comparativaty small, and composed principally of strangers m the city. whe sultry at- mosphere which pervaded the edifice oppressed both the congr gation and officiating clergy to a degree that deprived the services of much of that impres- siveness which usaaily characterizes worship at Trinity, and those who lingered near the vestibule cast many glances out the doors at the rustling foliagé and Inviting shade tn the church yard. There was Very little display of tollets, and when the ser- vices @ great numer of persons sauntered in groups Siong thepalhs among jhe wose-grown tuonuments, i Dr. Patterson, of Minnesota, preached from Psalias XXxviL, 7—“Rest tn the Lord and wait pa- nently for Him; fret not thyself because of him who prospereth In his way, because of the man who tinueth wicked devices to pass.”’ The sermon was « piven, forcible argument to show that the only hope manklod for rest and contentment was in tho cord Jesus Christ. All the experience of life exhiv- cod how meapable were the successes and pleas- sof the world of affordiag true happiness, and ie lidart of man Was ever reaching out after cojects, without ever finding satisfaction save prouises aud grace of the Lord. year was but @ repetition of the 4 the humblest man who coin- rinnes should not forget that the jus Wicked have their disappoiotments and bo! and reap (he fralt of their devices. Solo- snon had tried ad the springs of human happiness u out finding rest, exceptin the Lord; end man- inever could ob.ain peace save by casting the NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1870.—ITRIPLE SHEET, things of the world from the heart ane manta upon God for support, guidance and salvation. The muste consiated of the Te peu, natal, Clark Whitfiela’s Anthem, “The Lord Great,” Bost; Ky Gounod, and Sanctus, Calkin. The or- ganist, ith easiter, performed at the organ, the assoclate organist, Mr, Morgan, being absent from Aue city, corps CoUREM OF THE MESSIAH, Tho Moral Aspects of EuropeLectare by ihe Rev. George I. Meyworth, The congregation of the Church of the Messiah turned out in large force last night to hear the dis- tunguished divine, Dr. George H, Hepworth, deliver the first of his proposed series of lectures on the moral aspects of Europe. An tmmense number of strangers were also present inthe church, After the usual services the reverend gentleman an- nouncea his text as Matthew xxlv., 6—‘And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars.’? ‘ He began by saying that it is © very bad but a very curious fact that pearly every grand page of history is written in blood, Peaceful revoiutions are very rare. When @ nation desires or determines to change its political or social character it seldom reaches the new régime without treading on thou- sands of graves, + ‘rn’ terrible war now raging in Etrope—a war Unat is likely to affect the politics and tne religion of the whole Continent—has called up atresh the old debate concerning the necessity of bloodshed amoug civilized peoplea. A FURIOUS AND BLOODY WARK seems to be the awful price which every generation is compelled to pay for peace. For centuries no man of any nationality has lived tobe whiteheaded without seeing a struggle against a foreign or a do- mestic foe. Every thirty or forty years the people even in the most enlightened countries find them- seives 80 involved in political complications that they are compelled to fight taeir way to peace, This seems to be so inevitable that many phiiosophers and statesmen deiend war, not sunply as a necessity, Dut aiso as a benefit, Hobbes telis us that it 1s man’s natural condition, and that he will never fnd bis way out. Maithus sajs that it is @ kind of safety valve; that whén people get to be too numerous @ war is necessary, not only to get rid of the crowds and give more room to those who fre left, but also to remove the superannuated who monopolize the national honor, ahd make way for ning talent, De Quincey looks out from his quiet reireat and says he cannot see the time in the dis- tant future when war will or when war ought to cease. However this may be, certain it is Wat THE HISTORIC PENDULUM no sooner touches the quiet realm of peace than tt begins to 8Wi towards the horrors of war, and it no sooner reaches the battie Held than it begins to swing back again to peace. ‘Lue world hardly buries its heroes before preparing to defend itself aguinst some new enemy. But how revoiting to our sense of what 1s right, to our ideas of true religion or true progress these things seem. How can we help believing that the tume will come when great disputes need not be set- tiek by the bayonet and the sword, and when kings and rulers wil be unable to drag or drive their sub- jects to a horrid deatu’ Looked at from the stand- point of the Christan religion, what a fearful pie- ture Europe presents. spain and italy are both in the very midst of battle clouds, The homes of the Sopeer which at this moment are Hiled enier witl A DREADFUL ANXIETY, or with @ stili move dreaaful ceréinty, are to be counted, not simply by tne hundred thousand, though these figures are so great that the mind fatis to grasp them, but by the miilon—numbers before which we stand appalled. Already on ihe various battie flelds betweeu the Rhine and the Atlantic more beg sturdy men, who are fathers, husbands, sons and brothers to some one who loves thei, have failen than all the inhabitants of our neigubor: ing city of Brooklya, men, women and cluidvea, One stands aghast at such a fact, Magnificent territories, Whose present state of culture is tue result of the labor of two generations, are laid waste in a few days, so wholly 1aid waste that it ‘will require many years to put theim back to Where they were in midsummer. Villages aud cities that have growr by slow degrees, palaces and charches, the monuments of a peopie’s skili und a people's munificence, are riddied by bails or utterly des- troyed, The te tA of entire nauons Is paralyzed, whole peoples are demoralized and their passions so flercely excited that they will not recover for at least a generation, AND ALL FOR WHAT? Simply that some one’s revenue may be increased, some one’s so-called giory may be cahanced, or the geographical distribution of a CouMnent may be al- verea; These are the ends almed ai by those who conduct the war. God will compel these kings and princes to build better than they know. Qut of ali this evil I can see that He inay bring a lastlag good. But these kings who are fighting are fighting ior themselves» Why do not the Carisitan nations of Kurcpe interfere? Our laws inierfere with duels fud With street brawls, aud the combatants have to settle their quarrels i other ways. WHY 18 RUSSIA SILENT? and why does Austria say uothing? Apvove ali, why does Christian, Uberty-loving, bouxiful Engiaud stand complacentiy by and fold her hands 801 ng as her prosperity 18 not touched? Anda why does not Alerica omg her word in a voice of thundert Who doubts that if all these great nations should combine and say ‘nougn” the ar- mies of Wilitam, stout despot as he 1s, would right about Jace and march towards Berlin. ‘The truth is that Russia 18 too big to care, Ausiria is too wary to open her lips, America 18 3,000 mules of and Victoria has married her daughters to German rinces. pul here is good reason to suppose that the time wil) yet come when nations uevd not resort to arms. Once it was : THE CHIEF Apres OF A PEOPLE to fight. Now tf the last resort. Again, war is being made so revolting, 80 murderous, that a nation hesitates along While Deore undertaking it. Miit- tary genius nas mae War a mere massacre; and lastiy, Che peoples of the earth are growing in edu- cation and religion, The horrors of war are becoin- ing more vivid, and the duties of man are becowing more plain. We may hope for the time when the sword shall be made a pruning hook. In the mean- time we should do what we can to encourage t spirit of true region which will make war iol impossible. CHURCH OF THE STRAVGERS. “Not Yet?—Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Deems, Dr. Deems, pastor of the Church of the Strangers, yesterday moroing discussed upon the words “Not yet,”’ taking for his text the following passage from the first chapter of Haggal:—‘Thus speaketh the Lord of Hosts, saying, This people say The time Is not come, the time that the Lord’s house should be built.” He gave a history of the case, how the Jew- isu people on their return from the Babylontsh cap- livity had commenced the rebuildiag of the Tempie with vigor, aud when their enemies stirred up the Persian court to issue an injunction and the work Was stopped, the peopie fell into apatuy and did noting for fourteen years. Then God sent. those stirring prophets Haggai and Zechariah to rouse the consciences of the people. The people had neglected their duty and laid the results on the providence of God. They had even begun to defend themselves by AN APPLICATION OF ARITHMETIC tothe word of the Lord. Jeremiah had prophesied that the Temple wasto be built seventy years after the destruction of the city. They did not believe the ume wasup. The preacher ridiculed the work of men who are figuring at the prophecies, fixing dates. The time had come, but they were not willing. The Church of God has suffered from its foes, but always more from the apatny of tts friends. It is so now. The churches in New York languish more from the selfish negiect of their members than from the opposition of those who do not love Jesus and his work. It 13 the Christian people who have time and zeal and money for everything else but their Church that do the harm. But espectaily this ‘Was the case of those who admit that a certain thing ought to be done, but not yet. It is not the denial of the right thought but the postponement of the right acon. This is the reason why so many ple are 80 Orthodox in their faith and so immoral FT thelr lives. The great work to be done by the prophets of this age 18 to stir men to prompt action. ‘ne following instances of procrastination were dwelt upon:— First, Christian people themselves put off great works for Christ. A neighborhood tnat has sunk into BUCH A HORRIBLE STATE that men scarce dare walk trough in the day time 1s to be purged and renovated. An old error wach conservatisin has consecrated is to be swept away. A great reform 1s to be tnaugurated, and men who call Jesus the captain of their salvation postpone the beginning of the work because of the duificulties. ‘There 1s nothing great that is not dimcuis If thas bea reason for not beginning then nothing would be accomplished. it is difficult toa quire a fortune, an education, @ last lame. Do men abandon these because of their dificu:ties? And shall we abandon the great work of bringin, new and uewer lans to work for the ev: lization of the world ¢ ‘here are real difficulties, but in every great bens these dimiculties are led by the distance. If & course is right all you have to do is to begin it, Fight the opposition when it arises, A second reason of the postpouement is covetousness. Tuat is the besetting sin of Christians. Men cannot be Unleves and murderers and stay in the Church, but they can be covetous. These Jews sald, “It is not time to build Jehovah's tempic.”” Jehovah said, “Is it time for you, then, wo live in celled houses, and this house not be built?” Look at the time Chris- tians have for their stores, for visiting, tor concerts, for everyting Which ministers to their taste for ma- terlal tings, bus uot time for the Cuurch. Tere is no Wrong in having ceiled houses; the wrong 1s the unbuilt seen ‘The Jews had had time to bring cedar from Lebanon and erect VILLAS ON ALL THE PAIR SITES around Jerusalem, while there lay flat and bare the foundation of the temple. A tiird reason was their waiting for all thiags to be ready, Tuat uever hap- pens, in every grea’ uadertuking some one is be- pind ce mmpeopared. There ts the work to be done. Go atit, your activi Examples of ‘this were from history, Suppose Luther had Ro chi was or bows ti Wattod unc dewish ‘ WiOUr wi ehifeumed aud Homan rulers hed beoome ready. Another lustance 1 in the postponement of honest forty ‘nis would lead to penitence. Men know that {i must be done; but not yet, not yet. Vhat makey jnerchants ipts. No myer- ‘chant denies tat nid books Must be examined; but the carciess suy “Not yet.” Another jpstance is the postponement of ite macter of giving gerious attention to the salvation of the soul, muse be done. No one denies it; but not yet. Men are pores, but postpone tke suiject, The young man as Hs “WILD OATS” TO SOW. The young g.ri has her season of frivolity to pass through, ‘The map of business has certain thin he must accomplish, The man of vad habits has old associates to break from. very man adinite that it must be done. Ail are Pung of, “Not yet” 1s the seduction, The lust instance was the postponement of a public proiession of allegiance to Jesus, ‘hy do you not co , bo gern tike the holy communion? You do not need more powertul timpression, You will never have wil your riends and circumstances ready, The evils of this course Were set forth inthe deadening eif-cta of the couscience, in its being in. Opposition to God’s spirit and plans, aud in the los lug of opportunities which never return. ‘Tne ser- mon was closed with an appeal to begin the build- ing of the the temple now. At the conclusivn of the service Dr, Deems an- nounced that every preparation had been made for the opening of the Lew church next Sunday. ‘The service in the morning, he said, would be,conductea by the Rey. Dr. Moran, and in the evening by Dr. Joho Cottun Smith. Gu the following Munday night a reunion service will be held, at w! Chancellor Ferris will preside, and speeches will be delivered by several prominent daiviues, CHURCH OF THE REFSRMATION, Election Gunrantecd to Diligence—Sermon by Rev. Abbott Brown, The pretty Uttie Church of the Reformation on Fiftieth street, between Second and Third avenues, has been thoroughly repainted and redecorated, and though always elegant, at present presents a more than ordinarty tasteful appearance. To add to its completeness, ® new and sweet toned organ las been purchased, which sounds through the church the hymns of Zion and helps to raise the thoughts of those who worship there to their Creator, The credit of these improvements must be given to the rector, the Rev, Abbott Brown, who gives most of lis attention to the wants of his congregation and his church, Yesterday morning he preached a really instruct ive sermon, taking for lis lext-'-Give diligence to make your calling and eiection sure ;’’ Peter t., 1, 10. He suid:—The episties of Peter are everlasting rebukes to those who would make their author the foundation of the Chure What & glorious opportunity he enjoyed to proclaim HIN OWN INFALLUBLITY, to set forth his claims to the. highest position of spiritual authority, As he sat with pea in hand ready to address himself to the churches, how easily might ho not have writien to his own supreme exaitaiou, IS epistles are a monument of con- demnation to that taith which reposes itself upon him us ube rock of permancuce. sor as we sit ab iis teet and listen to is owa teachings we learn that he Was a consistent adterent to the principles Which he announced to the prostrate Corneitus, when. he said to hin, ‘stand up; I myself also am a man.” The whole tone of the ep text stands tends aloue to the e: as tle safety of tue believer. seem to be beture ihe walter’s ey hearers against the prevalence and increase of error which threatened the life of their sonts; the other to point thes an the only direction of salety, GHOWLH IN GRACE, and inthe knowledge of our Lor prepares for His counsel, and th This 18 lO Impress the absolute necessity of a know- ledge of the saviour as the only means by which to estanitsh the Christian life. Yoo many rest satisfied with a vague kuowiedge of the great work of the redemption of the Ouls, and are, Lucrefore, (ound sluggish and inaciive, Too many permit the cares of rickes and pleasnres of life tocheatthem out of their privileges ia the care and wealth and pleasure the work for Christ's Church on earth and ubove cniatls. How few scem to look to the Word of God as their daily bread. How few “add to their faith virtue, and to virtue knowledge, and to kuow- jedge temperance, and to temperance puueace, aud to patience godliness, aud to godliness brotherly Kindness, aud to brotherly kindness charity,” that these being in them and unding may make them that they shall be neither barren nor unirutful in the knowledge of ‘OUR LORD JESUS CITRIST. i, Ais warning ultumate aug of z While we are not alive to the necessity of greater devotion to our Lord it 1s impossible to attam to that high calling and election to waich it is the duty of every Christian to attain. And is there not cause here for diligence when the mroads of the world upon the Church are so plain; when day after day is given to earthly cares, while a single day is grudged to God; wile churches are half empty and places of amusement are crowded, while excite- ment of the scpses is more desired than communion with our Father in heaveny Much need, then, ts there for earnest counsel, Mr, Brown continued at some lengii, and con- cluded by saymg:—vhb, give diligence, give gence, to make your calling and election sire; m haste to secure your hope in Ourist, tor 113. 0! was shed for your soul. SsTaunr ot CHIRGH 5 After Unsecu Things- Ser- Christian Longi mon by Kev. H. ©. Hayden. A respectable audience the Forty-second street Presbyterian church to hear asermon from Rey, H. ©, ‘den, nied divme from Ohio. The preacher wok bls text trom Rev- elations xit., 11:—"And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testi- mony; and they 1oved nottheir lives unto the death Faith and open yision, sald he, do often seem of kindred power. There are tines when. the earthiy wod the heavenly estate of the believer seem to be alongside, and the shouts of the CRarch militant mingle with (he shouts of the Church triumphant on the borderline, We shou id naturally expect in this life some foreshadowing of the characteristics of the futore life of glory. The beginning forecasts the end, asthe planting of the Puritan pilgrim colony forecast the type of elviitzation which should prevail on this continent, the glory Of our institutions of Jearning and religion and the perinanence of our civil and religious liberty. in Uke manner the wou- arous inauguration of the kingdom of Christ at Pentacost foreshowed its vast tacrease and rapid spread ull over the world, Now, without doubt, Christ worked up certain extradrdimary hopes m the minds of men. He was explicit 1m Sayibg that ts Kingdou: was not of this world. king He was, but aiter no earthly fashion, His sceptre was i sway only loving souls and be maintained by no ghitering squadyons. Bringing life and immortality out of obscurity dato light, He gave a distincuveness to fuvure. UNSEEN AND SPIRITUAL THINGS which carried the hearts of His followers forward and tixed them upon the inheritance of which fH spoke. ‘fhe early disciples anticipate the spe coming of the Lord to fulfil their cherished hopes and kept sieadiiy in view the heavenly Canaan whither Christ the forerunner hath for us entered, ‘The wondrous power of this faith in unseen things can be traced on the pages of the carly history of the Clurch, ana has giaddened the hearts of mil- lions through elghteen centuries. The significance of this for Christians may be readily seen, This is a world of longing hearts, dissatistied with present experience, hoving that the coming time will bring rest to troubled souls and light to them that now sit in darkness, Kut there 1s” a vast difference in the experience of men according as their re- Iigious faith 18 settied or afloat. The creations of men’s fancies are a poor story. for troubled souis, bat the Christian faith’ holds before the ininds of men well defined expectatior fastens upon Christ and iooks to Him with a strony assurance for heip in life, deliverance in death and complete sanctification o/ our sin-defiled nature and its @nal glorification with Him. Christian faith alone has STOOD THE TEST OF AGES, the tortures of the persecators and the scofts of the impious. Christian tongings bave a character of their own, different from mere human longings, be- cause they take their inspiration from the word, from the work and from the spirit of Christ. Bat this longing to be useful must not spend itself in musing aud rhapsody. It must be active and ener- getic. There comes in, too, an element of patient walling and self-sacrifice. ‘Thus Paul links his in- tense yearnings after spiritual good with the most laborious side of Christian service. His strong faith aad hope inspire his daily toll and nerve his soul to endurance while he fights the good tight. So must iv ever be with Christians; for their life is in the world and the world will not be reclaimed. ‘There is @ constant, neyer-ceasing siruggie, and the thought of heaven must inspire us to iuy hold of THE ELEMENTS OF VICTORY. The means by which Christians will overcome their eneinies ure the blood of the Lumb, that 1 the atonement of Christ, which ts of infinite power against our joes within, our Qoruly passions and against the direct attacks of our foes (rom without. ‘The Christian, then, has no divided heart, no selfish lear awed by the terrors of hell, There is no holding back when Christ demands sacrifices of time, or treasure, or life, So between us and the realization of our longings lies a Stretch of distance which must be filled wy and traversed, The elements of power by Which the saints have conquered must be lald hold of to Hght the battles oi our times, The blood of Christ cleansed from all sin, the word of God en- duyeth forever, and the testimony of the early Ohris- tans holds equaliy weil for the present time. Chris- tians must nol therefore, be disheartened at the lenath of the roud aad the obstacles ia the way to 85 mbled yesterday in heaven, but must strive upward and onward, trust- Fated parma tee he acnerrnt heard, noe at ‘ontored “into the heart of man to ve CHURCH OF THE HOLY LIGBT. Christ the Mediator—Sermon by Rev, 8. (. La ee A numerous and devout congregation assembled yesterday morning in the Churoh of the Holy Light, im Seventh avenue, near Thirty-fourth street, to take part jn the religious services of the Sabbath. ‘The preacher took his text from the fi/th verse of the second chapter of St. Paul's first eptstic to Timo- thy—‘For there 1s one God, and one mediator be- tween God and man—the man Christ Jesus.” When Ada fell, said tue preacher, and brought tncalou- lable miseries on the whole human race, he was not left altogether without hope. Even at the very moment when the sentence of exile was Pronounced against him and bis descendants Almighty God gave hin @ ray of bs 74 which was to culighten his path through itfe. He sald that from the seed of the woman would spring one who would crush the serpent’s bead, This was the promise of a Kedeemer, and It was this promise which cheered the hearts of the prophets and patrt- archs of old. Misfortunes caine apace. Sin aud disbelief yes supreme over the greater part of the world. ‘Tue Jewish people,,the chosen nation of the Lord, fell away and became corrupt. Yer amid this widespread desolation tue Jews, at least, had an unshaken confidence in the commg of a Re- deemer who should free them trom a aiuiction and reinstate them tn their proper position before God, But the Jews were eassenitaliy carnal and worldly. ‘They looked more to their expected deliverance from Koman bondage thao to their SPIRITUAL REDEMPTION from sin and its baueful consequences, and they ex- pected that the Redeemer would come as a mighty Usaiped und majesty, compelling ail the nauons of the earth to bow dowa beiore tim, then, the fuiness of tue came and Christ was born in poverty aud suffering the stif-necked Jews: were blinded, and they could not seein this infant the long-expected Messiah. Even when he reached man’s estate and weat through the land, working wonders and preaching @ religion of extraordinary beauty and purity, they refused to acknowledge him cy their and their Redeemer, and persecu- ted Him unto death. By His death, then, was accomplished the wonderful work of inan’s redemp- tlon. ‘His sacred blood blotted ous the sins of man- kind, and after His glorious resurrection He estab- lished the Ohrisiian dispensation which took the Place of the oid law, and me the recoguized and SOLE PATH TO HEAVEN. Before Christ flually ascended into heaven He consoled His discipies by assu: them that He was going to prepare mansions mm, and that He Would be always beiore th fone of Goud, ready to make lutercession ior His foliowers, St. Paul, in the words of tne text, reminds us of the fact that Christ who took on Huuself our human nature is belore the throne of God a4 @ mediator between sin- ful man and his creator. This thought should be a wonderful cousolation to Christians, aud should give them great confidence m praying for all the necessary graces, as they must Know that their pe- tuuions will pass thyough His hands, ana though they have no weight in themseives, they will derive irresistible power through His merits. At the same time Christians must take care not to iasult their Great Med lator by appearing be ore Him unrepen- tant, as tuts would be an insult to His majesty, an outrage on his clemency, which would justly entail Upon them His wudignation. CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION, The Slavery of Sin=Sermou by Rev. Dr. Morgan, On yesterday moraing the ‘Chureh of the Resur- rection, on Madison avenue, corner Forty-seventh street, Was extremely well filled, and with a congre- + gation m consonance with its aristocratic surround- ings, It is @ plain, unassuming stone building, of Imited dimensions, but so well arranged as to space thai It accommodstes @ large number of persons Without ieconvenience. ‘The Rey, Dr, Morgan officiated, and dehvered an excellent Giscourse from the text, “Because the creaiure itself also shali be delivered from the bond- age of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole crea- tion groaneth and travalieih in pain together until now.”’—Romans vii., 21, 22. In exemplification of this text the preacher said there was no virtue in a noble name or inheritance that would entail liberty on its possessors. To ex- plain this he quoted the words of Christ to the Jews that boasted of bi Abralian’s secd, in the Gos- pel of St. John, lows:—“*Then, said Jesus to those Jews that believed on Him, if ye continue in my Word, then are ye My disciples indeed. And ye shail know the trath and the TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE." They answered him, “We be Abraham's seed and were never in bondage to any man, How sayest Thon ye shall be freer’ Jesus answered them, “Verily I say unto you, whosoever commitieth sin is the servan sin, and the servant abiaeth not in the house ior ever, but the law abideth ever, If the jaw, therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.” He went on to say that while in sin man is never free, Sin ts bondage and slavery. In cou- iradicuon of tis people aay What greater liberty cau there be than to do what we desire? True this is liberty in a certain sense, but is it not rather the liverty of tue brate creation? Man 1s a superior should consist in the lt aud in executing what his rea- son tells um us proper. ake VHE MAN OF SIN : bat is unconscious of bis want of isa e in & barred prison when alcep leaves him an. onscious of is misery. But it is pdt true that sinners are unconscious of their vondage, for they groan under it incessantly. ‘Their sinful deeds they commit under the protest of their conscience, ‘They do not act as freemen, but as ven who have lost their freedom and who are the slaves of their own base passions. A sinner 1s a slave over been made a silent ary but not the ain, and to @ taskumasker relentless aud ing. Every single vice is in itself a taskmaster nd crushes its victim with the lash of bitterness und the sting of conscience, A man who can really say that he is free ts not one who is able to gratify his every wish, but is rather one who ts not hurried away by his own base passions; one that acts with a stern reso.ution of doing right aud walking in the paths of rectitude. This man is free, for he does whit is right from choice and not because it 1s the law. Laws made only for the wicked and not for the good, 'The Just man would not do wrong, even if there were no law. Therefore the just man Is free, while the sinner has to act properly because he is obliged to, and thus becomes a slave. » Dr, Morgan concluded by saying that which gives dignity to man, and con choice and law to love, hberty of a rw spirit may defy captivity, for true freedom co in being able io choose ihe right pati because it is right. is liberty aity to omed ZiO% RUTHOMIST COLORED CHIRCH. Opening — Services—Prosperity possible Without Pence—sermoa by the Rev. Mr. Thome. body of this church las been under repair for t ihree weeks, and it now being completed, y Was announged as the day for the open ‘The chureh has been extensively repaired and frescoed, ‘The cetling, though not ing. handsomely gaudy, has been tastefully designed and richly colored m lavender and sky blue. The side walls are frescoed in Imitation of stone of a very light bul rich color. The altar, which is the most handsome | piece of workmanship, has been newly decorated, The sanctuary ts frescoed tn light lavender and screened from the church by fwo' very beautiful damask curtams, approaching the color of solferino, looped up by cords of the same material, Over the entrance fo the sanctuary are the words, “GLORIA IN EXCELSIS DBO,”" illuminated by gas jets, and, being orpamented with bronze, presenst a very Mne appearance at night. ‘The pews are of a dark brown color, which produces a pleasing contrast with the other decorations. ‘The galleries are also nicely freseoed, and the building, | taken as a whole, is superior in looks tO any other colored church in the city. The congregation ap- peared quite neatiy attired, and some were arrayed in very expensive dress; silks and laces were the order of the day. From appearance one wouid sup- pose that many of the congregation were Sessors. of immense wealth. The pastor, Rey. Mr. Butier, having stated his financial expectations from the congregation assembled, was more freely met by the hard working portion than by the mauy well-to-do men connected with the congregation. The church ‘Was represented by about five hundred persons, and from this number the sum of $222 70 cents was re- ceived to partly defray the expenses tucurred by reparation. The choir, feeling joyous no doubt over the fine appearance of their church, discoursed some very fine selections In very good style, THE SERMON was delivered by the Key. Mr. Thomas, selecting & very appropriate text re understandingly illus- trating it:—Psaims ¢xxil., 7, “Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.” He said, introducing David’s attachment to God's house, his terest, influence and prayers, are they not worthy of imitation by believers? Firstly, his rayer for Jerusalem: tie blessing of peace to all the nnabitants within her wails, That war, contusion, strife and disorder should never exist in her bounds, but peace,fharmony, quietness, tranquillity and pros- perity in her palaces. Prosperity, tne result of peace, should exist in the palace of Lhe ruler and in a general sense, JRRUSALEM A TYPE OP THE GOSPEL crURcH. God's holyZion—roya! city—was a type of the church. 1p 168 elevation, its royalty; its walis, its Temple sey- vices. The tribes repaired where God was feared, loved and praised. 1t was a type of the Gospel Ohurch, built on the everlasting rock, with the sun Of righteousness stining upon ber, amparting kKnow= ledge and true hotiness, elevating hor Bano” thy gat a fice ana her mist royal re f, mas roy a t fe midst oft @ Charch, m t! People, God shines forth from between the cherubiu Lu its ordinances and services; the Church 1s in the zenith of its glory, power, knowledge, and yet labor- ing for its advancorent @ pray for its peace aud prosperity, peace belag high y portant Lh & Na Uonal, domestic, personal and @ spiritual sense. Haylng peace we will have prosperity, The Church is growing, advancing and addlug to the nuuber of her friends, CONQUERING AR rors and advancing in light, iife, Jaith, power and holl- ness. Souls are being & tye evidence of their possession, when anily and love prevatl within, when we act and feel as members of one holy fam- ily; when the ordinances are regntiriy attended; When the tribes go up with joy to the house of the Lord; when the courts of Goa's hovse are crowded, With Worshippers, and when the arm of the Lord 1s made bare and éinners inquire tho way to Zion and @re snatched a# brands frou the burning. The way to obtain these Liessings i bo let peace be our constant prayer in the language of the heart and of our lie. We must provess the spirit of the text on the Ch s account, On the sinier’s ac- count and on our own account. EVANGELION, = CUTURRAN Weary Not in Well Doiung—Sermon by Dr. Krotel. The rather quaint though decidedly pleasing httle Evangelical Latheran Church of the Holy Trinity, in West Twenty-first street, had yesterday morning a very earnest, but not very numerous congregation. The pasior, Rev. G F. Krotel, selected from tne epistle of the day his text, “Let us not be weary in well doing,” and delivered thereon a very earnest, eloquent and exhaustive sermon, and one that riv- eted. the attention of all his hearers. These were seemingly mostly regular attendants at bis minis- trations. The fair portion of the congregation were not alt gether regardless of the effect upon the eye of richness and color in dress, but they, inthe vast majority of cases, wore fabrics of subdued colors With a pardonable desire to at- tract a little attention to theraseives, they were, un- doubtedly, themselves attracted to the church mainly from a sense of religious duty. The Serip- tural injunction, “BE NOT WRARY IN WELL DOING," the preacher said, reierred not merely to the imme- diate rendering of iomage to God by spiritual devo- ton, but it referred with equat torce to the necessity of wearying not in well aoing towards our neighbors by acts of kindness and of charity. This ts the full meaning of the admonition to weary not tn well domg. ie aposile suggests the probability of there being @ Dindrance to well doing; that there is # danger of our becoming weary and dispirited. Obstacles wil continually obstruct ua, those obsiacies being largeiy the result of our own carnal nature, We must, therefore, seek the ald of God's grace. The more we increase in grace the easier 10 will be for us to travel along THIS THORNY PATH. i It is the endless repetition of the struggle of our own carnal to overmaster our moral ature which makes this narrow and thorny road dificult to travel. Now and then we find Mmavances of peo- ple spasmodically dob: geod deedis—works of great benevolence. But this 1s the resuit of sudden outside pressure or of a desire for popularity, or arises from some whim which has taken possession for o little while of the mind. But it is the doing of good systematically, whitch we ought to aim at. It is the continuing in weil doing which is diticult. We have @ certaimty that our labora will not be 1 vain, for even if, in many cases, we see no reward in this world and meet only with ingratitude around us our reward is certain in the world beyona the tomb. The experlence of mankind shows that though @ man be perfectly uuseifish in his good works it is but natural for him 1o look for the fruit of his tabors, We should act with the faith and alacrity of the fishermen, who, having labored all the day and taken nothing yet at the Divine Mas- ter’s bidding again let down their news. He who sod that even a cup of cold water given in His name should not go unheeded will bring about our harvest in good time, ATTORNEY STREET M. E. CHURCH. Sermon by the Rey. J. P. 8) on Work and Workingmen—A Workingman’s District—A Sermon for Werkiogmen, and Few Work. inemen Present. The Rev. J.P. Swift, pastor, oMciaied at morning service In the pretty littie Methodist Episcopal church, Attorney street. Although the church is situated in the midst of a densely populated district and the minister is decidedly eloquent, a8 well as youthful and good-looking, strange to say the congregation was very small, and the empty rows of co- sly cushioned benches seemed to cry out WHERE ARE THE WOKKINGMEN ? to whom the preacher devoted so much of his ser- mon, Alter the singing of the 506th hyma, vom- mencing CHURCH. Lord, wa come before T! Betore Thy fect we the reverend gentleman delivered a» prayer whieh concinded thas:—"Turn, and overturn and revoiu tonize, until Thy name saall be heard among all the chosen of men, and oppression cease, and man be known 48 ne 18, @ man; and eli be acquainted with the Gospel of Christ.” He then read the lesson from the Gospel of St. Jobn, tenth chapter, on the Good Shepherd, and remarked shat it was a characteristic of the good pastor of sonls that he stands by the Church under all cireumsatances, wiyle the birelings jake, toMfight io time of dificuity and danger, but ii time of prosperity come buck when fihere is a chance for the great “I,” THE SERMON, The sermon was from the text —St. Join tx., 4— “T must work.” ‘The preacher said these few words give full expression to the character of Jesns Christ, and sum up a life given wholly fer the benefit of others, that had not @ moment's idieness, and was ali expended on the great work He came to accom- plisb. Labor is the common jot ofmanukind, It was patient, practical tou that built up this great city and paved the Way for the iron horse that traverses our piains; It was pot efected by men siting down and wishing It to be done. Work is in barony with our nature, WE ARE MADE FOR WOIK for motion and activity. Work neve man; it is worry that wears the machine; not the motion, but the friction, There is continued motion mm aif the elements, and through all the laws of ua- ture there t8 a continued effort, not ceasing for one moment, and it is the worktng people who sustain and old the world to-day; tt is the honest, hard- working people that support New York and our ua- tion of all nations; tt ts tuey who deserve the credit, not those who live so high up that they despise the mechanic, but are themselve: icks and obsta+ cies and ¢dbfficaities in the progress of human 80- We sometimes long for the time of 1diene: when we shall have nothing to do: bat that a wrong idea; we ought to be glad when we cau work, for now; bow, wearies a K 15 OUR PROPER SPHERE, and the man who works cheerfully, but not over works, 18 strong and healthy and robust, while he that does nothing becomes sickly. Wealth and awilueuce have brought idleness; men and women are not active enough in mind or body. The resuit is the system is uOt able to throw of alt that is taken | into it, and THE LAND IS FULL OF PYSPEPTICS. The preacher then proceeded to combat the idea that foreign workmen would crowd out native work- Honest, skilled labor, he said, will always be He conciuded by an exhortation to the e advanceinent the mien. in demand, brethren ana sisters to lat of God’s truth, and not leay e words and the exertions of the mint for th rthing to er. CALVARY BAPTIST CHURGH, Never Man Spake Like This Mao— iio Sermon by R. 8. MeArthar, Within the last four months Calvary Bapust church has gained considerably bout in congrega- tioa and religious status, and ail throagh the zeal and influence of the Rev. R. 8. McArthur, who since his advent las pald the greatest attention to his pas- toral dnties and kas gained the respect and admira- tion of his congregation. Yesterday he preached a Most eloquent sermon, Which was listened to with the greatest attention, taking for ils text “Never man spake like this man’’—Joun vil, 46. We must not suppose that all the sayings of Christ are re- corded by the Evangelists. John clearly teaches that many things were known to him which was not written, and Paul gives us one of Chrisi’s most pre- cious sayings—a saying which 1s not recorded in any of the gospels—*‘It is more Diessed to gtve than to receive. Even though we had not such iilus- trations it would be legitimate to assume that He who went about bg D good, who turned even the affairs of daily life into means of instrustion, would not the tne in silence. Every spot in Judea must have suggested profound lessons of God's love in the past and His providence in the present, and we may be sure that Christ did not fail to use these means for instructing his disciples. His preaching produced a wonderful impression upen all who heard him. All the circumstances of is life tended to deepen this tmpression. He was not taught in the schovis; he did not associate with the learned of his time, and he was from the despised Village of Nazareth. We know nothing of his personal appearance, his tone of voice, his ges- tures; but they must have all so harmonized with the grandeur of his thonght and the purity of his motives as greatly to heighten the effect of his reaching. beara THE ELOQUENCE OF CHRIST. Our text furnishes us with a marked evideace o His impressive ana persuasive eloquence. ‘Tire off!- cers Who came to take Him were commissioned by the highest authority. ‘They were seut lor the speci- fic purpose of apprehending him. They come while he is speaking, but they dare not touch him. They are awed into ailenea: they are compelled to reve- women rence him. Something of the mysterious before witch. Shesnanescpaneers » ie temple re ‘y . Sreated was Dow m =) of Lar soribable gran ene! Gethsemane to fail to the ground bow oh the ans subdued the hearts of these officers, In- eed, the more we study the sayings of Ohrist the more wonderful do they appear. ‘They are the true “ourlosities of literature.” And mat hrist did not make ouly talked; but bis words touched the world’s heart, and they have become immortal. As to his originality, “Never man spa! Nike this man.” We do not, of course, mean that ail his teachings were sssoluiely new. On the con trary, He often moreiy expounded OLD TRITAMBNT TRUTHS. Baton these he threw additional light—puttiny them into new and simple forms. Men knew but little of the Immortality of the soul and the resurreo- tion of the body before Christ “proaght life and im- mortahty to light.” Jews and Persians, Greeks and mans had their traditions and longings, their hopes and fears, They followed their Toad ‘to the tomb, but beyond the light was fitfnt—the re] of the grave almost exUnguished it, Deatn, so long triumphant, Christ conquered, The question, “If ® man die, shal! he live again ?”’ so long asked in vain, Cluist answered, “€ am the resurrection and the life’—“he that betleveth in Me, though he were dead yet shall be live,” And now the Christi gazing, Into the tomb, may in triumph sin; death, where is thy slog? 0 grave, Where victory?” va % en The preacher greatly atnplified this part of hia discourse, aud by appropriate idustration drew trom it many lessons of practical wisdom, He also referred to the — authority” with which Christ spoke—an authority seen alike in his invitations of tenderness aud lis denunciations of wrath, In this respect it may be said, with literal truth, “Never man spake like this man.” ‘The same remurk applies to the tenderness of Christ's teach- ing. But let us not mistake, Christ spoke with ter- rible severity. Some men are very fearful of being called “HELLFIRE PREACHERS.”? Christ was not thus fearful. No more scathing words ever fell from preachers’ Ups than did irom Chrisvs, ‘Believe und be saved; refuse and be lost.’? ‘There is no ee Seer ja the be tongue of Him who spake as never man ¥ 'e aver, however, remember that His “woes,” go ter- rible, are followed by lis “Oh, Jerusalem, Jerusa- lem,’ sotender. Could teara have washed away the guilt of the doomed city it had been washed, for over it the “Man of Sorrows” wept. On, Jesus, never was preacher like ‘hee | Mr, MacArthur closed by earnesuy urging his hearers to learn from the originality, to how fo the authority and to imitate the tenderness of Him who “spake ag never man spake.'” CRACE CHURCH. Religion Must Accommodate Itsecif to the Neede of the Times—Sermon by Kev. Dr. Potter. ‘The warm weather which fall has vouchsafed us, even asif it intended to bring us back jor ‘a spell’ the heat of midsummer nas evidently detained in the country @ large number of our fashionable churchgoers, At* least such was the nopression tne visitor at Grace church received yesterday from casting critical glance over the congregation assembled at the morning service. Not half of the regular pewholders at this sanctuary were in thetr seats, and although the church was pretty well filled, a majority of those present were evidently not of those considered ‘members of the congre- gation in full standing.” Nevertheless Mr. Brown, the sexton, was, as ever, full of dignified politeness im ushering to seats those who were stran- gers, and even if they appeared, by their apparei, not to belong to the fashionable circies which generally patronize this church of grace, ho was not less attentive thau if they had been re- nowned as being at * THE TOP OF UPPER TENDOM. ‘The sermon was delivered by Rev. Dr. Potter, an4 it may be characterizea as emphasizing and explain- ing tne necessity lor religion to accommodate itself, in its outward forms, to the needs of the times, He took for his text part o/ the seventeenth verse of the ninth chapter of the Gospel according to St. Mut- thew:—‘Neither do meu put new wine into old bot- tles, else the bottles break, the wine runneth out and the bottles perish.” A young warrior at Autwecp, said the reverend 3) er, clad 10 iron armor, found Duoseli thrown into the air by an explosion ar into the river Scheidt. Succeeding in reaching the shore he was Without the armor. The iron which Was to shield &im in batile was useless in hts. con- test with water and he cast it off, as ditterent cir- cumstauces required diiferent methods of defence. Thus, aflid the convulsions of empires, or while suffering from the treachery of friends or other en- tangiements, the Caurch finds tt necessary to disen- tangle herself from THE OLD MEANS OF WARFARE, and adopt new, as the astronomers had to invent & new instrument to show the world the stars they had discovered, Outward sigus were necessary to make the words of the Master more understood. Christ was confronted by the prejudice of the Jews. ‘They objected to His ceremonial laxity and discrimt- nating sociability; but Christ had no quarreis with the exciusiveness of the past, His form of reiigion being to teach the substance of truth and to seek new meaus whereby to pour religion into the souls of men. The learned divine gave a number of his- torical examples of how the needs of each particular a@ze required revised aud better adapted forms of Teligious expression, and while the fundamental and coctrinal truths remained the same, these forms of expression were never borrowed from the musty ast, if they were to be successful to rebind man to jod. An cloguent exhortation to go out among those needy of the word of God and preach 1t then, and not to contine Christianity to imereiy attending church and paying pew rents and alms cone-uded an interesting sermon, AMERICAN FREE €: The Fatt of Rome and the Present War Pre- dicted Two Thousand Years Age~—The Rev. Charles B. Smyth as a Prophet—A Conflict Among all Nations—Kings to Mave Ne Show— A Universal Republic. ©The delicious autumnal weather, wafting on tts cool breezes refreshing vigor to the perspiration: covered population of the couniry, in ilen of the in- sufferable heat of the summer, has also bronght joy to the heart of the Rev. C, B. Smyth in a largely in- creasing congregation. There was a religious smile of gladaess on the reverend gentleman's classic countenance yesterday as he saw the raying sheep” dropping into his fold in numbers far exceeding the usual forty on whom his eloquent discourses have been showered down for weeks past. Thero were many fashionables present, but the gay and beauteous dresses worn by them did not show to particular advantage, owing to the “dim religious light” which pervades the hail in which the services took place, Four win- dows tlumine the hall, but three of them are ab- solutely useless, owing to a wall bein g nuilt outside at a distance of one toot and @ half, ‘The sun shines: in through the fourth with grateful brilllancy, tura- ing “nightinto day.” The service was begun by singing the following hymns x ‘Thon bast, O Lord, most glorious, Ascended up on high; And in triumph vietorio Jed captive captivity, FOR U. 8. GRANT, THE UNITED STATES AND THE INCOMING POLITICAL GANG. After the conclusion of the hymn the reverend gentieman offered up @ most fervent prayer for the prosperily of the pation and for the President of the United States; and he also asked a blessing on the representatives of tue people at the coming election. ‘The pastor took his text trom Revelauions 1, 1 and 3:— The Revelation of Jesus Christ which God gave anto Him to show unig bis servants things whieh musi shortly eoine to pass, and He sent and siznitied ft by His angel to His servant Jone. leased fis be that reudeth and they thet hear the words of this prophecy and keep those things which are wriiten therein, for the time is at hand. He said:—Time spent in trying to unravel the mys- tery of the Reveiations and to establish the authen- tcily of the book was simply thrown away. ‘Turn- ing over the pages of history we find that the con- temporaries of St. John admit that the Revelations are the work of his pen, and surely when they who nave lived at the same périod as he admit the authenticity of the work it would be beyond all com- mon sense if we, who come eighteen hundred years after, began to doubt the authorship of it, Looking back through the misty pages of the dark ages do we not find thatall the prophecies of Scripture have veen fuifilied? What astonishing, incomprehensibie things have taken place since Chrisi’s visit to earth! The greatest enemies of the Binle are and always have been persons professing Chiris- Vanity, Who, through ignorance and reading works by incompetent, tiliterate men, form an opinion of their own, and interpret according to their ideas the plain aud supstantial truths Coutwined ia Seri, ture. PRAYER TURY DEMORALIZE CHRISTIANITY by such doings, loisting the abominable tmagiua ons of their depraved and Vicious minds on a sult aud gullible audience. Tuere is that doctrine of Papal infalibiity, on ‘Which the Pope of Rome has built his nest for ceu- turies—it 1s crumbling to the dust, ‘The death kueil las been given to the would-be successor of (1. Peter by the ring of the arms of united Italy at THE BRASSY GATES OF ROME. No wonder that emperors, kings, popes anil sultans should quatl aud tremble wien the Bible ciroulated in their dominions, They Know wi will follow it 4s only the Jorerunner of that civil and religious liberty which every nution tu the word ‘will shortly possess, Even in that very council (th Ecumenical) called by the Pope we find its very members objecting to the dogma of infallibility But why, then, wus it promulgated? Simply to kei that tottering fabric the chair of St, Peter from sink, ing into nothing. The song the angels are no singing im What home of bliss to whivh we art goig is, BABYLON THR GREAT IS TALLEN, 18 FALLEN! | “How are thy mighty ones fallen and thy high) Noes Giled wath dart 1? ‘The pastor here sald, “I fake you to witness, 4 friends, tuat In a former discourse, before a blow Was struck between Prussia aud France, 1 said how luatters would ture ent Not omy did 1 bay that ares