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4 RELIGIOUS. Autumnal Observance of the Christian Sabbath. PICNIC PIETY AND PUBLIC DEVOTION. Affecting Scene in a French Church—A Preacher and His Congregation Weep- ing for the Woes of France, Devotional Joilification of the Jews. The Crowning Sin of Rome—Father Beecher on Marriage ond Heaven—The Renovat. ing Power of Christ— Charaoter and Career of Napoleon—Long Prayors and Short Blessings. ‘The bright, clear, autuninal weather, 0 patiently awaited during the long, brotling summer mouths, had yesterday its soothing tnduence on the faithful, and the churches of nearly every denomination were unusually crowded. Indeed, @ more genial day could not have favored the services in our various temples of religion, Ministers of the Gospel had, therefore, a desirable opportu. nity of teaching ther focks, numbering thousands of souls, and imparting these Di- vine truths which show the way to everlasting life, At the majority of the so-called fashionable churches the display of tollets was, of course, ex- ceedingly tastetul—better still, the efforts of some of the reverend orators were brilliant and effective. Below will be found a careful selection of eloquent discourses on various interesting religions subjects delivered in this city, Brooklyn and Washington. CHURCH OF THE MESSIAH. ‘The Moral Aspect of Europe—Rev. George H. Hepworth’s Third Lecture. Bofore a crowded congregation last evening the eloquent pastor of the Church of the Messiah, the Rev. George H. Hepworth, delivered tne third of his series of lectures on ‘The Moral Aspect of Europe.”’ ‘Taking for his text Acts, iv., 19—"Whether tt be Tigut in the sight af God’’—he began by saying that the world’s leaders always illustrate great virtues or great faults. The virtues and fauits of common life seem in them to be magnified. The young men of all countries are greatly influenced by the dozen or score of men who stand In the highest places, The Carver of Napoleon has been watched for the last twenty years with the most intense interest, The Story of his Itfe has been translated into every cvil- ized language, and thousands of young men all over the world have absorbed into their own dally life Something of the spirit of their hero. The young always make heroes of MEN WHO DO STARTLING DEEDS, and If they happen to have the assurance to assert ‘that they are “men of destiny,” that they are guided by @ “star,” and, therefore, shirk the responsibility of their misdeeas by hiding behind a ‘star’ or a “manifest destiny,” it only increases the romance and the influence, It ig well enough to have a “tar” when It leads to self-sacrifice, to charity, to nobleness of thought or purpose; but it is base and unworthy to work your own sweet will, and then, when you are called to account, to lay the blame en your poor ‘‘star.” Compare in this regard the po- ic ana iniriguing Napoleon, who, under the piea Of manifest destiny, has robbed the French nation of their money, their army, their military glory and their free press, with the sturdy, rough, fanatical, but always irom his youth honest, King William, The one says he believes in “star,” and the other really does believe in it. Napoleon’s “manifest destiny’ theory has been poittical capital: 1t has been a part of the imperial machinery; tt has been the loud sounding herald of what he Intended to do. William has made a belief tn nis manifest dest! ‘the logical result of his brave deeds of prowess, ‘e follow the Prussian army with a feeling that God has chosen the German Puritan as au instrument with which to effect His own purposes, And those purposes, in bringing about THE UNITY OP FATHERLAND, in placing the baiance of power in Lurope in the hands of Provestantiain, may possibly iuvolve the destruction of the old King himself, The Srst thing I notice, young men, when I look at the career of Napoleon a3 a whole, is the con- spicuous absence of any element that can be truly called great or noble, No lofty purpese, no nagui- ficent plan, stands out in sci bold prominence that you see it ab the tirst glance. To be sure you hear him selking, when he 18 seeking the peoples’ vote, of liberty of the press, of speech which ne is to restore—to ‘pla on @ permanent foundation but it is like every can- didate’s talk before election, Its end is to purchase the votes of those whom money will not reach, those right minded men who think for themselves and who will throw their tuflaence for the public 004d, irrespective of party. He fas money for the mereenary, THE NAME OF HIS UNCLE for the glory loviny, place for the ambitious’ and a tree country for the patriotic, Men are the mechan- ical forces With which he compels bis own election. ‘Then, when the election 1s assured, he imprisons his personal enemies, ives offices of trust to his emis- sartes, he arrests editors Who indulge in their xight to speak their ininds, and, in short, he docs everything wit mere adventurer, Who 1s con- scious of his own unworthiness and who 1s afraid that the whole nation will wake up to the same con- sciousness, can do, Secondly, I Gnd in him an all- absorbing selfishness, which shuts him out. from the company of truly great men. I have heard ff great deai of talk about the benefits he has conferred upon Franc but it seems to ™me that the central poimt of everything has been “my uucie and myself.’ Whenever he feit himself weak he was suie to conjure up the spirit of his “uncle.” tam inclined to believe that if there had been no imperial uncie the nephew would have been getting an honest living somewhere. He taxes the people heavily for new public bulldings; he takes great pains to render himself popular, but the patriotism of such plans 18 somewhat diminished when you note his lli-disguised anxiety to secare the throne to the imperial boy who STOOD FIRE WITHOUL WEEPING. Thirdly, I note his ambition, This quality ts closely allied to the last. Jt is patent in every page of his biography. Cost what it may, he is deter- mined to rule. No sense of right deters him. If the Catholic Church can help lim = he sends trophies to italy. If the Czar of Russia insults him he* hastens the Crimean war for the sake of revenge. He is Willing to do ali things for Napoleon, and anything and everything tor France provided it will help Napoleon. ow his career isended. He 1s a prisoner, and overwheimed 5 oy basest defeat of which history bears record. fe has met the adventurer’s fate, ‘The laws of God are sure to vindicate themselves at last. The safest motto for life is that of his good father, Louis—‘‘Do right, come what may.” TRINITY CHURCH. The Perils of the Church—Tho Crowning Sin of Rome in Proclaiming an Entaroned God— The Duty ¢: Christians in the Crisie—Sermon by Dr. Dix. “ As the season advances the congregations at this fashionable down town chureh grow constantly larger, and, perhaps one might add, more carefully dressed, while the inspiring effect of a numerous pudience seems to lend additional skill to the fingers of the organist, added richness to the voices of the choristers, and even increased fervor and earnestness to the discourses ‘of the pastor. Yesterday, in spite of the depressing influ- ence of a charitable collection, which had been an- nounced last Sunday with becoming earnestness, the attendance was especially Every pew, whether bbe purchased property WEALTHY WORSHIPPERS, and fornis.cd, therefore, with comfortable cushions and hassocks, and elegantly ornamented books of devotion, or of the humblér “free” pattern which fills the aisles, was filled to its last inch, while a number of more or less elegantly dressed gentle- men were forced to content themselves with standing room. Possibly the bracing air of @ fine fail pean may have been responsible to great extent for this overflowing abundance of pious worsulppers. No doubt many who ONLY. PRETEND TO BE SAINTS at convenient seasons were tempted ont by the Woatuer ior a quiet stroll down Bruadway, with she 1 prospective reward of the moat Np or religtous mualo in the city and @ short, pitay sermon, Afier the usual exercises the rector ascended tho pulpit and annouaced as his text tho fourth verse of the fourth chapter of Ephesians —“! body and one spirit, even ye @ tn one hope of your call’ng; ono Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of ally Who 8 above ail aud through all andin you ait’! Dr, Dix began by showing that the divine Coustitu. tion for the government of mankind was that they fLOUId be Incorporated together In one body, INEYPABLY PURE AND HOLY, and headed by Christ—tue Uburch. It was impossi- ble toconcetve of such @ monstrous creature as a body without a head; » complete man necessarily Consisted of both head and body, So 16 was equally impessivle to separate the Onureh from ita cad, Christ’ Jesus, tn whom the divine nature had been wedded in a mystical and. in- explicable union with our own human Aature. This Church waa frst preached by the Apos- {les in the Augustan age of the world, When man had done all tor bimself of which he was capable, Inieviers, to philosophy, im art, in ail that makes civilizanon, the human race had advanced as far as it was able to advance without Divine assistance, Yet how distracted by divisions of every ¢onceiva- bie character was that ancient world | Then came the carly Church, and she knit ali Clristendoia to- gether by the bond of love, For a brief season the world enjoyed comparative tnity, ‘Then the oneness of the Church © was lost, and the world was sgan plunged into disunion, He need not enlarge upon its wretched condition to-day. ‘The question remained, however, “What was our duty to our feilow creatures: and to our God in tis crisis? Ou every hand was SOWING THE SEED OF INFIDELITY. and darkness, The Church of Kome had at last severed herself from Christ a an tn- fallible Pope. Bhe had dasneuded te 0 ayeet a depth of dedasement as to a society of in, be mere! god. sociellos, Mgnor ‘Was preached by the Ubarch, were assuring the poor man that they alone were his friends, when they proclaimed # visible frateruization of mankind AN ANTI-CHRISTIAN BASIS, ‘These societies were very active. They ministered to the temporal wants of the men they sought to make their victims. They tended the man in his sickness; in life they fare aim and shelter, snd th one they gave him decent burial. It the jurch were io conquer in this contest she would have to perform the noble duty oriatn confided to her. She, too, would have to make herself the chief and unmistakatle friend of the poor ard needy, and all her goed children must contribute erally to the needs of tholr eudering fellow crea Sermon by the Rey. 0. B. Frothinghae— Pionto Piety aud Christian Devotioa~Cant and Caricature. A large and somewhat fashionabie audience at tended the services of the Rev, 0. B, Frothingham, yesterday morning, in Lytio Hall, on Sixth avenue, opposite Reservoir Park. Mr, Frothingham has suc- ceeded in organizing @ society for bis reguiar sup- port and for the ‘dissemination of truth and the advancement of pure and undotfiled religion.” Yhe expenses Of maintatning pabiic worship at Lyric Uall at present—including rent, pastor's salary, music, Sunday school, &c.—amount to something over $7,000 per annum. . They say the work could be carried on for @ much smailer sum, only that theirs “being @ Radical Society and the only one of its kind in New York, it necessarily encounters a welght of prejudice, not to say of hostility,” whtch can be successfully resisted only by hearty co-operation and heavy contributions, They have a butiding fund which has been realized by the sale of a charch on Fortleth street, but which must not be infringed upon for current expenses. It ta determined to make the soclety not only re- ligious put social in its nature and objects, and each member 18 accordingly enjomed to leave his name and addrega with the pastor, who is about to tnsti- tute “monthly receptions,” to be held regularly in Private houses, for the purpose of giving an opp or- tunity to the members to become acquainted with each other and consult together upon the plans of philanthropic labor, ‘The services yesterday commenced w ith the read- ing of passages from the Old and New Testaments, including the well known parable of the pharisee and tne publican, Then there was music—an orgaif and @ quartet choir of good singers. Then the tor leaned his face down on the large Bible, under- went & paroxysm somewhat similar to that which 1s supposed to seize a high casie spiritual medium, and pumped hard at himself until lips emitted a few GASPING DRIBBLES OF PIOUS ASPIRATION which gradually increased until they became an eloquent torrent of prayer, that rushed straight from the heart and beat against the gates of heaven with tremendous force. It was really o well composed and well deliverel appeal; but one could scarcely heip connecting it in some way with the idea of making a stump speech at the Lord, though how or why it left such an impression on the hearer it would be vather difficult to say. The Alinighty was addressed os the friend of the friendiess, the father of the fatherieas, and the lover of those who had nobody else to love or be beloved of, and He was besought to allow the petitioner and his friends to mngie their thoagits with fis, He was reminded that He was 4 God who did not require an empty prayer nor an idle ceremony, such 28 the crossing of ourselres with the nands. He wanted only sincerity of the heart and earnestness of the spirit, and He was asked to teach us thal man may study mere words no more, but let troth he made king and love the queen over all the world. Amen. Then there was more music, and bymo No, 484, sub-headed “A Hymn of Ferleet ‘Trust,’ was done fall justice to, afier which the preacher commenced a truly eloquent discourse on the sub- Ject of “Vital Piety.” He sald the word piety 1s not so favorite a word as it used tobe. It is now held in something like distrust, and it savors strongly of cant and hypocrisy; aad it ought to be held i distrust, because it ©. peoples—the ne originally from the Latin peoples of the Rotman and Greek churches—whose religion had degenerated ito | mere forms and ceremonies. But since the word | came into OUR BRAVE ENGLISH SPRECH from those other languages it has had all the ad- vantages that good ; ad healthy assoctations could give It. Tt has now a meaning that is very good, and this meaning was given it by the good and noble English peop Tt combines all the virtues, Piety 1s nothing more nor less than the love of God. To love God with the mind is toacknowledge His power and gr and glory with our own reason, To love God with the heart is to fec] &@ warm and spontaneous affection for Him. To love God with the soul is Lo aspire to be near and with Him when we depa this life, and to aspire toward moral perfection. To jove Ged with the strength 1s to exe ical and intetlectual powers In His ser i$ Was the meaning of Christ when He commauded us to love God with all ail our mind end ali our heart and ail our soul and all our strength, and this a! But we are all very far off from 1t ye a? ‘There is, ace cording to popular 8. the large God ae the smal! God; arsh God and the tender God; THE CRU The Pacific Isla ting off his itttle fing GOD AND THE KIND GOD. r believes ie serves God by cut- , and he calls this mutilavion of himself picty. We believe that it pleases God best to see us pi all the members of our body in good working orderand put them to constant and vigorous use. In the north of Sarepe it was once the custom to harness cows to drag an 1dol long dis- tances, to wash the idol in alaxe, and in that lake to drown all the priesis who took part im the cere- mony. We believe in using cows and priests for totally different purposes. Hxpressions of love must fit the person to Whom we offer them, and thus it 1s the nature of our piety depends entirely on our ideas of God and of His attributes, Jf the word piety be . NEW YORK HERALD, a word hard to define what shail we say of the word God? God is the greatest word in any language, It 1s a word of excommunica- tion and of terror to some, of love and kindness to others, Itis used for cursing and for biessing, iv comes down to us thundering through the ages and ita origin or root_canne found in any language, tor it 1s the only perfectly primitive word known to the world of letters, To us It means perfection—the Being of beings. The Christian idea of God—the idea that rules in all the Christian churches—is that God 18 @ person, an individual, outside and beyond the world of reality aud of tistory—outside of ev- erything. Hts abode is the otreumference of space. He lives on the confines of time, He does everything re as we do, He is a man raised to infinite power. le COMES DOWN wiTH A SHOCK into the world and upseta everything. He writes a book, forms an organization, estabhshes a church. According to the Christian idea God is intensely per- sonal and individual in His nature. The real God of Christianity 1s Christ. He 1s the repre- sentative God, the practical God, and Christian piety centres in nm. Christian love of God is sim- ly love of Christ, The books of Roman Catholic Bitty read like love letters, and piety ofjtne ordinary 6tamp consists in love of Christ ds a person, But that sort of piety soon becomes a mere habit, and almost inevitably rans down into formal- ism—itnto forms and ceremonies without te spirit, All churches go through these torms, ‘ashionable people, worldly people, aye, even vel bad people, go through these forms with such an alry grace as they would wear going into a baliroom or down to supper. There must be a vital defectin the piety that can become a ritual. It can be easily caricatured, and it always degenerates into cant and hypocrisy. it is the re- fuge of the hypocrite. The word piety nowadays suggests caricatures Plety has no necessary con- nection with God’s love, Aman may be vary pious and yet be a very bad ma Several instances of traly “hard cases” who practised picty were re- lated by the preacher as having come under his own immediate observation, One of the most prominent of which was that of Joha Newton, the slave-trader; also the case of a pious biockade-runner was quoted, According to this form of piety Teligiou Was one thing and business another. Religion put money (a very small share) in the contribution box, while business put a large amount into its pocket, There is a wide differeuce besween piety aud vraciice, MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1870.-TRIPLE SHEET, Then, agem, there ares Many people, par- ticularly 1m the scientific, literary und professtonal world, to whom the word God isas naught, He ts regarded by them as the soutor nature, the heart of the nuiverse aud other grand terms like these, Ue is Taos perpn 85 atti f° Ba an « pre ople do not think ot as 8 1. They one ‘hitn nothing, because He ts nowhere tn ‘tloular to take it, Certain plety belongs to this dea of God, and such great souls as Huxley, Dar- win and Emerson are filled with 1; but this plety also had ii countericit. ‘Che sentimentalists who pretend to make # religion. of nature by smoking under her trees, fishing in her streams, shooting over her flelds, gosstpping in her groves, wasting time, that should be given to meditauion and prayer in the idle scandal of @ county. plazza—this picnic piety 18 always suspicious and generally a ud, ‘There 1s stil! another form of plety, and that ts vital plety, and it ts based upon ANOTHER DEFINITION OF GOD, God tg not an individual; dweils notin time nor in space; is found not in any tomple; exists not in any communion, He is not the wind, breath; He ts not & bald, unconscious law. the Being of beings, representing haman perfection in human form. fits truth is what wo mean by truth; His Justi what we adore a8 ice; His love what dur heart tells us love always is. Swe. denborg says He is aman, We say He is the power above humanity—the regeneration of the world. ‘The preacher could not define him—he could only try to give bis characteristics, He is not the God of the man of science, but the human God of the hu- man soul, Ptety in this case consists in uniting our little Jove to His great love. Piety is ving to some great, beneficent, noble, pure, useful end, hn preacher continned to flustrate hia argament by giving the examples of several eminent men who Jed truly pious lives, and wound us with an eloquent peroration aud a brief but vigorous blessing. WEW ENGLAND CONGREGATIONAL CSOURCH. The Renovating Power ef Christianity—Ser- mon by Rev. Merrill Richardson. ‘The diminutive but neat and elegant chapelof the Ratgers Female College, suficiently ample for the purposes of tne college, but insufficient to accommo- date the crowd of people anxious to hear one ef the most celebrated pulpit orators of the day, was yes- terday morning densely thronged by o fashionable and deeply attentive congregation, Afver the usual prefatory exercises of prayer, reading tne Sortp- tures and singing, Rev. Merrill Richardson, the newly elected pastor, preachea THE GERMON, ‘The text was Mattnew xull., 33:—“The kingdom of heaven is like toleaven which @ woman hid in three measures of meal till the whole was leavened.” The toxt referred to the spread of Cpristianity. Tho truth and righteousness of Christ were to change the things of this world. The question was, could this gospel leaven the world—a theme suggested by the late meeting of the Board of Foreign Missions in this city. Many prophecies of tne old sages, not tn- spired, foretold a general spiritual renovation of the world. The general drift of the inspired prophets was that God would set up a kingdom that would be universal. There was given to him the dominion and power and glory and a kingdom, says Zachariah; a kingdom of peace, of Joy, of righteousness. This was to be accoraing to the teachings of Christ. There were no outward forms in this kingdom. The nations of the world would outhve forms. Wars were to cease and all tts im- plements to be changed to implements of industry. God did not design to wipe out nationalities. He ‘was to unite these nations into 8 universal kingdom of peace and love. Look at THE BUROPEAN WAR going on to-day with terrible flerceness between two powerful nations of Europe, Think of the money, tal- ent and skill expended in carrying on this great war. If all these were eapended toward renovating the world what would the effect be? And tf all nations should do so, surely tne world would be renovated. A first step toward this work of renovation was UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE, The great masses are to be enlightened, and with this would be @ more general equality, more soctal- ity, more good will, more justice and equity among men. All these modern wars and countries are, ag Carlyle says, ® moral power. The Gospel its the ee ent to leaven the world. In all Uhristian nds there are multitudes willing to expend their tame and means in abetting this great work. The primal agency fs THE OHRISTIAN CHURCH. All moral reforms to be effectual and permanent must begin with the indtvidual. Christ began with the hearts of his own disciples, There were ne carnal weapoas, none of the modern machinery of reforms. ‘The turning point between sin and holiness ts benevo- lent. The good man gives money, and if he has not money smiles and sympathies and tears and deeds, toward elevating humanity. The wicked man is selfish. He referred to the parable of the Samaritan as illustrating these divine principles of action, Be- nevolence is THE GREAT CONTROLLING PRINCIPLE of the Gospel. God has so made our moral nature that we appreciate human sympathy and deeds of hearty benevolence, To this principle has been de- voted millions of money and the best talents of the noblest men and women. Keeping in view the fignare of leaven he proceeded to show the means necessary to accomplish this great work of renovation. ‘The child progresses from what is physical to what 1s spiritual, to love and sympathy, and noble deeds and high endeavors, Jt was so with the tribes and na- tions of men, He referred to tne renovation ef the Sandwich islands, and urged that the same means could renovate al! the heathen nations, There are now there large churches and Sabbath schools, and the people live in homes and comfort, and are en- gaged in agricuiture and commerce. This was one insiance where the Gospel of Christ had worked out It was true it was its effects upon a nation. not the same everywhere. In India our missionaries worked fifiy and sixty years and had only two converts. ‘Tie great obstacle there was casie, as it was worth a man’s life there to change his religion. He carried out this ilustra- uon stillturther by referring to the Esquimaux and Moravians. The act Is all NATIONS HAVE BARBARIC ORIGIN. Where was ngiaad in the third century? Where was France in the fifth century? If we go back to ancient ome and Greece itis the same. All were raised from the lowest depths of barbarism to the highest acme of civilization, It is true, no great nation has become Christian; but still the leaven is working. God, in the iuiness of his provi- dence, 18 bringing in other agencies, There 1s not & nation or tribe that ts not capable of coange. Liv- ingston says this of the tribes in the interior of Alrica. It is God's will that centuries are required to develop natious; a thousand years are with Him u day; already CHIISTIAN NATIONS RULE THE WORLD, The Chinese are fast coming under the influence of our system; they revere ancestry. The only thing 1s to divert this reverence to reverence of God. Christianity ts aggressive. The time is com- ing when Ciristiantty will be universal, It is hard to bring ignorant people to the use of machinery. Forty years ajo the Russians would not view mow- ing machines and reapers. In England the great in- vention of Arkwright was scouted at when first made known, There are days when education and liperty prevail, Prophecy declares the time will come when kings shali,be nursing iathers and queens nursing mothers to the Church. In sixty years an American Board of Forelgn Missions had accom- plished an immeasurable work. The leaven w: work, Jt was simply a matter of arithmetic, PRESS, TELEGRAPH AND STEAM were doing their reformatory work. God had com- menced His work. That Being who created this world, these bodies, the air we breathe, never be- gins a work He does net accomplish. Already one- fourth of the inhabitants of the giobe knew of God and the true Gospel. This Gospel would become known to the other three-fourths and accepted by them. Men object that this is a slow progress of converting the world. God takes His own time. Geologists teach that the world that was calied chaos 1n Genesis went through before that ages of changes. He would not undertake to fathom the ways of God. Let us believe it that while in God’s providence there Is no haste, that the time is surely coming when all the world will be subjected to Him and become His children, In conclusion he pointed out the duties devolving en each and all of them to ald in bringing about this great result. Singing and benediction terminated the exercises. SUCCOTH. Beginning of the Festivities—General Jollifi- cation Among the Jews. As stated in the Heap yesterday morning, the Jewish Feast of the Tabernacles, known in Hebrew as Succoth, commenced last evening. All the syna- gogues were crowded almost to excess, In those of the orthodox faith the preparations were somewhat more according to Biblical prescriptions; but in all, even of the most extreme or radical reform ritual, due attention was paid to the generic character of the festival and boughs and branches of green and myrtle and citrons were profusely used in decorat- ing the temples. Describing the service at one ef the orthodox synagogues is describing it 1n all, and hence we mention the religious proceedings at the synagogue SHAARAI TRFILA, on West Forty-fourth street, near Sixth avenue, Here the congregation, the male members at least, were numerously present, the galleries being but partially filled ‘with ladies, After the usual cere- monies on such occasions, among which is the way- ing of boughs of myrtle, of willow and thick trees and of citron, and arom around the reading pwipit, the singing of hymns and psalms followed, when the whole congregation retirea to a side alley of the synagogue, where a temporary booth Was erected, covered with green boughs and em- beliished with flags. Here along tabie was s; with “the fruit of the vine, the frat of the tree and the staff of life,” and amid benediction: ers and speeches trom Rev. Dr. Isaacs and 10~ mons the people enjoyed themselves, many jokes being made at @ horrid transparency in one corner representing the Egyptian “Angel of Death,” berched wo high to overtake the people of Larael in thetr Might. across tho Red Sea. The ceremonies continue to-day. BROOKLYN CHURCHES. PLYMOUTH CHURCH, A Crowded Church in Autumnal Drese—Mr. on Marriage and Heaven—The with the Seven Husbands—A Touching Sermon on the Future State. ‘The morn of yesterday broke mto a glorious sunlit Sabbath. The sun, the sire of tho seasons and the monaroh of the climes, shone on the autumn-tinted leaves of the follage of the treos with a radiance that waruied the chilly wind, bracing the nerves of the church-goers and giving a healthy glow to the body that well prepared the soul tor the service of the temple, Plymouth church was favorably affected by the weather. It brought more than the usual crowd of worshippers, Within the walls was eyery- where visible the indications of the brightness of tho season, the tints most prized in autumn by the laaies filled the eye cither in a robe of silk of neutral tint that rustled its way to a privileged pew or a hat or bonnet that was trimmed with feathers or rib- bons, the colors of which were in harmony with the passing away of the summor and the bright days that are the precursor of the snowy and frosty winter. The milliner and the tailor, the adorners of the outer woman and man, had caught in the work. ing of their wondrous art the narmony of the season, and mind and matter were in accord and displayed itself in a beauteous unison. Nature sent ita tribuce to the seasons in the shape of a larger floral offering. The flowers and the greenhouse plants that adorned the platform gave it the appearance of » 4 SMALL CONSERVATORY, . and were rich in their Garker, deeper coloring, and more profuse im number than usual, The Olivet floral stand was laden with the growth of months, now at the perfection of their bloom and form; and the wire basket that held the less ostentatious and more simple flowers was so well filled that it re- quired the help of two men to carry tt to the plat- form. The church wae crammed. When the choir rose to sing the opening anthem the ushers at the lored the crowd to stand back and not press by toepes upon those who were in the front rank, leavored to ailg them into \otion Tey ong thay if they would go round the heed the organ ga and it vicinity they would find better accom! who ceuld hear this und, got their heads on One side with teeaity. a and then. decided to endure the crash they were in rather than fy to others that they knew not of, ‘Mr. Beecher was in one of his best moods, Either the bright morning or the inspiration of the past ‘week's religious festival had brightened up his soul. It might be seen in the glitter of his eye as ne congs sight of the con ition when he entered the house. He evidentiy expected that he would warm up With his subject. The florist of the church, with @ pardonable pride in the lovely uet of plants and flowers, had set the Olivet stand on the front of the platform, that it might be bosee seen by the thousands of es. its hues and glory would inevitably attract. Mr. er directed its removal to the rear, near the mihister's table. This would enable him to pace to and fro to the extremest lunits, and the precaution was a ju- dicious one, for before he was through with hia ser- mon he needed all the promenading space he could obtain. His subject was and bis eloquence w like the music of the “Pied Piper of Hamelin.” Like a skilful master on tne keys of the piano, he moved his audicnce te laughtcr and tears at his own sweet will. It held the hearers fast; though the hanaing crowd was jammed, like sardines, he stole away their feet that they alould not depart. Throughout tne hour’s sermon the audi- ence seemed to have crystallized its three thousand self into an individual one, and the preacher held it by the magic power of his paihos and his well chosen words of wisdom. The text was trom the twenty-second chapter ot the Gospel of Matthew and the thirtieth verse—“For in the resarrec- tion they neither marry, nor are given in mar- riage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.” ie genres inane tt Gouna the. iduc i, BS ie wenly cl of the soven uabands who had been married to one samen gece tar pt baht ek to whether the subject for 0 wou. mar- Triage or heaven. © ladics threw their heads with that little feminine toss that always goes before the listening to a theme in which they have a vital and @ personal interest. A woman who had had seven husbands on earth can readily be supposed te be a wonderful character to the feminine mind; but what she was going to do with them when she met thom ail in heaven has been in all ages an unsolv- able problem to the femate intellect. The thrill of excitement was, therefore, very marked, now the gordian scriptural knot was going to be untied by Henry Ward Beecker. The femimine mind was deomed to disappointment, Mr. Beecher said that Onrist did not enlighten these inquiring Sadducees in the way they expected. What He really sald to them was that THEY WERE A SET OF IGNORANT FOOLS. What He said in wos was, “Ye do err, not know- ing the Scriptures nor the power of God.” Chri&t said that on the resurrection they were as the angels; but He did not say what the angels were, so that they were not much enlightened by the answer. ie fact was that the essentially earthly nature of ‘man, iell back like the calyx of the flower and withered away; only that which was noble and spiritual remained. ‘This closed the mar- riage side of the subject, leaving the feminine and the masculine mind room for speculation as to which of the seven of her husbands the woman of the Gospel was likely to favor the most in heaven, Mr. Beecher then turned to A REVIEW OF THE QUESTION OF THE FUTURE STATE. He rather startied his congregation by stating that acontinued existence was not directly taught in the Old Testament. The patriarchs had glimpses of a revelation of it, but no direct teaching, Even in the New Testament there was not direct revela- tion as to whether heaven was a place or any specific statements of the Lt a ioe or physiological aspects of the future life. In a graphic manner he showed the wisdom of the Master in thus leaving the future vague. In skeiching the power of the tm- agination he gave some wondrous illustrations, not the least striking of which was the allusion to Titian’s picture of the “Assumption.” He sketched the painting to the mind of his congregation, and then told them it was only colors and frazments; let them go up to the painting, scratch a leaf from the foliage of that tree; 1t was no leaf, it had no juice in it, never had; 1t was only dirt and oil; it was the imagination of Titlan that had clothed that bit of dirt and oil with the leaf that was as real to those who saw the paintiig as any leaf that blew in the summer's breeze. 1t was shocking, perhaps, to say it, but it was true; we all sketched our ewn heaven and put the Bible images on one side. It told us of princes and crowns, but what did he asa REPUBLICAN DEMOCRAT OR A DEMOCRATIC REPUB- LICAN care for crowns and princes. By the dispensation of a Divine Providence he and all who heard of him had been brought up to disregard them. In our younger days we had an idea of heaven which did not fit with our later days. There was no Mary in heaven to the young girl, but by and by the Mary who had Feet before was a glorified saint, when, as a wife and mother, the little babe had gone home. In this way, with equally touching illustrations, did Mr. Beecher open up the well-springs of tears in his congregation. Men tried to conceal their weakness and the Women dashed their tear-drops from their eyes as, with handkerchief in hand, they tried to look steadily into the face of the eloquent and pa- thetic Gospel charmer. ‘The last hymn sung was the ‘‘The Shining Shore,” and the effect upon the preacher was suficienuy overwhelming as just to give him voice enough to pronounce the dismission blessing and no more, ST. JAMES? ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL, Sermon by the Right Rev. Bishop Loughlin— God's Mercy Shown in Afiiction. ‘The services at this church yesterday were con- ducted according to the usual form, without special significance other than belongs to the regular devo- tional exercices. The sermon was preached by the right reverend bishop of the diocese, Bishop Lough- lin, who, for many years before his elevation te the episcopacy, filled the pesition of Vicar General in the diocese of New York under the administration of then Bishop Hughes. Bishop Loughlin has but recently returned from Rome, and was one of the very few American bishops who voted affirmatively on both the questions stated to the Ecumenical Council involving the declaration of THE DOGMA OF INFALLIBITITY, Tie is more remarkable for his piety than for any special oratorical talent, is singularly modest and humble in his manner and habits, and thoroughly —_self-sacrificing, devoting ' him- self to the duties of hit charge with a quiet, unostentauious earnestness Worth: of the largest imitation. His sermons have the merit of directness, if unadorned by flowery metaphors or figures of speech. He speaks not only from the heart, but from the mind, with the force of convic- tion, a8 well as sentiment, and 1s less argumentative than cordially advisory. None can listen to him without being Impressed not only with the force of what he says, bot the thoroughly honest apostolic purpose of the man im saying it, Yesterday he preached from THE GOSPEL OF THE DAY, which relates the incident in the life of our Saviour when a man sick with the palsy bemg brought to him he said, ‘Thy sins are forgiven thee,’ where- upon the Jews murmured, saying, who is this man who forgives sin? Jesus then rebuked them, say- ing, Whether is it easier to say thy sins are forgiven thee, or arise and walk? And turning to the man sick With the palsy sald, ‘‘Arise, take up thy bed and go into tue house.” And the mah arose. Be- fore ulustrating the lesson of the Gospel the Bishop made an appeal to the faithful for aid for THB DIOCKSAN SEMINARY. He called attention to the importance of keeplug full the of the clergy the necessity of pe- cunt to secure lr proper training. Next Sunday a collection will be en up in aid of this object. Reta: to the Gospel he made, as the special subject of his instraction, the lesson it Bet as the higher importance which God at- MORAL EXCELLENCE than physical health. The map brought}to Him was suffering from bodily ills, yet His first care was for his soul, ‘Thy sins are fergiven thee,” He said, It was siown in. the Gos; the man had faith in Christ’ wer to give him re- lief, and although the multitude murmured at His forgiving sins they knew he could cure the sick man. To us who have faith also are afflictions sent for our benefit, God’s mercy is often shown to us in the aMictions with which He visits us. Hell's torments Gre thus changed into temporal ills for our advan- tage, or we are warned of the notht of hu- man enjoyment, and brought to a proper Knowledge of our cance and aepenaence on Him. WEGLISE DE ST. LOUIS, An Eloquent Address from Pere Renay on the Fall of the French Empire and the Misfor- tunes ef France—The Congregation and Preacher in Teare—Why France Was Hum- bled, and the Only Remedy Napoleon Will Return to Paris. ‘ The beautiful little church of St. Louis, Williams- burg, was as highly decorated within yesterday morning as flowcrs and artificial means could render it. The building is about one hundred feet long, fifty feet wide and about thirty feet high, reckoning from the floor to the inside of the roof. On either side of.tho building artificial nowers were hung in thick profuston—some loosely looped, so that they came nearly to the floor, while others were placed at short distances on tho frame work in the forms. of crosses and other ecclesiastical em- blem& The alter also presonted a handsome appearance, being richly decorated with nataral and artificial fowers. On each side of the Host, beyond, wore three vases of fowers placed in the following order:—The first vase contained an artistic assort- ment, representing dablias, ilies and lilac; the second contained a tree of roses in full bloom, while the third was filled with whatever natural fowers could be obtained as the present time. On each side of the Host, in direct line with it, were three im- mense candlesticks with gas tapers of about three feet in length; below these 1 to was another row of tapers emailer than the others. were also two side altars as richly and profusely decorated as the larger tapers were iigitea the whole praseuved: al seimunved ‘@pppear- ance. Bi i. Napa iy that Rev. Pére Ronay, a French ‘3, and an orator of no mean order, reach in the church yesterday, the Prowded fo & degreo, at least half ah hour service commenced. ‘The firat portions of the service were onmrens by Father Jaiten, at the conclusion of which he made an urgent appeal to his congregation with reference to the great distress at present experienced by many : THEIR COUNTER inc IN PARIS in consequence of the war now x and them, in the name ot God and (Sinan uty. to assist their poer compatriots and to render that assistance ‘ularly while the necessities of thetr brethern should demand it. He appealed, he satd articulariv to those who belouged to the Boolety of int Louis. At a quarter eleven Father Romay came out Gloqueat oration tupon she sujet of te misery aad nen’ mn upon the subjeo! yand humiliation of the French nation. NAPOLEON'S FALL. He, said the orator, whom the people of France had chosen as a head and a leader of their destinies; he who had received that concurrence, the entire nation; he whom Providence 80 high above his fellows and rendered him as he was generous and benevolent, was new down in the lowest stage of humiltation and with nothing left to him but the desire still to the nation over which he had so long and so faithful! governed. How pitiabie was the condition of suc! a man, from whom God had kept back nothing as regarded gifts of the heart and mind!—all that nature could bestow was in his possession. Politically he ‘was one of tie greatest men in Earope, and as @ son of Ohrist’s Church on earth he was a bright and shinng it. ot FALL OF THE EMPIRE. But worse than this was the condition of France— glorious France, which has ever been one of the brightest spots on the earth. Only a few short weeks ago her condition was looked open palo own peo- ame healthy und her institutions inviolable; her tends, the other Powers of Europe, looked upon her as a great Power; kings were fearful to tread upon her soll lest the hand which was all-powerful should be uplifted tonnihilate them, and many in high positions were pleased to bow the knee to her, to accept favors and places of honor at the hands him whom they now deride. Farka seep snes to be equal to any emergency; no fear was enter- tained of the stranger “without the gate,” and ail ‘was prosperity and peace. But 1t was God's will that a time of unhappiness had come to pass, that that the destroying angel had gone forth and caused Weeping and lamentations loud and heartrending throughout all her provinces. Say not that we have been betrayed by Napoleon, for that matter could be easily set at rest. France was the land from which had flown to all parts of the earth the milk of iiterature and sctence and art: her greatest men, the choice of her populatiun, her wealth and intelligence, have, throughout all civitized ages, been cast abroad over the world teaching, enriching and enlighteaing mankind, and tending, like the warmth ef the sun in summer, to shed around a genial influence to nourish, ripen and enrich, HISTORY, PAST AND PRESENT, showed that France, more than any other nation under heaven, was the one which conservea the trae principles of Christianity; which held tn her inmost life a real living principie. From her had been handed down glorious examples of energy of the body and the mind, and her heroes, for the cause of Christianity, even to martyrdom, were numberiess, She was also a great propagator of truth, She did not hide her literar, wealtn under a bushel, but showed it up in the face of the world, aud taught tt to whomsoever would receive tt. Again, history pointed to the valor of her sons, the indefatigable ag 2 aisplayed by them when fight- ing for liberty of body. Behold her armies in the Kast and in tie West: they fought everywhere with the same vallant display of feeling; the same patriotism pervaded their breasts and the same love of their families as that which actuates us to-day. Behold them everywhere victorious; everywhere generous conquerors, Wherever they conquered with their arms they immediately endeavored to conquer also with thetr literature. and to teach the conquered that it was not atone in arms that they excelled, but in those things which tended to repare men for the higher walks of life. rance was ever ready to forgive her neigh- bors, though in the past, as now, she had many enemies who Were constantly seeking to hum- ble and annoy her. Her character may be faithfully termed the Character of progress. Her sons were born to breathe freely, to know and te love Mberty, to recognize in peaceful issues tle advancement and progress of the materlal interests; bat they were also ever ready to resist tyranny in whatever shape it might be presented—to eject invaders and main- tam thelr national honor. God bad now imposed a fearful lesson upon France. The Emperor was de- throned by an invader whom he.sought to repel; but it would be seen that before long he would return again to reign over his unhappy subjects; he would return in éciat and glory to take up dain the reins of government which he had laid down to fight in the country’s cause. Yes, the EMPEROR WOULD RETURN, but he cannot undo the misery of Gravelotte, Stras- bourg and Sedan. He will, however, be able to as- sist in a rapid readjustment. It must be remem- bered that this great calamity which has falien upon France was not entirely unprovoked. No; ‘the French people had been too incredulons; they had blasphemed against the principles of God’s Divine government; many of her public men had sworn against the truth, and instead of upholding them by precept and example they had trodden them under foot. Like Rome and Athens, Paris had be- come too rich and too regardless of the uhings per- taining te her perpetuity of power. She had be- come the Babylon of modern Europe, and tne print of THE NAILS OF THE “BEAST? were now to be seen in her. Her whole populace had become drunken with prosperity; they had for- gotten the traditions of their fathers, who could afford to accept their abe mussion upon earth with humility and grace, To-day in Notre Dame there were those who would give all they have; who have thrown open the doors of this ancient and glorious edifice; who fasted day and night, and who would shed their blood could they butsee an end to the misery and degradation of the Parisians. Oh! how many there were who prayed that God would break down the barriers that prevent a speedy issue for peace; that God might soften the hearts of those who now rent France from one end to the other, who filled every house with mourning and lamenta- tations and who were intoxicated at the sight of the blood of the French. WEEPING OF PREACHER AND PEOPLE. Here the reverend gentieman’s emotions overcame him, and the tears came trickling down his cheeks in rapid succession. Nearly the whole of the congregation were now also in tears, rendering the scene deeply affecting. Strong men and women wept together, sobbing almost like infants at the picture which the eloquent father had portrayed. In a short time he resumed, and sald France was the branch of the Church upon which alone the Pope could now place any reliance, Spain had en- tered upon a retrograde movement; Austria had yaciilated so as to bring down upon her severe Trecriminations. Italy had shown herself un- worthy to have the Pope in her keepiug, and other States had more or less violated the principles of Christian unity. France has ever held sition in Kurope, but @ prominent and enviable she has always been agita' by outward currents. Four times has she been called during her history tofight for the maintenance of her capital; four times she has had to make great and distress- ing sacriices for liberty and existence. THE TRUMPETS OF INVADERS have sounded over her fortresses and citadels and marched on to her outer bulwarks, but it bas cyer been over the dead bodies of the French, who valu: paiiner, life nor wealth so long as the enemy shoul rep! . Think not because France is humilia to-day; because at Sedan, tmedy Gravelotte, ber Pa has been wi for the want of guidance and ition, German nation, exultant clam over U recent fortune, are surrounding th Paie that Vemnce is lost. No, no: France wit Yet rise above all her diflicuities; he will come out of this trial Purified and ennobled; she will raise @ great cry of victory, and, if Boosary, ‘& Inillion of hen must be got together to repel and chasuise the appear i Conquerors, Whe now clamor Uke barvark THR GATES OF PARIS. ‘The wealth, patriotism gnd love of France was now centred tn its capital, ‘the whole Sr which would ba engaged in the carrying out sive struggle; “and” then ~ the Drilllancy | of tho contest should be fol rm Allg a zeemiondans, and his. ne er wo record a struggte for our own and the lives of our families, A great calamity has befallen ug: our vineyards are destroyed; our harvest has mutilated; our homes have been ravaged, and the suiferinga of our people have been-beyond Comparison or description; our poor but dear friends have Tost their lives for us and our.cause. Our soldiers, too, have borne. up gallantly against uhwise direction and superior numbers and discipline, yet. We must strugzie on, Not one inch of territory muss now be given up yoluntartly } nor must we pa vo men Who act more of this defen- the t of barbarians the representatives of civilized communities. Pll, POOR, FRANCE | PY France re the tears in the preacher’a eyes were aguin plainly visible, and gave the tn. pulse to a fresh outburst of weepll ta the church), be continued, ratsing 4 eyes upward; J would iat He whe asione ; irect ee Soe ps nme bees pity thee as OW wor forgive thee au Bendel Battie haan ast tau Eats God tepemed Pei Romay, ‘to think shag woshould come to his” in cosclurion he. sa were m: ‘ho could nos go to 1 uber yor Asin ‘and it waa therefore, the duty of alt vosh we Paes reat tak ie Rravet wey wane jurope, the good of the entire Vontinent. Many of the congregation continued in tears some minutes after the preacher ‘finished fs discourse. A Considerable sum moi was rawed among those present in aid of the ‘Prenca siok and wounded, ELM PLACE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. “Tho Kilugdem ef Heaven’’—Sermoa by a Micronesiaa Missionary. going, and, therefore, the pretty Elm place church was well filled yesterday morning with cheerful nounced, after the morning prayer, that the Kev. A. A. Sturges, of the Micronesian mission, would ad- A WELL PHRSERVED MISSIONARY, who looks upon the bright side of the heathen char- the words ““Whereunto shall the kingdom of heaves be likened? It ts like the leaven which a woman leavened.” The Saviour ohese this common custom of bread- was the habit of our Divine Lord to show forth Hig meaning by the simplest similea. The occurrences illustrating His lessons, That which auited the age in which He lived, the time, the place, the peuple, mileu He chose. Wat Uo leaven was to the THREE MEASURES OF e time and place sre far removed from the o our Savionr's words, yet the tilustration is vivid” The heart of man is unlike the great Divi ona till the leaven of Unrist’s leve pervades Tong to go back to my churches in the islands of berger the are not devoid of when heathen, and feel as if they lacked almost the semblance of humanity. Thidis a mistake. ‘here He ts ysioally well 4 elo) ody mia ten is noble; fe well dev ; his mten ts noble; his su are ted. Re All well-coors are protected oY the authority. An instance of the. sagacity A. man committed soin@ offence, and ft was not known who tne offender was, jects, aud as they stood m asemicircie he took big gun, saying he should shoot the ofender—the Good rit Wo! one after another till he neared in his range the ht one, when the real offender broke from the among these people, and have been as secure us £ could be here. Their religion is In every house are articies dedicated to thel. gods. The most beautiful canoe is hung up as nerations. They have consecrated trees, the it of which Is kept Sacred. They always a&k @ nleening. upon their food pricats are sacred {no their eyes, Their retizious tol- erance might be a model to some in more civtitzed ours 18 for us.” Bat their religion ts essentially seliish, They wish to gain A religion that does not enter into a man’s soul as a pury tying power is worth nothing, We propose, a# mi this potent leaven of Christ's love that shall change the lives of men. When all nations snall recognize heavenly uature then there will be no need of ure slonary work. Matters Matrimonial~"essons for Youvg “Eves Courtsiip and Matrimony.? The Rev. T. T. Hendricks, pastor, preached dist church, Grand street, Brooklyn, forming one of a series, continued from Sunday to Sunday, which should govern the partes,” The church not being a fashionable one the attendance was almos6 but there were some three or four dozen gentlemen among them, evidently inquiring old bachelors nov hearing some new light thrown upon their be- nighted intellects respecting matters so fraught latea existence of what 1s ironically called single Diessedness. the text—Proverbs xxx1, 30:—‘“Favor is deceitful, and beauty vain; but a woman that feareth ihe the necessity for those who have yet to enter the matrimonial state to be He said, they who have no fixed principles to gove ern their conduct are exposed to a thousand evils, principles are as important in this business as in any of the occurrences of life, The merchant cannot adopt some principle of trade on which to act; the mariner cannot pass the great solitude of No young man should enter on the perilous pursuit of matrimony without having settled principles by young lady should trust her frail bark upon this. un- settled and often tempest-agitated sea without some and unknown perils, and which will prove saciwors to hold you amidst the rush of feeling and the es- ulde a female are—first, with respect to her own con- Suct, and, second, with respect to the character of NATURE AND COMMON SENSE dictate modesty in conduct to the female. Let sin- posite sex, Avoid ali du Moto Let nothiwg pro- ceed from your lips or observed on you that THE REPUTATION OF A COQUETTA. Do not let him iinger in miserable suspense, but to undeceive a lover you may do itin riety ot ways. There 1a a certain species of easy fammuarity ing to hope for; or you may get a common friend to explain. lt is important to ascertain whether a over, fails to speak explicitly from the motive I have mentioned or from having anotuer attuch- ‘The bright October days are favorable to chorch- worshippers, The pastor, Rev. Mr. Powers, an- Greas them. Mr, Sturgea, acter, said that his sermon would be founded on hid in three measures of weal till the wholo was making to illustrate the Kingdom of Heaven. Lt of every-day life furnished him with the means of was the kind oF senching: wi MEAL that the gospel is to the individual heart. ‘To-day ‘ace! tinent, and the im) jon that we get from does ite perfect work, good missionary first goes to them. We call them is no pleasanter sight than protect rmnent of these islands is that of a hereditary chief. the chief in detecting crime T once saw. ‘The chief calied together @ large number of his sub+ id telt bim which he was. He poinied w rig! ranks and tried 10 sca; I have lived ten years NOT TO BE DESPISED, Offering. These tributes are often preserved through they eat it, Their lands, ‘They say:—‘Your religion 1s good fur you; THE FAVOR OF THEIR Cons. issionaries, to introduce into the isies of the sea the rule of Jesus and exemplify in their lives His GRAND STREET METHODIST CHURCH. Ladies and Hints for Young Geutlemen— ® very instractive sermon yesterday at the Metho- on the subject of “Eve—courtship—the principies exclusively confined to the ordinary congregation, belonging to the flock, who went in the hope of with interest to those leading the cheerless and iso- The preacher having announced the subject, read Lord she shall be praised’’—proceeded to speak of GUIDED BY CORRECT PRINCIPLES. and liable to commit a thousand mistakes. Good hope to succeed in his undertaking who does not the ocean without proper principles of action, which he will govern his conduct to the end. No good principles to guide her amid those untried saults of temptation. The principles w hich showia the man with whom she may be united in wedlock. cerity characterize all your mtercourse with the op- would give you let him know your sentiments. If you really wish in your behaviour that may satisfy him he has nowli- entieman, Who has the appearance of being a ment. DO NOT MARRY A FOP: there {3 nothing will ensure him a decent stand- tag in the community, That class of men are known by their conversation and outward habit, and tien thelr aitire proclaims them to the passing stranger. Avoid a spendthrift, If heis one you have no s&e- curity that he will not, at no distant day, plunge ou into all the trials of poverty, Though he may Dave @ boundless fortune, will you marry a man who will bring upon you not only poverty but dis~ grace? How many females have to lament havin united themselves to men of fortune with the know- ledge that they were prodigals and profigsie? In time the immense fortune disappears, like suuw be- fore the summer sun. Ladies, DO NOT MARRY A MIBER: such aman may berich; but his riches will yield you little else than misery, and you will be 26 thousand Ways mortified by such @ connection. reading among gold and pearls, yot forbidden td