The New York Herald Newspaper, November 7, 1870, Page 4

a! 4 RELIGIOUS. Sorvices and Sermons Yes- terday. A Political Field Day Among. the Preachers. THE BIBLE AND THE BALLOT. A Reverend Currycom Politicians. mg for the GOOD ADVICE FOR CITIZENS AND CHRISTIANS. The Duties of Men to Their Ged, Their Country, Their Neighbors and Themselves, Whether it was the beautifal Indian summer weather or hopes of having some advice from the pulpit on politcal problems, or true piety, that actn- ated the residents of the metropolis yesterday, it may be Giticult to tell, Iv is certain, Wowever, that church atiendants yester were mere than unusually mumerous, aly it is to be hoped that they profited by the feast of reason and religion which was spread before them, The pre sent poiitical fever seems to have infected some of t he preachers, and although they were very severe oa politicians, but decidedly non-comiuiital in regard to party issnes, the views of some sre original, and their raode of stating them rather forcib’e and tn coutrast to the quiet, orthodox nd more traly religious @iscouarses of others, Those sermous delivered yesterday which are of more than ordipary merit, elther on account of thelr orthodoxy or originality, will be found condensed below, aud wul be read, no doubt, with a great deal of interest, NEW ENGELS D CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. Christ Gives all Necessary Proofs That He ts from God—Miracles vs. Spiritualism—Royal Blood aud Common blood—Zaccheus in the Tree=Chris’?’'s Sermons Never [eported— How to Pay the National Debi—Se:mon by Rev. Merrill Richardson. ‘The rapidly growing popularity of Rev. Merrill Richardson as a finished pulpit orator, the tersely @rgamentative character of his discourses, his eplgrammatic hits at the fasiitonable | vices and frivolities of the times and the fearless zeal and power of his eloquence, are each successive Sabbath attracting la ge congrega- tons at the uewly erected and, though small, one of the neatest aud most tasteful churen edifices in this city, over which he bas lately been chosen to oificiate as pastor—the New England Congregational church, corner of Madison avenue aud Forty-seventh street. Highly aristocratic as 18 the congregation, the church and is surroundings, there 1s the pisasing democratic feature of free seats and unpretending simplicity— the broadest evidence of the highest Christian cul- ture, At the services yesterday morning there waa an unusually large attendance, the church betog densely filled, and, aa usual, made up ol a most fashionable assemblage. Afwer the customary pre- | fatory exercises of prayer, reading te Scriptures and singing Kev. Merril Richardson eutered upon the delivery of THE SERMON. ‘the subject was “Christ Givesall Ne ary Proofs ea em and force of illustration peculiarly bis this branch of hts subject be aliuded to Zacchens. ‘This tax gathorer nad never seen Christ. He lieard that Christ was to @ certain way on a certain day, and so he clinved up a tree te catch a yood glo of tim. Christ saw im, and ine vi him to come dowa and take dinner with him. The moment of the tavitacion his cou- sclenee smote him for his herer, and aiter thanking Oprist for the invita- ton said he would pay him feuriold, He wished taut of our TAX COLLECTORS there were some whose consciences would bo as easiy sinttien as that of Zacchens, and then he de- Qued, ia conciuston, the responsibility devolving upon alto ae ept one teachings of Christ aud carry out to ‘bow ‘utmost endeavors His practical pro. cepts m-practical Lie, Ator staging and prayer the services closed with the communion, to which all members of Christian churches, lu pursuance of the brordly catholic plat- Jorn of this Church, were cordially invited, ALL SOULS? CHURCH, | Politics in the Pulpit—Rev. Dr. Bellows on the orance and Superstition of Foreign orn ~The Election Made a ie- licious Question, There was a large attendance at Irving Hall on Sunday morning, the place which the congregation of Alt Souls’ church use temporarily for a place of Worszip, On the chatis were books of hymns, one of Woieh, 1 by Butcher, deseribes the myriads of the blessed as consisting Of “pagan, Christian,Greek and Jew.”? On earth, according to thetr light, ‘They made their practice what was right; Hence all shels errors are forgiven, Aud Jesus we.comes them to heaven. ‘The Rey. Dr. Bellows, in commencing his sermon, said le held in bis hand an appeal from respectabie citizens, begging the pulpit to come to the aid of | political morality and purity. He had not been able Past peculations as tex | Ment from the presence of God indicates a horrible going ad down trom the warmth, te lnusio, the homedess oO: Heaven intu durkaess, Coid- ness cad bliderness, Can a man be saved aud eman- | Clpared? Yes, ‘there aave been mauy | @uanclpation which have resolved temseives pio | the pea. ‘y Sysiemt of adding outward restraint | toimward pou or cducauivnal, But it bos been Seon that education without spirtual veewom was | Tather injurious than oihorwi: ‘There ts no lbe~ ator but Christ, How does tatih in him produce Trecdom? First, in the inteiicct. tb makes men foel their personal and individual responsivity, Ubrist lied ior each Man, Men are net saved tn mass, The joral law 13 a8 blading as i unere were only Oue man, and wouid be as bindlag on THAT SULILARY MAN | a8 itis now on each. God loves each man as if he | Were the only child, This is Clear in the doctrine | Of tue Cross, And so ea Who believe in Jesus be- come the real tree tuinkers. ‘They are responstvle to God, not the Conference, the Synod, the Council, the Caureh, Sevoad—in tuo beare laere Comes Irvedom, Light i# tevin, Men are held in captivit to wrong (thoughts and prejudices against God Jesus sows Low God loves wau by the great Jehovah taking his nature, He carnes men dowu to the bottoin of things andshows how a man 4s alied to God, Madmeu go abvut in the garden of God pull- jog up things by (ho roots aud cailiug thenselves | radicals, Jesus makes tue trae radical by showing every man how the rovls of is nature are embeded in God, Tiurd—it breaks the fascijation of sin, Sin is not a fascination which separates Uke will from the emotions, Jesus DENAROOTIZES THE WILL, | goes mto ‘the throne room of the nature and starts the will into power. = ‘Lhon there 18 a bond of wea bevweea God and man. ‘hat bond ts love. It 13 as A g uvitation were suspended, all the planets lyiag dead 1a Lue bosom of space, here 18 yo freedom but death. Jesus resiores the gravilation, This is sc.ennie, The greater aitracts the less, Men’s plans have been to make the less attract the greater. ‘Then a contrast between the fictitious freedom of the stiner and the real freedom of the Christian was Pautted, and the sermon closed with an appeal to vesu8 a3 the liberator Lo set the souls present ree irom every vice, Alter. the sermoa baptism was adininistered, many persons received into the Church, and the Holy Commuaioa was celebrated, os Of to shake from his conscience the obligations of giving heed to that appeal, and he would speak without regard to party. He would take for his text the werds of St, Paul, “I AM A CITIZEN OF NO MEAN CITY.” Preoceupied as he was with the Gospel, St, Paul could not conceal bis pride in his cit zouship, Those were not the days of popular rights, Wheu men had votes to give; yet there never was a Ume when an honest aud able man was not a power in the community and able to oppose tyranny and corraption, ‘Virtue is not possible in free countries only. Every nation has men ready to die for it; and the man who doves not love his home—his birth- place—und wish to see it respected, 1s a dull aud dangerous man, Having alluded, in passing, to the palsivbisma of ‘THE 3EN WHO TOOK THE FIELD to prevent haul the land being placed under another fas, to the ardor of German devotion, to honor of Tidud, WiKC impels the Prussian to pursue chcbduan through his wailed towns aad to tae os Ol lis pleasure-sodden capital; and Lo the te+ | ris of the Frenchman in s.cuggilng io preventa | paration of French territory, therea re some in New York Who would sooner | fivet of British irou-clads ta the harbor and a Brih | sy on Washington Heizhts than their city ap cd iv Ube poutical aad social criminals wh ty ye, ave made politics &@ game Walt loadea , SELENE THE IGNORANT FOREIGNERS Who, under pressure 0. a sad Condition of affairs in their Hauve laud, seek asylum here to become uncon | | sclonsiy the assassins of our liverties. ‘Che unscruyu- | lous ploicers who get the management of public al- i Tuirs into r hands Us auen Chureh ior their | wiabitious purposes, Inducing men of every rank, | from tue policeman to tue judge, from tbe tide | water to tue Governor of the state, to lend them- | Seives to acts of rapacity and fraud Uli bo man Jeet i pote culon for lis rghis or seeurliy against sult, The robbery of miltions from tae public treasury shows in those monepolists an ex- ample of prosperous cryminaiity that haus a demoral- ling elect, It is the national honor that suders most, and all patriotic Americans must blush with | Suame or chafe with mdignation as the eyes of the world are wurned to the metropolis of science with contemptuous wonder, and say, ‘This, then, is THE DEMOCRATIC FREEDOM of a million oi people at the very gateway of your empire. You boast of your commerce and staam- boats and telegraphs and printing press, yet you can- hot prevent brazen faced iupostors ‘dnd” viliains from defying your Knowiled, of thelr crimes, aud using the iguorance and superstition of a portion of your people to control you and place you at tneir perey, ‘They even beast of their crimes and taunt you Wiih your hetp'essuess. Men who would uot be permitted to encer a respectable private parlor revel in the Wealth they Sieai irom you; aping the worst Inanuers Of aristocratic countries | With Vuigar ins0- jen d ostentatious. Thus i was that wenaaci- bau te preacher said a ¢ it a wrongs in society. At criticises ail partie: of a parusan spirit; and it cares pothing for repub- staudard of Christiauity. CHURCH OF THE MESSIA, The Theory and the Practice of Republican. iam—The Duty of “Respectable” Citizens— Way Do They Not Attend the Primary Meetings?—The Nominces of the Nominate ing Conventions. Rev. George H. Hepworth last evening delivered his second and concluding discourse on “The Politi- cal Condition of New York. and its Bearings on the Great Question of Public Morals.’ The congrega- tion was numerous and decidediy aristocratic and fasmonable, and paid deep attention to the pastor’s remarks. Mr. Hepworth’s text was taken from Genesis, XxXvil,, 22—Phe voice 1s Jacob's velce, but the hands are the hands of Esau.” He began by saying we voice of the government ta our country is always boastful of the large freedom which we enjoy, ana of the Impartiality of the jastice which is meted out, We always speak of the republic as though it were @ synonym for equal rights, for loity statesmanship, and for purity In its political life, We always use the tones of Jacob's voice, but it too often happens that in the administration of trusts, in the protection of our Treasury and in the exercise of the divine right of franchise, “the hands are the hands of Esau.” We olten @oast that our government 18 better in all respects than that of any of THE MONARCHIES OF EUROPE. Itts true, undoubtedly, that our theory of govern. ment is decidedly better. But the oaly proof of the value of a political theory 1s to be found in tho well- being Uw resuits from its practical epevatioa. And in this respect 1 aca not so sure that a comparison of the political methods of Ametica with those of Eng- Jand would show apy balance in our Javor, A cham 18 as sirong as ite weakest link omy, and it makes iitie difference whether you eail the governnient a republic, a monarchy ora des- potism if a greai elect.on cannot be conducted with- ut the presence of the military on the one and and @ mob on the olier. It is evident to all right-mindea citizens that there 1s a fundamental dificully which must be looked after, and at once.§ it is the oilice of the pulpit to speak of al! misuse of power, of alt oppressious, of any class, of al The pulpit belongs tu no party— it should never speak out usm or democracy a8 such, but holds all partics strict accuuntablity according to the moral For myseif I tear that both of the great parties which divide the countuy Journey, and in that condition sat there, Here he met ¢ bandoned creature commonly | called “7 WOMAN OF SAMARIA.” Unlike many of our day, Whose protessional day {t is to Beek OUL tae lost, 4nd Who Would be ashany or afraid to be seen in the duyllzht on the public high- way conversing with such & one, Hie mamediately en- tered into conversativn, and, though uukaown to her personally, spoke Lo her of THE SeURSTS OF HER LIPE as things with which he was familar, Struck with the fact, she assumed that he Was @ proplet, and flually that he was the Corist. 1¢ was very natural, then, he said, for her to seek Information upon a quesiion which was one of common dispute be- tween the Jews and Saiaritaps—tie question a4 to wheiher Mount Gerizaim, where the samaritun temple, or Jerusalem, where the Jewish tempie stood, Was the place of Divine appointment for pub- lic aud Lahonal worsiup, ‘Tuts ied to the answer from Ube Bayiour which contains the text, FIFTH AVENUE REFURYED (COURCH, “Roevivals?--Sermon by the Rev. Mr. Rogers. Tho Rey. Mr. Rogers delivered an cioquent and effective sermon yesierday at tie Dutch Reformed church, Twenty-first street and Fif\h aveuue, taking for tis text the prayer of the prophet Havakkuk, lu, 2—“0 Lord, revive Thy work in the midst of the years, im tho midst of the years made known; in wrath remember mercy.” He said that 1b was his Intentuon to address the congregation on a votally digerent subject, but when he caiied to mind the great meeting that had been ould within the church on Friday alternvon and the other great gatherings that had assembled in the lecture room in the even. ing, when he recaed the lively devouon, nay, the religious enthusiasm, that had characterized these revivals, he felt 1) was meet for hiw to say sume- thing on that subject, and hence, at the last mo- ment, he determined to take for his text the beaut- ful prayer of ino Prophet, in which he asks of God to revere Lis work—the work of religion, Ths prayer is, he coutinued, @ Scriptural prayer, not only Lecause it isfound in the Scriptures, but be- cause that for which THE PROPHET PRAYS is in accordance with the Word of God, Kevivals of religion Were not inodern, In the Book of Geaesis we find the words, “Then men began to meet and pray; and what were inese gatherings for prayer but religious revivals? In the cays of the alter prophets there were meetings of the whole Churches especiaily in the days of Nehemiah, In his history we fiud thatbe got permission from the King of Persia to revisit lis own jand, and we are toucungly wid how he weeps over Jerus Buicul, dud how be gathers Ue sesiiered people by» gewuer lo revive ie dyimg embers Of te vid re- figiou. In We New Pesiament aico We tad nieatioa revivals (‘he Clue itself Was estavlsied im luiusl Of One, Ou that gleal Day of Peacccost WHed Lue GiBCiples web together aud Lae Spit of God Was poured down Ou thew Lo give them the siengin to carry out Lhe great Work of reviving Lis: reigeu, iM sull laler days We read of the great revivals OF the Miieenth aed sixteenth centuries; aud aii of US Can FeMembver the exuavrdiuary re- ligious euiuustisuk Wile existed turouguout the Church thitecu years ago, aud the wouderiul re- BULISs hab wodowed, When it seemed us M the NUL NATION. 0. tne Brian, Huiiand Frauce aud wany. So, the reverend geutieman coutiaued, Wieu We Came logetbe: a Poday twecune WwW pray fur an cbjecu in accordance with God's word, ‘ual religious revivals should Lake pice 1s proved by unalogy evel frou secular lustury, We bave had a revive cf Jetiers Im ihe Tourceenth tury und (here wre those WHO say thas iis revival of lherature was the cause of the religious chauges which foilowed. ‘Phere Bave beca coumercal wud pairivile revivals, THOSE GLORIOUS PERIODS when men, aciuaied by a common iove of Country, Bruou togetber to save her, We are in the midst of & politica: revival at present. 1618 but tue general history Ol organized society that mean a jer should hupe and that thee sheuid be aevivals when euergy lacks and tie — fatal upatby steals in, Shai we nui plead, then, for re- ligious revivals When the Olject of them exceeds Uiat Of secular revivals as eternity exeveus ime? ‘The preacher then explained tat revivals had rela- tion to the Chrisdans, aud to Ue man who the Church cannot caii her own; aud Uist tae text sug. gesied avotler thought, namely, tawt God was tue author of ait lle, mowever, ie always employed means, and it is our duty to endeavor to und oc these jacans. ie concluded @ most eoquent dis- course by exhoritug the congrezauon Lo sui this dnty, and when ihey were reviv.ied & benelicent in- iiuence would be extended Lo those Outside, aud the are about equally sel-seeking. i am sorry to believe that He is from God,” and certainly the sermon was one of the most coquent and sound y logical he has delivered since assuniing the pastorate oi us church, His text was Jolin vil., 31—‘‘And inany of the pecple believed on him, and said, Wien Christ cometh w he do more miracles than these which this man 1 done }” He stated, mm vbeginuing, that Christ made its hearers judges of the mater. The first proof of his divine origin was his miracle calied attention to the trac that Christ gave ali necessary proof of his divine origin from his character. One sin would have de- stroyed him. Jn respect of character his came ap to the highest conception of any age. Sone thought that Christ ought to have done astounding things—move invuptams and such ike. in our day shere are certain BELILVERS IN SPIRITUALISM, but he never Knew one who did not trust to his own judgment, Lis tuird point Was that there Was all ue- eessary prvol roi (ruth liseli. de reverred to P: aud Kouau as sticklers ater absolute truth, after slowing tic acy Of ils Aout Christ convinced is diserpies ‘that iis mirac.es were wrought pf Gud. qmen have lata one stu at tis Goor le “ever could aaye stool tort as the Son Of God, Cirist stood before the men who knew him and asked, “Wio accuses me oi sin/”’ Was there in New York & man who would think ot asking thts question’ ‘The peo ple in the Ume Of Christ, as Well as to-day, kuew WHAT GOOUNESS IS. is, Was OhrisVs goodness a supe- His second point was The question rior goodness? In lis view goodness was | goodness the world over. Thrisv’s goodness | wa sane as the goo¢ of others— | justice, pucily an tne | Bame. GooURess Las many Manifestations, bub ime | ting is the Chrisi magied With ail classes of men. He Was not proud ii spirit, but Wuamau, | He was not odd. ‘nere was no ues3 in Wis | temper. He put on no airs, He was stiuple, easy, opea, frank, free witi ail, He Was Self-possesseu, always at ease—now reprovil uer. ROW symipa- | thizing With abeggar. How apt were his replies to } thoge Urylug to cinta Din. Lo Was | NEVER CAUGHT NG 8 wide awake, though Ar this counconon he tout most grayuically the Story of the woman canine im aualiery, aad how Christ Wrote m the sand—the only wo.ds he ever wro' @ae her, but let Rum that is with Out stn Cast tne Myst sone,” and iow tuereapon her accusers, Who had quoted tue staves oc M ngt her, slaak away oat of sight, fe next pr. thai’ Christ should come into the world to day he could nov give mo ny CLL prool of his divine origin, Sowe would duis.st on AN ARISPOCRATIC CHRIST, a Ohrist coming Jrom a high family and in the He was alw dest withal. | higuest degree respectable—a Christ exclusive, puch Chrst would nod do f him. Hits Ubriet must be lowly, a Doltever 1 tite great brotherhood of hu- | manity.’ Pevpie used lo believe that the blood | of Kings and rulers way besier thau thal of the | When te nead of Louis XIV, tiie xecntioner, and the people | red, Lhe thea own, their faith im better bivod came vy pu cud. This ques- ton of GOOD BLOOD was a source of great troubie to many, and indiea- | tions of good de: ut are proudly pomted out in the tapered fands 1 small ievt, “his was all non- sense. The mightiest mouareis ana not day are of humble origin, and men occ highest position in tie World of Jetiers g and statesimansinp came from low begins enlarging e.oqucatiy upon this th the divinity of Clirist as evids No man ever spoke like tub son, who bad never been to school, who travelled through foreign uniries, who knew nothing of ihe teachings of the old sages aud pailo- sophers, ahumbe Nazareue trom an obscure vil- lage, steps jorth at the age of tairty into the minis- try. And what & mininty was tual of his toree years and # haif. He preached in no stupendous temple whose lofiy spires rose to a heigut, whose gorgeously stained windows captivate wit thelr artistic beauty the common eye; He preached by the fireside, tie waysite, (ie mountain side and the seaside. He never strove aiver sensation, He never pubilshed a book. NO PAPERS R&FORTED HIS SFRMONS. He traced with most grapmc power the sublime cogeucy and cifectiveness oF His sermons and the fruits of His wintry, Rome was in the Zenth of its power. Greece was m tbe golden Dood of its brahant clvilizauion. it Was not an age of darkness and yet He spoke words that ttimitely surpassed all the wisdom oi all the sages and of all philosophers of thac day. They were to Judge Whether he was @ real man or not. He insienced some of His special teachings. Christ iaugit that the soul is a pearl beyoud ali price, One may bea eee and an ouicast, bul le may preserve the of mis soul, May stand up im the conscious dignity of unsulned mianloud. Another teaching of ‘Ris was repentance for ius, Iu this conmechou ibs to tne ISCTENOH MONEY into - oe government treasury. This came from ew suidicrs By rps pOAUOUs. he great sil Bern Sth, alge. delnulvers, are never heard irom, and if cond be the national debt would be sree common Sometiines a mau will commit ‘@ muillion of other men. Jt 1s 50 with MEN IN OFFICE. odo alas | many power and, ales Speltaig with w comeacy ot argument » These miracies, his however, were not distinct proot o! truth, but ) ama | ous, plolting meu, Who stauk iu the aostrils of every | decent ciuzen, by FRAUD AND TRICKERY AND BASENE! \ hi wh Ut ighest pinnacie of er. What € lessons lO young mien choosing Wiel of hie! ‘The example of those men souls to say, “Away with the nonsense and the cant tuwt Nonesty is the best policy and viriac @ precious Inberiiaues What is a fraud and a falsehood. It is unserupuious erly that Succeeds; the Cleverest thiel becomes | egicuest mau, and ike most plausivle rogae ts tae best.candidate.” in reply to the foretzuers who eus we can ouly say, ¢*We sucter most irom UPERSTITIOUS FOREIGNERS possess, We are diiven wo ive these ignorant peasants, with precipitate generosity, the sacred rights ol clezenship, and pollues bas come to uivan the management o! these ignyrani foreign-bora cil- wens. ities has become a trade like the corner liquor store and tne corner grocery; @ class of men are bred up to it; these vampires plot with a patience Vat angels might admire. ‘They ean aflord to spend oue hundred thousand dollars, Which probably comes from afew of their prmetpal men, when it leads to the reoccupation of posts of legalized robbery. home who would never yield to a dozen ENGLISH IRON-OLADS IN OUK HARBOR yield to robbery in high places, submitituy to it as they Gid to cholera or smallpox. The preacher spoke of the efleacy of tie eaononading agaiust corruptions recently commenced by the press, and sald M We Cannot elect men of our own political Views we can elect men of personal integ would prefer a man of good character, irre: of party, to the double-tongued mouthpie lians. Without honor and conscience mm Ln ab private m ity must fau, aud religion become & aemiitated hypoeray, The preacuer then reierred to the printed cirealar in ts haud, and approved of the owect of the association from whicil ti ema- naied— to exam/ne into the moral character of the candidates from each party. He conciuded by hupressing on tie congregation that the quest.oa ia this election Was not a inere poitical one, bus a ‘al aud religious one, and they Wouid serve reli- u by answering as Cliristians to the questions | mt ether good ea or tbe very Worst men sued rule them. CHURCH OF THE STRANGERS, * Us Free”’—Eloguent Discourse by Rev. Dr. Dees. The usual number of attractions, together with beauth{ul weather, resulted iu filling the Church of the Strangers to its utmost capacity yesterday fore- noon. As is invariably the case, Dr. Deems preached a very able and eloquent sermon, taking for his text Jolin vii, 36—‘If the Son, therefore shail make you free, ye shall be free indeed.” He commented on the discourse Of Jesus in which these words occur, In that discourse Jesus cortaimy Claimed to be divine. Tre whole question of the divinity of Jesus is narrowed to the* gusstion Whetuer bis judgment was warped by a false con- sciousness, Ir it was, then we have to account for a man of such Intellect that to this day his opinions govern mankind more tian those of any other man— aman so immaculate, so profound, such a rapid reader of human hearts, of perfectly healthy phy} sigue, living and dying sublimely, yet BRING HIMSELF CRAZED, living and dying in the belief that he was one per- sou, while in point of fact he was another. If Jesus was not divine, then the most influential person of the whole human family was a lunatic, Alter show- ing how jus claim to divinity enraged tue priests and others the Doctor said that this whole discourse of Jesus and the behavior of the Jews showed the slavery of sinand the emancipation which faith in Jesus achieves. The tirst phase of the siavery of sin is seen in the privation of the riguts of freemen, Preemen have very many privileg:s and comforts which cannot be set forth in the words of a charter, The absence of the sense of limit and restraint—a whiny we do not generally notice, just as we do nob notice the absence of maluria from the healthy at+ mosplere—is ise a biessing. The words ‘“alleus from the commonwealth of israel? paint @ diretal fale, Moreever, tie siave has no choice ef employ- ment. He goes where and When aad does Woal 1s master bids him. The tyraany of vice was tien de- Picted. You muy be great, able to lead artaies, build Op fortaues and contrel men; but try to break @ Vicluus habit and then see how great you are. Again, &@ Save wnot accumulate propery. A Juaan master looks atter the comfort of Lis ber- Yaat. but VICE IS INHUMAN. A sinner does nov accumulate that which 1s to be soul property in evernity; nor can a slave ride. No social pacis Upward open for im. Le is under a ponderous incapavllly, RO mavier how geeat aud “Christ Sets e to claim the fuli privileges of our | or mghts, This i te crying evil which 18 without the education, seif-respe: hurting us, Second, a system of false regis~ eliance that our vative population com trauon, which confines the honest man to @ single vote, but p the hands of the vad man. teniug to leave one’s business and spend two or three hours in order tu deposit your vote, and then go home feeling sure that your yote 1s overbalunced a dozen tines vy the twelve votes of & aan Who has really no right to vore once. funds are used by auy political party to further 1s own ends. is that, While its people contbuie one-tenth of the that A FEARFUL AMOUNT OF CORRUPTION Evil usages are not isabsorbed by both parties. monopolized by any party. 1b whole nachmery by which men gei office a It aiter Uney get it is unworthy ul the Amer pl ive Are good Men in bOtL parties, aud thea a yreat many bad men in both, What L would like to see woul. be to have the whole country roused, unlil it can rise above all party alliatioas and nse as its watchword ouly honest men for public Wusts. Wuat are the immediate EVILS WHICH ARB SWAMPING US? They are easily enumerated. Wlegat naturaliza- tion, Which adopts into fui citizenship men who have not earned the right to vote away our money ten thimes as muck power Into It is somewnat disheart- ‘Again, We dave a right to complain that the public ‘The worst thing I can say against THE CATHOLIC CHURCH LN AMERICA sium (otal set gpart lor education, itis willing to re- ceive four-tlths of that sum, ‘his means that it is willing to use partygpoltiies to further hs owa ends Withal, and it ineaus also that pares can be mani- pulate ese evils are Very grave. Whose fauitis it ‘Uhat we eudure these things; Let us look the mat- ter in the faces Whose fault isity Certainly not the iauit of the ignorant mob who are used to pull other peopie’s chestnuts oui of the fire. For one, I have oniy pity tor them. I find it very bard to blame them. “They kuow no beter. Neither 14 It really the lault of designing inen in either party who are working for seitish end: 1 am noo at ail in- clined to hvid these mea, W they may be, to a fall responsibility for these things. The prime dint culty i8 With the people themselves, Mark my words, THE MEN WHO ARE REALLY RESPONSIBLE for the condition oi any Comununity are the best men int. Tue rich men of New York, the good meu, the patriotic men, the religious men, are the responsi- ble parties, if all these men were in deadiy earnest about this maiter, in as deadly earnest as (vey are in the removai Of @ cler& Who 18 dishonest, they conid create a public opinion so strong tat GRANT MIGHT STATION HIS FORCES ANYWUERR. We should not want them here, Let ine dare to be emphaue on this point. I there is corrapuon in politics, you and the class you represent are to be held ‘responsible for it, “You wilt nut go to primary meeungs and wake your own domiuatons, and BOW you Complain twat tue men who do go make nominations that don’t sult you. While you are silting mm your casy Chair shirking your duty you have no right to grumble. ft 14 just ds much & Christian duty to look alter these things as it is to gotocuurch. If the solid, Christian men of New York would grumble less about politics and simply do what their country bas a right Lo expect of them, there would be no cause for complaint, I wish our great newspapers would preach of this text. You are bound by your obligations to the Churcii, to God, to Christ, to humanity and to your country, to work more faithfully ia this matter. AMERICAN FREE CSURCH. “Worship in Spirit und io Truth”—Our Sa. viour’s Journey Through Samaria—The Great Love and Kinduess of God—Sermon by the Rey. Charles B. Smyth. An interesting serinon was preached yesterday by Rey. C. B, Smyth at the American Free Churca, Masonic Hall, Thirteenth street. After the usual prayers and rendition of psalms the reverend gentie- map took his text from John tv., 23—“But the hour cometh when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Fatner secketh such to worship Him,” Christ never lost an opportunity todo good, To illustrate aud enforce his teachings the preacoer frequently alluded to THINGS FAMILIAR to his hearers, among the every-day concerns of Itfe, From tne maguificent and refulgent orb which sheds his charming and animated beams upon our world down to the meanest reptile that crawis upon our path, the stars that sparkle in the trmament of heaven, the oceans tat rage and roar with majestic fury, the little streams that gently run among the huis, the bubbling spring, the waving corn, the seed irom which li rises, the Modest and delicate Lily, which neither toils nor spius, to the very grains of Sand upon the seashore aud THE WORMS ON WHICH WE TREAD, all are pressed ito his service for ihe great purpose of mantiesting his truth and iimpressiug it upon the hearts of his hearers. tn like manuer important events in bistory and Opportunities arising in his own life were employed by hun. in the beginning of this chapier it is said, “He must needs go tirougn Samaria.” Why? Where lay the necessity? It ‘Was bot Of a geograpiicai nature, for, although famaria lay between Judea and Galliee, te Saviour might have crossed over the Jordan and oud we may be. So With Aman who Is the slave of on. itw mgiite him down, He cannot go up among the immortas. And, What 18 Worse, Uie Man may grow apathetic. re cannot rise; he may soon cease iw care to use. Lastly, @ slave May ve sent of at any time. If his master hate him all the pleasant asauclations Of Wa We umay b¢ Baas having passed through Perea, recrossed the Jordan and catered Gaitlee from the country of the Gadarenes, Tne necessity lay im the fact that God had many people in Sychar whom he ae- sigued to save, and Christ must needs visit that plage He airived at dacqh’s Well wearied With Wie | prayer of te proplet be tuiflued, NS CHURCH. 8ST. STEPH Congregutien and « Solemn Service— Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Mesweeny—The Tendency of the Present. At nall-past ten o’clock yesterday morning nigh mass Was celebrated iu St, Stephen's Catholic church, Dweoty-elghth street, The day was bright and beautiful; not a cloud appeared in tne sky, and but tor the keen atr which prevatied one would be temp- ted to exclaim that we were in the midst of ‘glori- ous summer,” The hight of the sun streamed through the stained glass windows of the sacred edifice and falling upon the altar produced a spiendid effect. ‘The crowded congregation, the swelling peals of the organ, the words of the oficiating clergyman as they fell in subaucd tones throughout the long ex- tent of the aisle, THE BOWED HEADS OF HUNDREDS of persons who had knelt in supplication to God, ‘and the loity pillars, pointing, as it were, the prayers and aspirations of sinners heavenward—all these things constituted a spectacie in religious wor- ship which must be seen to be thoroughly realized and appreciated, It may well, indeed, be said that St. Steplen’s is a maguificent church, and that the services are always conducted in it with the closest ana strictest adherence to the ritual. After the gospel the Rev. Dr. McSweeny went into the pulpit aud preached a very abie discourse. The reverend gentleman is young, and his voice 1s nob strong, bUL tie malier Of Mis sermon showed ability and thought, He referred to the leucy ol the present aye towards & mawkish and moroid sentir Mentality on the part of persons whose duty it was to be Just and earnest When speaking of tings that regarded THE WELFARE OF SociRTy. Ifa man commitied murder it would be the duty, he sald, of sociely to see that the crune ol such an duadividual shoud be properly reprebated, but the: Was a piurasaical Class wno Would seek to extenu. ate the offence wich outraged tae community, It Was too Common & habit to uiver Charges and revil- ings, and thea, When proofs were demanded of the accusauons made, the utterer found himself unable to auvaticd a singie Word in support Of then. ‘this Was @com..on jaiuing in the present day, and if mea ‘would #Void it they musi pray to God to imbue them with aspirit of jasiice and @ sense of what was right. ‘the reverend genuecman iljustraved the pant he made by stating tuut if Luere were & person in danger of death, reqairing the spirivual aid of a clergyman, it would be tue height of a morbid senti- mentality im any oue Lo say lo the clergyman, on ‘on coming Lo Visl| Such & person, “Do you think st will give Uli pain or disturb hun 7”? THAT WAS SENTIMENTALITY and not justice, as it Would also be in the case of & person who adgressed similar language to a physi- cian whose duty when cailed in to see a paticnt should be to find out the disease and cure 1t If pose sible, in ther words, actions and thoughts men should be justand houest, They were uot at all Limes to Speak everyting they telt unless circum. stances required them; and one of the greatest bene- fils and blessings tuat could be conierved on them was to Know Wilat to say and what was the proper and fitting time to say it, ‘This would save them from much troubie. They shouid keep a guard upon their tongues, and never allow tuemseives to be be- trayed into the expression of what was false, scan- daious or unjust. In all their reiatious wath the world they shouid be just, honest and tree from the use of pharisaical sentiinents, The revereud gentie- man concluded an mstructive discourse, aad was listened te with the deepest atteniton by all those who Were within hearing of his voice, $T. ALBAN’S CHURCH. Reopenivg Service—Sermon on “The Holi« ness of Special Places and Things.” Yesterday morning St. Alban’s Mpiscopal church, in Forty-seventh street, between Lexington and Madison avenues, was reopened after its recent en- largement. In the HERALD of yesterday a brief account of @he alterations effected was given, and it ig thereiore unnecessary to describe them here. ‘There was a very large attendance, consisting to a greatextent of fashionable and elegantly dressed devotees, who have acquired in Rurope ® taste for the florid and passionately sensuous services of tho ritualistic branch of the Episcopal Church. 1t was evident, however, that nearly ail the worshippers were in earnest, aud were not present merely from motives of idle curiosity. They joined in the service with the greatest fervor and zeal, and seemed fully acquainted with all the many bewilder- ing niceties of tractarian euiquecte m the way of responses and genuflections, m0, Fatuer Noy oulletating pi ing tliurgy. ‘1aé prayers ware, of course, ail myoned. ‘The music was very , aud showed ol the chow’ having recei been strengthened vy Valuable accessions, THE SERMON Was preached by the Kev. Father Morrellyand, thous! shorl, Was pitby and intel and evidently co- wauded the Lxed atteuuon OL tae cougregalon. Fatuer Morreli took as the subject of his discourse tue “Specinl Holiness of Parucular Places and Things.) He begau by describing at length the first Jewish temple, which God had himself com- manded 10 be built, Witch had peen construcced Under divine superiatendence and which God h formatly accepied as @ fitting habiuation, Tis pointed example of the grand aud living Wrath that tiere Were certain piaced especially sacred and huhowed might well be careiudy borde in mind 10 these latver days, When we were Su trequently told by tuoughiiess persons, 13 an excuse for nui-altendance ul Lue douse Of God, that He would Lisiei Lo prayer as Weil Lrom oid place a8 another. ‘To suci au error the tirst tempie Was an effectual rebuke, Ln iach, seavol the Seripiwes Where we would we would dud evidences 1a ubundance of tue particular loess of p rticular places. Ax the crowning witness of (nis tri he imeawoned the blessed reward which Shmcon und Anoa reaped for asin daily pilgrimage to tue iempie. Simeon, thauks 10 us constant at- tenualce ut the iemple, Was recompensed for his piety by belug permitted to hold the slessian in his arms, aud buen gave Up the giost, afver bequeath- ing the iumuoruil gad inspired psalm, which the grutels Church las nained “ihe Suug ot Biv lmvou,’? or tie Nune Denis, Anna, Wo, Was similarly rewarded. Tae reverend tatuer then = diluted = With = enthusiasm = =upon the maivelous preiy of We Middie Ages, sometimes called da and veuiguied, ie said every American Wwayeliet in burope must have been siruck With tue Woaodrous beauty oi the magniicent cathicdrals which were sailered ali over Europe, ‘Ynose vovle ediaces lad been reared ai an expendi- ture of ume aud Money aud pauent, persisient sell- demlal such us, alas ! Our OWn Lines Dut feebly tile tated by Ludders wuo lad Dot even leit their uaucs tu posterity, ‘ather Morrell concluded by enforcing upon his hearers the duty of contributing itberaliy to tue ERECTION OF SACKED EDIVICES, and, in the absence of calls upon their purse of that character, of giving largely for the adorument and beaulilying of churches already built, Av Ue Close Of the sermon the communion was administered to a large number of the cougregation. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, TWENTY- SEV2NTH STREET. Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Curry the Respon- sibilities of Christian Citizens~Jim Visi and the Pope Control the State of New York. A large congregation gathered yesterday morning at the Meihodist Episcopal church in Twenty-seventh street, near Tulrd avenue, the Rey. Dr. Curry, D. D., being expected to discourse on the highly tterest- ing thenie of the “Responsibiliies of Caristian Vit zens to the State.” Afier tie usual exercises and prayer the reverend gentleman preaclied on te, text found in St. Matthew xxil., 21—‘*Render, there- fore, unto Casar the things wich are C: 's.”) There Was in te ume of our Lord A CLAS3 OF POLITICIANS who allied theinselves to the then reigning Roman roier, Tiese politicians were distrusted by the Jews and did not siand bighim the opinion of the Romans, They were called ce Herodians. Hoping to entangic our Lord into difiiculties they proposed the quesilon whether, as couscicntious men, they could pay tribute to Cwsar. Our Lord’s answer 13 well kuown, Pointing to the Roman coin which bore the image of U: , He said, you coutess Cwsar as your civil ruler render co im what is nis due.” Li uttering Uns Christ laid down a rule 48 to the relavious beiween rulers and their subjocts, Lt iS not the buslucss of suijects to Inquire into the riguts of the government under wiuch they live. Whoever way be your ruler, render to Him whac is lis tribute, Tis is a very broad priuciple, and necessary for us to Keep in view. Lt 1s euougtt that a suvject should Kaovw that a government 1s establisued, eveu LU the head of Laat government should kaye aliasned tual power by wrong, as, for instance, NAPOLEON BECAME RULER of France by perjury and Hodinan is said to have obialned his position by false returns. Our politi- cal obligations are Christian duties. his uch is preguaut with the greatest cousequenves, The pul- jut isiuise to its duties if it (aus properly wo deal wilh this subject Under a despotic gov- ernment the duty of the subject is a shiuple one, Everything is comprised within a siugie Word—ovedieuce. The coudition of the America people 1s diderent trom iat ofa despoue goverument. We are ourselves part of the government, and while on one hand the duty of Sub,ects rerts upon us, We are individually respoa- sible for the good character of our rulers, Lhe duties ii) Our case are exceedingly complicated, in rendering the State its due, vile citizen subject has to ao more than simply obey; he bas to care that tn should suifer no harm. In ren- ng ULLO Uwsar What is Ciesar’s Lie American people fave @ great duly to fulfl, which they must discharge with the fear of God, In “no depuriment is there @ greater noed of religious principle than m ue manageucat of public aifairs. Polsucs come within the rauge of reugious duties. Auericag eitizens Wio are enutied to tne share of polite: Wor are giso morally obliged to exercise it for the Weilare of the people. 1t 1s the duty Of aii ciuizens fo take part In voilucs. It bas come t@ be the Case WlaL many pevpie Lave viewed tieir poitical right: @ power wuicn baey could use at tueir couvenience and pleasure. Thus the State has veen giveu over to bad and selfish men, Who only seek to promote their own inigrests, God will hold you respousible for the use of this privilege. YO SELL ONE'S VOTE for any consideration, whether it be for personal Iriendsnip or personal convenience or directly for the brive that is given—to do tis 18 the basest pros- utution of our nights for the wost sordid purpose, In order to make use of our privilege tiere inust be some knowledge of the principies of the goverument under which we live. ‘vere inust be formed a just Hotion as to the duty of every man Lo care ior al—io exercise ts power With the fear of God aud for the beneut of ure community. The relation uf citizen. ship demands of all pavriotic devotion to the country. The idea is prevalent in many good people's minds that pariouism is of litue value, They associate it Wilil spread eagle ialk and bombast. It is the evil sign of tie tines that patriotisin has ceased to be considered as the highest virtue of a citizen, Patri otism 18 one of cur noblest justincis. ‘The man Wiose beart clows with unseliisu love and devotion for his country 13 agreat man. Ji the seutimenc of patriotism dies oul among 4 people tb uecomes degraded. Great men have always been uisitn- gushed by the iove of their own country, OUR LORD WAS A PATHIOUIO MA and the greatest pang of bis heart was tuat he had to give up Jerusalsd: aud that the Jews were not to be politically instrumental iu ve prociaiming of the Gospel turoaghout the world, puest devon and warn, outzusuing patrotisin is the duty of every American clizen, ‘Tuere ace dangers to ve guarded against, and the greatest of all 1s the withdrawal of 004, Peilzious peop! men Whose Voices are potent in padliv” assembite: they prefer @ quicier walk of life and don't desire office. Agat there are honest poor men who cannot aiord ofice at all For thus reason the aiiurs of the gove erument have been given over to bad men, who cau ailord to buy oMeces at high prices and tura polities to thelr own interest. We have reached that Jow siep in our degradation that we confess this ter- rivle evil, The oaly remedy of ali this ies in good men. They must make themseives fell in politics. Party aliegiance has grown into av. Parues are perhaps necessary, but they are legitimate ouly as they embody some great principle, aud when a party has accomplished its eads if fas only one thug to do, and that is to dissutve, The safety of our country rests upon those citizens who do not belong to any pariy, but deposit their votes accoraing to their conscieuces, To lave voted Wiih the same party ail your ilfe show taat you are either a knave or a fool; either other people have done your thinking or you have seid your vote, Un- Jess Lhe republican pariy take up morai issues, Ul- less. we bave & Christian Sabbath, a regilation of the liquoc trafic, and diseadowment of tne Romish Church, we shall BURY THE REPUBLICAN PARTY asa thing of the past. If all the good mon of the cominunity who preier right to corrupuon will come forward we shail drive parues before us, aud demonstrate that ti the | American people perimit themselves to be ridden Trougishod by the politicians it is because they chouse to sub- mit to it. In enumerating the vices Uiat are rau pant in our community 1 will first name political corruption—that is, tue giving and receiving bribes, ‘The existence of this evil cannot be denied, On every side we near the groan ings of the taxpayers. More thau half our taxes go inio the pockeis of the piunderers. No lan now goes to Albany te preseat @ bill unless he takes moncy With him, and even our courts are not beyond suspicion, This can be proved plainly. A greai corporation im this state owns the Legislature and the judges who issue their injuuctions, The Goveruor of the State of New York DARES NOT RESIST JAMES FISK; he directs legislation and judicial decisions, be cause be ts unscrupulons and has pienty of froney. Our country is in ine hauds of the devoiees of strong drink. There 18 a powe* in the dramshops. All the noiumations are setiled there, and their topers gon- erally vote one ticket. Romanism is a great corrupt ing poiltioal power, Lully organized, aad its yoies aro inthe market. Jt belongs Lo no party; parties be- long to it, “They sland Up in our midst and say that TUR PRIMARY ALLEGIANCE O# A ROMAN CATHOLLC Is Lo the Yope, the deposed potentate of Rome. This power is consiautly mterferig 1a our public aifairs. 4t controls the determing portion of the vote In New York cliy; 1 demanas and receives very large guts of mobey. The State of New York has given $400,000 direct to the Roman Chureh for its uine-tenths of the money devoted to. the sof the State are given to man Vathoite insututions. Such 18 the price paid by our polill- claus for ihe Roman Cacholic vote. If we look for ‘The service wus of the usual striking and Imposing type, though perhaps, in honor of the occasion, it ‘was @ shade more Jerid in its tone than oa the ord nary run of Sabbaths. The ceremony opened by the enirauce of the clergy and choir, headed by a pro- gessignal crgss, apd singling a well-known tractariap, OQ remedy of this sad state of asTalrs, the great poll. Ucal partles atford very litte hope, because one of tieui is entirely debauched and ihe other is willing to be so, The democratic party has already sold out, and the republican would if it could. Tie tormer party are perfectly willing tothrow our Sabbath laws overboara; they are im league with the dramshops end are bent en dvstroving our common school se insures, ° ait go to the wall if avian, We have by coniidence in We never one Which was nog out after ortwo years. They are seicem par will to sell ouly ‘de f other parties, trying to moral of other ies, . x sues, Which they spvedily. . We want inde odtont men. Our only. of hove is in the intelligence and virtue of the pubhe, Who can com- pel tle politicians to do right. We iook ,(0 the evaue gelical puipic Lo accomplish a great deal h? this mae ter, to take up Che Cause Of honey agumas bloated privery and public plunder, here. ger; tere must be energetic action Yo sist’ the right to rebuke the wrong avd whien reat to remove the burdens the people, through bad goveramont, Poswence wails to receive our pulite institucions untarnsst atour hands, The Americau people in whose name Justice is administered 18 Our Ovsar, and God com manus, “ender unto Cwsar that wach 15 Cesara. Take care that the Comuouwealth saver no harm, either by our Fp hana or SReipucise. The reverend gentioman concluded witd a prayer, alier Wiel the congregation Piette ST. PATRICH?S CATHEDRAL, Sermon by tho Rev. Father Kearney—-“Qup Duty to God and to Our Neizhbor.» Yesterday forenoon the services at st, Patrick's cathedral, Mulberry street, near Prince, were of ne usual impressive character, After the reading of the gospel Rey. Father Kearney delivered a sermon on the duty we owed to God and to our neighbor, taking for his text the gospel from Sl, Matchew, which was the gospel of the day. He said that it contained everything that tauzht us what our duty to God was, We were bound to love Him, and our uneignbor for the love of Him, It was not only incumbent upon us to Idve those of our neigibors who were friendly to us, but He commanded us to love all those who injured as and to return them good for evil, It was very dificult to induce a man nowa- days to forgive anotner who had done him an im jury. There were people within the pale of the Church even, and who considered themselves good Catholics, who were found to entertain ib feelings toward their neighbors, in EXVRESS DISOBEDIENCE TO THE LAW OF GOD, Their hearty were imbued with natrod and they hated with an inveierate hate, There were mapy pretexts given by those who were not well disposed lu feo ing Lo tueiz fellow men ior Uieir pee cular want of charity. One of the must common Was thata man dishkes his neighvor because.ne coulla’t help it, Such a man was unabie te g.ve any better reason tor lis disii&ke to is ielow mang but when he attempted to expiam it all he laid all (he blame on his ucizhdors lMaaners, his geverad couduct or his Way 0: Byeaking., Ue always avoided meeting the neighvor he hated because wuenever be got into) his) company he would have no other feeling than hatred for ium. An- oiher pretext for one mau’s dislike of avother was that he knew, or thougiit he kuew, his neighe bor was always striviay to do lim some faury; uae lee wanted to deprive him Oi some biug belonging to him, of was always eudeasoTlag LO Docome superior to him, to outdo tim ia every respect, 1a Whatever waik of ive he my be, in order tu mortiy aod Kuuilliate him. Yeu aaotier pretext was that his neighbor taiked il about bim IN AND OU'T OF PLACE, He had his fawiis, and bis neighbor, he knew or believed hie Knew, loved to talk about Utem to others. indeed, he felt that he uot only liked to talk about them, but made it ts special duty, as iL were, to magnify thela, to add to them, w credit Liat wilh Others Which le bad Lot; that, im fact, tue neighbor did ail he could w make him lose the esteem Of bis ieilow mea. Tao irs pretext sprang Irom maa’s own self-coucesi, frou tie come mon corruption of 3 nature. Ali men, more oF less, liked to be at their ease, to have enjoyment, to be popuiar amo g ihetr veighvurs, and, ue they found one man vever iked Luan themselves, a feel ing of envy crept ime thelr dears, Vhis leelng gradually grew into hatred, and hence ihe dis like of one man to be ip the same company with another man whom h- at heart liked. ‘Phe preiext for a man hating his neighvor because that negibor, he beieved or Knew, wanted to deprive him of his goods, Was alsv a very com- mon oae, jnstead of hatiug such @ Ceighbor, aman should consider hin as AN INSTRUMENT IN THE HANDS OF GoD to make him periect through suffering. It should be the same when a man’s neigabor talked lh of bun without cause. He should be cousidered simply as an instrument in ite nands of tae Alsughty to render him ail the titer for heaven, The Saviour suffered from the bruiailly of the Jews. He Was Car Jummiated and sianuered and tijured in every poe sibie Way Liey Could LMagiue, bub Lie forgave Luem, for they knew not what they did. It was true iat they were free agents; but God had fore- seen Trom ail eleraity nat they would act as they did. ‘They were noi really vad of themselves, ior they knew not the enoruuiy of thelr offen were merely instruments in ihe hand, Almigiiy to accomplish His great des Uae salvation of tue human rage. The Uathoite roll gion Was esseatial y a region of love aud ciarity, devery gospel, every cerewony of the Church taughs that man suould love God aud ius ueighvor. and that he should be even willlag vo (urvear ull lures done him. ‘Tae reverend speaker then went on to show how it Was neccssury that &@ inda should at heart realy and traly forgive his letsuoor for aay injury oF Wrong the latter might do bun, the form giveness should not be merely on the sur- face. Aman did not really iorgive aaotner for wrongs done Lin when be did it trough policy, to yratty simply the wisves Of uiutual fends or aaything of Uhat Kind; and he who did noi love his neighbor and jJorgive tum really and traly at heart for ali wrongs: done hin, could not Kueci down. amd ask God co Lor. give iim Ms offences withont msulting Him whe had died to save us and wav forgave us our gins and transgressions; we ought to do good and follow His example, Itshouid be mentioned that the musical part of the services under the direction. of the organist, Mr. Schmidtz, was sung in supero style, Mune. Choe, the soprano, being in an especial manner wortiy of the highest praise. Tie mauaer in w BAe Su fragt ale Kegina oun not have been vurpagse - Patrick's may well rejoice lo. hav: eae of best choirs in the Union. is or THE CHRISTIAN CHURGH. Its Origin and Objects=Foundation and Ine portance of Suaduy Schovls—Sermon by Rev. Mr. Foote. In the year 1793 certain, Christians of differing denominations in England, ScoUand and Ireland, feeling the necessity of & broad and common plat form whereou all who tove the Lord Jesus Curistin sincerity, regardless of cresds 1 forms, might stand, actuated aa if by one common impulse, om ganized themselves into distinct churehes, with na other bond or obligation than the Holy Scriptures, the Sacrament and the ordinances of the Church and faith in Christ imposed, Tis movement baviog to combat denominational prejudices had but slow progress. In 1810 it spread to the United States, where it now numbers uot less than three-quartera of a million souls, and in Europe, where inoral and religious growth 1s slower, it mumbers about three hundred and fifty thousand, THERE 13 BUT ONE SUCH CHRISTIAN CHUROM in this city or viclnity,, but it is im contemplation to establish 4 mission of the denomination ia Brook= jyn, The locate of this.church is in Twenty eighth street, near Broadway, and iis present pastor ts Rev. Mr. Foote,. ‘Lhe congregation tormerly wor- shipped in @ litte church edifice iu Seventeenth street, near Sixth. avenue, but a few years ago they exchanged that for sueir present edifice, which was then the property of a Sevensh Day Baptist Society, who now worship in the old “Discipies’? church, in Seventeenth street. To persons accustomed to some form and hariaeny in divine service the want of i would be very appareat in this Christian church, For while praycrx was oifered part of the audience stood and pari sat in thew pews, and while singing: was performed the same waat of usiformity was observable. But, on the other hand, there was alsa opsetvabie a deep spiris of Christian piety pervading. the enti audience, Young and old, and the conver- sattonal siyle and manuer of the pastor showed that. thougs elevated on a plaorm he was not exalted, above Uie people, val Was in therough harmony with them as oue of them, fis seriaon yesterday morning, was preached. bx request, On the mature and importance of the Sum day school work, aid iis text was Second Timothy, us, 16—From a child thou bast known the Hol piures which are able to make thee Wise NOL@ salvation, through taith wich 1s ia Clirist Jesus.” THE SUNDAY SCHOOL STARTED RY ROBERT RALKES elghtyaune years ago ter the — instruction and benefit of a few ragged children has grown to be, as it is now, the greatest aud most powerlul agency m the world for spreading Christunity. It ts coextensive with Pro-~ testantisaa. See what iruis grow from such icedle seeds—wWhat hovle resalis {ron such simple erforis & ‘The Sunday school meets s great demand of this age. Wich did not exist 22 Palestine im the days of iy. Were thuur dasy age not ouly are tue ure Mildren Of Our streets neglected but for the Sunday school, but che calidren of parents WHO are hot Christian, and also of those who are, bur who are Unable Lo istruct sueir offspring im the things ef God, ond of parents who having entered the Caure! Hous taeir duties end there, and who never hr the Ser.pcures at Mome La their amiltes or ackuow- ledge God at ther breakfast or dinuer tables—for alk these classes the Sunday school 18 aa Lmportant aud indispensa.le agent. THE ALMIGHTY 18 NEVER AT A LOSS when one agent fails or fails in fis work to raise another’; and hence, when the Church of Rome become 8a corrupted that It could not longer carry forward the work ef God on tue earth @ relormatiom