The New York Herald Newspaper, November 21, 1870, Page 4

t RELIGIOUS. Sermons and Services Yesterday. Man’s Duty to Ifis God, to His Neigh- bors and to His Country. LIVELY LESSONS ON ORTHODOX TOPICS. The Worship of God on Land and Water.’ Discourses by Dre. Hepworth and Me- Sweeney, Rev. Messrs. Beecher, Richardson, Frothingham, Pallman and Others, ‘There seems to be a lack of what might be called sensational topics tor sacerdotal comment just at present, The late el ctions have now become th ngs of the past; the complications in Europe seem to be, for the nonce, forgotten, and the clergy must fall back on the old, tried and never failing | source of inspiration—the Divine Word. This state | of affairs seemed to prevail yesterday to a great | exteut in the churches. The peculiarly wintry | looking weather, no doubt, frightenec some of the | timid worshippers, but the sharpness of the aumos- | phere seemed to sharpen the preachers, andthe | sermons there‘ore, although for the most part | orthodox, were clear and pungent, as may be seen | from the follo wing reports, NEW ENGLAND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, | First Sermon by fev. Merrili Cichardson | Ater Bis Installation #s Paster—Eloquent Discourse on the Design of Preaching— O:iinal Sins and Sins Net Origiual—The Stambling Blocks of Doctrin | of the. poor, could feel that things are pearance owing to the pleasing, variozated hues of the many rich and elegant toilets that were exhibited. At hai!-past ten o'clock the religious exercises com- menaced, aod & prominent feature throughout was the barmony that characterized the rendition of the humerous chants and psalms. Tue Rev. Dr. Dix Selec'ed his text from the Gospel according to St. Luke, Xvi, 25—“But Abraham said, Son, remember and likewise Lazarus evil things; bat now he is comforted ana thou art tormented,” it often hap- pened when perusing the Seriptures, perhaps for the thousandth time, that some thought swuck the reader Which never occurred to him bef re, as 1 A NEW RAY OF LIGHT disclosed something whick had previously been un. observed, In t-e proverb of the rich man and the poor n nothing was said against the rich man’s character in malice, ‘Tho case was that of one wro nad great wealth and enjoved it; who lived hand- someiy and who had no thought of his poorer bre tren. He dwelt im stateliuess and com/ort, and clad b uself in soft apparel. Moreover, he passed his time in luxurious ea was not said (hat he was ankind to La } y forgot him. ‘the poor man might sit outside he desired, Indeed, ne might ived what he asxed in the way of scraps And crumbs that fell from the splenaid lea tinside, but otherwise he was overlooked and Jorgotien, Now, it we# apparent that such @ state Of things Must necessitate a change In the appoluted order of events, It seemed that the parable men- tioned in the Gospel was intended as a iesgon show- Ing that there was @ great law, made by a ust and righteous God, In reference to the relations between the rich and the poor, That seemed to be the scope ofthe parable. Jt was plain that NO FAIR-MINDED MAN, looking at the world and observing the superabun- dant comiort of the rich and the deep, dark miseries they should re Was somes be. Everybody must adinit that U | | thing wrong Somewhere, and, the lacta being ad- mitted, 1 ‘ollowed that a chal sure tocome, {he reverend gentieman then wave a very cloquent filusiration, suggested by pracical experience, of the great contrast between the palaces: of the rich and the hoveis of the poor, He had visited both, and the vast diference presenied | we of some Kind was that thoa in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, | rus, but that he | | anexample, Let ull earnostly and ate | Book of Revelations was delivered yesterday by the kindly and brotherly manner in which He ap- 4 me led on Him, = Christ referred heal the sic! od Lo do more; He preveried to lay bi In Love ‘and kindness upon them, to teach them to be gentie, teaier and charitable, as His Father in Heaven had tanght him to be, | The ‘or exhorted bis hearers to ponder upon these things and to straggie manfully to imi tate them; this, he suid, was the only true way to follow Christ: make no special point in which to be like titm, but be meek, lowly and charitable and | follow itm in all things. God, he sald, gia not care for SCHOLARLY WORDED PRAYERS, He wanted the humble outpourlags of a traly pent- tent heart, He tought that some men had an ides that beautifully worded prayers would pave @ road to heaven; but such was not the case. The pemient heart must dictate the prayer we wish the Father o hear and answer, 3 an tustance of w he re- ferred to Chirist’s Sermon on the Mount, in which | the trae course we are to feilow ts so plainly and yet 80 simply laid down, He earnestly requested those | present to cast aside their seldsh and worid'y ways and to take up the ersss and iollow Christ as He has so pleaded for us to do, to follow Him boldly | and Jeariessly; follow Him in the face ef all obsta- cles and in spite of the taunts of men, never for an | instant swerving from the purpose, but to go on- ward and upward, thac in the end we might have the eternal rest that has been promised to those who, on that great day that must come, snail be found worthy followers of Him who set us so fine the biessing of God upon bis efforts to be like the Saviour, Work and pray lor the strength of fis grace and loving kindness to assiat us tm \nitating the Redeemer of manktod. ‘the sermou throughout was most impressive, and at its close the pastor delivered a beautiiul prayer that accorded most periectly with his aiscourse, AMERICAN FREE © iURCH. The Church of Christ and “the Synarognue of Sataw%—Secoud Deut und the Crewn of Lie—Graud Contcast—Leciure by tho Rev. Charles B. Smyth, Another expository lecture mm the course of the Rey. ©. B. Smyth, at the Masonic Hall, Thirteenth clea:ly manifested 10 ais mind that svoner or later » ‘ine mansion of | all its luxurious. | s; the inisery of the poor basement, many feet | ow the level of the street, which he subsequenty | red, was frightful ia the appearance of desola- | tiov and penury which tt esbinited, Both houses with their separate stories—good things here, | things there, No rich man could look on two | pctures and admit + things are as they spould | be, and tf he remem “I the us oF the parable | he must feel uneasy. He must say 10 himself thata | ¢ must come; that inutiference le the wants | { { a 1 chang OF te poor 18 @ crime, and wat CRIME MUST HAVE KETRIBUTION, r forcibly dilating ov strik conirast exh tious o° mankind, tie siverted | te ihe theery of disbeltef advan ¥ Infldeis, con. | the ry marked and | ween i@ dhiereat por- | At the neat and elegant New England Congrega- tional church, corner Malisoa avenue aud Forty- | seventh street, which, although one of the youngest in the great sisterhood of our metropolitan churches, has already aliainea the full dignity of majestic maiurity, there was the usual large con tion at the services yesterday mornmg. The steady growth Of the attendants at this sacred temple of worship attests more than agyihing else can the grow’ populartiy of tis newly chosen pastor, Kev. M Richardsoa, who conducted the exere: the congregation 1s composea mainly of representative © @ and refinement of New England, there is nothing clannish either im its organization or m: gcriptive. The doors of the and with a uinister of sucn fo and eloquence as MS pre crowds are sure to pass throug! ine pews uni aisies, His sermon yesie —a Seeuing new in-piratiun from | ub tustvlation ou last Wedue the sub- aud the ISTRATIONS, ould be, were | Most Cleary, puugenuy and eioqueutly set forth. The vasis of gement, nothing pro- h are open to ail, | power ot lo; stor, throng THE SERMON was tho text First Corinihiaus, Xiv., 8—“If the | trumpet gives an unceriain sound, Who shail pre- are himseli for the vatuer? Paul, he began, Was ere considering Ue method and ob/ect o: preacn-- ing. How could they be built up in the truth if taat truth was not clearly utveved + ‘This comparison was | well chosea. ‘the duty of the trumpeter was Woll known; nov an Olicer or private mast mistake its meaoing. The suiety or peri of the army depended | Upon ti being rigutiy understood, Carrying out tals | coinparisou applying it to preachiog, he in- sisted Cat the giea, désign of preaching was to build men Up ud tie Ceuth of God and Uias tit them for ks | Kingdom, His firsi pout was that revelation isa | Byatem of truth which the preacher should under- stand. TRE BIBLE IS OF GoD then, like nature, all 1s truths will There will be no oniradichous, 1d 13 ©. reierred to ihe m marking the tion and movewents of Lue plangiary World to » this exacine: A lew years ago asiroooniers were ali agg, tutuk ng TALRE WAS SOMETHING 1 and irregular in the movemenss of tho bh bodies. “They pomied thei scopes seeking to peuetrate the mysteries of those Lar away Worlds, tie result was the discovery of a new | Planet—the discovery that all Was sill” harmoaious in those myvjau worlds: also Singing forever as they shine ‘The Luhd that made us is diving, Yes, this was ihe great song of the stars. no chance in God's wnive: This voit was most eloquentiy ulusirated 1M @ variety Of ways by fering tv the Woudrous works of nature in every | de variment oi creadon. God’s book of nature was ope: wali, it was so with the Bible. Kigncly in- te: preted—and tits Was tie Second pont of is dts- course— ibe Scrip ures give no unceriain sound. The greatly linportaut poimt was for the minister to Tightly mierpred we scriptures; to give forth in his teaching mo uncertain suund.’ ihey must enumer- ate the There is BIBLE DOCTS rightly. This word doctrine Was a great scambling biock to many, ‘Ihe word meaut somecning stupea- dous, something vague, something mysterious. fae word meant simply to teach this, and notning more. There were doctrines in Dature as well asin tie Bible, He proce ded to speak of the doctrine of sin, and showed the divine sounds given torth arom te pulp on Uus Lopic. Some oojected to tue bible because it was ailesed to leach that man was by ature wicked and depraved. If this was sound basis of objection, whut musi be thought of THE NEWSVAPERS, in nearly all the coluwns of which every day are to be found records vf depravity and evil doi Tow macter of sin was very simple. Pauli denn Mt as transgression O1 tue Law. ‘This told the wile wory. It isdulug wrong. 1t 18 disebedience, Let the minisier knOW this and then he ca id forth | ‘what sin 1s irom the pulpit. He d do wih marked elo) WKASOLINGS AMONG THE CLERGY and in the Churches upon this subject of sin. The | whole Lproviem of ite and duty as pertaining | tu the minister was to Kuow What sin is and | mans daty regarding it, Having fiusned this | branch vi his discourse he procecded to | Bpeak of regeneratiou. Vhis was a doctrme apon Which the preacuer must give @ disuncet It had been sald that the work of re, Bou! cailed forth 48 great display of crcaie the universe. He would leave this matter to | God aud NOT BLOW ANY TRUMPET about tt, generation was God's —work—a | mystery—and no man could fathom i. The next ubject touched upon Was tae doctrine of divine sovereigniy. Ke was particularly eloyuent upon | ‘tus point. He traced the great designs of the great Creator with au eupiasis and clearaess rarely seen in the pulpit, ‘ihey could trust God. He ves [D @ mysterious way vs wobu form, He was sovereigu of all. He raised up nations and kingdoms and ve demoshed them for lis owa pur- poses, fe hud ratsod up OUB REPUBLIC, aa he trusted, to show w the world the golden frut- | tion of the glorious principles of ireedom, From this he Weal o4 to speak OF God's purposes and the connection of jaw aud grace. He was ex- ceedingly bappy in beth his arguments a iilustrat.ons upon these two puints, depriving the greatiy ol tueir natura dryness and techincal cha- Tacter, His finai picture of the duties of tue minis ter glowed with an sour ol description as euec- tive as it was Iinpasstoded, ‘ ‘There stands the legate of the ekies, Tila themg divine, bis oflice sacred, hie ‘ bial bey 'y hima the Law apeaks out i Nuns Sweet as augels use the Uospel whispers * Peace. In conciusion he alluded to hia recent tnstallation over the church as 1s pastor, aud what be should aun to do and What doctiiues teacn in entering upon his new field of pastoral duties. He hoped, Dist Of all, LO Make LAMseif acceptable In God's sight and to preach that Gospel which Christ bade His discipies go forth aad preach to the while ‘worid. He pledged bis own best efforts to prociaiin abroud, to the extent of his abulittes, the truchs of the Bible and to call sinners to Tepentauce, He would luyite to the seuts of wor- ship the poor aud lowly as well as the powerful and rich, He iuvoked theif aid aad thelg prayers; We rest he leit to Goi and the future. ‘The serMoN Was lisiened to with the most earnest attention. 16 W.s anovunced that there would bea moruiug service in Lhe church op next Thanksgiv- ing Day, and then with singing by the congcegation fand the vouediction were ie: minated the exercises. ri TRINITY§ CHAPLL. Relations Between the Rich and the Poor Sermon by the Kev. Dr. Dix. ‘There wasa very large attendance at Trinity chapel yesterday, and the interesting services were con ducted witn the usual solemaity and devotion, ‘The ‘tntesior of the edifice presented quite a Lundsomeap- | Sermon by the j are nob tenitug that it Was appalling When such questions | 48 (hose tnentioned were brought to mind. Noiuiidel | could cenfidentiy put iorwara his assertions | and At of the difference existing between | ne jact Was Now apparent | ted on a dark question. | ‘ous aud Ir. nopressed essity of comprehend. | isting bebween tli ass | a poverty and d stitute uder ali tae circumstance: t t iis life ou tts earth the 1 bad always fav i the poor aud advocated relatias. Dr. Dix concluded an eloquent and neutative discourse n of the commanity he postion of the urging on the wealthy | linporiance of recog- | ‘The services were shoruy after tweive | ing then coutinued and termi o'clock. ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL, Rev. Dr. McSweeney--“Tho Necessity of a ‘Last Sudcment. The Rev. Dr. MeSweeney deli ed the sermon at the Cathedral yesterday. He took for his text the twenty-fourth chapter of St. Matthew, from the fit. teeath to the th! fourth vi ‘The necessity of a ; “last judgment,” he said, commends itself to every reasonable miud, Even though there were no pro- phecy of the groat event laid down in the gespel, we ourselves, enlightened by our own good sense, would be able to prophecy that such @ thing must necessary oce for uf there | is a God He mast be a just God. If He was not just then He was not a real God; but reason told us that the God we adore is a God who made us, who will reward the geod aud punish the wicked—a God of infinite justice, with whose justice no one can find fault, to Whose justice no one can be blind. During this ufe it very frequently happens that the enemies of God prosper. They are men who deny H's jus- | tice. even tris very existence, ana endeavor to prove it by facts which. to guorant mina, secm que plausible. The blasphemer acquires a kind of right to vonut forta TH MOST HORRIBLE BLASPORMIFS against God, because to huwnan minds, limited as they are, certain things done in this world are net recon-Habie with the justice of God. The wicked | aways known, How often do they 2ar a musk of piety, not only for a iew 3, but for a long Mietime, when in hearts they are impious aud — blas- phemers. ‘This must be set right, Tae wicked can- not go forever unpuaistied: for if they did the moral universe Would get oat of jot. “In this Is the completeness of the doctrine of Jesus Christ. he condemns the blasphemer, but at the same time justifes the condemnation. Many things done in this world are unexplainable, but it should be remembered that there Is a reckoning day to come when a: the pills would be laid low, the val- Jeys Ulled and the CROOKED WAYS MADE STRAIGHT. How often do we fod from the imstructions of the Church and even from our own little experience in Ive that the surest sign by which to distinguish the virtuous fom the impious is their condition in the world. The virtuous are deprived of temporal goods, and they seem to recelve no rewari for their good acts, Look at the inyriads of saints in the early history of the Church who suffered and died rather than yteld ap their faith. So accustomed has the world become to wit- nesting the wicked prosper and the virtuous suffer in life that wonder Is excited when the contrary happens; in fact, we have got ito te habit of dis ceroing between the good and the bad simply by looking at wat the ong ha3 and the other has not in Worldiy goods. So accustomed are we in seeing the justice of God disregarded that we lean to une belie? that NOBODY H'S A RIGHT TO BE RICH and well to dv but the wicked. The last judgment Would set ail this rigut ‘Then would God’s justice be Vindicated and tie wicked be known 10° what they are and punished for what they are. God must punish the wicked tn the end in order to vindicate dis justice and to show the influity of His merey. He will pronounce the sentence of “Depart from me, ye Wicked, to everla-ting fice,’ aud no lapse of time will ever satiate HS diyine vengeance. flow could this be reconciied with God's mercy. He would make pass im array before His throne these crea- | wires condemned for all eternity, and even the wicked will have toexclaim that His justice 13 right. Then, on (hai awiul day, He will bring up in TERRIBLE ARRAY AGAINST THE SINNERS. | the suifervigs of Lis divine Son, His death and the | days and rs during life which He gave tuem to avert the sentence. Men will never see the full ex- tent of the mercies which He accorded them on earth and the hundreds of opportunities He gave them to follow the path of righteousness, Men would then learn that all in this world was but Vanity excep. the love ef the Lord and the service of Him alone, Ou the last day there would be no need of sermons, of examples, of suiferinga, of death, IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE, when all men would fly to judgment, the lesson would be learned pertectly, conclusively, tbat the highest bie-sing of the earih was nothing in com- parison Wiih the lowest throne of the elect in heave ihen wil they look back and see the folly of the sacrifices they made the world. But it Will be too late, for dooms: is not called the day of the Lord because it will bi day of mercy, but because it wil be a day of justice, The reverend speaker thea concluded with an earnest exhortation to the congregation to avail themselves of the present, which 1s tne acceptable Ume, to do good, and thus avoid on the day of judg- ment the sentence of eternal death. ATTORNEY SiREELD METRODIST EPSLOPAL C2URCH. A Lesson Upon ihe Following of Christ and jon the Gentleness of fis Lite-Sermon by Rev. 8. P. Swift. ‘The congregation at this charch yesterday, though not large, seemed thoroughly devoat, ‘There was no display of gaudy dresses and no attempts at rivalry in any form, those who attended service doing so for ite moral effects, The minister was most im- pressive in his delivery, and as the sacred words fell from his lips it was easily to be seen how deeply his hearers appreciated them. The text was from St, Matthew, tv., 19—"He saith unto them follow me.” Upon the following of Christ, said the minister, men are apt to disagree, and there are none who boldly and fearlessly follow Him. One says, I shall follow Christ by praying on Sunday; apother by this act, and another by that; but this is not the true way. TO FOLLOW CHRIST as He desires we muat give up all selfish motives. there is no act in iife la which if we desire we cannot in some way imitate Him, Praying alone 1s not fol- Jowing the divine teachings of the Master; the giving | yaisea irom the aead, i and activity. Atreet, Tho reverend gentleman, in commenting upon the reverses and disappoiniments which every day beset maukind, and comparing the rich man going to heaven to a camel striding through the eye of a needle, introduced some forcible mlusira- tuons, which evidentiy made a deep impression on the congregation. Afvor some prelimiuary observa- tions Mr. Smyth selected his text from Revela- tions ti, 8-ll:—And unto the angel of the church at Smyrna write: These things saith the first and the last, wich was dead, und is allve; 1 know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty,” &c, This passage constitutes the letter to the chief member of the seven churches of Asia, Smyrna, in Which the churen was situated, was, a3 It 1s now, an important city of Asia Minor, about forty miles from Ephesus. ‘The oa represenled us -peaking 13 Curist. Thee sion “ihe first and the last? de- notes the ecternily of His Divine nature, and whe term “which was dead, and 18 alive” refers to the human, whic bad been cracdl d aud afterwards When it ts here said that Christ ‘Ss alive’ much more is meant than that He is now SOMEWHERE IN A STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS ‘The words, dcaih and lie, are com- mployed wita reference to Unis earth. One 3 to be inierested in this of the spirit irom the body; he is interestet in the aiairs of tds se ist 13 alive, not only im the sense of His spirit having become reunited to His body in His resurrection, but m Ubat Of taking an active In terest In Lue affairs of this life, He 18 a3 much co ed BOW in Wie events Wulch are taking piace as Hie Was when visible by his bodiy presence among the Jews, ‘This sense of (he term ts Very appropri ave in view of the next clauses iollowing:—‘* I know thy works,’ &c., “and | Know the blasphemy of them whici say they ave Jews and are net,” &c. Knowledge and life are intimately counected, and tuat a Knowledge of CURRENT RVENTS. No person is truly and fully aitve who ts not in- formed of the occurrences Which are taking place around him, or Who does net take par. im them as one who is involved tuerein, In this enlightened age, Wuen facilities for acquiring knowledge are so numerons, and the dally record of transactions 1s Witian the reach of all, hé must Le dead in ignorance and apathy who does not Kuow the news of current events, And if Christ is alive Lo these things why should not His people be, Who profess to compre- hend-in some degree the meaning of His kingdom and the bearing of passing events upon its welfare? Alter dwelling at some lengih on the importaace monly is dead when he ce. worid by the separatior he is wlve to ourselves, eon all nations even as it has verb should wok While charity always begins at stay there. I try to love jn the world; bat man whom 1 hate it is the stingy man, wrapped up in nimzelf, never aiding or assisting a fellow creature, Seinkiog of no one and caring for none except himselt. 1t ls right that we should take care of erring Christians at home in this our own land, where tens of thousands land on our shores every week, burdened with the superstitions of Catholicism, but I verily believe that God would curse us were we to neglect those races living In darkness and barbarity, when he tells us “Go lorth gud preach the Gospel to all nations.” CHURCH OF THS MESSIAH. Discourse by the Rev. George H. worth on “Moral Courace.’? At the Church of the Messiah last evening the Rev, George H. Hepwer'h, the pastor, preached before the usually brilliant and numerous congregation, taking “Moral Courage” as the subject of his remarks, Mr. Hepworth’s text was taken from Matthew xxvi, 74:—"Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man.” He sald:—My subject this evening 1s “Moral Courage,” and though 1 may address myself more particularly to those who are just entering upon thetr careers, I am sure tnat my words will not be unheeded by those of riper years. The theme 18 perfectly and sadly filustratead by the incident which gives me my text, Almost all His other friends had forsaken the Lord. But Peter had so lately made public protestation that he would not oniy follow the varying fortunes of the Master, but even die with Him if necessary, that one has aright to expect some degree of heroism when it came to the pinch. When the disciples were unassailed, walking quietly along the highway, it was no dim- cult matter to get into an enthusiastic mood, and to say things which in his heart he did not really mean, But when the arrest had been made, and tho Hep- EXCITED AND UNREASONABLE MOB | called for blood and vengeance; when the testimony had all been given in, and it became certain the verdict of guilty would be pronounced, aad tie terri- ble sentence of death executed, it was a very differ- ent matter to share the Master's fate, Peter was a false friend, He could well afford to be brave when bravery cost nothing; but when the price to be paid was nothing less than life itself he shirked his duty, and abandoned kis Lord, What a contrast here between tho Pilsoncr at the bar and the man Who was tn the kitchen talking with the ser- vantal Christ offered no apotozy and made no de- fence. Undoubtedly He could have used to achieve his own freedom the same wondrous power which bade Lazarus come forth, and the sheeted dead obeyed; but He crushed down the instincts of His human nature and without a murmur submited not only vo the sentence of the court, but also to the bas? Insults of the crowd, The question comes up, How did He do all this? How did He meet his fate so boldly? How coald he be calm, patient and en- auring in the nudst of that terr.bie suffering and the excitement of the populace? ‘the answer 1s on my ps. It was because He could trust tno love of God more than He could tear the Natred of men. ‘To Him God was not a theological vision, but an almost visible aud ever-present Father. He telt that duty called, and when it did call He heard nothing else, If He could only feel that He was right He could en- dure anytiung. THE MOB WAS NOTHING to Him, and littie cared Hs whatit could do; the so- caled court of jusiice was nothing; au and God Were everything. Now, that is what I mean by moral courage. Let me define the words. A man may be very brave and yet not bave a speck of moral courage, A brave man under tremendous excite- ment, not thinking of and not reckoning conse- quences, may rush ite the thick of the fight, and even lead the forlora hope. We alt adinire him, But there Js a quaiity of character which ranks still higher. We see it when @ man not only seeing, but reckoning the consequences to their iullest extent, cally and deliberately suffers a wrong or a calam- ity because he feels it to be hisduty, ‘he young man who resists THE TEMPTATION TO DRINK or to gamble in the face of the sneers and Inuendoes of his compantons, sacrificing their good opinion Tather than his own sell-respect aad sense of what is right, isa mora! hero. I sometimes think tt re- wires more real character to say No, and mean it, than it does to expose oneself on the fleld of battie, Sometimes you know of a Woman who is married to a brutal man—a man who has forgotten his vows at the altar—a man who 1s nnirue to her, and who neglects his children and his home, led by that of veing, like Christ, alive to the transactious taking place every day around us, and ARFECTING HIS KINGDOM {as all movements do in a greater or less degree), the speaker drew a line of demarcation by which he Sepirited the people of the world, bo matier to what church or sect any of them might pelong, ito lwo grand classes, a3 indicated by the contrast pre- sented in the text between the members of the ; Church and those of THE SYNAGOGUE OF SATAN. ‘rhe only distinction, he said, that will be recog- nized between men in ihe day of judgment will be between those who serve God and those who serve Satan. No preference wili be showa then © the members of ene church above ihose of uuy other; but every person will be judged according to his works, ‘The tenth verse represents Satan as the great agent 1a bringing persecution and tnbu- lation upon te chilaren of God; but he could not prevail against them, In the closing clauses of this Passage A DECIDED CONTRAST 3s exhibited, he said, between the future of the faith- ful and thatof the unfaithful. To the former Christ will give “a crown of lie,” but the latter will be Subjected to ‘the second death.” iu referring to this iast passage Mr. Smyth called forth ali his energy and wonted eloquence, and di- Jated at considerable length upon the inevitable dcstruction of those who wandered irom the nar- Tow path and strayed into the wide waiks of sin and vice, thereby depriving themselves of that “crown of lite” which had been promised them, LEXINGTON AVENUE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, Self-Satisfied Christians Stirred Up—Sermon by the Rev. I. M. Stratton. A large and respectable audience filled the above fashionabie churci, situated on Lexington avenue and Fifty-second street, yesterday. The ordinary number of worshippers was augmented no doubt by an advertisement In the papers that the pastor would preach on * The Regions Beyona,” Numbers of Christians Imagined that this referred to our after existence, and consequently came with a common curlosity to see what the other world would be, thinking that they would be waited on the wings of boundless ministerial eloquence alternately to the realms of heavenly biiss and the fathomless depths of INCOMPREBENSIBLE DAMNATION. Great was their disappointment on finding that the terms “regions beyond” applied to the flelds of missionary teachings, and not to our aerial exist ence ina future sphere. The sermon was preached in aid of the Methodist missionaries wow prosecuting their work in all qnarvers of the globe. The reverend gentleman’s eloquence was singularly well adapted lor such @ discourse, appealing 1o the charitable sympathies of his congregation with a wonderful depth of feeling, bringing home bis aiguments, and strongly portraying tue glorious resuits o1 charity, The pasvor took his text from Second Corintitais x., 16—To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man’s line of things made ready to our hand,” ‘These were the grand principies held by the aposties, instilled ito them by our Saviour and handed down to us to guide us in our ministerial and Missionary Capacities, The aposties were nut sausfed merely to preach the word to the same congrega- uon, like ministers now-a-days; they went abroad every where, preaching aad teaching; THEY LOST NO OPPORTUNITY of doing good. In those early days of Christianity of course foliowers of Christ nad to work harder and suifer more than in the present age. ‘they ied lives ‘of trusting faith tn the good work they were engaged in—ceaselessly active, and seldom or ever deviat- ing from the course they had chosen for them- selv Led on aod upheld by the greatest itinerant preacher that ever lived, Jesus Christ, they entered heart and soul into teaching the Gospel, and firmly established that basis of Christianity on which to-day we so firmly stand. Whatanoble example have our mssiona- ries always before them | What an honor to think that tueirs ts bias ageeE adopted by the Saviour of His people | ell, Indeed, have the noble men of eur time done their work; for, beoid, at this «moment, 1 every land known on the gisbe, they are at work, ‘Tneir lives, indeed, resemble that of our great Master—beatea to- stoned to-morrow, massacred in China, eaten up by canuibals, THEIR BONES LIZ BLEACHING ON EVERY SHORE. From Africa’s desert plains to India’s rocky moun- tains and Iceland's frig.d z«ne have the voices of ‘our missionaries been heard, breathing tue spirit of the word of God given to us 1,500 vears ago. This is precisely the bee of man that Chiisé chose when he wok the twelve apostles—men who were willing to go anywhere and do everythiog for His cause, even tu lay down their very tives. Now in ine eyes of God we are all missionarios—all this vast as- sembly I see before me—and how are ye fulfilling Goa’s wishes when fe has appointed yeu to such a Position? Do not imagine that to save your souls hothing 13 to be done except come to churcn regu- larly and jisten to a sermon with praiseworth fatal thirst which endangers everything, but who shields her husbana’s fauits from the rade gaze of the world, bears his insulis without a murmur, and stull strives to see the good in him, and, by loviug artifices, to draw him back to his former and better self, There are many such romances m our dally social life, M1 could UNROOF YOUR HOUSES and your hearts, I should find more exciting scenes than were ever told in story and I should discover a heroism, & morai courage which is known only to God. The power to do one’s duty without asking the world’s permission 1s the true Indication of tue Christian, You can make this more] courage your own only by making the moral facts out of which it comes your own. If you half believe tn God, in im- mortality, in Christ, then you waver; but if heaven and duty are solemn realities, which take prece- dence of everything else, then you are not the siave of public opinion; you are a freeman of God, You can do what ts right and leave the rest to Heaven, Ineed not tell you how much we all need chis qui ity which I call moral courage. itis the shield of the young, it 1s the fortress of the middie aged, it 1s the comforter of the aged. CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY. Public Piety Cooled Down--Coming to Make Love and Forgetting to Pray—A Railroad Naisance—Who Was Jesus Christ ?—Sermon by the Rev. Mr. Tracy. Yesterday could .ardly be regarded as a good day for religion in and around Fifth and Madison ave- nues; for the godly of that brown stone region have not yet secured their fashionable supply of winter clothing, and to encounter the biting blast of yes- terday in su.omer costume would be a piece o: fun and folly only fit for some OVERHEATED ST. ANTHONY ofthe period, It would be out of the question alto- gether te think of putting on last winter's old- fashioned apparel, and the only alternative was to keep within doors and leave the churches empty. This must aggount ior the absence of a congregation at Church of the Holy Trinity, corner of Madison avenuo and Forty-second street, at half-past three o’clock yes- terday afternoon, where and when the Episcopal services were conducted and a good sermon preached by we Rev. U. T. Tracy. The subject of the discourse was the identity of Jesus Christ as the pon ofGod. The preacher said that the art of criticism is now being cultivated to perfection, Men who formerly accepted every truth advanced with- out question are now grown suspicious, and must have proofs of every statement before they believe. This is true regarding every subject of human in- terest, and 1s particalarly so with respect to religion. Men are questioning not only tne religious faith of others, but are also examining their own and DEMANDING ¥ROOFS, and if they do not receive those proofs at the hands of the preacher, wiose task and duty it is to supply them, they threaten to discontinue believing ail they bad formerly — received with implicit fun. The tine has long gone by when mea received religions teacity, as from authority, aud tue more inteiligeat mind o: to-day insists on thinking for iiself on reilgious a3 ‘well as secular affairs, and it sometimes thinks all the way down to the foundation, People are indls- posed to accept anything just now on the mere as- gertion of apreacher. Tuy are beginning to ques- tion the ministers. Philosophers are Unking, and they do not now keep tife results of their researches ali to themselves. ‘‘aey have contracted the custom of translating their thoughts and opin.ons into pop- ular langaage and prinang them in pamphiets ane newspapers. And this thinking and reading aca questioning has the eflect of unsettling the mind. People say, “If we have been cherishing @ delusion Jet us cherish it no longer.” This does away with ‘all priesicraft and readers it wholly powerless for ‘ood or evil. Atsuch # peculiar time as this what fs the duty of the religious teachert 13 it lo crush the questioning spirit and SMOTHAR THE VOICE OF INQUIRY by the force of authority? That was the old methoa of silencing the doubt; but that method would not work to-day. Men cannot now trample oa their doubts so easily bya mere effort of the will. cannot nowadays regard the honest doubts and sus- iclons of cur icllow men ug crimes to be punished for. Doubts are not necessarily wicked, ‘They can- not be heipeu and are no more the result of volition than the circulation of the blood, The duty of the minisver, therefore, is to answer the questions, to supply the proofs demanded and 80 dissoive the doubts. Wisdom and justice call upon them to let in the light. it is their place to bear the burdens of the weak and solvo the doubts of the troubied in spirit. ‘There is a proportion of intelligent listeners in every churco who think for themselves and silentiy demand proofs of every statement utiered, and if the preacher does not furnish them so much the worse for tie preacher, There ls an unlimited them in Leen # TUR COMFORTABLE GOSPEL complacency. ‘That 18 a selfish Christianity which will not do. If by patttog with commendable regu- larity @ ten cent stamp on tho plate you lmagine that it goes to purchase A THROUGH TIOKET TO HEAVEN of aloaf of bread to the poor and needy has salva- ton in‘t. Let us look upon the moekness and gentle- ness of Christ while on earth and try how near we can reseuvie Hum; let us look at tls charttios, at Age are laboring under a most grievous delusion, it 18 necessary for salvation that parties calling themselves Christians should lead lives of “cease- less activity,” always laboring in the Lord’s cause and aiding to spread bis great aud giorloys Word to lesus Christ. Religious proois are very pecullar Petty nature. Supernatural facts must be estab- lished only by supernatoral evidence. ‘The founda- tions of our bglicf are the proofs we can bring to show that Jess Christ was really the Sov ai God, and nota mythical personage. ‘The biographers of Christ have given us only a very imperfect notion of what He was. There 18 vo positive proof of His divinity to be found in His miracles; but the charac- Hila Faber, tor of Ghrlat Waa divuic, he Imag® Of eae seu, MUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET, ‘Was stamped u: witness who tend ides in bebalf of His Son. nat anny au pean Ma beeehle r al and even the few who attended. aud to be appreciative, A young lady with her beau, right in front of the reporter, and whenever a prayer was uttered, and the congregation nt through the form of kneeling, this pious couple wok A MOST UNGODLY ADVANTAGR of the “situation” to do some wari love-making. A little big toe another pair were similarly e: gagea all ugh the sermon, Another disadvan- ge under wh.ch the minister labored arose from the Fourth avenue cars, which turn & corner into Madison avenue at this point, and every time a car 3 the grating of the whee. flanges against the ent rail makes a frightful screech that shakes all the nerves in the churcn and neighborhood, 8T. STEPHEN'S ROMAN CATSOLIC CHURCH. The Efictency of the Sacrament of Penance Sermon by the Rev. John Hawley, of St. Johns, Newfoundland, ‘There was no diminution tn the usually large con- gregation which attends St. Stephen’s Roman Cath- Olio Church at the half-past ten o'clock masa yesterday morning. Dr. McGlynn, pastor of the church, ascended the pulpit after the Gospel and @nnounced that Archbishop McCloskey had di- rected that on Thanksgiving Day mass would be celebrated In all the churches throughout the city at the same hour as on Sundays. He also stated that the forty hours’ devotion would com- mence next Sunday, and exhorted his hearers to take part in that most beneficial aevotion, All pos- sible facilities, he said, would be afforded during its continuance for hearing the confessions of the devottonists, ‘The Rey. John Hawley, of St. Johns, Newfound- land, then proceeded to preach the sermon of the day, the text of which be took from the first chap- ter, twelfth to fourteenth verse, of St, Paul’s Epistle to the Colossians:—“Giving thanks unto the Father which hath made us weet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light; who hath delivered us from the power of darkness and hath translated us unto the kingdom of Hisde:r Son, in whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sin..’? In another week, said he, the Chureh will celebrate the advent of our Lord, although Civist once dead | shall not die again, end having come on car:h once shail not again revurn. We are called upon to PREVARE POR THE DAY OF JUNGMENT. The gospel of this San gives an awful picture of that terrible day when God In all his glory and at- tended by the heaventy ha Shall come to mets out to each one his desserts © the good he shal say, »Come, ye blesseti of my Father, coine and possess the kingdom prepared for yeu evea from the begin ning oi the world.’ But to the sinner his wratutal words shall be, “Depart from me, ye cursed, ito everlasting pre. ‘rhe preacher then went on to state tnat Christ had iciton earth the means by which the day of jurigment would cease to be a terror, ‘fo His aisct pee he left the power of forgiving sin, which they had handed down to ther successors, the miuisters of religion, There is no power of sorgiving sin except that which comes from God, St. Paul Says there can be no remission without the shedding of blood. In the oid jaw the biovd | of calves was sacriilced, but this Wold not avail to salvation, The blood which Was spiked on Calvary bill alone suuiced wy redeem mankind, And how is this to be applied to our souls? Has our Lord established any tribunal to bring iis Sou’s blood in | contact with Our cous? Christ Himself says, “As the Father has sent Me sol send you,’ &c, Behoia the connecting link between Calvary and tho soul of man, tu the sacrament of penauce. GOD ALONE CAN FORGIVE SIN, but He has invested his priests with that same powst not only of releasing irem sta, but also of inding. Christians should embrace this means of freeing themselves of thew burdens with joy, The first murderer, Cain, did not confess his guilt, but be- came an outcast trom his fellow men, aud gave him. self up to despair, Even ior the sin of Judas there would have been forgiveness if he had ouly gone to that Saviour whom he had betrayed, and, confessing his sinful crime, expressed his sorrow lor it. ‘The work of the Kedeemer wouid have been incomplete without this tripunal of peuance, What a feeling ol happiness one experiences a ter partak- ing of its healing induences! The penance which the priest imposes is MORE EFFICACIOUS THAN ANY OTHER PRAYER, and ascends to the throne of God to intercede for the sinner who has quitied the contessional. The eifect of this sacrament on society is very beneficial; aud, had it no other results, this aoue would make it desirable In elevating "aad te 1¢ morals, In con- clusion, Father Hawley said that the sacrament of penance was the best means of opening our hearis tw God, and urged the congregation ty make use of it during the devotions of Advent. ‘The part of the mass which appeals to the sense of hearing—the music—uand raises the thoughts vo the heavenly choir, which each one hopes to enjoy the happiness of hearing, Was unusually brilliant, EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINISY. The Duty of Christi to God and to the Government—Sermon by Rov, §. F. Krotel, D.D. At the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity, on West Twenty-first street, the congrega- tion were instructed in their duty 10 God and to the | civil authorities In 8 very interesting sermon preached by their pastor, the Rev. Dr. G. F. Krotel. He preached from the twenty-second chapter of St. Matthew, in which Christ says, “Render, therefore, | unto Cesar the things which are Cxsar’s, and unto God the things which are God's.” Said he, Christ Tecognizes the right of civil authority, and admits that the government has certain claims and require- ments on citizens, and it 13 as solemn a duty to ren- der to the civil authorities obedience in temporal mnatters a3 it is to obey God in spiritual affuirs, Dr. Krotei read from THE AUGSBURG CONFESSION, articles sixteea and twenty-eight. The fermer treais of civil afiairs, and hotds that concerning crvil affairs they teach that such civil ordinances as are lawful are good works of God; that Christians may lawfully bear Civil office, sit on judgments, determine matters by tuwperial Jaws and oiher laws ln present force; appoint just punishments, engage im Just war, act as soldiers, make legal bargais and contracts, hoid property, take an oath when the Magistrates require it, marry a wife or be given in | marriage. They condemn the Annabaptists, who forbid Christians these civil ofices. They condemn also those that place the perfection of the Gospel not in the fear of God and in faiih, bat in forsaking civil ofices, inastauch as the Gospel teaches an ever- lasting righteousness of the heart. In the mean- time it does pot disailow order and gov- ernment ef commonweaiths or families, but ri quires especially the preservation and maintenance thereof a3 of God's own ordimances, and that In buch ordinances we should exercise love. Chris- tians, therefore, must necessariiy obey their magis- trates and laws, save on!y those where they com- mand any sin, for then they must rusher obey God than men. Article 28 speaks of ECCLESIASTICAL POWER, and says—The ecclesiastical power hath its own com- Mandment w preach the Gospel and administer whe sacraments. Let it not by force enter into the oftice of another; letit not transfer worldly kingdoms; Jet it not abrogate the magistrates la let it not withdraw irom their lawful obedience; let tt not hinder judgments touch.ng any civil ordinances or contracts; jet 1t not prescribe laws%o the magistrate touching the form of republic. As Christ says—"'My pngnoe is not of this world;” and again, “Who made me a judge or a uivider over you.” And St. Paul says—“fhe weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God, casting down imaginations,’ &c. In this way do our teachers distinguish between the duties of each power due from the other aud do warn all men to onor both powers and acknowledge both to be THE QIT AND BLESSING OF GOD. The preacher further explained th t Christians should not render to the civil authorities that which belongs to God, nor to God whut is due to the civil authorities, nor to contine all their tame to one, bat to separate it in such a inanner that neither should be neglected. Dr. Krotel continued at much length, and concluded by expressing the hope that bls hear- ers would follow the directions he had laid down lor their guidance and would render unto @sar the things which are Cwsar’s, and unto God the things which are God’s, CHURCH OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL. The Day of Judgment and the Sccond Com- ing of Christ—Serwon by the Rev. Father Mautonet, A clear, blue sky; a fine bracing atmosphere, allied with the hunger for admiration, jorced many of the gay birds of fashion, in their variegated plumage, from their comfortable nests on yesterday at an early hour, The announcement that the decorations of the above mentioned church had been brought to completion doubtless had the effect of drawing such f large, fashionable congregation within its hallowed Precincts, An unusually large number of the Frangaises assisted at the divine services of yester- day, perhaps through devotion, perhaps through the curiosity of viewing the new improvements worked in the interior aspect of the edifice, or, mayhap, through the desire of attracting admiration. Aiter the gospel the young and impassioned preacher, Father Mautonet, ascended tne pulpit, He read for his congregation the gospel of the day which treated of the last jadgment, He said:—How dreadful is the page of the Gospel whica you have just heard read | How diferent shail be the second coming of the Son of Man froin His first coming | In the second it shail be ao longer @ Saviour, a shep- berd seeXing his Jost sheep, but AN AVENUING GOD, Alt must appear thers to receive rewards for their goed uctions, and punishweut for their musdgeds, How ma tt possible to depict that day, Ps 3 innermost ts of our souls shall 0@ bt | the gaze of the universe. ‘Lhe coufusion. . this exposure shall cause us, but still more thé NECY face OF an offended God, 8! make us cry Yury reinorse auail be as lasting na tu6 dlviutye hat a reparation weotanl Gat na Father snetABTHENDING AND CRUEL. er shall be separa sang ees, brother from sister, friend a sroRy frien Separation shall hall be ttay coo cee for an eternity, Bitter, e this peparation out how much sail it be thera wench yc which rales ¥o eh yo Abr the priae Hess of oul Then one wee ou LOW teat as great. . 10" Then one shail sensi libertine; tais profane nee whtoe ue 4 your heart, Then the avaricious inau a ee vates ‘as a spectacle, clad tu tho» 4 stall be placed SQUALID, FILTHY Gann of avarice, which, as pride, induces man to all ‘hatis holy for aulawful gratutcation of this des Pleable failing. Each and every one of the loadin deadly sins was treated in @ most able miaaner be the young curate, ‘The irrevocability of the last seas tence was dwelt upon by him to induce sinners at the cost of & moment's contusion to avoid the nal and infinite confusion which siall succeed the exposition of our crimes on the last day, ASSOCIATION TALL, Sermon on Wisdom and Scora by Rev. H. D. Ganse. Acongregation, not very numerous, but fashion- able and respectable, assembled yesterday at half past ten o'clock im the hall of the Young Men's Christian Association, on Twenty-ihird street, to assist at diving services and to hear the instructive @iscourse which was dehvered on the occasion, The hall 13 very appropriate for Sunday services, every accominodation beiug at hand for the religious visitor. Rev. Mr. Gause, who Is pastor af the Northwest Reformed church, opened the day’s devotion wiih prayer; after which the richly toned organ raug out tne strains of the nineteenth Psaim, Aicer another prayer by the pastor, the en- tire agsemblage sang an invocation, commencing with the words:— forswear h Nght divine, wart of mine 5 of wight aw Turn my darkuess tuto day, The clergyman then proce-ded to preach, taking bis text from the ninth chapter of Proverbs—“It thon be wise, thou shalt be wise to thysell; but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear the evil,” ‘the test, he said, was pregaant with mate. ral A wan is naturally the grewlest gainer or ioser on his own wisdom, Wisdom 18 a aiost prodtavle endowment, scorn @ most unprofitable one. They are piaced ia opposition to exc’ other in the Holy Seriplure; and the reason of Lats becomes obvious afier a women’s reieetion. Of wisdum every male Vidual has a tolerably clear ldea—ti 1s Wie quality by Which & mau Seiccls tae best thing and the best Means of acdaiuing It, Suck & quality seems at first Sight Lo pelong to TRE DEPARTMENT OF THR INTELLECT; and, in a gre: sure, it dows; but, diter all, wis. dow is practical, and, ia mauy imstuuces, 8 a moral Maiter. ‘tue course which we pursue In attalaty; to any end necessarily has a moral charact) the Wrong course must conbiin some ele bad. Now, im order to avoid the wroug we must have a purpose. aad pad without prayer and the grac uly and appropriately does the Scripture say that the .ear of the Lord is the begignimy of wisdom! AS regards scorn, itis about equivalent to our idea of mocking. It tere ore meaus to tnsolentiy dee ride anothe’, avd in ts more general aeceptuuon signifies to treat contempttiously. Now, siuce it requires a wise mau lo discrimilate between what is aud What 18 not really conteupubie, the cause of the opposition of the ters in the text becomes mauilest. In many cases scorn 18 te proper sent unent to entertain toward the deeds of wen, There are devievs in mediciite, im science and religion which are worthy of scorn. But it is at the rams. me a lamentabie traih that in religion many tnogs anu truths excite a scorn whic THE SYNONYM OF FOLLY, Sometimes a youth r.ses up agalast the enligiht- ened judgment of ali the sages of the earth ; he scorns tieir combined advice, and subjects theic wisdom to his owa folly ia folowing the bent of tis or that passion, Aualogous Wo this instance ts thatof the Christian Cuurca, It dates trom tho days of Christ, and thence ina different Jorm the chain extends back Ww the period of Adol's ex- istence. To-day ii 13a power, and, apart from the superstitions and incons.stenc.es Wuick fa many lpsiauces characterize It, \ herever it stands to-day it Is wu blessing and its members are THE HAPVIESY OF MORTALS. ‘This mighty power makes aa appeal to every man, It tells Lim now it gathers teyetuer multitudes of men on every Sabbath mora; its appeal, loud and tender, Is heard 1 the musicai bell Which summons iis children to the house of God, Buta certain ong arises and exclains, “iiere is a multitude of men who lancy thewseives happy mM gong io charch; but Lum happier and wiser stil.” In like manner also is the Bible which has been handed down frou ayes covered with proois of God’s tenderness and power—a subject of investigation for the most Jearned men of the earth—bccomes ihe obec: of some person's contempt. Tha! book has been sta died by men of every rank—by divines and pliloso- phers whose naines are deathless—and who have contessed that it was that which gave thein thelr most cherished hopes tn iife and laid before them prospects of thelr iappiness forever. Nevertheless, some youth, who hus bee A SHORT TIME AT COLLEGR, has read Herbert Spencer and nas beon tnveatigat- tug the physical basiso! Ie, who is faillng in with those who put science fn the place of God and be. heve matter to be tue cause of ali things, stauds forth and exclaims, “Il believe what I se and no more, But I see more tian reiiionists; i can Jathom the mystery which has puzzied them for | ages.’ POOR, DELUDED yourn! Were he to sit down itt home and hear hts parents tell now they had received from that Bible @ conso- Jation and peace surpassing all uuderstanding— how that bible developed their minds Ul wey grew into’ a_consclous sympathy with God himseif—ne would find that the suui, thouga it can’t be weighed 1o @ balance, 13 as much as Ue bedy, and he would see more there than he ever could in the laboratory. But he reiuses to inako such reflectious—he scorns the connsels ©! the wise. It is tu ve regretied tiat this disposivion to scorn wisdom Leads to a rapid and fatal growth. Whict of OUR NEWSPAPERS does not feel at liberty to treat with absointe con- tempt the solid foundation of our fain? The Speaker had recently seea ta a paper a poem full of wicked wit, whose «b,ect was to destroy all taluk in @special providence and augelic protection, He hiinseif had frequently been the subject of news- paper ridicule, but no aimount of scorn could change facts, and religion would be triumphant at last. The preacher coiciuded vy praying the Lord to deliver our age and land from Lie habit ot scorn ing. JANE STREET M. E. CHURCH, Sermon by the Rey. Dr. Smith-Subjecty Building of Churches in America. New York, like every other city of importance pos- sesses some relics of architectural autiquity that seem to speak to the observer of the exforts ef our forefathers in days of yore, and to give some con- ception of their views upon the subject of education as conveyed through the sense of sigat by refined works of the hand. One specimen of this class of relic still remains, andisto be found in the old Methodist Episcopal charch in Jane street, with its old Grecian facade aud massive side colunins, and Its labyrinth of winding staircases and its stil more ancient type of decorations in tha fnterior, There is a peculiarly reverential kind of feeling that comes over @ person on entering this old noteworthy and sacred edifice, which feeling 1s greatly strengthened alter the sitting out of one of the devout and fervent services performed therein, After the usual preliminary exercises had been completed, and the ordinary charitable notices read yesterday morning, the pastor, the Rev. Mr. Smith, proceeded to address the congregation upon the in- structing subject, the BUILDING OF PLACES OF WORSHIP, &c., selecting forthe subject of his discourse the words contained in Exodus xxv., §—‘Let them make me @ sanctuary that I may dwell among them.’ He matntained that it was @ special com- mand of God that places of worship and altars shoud be built in a certain way and dedicated to the services of the Church. God gave this comand, and a people who did not act according to this rule could not expect that Goa should dwell among them. Ali religious prosperity was gained through the building of sanc- tuaries. For convincmg proofs of this he reverted to the altarsio the garden ef Eden, the altar that Jacob built when fieeing from the vengeance of Esau and the subsequent butiding of the temple by Solomon, displaying tn its Construction great genius, wisdom and science, and at the same time Inspirlug a kind of retigious awe In the minds o! the Monarchs of the East and others who visited it on account of the luxury of Its vecommodation and elaborateness: Of its Internal decorations. In the tabernacle, wiicth was designed and erected centuries belore the same minuteoess of detail Was observable, although every etal had been ordered by God himseit, ‘the preacher next reviewed the churches of the Bast from Mesopotamia and Egypt to the territories the heathen kings; also the bulidings already in ex- istence, and where more were required on tie coast of the Pacific, in the far West ol America, Nevraska, Dakota, Minnesota ana other parts, Alteralenginy eulogy upon the excellent work of churca pulidiag aad iis beneflis, conterred upon the poor, he gave me history of the Operations of the Caur:h Uxtea- sion Soctety, its origin and development, as well as the noble and successful edorts of ats members in carrying out the plans of the founders, tue one ob- ject being the erection of new edifives ail over tne country, the other ta assisting the trustees of churches with money (e prevent the forcelosing of mortgazes and the s ol places 0: worstip for debt. ‘Le thew sal ke Lyped vuls coumregalien