The New York Herald Newspaper, December 12, 1870, Page 4

RELIGIOUS. Observance of the Sabbath in the City and Vicinity. Christianity and Civilization in the Churches. THE GOSPEL ON LAND AND WATER. Canvassed The Mission of St.John and the Immaculate Coneeption of Mary. Eloquent and Earnest Disoourses—Im- pressive Ceremonies and Beau- tiful. Commemocations, ‘The collection of epitomized sermons given below, although many are simply orthodox, wiilnadoubt- edly be found to be both interesting and entertain- img. The sudden and readily perceptible change in the weather, the unmistakable evidence of the presence of winter, did not, it appears, deter the chureh-going portion of the community frem attend- Ing at usual divine worship. Those who were pre- sent atthe churches were well repaid, afd by them as well as by others the sketches here given will no doubt be welcomed and duly perused. NEW ENGLAND CONGREGATIONAL CZURCH. Great Moral Lessous Touching Life and its Duties Drawn from the Engle’s Nest—Seli- Reliauce and its Golden Fruite—Sermon by Rev. Merrill Richardson. Another unusually large congregation, the atsles boing filed wita camp steois, attended yesterday morning’s Services al the New England Congrega- tional church, corner of Madison avenue and Forty- seventh atrect. ( the church was, most pleasantly and prominently couspicueus was the Jarge Dumber of young people in attendance—very many of this portion of the assemblage having been attracted here to hear the morning ser- wion by the mew and pepular minister, Rev. Merrili Richardson, and which had been previously an- nounced as ended to be more specially directed to them. First in order came the usual prefatory ex- ercises, prayer, reading the Seriptures and singing. A fea‘ of these prefatory exercises is the ranmng comments made by tie minister en the portions of the Scriptures read. They are the PROMETHEAN SPARKS, Mashing out brilliautiy from the spontaneity of his nature—a porUion, 80 to speak, of pright and beautl- and m harmonious unison with the graceful and tastefal floral decorations fronting the pulplt, These comments, equally felicitous and sen- tentious, are alse made upon the hymns as he reads them. These short, pretty and fervid utterances are enily the introductory appetizing courses to the more substantial feast to follow. Before entering upen his discourse, however, he announced that bis sermon next Sunday morning would be on a theme appro- priate to “Forefainers’ Day’’—a New England syno- ayin tor the landing of the Pilgrims—and a subject which, wile of special Interest to the congregation worshipping here, will, no Goabt, be productive of one of bis Dest puipa ris. Aad now we come to THE SERMON yesterday, which certainly, im all respects, was ene Of (Le most ioreibic and ¢loqueat he has delivered. Few possess a happier faculty of addressing themselves 10 young people. le enters heart and soul into their feelings, sympathies, aims, ambitions and needs. With the Vigor and experience of smature years be unites the ireshyess, buoyahey aud eiasticity of yeutu. Ais subject was “Sell-reiiance as ilustrated by the Eagle's Nest.’? His text was Deuierouemy XXxXil, 1 3 an eagio stirreth up her nest, reth over her young, spreadeth broad ber wings and taketh them and beareth them on her wi so the Lord did lead him.” Irv t ne begun, the Lord led Jacop out of Egypt sod through the wilderness. He stirred up ike people irom thelr servile condition; forced them to rally umd jeave their bondage; con- ducted them iu tueir first atvempts by the pillars of eloud and o took thema uuder his protecuien; taught them to use their pore and bore them to the laud of prowise. He dweit upon the great poetic beauty of this comparison, and then showed tue usportof the illustration as manifested pny THR EAGLE’S NEST. ‘Thé largest species of this King of birds found In the ust build their nests on the top of high mountains, aud When thelr young are oid enough to iearn to fy the old birds stir up Me nest With their beaks to force the young out and cem- pel them to use their Wings, AS Moses was relating the dealings of God with the people he saw an eugie teaciting its young to fly. ‘Look,” said he; “as that cagie sdirreth up her ne:tso God has dis- turbed you: that He might teach you They couid never gain % forth exertions. They may The young eagles would sé. But it was good for of His pee le, but He threw y ie did this that they , noble mex. He did tings ios, @ far-reaching, hereic endeavor. One ulracie God never works; He never jevelops men or nations without calling forth thetr ts, His object ts to teach all the auty of complain of hardship utier screams ef di them. Godw them on the: migit become men to inspire in them hign seil-reliance. What u tue young eagles were content to doze in the nest? THE USE? ‘tation of inertness. The it taught Israel WHAT WAS Ii was igmoble, te di bey would achieve, for the great baitie of life, ned in their nest they f-fledgea, inglerious 0 wuonarchs of the atr, 1 gazing in the face souring uw my tus h of the mic-d: Went on to speak of some oi ¢ ie desoribed the SLWISH NATION They rose to achiera of the world on most vital thi ginning in feebleness, Gov, by severe discipline, made ticm strongand great. We, here to-day, are receiving impressions from their history aud poetry, W thousands of years ago. Past ERVE= OF INFLUENCE, reaching down through the ages and over o and continents, connect us of the nineteenth co ry a‘ter Ch with the Hebrew lawgiver nineveen hundred years befere Christ. Give an acorn time and it will cover a whole continent with oaks. Car- rymmg this ulustration further he referred to GREECE AND ROM in the palmy days of thelr magnificent grandeur and their great achicvemenis In the arts and literature. He spoke of our ewn country as a special example of God's providence In disciplining nations for great things. After dwejling elequentiy and at length upon these preliminary topics of ‘lus discourse, he showed how Llls iiastration of the eagie’s nest was most forcible in its application to the training of tae young, it was often said that the BONS OF GREAT MEN rarely excel. One reason ts, they are all left too jong in the nest. They are net compelled to use their own powers. They are not taught selfre- lance. Stresgth comes by attempts to use our powers. lf a caild would not try to walk its limbs ‘would remin feeble. No bird can fly till after many trials. Nothing is 80 fatel to a young man as to get the impression that ke can have enough without his own exertions, Tho parent may be too tender and let them remain ateasc. No eaglet coud ever become an eagle in that way. The parent bira drives it.fortn; the first sircle the young eaglet cuts in the air gives it a pride aud joy greater than It ever experienced. With like zest does the young man who has struggled with difficulties meet with the iirst rewards Of merit. With masterly power of brilliant witerance he portrayed the struggles of young men to reach the top of the ladder of their ‘winbition, aud then enforced that SELF-RELIANCE TEACHES Aependence on God. Only in the use of our wings does Ged spread His helping wing beneath us, Jn- active and we are shut out God's plan of jielp. He closed with an exhertation to the young te learn to rely upon temseives, Se dismayed by no dif. culties or dangers. Let no obstacles discourage you. Be net dumb, drven cattie, but heroes in the strife. Loek not mvurnfuliy inte the past. It cemeth net back in. Wisely impreve the present. it is time. forth to meet the shadowy future with a sweng and maniy heart. Trast in God, God will help those who help themselves. BRINSLEY SHERIDAN said it was in bim, and by the help of God tt should come out. Hope and faith in the future are great things. Once railted, the young man spreads his inions and soars away into the brilliant regions of he serenest sunlight, Yop hear a man say that life 4s too smail for bim, and you may rely on it that he Js too smali for life. Many men needed stirring ap. Jt was this alone that would call eur the powers. S man it stumble hd gold ines ae i t i% brought mo character and erie in it. Of our statesmen, merchants, men and men of greatest suc- any i of a a Lanter or early the discipline of self-reliance. Tn this cone ted tat beautiful poem of Leas: cess in tasied pectten ke recited mportance of relying on | NEW YORK HERALD, MUNDAY, DECEMBER 12. 1870.—TRIPLH SHERT. fellow's, dwelling with particular emphasis on the AiGuiprints os the aantn'of Uae. They were, he enforced with mest impassioned eloquence, in vat i uid begin ht en ever ation ere it uid come ous Hal mu , ib wor in theend. Grasp toward the great wo toward the une And might Ged, ee io closing, them in Hig special Keeping might they soar aloft into the olear light of counte- Male sermon, tough CoMsuuiNg am hour fn Ita Qo- i 0% 01 i ur in livery, was listened t to with the most deeply earnest aud absorbed atiention, Sin; , Prayer und bene- diction terminated the exer AMERICAN FREE CiORCH. A Consummation Devoutly te Be Wished Tho Zeal of Christ—Lessous to the Clorsy— Sermen by Rev. Charles B. Smyth. An interesting sermon was preached yesterday at the American Free church, Masonic Hall, Thirteenth street, After the usual preliminary devotions and rendition of psalms Mr. Smyth selected his text from John il., 17—The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.” ‘The reverend gentleman, having explained the text, dwelt at some length upon tho duty ef all private Christians and public fuuctionaries to be zealous after the example of Christ. He patd a high compliment to General Grant and Jenn T. Hoffman, and to certain honost officials ef our city whom he did not name, and then passed te an application ef the text to the clergy in the following words:—We should look with @ cosmopolitan and ; UNSBCTARIAN KYB upon all subjects, and endeavor to promote the good ef all mankind without partiality and witnout hypocrisy; for, ag the Sun rises tn tho east, and travelling thence dispenses light and heat all around the world; and as the nelietrope first turns its face upwards, then bends over the earth and drops its seed, 80 should ali follewers of God, as travellers and light-pearers, carry the principles of a universal Dita iiwabitanta the Dice ngs or liberty, hreterolty and equality. “It has boo. the overiookdug of tis doctrine 7 80 much weukcmed the tn Auence of the Chureh, When the clergy undertake to reform tne rest of mankind thoy shoud in the Uist place reform theniseives aud their dm jutors from every Obsiacle tut lies ,in the way o THE WORLD'S REFORMATION. By the course they have been pursuing they have been gradually surrendering their influence to the indepemdcnt press, or ratuer, the tadependent press has fast been taking ine piace of tle pulpit, and muking itself far more indueutial than it over tue DESTINIUS OF MANKIND by the fresh and lively Intevest which 1t constantly takes um the dtarnal concerns ofjbusiness, and of so- ofal, national and Cosmopolitan iife, and Bot 1a old, Stale Lhgeries and reguialions, Which not only are ob- soicte, bug, like the Aus.ro-Papal Concordat, dead ana buried, and rotted away from modera lie, 80 that the poking of them with pastors’ croeks or With AN ITALIAN “BULL’? only fills the atmospiere in Which thoughtful and hiberai men ike te breathe, not with the fragrant incense of heaven, but with au odor Offeacive to all sciubiant sense of righs aud Wrong, aud cenverts the Church from a garaen of sweets into AN ABOMINABLE GRAVEYARD, and bya vigorous, @ manly, a4 Outspoxen and un- trammelicd advocacy of principles as uulversai aud practical in their application to iankind as the original principles of vhat reilgion, bev natural aud revealed, which is diviue, instead ef tho mere dogmaia au radiiiopal raviugs of anuquated jJack-tu-tne-poxes, Wae create vo interest outside of the limits ef the sects te which they respectively be- long. Ul, for @returo, he exciaimed, of days uke those when Olirist pruclaimed a free salvaion to all whomsoever tnat would; or when Puul de- clared, “God lath made of ene blood at! nations of men to dwell oo the earta, and commandeth ali muse in erywhere to repent;” when Fonclen thrilled with us CATHOLIO ELOQUENCE the heart of royalty and made 1ts princes tremble with fear of Judgment tor thelr vices; When the cosmo- politan pETHGI TIES of the Lutheran Reformation s/iot ‘thelr lighning Gasbes threagn every aud, and rolin ing ther mighw thunderings everywhere shook all Europe as With an earthquake; when Ki ended on bis knees, or standing erect with lauds upisied te heaven, filled the soul of His TYRANT QUEEN with terror more than could icgions of armed men; or when a Wesley, & Wihitield, a Fletcher, by a thorough appreciation and realization himself of a heart renewed by grace, and filled with the hely ardor and blessedneéss of a spirit which knows ita Sins forgiven, generously longed and labored that all the world besides might find and taste the same sweet Saviour which he had found, Oi! when will the day come whea men, who stand up as aubassa- dors for Christ, will strip themselves ef ihe polluted and mud-besmeared r of inere sectarianism, and clad only in the spotless righteousness of Ourist, procinim God in Christ, reconciiiag the werld unto Himself, aud bese all i Christ's stead te’be recon- ciled to God, JOAN = STREKT 3 METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Stirring Temperance Lecture by Rev, E. lL. James—King Alceho’s Procession Marching On—What Measures Must Be Takea to Stem the Tide of Drunkenuness. A large and very intelligent congregation assem- bled yesterday morning at the John street Methodist church—a place of worship, although far down tewn and surrounded by the marts of business, pos- sesses & Wonderful religious history, tuasmuch as the word of God has been preached from its altars for more than a hundred years. The pastor, Rev. L. 8. Weed, after making the usual announcements as to prayer meetings, Sabbath school classes apd sundry other church work, in- formally introduced the Rey. E. L. James, who pro- ceeded to deliver a stirring lecture upon the stupen- dous evil of intemperance, and what means should be instituted to arrest its fearful ravages, ‘The reverend gentleman said that one year ago he had ailuded to the same subject in that pulpit, having in view the measures which should be taken to prevent the spreading of the great evil, and he was heartily giad of another opportunity to press home the truths then uttered to the minds and hearts of the church. Tne subject he should intro- duce under the simuittude of a procession—a pro- cession ' TN HONOR OF KING ALCOHOL, We usually, he continued, associate with royalty touch that is grand and imposing, but not always 80, a8 with some kings there is about them so much ‘that 1s mean they are not entitled to any respect. It were proper, perhaps, to apologize for the use of the term king in tlis republican country, but such is here with us, and he wields a feariul sceptre. First, the procession passing through the streets ts 400 miles in length, or such i would be if all the dis- tilleries, breweries, saloons, barrooms and places where spirtta are made or vended in the United States were in lime. The distilleries you see produce annually 95,000,000 gaiteus of poison, and the brew- eries 5,000,000 barrels of beer, empioying together 66,600 men, 7,000 of whom are consiantiy making peer. Jt 18 caiculated that one Man can Make 800 barrels ef beer in a year, which lw itseli alone sug- gests enough of the wickedness one sinner can do to busy ourseives with reflection. In the Unitea States there are 130,000 licensed places where liquor is sold, and 1s it a wonder, then, why so many of the inhabitants come within RANGE OF THE BAVARIAN, who every morning when he got up felt like @ beer barre! and every night when he went to bed like a barrel of beer? ‘The procession passes on, and now go by asylums, jalls and poorhouses, of which there are enough in the United States to make a respectable sizea city, Whoare the eccupants here? Those who have drunk the poisen, their wives and children. If the use of ides liquors were ignored a great deliverance would be experienced in the uumber of paupers to be kept by the State. Are- cent committee of the New York Legislature, in- quiring into the cause of so many paupers within its borders, reported that the ratio of Linde tig ‘was one i every Aftecn inhabitants, and that seven. elghths of these werc made by intemperance. At the head of this procession sits King Alcohol upon a THRONE OF SKULLS, IN A CHARIOT, made by the State Legislature at the mighty orders of political power and avarice, Then follews a train of hogsheads, barrels and decanters containing liquors, and If all of these in the Umited Siates were emptied they would make a canal four and a half feet deep, fourteen feet wide and 120 miles long. Next in the procession, riding in barouches, come the dignified Jegisiators who control the Tight to allow the selling of iutoxicating liquors and whom the dealer leoks up to as the proof ef bis goed citi- genship, Then come the King’s subjecta who sell the spirits, and of these it is estimated there are in the land 390,000 thus employed, Next in the pro- cession foliow the HOST OF MODERATE*DRINKERS, and of this class this country has over 3,000,000, NeXt, old drankards 600,000 strong, whom If placed single file would extend 1,000 Foatert ere tle we weuld have tiem as thus their individuality can be seen, ‘Thetr bloated faces, haggard leoks, trembting steps, ragged clothes, 1s enough to appal the stoutest heart. Tuese are fathers, husbands, brothers and sons bound amd manacied te disease and hell. Atuneral has the next place in the procession. aid this is proper. If ef the 60,000 drunkards thal di¢ annuaily 1m this country each coin could have a hearse and they be put in line tt would extend 238 miles, and if the tnscriptions of the piates upen the coffins were rightly interpreted they would read, PROMIBITION AND TOTAL ABSTINENCE. ‘The mourners Are next La lina, and the muwMber Of Hone, lag tn 4 roeulen plait mo and national cris and heed eries of the orphan; women who give stro; Indefened ef thetr tippiing prociivities, the vicious im the higher degrees of who become intem- and these are King Alcohol’s most distin- ed servants, Winding Up his procession by re- that of the 7,242 inmates af the Bi m+ Judges: Lor iswyere 200 phyulolans, %40.merchaita, v Ceo facohanien, 40s farmers 240 geatiemen and $05 ‘women, The preacher then reviewed the corrective to all this and proposed how wo stop this UGLY PROCESSION MARCHING ON, nd to enact suoh measures that we tm good time cease ing loyalty te King Alcohol. We must mako FS alreot attack upon the We must fin by influencing Women no longer to int vi drinks among youn feat ivy then the a clans to stop presoribli genlously; then the the poison to their patients; then we must plead wifk mothers to retrain ‘rom [none Pag yr rf poll- ask the most hing syrups, wine jellies and food; next b; eoncerted action the rum selung tician wast be swept into th ult ef oblivion; send the 600,000 @1d sots Le usylumuns, and tax the dealers to support them: place in tae hands of the 3,000,000 ra temperance wey eg heme prohibition comes and they are saved—and thus shall we undermine Alcohol, overceme Ais subjects, and enter upen @ uew Itfe of sobriety, wich must be done to save our country. TRINITY CHURCH, Sermon by Dr, Vinten—“Take Heed There- for How Yo Hoar.” Old Trinity churck pealed forth its advent chimes Yesterday morning, as it has done for many yeara Past, announcing that the glorious featival of Christ- Mas 1s approaching with all its holy religions asso- Glations. Often as these advent chimes have called the congregation of Trinity parish to prayer, not often have they been heard on s0 beautiful a Decem- ber morning, nor piten have they been berne on the breeze througheut the olty when peace, contentment and plenty so,pountifully blessed the American pee- ple. It is indeed an advent time, and, as it heralds the anniversary of the birth of the Saviour of the world, so may It with all reverence be wished that it also heralds a continuous season of peace and plenty to our peopie. Alter the morning services appointed fer the day Rey. Dr. Vinton ascended the pulpit and selected as the text of his sermon St. Luke vitL, 1s— “TAKE HEED, THEREFORE, HOW YE HEAR.” The reverend preacher said that the Church, in preparing the congregation for the advent of our Lord, submits to their consideration the passage in the Holy Scriptures which he had read as bis text; and the minister of the Gespel puts it forward in the hope of preparing the minds of his hearers for the great event of the Churoh—the advent of our Lord aud Saviour Jesus Christ, His purpose was to impress, in the words of the text, upon his hearers the solemuity of the admonition, “Take heed how ye hear.’ It is the Lord who speaks these words. It is the Lord who admonishes. It weuld be, in" deed, dificult to conceive a reason for taking heed how we hear more impressive than that presented im another portion of the Scrip- wares. Hear with reverence, God, in times past, and for fis own wise purpose, has spoken in thunder, and the earth has trembled in the presence of the Lord of Hosts, Who has not trembied with awe in the presence ef the migivy thunder and the scathing ightning¢ Whe has not, in the great elemental airife of nature, feit his hoart throb quicker aud his pulse almost cease its beating Qe if @ mysterious hand was pressed upon his ilie? WHO HAS NOW FELT TUX BEART WHISPER “%t is the volce of God that speaks; be still—know Tem God.” When God delivered his cvmmand- ments te Moses Mount Sinai shook with dread and the earth trembled with fear, and the people heard his voice with awe But did they take hecd how tney heani? Alas! no; for ere the thunder o7 that dread veice had iced away they prepared jor themselves & molten calf, which they set up und worsuipped. it was not God’s wish to visit his people in the power of His Mia- festy. When he comes to Judge the world at the last day, then, indeed, Me wili come in power and glory, with iis angels and archangels and the army of saints that Wait upon tire throne. God prefers to @peak to iis people in the smail, sili voice vaat spoke to Elijah at the Mount, tis not by direct phy- sical wanilestation that God always Nolds communt- cation With Ais creatures, It is mot amid F THE CRASL OF THUNDER CLOUDS or the iMumtnation of the lighting, ner oy the startling phenomena 01 nature that God chooses to signify fils presence. Let man not look for these man- Mestations of the preseuce of lus Maker, but let him taxe heed how he hears the still, small voice which God through the consciences of meu always appeais tobun., Let bim listen to tue admenition of God, his fathe d iriend, and, like the prophet of ol} exciaim, “Speak, Lerd, for thy servant heareth. When men refuse to hear this small still vetce they deuy Christ and provoke Jeliovah to withdraw Him- self from them till He shall come again—at His final coming in the STERN ASPRCT OF A JUDGR, to inflict the punishment due wo those who would net hear Him, but whe treated His teachings and warnings with soorn and derision. Let no man say that he would have taken more heed had he heard the words of eee the lips of Christ him- self, or had he heard those words irom Christ’s im. mediate apostles. The sad troth is that even His disciples and followers sometimes doubted that He was indeed the Messiah, leng promised of God, to redeem the world from sin, The time is at hand when we shall ali take our departure and come face to face with God. Let us fight the good fight ef faith, for henceforth is laid up a crown of righieous- Ness for all those who walk before the Lord and who take heed how they hear the werds spoken to them through the mouth of God’s messengers—ihe miuis- ters of the Gospel. < ? we eh CHURCH OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL, Father Lafont on the [nfallibility of w Pope—The Occupation of Rome an Outrage Upon the Catholic World. The French Catholic church in Twenty-third street was well filled yesterday by a fashionable congrega- tion, the greater part of whom were of the fair sex, ‘The interfor of the church since Its renovation has a cheerful aspect, and the STATUED BAND OF SAINTS along the walls present a very fine appearance, The beautiful painting above the altar representing St. Paul in @ devout attitude, surrounded by angels and seraphim, 13 one of the principal ornaments of the church. The music and singing were very fine. After the usual exercises and reading of tie lesson of the day, Father Lafont mounted the pulpit and discoursed on the INFALLIBILITY OF THE POPs. In alluding to the recent events that haye culmt- nated in the occupation of Rome, he dwelt on the injustice of Victor Emmanuel, who, with- out any cause or provocation, invaded the states of the Ohurch and deprived the Holy Father of his patrimony, He cannot now exercise his func- tions with the independence required by the paster of the Charcn ef God. By this overbearing act an outrage has been. cemmitted upon the righis of the whole Catholic world, The reverend gentleman expatiated at consider- able length om the Jove and veneration that Catho- lics owe to THE SOVEREIGN HEAD OF THE CAURON. He sald the Pentifical establishment is founded on the leve of God. It is necessary that there shoud be a centre around which the whole Cataolic world could rally, in building His Church on @ rock our Lord plainly declared that there should be but one flock and one infallible pastor. Jesus Christ is the Invisible rock upon which the mother Church 18 founded. In reposing upon this immutabie founda- tien the chief of the Church, though a feeble man by nature, becomes infallivie. le cannot be de- ceived, for Jesus Christ speaks through him to His faithful flock. THE POPE 18 THE FATHER ON EARTH of the true children of God. He has the pewer te pardon and te cendemn. By the occupation of Kome the Cathelic world has been deprived of its legiti- mate centre. The undivided possession is indispen- sably necessary to the Holy Father for the free use of his beneficial influence, because he must have temporal means to represent the exterior dignity of the Church. In conclusion the reverend gentleman exhorted the faithful to pray, that God should sustain the Church in her present afliction and restore the Holy Fatuer to his patrimony. in the Evening @ French meeting to protest against the usurpa- tion ef the Papal territory was held at the church. Though the object of the reunion was partly con- nected with the Catholic worship, still, in order to leave more freedom for debate, should there be aby persons desirous of protesting against the address to the Pope, the sacred particles were removed. Father Lafont declared that in virtue of his authority of pastor he was de drott president, and accordingly teok the chair. He pointed as secretary Monsieur Jean Baptiste Abort, and as inspector of the voting, Mr. Joseph Laurent, The reverend gentleman then dilated on the various reasons why the French Catholics should unite with their fellow Catholic citizens in pro- testing againat the iniquitous invasion of the Pope’s dominions, which, he said, was contrary to the piignyed faith of Italy and all international and divine law. In short, he went ever the same ground already traversed by his brothers im the ministry. When he desired the congregation to stand up, if they were in favor of tue protest, all with the excep- ton of one immediately steod up. And when he de- sired again that these who wore in favor of it should remain seated the same individual boldly stood up wopecceeLr Yo ayow luis Dolitical fale, While Mi la , drew on him the united gaze of all. tures wore thon aflized te she provest, and th ing was dissolved, Tak SWEDENBORGIAN CHURCH. Discourse by Rev, Ohauncey Gilee—The “Re- surrection of the Soul,” as Typified in the Resurrection of the Lord Atter His Orucl- axion, ‘The pretty little church in Thirty-fifth street, near Park avenue, where the Swedemborgians worship, is becoming almost inadequate to accommodate the congregations that assemble weekly te hear the elo- quent discourses of the pastor, Rev. Ohauncey Giles, Yesterday it was crowded as usual, and a deep in- terest was evinedd in the sermon. The pastor selected the “Resurrection of the Soul’ as his syblect, and took for his text the first sixteen verses of St. John, which so beautifully bes the visit of Mary Magdulene te the sepul Saviour. ‘The pearer stated that the resurrection of the Lord ta typical of the resurrection of the soul from spiritual death. Hecame into the world not only to save naa from deate and RAISE HIM UP IN A NEW LIFE, but to be the Way as wellasthe Truth and Light. yok. We must be baptized with His baptism; we must drink of the Baue cup of self-del of coniet and of sorrow: we must wreatlc in thsemene, be crucified upon Oaivary'and rise with Hum from the gepulchre into & new life before. we can enter heaven. He 18 our only perfect example, because He followed the lawse! His own ininive wisdum tn every step of His incarnation and glori- fication—laws to which every seul is amenable. sopu.chre represents the natural man, within which the new man—the new spiritual body—which has been born from above, ia de; , and from which it must be ratsed, 6 pastor Spoke Of the stone that was befere the sepuichre as THE OBSTACLS#S TO BZ REMOVED in rising up from a worldiy life to a spiritual one, ‘une angels of Heaven are ever attending upon us to iin us up; to lift our burdens; to reassure our failing hearts; to remeve the obstacles thatare too great fer us. They draw near to us and give us power, and ‘the last day they roll away the stove of the material body and raise us up into full consciousness tn ihe spiritual world. The obstacles Which seemed insurmountable will be removed; these hindrances which cross our paths like walls of sold adamant will vanish before our approach like the yells of vapor. He dwelt eloquentiy upen tho faith and love of Peter and Jonn, as shown by their Visit to the grave of their risen Lord, and de- clared that'there is no reat belief in the truth, no belief that takes hold of man’s whole nature and lifts him up from sin and death inco a new life but the belief of the heart. The will and tho under- standing must be united in the act. We may see the trath, and it may never become a part of ourselves. ‘The Lord iits us up from the grave by our affec- tions, and if thoy are not united with the truth THE TRUTH 19 A MERE ROPR OF SAND, fnd can bear no strain, Tne spiritual and real name of every one, he said, is composed of the essential qualities of his nature, To call upon the name of the Lord 1s mot merely to pronounce the word Jeno- vah; itis te have seme knowledge of the qualities which constitute His character, So when te Lord calls us by name itis something more than a spoken word addressed to the ear; it 18 His life howing imto the heart and becoming truth in the understanding. He calleth Lis own sheep by name, When wecan hear this voice we can auswer Rabbout. We have found the Lord, not as a crucified Jew in the sepul- chre, but as arisen and glorified Regcemer. So we rise from the darkness and death of the grave into the light and life ofa new werld. So we rize step by step, turning here, haiting there, rushing with @ageriiess to the sepulchre of our Lord, turning back to ourselves in despair, \ingering around the place where He vanished from our sigtt, and catching pew glimpses of Htm in a bigher aud more gierious form. PETER’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. Father Quinn on the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin. , This handsome aown-town Catholic church was crowded yesterday with a congregation even more numerous and earnest than usual, The singing in honor of the festival was exceedingly good, and showed careful study as well as great natural ability on the part of the choir and the possession of masterly skill by the organist, Professor Pecher. At the cenclusion of the last mass Father William Quinn, pastor of the church, asceuded pit and, selecting as the subject of his discourse tho gospel fur the day, sald:— THE CHURCH COMMEMORATES and celebrates witn great pomp this sacred mystery of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, making it @ feast of the first order, and attaching to {ta plenary indulgence for all who prepare them- acives for taking the communion. in 1854 the Holy Father, the present Ponti, invited bishops from all parts of the world te Rome, that they might be the Witnesses of the great event waich Was then to be celebrated. Previously there had been sent forth through all the earth letters requesting the various bishops to forward their testimony as to the faith of the Catholic Caurch on this subject and their opinion as to the promulgatien of this doctrine. Responses wore recelved to the eifect that this haa always been THE FAITH OF THE CHURCH, and praying that the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception might be definitely settied one pro: claimed. So it was that at last, surrounded by nearly two hundred bishops, he pronounced, after publtc prayers for the enlightenment of the Holy Ghost, this holy mystery, feeling that he was tho successor of St. Peter and feoling besides as though his spirit breathed in his soul. The Holy Pontut then declared that the Blessed Virgin Mary was, in the very first moment of her existence, preserved free froin all stain of original sin. The whole world received the dogma with joy and gratitude. This doctrine, however, was not a now one; its pro- mulgation simply affirmed what had always been held by the Church, and made it ‘A BINDING OBLIGATION to believe it under pain of heresy. As our Lord and Saviour had been named thé second Adam, so was the V: Mary called the second Eve. As by the weakness of the first woman the serpent h: been successful in his attempt t) ruin the human 0 by the purity and spetiess goedness of the Tace, Soa ing Tubeecers ee The reverend father then quoted the many allu- sions to the Virgin contained in the Scriptures, re- marking ut the same time upon the curious fact that the family name of ‘THE GLORIOUS VIRGIN was not even now known. He concluded by saying that we needed no testimeny to prove that as she was the motmer of God, and that, therefore, as the honor of the Deity was involved in her purity, she must have beep born innecent of any tamt of earthiy sin. CHURCH 8T. OF THE MESSIAN. The Necessity of Believing with All One’s Might—Sermon by the Kev. Dr. Hepworth. ‘The usual crowd assem bied at tnisgnandsome and fashionable place of worship yesterday, and all were, 28 usual, well repaid for their trouble tending. The reverend pastor, ever eloquent, es ® moral lecture in geod common sense style, aud, of course, Commands tne strict attention of his hearers, THE SERMON yesterday was founded on the text taken from John xii., 36—""While ye have light, believe,in the light, that ye may be the children of light.” He said:—It 1s very curious that while there ts so much light in the world so many men are satisfied to walk in the shadow. The Scriptures are the simple record of the sayings and doings of the ideal man. They tell us how we may reach that high place of moral excellence which is oneness with God. I always think ef Jesus as one altting on the Judean hilltop and ‘eaching the world, not so much a new theory as the true science of holy living. You will notice, however, that He always speaks of faith asthe hidden power of the ey It ts.a8 though He said, in order te do some- vou MUST IELTEVE SOMETHING. And how true it is that atreng convictions on reli- gious matters are a Kind of shield to protect a man, while the lack of strong convictions makes him an easy prey te temptation. I have lately looked over the criminal statistics of our community, and from them I. can illustrate my thought. I find, in the first place, what Is called the dangerous class, whose business seems to be to PREY ON THE INTERESTS OF SOCIETY. They are the dregs ef the social cup. Now, when 1 seek for the reason of their depravity | discover that thelr human nature 1s not esse) from yours or mine. There is seme and sum. cient cause for thetr present conaition. If by some mir could stir their religious consciousness, rouse their torpid anges to activity and give them a quickening in beaven and right they would be as ashamied of their bad courses as Adam was of his nakedness. A missionary once sald to me, “The positively bad men of the community have no faith in or anybedy. ‘They are aimply am incarnated doubt.” 1 fad next a class of persons who start in life with FAIR INTENTIONS AND HONEST PURPOSES, but who are too weak to resist any great tem tion. How many young men have come to York within the last twenty years expecting to win both fortune and a ni but w! to keep to the standara they have made for them- selves and fallen into bad ways amd at last into utter ruin? The heart aches when it thinks of these fair souls marred by sin and of the breken hearts of those far away whose hopes are all dashed with | Mr. J. tears. Do you say the temptation was mighty? True, but the power of a temptation consists in the weuk- ness of @ soul. Jf a man thoroughly believes in holy = th eo is apt to i @ man’s faith 1s the result of hearsay only he will find that the force of his passions is dere’ than his moral Pah pe of resistance. almost shoo ™m which # man has fallen I find either EARLY EDUCATION HAS BEEN NEGLECTED of her risen + the pul- | of children’s blocks, gay that even men notic feasion sometimes lives are wy with good influences, ‘They to be found in evory church and in all Provesions, ‘They believe in honor and morality se pi that thelr Lives are honorable 4ad moral. ber are 8 constant of the value of faith. I would say to a young man just entering on his career in this cliy, if you hope io succeed i any high sense, you must belleve in certain things with alt your might— in God and His providence, in duty, in the ultimate vietory of the rigut and the true. ‘Thts bellet will fortify and strengthen you under the most trying clrcumstances, Get rid of A HALF BELIEC AND OF A MAKE BELIRF and build the foundations of your character on eter. nal prinolples. Now this is not so much a disbeltev- ing Oge as it is au unbelieving age. People are not 80 Miuch irrcligious as they are tnreilgious, We are w reaction from the oldea time when re- ligion was covered with gloom, ‘T'wenty-llve years as boys, We were compelled to attend ihe three chureh services on poate; now we make the mat- ter even by not golng at all. There was then a ri- gidity and a severity in religious matters which has changed intoo many of us into a STRONG PREJUDICE AGAINST ALL RELIGION, We learned the Scriptures by rote, and we find it dificult now to learn them by heart. ‘This 1s one of the laws of human nature, Wherein our fathers Were too riged we are too lax. There is a golden mean of true and elevating iaith. There ts a belief which every man ought to have and is bound to get, which will enable you to bear ail the ills of life with calm, trusting fortitude, and to resist all tempta- tions with perfect success, Scepticum {is only another word for weakness, and an unwavering conviction t§ the synonym for stre: AY in God, in Christ, in And if you toppled arnt tan Pror nee golden mon em the Mount, with ferver and 4 and then you will bo ermed and equigped forthe battle in which so many are slaim and so Many ere taken prisonera. ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL. Sermon by Father McNoirny—“Whe Art Thou ‘The services at St. Patrick’s Cathedral yesterday morning were of the usually solemn and impressive character, Father McGlan acting as celebrant. ‘The sermon was preached by Father MoNeirny, from John L, 22—"Who art thou!” Very fow men placed in the position in which John found himself would not have improved the epportunity thus afforded for self-aggrandize- ment, The Pharisees came to him with a full know- ledge of the power he possessed, and in order to extract from nim, if possible, the origin and intent of is mission they were prepared with fattery and human ideas of greatness to secure a reply for those by whom they were sent, He might have replied that his mission was part of agrand scheme and that the rdle he was enacting was a most important feature In that scheme; but he simply replied, “1 am not te Christ, nor Elias, nor that prophet whom you speak.’ Plying their art still more closely, and being reluc- tunt part with him without first hav- ing attained the object they sought, they wanted to know, if he were nobody, why he should baptize and ape autherity if he pos- se-sed no legitimate title to such Suton It was here that the eloquent quotation from Isatal was employed, “I am the votce of one crying in the wilderness to make straight the way of the Lord,” and this, for humility and genuine feeling, could not be surpassed, But the Evangelist nad observed THE CHARACTER OF THE PHARISERS, and knew that to defeat them on their own grotnd was the only effectual mode of silencing them. They were a pompous, pretentious, envious sect of meu, who were anxious, if possitie, to subjugate the Hvangelist as they had dove other men. The, aifected not to be satisfled with the answers he tw given them, and it was not unl hehad said that He ‘Whe was to come had come, and was really in their midst, “whose shoe latchet he was unworthy to un- loose,”’ that they seemed contented, His simpie, | unassuming manner, the accuracy of his Scriptural quotation and the earnestness evinced in his mode of address seemed to act effectually as a preventa- tive against the practice of their subtle and artifl- cial reasoning, ‘There was in this, said Father McNelray, a great lesson ior us of jnumility and self-sacrifice. It would be well for every one to ask himself, who am I? Men should be just to themselves, Frail, miserable and subject to ‘a thousand trials, and clouded with darkness and doybt, man frequently found himself fluttering between hope and despair. ‘To be happy aman must be virtuous. ‘here Was noting im the ones of worldly goods to make a man proud. ‘rue happiness consisted in assuring ourselves of the favor of God, as members of Christ aud Hts Church and looking forward to our heirehip in the kingdom of Heaven. Man must [ind up bis re- belltous attitude te God, must be a ilving and not Ifeless member of Christ, and honor instead of dis- honoring the name of the Most High. or odo thas bis fajip is ap uMroal thus. Jka a house ‘The revercnd gentioman concluded with an earnest” exhortation to practise virtue and charity, cnarity especiaily, as it was one of the attributes of God. CHRIST CHURCH. Sermon by Dr. Ewor. ‘The dim religiousness of the light in Christohurch, the choir of white-robed boys, the intoned service and various other ritualistic appurtenances savor strongly of high church, yet Dr. Ewer’s sermon yes- ter Jay, in some respects, Was not unlike one reported Ingham. So in these latter days to preach the doctrine of a present salvation from love to men. were very impressive, Dr. Ewer said that his text would be found in Luke wt, with God and man.” that the world might have AN IDEAL CHARACTER. Ibis not meaht that ail men should be poor, should be unmarried and childless, should devote themselves wholly to religion, dineus things to ac on the earth, land to be cultivated. and tye gyn Itfe fo live, But Christ 13 the complete fiddel, showing in Himself our whole many-sided human nature. The whole race in epitome was pre- sented before God in Hun, fore, He died for the human race; when He arose he arose for all. atthe well He whispered Anglican | Churel u ale did it for her childrén, but whon ARIST STRUCK A BLOW AT BATAN in the wildérfess He did it for human nature, increased in the general and the individual sense. It is the design of God that the race shall increase in wisdom and purity. We often think that tae Church is for a individual. But does God care for parts alone Cities to be built, ali men. . Wien the for individnals, but for mankind. may improve or retrograde, so may the race. ‘would have the wori OUTGROW NATIONAL BLOODSHED: and robbery and war. a saving apd enduring clement in the rr Church has something ¢lse to do besides save the individual soul hereatter. Individualism 18 easen- tial selfishness. The business of the Church js to save men on earth as well ag in heaven; to save this generation owes no duty to the next? by temperance and purity do his duty to those to THE DEATH OF IGNORANCE AND DISEASE, the Ohristian ideal. What bas not the Church op my and geology. tinued te move round the same, manly as he was. FIX YOUR EYES ON YOUR LEADEB duty that God and conscience tell ate though the heavens fall. call of God and answer it whatever it may be. rou to do, nobility ef great, streng souls. CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY. Grand Sacred Concert of VoicesAn Opening jing An- atary, @ Sermon and a Cl them. A moderate multitude assembled yesterday after- noon to listen to the sermon of the Rev. Mr. Tracy, le whe officiated, in the absence of the Rev. 8. H. ‘Tyng, Jr., at the Church of the Holy Trinity. Mr. Henry Eyre Brown, the organist, gave the opening voluntary extempore, which was followed in the ser- have failed | vice by the chant Glorta in Pxcelsis, by Greatorex, and several other pieces, in which the excellent soprano, Miss Mary A. Wells, sang, with Miss Mary Weeks, tenor, and . Thomas, Jr., basso. Tho entire selection of masio included many choice pieces from Handel, ther with the Sixty- mn, a8 arranged by In front of the pulpit and im the arch overhead after Hantor, contralto, Mr. George 8, Haydn. and Mendelssohn, to; fourth Psalm and the 149th ve a holy | Greaterex. was arranged @ row of gaslights, something ‘the fashion of FOOTLIGHTS ON TAH STAGH, otlong since from that radieal of radicals, Froth. extremes meet, and everywhere public teachers are beginning ignorance and superstition and a present heaven of After the erdinary services, which 62—“And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor Christ was an tdeal man, and one design of God in sending Him on earth was There are muiltitu- Each has his own work to do When Clirist died, there- What He told the Samaritan woman burst the fetters of Rome Jesus Does he care for planets and satellites, and leave the world in disorder? God cares not alone As the en Go God would have Hs Church ‘The What right have Ohristians to hand down disease to their children? Letevery young man listen to me and come after him. We want to be saved on earth from and, above ail things, from the death of selfishness. We are each looking out for ourselves, and this is posed at one time or another? Musto has becn op- posed, adornments in dress, the setence of astrono- In spite of Rome the earth con- Let the Ohurch learn wisdom from the past. 1t1s God’s design that nd be calm and brave in duty ag he was. Chris- | 2¢ss forever and ever. tian courage is what every day demands. Do ~ 0 Calmly await the Goa wants t souls now. Be ye dauntiess, be ye chee! unswerving; for God would people heaven not with miluons of saved wrecks, but wiih the true Even coe : ‘Obris tianity has endeared to mi many yt 4 cauce amotio Cop yet as such ‘i signi. i » rapidly away. fo us tt signifies the ust & . ing. the Mogsiane THE RENOVATION OF THE WoRL in the present and all time. Fer many centuries the Church found a recurri Ok of sadness, born of the tears” ot 3 blood: drops ~~ on in semane on bi a vary. Uw ry an. all our hearts, Hope. that bud of immortal prom and never fading bloom, leas us to the feet of the redeeming Christ crowned with thoras and gio: We feel our unworthiness more than we ever be yet tl mise extended to our ers the waters of mercy and love flowing frem the reck of ages, will surely Wash away OUr Sina, and we may hope through these to enter the dom of ao where He of Nazareth sits at the ‘t hand: of CHURCH OF THE COMIN? WOR. | “Tho Papal Asti-Christ?—Who Is the Bonst and Whe the Dragon t—Satan ts Abroad— Sermon by Bishop Snow. Pursuant to announcement Bishop 5S. .8, Snew, who holds hinwelf forth to the World 88 a prophet of the Lord, preached @ sermon im the chapel of the University yesterday afterneon, The preacher seemed weary and distressed, and, were it not thas ho stands forward a8. zcalous missionary and professes to be enlisted in the cause of Chrih an observer weuld at once pronounce him A OREATURE OF MISFORTUNE, driven by hard circumstances to seok a living in a sphere for whioh he has no vocation, The Bishop is in earnest beyond question, and althengh at times he allows himself im the heat of passion to use feu language which should never be uttered in the pre- sence of females, and at times . H#/INDULGES IN BLASPRE ks which should render him amenable to the nevertheless, his head ratherthan his heart appears to err, and he supports the extraerdinary propost- Sons eaten she makes by more than extraordinary ‘he reverend: preacher took hus text from lations xif.,9 and 10:—“If any man hath hear, let him hear, He that loth into capth shall go inio captivity. He that killetn with the sword inust be killed by the sword. Here 1s the pa- tence and the faith of the saints.” The reverend preacher then read several verses from tho thir- teenth chapter of Revelations, and interlarded words of the Sacrea Book with explanations tend- ing to show that the beast and the dragon referred to in that chapter rep@sented the Pove. Brin; his iand ferociously down of the volame thi before him he indulged in a WILD AND DISCONNECTED TIRADE against the Pope, whom he destguatea by and phrases too vile to be printed. At ts in the proceedings two swarthy sons of toil who had been sitting near the HERALD reporter donned thelr hats and rose to loave, utteriag some remarks Which were scarcely audible. This 50 roused the indignation of the Prophet that his aury knew bounds. He at once changed his topic and hurt an imprecation on the heads ol these children of darkness, He thought it was fitiing that the sons of Lucifer should depart frem the midst of the chosen Tew. He had not seventy im his audience, and if any one else Chose to leave, Ler MIM GO TO THE DEVIL. The dragon was the color of fire aaa blood; it was the war . He had now arrayed himself in bat- tle agetnsk the devil, and he pitied the Intellect tl could not perceive it—the great red dragon wi Rome and the kingdoms that had gove out fromas. Having explained everytilug arighi you can believe At. or not at your pel ‘The reverend jeman here became calm and took up the argument anew. He said it the beast did nob represent Rome he wanted Ww know what it represented, WHAT 13 THE BEAST? Lam waiting to hear from you. If you are per sons of common sense and acquatuted with pistes you cannot fail to answer, Rome. W is the dragon? Ibis Rome also, Wis 13 the same. egos whom the angel 1: out of the bottomless pit. It is the devil, eo devil is the name aj 1d to the chief or leader of the FALDEN ANGELS. At thisjuncture in the preacher’s discourse twe ladies avse and left, when the reverend gentleman aced «the platform excitedly und exclatined, +i should not wonder if you were two of them,” He then régumed:—The Scriptare says the beast outof the sea, by whichii means that the Papal power has arisen in Rome, which for ages has been the centre aad mistress of the world, THE BEAST TRAVELY, but at a certain time tbe soul of the beast was watted northward on a southern breeze, and it re- pores in the bosuias of the Goths and Vandals, and immediately they swooped down upon civilization, and this demonstrates upreaiwely the principle ] have before put forward, and if any inan doubts my asser- tion he may search the Ser:ptures, and Lf I be incors rect he may call mea Dumb. The Romish Church says that when it speaks It 1s God tnat sp thus calling herself a prophetess, aud usurpmg place or TUR PROPHET OF THE LORD. 4 By & species of reasoning which the uninitiated could not easily comprelicad the reverend prophet proclaimed that the Papal ruje had inane year 1810, and he asserted that nothing now re- tmatned to be done, but that the usurper and tyrant who claimed title under the Justinian oode should fall by the sword. Thew career has been daninabie and blasphemous. Kings and emperors held their Stirrup and bowed down while they mounted thetr is, I pray the vengeance of God to fall pom Eo fae: he is the greatest impostor under Heaven, A LIGHTNING 81AFT SEETHED IN POISON fall upon nim and his sympathisera and all that adhere to hts bloody and accursed career. After ® prayer and a blessing the meeting dispersed, SUNDAY ANONG THE SAILORS. Services on the Vermcnt and Narragansett Sermon of Ciaplain Dorrance on the Guer- ricre. Services were held yesterday on board the recety- ing ship Vermont, Captain Watters, at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, by Chaplain James J. Kane, and upen the sloop-of-war Narragansett, Lieutenant Commander Dewey, where Lieutenant Commander Arthur B. Wright, Executive Officer of the ship, read the morn- ing lessons from the Episcopal service. The weather was extremely severe for the crews of ships net supplied, a3 is the Vermont, with steam-heating ap- paratus, The attendance was, however, very good. ON THE PRIGATH GURRIERE, Captain Thomas H. Stevens, Chaplain George W. Dorrance heid his reguiar morning service and preached a discourse toa good audience, selecting for his tex! tlie sixth chapter of the Gospel accord- tug to St. Jot, sixty-eighth verse:—"Then Simeon Peter answered him—Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou has! tue words of eternal life.” Jesus, in or- der to ‘ost the feetings of His disciples toward Him, put tis question to them:—Will ye also go? will ye whom ij have chosen, aamttted mito my friend- ship, made my dally companions, and furnished so many evidences of my Messiaksnip, now leave me? Jesus desired them from barbarism and from brutality, Did not 4 VOLUNTARY: ALENGIANOS God make the earth beautiful, and does He not want | to His cause. He would force no one to become men to be a8 @ race beautiful, too? Think you | His follower. It the strength of His love and the syeet and attractive influence of His character were net sufficient to bind men to His cause, ney were at liberty to go away. Weshould never give eur- selves up to be led by others contrary to our sense ofright und convictions of duty. Thou shalt not follow the multitude to do evil is the express cem- mand of Jehovah. Religion 1s a personal thing. To our own Master we stand or full. And in @ mat- ter of so much interest as the salvation of the soul, we ougat to be mdependent thinkers and actors. He who is wise in choos! eternal life 1s wise for himself. Said Christ ill ye also go away)? Peter replies:—‘To whom shall we go?” The sub- ject breught before our munds in the text the Ohurch should make great souls; itisamanu- | 18 eternal lite, and where alone it may factory as well as & savil Pinstitation, Be ye hol be found. ‘Eternal nife differs from a8 Christ was holy, but be ye also courageous ree animal life, The latter is ephemeral, evanescent and temporal; the former {s spiritual, and imvolves the ‘existence of the soul and body in @ state of happi- God stamped the soul with immortality, It cannot @ic. The body may sicken and decay and LOSE 173 PERSONAL IDENTITY, but the soul will live on with invigorated ‘er after it has dropped its earthly tenement io the rave. If spiritual life has been imparied to it iere it Will find in the resurrection morn a spiritual body fashtoned like unto Christ’s glorious bedy, and ascend to the regions of the blessed. it not only in- cludes spiritual life begun and carried en here, but the resurrection or the bedy. This was but foreshadowed UNDER THE OLD DISPENSATION. Now, life and immortality are fully brought to light under this head. The happiness of the soul will not be complete till that event takes place. Buc the important question in the text 1s this:—To whom shall we go or where shall we go to find eternal lifer hall we go to the book of nature? She threws 20 ht upon the grave, the a of the immor- . | taltty of the soul, the resurrection of the Dedy or of future rewards aud punishments. She utters no voice which can help us to penetrate the future or shape our destinies, Shall we go over to infidelity ? What light does a DRUNKEN TOM PAINE, t | With his weapons of sophistry, ireny and ribaldry, levelled against the Scriptures, throw upon men’s ywants and destinies? What comfort and hope does he or any other infidel give us in the place of this dear eld Bible, which they proneunce a@ fiction and death, an eternal sleep? ill yeu listen to and fol- low such gpides a8 sport with your hopes, deride religion and laugh at humble piety? Nor let usfat- tempt te justify ourselves by the deeds of the law. By the deeds of the law shall no man be justitled. THe law cancels ne guilt, knews no pardon and pro- vides no mercy. Neither should we build our hopes upon our morality or a formal profession. Leve te only that red. God, faith in Uhrigt, prayer and holy living form n¢ the er P I iexen aota rhe coming of the Son part of the creed'Uf many who are going te hoav of Map wii biessinda te vae aopd and condemnation 1 on Wels morulix, MK inngny of ines wouross rol