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‘6 RELIGIOUS, The Choice Morceaux of Yesterday’s Spiritual Food. ASCETICISM.. AND THE NEW JERUSALEM, Beecher ,on Stinging Nettles and Hedgehogs. “BE NOT CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD!” Mormon Criticism of Orthodox Christianity. A dall, leaden sky, with drifting masses of dark, threatening clouds overhead, and muddy, sttppery sidewalks under foot, offered certainly but a scant encouragement to the devout of the city to yesterday make’ thelr accustomed visit of duty to the house of prayer and praise. But in spite of these unfavorable conditions the attendance at most of the churches was very good and showed Dut slightly the influence of the weather, Jt was apparent, however, that the toilets of the fairer sex ‘were somewhat more quiet and subdued than usual, As is Usually the case in gloomy weather, there was exhibited a singular fervor and earnestness of devo- Gon, and doubtless many souls were garnered into the fold of the elect. THE SWEDEXBORGIAN CHUR A. The Life of Children After Death—All te be Saved—Their Home in Heaven—How Fe- male Angels Love and Gaide Them—Conso- lation for the Bereaved—Discourse by Kev. Chauncey Giles. The believers of the doctrines of Emanuel Swe- denborg are slowly extending their influence and power in this city, and the number of strangers who each Sabbath repair to the church on West Thirty- fifth street shows that an interest is being awakened im the peculiar doctrines held by these people, -Yes- terday was an unusual event to Rev. Chauncey Giles and his congrekation, as it witnessed the ORDINATION, BY THE PASTOR, @ Rev. E, R. Keyes as a minister of the new Church. After his ordivation a sermon was de- livered by Mr. Keyes. In the eventng the pastor occupied the pulpit, and took for his subject ‘The Life of Children After Death.” He took for his text Mark x., 14—“Suffer little children to come unto ‘Me, and forbid them not, for of such is the kKlagdom of Heaven,” “A third part of the human race,” the pastor said, “die young.”’ There are few parents who must not feel an interest 1a the subject; for there are not many who have not veen called upon to surrender one or more DEAR OBJECTS OF THEIR AFFECTIONS to the Good Shepherd of souls, As the. peet has beautifully sang:— ‘There is no flock however watched and tenced, But one dead lai) is there ; There is no fireside, howso'er cefended, But has one vacant chair. Alter dwelling upen the divine purpese of God in calling children away from earth the minster pro- ceeded to define the condition of children dying in infancy, as taught by Swedenborg. They teach us that all who ieave this life im infancy and ehildhood are saved. The children of heathen as well as chil- dren of Christian parents are saved and cared for by God. The multitude who are exposed to the supersations of the crowded ‘populations of the East; the offspring of sin and shame; of the worst as Well as tae best of parents— ons ALL ARE SAVED, Here we have a third part of the human race sure OI salvation. if the Good Shepherd has taken a lamb frem your fold you are sare that it cannot be ‘ost; “that your highest hopes for your have been realized; you could “not Surround it with so much beauty, nor surround it ‘with such means of comfort and delight as it now enjoys. When little children pass into the other life ‘hey are mfants and children sul They gain noth- ing by the mere transition. The child waich goes from its motuer’s arms to THE ARMS OF THE ANGELS is che same little child when it reaches them that it Was when it lett you. If you were w see it after 11 is Taised up out of the material body you would know that it was your child, for it has tne same features, ‘the same churacier, We admuuister vo it as long as we can reach it through the material body. The other company (the angels) stand with gentle hands w itoutof the grave of the body and convey it vo toeirown come. They see nothing but lie; new affections are awakened in their hearts, new joys Uill tuei Souls as they see new opporvunities for the exe: e of their adections—a new being to love and care for. THE THOUGHTS AND AFFECTIONS OF THE ANGELS are of the same nature, only fuiler, clearer and more ardent, as Uiose with which the parent's heart greets the new born chud. The angels could not but look ‘With compassion upon tue bereaved parent and say, “O sorrowibg Inotuer ! giieve not so blindly; the dear child of your heart 18 not iost, but saved.’ We Wil love it with an affection as deep and as pure as your own. We will keep the precious trust ior you, ‘nd restore it to you When you are ready to receive uu. We will more than 1uifll your joudest hopes and est expectatious.’? Our doctrines teach us that ‘as SOOi as infauis are raised from the dead VHEY ARE CARRIND UP INTO HEAVEN and delivered vw the care of angels vi the female ex, whoin the life of the body loved infants ten- der!y and at the sume time loved God. Since these avgeis when in the werld loved ali infants from a Sori of maternal tendermess, tuey receive them ag their own, and the int mothers.” They go trom an earthly to @ heavenly home; from a motherly love of a merely natural degree, Irom a merely anual affection,to a motherly love of a heavenly degree. Its a MOTHERLY LOVE, PURIFIED from all seliish and worldly affecuons, It 18 a quvtherly tenderness; imbued with a heavenly ten- Gerness; 1018 a ee, devouon invensified and exalted by a Heavenly devotion. But it is not only ardent, gentle and pure; it is what a mother’s love oiten 1s Lot—it is wise. Wisdom and .ove go hand io hand in heaven. Each motherly ange receives as many infants into her liome as she desires, and Bo more. Nor are tiese tender germs tranplanted from the earth disiriputed by Jot or assigned in an arbitrary Way. They are, as 1: were, drawn to their homes by & spiritual auraction. SpcaKing of the MOTHERLY LOVE OF THE ANGELS, the minister said there is @ cause in her naire, and in tue nature of every cuilid which comes to her home, which determines why that one should be selected han another. The natural atections are so ed—it 1s playful, joyous, spontaneous; it buvvies up aad rubs Over iu jorms, ever varying and The angels are not some abstract aud Liood- gs, CKEATED BY 4 FIAT OF OMNIPOTENCE, without human form or human affections, They are your motuers aud grandmotiers, who, with re- hewea youth and exalted aflecuous, are performing & service jor your children, which 1t would have ven (hem the greatest pieasuce to perforin if they ad re sained 4u this world. 1t is well with our children wuom the Good Shepherd has taken to His own fold i heaven. They are safe beyond ali dan- gers; they are Lappy beyoud ail contingencies; they ‘ure THE RICH TREASURE OF THE HEART Jaid up in heaven, wiere ho earth'y motu of earthiy lust, 50 rust of taisity can corrupt, and no thier of assion or deceit can break through and steal their wovence und joy. They wiil continually grow into quore uli eternal youth, beauty aud biessedaess. ST, PATRICH’S ROMAN CATHOLIC CATHE- DRAL. @econd Sunday After the Epiphany—Feast of the Holy NamemSermon by the Rev. Father MeNeirny. Tne maguideent cathedral knowns 3t. Patrick's, on the corner of Prince and Mulberry streets, was yesterday flied to overflowing with a devout aud highly respectable congregation. At half-past te ciock a solemm high anass was offered © Kearney, At tie couciusion of tae Orss 1 the They, Father MeNierny ascended the pui- pit of the duy. asking the prayers of the cougregation ‘or the souls of some of She falunful departed therevereud genile- man saidie “Our Moly Mother the Church sondiy hugers ovee the TUR CRIM OF MER INFANT SAV!OUR, and though Christmas holidays have gone past she Mvites us oO revara in spirit to the lowly piace of His nativiiy—the humble stable aad rude m inger 10 Which our Lord was place! apon Jlis coming among men. The Church cciebrates to<duy the Feast of the Holy Nome of Jesus, and enwreats per children Abreughout the Cunstau world vo join with her do honor and revereuce to ihat name, waich Su prnard, ous CiLusions of jove aud graditude, foes w 98 Weney to the wou, mud te ae oer io she hears, Jeyys, Bavivus.’ Tye | | ! i 3 love them as their own | the Rev. | After | every age and ‘Net alone within the con Israel ts His name ‘bus ny ai tue Barta, tora the aing’ £0 Wh bal the sum. Our holy Church. more ardently than to hear the of jored and loved; hence the feast which {8 this day eele- brated all over the Catholic world. During the Years of the mortal career of our Saviour He went the imprint power, Twas by the 1s ANK miracles wrought thro e that the t the name by od was converted ‘taolatry. of Jesus telis us Eds of Wer Only; 1t reveals to us a love which premp' jm to descend from on bigh and become a map, to be. BORN OF HUMBLE BIRTH and lead a life of privation and suffering. In Hig mysterious birth and life-and-the profound and startling peat Hig deata we discover unmis- takabie love Fond us.” The ening, gee from the Sertptares illustra! entreated bis tieman ‘hen drew of Danes great 44 for men, — congregation nev pronounce saored name ergesus otherwise than with reverence and awe, The music, whieh wes oe rendered by the cholr, Was ve’a Mass. in G minor. A finer piece of concerted music than the Gloria it has Seldom been our good fortune to hear. The £t Jn- carnatus in the terzetto), by the soprano, tenor apd baritone was excellent; but the morceau of the mass was the O Sawarts quimtely sung by Mrs. Werner, e Bolo ers are Mime. Chomé, soprano; Mrs. Werner, alto; Mra, Groschel, tenor, ‘and Mr. A. Sohst, basso, Mr. Gos tavus Schmitz presides at the organ, FREE CSURCH OF RECONCILIATION. Sermon by Rev. Mr. BriggeAsceticism va. Life Duties. The muggy, murky atmosphere, which 1s almost invariable in causing small church attendance and 4 majority of sourly-sanctimonious-visaged andi. tors, had not these effects. yesterday at the Free Church of the Reconciliation, Thirty-Arst strect, near Second avenue, The Rev. Mr. Briggs, the pastor, preached upon the text, ‘Be not conformed to this world,” &c, The reverend gentleman com- menced by saying:—Here is a charge given us by the Apostle that to a worldly mind is open to severe criticism. A man of the world might say, it is fool ishness to offer such advice to individuals who, though members of the Church, are not excluded Trom temporal necessities, If they would succeed they must recognize the conditions under wich they live. The Curistian must perform the WORK OF LIFE with everyday energy and shrewdness. Commercial and social customs he cannot ignore; for if he does he will be left behind the times, defeated and de- spised, But this criuciam and others like it miss the true meaning of the text, The passage may seem paradoxical to the superficial mina; seen in many passages of the Word that God seeks ve awaken the thought of the careless by dictating precepts which seem in opposition to the well es- tablished maxims of the world. Our Lord, Who uttered what was given Him of the Father, in- duiged largely in this method of instruction. Dis stutements ate analogous in their scope and conse- quences Lo the text before us, ‘They are the deepest truths of the Gospel, and ilustrate the principle ef manly Christian living. The text does’ not cull for needless sacrifice or formal severance of earthly ti whose vgharacten fied docs nos condemn, or outwi assuming of virtue and asceticism, atediy in histery tas tms mistake been made. Mew taking the letter of the Gospel and ignoring the spirit have HIDDEN, IN CAVES, or shut themselves in monasteries,hoping thereby to ‘win tue favor of Christ and to receive the seal and Pledge of personal sanctity. These have despised The pursuits of art and science and condemned all social and public festivities, But we know that the; are lar from cocrectly interpreting St. Paul's mind. No man despised more heartily than he format Bre, tensions to sanctity and holy living. No man held up more cheerfully every element of pure and earn- est humanity. He has’ taught that non-conformity to the World does notcreate misant or monks, '@ ace from his does not furbid the 4 is compatible with writings that devotion to Chi an active interest of the mind in all the stirring events of life. Weseeinour day the best men of fake community are those who, although sur- ‘ounded by influences of aselfish and demoralizing character, are still full of’ Christian impulses. ‘The ascetics of the ancienta Churen, and fn 9 we Puritans ond papkers hg modern |. feld in: @ grave erro! supposing they were service by breaking their connection © do:ng God's with the ondipesy, customs - ced life. age shows that external sev: o does not anni- hilate internal tepravity. The fashion of the world passes away; it 1s but the negative quantity m the ARITEMETIO OF HBAV: b No moral principle lives in the fleeting customs of society, The evil that St. Paul had in his mind is Not. the display that wealth affords, but thrives in that spirit of the world by which nature, art, sure and industry are takon away from God de- voted to selfishness. Selfishness is the god of this worid, aud bidg man worship the temporal order of things and ignore the spiritual, that nature obeys and revelation adores, This is the error st wiich Bt. Paul warned the converts to the true faith. Rome was the rank embodiment of its lite. And Yet her example we find faithfaliy toliowed to-day. Woridliness iy the mother of every vice; for its initial life 1s the putting away of all thought of Christ and eternity. The reverend gentleman continued by saymg that the exhortauon of the text was aot for ; the rich only—those who are tempted by this world’s abundauce—but for all who teel themselves drawn by tuetr cares and surroundings to forget thetr duties as children of God, All danger to the probity and strength of the Christian character pro- ceedsfrom the heart, Not untti it grieves the Holy Spirit by careless desires and dispositions is there danger to its peace, When Christians are drawn into a giddy style of living and thinking they are conforming to the worid—when they lend willin; ears to idle stories which society deems the salt 0! conversation, but which are {uli of the deadly savor of slander—when they find their ips repeating the current eayings that are as AEROWS OF POISON into the reputations of their unsuspecting neighbors, it is not difficult to assign them stations outside the brotherhood of Christ. AVENUE BAPTIST ‘CHURCH, Sermon on the Transfiguration of Our Lord by the Rev. Dr. Armitage—Chrisv’s Mauni- festation of Majesty—From the Old to the New. The dull, threatening state of the weather on yesterday morning, with Its leaden clouds above, its chilly wind around and its greasy mud under the feet, did not prevent a full, tashtonable and devout congregation from assembling at Dr. Armitage’s handsome church. The uncertainty of the weather was visible only on THE SUBDUED MURS OF THE LADIES’ GARMENTS, while the male portion presented the usual melan- choly appearance of the sex onthe Sabbath. The text of the Doctor’s address was taken from:Luke ix., 28-36. In the life of Christ we see a etrange, blending of glory and humility. At His birth we behold Him a heipleas vabe in @ stable, and at the same time we see a new made planet hung as a Jamp above it. Through the whole course of His life these double traits may be traced. And in the end, before the Sun of Calvary could have an oppor- tunity of withdrawing its light from His «dear, dis- figure’ face.” He had sent forth a light to eclipse toat ag Sun upon Mount Tabor. His garments muss be ‘ FUTH BATHED IN GLORY before they could be dipped in biood. Like all acts ef the Saviour’s life, He had @ lesson to teach. The best men have made most fanciful interpretations of this great act, but there could be but one real mean- ing attached to it, and this Was to afford a special ocoasion fer a perfect and full development of our Lord’s true character to His Church. ‘The testimony of the blu and honest fisherman, Peter, assures us that such was his intention when be writes nis epistle to the Converted Jews, and says they did not put torward “cunningly devised favles” of a God de- | Scending op the earth, but they were eyewitnesses | to His majesty, and that the voice from Heaven on tue Holy Meunt’ proclaimed infailibly the new dis- Pensation Oi Christ, the beloved Son. Tae design of | Peter was to declare, from his own personal know- ledge, that Jesus Was not a sophisticated and spu- rious incarnation of the Godhead, subject te the | Most tangible jaws of evidence that fall under the control of ius own eyes and ears, it was not as hitherto, through angeis’ _vistts, through = patriarchs and = prophets, priests and seers that God. appeared, but as @ nan living among wus. At first “ie hight bulned in (ue darktess; but the darkness compre- hended it not.’ ils disciples believed Hin to a mun of very high order. His aposties were seized with Che idea that He was a great propaet. came Ume, Lhen, 40 DEOLARB HIS SUPERBUMANITY. did not kuow what the real work of Christ aud Peter deciared, when He spoke of the ap- It be- | Prewoulng death and resurrection witer tree days, if it were lous in tie presenee Of His Church. sentauves of this Church He chose Peter, Jones aud Jola«vbe first preacuer, the first martyr | and iasl survivor Of the aposties, Away ia and unof men He wok them toe ait, aud Wille He prayed the fasion of se vhuuged. belore their astonished | view there carwe dowa Moses and Elijah, wiO cone Versed with Him. Here was the point of departure, His Heatilies ¢ -hOMS Were ‘d0ses, the founder of the Jaw. and bla ¢ head of tue prophets, when | that loud, dcop voice was heard in the beaveus— ; “This is my beioved son; hear iim.” The disctples | bowed sheir heads mm awe, and when they Lifted their | eyes they saw no mau ouly Jesus. Mark the holy signidcance of this. WE HAVE DONE WITH MOSES and the prophets, and Jesus ts henceforth head over al, ‘ihe evangel was proclaimed and they spread ves to preach the unrivalled ex- ceilence of Chrigt aud Hw jaw, wf Jopus ‘Moses and El! Tmaabienod, but in tao reaitestion of their Saviour we can in their cry, gee Riines ican ons oot ta et Finer rien, ei oa you the torture m: He shall say it 1s for you 1 for you I trod the wine press alone. will je the weary u jller, pe off the toil-stained robe, remove robe, the sandals. He will give @ paim branch into oy hands instead of the sword, ‘will place the dia- le Ly Reo. your brow and bid aa Jean Tour need upon and will say, ST. JAMES? CATHOLIC CHURCH. Solemn Mass by Father McKenna—Eloquent Sermon by Father Farrelly—‘‘Accounting for Our Stewardship,” The most effectual and exalting admonitions of religion consist in what may be termed work-a-day sermons, filled with home thrusts that are sure to reach the noblest portions of our nature, set our hearts uglow with chafity and our heads a thinking. How true it is that evangelic teachings, instead of confiicting with what are called worldly interests, best serve to render them really enjoyable. ‘The large congregation of the faithful that. at- tended St. James’ yesterday ferenoon, during the celebration of the solemn; mass by the Rey. E. McKenna, had an opportunity of listening to a ser- of the kind to which allusion is made, Father ly preached, taking for his text tne gospel of ‘the day, Luke xvi., 1-8:—“‘How is tt, that I hear ths of thee? Give an account of thy stewardship, for ‘Thou mayest be no longer steward.” Le ares this verse, ne began:—We are ali siewards ef a Tord of @ jeaious and MOST EXACTING MASTER, yand our stewardship is two-fula in its nature, We eare placed here over two orders of Or pos- ons, the one of the earth earthy, the other of the heavens heavenly. ‘These are trasts given unto Us, not indeed from ‘any right existing Within us, or from any worthiness ou our part, bus" si stowed upon us by the goodness of God. Our hap- will upon Sereaenircsts ae or use that we make of t favors and | Let me, then, in an unadorned ‘ats course, give you a brief explanation of the two- fold’ “nature” of the graces or gifts for which man is indebted to ang of bis stowardship, over which he shall be required to give a rigorous account. There are natural and supernatural trusts, Under the former are classed our creation and all the attributes and circumstances wnat thereto, en- dowed us with a heart to love Him, & mind to nonor Hira with all its faculties, and a soul to prepare ‘tweet by a conformity to His will here, to adore Hiu ENJOY HIM THROUGH ETERNITY. And for the use that man may make of these trusts reposed in him, he shall, as betore observed, give a strict account, Besides, there are the circumstances Ol the creation to be taken notice of. Someare born with more advantages than others, with riches and honors. Others are bora with winds that entitie them to the name, the praise, the distinction ef geplus. There are also pllysical degrees and aiffer- ences in the development of men’s bodies. Robust frames, healthy constituuons, and the charms of beauty may be lavished with bounteous hand on some, while others struggle through the dificuities of life with delicate, sickly bodies, a burden to € . Yet suci ts ordered for the best.in the Providence of God, and from the man born to the greatest wealth, filling the highest position, and Surrounded with all the comforts, all the honors of the world, down through the intervening degrees of mediocrity to THE UNFORTUNATE POOR, Without riches or honor all must give an ac- count of their stewardship m proportion as they have been favored, Each man will be judged ac- cording to the measure that has been meted out to him, for every one of us receives more or jess of spiritual grace, as wellas of natural gifts, There have been somo out esp by God, elther for the performance of some great work, or throt ctity “of their lives. On them He ean the rich waters of His grace. The blessed irgin Mary, St. John the Baptist, the martyrs and saints received ity Braces, the Almighty; but we have a debt of our own to pay, and must do it if ‘We wish tbe saved. Your gift 18 faith; for as are generally estimated by their value this one of youre 18 without price—it is the great boon of bo- longing w the true Uhurcn, outside the pale of which none can be saved. Add to these the spectal gee which each one, now and then, experience in various ways, aod there will be a greatdebt of gratitude due to the Almighty. For every sacra- ment that you have received, for gery: confession. that you have made, nny ed to the receiving be oo blood apa or pining Ae will have to give a strict answer the great day. What use, then, have you been making of the graces bestowed on you? Have yon been faithful stewards? Do nae ture and grace work in harmony? Does the wealth you possess bear @ heavenly as well as an earthly in- terest? Are you poor? Be not disheartened. Jesus Christ, the Savieur of mankind, was pleased to live in the lowliest condition, and tnus has sanctified erty, Are you filled with honor? Heaven is tae hest honor of all. Are you fond of pleasures? This world has no pleasure to content the yearning soul such as God has prepared for you in the other if you serve Him. Are you frowned upon by fortune and persecuted by wicked men? BLESSED, SAID THE SAVIOUR, ARE THEY THAT SUF- FER PERSROUTION FOR JUSTICE SAKE, for theirs 18 the kingdom of heaven. None can say, continued the preacher, that they have uot the power to be saved. Let me call your attention to a principle little —_uder- stood, but of the utmost importance. ‘There 1s no state, circumstance or conaition of Itfe— except, indeed, it be siniul or leading to sin—incom- Datible with the proper discharge of our steward- ship. In every situation of life we can be faithful to God; ali that is wanted 1s good will, It is not neces- sary for the king to lay down his crown, the virgin to lay down her wreath, the student to give up the exquisite delights that he sips at the fountain of wisdom, to lead lives in conformity with the com- mandiments. Let every man apide in the calling in Which it pleases God to piace him, Moses left the humble life of a shepherd to become the leader of God’s people; Gideou left his straw-thatched home to gird on tne general's sword and become the saviour of his nation. The Saviour sent back THE MAGI WHO CAMB TO LAY THEIR CROWNS AT HIS FEET and did not compel them to abandon their positions; neither did He change the condiuon of the snep- herds to whom He first revealed tne mystery of His jucarnation. A consecrated virgin 1s not the oniy one called to be saved. The tudustrious servant giri finds no less favor in the sight of God if she be faithful in the discharge of her duties. The busy laborer, the skilful mechanic cannot spend so much time in prayer as men with more leisure, and yet to them there 1s the road to salvation opened up if they but endeavor vo discharge their duties with purity of intenuon, THE *"LONGSHOREMAN and the good housewife have tue same means of gaining heaven spread out to them that people in more easy circumstances have, provided they use them, for labor sanctified with purity of intention 13 @ continued prayer, ell ema under misfortunes a sweet sacrifice to the Almighty. 1n whatever cir- cumstances of life, then, in which God has placed you you are accountable for the gifts and graces re- ceived. Sanctify your labor into prayer, and you LE a cen pp taba peace of conscience In this lite, but wit! ie Dlessings and possession of unspeakable Joy in the world to come. 4 CHRISTIAN FREE CHURCH. Queen Esther’s History—Discourse by the Rev. C. C. Foote. The morning services at this pretty little church, in West Twenty-eighth street, were fairly attended yesterday by a@ highly respectable congregation. Rev. C. C. Foote, the popular young pastor, com- menced the exercises by an.tnvocation, after which the hymn commencing ‘Tis religion that can give” was sung. Prayer followed, and then the reverend gentleman delivered A FLOWERY DISCOURSE on that very interesting portion of the history of Queen Esther where she intercedes with Ahasueras to revoke the decree ordering all the Jews to be put to death. The discourse was listened to with marked attention by all, but especially by a gentleman in the front seat, Whose resemblance to philosopher Gree- ley was very striking, only he was not attired in TRE TRADITIONAL WHITE COAT. This gentleman persistently pomted at the pastor a huge ear trumpet, and seemed to absorp every Word that was utiered. The text selected was Esther, 1v., 16, last clause of the verse—“Who ‘knoweth wheiher thou art come w the kingdom for sucti a time as thisy’’ The reverend gentieman said thut the objects he had in view in considering this very interesting poruon of we bible hisiory were two-fokl. First, that they might trace the Marvellous, providential preservation of God’s peo- ple, and secondly, that they nught, as all Christians should, study the workings of humao nature, m order (o their encouragement during tielr Christian journey. Jt was Worthy of Mention that this book Was not a book of witacies, aad that the tustorian does not even call anything providextial, THE NAME OF DEITY was not once mentioned in it, and'yet there was suf- ficieni reason vo titnk that the ‘piStorian Was con- tinually recognizing God. He thea sketcued the personages that moved fu the draina; spuke of we aired wich Maman had nourinied against the Jews, how Hsther lad been so unexpectedly vated to tie throne, and how Mordecat in the emei eney of the King’s decree looked tor help, but ‘ound Hone-except in that litte Hebrew gin. dn his strait Mordecai says to her, “Ali the favre of tue Jews depends on you.’? He thought sie mast have been a faely educated girl, aud tuat she had culture and refinement. He doubied if THIS YOUNG LADY, when she sacrificed every enjoyment to the rescne of her peopie and stood the ouly person on earth vo plead the cause of the then unborn ages of men, comprehended the great part she was taking, in the same way he doubted if they or he reatized a thousandth part of the eyents which might grow out of acuons. They often failed because they thopmit fue couseguences of thew decisivns god NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, ‘JANUARY 16, 1871:' grees Pap eae a te pene gaa: when the momentous on which she was to ms an unbidden suppliant before the king, to 0 aci with death, was her gaining en snaieuee, and if she did there was not the remotest probability of Ber entreaty sus . If they would allow him he would refer to the history of our own nation and go back to the time of : ; ZAPRIORNT SUORANAM | eran 4 ustration of the o ause. ‘They might imagine an octoroon girl, charming and y, but a slave, and some of her slave cousins lind uiged her to go to Wasnu: WHILE THEY PAID HER FARE, to intercede for their liberation. She goes there ar- in fnery, and captivating the heart of the old bat lor is bound in that tie which po man can eter and then demands the liberation of her fellows. After a glowing description of the King’s presence chamber, as tie thought it must have Cones during Esther's audience, including a fanciful re- ference to the sumptueus appointments of TER EAR whenee she had come, the sermon was brought to & Close by # practical application.of une lesson. Esther's petition, hopeless as 1t Was, was granted, They should seein the heroic conduct of that He- brew girl something to strengthen their faith in God's redeeming love. r singing @ hymn the benediction was pro- nounced, and such as desired to do so had an opper- tunity of retiring. Those who remained then took art in , th THE COMMUNION SERVICE, which ts celebrated at the church every Sunday. Une of the lay elders presided, and the bread and wine was handed round from pew to pew—all being invited vo participate. CHURCH OF ST. PAUL THES APOSTLE, A Brilliant Gathering—The Paulist#’ Sere vice—Sermon by the Rev. Father Deshon— Christ?» Spiritual Kingdom, The soft summer weather of yesterday morning enveloped Central Park in a sunshine that seemed to rival @ June forenoon’s lovely favors in that Splendid “common;” yet, Dear as was the tempta- tian of his Satanic majesty to keep away good and virtuous folk from going to church, religion tri- umphed, and a large congregation attended the half-past ten o’clock mass at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle, Fifty-ninth street and Ninth avenue. The church was crowded in every part, not aseat being vacant, and the array of LADIES RESPLENDENT in all the charms of new spring garments was bril- iantin theextreme. Even in this unpretending edifice style reigns supreme and the fatrer half of creation mingle admiration of divine service with admiration of divine exterior of person, the result being that, what with the rosy faces the fresh, health-inspiring air of tne Park imparts, and bran new rig out of spring dresses, cloaks and feathers, the fair audience of this church yesterday was cal- culated to disturb THE MATUTINAL ORISONS of the most religious young man in the world and set him thinking about those ways that are dark and those tricks that are vain. No doubt the fame of the Rev. Futher Hecker has no small thin; to do in bringing so large a number oi Persons to this church, for the edifice itself does not amount to much; indeed, it is even more unpretending in the adornment ef the interior than is the case generally in houses of Catholic worship; yet the sanctuary 1s neatiy fitted up, and the altar, though not rately ornamented, not lack a certain elegance of design. ‘The service is, of course, the same as in other Catholic Sie but from the fact that all the reverend fathers of the Paulists’ Society attend at the mass, and, ROBED IN SOUTANE AND SURPLICE, occupy seats at cither side of the altar, there is an additional solemnity added to the ceremonies. The Paulist LO nd strictly speaking, not an order of the Church, but @ congregation, modeled ma at degree after the London» oratory, which has among its members so inany able and dis- Unguisned priests—adopted the rules In this ~~ of the regular clergy. Yesterday mor Vs Father Deshon celebrated mass, tne Rev. Fathers Hecker, Young, Spencer, Bodfish ana Hewit beng present, The music was the maks by Loebmann which gained the second prize at the great musical concourse at Brussels in 1868, It is composed for six male voices and is of a deeply religious charac- ter, combining at the same time the lighter and omar music with the more solemn and grand, It'was sung for the first time in America yesterday, the organist of the church, Mr. E. Eberhard, direct- ing. olfertory piece, which was the grand aria from the oratorio Elijah, was well rendered by Mr. Remmertz. .The communto and some other parts were from the Gregorian—the best of ali the churen music. After the first gospel the Rev. Father Hewit ascended the altar and preached a lengthy discourse from te iL, 9 The spiritual King- dom of God, he said, had . WITHSTOOD MANY STORMS, had triumphed m many battles and would never know defeat. The kingdom of Jesus, the spiritual kingdom of God, had been beset with troubies [rom win and without. Since the beginning of Christianity the Church was lorced to do battle for her sovereignty. Age after age heresy and infidelity spraug up—LoWw im one form, DOW in another—al- tacking With most subtle argument every SUPPOSED WEAK POINT in the law of God, and even boldly defying the holy voice of Jesus Himself, Age after age cunning men bid defiance to the Caurch, and with sophistry and quibble sought to create religions of their own, and im the verity of their hearts to become sovereign of some new belief, the oniy merit of which was its op- Position to God's Church, Ecclesiastical history ‘was full of these stories, The record oj all the great councils of the Church was a history of how the refatations aud condemnations had been brought about, Yet, in the very fuimess of the power pos- sessed by this spiritual kingdom, over which the Saviour presides with such a mercifa: sway, there was for an intercessor to sustain this constant pouring out of favors. The story of the matriage feast at Cana iilustrates weil the position the spirit ual kingdom was placed in. All the GOOD RICH, RED WINE, which was used as the best at that time in Cana, had been consumed; even the cheap sour w which was used on ordinary occasions, was all gone, and then, at the request of Mary, Jesus changed the water into wine, tus performing @ miracle. ‘The spiritual kingdoin was now after receiving irom God the choicest favors; every biessing bad been be- stowed upon tt; so that now there was needed an intercessor to have the water changed into wine and faith to take the place of infidelity. 1t was through the prayers of the mother of God that this was to be effected, and, as she never failed in her invocations, the safety of the spiritual kingdom was assured. NINETEENTH. STREET cuURCH. PRESBYT BR. Sermon by the Rev. Mr. Hall—The Mission of St. Paul—Exclusive Salvation. The Rev. Mr. Hall, who holds forth at this Sunday resort of the fashionable devout, yesterday put forth the gathered wisdom of many ages in illus- trating his pet‘doctrine “that one may be damnea for hoping that no one else may be.” The rev- erend genlleman took care, however, to as- sure his pious listeners that this sweeping wholesale consignment to the regions of sul- phor and obrimstone- was only intended for those who dwelt outside the pale of the Churcn, meaning thereby his own particular church, and more especially the congregation of his own de- nomination. ‘He drew his arguments, which were Characterized by tmposing volume of sound and trequent repetitions rather than by -breadth of thought and charitable conclusions, [rom the first chapter, fourteenth verse, of St. Paul’s Epistle to the Romans—‘“I am tndebted both to the Greeks and to the barbarians, both to the wise and the unwise.” He said at the time St. Paui wrote tus epistie Rome ‘Was Hot oniy politicatly, but also intellectually, the head of the empire, tiough its society was EATEN UP WITH LUXURY AND CORRUPTION. So Paul was constantly inteat upon paying the debt which he owed his Divine Master, and because he was @ debwr to Christ he’ was a debtor to the heathens also. ine Lord had biotted out his transgressions and St. Paul’s grand lite was a long triumpli over selfish- ness, Was he fitted to the task of preaching the Goxpel in Romer As far as eloquence went he was not wanting, jor he was am e.ucated mé@n, As for the other accompiishments, such ay taste for tine arts, it 18 Certain that when he was in Athens he was notso much filled with tue triumphs of art as with pity sor the degradation of the ae Was it a wise undertaking to go to Kome and to tell. these urro- gant heathens that he was the messenger of the maleiactor who was put to death on THE CROSS OF IGNOMINY AND SHAMB and to present His Gospel as the giud Udings of sal- vation? Many would have satd that there was no caance for propagating the Gospel under such un- favorable circumstances, bat Paul did not thinkso, He saad, “1 am not asiamed of tie Gospel of Curist.’? ‘There are Many people at the present ume who are ASHAMED OF THE GOSPEL because of its lowiy origin and for the reason that tt contams no siarling novelty, The apustie nad tod power of Jehovah—not the powerol destruction, but the. power of God unto redemption—to hift mén. from the vanities of this world into eternal ie. There are pious men who do not stand up mantully aginst the foe of inakiad, but shrink into a slikem soft sensivility. But SALVATION 13 NOT TO EVERY MAN} there 45 adunii; it is oniy to such who beneve in the Gospel of Jesus Ubrist. The rever gentlemaa wound Up With this solemn exhortatio Brethren, make sure Wat you velieve in the Gospel of Jesus Christ, 10r it will be the power of God to your salva- tion, BROOKLYN CHULCHES, FURST BAPTIST CHURCH, Diszourse of the’ Rev. H. M. Gallaher on Reading the Scriptares. 4s lsavariably the case, Mr. Gallaber’s church— the First Bapust—was yesterday forengon crowded i : s g fora moment or two their exact equilibrium. His text was’ elected from Acts ‘xvil., 11:—“These Wete more noble than those in Thessalonica,-im 4 that they received the word with ail readiness of. mind, and searched the Scriptures dally, whether those things were so.” The word “nobie’’ was not, he peg hh eral agcidenial ac- copration the fora if ah of mean that the persons alluded to were born. of nigh: age, or that they were very gvealthy; but 1t did mean po 7s re oe CAUSE oP oe searching of . God, le: m2, EVERLASTING micrass virtue and hated mined Nick herd ic! Re by vice, and, he sees fit—br porebere out of the world.” The no- bility of Engiand are quite different from ours, and are, for the most part, honorable men, who surround her Majesty, aod conduct, in @ greab mea- sure, the affairs of the empire. But the noble- men referred to in the text were vs different from any of them. for to read the Scripture as 1t should be read and as these men read it was to commune with God Himself. It is from the Scriptures that we learn His wisest sayings, receive nothing but the kindest advic pry are taught all He wishes us to cea ‘constant acarching of the Bible-we come to knew G “anywhere, f i a and to love Him as we shonld, and by and by:to. be- come @ likeness of We always imitate that Which we love most, and ® man. by reading the Scriptures and seare! them dil tly soon comes to love God and then to imitate Him as far as possi- bie, and by so domg makes ne all on earth, ORIED OVER MANY 4 NOVEL. and was not now ashamed to say it. He felt, he knew, & power of “Why,” gard he, “{ remember altting up all one night reading ‘Jane Eyre,’ ana when gray dawn of morn! came. OUrating Lp TONER ay chawber window it found my eyes almost choked with the toars I could Not force back, and through which I could scarcely wee to read, ad Dickens and Thackery, read any. of the great authors of good and tustructive books, and they all have a tendency to make one wiser, better, more charitable, and, in fact, more Chris- Uanly. But while these authors have written GOOD BOOKS, books well calculated to make those better who read them, the great God above has written one that sur- Passes all of them, tor we know that He nas @ right to teach us and fo command us, and that it is not like one sinner speaking to another.” Mr. Gallaher thought that the best men and wo- men in a commuuity were those who read the Bible. He found that by rar the Breas unonens nis church members were from the Sabbath schools or from homes where the Bible had been freely read, and he thought that there were in his congregation several to whom the reading of the Scriptures would do no harm, to say the least. PLYMOUTH CHURCH. Good-Natared Christians—The Gospel of Hap- Piness—Hedaehogs Not to Be Imitated. The usual crowd filled this home of the fatthful yesterday, surging around the platform, overNowing into the entries, and at last settling in such first class Pews or indifferent folding chairs or reserved camp stools a8 nappenéd to be available. The usual flowers and ferns graced the platform, There was the usual Zundel inprovisation upon the organ, and the regulation voluntary from the large choir. After the preilminary exercises Mr. Beecher, IN 4 HOARSE Voce, begged the indulgence of the audience, as he had‘a cola. He had had it about two days, did not know how he got it, expectea to get over it in another day, should not preach tn the evening, and should do the best he could in the morning, and hoped these explanations were sufficient to satisfy all curiosity or affectionate interest. The second and third verses of the fifteenth chapter of Romans—“Let every one of us please his neighvor for his good to edification; for even Christ pleased not him- self’—formed the basis of one of the practi- cal non-doctrinal sermons that Mr. Beecher Most delights in. He said a man’s soul 1s likea garden belonging to an old mansion, full of excel- lent things, run to waste—never improved, cank- } ered fruit trees, thickets of roses and thorns, tangled vines, nettles, weeds and flowers. Now it is the business of a to be wholesome and sweet and beautiiul, It bas no right to have weeds or di- lapidation. It 18 made for pleasure and profit. The soul is {ull of good dispositions, kindly impulses, trae affections, Wholesome irults, out it is also full of frets and murmurings and STINGING NETTLES, of pride and vanity and weariness. The sont’s power to produce pieasure or pain in another 18 very great. if jt throws upon another the whole force of its excellence and beauty 16 is full of cheer, but if it scowls upon its fellow it produces pain and trouple, We are commanded, therefore, 80 to use ourselves day by day as to yield pieasure. It is not optional with us whether we shall make men happy. It is ourduty to live 50 a3 to please men for tier good—to picase them so that they will be nobler and more manly for our influence. “The soul has an infinite fund of material with which to please. Its. affections are full of sweetness; its wit, taste, imagination are patent engines of pleasure. But it is just as strong to produce unlappiness, Making peopie happy 1s not an unimportant thing. Our Lord did muiiitudes of things to SMOOTH ASPERITIES and to produce amiable feelings in those around Him, White He Was inspiring men w noble ambition and heroic living He filled’ His iife with a thousand. fine shadings of goodness. His example is quoted here for our imitation, Men find che lower side of their natures easily brought into play. We contend with the worlu through our lower passions; we drudge by these. We are unable to rouse ourselves, to excite in our- selves our betier natures. Men are feeble and liable to dwell in low, chiliy fogs, to iret and despair, The undertone of human life 13 very sad. The most of households do not ring with cheerful voices like well tuned instru- ments, but are full of querulousness, groping and drudging. Men whom we like sparkle upon us and we sparkle back, but in the main there is more sad- ness and gloom than brightness and foy, Now it is not our duty simply to believe in. A HISTORICAL, GOSPEL. A Society 1s full all around us of men whose tives average Very little sweetness. It is for us to seek to make them nappy. This we are ready enough to do if we want to use them. But the command 18 to do it Denevolently, to so carry ourselves that the vibra- Uons of our hearts shall bring music from our neighbor. If it is in the power of men to rouse others to hope, cheerfulness and good nature, then this is @ Christian duty. Some men move through life like @ band of music through the streets, filling the air with melody; they are like orchards in October, filling the whole ion with bounty and sweetness. It 1s no unworthy object in life to fill the atmosphere of others with the bright- ness that they cannot make tnemseives. There 19 still a remuant of stoicism among good men. Men feel that happiness ia well enough, but belongs to the surface; they alm to make men better, and let happiness take care of itself. But much of the WRONG IN THE WORLD springs from unhappiness. In general, happiness 1s favorable to virtue and morality, and unhappiness is favoraple tos. A man says:—“My duly is to be honest and just, and. not to be tickling peopie’s palms to make them laugh.” But you have no business to bear your honesty and justice in such @ way a8 to make others unhappy. Of all creatures no one has # veiter right to be @ hedgehog than @ hedgehog; but is he a good neighbor? How many men tread carelessly among the sensitive nerves of other men with no excuse but that they believe in being “straight rorward out and out.” You say that roughness 1s better than MAOHIAVELLIAN VARNISH. But why have either? Why not be just right? Why thrust oul uncut nails to scratch? “We are not ab Niberty to ap for the sake of pandering to the men’s characiers--to feed malice, avarice and un Biessed are the happiness maker: away friction and smooth the snine on gloom with cheer. Blessed are those Whom God has equipped with wit, and humor and gay iinaginations; they are God’s torch pearers through the gloom of iife. Until the world weeps Jess iet there be more sities; till the world lives betier let there be more imagination to cover the reanty. Biessed are they io whem people ceme in disaster, Blessed are they around whom ‘ehilaren flock. You must overcome day by day the pain- bearing qualities of obstinacy, arrogance, sneering, oriticisin. It is not that you do one great thing, but it is the sum of @ millon unconscious dispositions tat makes you a giver of bappiness. In oid times it was thought right to love our iiends and tate our enemies; in moderh ties we love our own de- Nomination and hate heretics, A CATHOLICS NATE PROTESTANTS and Protestants hate Caihulics, Now, Ibis my busi- Bess, as a Protestant Chiisuan minister, to speak ihe truth, but itis iny duty to try to spoak it with: a Calvinist caught out ofience. J remember w ao Armenian in lis churciy he tought it ins. ime to give Armenianism ahit, When the victim, had a chance he tut vack. Twodocttines Wien they meteach other were not unitke two tugs. Taere was @ rising of backs anda growing of months, and anything» Dut auwiabtity m the eyes. For a thousand years we lave wied to bombard men into love and faith. WHAT LUCK When will Christians icei that they should praise What is good tu each other and let vie rest gol AS in religion so in civil aifuirs. In Unsiness and po! ies Chrisuau wen should try to please one another, #hd not irritate and hurt. When we examiue men Jor church membership we ask them if they will Jeave off sin; af they have tah; if they will malntain virtue, it ow seidum do we question them as to beneficence ot aisposition! ow seldom do We look to see Hf pareats are more loving to Chile fry are hare aeraaiing Ihave ‘proeatage Cua wo genial men us BECOME CRUSTAGEOUS : melia Worth as much gs a rose. It is perfect, but the rose fille } No should be “@ camelia “heal bat @ eart. Are there not fai here whose nature does not dawn till after ee raat mothers who find 1 fs wath praring, tall the we had their there ] feuds gherished and. wounds ‘ open in many households? It 18 not enough if you are just and pene. Are you every day making others happy? Tdo not ink that tle angels stand like wax can. dies. I as of as full of gayety and fantasie, and burning all over with Jo} iadness, and can we join them with our s \d natures? Therefore Jet every one please tis neighbor for nis good to edi- fication, THE MORMON CHURCH. The Founder of the Protestant Church a Polygamist—Nineveh and New York Core trasted—Discourse by Elder Searles. The Mormon Missionary church, Williamsburg, ‘was largely attended yesterday by both Saints and Gentiles, At the afternoon services bread and wae ter, in commemoration of the Lord’s Supper, were: dealt out to the congregation, and the Gentiles were: inyiteil to partake of them. Few of them, however, — @. Prine e following com- you.” He: entered into open communion with vhe Saints bread and water having very little attraction for them. E \ After the usual exercises Elder William Searles,” President of the Mission, ‘addressed the congrega-- ocr ienes, le sald that the most determined. opponents of thé Latter Day Saints were the mem- bers of the ol snd that they were inconslstent..in their bg ba, as the fosnaen: OH papeir Oburch, ara ol ‘was gamist, Ne having marr ating Batoyn whe bo Had anotber“ wife ving. paces algo. pi respects the ‘uusenters ies he chi rized a3 opponent ofthe @ : of of the Apostles. Paul gave them intalned th GAG was the of the Morm ma ab it was 01 Church to bring all ia us into one fold and lea them to do God’s work on as it is done mS In the course of his long discourse Elder rles contrasted ancient: Nineveh with New York. city, to the disadvantage of the satter. Jonah, he said, it the citizens of ‘Nineveh to repentance in cloth and ashes py giving them forty days’ notice; but hundreds of Jonahs have warned New York for forty years, and there 1s yet no sigM of re- pentance among its citizens. SERVICES IN WASHINGTON. EPiSCOPAL. METROPOLITAN METHODIST CHURCH. Dr.. Newman on the Unity of the Races Differences of Color Mainly the Effect of Climate. WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 1871. The summer like softness of the air this morning, combined with the established popularity of the Metropolitan church, drew a large congregation, comprising the ordinary attendance of persons in high position. Dr. Newman took for his subject ‘The Unity of the Human Race,” ana spoke very effectively from Acts xviL, 26:—“For God hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all ‘the face of the earth.” There are two interpreta- tions of the Mosate account of * THE, ORIGIN AND CREATION OF MAN. : Qne 1s mythological, the other. historical. Those who advocate the former are compelled to include all creatlon—heaven, earth and God—as mythologi- cal, thus making Christ and the apostles to be igno- rant or impostors. Those who receive the account as really historical are of two classes, one assuming, the account to be a history of a prominent branch’ of the human family, excluding other races, The more commonly accepted theory, and that of the ‘universal Church, 1s, that it is @ true account of the. origin and creation of all races of men. The text is in accordance with this great truth. Although some Bibheal writers omit the word ‘*blood’’ in trans- lating, yet it makes no alteration in the pentineat, viz., that God hath made of one—adam—all The purpose of this discourse was to substantiaie the apostle’s declaration and to consider its appeal to our faith and lives. ‘The Mosaic account of man’s is simple and rational. It 1s stated thet from the first man and woman CAME ALL THE NATIONS OF THE EARTH. Now, against this picture of the Bivle is the pice ture of certain etnnologists, who deny the unity of the race. it is true that there is a ditference be- tween the head of the Georgian and the flat nead-of the Carib, the fair Circassian and the biack visage of the Bthiopian; but facts wilt sustain the Bible in the announcement of the UNITY OF THE HUMAN RACE. It is worthy of note that the ethnologists do not agree among themselves touching the ‘undamentak principles @f their theory. Furst, as to WHAT CONSTITUTES A SPECIES, Ig it shape? or is it a pecillar form of crantum, a Shade of complexion, amount of intelligence or geograpnicai location? Now, on so vital a question men should be united on fundamental principles. They do not even agree upon the number of species, Cuvier taught that there were three, Martin five, Linnaeus and Buifon six; others again that there are fifteen, and some cthnologists of our own coun. try that there are as many as fifty-six. The com- mon division is inte ilve classes—Caucasian, Mon- gollan, Australian, American and African. Bat the simpler 1s into three—tie descendants of Shem, Ham and Japhet—and this 1s sustained dy s:cred and proiane history. Again, these men dO not agree touching the origin of an, Darwin teaches tuat he was AQUATIO, AMPHIBIOUS, AND THEN TERRESTRIAL. Others derive him from the monkey; others again that he is but a link in a chain of mechanism, begin- ning with @ crystal rising through varions stages to bird, beast, monkey, and finally man. I uave no. objections to these gentlemen thus traeing ~ THEIR ORIGIN BACK TO THE MONKEY, but for my own part I enter my protest. It the Biblical account be not real history, then we know not whether we come from heaven, eartior hell. Ita a fact sustained by the testimony of naturalists that the same diversities exist in the antmal kingdom, sald to be varieties of the same species, as among men. Dr. Newman went on to show how OHANGE OF PLACE AND CLIMATE affects dogs and swine; that these changes are not merely superficial but are often functional; yet dogs are said to be all derived from one species. ‘The same changes from eifect of climate have been noticed in sheep, swine and other animals. What- ever the cause producing these changes in animais it may produce the same in man, Etnuologisis divide the skulls of human beings into three classes—the elliptical, the pyramidal and the prog- nathous, But itis proved that these forms of we skull change, Illustratiens of this statement were drawn from THE HEADS OF THE TURKS AND THE IRISH, which have undergone certain changes. Dr. New- man did not deny but objections might be raised which cannot be answered, but he desired to show that these ethno.ogists have not clear sailing. Underlying nature ure two at laws—the law of inheritance aud that of variations. Under obedience to the first the offspring partakes of the character of the parent; under thé second they deviate trom that character, To these must be added the transforma-- tions from externa! and internal conditions, civiliza- tion and mind. ‘that the Ethiopian never becomes. & Caucasian seems to b¢ due to the law by which type form being reached it must become perma- nent. It is probably true that the original type of man does not exist. Dr. Newman then showed how: gradually the : BLACK OF THE CONGO NEGRO changes into the brown o1 the dwellers onthe Nile, and that again fgdes. out into the fair skim of the Caucasian as a proof that COLOR COULD BE NO GUIDE in classifying humanity. He then passed to the consideration of the moral and intellectual unity ot man. He showed that ail are endowed with intel. lect and all are capable of elevation. He acknow- ledged that there is un inequality among the na~ tions and that highest among them stands THE PROUD CAUCASIAN, that has taken tne jead for centuries, hands on the poor and helpless, and its proud hand on tne poor Mongolian, though God. will sarely smite it asm the past Uf it harm tie mosh helpless oj God's creatures. Dr. Newman then gave @ short sketch of the origin of the various Jan- guages of the world, tracing them back to the sons of Nvah; from Shem and Ham the Syraic, Arabic, pamaritan, Hebrew or Coptic; from Japiiet the Tea~ tonic, Greek and Latin, and theuce the modern ae tongues, But it was upon. the. mo! and spiritual unity = of mankind that Dr. Newman dwelt with eloquence aud earnestness. Mau 13 everywhere depraved. The Decalogue is a whiversal code applicable to ail men. Everywhere is there the need of Christ, Were it not so you would limit the application of Carist’s atonement; but he died for all men. Such the at- gament; now the lesson. First:— EVERY MAN HAS RIGHTS has laid. is now layluge uaa 1s bound to Sabet, We. i Uredted in the image of God, with the utes of humanity, ex- ternais are to be cisregarded. Laza » Com forted. by the dogs, was as wo jeaven’s of regard as Dives purple and fine linen, strikes at the roote o1 custe in society, We ure to be the costodiaus of the rights of all men, the guar- dians of alknations. second, as Jesus Christ clans: ail nen as ihe subjects of his kingdom, we who possess that Klugdo. should spread it abroad oa the earth. ‘This 1s A GREAT MISSION. God pardon our cupidity, forgive the narrowness of our views, the luxury in which we roli wuule iti- sions are dying of despair, Let us advance to TAB CONQUEST OF THR WOKLD, ‘that the time inay svon come When the brotaerhood ‘of men shall recogni-e the elder brother Christ, aud God be known as the Universal Fatner, A coliection Jor missious Was taken UD alter the sermon.