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! | RELIGIOUS. The Walk of the Christian and the Beauiy of Holiness. CHILD-SCHOOLS IN HEAVEN Brother Beecher Gives a Verbal Photograph of St. Paul's Personal Appoaraner. VARIOUS VIEWS OF THE DEVIL. Zhe Sorrows of the Faithful and the Fate of the Wicked, t NEW YORK HERALD, .MUNDAY, JANUARY 23, 1871.—WITH SUPPLEMENT. that are lefi ns, tHe minister said, none would wish the Lord to retarm thein to us Our little ones who have pas into the ir world are saved from all the 4, on aud di TA to which those lott benind are ex; ix to no temptations, pure and tree mm evil sin and error, ondeaving us they are more capadle of receiving THR. DIVINE EDUCATION Which the loving angels take delight in imparting to them. In heaven the child is @ real being in & real world, Surrouaded by everything that is per. fectly adapted t@ Cali all its faculties into piay and | thing committed to the care of those who know bow to touch every secret spring in its naturé, it must rapidly deyclop tuto the strength, beauty and loveli- ness of an angel, NEW ENGLAND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. What God Does to Hold Men to Obedionce— Sermon by Rev. Merrill Richardson. The third ia the sertes of Sunday evening sermons on the “Fundamentad Truths of tne bible,” by Rev. Merrill hardsom, Was given Jast evening at the New England Congvezational church, corner of Madison avenue and Forty-seventh street, ‘There Was a large aitendance, a8 on the previous Sunday evenings. The ustal pre/atory exercises followed. The subject of ‘TTR SERMON was “what Cod does to hold man to obedience,” and the text upoa whieh it was founded was Isaiah vy. 4—"“What could have been done more to my Now that church-goers Bave grown accustomed | yineyard that I have not done in ity’ As the owner in the | house of prayer and paying thelr weekly trivute of }homage and thanksgiving to their Creator, Yes- terday all the cnurches were well filled with large }) @nd devout congregations, and the work of grace Goubtiess advanced to good purpose. face of the low siandard of the vemmperature and the bitter northeast wind that swept through the ‘This tact, in }etreets and pinched tae cheeks and noses'cf hardy jWariarers, shows that tue Gospel still holds sway Over the hearts of Gotham. THE SWEDEVBORGIN CHURCH. “piscourse by Rev. Chauncey Gites—Onr Chil- 4 Thiriy-fltn street, near Park avenue, Bey. Chaunosy Giles, continues bls populdr Sunday dren to Henven—The Necessity tor Education fa the Spirit Werld—The infants After Death, Grew ivto Angelic Man and Woman- hood-Swedenborg’s Views Expluized and Defended. Atthe Church of tne New Jerusalem, in East the pastor, wight lectures on “CHILDREN IN WEAVE: Tn the HERALD of last Monday the first of the Series was given, and the doctrines advaaced have ®wakencd au interest on the part of the public to or pastor the truth of the tenets they boavenly lice of infants. know Heaven, took Kplaining how more of Swedeavorgian'’s glimpses In bis econad lecture the occasion to pre‘aca It tae New Charen people know put forth regarding the “Phe first question asked,” Qo said, is “Aow do you Know these things? They @re interesting and beaatiful; they are wnat every @ne who has culldr the other i desires to e.eve; they comfort those who mourn; they AGE TH SORROWS OF THE BER BD HEART; they satisty to some extent the demands of parental fove, but how do you know they are trac: Men take great delignt in answering them. No great | itul question of nati principies witch tie at Th eare proper questions. and the New Charch ‘al selence, even much le-2 the ¢ foundation of our exis - ®nce AS spirtu .l beings, can be answered in atew words. We say, fore. \ seer but that does not satisfy. The ¢ 4 and saw and hear ure BOse8d to ser {THE coNfITION Os amp @, that we get them from uestion We an- turally avises, “How did he leara them ¢ BWer (hal bis spiritual sight Was Opeued, aud that 4s to his spurt he was ADMITPEy INCO THE SPIRITUAL WORLD, Tb with ule Sune. Lis Ciaius ar pry ry BS utterly uno orth . . ‘There are aby b. Stauces recorded in the Bible of the opeaing 4 an’s spritaal sisnt, i.e reply t at the whee ovK OF the Kevelations ts a recocd of what John Whole asto tis material body he wasin tne ot Pati and as to bi rit he Was in the itwe say UUal there are wany to- ces of the opening of micn’s sriiual sight, tae fu es a8 QUICK As bNe Tepori Of a goA Aiter WR) Was pwedeuli rather tian som and conus to do (hi Sweden vrs was he one of the greatest, and best men who lived, Yue I han ind giv.s no example of a mre aod devo. eu lover of the ath than he was, gad taught Us Is & Proper BuYjece tur the toned selevied be- wisest story of use. fish feuson. He hved iat M might be snujec. test Of reason aud ifn. For example, Ot us take the sno vurse, ) CHLLDREN IN THE oF We can test what nguure oF the huuiai wind itself, fe Lord in te creaion of waa. 1 Oar Guctrives U chadren in the ot 1 and their wi out It py the i tae purpo-e of ich ns avout th con- ver ie, and DoW the, je uuiures developed ANGELIC bites oO ccording to couditions i uo m.De and th y are | 1. The wmgian mind, composet nderetaniitg, aifections add man’s spiritnai na It compri " @ human being except the material iy. ouy ave te Whole of man, At th the body remvlus in the world; the Dd orp gues into the = spint- = World, i navure 18 not changed this traas ti dts wants are tne Gat, ts powers tue same; tt ‘aimed no ledge, if Nas opamet BO D 8; 1b | Mateen stuply raised out of the materi iy Budeough: consci loWwst us see Wha Heres necessity Lor SSMCiION OF CHILDREN IN THE OTHER WORLD, fags we know ail te kuow.edze ds acyulred; 1 Is not Innate; the new-born /Usiy dao the spiritual world. PHhAS nu KUOW it is the most moragt hipiess of created thir it has everything wh; if itdeaves the material body aud ts vvra i spiritvai world as soon as ibis burn ito Ws as igo and belpie-s and weeds Mastructlon aS much As It would lav 2 it had remamed in this worla. At w EV istic child passes 1.to the other w Mi\nere as it feels here. White an uifant nas no 1 hal Knowledwe; va . subi nas no pomer 4h EXercige It has TH CAPAC.TY FOR A SERAPH'S AFFECTIONS. Maehe POSsWLty Itself, a nature wu.ch can by developed beyoud assignable bm. Tue jam jus. b sthe capacity of passing beyond ® present wets OF Lue highest augel, Dut it tobe maise by the exe cise of its iacuit ‘ast earn, its at must be called into various y Hud ubioluMmg Use. 1hese iACU-tes ure talate th hereditary evil ery child derives its Lecu- ‘ar ha ure Or specuic Cuuracter or tendencies trom Wpacenis. The mind of the child 13 not like a met Of while paper or the sariace of a photo- Maple p.ate, passivey re ng and reaining ¥e.y forma impressed upon it. 8 organic, ailke, «| ity developed ke the germ In the Keed or un egg which dete nes Ue furm and color aud nature of the ro or animal whicn springs from it. yms derive tueir qual.t, pare ‘ai ws We.) As the physical nature is he ary, el) as physical ai eds uanded down frou ation to generation. NATURAL, SPONTANEOUS IMPULSES OF CHIL. DEEN felfish, and no child who was left to unre- | ‘ained thawigence o: its natural apy Ww upto bea guod manor Woua. E culid 8 with tt ait rts hereditary mature, all its ten- fuctes to evil. Jhis must be eo because it is tue aa itself which gues ito the other world. It ves only the material body inthis world, waich only a better titung farm nt, woven of material posvance, and fashiovea in the .orm ot the spiritual 44y. The suiject of education and necesstvy tor tt “the same as if the ciuld haa remained on ¢ © conditions and means of acq mged. ‘fhe cnila is treed from tae en Al restraint of the materia; body, wat . * * * When the infant 1 f itfe it escapes fiom ali the by AbONS O1 tte material bod 7 its death was ouly f WeXURRECTION FROM THE MATERIAL BODY material body {s cust upon the spiritual body. -alu is withdrawn from the cast; the lying mould - Jains the same. THe caud, relieved trom the mm, develope much more rapid), it begins waik immediately and to express is feions by = soutius; Mt grows up much te rapidly; ft has no deat weight of the terial body to carry about; Its Lody us organized Bpiniual substances and moves spuntaneou y efort of the Wil. Jf in.ants remained e wiier ie there would be ground tur the meu ideu that the death of an inianl ts a loss: ney, & prouise uutulfitied, a hope bla-ted. Win ot Ute spiritual Tort 1s Nor arrested by paration from tse material body. Your lit or daughter who bussed from (he saneuary © Wome Lo ihe purer aad more beauttful b the angels lost nothing wi its means or ¢ rowing Up cy uu Stature of ANGKLIC MANHOOD AND WOMANHOOD. \ gulued immediacy in every f yeowth aud attstament, Our feu mM heaven huve escape | all the pain of dis- OB, nil the weariness of tavor, in escaving from orl body. Waeo tae wercuul aad loving anzel Lora came ior our children he did put ike Lites W in wv s into Y aud 3 Mt 19 wp Infunul too 8 to iro Bll Weerinoss «ud puiv aha discase. He € us Mose Lua We Could Wish OF hope fer if they (remained with Us. If we could iovok a tpe aift bolwees var ebidrcn in Leave wud those by | mM we baye to beueve that | se It | ould | acities | } no vuly to { | i | r sulct .¢. | reflection. They were | esié or infuei | racity of tne foundation upon to the W nter, no inclemeacy of the weather seems | ofa yineyard does all he can to secure the best } able to deter them from taking thelr seat vintage, 80 dues God@ to secure the love and ove- dience of man. His frst argument was that from God's characier we might presume Unis woula oe so. A Wise parent Wit apare ne to, tarow around his children é¥ery influence which can secure their auecuon, In his care and and warn. ings; 1n lis reproois and trailing aud correcuon; in the attractions of Rome, he wi! appeal to every Want and susceptibility of the child. Dues not God do the same? it is Ure @uty of civil governments to reward obedience aud puawh Pausgeession. ke DeXt iasisted tha: In our creation Ged Las done all that ts possinie to hold men to tee r allegiance. “Obey wad be tessed; rene! and suder,’ 18 ine language of Serpture. “Man is OREATKD FOR LOVING OBEDIENCE, How strong the Butian body wheu obeuient to its Jawa! What ,o) in every sense! Rightly tramed, all its functions will give Pleasure, oud not pag; but, violate 1ts laws, Gud disoase, pain anJ premature deatu Will result. Vice stumps itsell ou form aud jeatare, How inspiration pictures the horrors of oveT-indulgence—the redness of eyes, the stammer- ing tougue, the staggering gait, the ciogged Urain, the stursimg Visions, the woes aod sorrows of ao abnsed body. What mere, by way of PENALTIES, could Goa have done in our creation to hold men to voediencey He gives every nerve Whe power of the adder 8 sting and the sverpion’s lusn. What 18 tne meaning OL ail tus? It is God's voice, saying, “Cease to do evil and learn to do well.” His third point Was tua’ God does all He can do in tue rewarus and compunctions of conscicnee. Conscience {ts God's Votce im the Boul, called Hi: viceregent, Lo execute His liws. it can give a peace and a Joy Uae are beyond price, anu it can iead io How 4ll the great pvets have laoored to set forth (his power of cous. tence! ‘io the evil i¢ 38. a thorn; a sting; @ Serpent's bite; a vampire; a dewon.' It ;eopies Ms solitude with armed iuries. Itchanzes his skies to surid flames. 4c mforms; i judges; it conuemns; Ieexecutes! It hangs uke the SWORD OF PAMOCLES over every guilty feast of life. it may be hardened, Yet it comes “forth “.rumpettougued,”’ Afier dwelling at ieugt om this py.ai, he pro- ceeded next to show that God always gives train enouga for man’s obedievce, He will require ony aceordlag ty whacisgive®. Re is more merciiul than «he pareat, and will Bever coudemn a child Decay be coula not have more light. God hoius every one, pagan or Curisiian, Lo the truth he has, or nigat vy the LN ise Of bis powers. Wherever id's €.€ sees a heart of love ana a pure pose to be right, howe.er ignorant, “caat Deosen ree? He wii not break."? No one, Cuuld or man, ever perisied because he Could not know enougit to besuved. iis ith point wa3 that Gol gives His spirit to a! 18 VO.ce Is gone Gut into au the itcan Work through the trucns of i revowiion, Je strives With all: Ana if inen wou'd nob resist His hapressions and greve dits influence it would be accepted, “shuli not ine Judge o: ail the ear:h do"righty’? Right, as we can understand it, “is ie not impartial, taving mo re- spect of persons Hu Wel 13 EVERY MPRTAL BEING in erfect bilance, and aot ene wil complain that le did not know ciough aud have mowves aud in- Naences eneuga to do God's will and be viessed. Od Nineven Was accepted, and. Carist polds up ther rep n to shame the Jews who | hal more The reverend speiker weut e Were Sowe Nira que ious it He coud not tell why We) 10 AU AatOas more than why .¢ tad aot given thelp our arcs But we kuow frm the bible Mat He v@ts ali tans ts nee ja Sury Gud ail Liat is wise .or His vineyard, We ure OF TU JUDIE ORS BY OUR STANDARD. Let our concer to come up w our know eve of duty. Where God gives so muca He wul require the more. Tue heathen World Woes not present questions more dilficult than New 1ork or Loudon. Asche moral Guveroor of inav, God wil be unpar- | val, merciiut and just He will never gather woere Hie as not sowed, His grace and a onement are not hated, “Whosoever will may come and par- lage of the water ot llie. ‘ihe above Is but a brief sketch of an hour's dis- course, in which the positions taken were fully filas- trated, It was announced that the on would be “What Is Sia? Singing, prayer and benedic! sarviees. ST. TERESA'S ROMAV CAPHOLIC CHURCH. bject of the pext se on terminated the Tho Great Advartages of Foith—Whint It On to Be ia au Religious Sense~ A Few Bad Rascals-A Fenrial Contrasi~Scrmon by Rev. Father Boyve. At St. Teresa’s charch yosterday high mass was celebrated at haili-past ten o'clock A, M. Rev. Father MeCauley. The music was Merca- dante’s mass in D minor. The offertory plece was the “Ecce Paries, 9 trie by Kreutzer, which was wellrendered by Madame Paulick, soprano; Signor De Sotha, tenor, and Selior Mormo, bass. The exquisite etyle in which Madame Paulick sang the solo of the credo, Et Incarnatus Est, deserves 10 be noticed. The bass soio, Et Unum Sancum, vy Sefior Morino, was atso very good. Madame Houle brook, the alto, ts pernaps one of the best church singers in the city. Her voice yesterday was IN PERFECT CONDITION, and though sne had not much chance for display | sue did adimtrabiy. After the first gospel the Rev. | Father Boyce ascended the altar and preached fro.a the gospel of the day, the eighth chapter of St. Mat- tuew, He explainel the meaning of the gospel, Which Was one of the most interesting parts of the ew Testament, There was a man whose son was sick, and he approached Jesus telling Him of his son's iiluess, Taisman was acenturion, and the S.:viour previous to performing the miracle maue use Of many @xpressious Which were well wortny of Ju these Ho showed how the ialth ofa man may inake him whole, while iniileiity was the way to perdition. Thos arguing, the preacher ad mouisoed his eudience IN REGARD TO FAITH and to the conditions neceessary tn order to bave @ faith that would be eectuul, the faith of the Catn- olic Crureh should be necessarily firm, entue and practicab.e, Withour these condittons it WOULD NOT BE GENUINE, absolutely Nc No Worldly mmter- shonia ‘e. To doubt the ve- ‘htch thatia ed of Goa. te and the Church was e Spirit, and God ys rewain with his faerefore, as St. Paul says. “ney suonid ord of the Charch, not a8 tne word the word of God.’ lence, neither nie vould be io doubt the ver. y of God was in His Chi pository Waerein dye! peTsecttions OF those Who might be tn power, e.ther perpetually or temporarily, should cheat them Into evil W T e Whom God most loves he permits tw safer most, while he allowed THE POO 1, to triumph ror a while, W AN TRICKST ER th a view to bis greater ruip. Faitt shoulda be enure, because It s' id em- brace all revealed truths, Suppose it were to be aid that « THR TESTIMONY OF SCIENTIFIC MEN {n our ow: ted a iletime to the 0 be denied, would midst, Wao dev 8 of prior investigauions rendered such & : Bat in-the Catooie Church of thaty according to ht. James, " a lid not believe in any, ougu lor man to know der Thatmen should pe- Wats tov bold a thing tora finite being to the mysteries of an Iniuite Being. Faith shoaid ve practicable and those dictates waich faith imposed should giso be impliciuy obeyed. Without good works VAUTH WAS NOTHING, 2oUt Lie spirtt the body was ly people were there whos? ‘aith Was paraded Le.ore the wo genuine and WHOSE AChs WEE A AULE. Huw few there were who lived acording to the doctrine of ta atnoile faith. 90 offen pro- sd to be Christlans while they were living as These susjected the Church to tue SCOrFS AND IGNOMIN( 6S of its enemies, They might not steal or commit Other crimes, Dut yei they were gutity In some one Way aud guve geandal, and thos ali te handicrat of civilization conid Mot by any sort of masonry put wa Up again, Horribie to refdect upon! eve do to ary by the | any intel ly that experience had d that t eed in them. It ts a | well kuuwn tact that people belteved in truths which hey could nether und 1nor even vecome 80 uielligent as to ined to them, and yet ‘There were a few persons living Toss wat surmoun' the sar edifice 11 oe ata pasniogs stew uals wno whch shvald be setting senters on account of ways in which ther walked. These persons ought to kaow better, and should not be < UNNING A RIO Bl which no amoant of worldly or heavenly influence could help them ont of. Reflection was a great for those who were in the ways that were | dark; but the bright light of faith could aod would | bring them round ail ri and proiect them against those most awful judg. ments, that were 1 store for the wicked. ‘Tako bt again t» Christian duties | within the shadow them and the son! is about to take its Might, find ‘that this world was NOFHING BUT AN ILLUSION; there was no rest here, no ease, no content- it, and that the great joy and peace for wich ir aching hearts longed during their pligrim: earth can only be realized tn the life beyond the ve, ‘These are the ideas in the life uf faith. th 19 no selfish opinion, bunt a real idea, It Hngs to us visions of better things to come in the r existeuce and sustains and animates dur- the vicissitades of our earthly existence. Jacked the fatth which sustalued Abraham. He Chose the piain of Jordan, with its gardens ana leasant flel*s and beautiful cities, but he did not Hua complete rest. Fora time it seemed as if rest ‘Was near, but then came wars, rebellions and disor- heed, take heed, lest the devil’s own evil tongues | ders, political and social, His house was ravaged. should take possession of them, and-then the first step toward infidelity and the conte.apt of God's own law was token, and rain finally should over- take them, as the experience of the world proved beyond a deubt, CHURCH OF THE HOLY LicHT. Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Forbea—The Beauty of Holiness=The Duties of the Obriatian. The services yesterday forenoon at the above-men- Woned unpretentions little church, situate on Seventh avenue, corner of Thirty-fourth atrect, were read by the rector, the Rov, Dr, McVickar. The keea wintry Diasis, that blew with more than usual severity, had not the least effect on tho reir gious ardor of the small, select conzregation that at- tend this church; and vhe young ladies particularly can apply the flattering uncuon to the r vanity, mere Precious than all the patent pigments used to obtain a mere color of charms, that, as they fraceiully stepped lato thelr pews with drisk pace, the fresh, bright nues of health, beauty and youth called up by the natural wholesomcness of the clear, braciug weather, was lavishly spread over their features, The serviccs, according to the Murgy of the Chureb of England, were varied and solemn, especially that portion in whici the minis. ter, Kneeling before the communion table, reada aloud the Decalogue, or ten Commandments. the Deauutul and conc.se comrehens.on of all laws— natural, moral and civil—waile ine Whole congrega- tion, bowed In prayer, Utter the response tu tunes of ear estness, 18 Ireqneat renewal of the public declaration of tue law Birikes one as being a very imposing ceremony, Irom which the mind, ever ¢ lightin, in the association ol ampertant events, sud- dealy goes back to the we In remote ages, loug be- fore the Chy.stun era, when the ALMGUY HIMSELF delivered these holy oracles to Moses on the moun- tatu, amid the responses of the creation, the light- Mings of the elements, and surrounded by the inef- favle and dazziing light of His majesty. The Key, Di, McVickar then Tead the gospel of the day aud the choir chanted a hymn. dhe services below nearly through at tile stage, Dr. Forbes, the Dean of the Taeological Seminary, preached the fol- lowing serm.n, taking for nis text the sixth und seventh verses Irom the fourth chapter of tue Eplsiie of St. Paut to the Puiltppians:—Be caret for n thing; bat im everything by prayer and supplication with thanksyiving ‘let your requesis to be made known unto God. And the peace ef God, wiuch passech all understaudin, snail keep your bearts and minds throngh Christ Jesus.” Origtivily, man was as devoid of this anxiety and careiuiness mentioned in the text as he Was of sin; but alas! now he is as much subject to the one as to the other, It 13 seldom considered by us, Wien We rack ovr brains in anxious cares concerning the goods of this world, that they are all &t God’s disposal, aod that, is Goong this over carefuiness and fretfulness are prodaccve, uot only ot no possible good, but, o the con.rary, are the sof much evi and disappointment. Besides, by tnus Worrying ourselves Wo death by these CANKERING CARES for the perishable gooas of this Iife, we indirectly donvi the providence of tie Almiguty by the vain atc. mpts on our partto obtain the Luldiment or our Wishes w.tiout gos to the fouatain head, without prostrating ourseives in prayer as we are advised to dv tn ine text, aud thus ootain, provided we bring the proper disposition with us when we seck the favors. all that 18 guod for us. necessary vor us, indeed, there ts one thihg for which man ‘ougnt to have a precious care and anxiety—nis immortal soul—anil yot, strange to Say, that pre-emtnent care is neglected, and Goes not alstarb or fret him, while his life 1s tort.red by the endeavors which be on Unually making to grauiy some petty vanity orto procure some place or honors, But, t may pe asked, ure we torely solely on the providence of God la our worldly affairs? Decidediy; the man that does so is tue most happy though he may not be the most prosperous, according to the judgment olhixsfejows, This reiance on the provideuce of God in allour undertakuigs is periectiy and truly consiscent with landable exerdon on our own side to cara honest livelihoods or fortunes. It 1s the abuse of this prodeat watchfulness that the Pntiip- plans “are told to guard against by the apostie, Again, it may be said, that no human being can divest himself of all anxiety tor world!y interests and caren thoughts about them. That, certainly, 38 perfectly true. No human veing can do so save by the grace of God, If a man continues in this grace ne wtl not be ta: rassed by the gnawing cires of workilings. Instead of sinking rapidis in despair if evs overwncim him, or sirazching on in Vain and fevered pursuit of the phanto.n Fortuue, the prudent and pious man throws himsel{ into the HANDS OF PROVIDENCE, has recourse to meditation and prayer, and gains quiet frota out the turmoil, There 1s something in tne very nature of providence to relieve the ~oul and exait it, When we are cast down we find a noble reiuge in prayer. In tats retuge we have all peace. Notui2g 13 to great and nothing 1s too insignificant to ve made the su ect of prayer. Jesus telis us tnat we can obiain everything by prayer and supplication, Let vs tuen imate, the, persevering wil »w, full of Taih, wiv Would not take a denial, but agaia and agai besouzist he Saviour io raise up uer pov. With this prayer we ought alse to offer up thanks- giving ty Ged for all tae mercies that He nas be- stowed upoa ut. They tndnitely excecd our deserts as fur as the goodness of God 1s abuve us, The apose also unites tals act of thanksgiving wich prayer as a rem-dy against tue carefulness to which e refers. By pruyor, sapplication and thanks- giviug ict onr requests bo made Known to God, and tuen We are prom sed the peace chat passech ail un- derstan jing. There is po subject thas interests Chrisidiis so much as the one with which we are now deaiing. We are in want of tnends, and feel the loveliness of mercy; we are stricken with disease, and the spirit 18 weak: we have had our wordly fortunes shattered; we tave suffered do- mestic tilals or public calamities; we anticipate the fa ting ou of some misio.tane; perhaps our hasti- ness of mind or rashuess of action tempt us to meas or belt ring our condstioa hatin our better moments we would blush to think of—aye, we might go on and enumerate thousaads of the evis, the trials ant MISERIES OF LIFF, and, after all, what more effectuai atleviation of them Un sincere and ardent prayer? Ivis the ieiuge, the haven in which our storm-tossed soni can alone find resi. And if we flad that tempcations tuvite us to depart frown the strict Ive of duty, because of onr great carefuiness of the perishabie goods of itfe, do we not see how much this uncertain anxiety 13° not’ only harassing, but sinfuiy Jt is Known that God will never forsake tnose wlio love Him, He wao feeds the ravens Wall not forget those who piace therr trust in Hi. Tots ov -tween- ing anxiety for the world can accomplish notping; on the contrary, It causes us to {ali frequentiy by Its very Intensity’ and rashnesa, No desire, no eifort cau be successiul—nitimately successful—witnout God's concurring Diessing, aid (itt must be sought in prayer, and @ return made for {t as far us lies within us by repealed acts of than <sgiving. ST. PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, The Life of Faith—Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Dix. This fine old church was but thinly attended yes- terday, owing probably to the severe cold of the morning. Aiter ihe usual Episcopal service te rector of the parish, the Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix, as- cended the pulpit and preached a sermon on the “Life of Faith,” taxing as the text of his discourse the history of the pilgrimages of Abraham and Lot. ‘The reverend doctor sketched at great lengih and With bis customary ability the priucipal incidents in the life of the patriarca and analyzed his crar- acter, This he contrasted eloquently and forcibiy with the ile and character of Lot, his oppostte. He said:—the leading feature in the life of Apra- ham was moon, ihe three score and of his pilgrunaye on earih were spent t activity—in going up and down from pis Without res. or feisure. Change, advane the characterisues of his sojourumy. dhs was 4 LIFE OF FAITH, and it was typical of the Christian life—the constant, never ending pursuit of that Nnal rest which never can be attumed in this world, but whieh the eyes of Jaith see bevend the guil that all will have to cross sooner or later, Lotand Abraham, when they stood on the high mOuntain over.ooking On ove side the arid Wilderness and on tae other tie fertile plat .s of Jordan, and decided to part Irom each other forever, Were sirangely opposite to each other, Lot decide to move down aud to inhavit the lovely land beaeata him and dwell there; but Abraham, whose fain ied him tox hs mind on the home promised f r the goud when the gior.es of this life siall have passcd away, decided to push om Into the wilderness and travel rom place to piace without hope of rest. There Weve Unree great elemcuts 14 tue tives of these two men—religious and etintcal elemeuts o! spiritual vaiue, The first was duty, the secoad Ovedienc and the third faith; and these, as exemplified tn Abraham and Lot, poit w we eternal trath that nothing n tits World can give to jun the reaiz ton Of Lis highest hopes; that there 1s NO REST OR CONTENTMENT to be found bere, and that ouly m_ the life hereafter can that rest be found Which wit entirely sauisty the buinwo craving. Obedience to Ged's law is our Aud that law ports clearly to the lesson iM ihe hives 6: Avmamam und Low have ao Coulimuing elty here, and man, with eager, uu. suusiving eyes, looks through the shadows tor a home and résing place in he eternal land of the bessed, en die now as they ever have died. Believers aud nabeevers alixe, wh WMoMLLE Comes. WON Lae LE Of da, nm the Guu a8 blue Lega The Lord destvoyed THI CITIES OF THE PLAINS, and he had azain to seek in another place the rest he vainly sought. He avoided the life of faith, and Gieomitteare was the consequence, }he reverend doctor then proceeded to apolt with more directne-s the lessons contalned in the life ex- amples he had portrayed, and concluded his excel- lent discourse, of which the above ts a condensation, by an eloquent appeal to the congregation Lo perse- vere in their pligrimage through this worid care with oyes Oxed on the home reserved for the just in ‘tue bright land beyond the grave. LURES st. METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. The Motto of PerfectionSermon by the Rev. C. 8. Harrower. Thia place of worship is presided over by the Rey. @, 8. Harrower, & gentieman of tne presence, and evidentiy an earoest man and hard student, over whose countenance gleams the “pale caat of thooght.”” Tho services yesterday commenced with a hymn to the Holy Spint, breathing peace, love and purity, In einging which the whole congregation joined With iine effect. And then commenced his sermon, takiwg his text from Matthew xxil, 8t:—"Thou shait love the Lord thy God with all thy heart ond all thy soul and ail thy mind.’ He sald these words described the most absolute love of God—a deen, profound, absorbed love, in which all other love is lost. We know our Saviour has sympathy for the inperfect; but this 13 the motto of perfection. There are many consiverations why we should seek for this absorb- ing love. 1t Is the standard set up by Christ for our Aim, and the Bible itselfis abundant tn such appeals, It is true other motives may lead to a religious lite; but this is the periect motive. There is 100 LITTLY VALOR AND DARING IN THE WORLD, too much conservatism, too much hampered thought, Self-mterest engages us sumetimes to lay ‘up treasure to heaven, a form of moral banking and real estate. ‘There ave all kinds of love—tove of beauty, love of truth, love of goodness, love of humanity, all party to God's love to man, but they gre not perfect love. God's love prompts hun to touch us in our weakest spot at times, just a3 & man would do to fave a# dissipated or dissolute brother, by callimg to his mind his self interest, his ties of Kindred or his suctal disgrace; but would you have all temperance aud virtue resolved into business poliey aud social am- bition? Leave such teaching for the utuitarian phi- losophers, ‘Tyere Is 3 love ‘of virtue for itself; a love 0: God which 18 content 1! alt else slips through the fingers, Let love begin in te ground, but let it = up to Gower im the pure alr, because we never now WHAT THERE IS IN GOD'S LOVE to satisfy the sou! tul we have reache? perfection. Bota in the Catholic and Protestant churcaes the virtae of humility oiten beclou.t: totfath. The letter of the Word hides the spirit too miue! ‘Thero are tivo Ara prayers which might well serve as models to many Christtans D God, let not ‘thy power aod greatness sail that one whom ‘hou protectesc should pert: bat af it be Thy pleasure that ne shou 5 me rendy for whatever Thou may » Livery chast.sement Which cometh trom Thee shail be sweet to me, excepting separation trom Lhee.”” The second is, “Thou art to me all that i desire; make me to Thee what Thou desirest, O Thou, the most mercumi of the merciful.” He conctuted his dis course with the following lines from Moore:— ‘The bird let loose in astern sites surntog fondly home, Ne‘er stops to ear-h ner wing, nor flies Where idter warbiers roam ; Bul hish she shoots through alr and Meht Above all tow delay, Where nothing earthy bounds her Cizht, Nor shadow dims her way. So grant me, Lord, from every snare OF sintul passion froe— Alo.t throwteh Fuith’s serener atr ‘ro hold my coarse to Thee. No sin to cloud, no lure to stay My sor Thy sunatiine on her Joyte ‘hy freedom in be? wing: MADISON AVEAWE PRESBYTERIAN CHiRCH. Tho Magls of the Cross—The Prince of Dark- ness and His Doings Exposed—He is De- feated by Our Lord Jovws Christ. The Rev. Dr. Adams than Jered yesterday at this fastionable church with his accustomed vigor aga.nst the Prince of Darkness, whom he unmasked and showed up in his trae colors, to the edification of alarge congregation. Byron has told us, doubt leas {rom personal observation, that THR DEVIL IS A GENTLEMAN, but the good Doctor sill incitnes to the more ex- plicit Scriptura! statement that this gloomy and shad- owy personage is &@ member of the haute notsse, He calls Satan the Prince of the World, Tho reverend gentiemag drew the argument of nig discourse trom St. John, xvl, 7. He began thus:—The proper life of the world is to be dated from the death of our Redeemer, A few days before his decoase He male.uso of the following expression3:—“Le hour is come when tho Son of God should be glorified.” By this He intended to say that He was about to diz for tae good of tne world, It was @ death of shame and ignominy He an- Neipated. The grand crisis of the woild was to come, Then was the tune to know who shoutd be the ru.er of this world. cur Lord di tinct y in ormed the world hefore His death that He was desaned to me on thecross, He sald, ‘And that upon which I shall be litted up, will draw all men to me,”” Tnat whic! was regarded by all the pee A$ the Very ac.ne of disgrace waa the secret of his triumph. Enouch has already been done and mo @ remams to be done and will be done to verily inese words concerning the moral power of His death. The cross 1s more then the symboi of our religion. THOSE TWO PIECES OF DEAD Wood have since been copied and duplicated by reverend art. Ithas been hung on the neck of kings, aud has blazed on the standards of chivalry. Tue cross represents that spirit whitch, residing in the love of Christ. 18 destined to draw tie tribute of loyalty to His religion. Ii signifies the glorious supremacy of the Son of God. Un the evening preceding His death Ie again adverted to this subject. In making kuown the advent of he Comiorter our Lord said that His mission woul@ be better fulfilled by 113 death than His continued prevence in tne world. It 18 only by His occasional expiession that there gleams upon us the Knowledge we can ever attain of the GLORIOUS MYSTERY OF TRE TRINITY. Continuing his discourse the reverend gentioman eaid:—Who are the greatest sinners? ‘Those wo believe not in Jesus Christ. It 18 only by uunpiictt belies in the Saviour that we can DEFEAT THE PRINCE OF THR WORLD. The power of tha Divine Spirit 18 to bring men in Attucament to Christ and to disenthral them from the jusiuence of the Prince of Evil and his augels, We enjoy tne light of the Sun without retiecting Whence it comes, The most inteligent among us who 1s gladdened by its rays this winter morning has not thought about the fo: emaneied. Thus it is a great idea, Which has a homespun commoniess Rbout ft, and seems to us a3 a matter of course—is in fact of Divine ongin and the result of that spiritual force which 14 em- ployed by the Comiorter, ‘vo destroy tae work of the devil 1s the task of our Kedeemer—not with carpal, but with spiritaal Weapons. Whon our Jord was arrested ta the gloomy precincts ot the Garden of Gethsemane ‘it seemed as it the evil was about to tirlamph over the good. Christ, however, has by His death inauguraied a power which was to prove Lself the desiruction of the destroyer and the ie- demption ot tne worl, Then began the power of th it the woikinz of that MAGIC OF THE CRuSS, soning the infivence of the evil one, Who 18 working among the chiudren of disobedience, Our Lord bas given us spiritual comfort, thereby compleung the defeat of tae usurping prince of the world. The aim of the adversary 1s to induce men to disbelieve the Gospel of Jesus Christ, which is the fact and origin of sin ZION «METHODIST EPISCOPAL (COLORED) CHURCH. redeinption, and W Tiury The Kinadom of Heaven Like Unto a Net= Attempt to Snare Colored Souls iato the Fold of Christ—sermon by the Rev. Wil- liem F. Butler. The delightful temperature of yesterday was the cause Of an ubusuaily large atteadance at this church, situated atthe corner of West Tenth and Bleecker streets. This 1s the largest colored church of tits denomination in the city, and the rare oppor tunity which yesterday presented for a display of winter tilets seemed to be taken advantage of by the fashionable portion of the congregation. The ser- mon was delivered by the pastor, Rev. Wiliam F, Butler, from Matthew, xii, 47 he kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into tne 824; and gatheret of every kind.” Chiist's parabies, said he, are calculated to interest all mankind. ‘They Mdustrate the state mn which mature has made us. God kuows Yul two Kinds of men—ihe ‘wait and ntain frvin whiten they | the sinner.” here nor hereafter. Grasp not after worldiiness, but alter the knowledge of the Scriptures, that we may better know OUR MASTER'S WILL. As the seas abound with fish. so the earth abounds with sinners, In. the text God likens the kingdom of heaven to a net cast into tho sea, gaihering of every kind, Though the earth be dlled with sinners, there are one too vile, too wicked among us, to come under the Inducnce of the Gospel. Sternness and tenderne-s are the preachings by whieh He drew towards Hi many of the outcasis of society, ‘The chureh is like unto a fisherman’s boat, the minister beng the pict. ihe deacons and class lead.rs the body, and he congregation are the assistants at the command of the pilot. As the fisherman casts out bis net he araws In both the good and the bad; the good he Will Keep, but the bad he casts away. So when the Saviour draws in His nei the good He will keep and give ammortal Ife to; but the bad, the wicked sinner, He will cast away into the furnace of eternal dawnation, So sliall it ve at the end of the world, says Our Saviour: the angels shail come forth and separate the wicked from among the just and xball cast them into the furnace of fire, Pea cage shall be wailing aad gnasning of teetu. | what A DAY OF JOY AND AgAY OF sORROW that will be, when God says to one portion, Come, € bleased,” and to the other, “Depart, ye cursed, into everiusting fire.” From those on his right will come songs of joy and exultation, but among, those on his teft will be weeping, ‘ailing and gnashing of teeth. By the preaching of the zospel are all men to betaved, This is the great net in which we are all to be ga:hered. God has taid down in the Scriptures the way of righteousness and the path to glory, read “with the knowledge and the understanding.” The power ot the Gospel ci Christ and its enicacies are Not to be preached. SEVEYIH STREET METH !DIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. The Christiao’s Tronbles—Sermon by Kov. J. 8. Cot:erre. In the absence of Rev. Mr. Bachman in Washing- ton the pulpit of the Seventh street Methodist Epis- copal church, near Tiurd avenue, was suppiled yes- terdiy morning by Rov. J. 8. Cotlerre, The congre- gation was sparse, as are most of the Methodist con- gregations now, but the sermon was very plain ana practical, and was based on Second Thessaionians, L, 7, “To you who are troubled rest with us.” In the early days of Christianity professors of the rehi- gion of Jesus Christ had to endure suiferings and tribulations, and they needed such encouragements and pronuses of Anal rest as are given in this text, Bat now a profession of Christian.ty 1s respectavle— indeed it always was—and we Cannot so readily see how 1t could entail suffering or sorrow. But has Tf OFFENCE OF TUE CROSS | ceased? By yo means. Though he may not suffer Persecuticn or martyrdom, yet the man who ts faith. ful to God will know trials. They will come upon him, even though the world may be ignorant of ther, tt is a3 true to-day as ever, that, because the true Christian is not of this world, but 18 chosen by God out of it, theretore the wortd natech him, Among tue canses of troudle to a sincere Christian are, his wo unfa.thtuness, the prevalence of evil around him, the imconsisency of pto.es ors of re- gion and the lukewarmuess of many. Tuere are others whose religious life depends upoa the means of grace and t.ielr strict observance of all the rites and ceremonies and lastitatiuns of the Caurch, bat they never come un ier conviction of the trata, They may icad very moral lives, but, at the same time, be utterly destitate of saving grace, ‘Then there is anotuer class, calied in scripture HYPOCRITES, Who 100k outwardly like whited sepuchera, but with- in are ul ot dead men’s bones and of alt unciean- ness, Itis sad to tmink that men will deliberately sit down to practise deceit npon therr feliow men— dece.ving the:selves a8 well as others, How torrl- bie a thing itis and how hateful 1t must be to behold such characters! In the everyday business of | fe we spur such men trom us. And wv hypocrisy re- lating to matters of this lite 18 so hatefat to us. What must it o@ m the sight of # pure and holy Go to see mes going through ihe world having the form of godl.nesa but lacking {ts power ! OUR DOAESTIO RELATIONS also trouble us, The spiriiual welfare of onr enil- ‘n cwnses us great anxiety, and if a man does not desire this above everyvinins after his own salvation 1 is un evidence that his heart 1s not righs ta the signvot Gol, The waywardaess and indiference of our off- pring are cousiaut seurees of troub'e to us, evertheless there are parents who have very litle anxiety on uhis point. Taey m:ecaia’ promo. tion superior ty spi al, ani even forces their chudren inio theatres und dances aud for- biddea patns., And tnauy the DISPENSATIONS OF FROVIDENCR Vory ofien trouble the vbristian. Lis property and his ‘weal: tase to them=eives wings aud Ny away. Nis chtidven and dearest friends are snatched irom ims side, and he miy be sometimes ataio-s to ac- count for it, But by-and-by the reason becomes: obvious and God ts gloriied. But tte Impenitent may be ready to say:—*"lt Chrisuanity brags with it such trouples then Lam better of as} ac? This is a false assumpt oa und false reasoning. Better, far better, to have tie troable nece and the rest herealter. Better to go to heaven along a road rough and thorny—fuil of tals and susfermz—than to ride 12 & coach over a macadamized road to hell, LYRIC HALL SERVICES, Tho Church Densely Crowded—Realizat'ons of the Ideal of God—The Orthodox Ged, the Evangelical God and the God of the Philusophers Dissected—A Seraivn by the Rev. 0. B. Frothinagbam. A deiise congregation was gathered tn Lyric Hall Yesterday to ilsteu to the sermoa of the Rey. 0. B. Frothingham. The following selection of Tuusic Was givea, the congrega'ion missing in its rendering the volces of their favorite soprano ana tenor, Wito are cach ili:—*Praise the Lord,’ Marsh} “Search Me, 0 God,” Baunbach’s cyilectiony “Ves: per sfyn Joun M.A The Key. Mr. Froth- | ingbat saut—“Whither shall I go from Thy gpirit. or whither shall I flee from Thy presence? If Tascend up into beaven Thou art there; i! 1 make Toy bed 1a hell, behola T’ vu art there.” ‘The psalm rom which these words are con. tains the most ~tovching and poetic thoughts to be found in the records of the Hebrew faith. One cannot read these things without feeling greater veneration and love for God. ‘The last few vorses of the psalm shock us, as we reaithom; bat these last words, “I hate them with @ perfect hatred; 1 count them iniue ene:ates,” pat us tn c.rinun) on with the writer. ite lived tn turbulent times. He had enemies to his country and his faith; and, above all, he had tue weaknesses Oo: humanity, Out of mis agony cones tus ery, vora in the depths of his soul. ‘The fret Apostophe ts the apparent sign of the Lebrew's straggle to comprotcnd in the darkness of mind the Supreme Gon. It is wore than that—it 1s the strag- Bie OF eli nea ta ail Unies, Tae ashetstical sensual- iat of the last ceacury, buried 10 his pleasures, ba- heving nothing save what the senses grasped, look. ing ever lor sometuns to gratify his apente, Tomad away dow in the abyss to which ne had sunk startling and pure tvu.tis. TO RE 178 Gon, Wo in hia ieiphia within a few days hay ying LOOTIEiate & hew method vi realizing God. They say Wwe are ouly a nation of atheists, We do not iccognize God. We name Hin neither = ta consi.tution, our legisiauve ucts ner our treaties, ‘they say to put Gow In the coustitution wold be to bring morality to society, hones y to the edminis- | tration of a jairs and a fuss and humane pol.cy to the hation. Can if bo that these hunired wen can en- eaean Such & delusion as Us? Asif Kings kad nut Tul ur BY THE GRACE OF Gon, As if tyrants, of every titel: and type, had not com- | mittea of “every nature uader tre | cloak religion and the authority | of God. The “King of Germany, who 1s desolating Fraace, carrying carnage aid desolauon to her tuirost villages and vaileys aud desiruction to her grandest monwnents aul cities, gous into. each sneceeding pattie Wilh a prayer 1 nis lps, ‘The Popes, living represenuttaves of Curist, vicars of God and vicergent th, Mave cursed the they ruled over for © * eae “CUT.GOD IN THE CONSTITUTIO: Make constiiuiions just. W cluster With honors’ Keep 1 virtue you can dione re of an in their methoas of reultze tng God, ‘The Cathults Church has couitnuowsiy kept loos and miquity of fits priest. He stands between the new made bride and groom, he hods in his arma the iufant, Just born and biesses it, und he buries the dead, fore giving their sins aid consecracng thelr graves, BS sides ail this, he is coatinuaily p: simple customary act of devotion in almost every scene and act of lie. The priest ts the uving per- Sonation of Jesus of Nazareth, tfortn the BIN ee ReTBSTANTS nt for' 18 Bile as the representation of 6 Mey seo forts to the jurth i aie te Bible placed in their Kaapsack by a motier's band co drawing it fort waen alone, tuey Lee! that God e ent by some L Wilderness with their ends and is with thea in th tudes. iwWelive ID an animated world, lu a creation that buras with love and 1s respleuiivat wita the Miscoveries Of thought, THiS 13 NO DEAD woRLD; there 13 not @ dead atom to tt. Dr t great vs a thinker and seieatiet, Of his anatomic mathr 13 ever file and that 1) 18 iuipossthte death takes plice and lite being. God Is nature. Dut that natu: Dr. Henry Morsely, Hs ts as the frutts tue dead a hew life, to tel where 1 do not say that re. in ‘The sinner is nover at rest, neither | atapefy themselves with sleep or exhaust thom. selves by over labor, the air will afford extatic \ exhilaration, and the sim bread and wine of nature will awaken the sdusatioa in an ordin; mind that the consecrated repast now lords to the sensitive and spirituelle | worshipper, People will in those gays see nature | with an artist’s eager and rejoloing 8, world will be what Ged intends tia pg, | Now, alas! those who live in gee no beauty in the landscape, Hil and dale forest and river are viewed from suarise to sunset with a weary eye, and ta the city we see no nature. Our rivers briag thoughts of nm tnss, of ferry boats and smoke, and tn con. nection with the ocean we see only visions of steams ships and merchant vessels. THERE 1S NO LUCK * nor chance in nature; ail is regular, all is beaaty; | Yet all 1s change, and no change comes without a cause. We trace one effect to its cause and find another cause behind it till we lose our selvea in an infinity of causes, spreads ing in @ maze like the silver threads of the spider's web, Orthodox people talk of a special Providence. They say that God meaut this and God meant that, There is no harm in this providing no one ATTEMPTS TO INTERPRET FOR GOD, and tell you what God meant in whattakes pore The God of the orthodox 13 a beilever in io the Holy Ghost and in Christ; that ts, in the Trinity, He directs evers thing by unswerving laws of his own trom the first for the saving of souls, The evan- gelists tell us that God intervenes in the affairs of men from time to time by speotal providence, and that to study the Bible and hold prayer mneet- ings will induce Him to change His course, Some poor mothar loses her babe and ts heart br. ken, One neighbor comes in and sass, “Dear, you were very foolish to let the child be tak.n out in such ‘weather; you gave tt T00 MUCH SOOTHING syR you wrapped it too closely; = should hav¢ Taken morecare of the health of one s0 delicate, Bus auother neighbor comes in and ae to the heart broken mother that God took the babe away, to smute her and try her heart : that she shoald bow hor head to Infinite wisdom. and think that God knows best. An! ia that the way to make th¢ mother love God? The reverend speaker concluded his discourse by citing many and various instances of the shot sighted and narrow views of theologians and pot tcians upon great questions concerning the welfar@ of the race in all tines, > iss. the — count CHURCH OF THE TRASSFIGURATION, “vhe Little Church Round the Corner”—Dis« course by the fiector, the Rev. Dr. Hough- ton=The Duty of Making Regular Alms. The Protestant Episcopal Chorch of the Transfigu- ration ts situated on Twenty-ninth street, between Maatson and Fifth avenues, The services which have resulted tn the organization of this church and parish were held tn a private honse 1n Bust Forty- eigh'h street twenty-two years ago by the present rector, The unique and beautiful temple now famil- larly known as “the little church round the corner," is one of our most fashionable up-town places of worship. After the usual services yesterday morn- ing the reverend gentleman ascended the pulpit and taking tor bis text I. Corinthians, xvi, 2—"Opom the firs: day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store as God had prospered him"—sald, THE OFrERTORY 13 a solemn get of religious worship, and both holy. Seriptures and the Church unite in so representing it, The presenting and placing upon the holy tacle a portion of what has been 80 gractously bestowed upon us Is the untoward and visible recogni. ion and acknowledgment on our part of God’s universal sovereignty and of our entire depen ience upou Ala goo iness In 1 bowity. Irrespective, then, of tue use that may be made of oir oflermgs, they are_tirst of ali to be contemplated in their relation to Almighty Goa, a8 being bumoly gad solemnly pre-e sentel to Him as gn act of homage and religious worsnip. Surely, it is but meet, right and our bounden duty to render unto uoto Alinigtity God ap universal homage, to pay unto Him some tribute trom whatsoever He may have given fo us, cither fo possess or to enjoy. The sell-xau.e principle that ches us to consecrate unto Lim a portion of or “n> should aise lead us to devote to Him some .siston OL our substance, His shoukl be an univecsal tribute; everything that we are and ail that We have should unile in doing hoaor to the great source ant Givergiqill. Sout and body, heart and head, lip aud natyge every fneutty, time taients aad fortune, snouid be employed in the worship of Aimteniy d. The, Jews, in their great national a-semblings at Jerusalem, where litcy came annually to ceiebrate their three great festiyatis, THE PASSUVER, the Pentecost and the “abernacies, were never allowed to appear befue the Lord empty. And the frst records of Christian Worship relate tne weekly collection of the alms Of ‘ae Louevers. LL Was Com manded in the liw—*speak ato the chidrea of presence f @ Visite of God, and that diving ta Li we as heartol deity. Does i done So Once, When tic ume shail come, will, Wien men aud wo. dives, when hanged, as we hope and vray it beiure the worid the story of Uhrist in the preseace | Hh stntll jead Virbuuus THEY SHALL NOT DRUG THEMSRI | want ie THEMSRLY #3, sla MOL COMI Rauivicss guuiues ROL Israei that they bring Me an offering.” It was con. firmed by cue Saviour avd was made matter of apostolic iuctivn, May tt not be honed, then, be- loved brecnten. that wiatever our means may ‘be— large or smali—a part and couseventlous proporiion be emploved fur the giory of God ant the good of our fe:low men, aud we shail make such use of our worldly Wealth that waen tie house of cur EARTHLY TABERNACLE be dissolved there may be for us “a house not made with bands, eterual in the heavens?!" The Teverend gentiengn then exhorted his congregation to be rogular in t offerings as in thelr devotion, and contin ed. [n vie of the fast hastening day of dovm of death, after which no man can Work, and of the judguent when evch man shai be ree warded or puuished for the deeds done tn the body, letus tike heat io those works of the Divine Mas- ter:—lt 1s Taure blessed to give than to receive.” In one of the windows of the baptistry may be seen, encircling the hearj and oaminy with love to God and man, aud tie hands, Gie hoidiag the loaf for the nangry, other the garment jor the naked, the words, “the greatest of these is charity.” In briuging his discourse to an end he satd in our offerings, Then, we are not Obly honoris te Lord wit Our suUsiagce, bul We are ministering to the bovies aud souls of tno poorer vrethren of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Curist, who says, “Inasmuch as ye have done it auto one of these, my brethren, ye have doae it unto me.” RELIGIOUS SERVICES IN BROOKLYA. The Leprosy of the Soul and thy Duty of S.1f-Denial. HOW TO READ YOUR BIBLE. A Dall Day at Plymouth Church. BROTHER SCECHER, A Dall Day at riy No Covuniruitsy Bile. Plymouth chareh was wel. uot yesterday by the parishtouers of Mr, lienry Ward Beecher, besides the usual reinforcement of strangers who ciossed the river, despite the dreadful cold weather, to sit at the feet of their beloved Gaimauecl 1b was @ strange sight—the crowded auditorium lvoking so like an opera house and heaped to the ceiling with some 2,000 pretty gicis, in addition to ® number of old Inaids who gathered together ia strong force near the desk behind which the preacher was to sit. At half-past ten u'clock every seat in the house wag filled, and when Mr. Beecher came out in his plain black sult, With his eyes thrown up to the ceiling and his hands clasped devoutiy over the PIT OF TUS STOMACA, there was hardly -a wet eye among ail the old spinsters who are accustomed to occupy seats in the trout rows of benches, The studied piatuness of Mr. Beecher's attire has its effect upon the female members of bis flock, the gushing young tadies lean- fog forward over the balcony and dividing their time between thelr hymn books aud a mute admirae tion of Mr. Beecher's back hair. Then there isa rollicking air avout Captuin Duncan, who had the honor of carting Mark Twain around the wortd in the Quaker City, aud a stranger would expect vo see the old inarine give a hitch to his trousers or roll @ quid in bis jaw as Ne ushers tae audicuce to tueir seas. The sermon yesterday was entirely devoid of the usual exuibition of wit wiih marks Mr. beccher’s oratory, and Was on that very thrilling passage In Ho Writ deseribiug how Christ stood in the Lempie and watched the poor wiuow depos.t her mite in the treasury for tue service of the Holy of Holes, Br. Boecher said he did not think mach of Jerusalem aga city, altvough every person is disposed io think well of bis or ter native piace, aid the Jews thougnt Jerasaluin was @ prev big place in (heir oWn Gylulon, Mr, Beecher oderes a prayer, whioa tuck him twenty-two minutes by the wateh to get tirough wita. He stated that Pros fessor Raymond would give a series oF ettikspearian readings kn the lecuure room of the church, and wien the Gule Came for Bingmg toe reverend Ren. Hleman rotlcd ila tungue twice th bis mouth aud i with «4 rien mn SMEG ENG KOTTOM Y= Peay D out Church—No Jokes, No fun and Very Little he Por-tietn diyin é yinn—al P? . Biting lus discourse, whicn dia not have a single Bostic alle on An lipesner used @ very sirauge teri to one OL Uke cliel mea tt \ Testament, He caved pte! ST. PAUL A MUST INSIONIFICANT, BLEAR-EBYED aud Lie wudionce, Wao hud veen Iyiag in Walt TOF Mie joke, Maugnet qtte imerrry at the simtice AurOUKH UL thy diacourse Mr, Beevucy soewed bu Ue