The New York Herald Newspaper, February 20, 1871, Page 8

fa The Churches and the Congregations, the Ser- viees and the Sermons, THE COMING LENT. The Duty of the Christian to Him- self and His Neighbor. anemia The Nearness of Death and the Glories of Eternal Life, Theology of All Kinds—Porigent, Philo. sophical, Poetic, Profound and Prophetic. After the dreadful weather of last week yesterday ‘Was an immense relief, and while the saints kept up their accustomed practice of betaking them- sélves to the house of their God many a sinner, who bad been beguiled from nis home by a clear sky and comparatively cleanly streets, allowed himself to be further drawn by the magic spell of the church bells and by memories of & God fearing chlidhood within the sacred precincts of the temple. The Kindness of Providence in regard to the weather, therefore, though it may have tempted some of the harder cases among the reprobate into unusaal paroxysms of Sabbath breaking, was, on the whole, favorable to the interests of religion, and the kingdom of Heaven gained, doubtless, a goody number of promising citizens. As night drew on the Recording Angel, perhaps, had to keep the quills of his clerks driving fast and furious jn erasing old scores of sins and in- Soribing in goiden letters in the Book of Life, he lately initiated members of the “redeemed and ransomed band."’ However, there 4s little fear that he or his assistants will ever have reason to complain of a very long continued spell of overwork, Altogether yesterday was in every way ‘a successful Sunday, and the hearts of pastors must have, indeed, turilled with joy as they gazed upon the sarnest faces of their numerous and attentive audiences. FIFTH AVEXUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. The Duty and Obligations of Chrisiians Toward Each Other and Toward ihe World—Dis:ourse by Dr. Jobn Bail. ‘The pleasantness of the Sabbath day Just past in- duced more than the ordinary numbers to attend church services yesterday, and a6 a consequence the Fifth avenue Presbyterian church was crowdea Bo that there was scarcely standing room ta the aisles. There is no extraneous attraction either in the building or the ritual of this church to draw the masses thither; but there isa power in the simple and touching manner in which the preacier tolls ‘up Christ ana the doctrines of the Gospel before his @udiences for acceptance and imitation. ‘The sub- jeot of Dr. Hall's discourse yesterday morning was the duty and obligations of churcii meinvers toward ‘one another and toward maukind, and was based upon a portion of the lesson read, I. Thessalouiaus, v., 14—“Now we exhort you, breihren, warn thei that are unruly, comfort the feenie-minded, support the weak, be patient toward meu.’ No extended proof is needed, he said, that God intended us to be social beings. tendencies of humsu nature, by the requirements of society and Wy manifold declarations of the Divine word. Man is everywhere a social being, | “amd those who have buried themseives 11 woods and in dens and caves are exceptions. The butid- ing of cities, the appliances of trade and commerce and all our business relations can be eifected only bya MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF THIS FACi, When those socia! tendencies bring men torether for vain or unbo!y purposes tiey become unsocial | ¢ only to the individuals, but to | God has provided for those tendencies in | and mischievor the race. the tamily and ju tu Chureb, and the public dis- plays rejerrea to opposed to the true social idea, Such persons have a doar 500 friends, but they know notiiny a thar own families, Soin the Church we are connected by beitef in the same in the spread of d our being those Me had, cial beBESE Of twat the Holy to take the are spoken to yuh it might i omy would pot be 1 tle takes No those truths. truths wil ve sane therefore, chosen tu church men ver Spirit would yi truth home with all in the Ch at first ap, ministers and € the spirit of the ¢ note of any diyers.t hurca Orders, bat them all brethrea, pouad togetier m one faith, 1 ‘one Saviour, and tray d towards the enjoyment of O26 r urally divides itseuf ilo head, so t and weakest need wot fad it diticy hend, AY war This word “unr THE UNRULY, is borrowed froi military ber € obedicace to autho. association. Of whu’ disregarded discipiiy id be a multitude, @ mob, a crow ; 1 au e@ogayement with the enemy feeble and unwwiel fuay trample on the common arrangemenis of the Church ti 1s the duly of members to War suc M @ an ariny thus unruly by ind r ordinances of ile Church end the means of "ace, aud refusu! to ule their proportion joward the spread 100 tratls believed by all” To sup; ers oF ehureh ofticers is work is a grave mis- the least und worst opportu- nities for seéiug church members; Indeed, some they seldom or never sve, and when iney do they see thew in their Sabbath aspect, as It were, their best sie appears, Bul vot so tier Tellow members and neighbors, who are a ited, often intimately, With the sec of then domestic life and private oburacter. Waoat showid we think of a man who saw a fellow creature irowning and made no effort to rescue him’ And what shall we tuiuk of the church member woo, seeing other church members in danger—running into vicious and bad habits, iin- periiling thelr best in and in danger of being drowned in perdi to when their cua ‘will teach us how « WHEN THIS WARNING 8 with tenderness aid broth wiih cold, dignitied reason of the wa hend the motives iretrace his steps. Feadlly acknowie may be touching ius solentious 1 our t What evils would b« Obrist if menibers relates an incident o: é phi hail come? Clrisdan courtesy ALL BE GIVEN, ly compassion and not rity. ‘The feeling and D will lead hin to appre- upon tis ways aud yg. And aw 1 the Chureit of would do inis! Captain Lyous howming bird, Ww keep her little ones within the nest unul their wings were strong enough to support them im the alr, enlarged and increased the riin of the nest from time to Wate And what inst! that ite creature reason Ought to teach us to do for our fellow men to ke them from falifug. We exhort you, Uierciore, bretu- ren, Waru the unruly. COMFORT T PEEBLE MINDED. Many persons» because of Weakness in them- selves. “Vheir faith is weak; ce is not strong; they are too ready 10 ayree wiih the last nk uly of that side of the question, hat the Apostie had iy ils mind some Such persons When he peuned these worus. in no church have all Christians the same attainments, Some strong minds get hold of things as a matho- miatician does of 4 problem, and cannot be driv from their point. Others are lacking In clear-headed- ness, but taey make up for it in tenderness aud warm-heariedness, in which they have a peculiar power of then own. There Isa very great tendency on the part of the strong-hcaded min to look with & supercilious eye upon his weaker brother. He must Rot come into the church, asd yet the tender, warm- hearted, blundering brotuer is offen more true to the church than the other. Uomlort the teebie- minded. And there is NO COMFORT LIKE THAT WHICH COMES PROM GoD's WORD. A farmer in Ireland suitering from a tamor tn bis Bhoulder came to Dublin livspiial to have it re- pration, aud when it « cliloroform whitle under the knife? He answered, “No. On the wail bung a card with this bit of Scripture:—Thou wilt eep bin in perfect peace whose mind ts stayed on because fe trusteth in Thee! This was gnough for me, ard 1 needed no other comfort or help.” And thus 1 will ever ve found of those who trast in the Lerd. SUPPORT THE WEAK. Imagine @ person who bas heard atrath to him | Put them in practice, Mululelligible, he sears, perhaps, to go to bia nats Itis shown by the | to | is | t | lo prepare to ausy veh of Christ ig compared to | $ W Suidlers, Whose duties | uically speculates as | ne does not, he will | Di NEW iceman for an explanation, but directs his woe Ww member, with whom he is more in! » and seoks the required And that fellow mea- ber meets him and greets him with words and man- “You are a very stupid ive you ideas, but he can- end the truth.” The weak fring the veey train WhiGh his souk Leeks us very trath wi you 1, ps, some of them are controversial, belf-willed, arrogant. Very well; we have been 60, too. ‘Thomas Scott, one of the greatest of Bibie oumpmnaniators Key im that mace Soe BOA Tegularly toa con; y iweon, despised ns fn Methodist, was mgregation. Scott woil- red at Newton's success, thoagh he deapixed him in bis heart, and one evening he attended a lecture, when Newton chose his text—'Thou calld of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not coane to pervert the rivittways of the Lord" It waa ‘& long time before Scott could be convinced that this Sort ‘and the comments made upon it were not aimed direotiy at himself. And so emblitered was e against Newton he wrote eight or nine fetters to um, seeking a controveray; but Newton, with Chris- tian meekness and forbearance, declived to enter into aay controversy, and repi “my brother, I know where you are, for I have been over that nd, too."”” When afterward Scott learned that lecture he had listened to was one of a series on the “Acts of the Aposties,'’’ there were no greater friends nan he and Newton, and when the iatter was dying he sought to have the other appotnted his successor. But the text nitherto has had relation only to church members and their chudren, bat now it ‘Wideos out like a river— BE PATIENT TOWARD ALL MEN. Christianity is nou narrow. It takes acceunt of i men, of every race. Some may be unreasonable, ‘aul asked (0 be delivered from such. And some may be kcoffers aud despisers of the truth. Weil, taev bring forih truit atter thelr Kind; they know not what they do ;theretore be patient towards all There ts no Pharisaic scorn here, but pure-minde: slimplicity, The Greek word means magnanimeus, i 4s the Same that is used to express the Lord's jong sulering., An illustration of tits magnanimous apg aed presested trom Jud-on's missionary ie in Burman, where, stepping from fils boat he Inet and greeted a ‘emale—a princess of the coun- {yee ye dropped a few words of Cbristian comfort in her cars uid then bade her @ pasty adieu and “God bless you, From that time forth she oeased to Worship idols, and five years later, when anctier Wissionary Went to the sume place, this woman sougii him out aud heard the words of truth from bis lips and became a Christian, aud was aiver- Peg the iustrument of founding aud planting ve rst INDEPENDENT CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN BURMAN, Be patient toward alimen. They do not under- staud you; they de not ke you; they do not wat Lo | be tn-tructed by you; nevertuele: be patient to- | ward teem, a8 God hus been patiert toward you. { Lessons irom our omissions and neglect of these | phtia Ciristian precepts gud the loss whici: the | Chuveh lias suffered thereby were then enforced, } and the greater power wuich meibers have over mialsicrs in Warning the unraly, col ‘ting the ded and sapperiiug tie weak was alse pointed out, Maay @ iaan, saii ihe Doctor, LOg, O” the last roand, could say, “Here I am, | Teacy to plouge into a miserable eternity because ; Wy bretiircn saw Me going down, but warned me Dot hor reached outa haad to help me." The sim- ple paties of tke preacher's closivg remarks acepiy adected the gudience aud drew. ‘ears from inany eyes, and doubiless led many ty revolve to do better aud to be more faituful in future. ST. PAUL 2ME APOSTLE, The Nearness of Death and tke Datles of Life=Put Thine House in Order—Sermon by the Rev. Father Young. Thig church is situated in Fifty-ninth street, | the noble Hudson aad Jersey Heights. Though an awkward place to get to, it was crowded yesterday, a8 usual, by the most select portion of the Catholic community, drawn thither by the reputed eloquence of the Paulist Father, Father Spencer, @ male choir singtng tn alternation, | with Gregoriau chant. Afier the first gospel the Rev. Mr. Young ase cended the pulpit. for Lent le said there would be services there on Wednesdays and Fridays of every week during the holy season. Insiructions on Wednesdays and the } devouonr of the station or Way of the cross on Fri- days. He made the other usual announcements, and taloug for his text Isatah XxXvill, 1—“Put thy | house iu order, for thou shalt die and not hve’—he | said a fricud about to depart for Europe remarked, “1 have ARRANGED ALL MY AFFAIRS, 80 a8 to have a pleasant journey.”’ He did weil. We wi do better, when we shill have all our aifairs arranged for a pleasant jouruey to that far of iand from which we shail never ret ‘fo die weil and happily we must iui our obiizatioas to @ud, to our neighbor aud tO ouiseives, He coutmucdeHere 1 must confess I am somewWat trouvied to answer how a mun who is near dcata, whether he be in oud health at the present moment or given over by lis physic aus, sali sutisiy the demand if he lus not already doue 60. ‘the lasi ana usually te most heipless moments of one’s Ife are | hardiy the time to give God his due. God's obit. | g i$ are fuitilled In lving, not iu dying w God's obligations begin when we begin vo live; | not when we begin to die. On, t is a startling ) truth! What a tearful tioughi this must ve to hia | Who fas never realized it as lie weat on, aud oniy he | are casting their s | and darkening the | lust hours Of tus musspeut ilfe T hardly know wuat | to say to that man Whose life has been lite move | than & mockery of that God Whom le pretcndec | serve, Whos 8 and faiih were, Caurisuan, Whose praeth | have been heathen, He nas been a Catholic. | Oh, yes, in uawe, but not im deed a tw be a hi | for the iudifterence he iignifests in its ! pra red thit had eucumstanee e the Catholic Tach werk! ve St Wiug to which he would give a serious at. When such are sudden @ message firom death it ls hard t how they are “to God ior their it v brings up little eise than desy j mnem “ he m: Non as Well a4 he Can. He 1s nec in a | dition to remember Une fawits of 80 iaany years, He is sorry for his neglect aud for Nis sins; but, teli me, is he sorry for what God has Lost by nis carless life? Does he express one regret thai God has been dis- hong by lus bad lite; that the Churen of the faith he professes has been a loser by nim; that he, | by his iucunsistent conduct, has been a stumbil block and @ rock ahead 10 the unbdelever and the scoifer? No; this is the last thing taat troubles hun. Wiiat is one to do? Platniy tu Religion ougit to be bis all-avsorvlng thougnut | ery moment should be ployed with a holy | zealousy in prayer, lest God might ve forgotien aga Oue, aud oaly one, sire should fli his heai TO LOVE GOD as perfeotly as he may before he dies. He should freyuently ‘cali to mind that comsorting assuran ich our bieszed Lora gives vo ti sel any sing are forgiven he mauch."’ It is nor a time for of huupie al To die weil and happily, we m plaee, Tall our obligations to our 1 aday of eur life pas’es in wit that our ne wecunulare Bpokeuy th | H xu! | 00 lh We do not find shbor has something against us. Denis dispates arse, Cie imcautious word is character of our neignbor, either from | our ioly or our spite, sw tion is nut | Made, forgiv | are alienw | undenthe morrow we must die Who ts abic t ay When he comestu die, “1 owe no tar lug, my debts are all paid, Lnever wron | ove to Whom 1 did not mi: uluton. { lost a friend vat f tound hit +, L have notan | Cnemy on the fuce of the carih;? bappy 1s that muwn, for he will i. tir of death who A unwilkng aud unable to pay liow many who But how find themselves i their Just debts! 2 benind Uy | an uniectieg tunes ations, Wi comes an iieriiauce of disc suits, ties, deadly Teads and unana 33! iow often jue die aud show no lear to go to God with uuciean hands, stained by the coutict of en goods and stolen money! How | | lifetime weigh upon their consciences? thereof ts an evil death, aud hell 13 it? Weare Chrt Christians. Death 1 | and degrading to buman nature, It leaves us nota trace of our Wverty, ne of our power, No wouder that (he llesh 1s weak and before it; but te spirit ennobled wii | Christian faith aad hope, and strengthened with | Christian charity ts withag and courageous, The Christian's death ts, then, NO loager an iguomintous detest, but a glorious sacrifice, Tae flesh goes, indeed, to the prisoa of the grave; but tae spirit, jet red | from its mortal bonds, mouats to the skles, to be | crowned with power ava immortality, One thought | alone should oveupy our minds iu our last hours— the thought of uniting our souls with God, whom we are 80 xoon to meet. 1 kbow that many persons think it useless to try to pray When the strength 13 failing and tue SENSES ARE GROWING DULL. They can pray tu their souls, as a saintly woman told me on her deathbed, seeing that { noticed the beads in her hands. Sh¢ said to me:—“l alm not able to say my beads, father. I take them out tu keep ime com) when i feet lonesome and J pray in ‘my soul.” We may make all our acts acts prayer if we will Oar acceptance of sickness and death in the spirit of penance Js prayer. My brethren, 1 have tried to-day to lay betore you the duties of the dying Chilatian. Soon wiil some of you be called upon to Are you ail ready for tae last preparation: 1s your lle tu-day anch as you would Wrongs ofa re (3 Very nature | It ¢ vistage of between Ninth and Tenth avenues, in fuli view of Mass was celebrated by With the religions In the sanctuary, the Antiphenal Alter reading the regulations rprised with | r | ar | excceds da atom, ings, ce trided with, negiecte t oak prayer days and desecrated Sundays, And 1 kKaow not wuere they are to find the fruit una God comes seeking of them. Ob! my brethren, that these late workmen im Go.l’s } service, and the dying woald understaad this. cou. | ndenment to the wili aud mercy of Goa. | ike 1t to be, if to-morrow you Y | men to offer holy violence to God in , Just as bow ‘at you may be prepared then, ae an army fa olty and takes 1 by force, 86, ak yous hc tani Moage Notte | by frees Nowtioet sheaves gms saa = wi ou a ry Lord, iat thy house in order, Jor thou shalt die BEART OF JEHOVAH ‘and not live." CHRISTIAN FREE CAURCH. Present Yeur Bodies a Living Sacrifice Sermon by Rev. C. C. F. The Ohristlan church, situated on West Twenty- | eighth street, near Broadway, was yesterday morn- ing filled with a very respectable assemblage, who listened with muoh attention to an instructive dis- | of the earth to 1x It over he could pry the very Harth course delivered by the pastor, Rev. 0. ©. Foote. The church is quite an unpretending structure, bo:h Without and within, and is decorated with that sim- pitcity which bespeaks more regard for inward feel- tog than ontward show, 1g intended for the worship of God, and notasa tompie of fashion, dedicated te Dives, ‘The text of the sermon was taken from St. Paul's epistie to the Romans, twelfth chapter and first verso. —“I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, hely, acceptable uato God, which your reasonable service.” The reverend preacher commenced by explaining that this exbortation was the outgrowth of @ previous portion of the episile, 8nd that tho theological argument of which it treated ‘was tie dee] and broadest of any of the apostolio teachings, The keynote of the text was sacrilicc, nd It calls apon us to make SACBIFIOLAL OFFERINGS All nations froin ali ages have felt that some sacri- fice was due to their deity, In olden times the sacrl- fice consisted of temporal which were laid on the altar of God; Tor, ag the Bibie teaches, it is utterly impossible to reach God except by way of the altar. ‘The offerings of the Jows were calves, or lauds, or Etds, or oxen, And they led them to the teriple, where thoy were luld upon the altar and tm- molated br the sicerdotal ax gue nuiy offered Duman sacrifices—not themseives, sacridce bo be efficacious muat be voluntary; for God said nuto Moses, When building, to tuke only volun- | tury oferings, and not those gtven under compul- siou. dir. Foote inen proceeded to say that NORODY OUGHT BE MADR A OHRISTIAN finles? he himself dosires it. Never, said he, be come & Christian wuless of your owa’ wish and un- loss determined that it shall be forever. 1t was said Of some Of our generals during the late war that they always punned lines of retreat before going Into battle, walle of othera 1t was related that they tore up bridges behind thesa and made no calcuia- tions except for going forward. So should a Ouris- tian destroy ali vestigos of sin in his soul, and re- golve never to retreat from God once he had em- braced His holy doctrines and offered himself as a living sacridce. He then alluded to those Chris- a “Oh, 1 love God and try to do Wis wii, bat I don’t think it neces- sary wo to church or be 80 strict,’ But, sald be, what sort of a Christlan is ne who goes out into the world and gots #o that no one would Suppose that he Knew there was a God, or that ne ever pata homage to Him or offered wny sacriiice on His altar? And God is very particular as to the Sacrifice effcred to him. When living sacrifices of shecp aud oxen were vilered they should be without Dlemish, It would not do if they were blind or scarred, or lame or badly fed; they should be without blemish or stain, 1n tue Book of Malachi 1s to be found proof of this when it speaks of those Jews Who, having become so attached to thelr woridly possessions, sacrificed what was of no use to thom— an ox which had been lamed or A CALF THAT WAS BADLY FED, or anything that had been rendered useless for other purposes; and, finding tuat they were de- prived of that Lemporal prosperity joh they ex- | pected, they cried out to the Lord, asking him why e bad not blessed them; and, as tie prophet teils us, he answered them, saying, “You have polluted my altar by your juperfect sacrifices; thereiore the sacrifice offered to God must be without biemish, and Obristians onering themselves musi do it with their whole heart and in the firm determination not to again withdraw theiuselves from the tusiuence of their Heaveaiy Fatner.”” In conclusion Mr. Foote urged his congregation to follow we commands of Scripture, as expressed in the words of lis text, but to do it voluntarily, and, said he, let those who to-day feel themseives ready to respond to the call, do so, but only those who ao it with thelr whole heart aud who are resolved to keep to tne way of the Lord and folio iu his divine footsteps, FicTH AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH. The Power of Prayer—Application to God and Dlan—Ancient and Modern Example— Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Armitage. The lovely spring weather yesterday morning left no excuse for the lazy and the indolent who might | be inciined to plead the inclemency of the elements | as arcagon for being stay-at-nomes from churen. The morning was bright and slighuy breezy, with a health-giving air that tended to mvigorate the most blethoric or phlegmatic of natures. Crisp and dry as whe sidewalks were, with an unclouded sky over- head, if was even more pleasant to go to chureca H than to spend the forenoon “round tno house." Those of the Rev. Dr. Armiiage’s congregation, at the j Fifth avenue #api. | (if there had been any slugaurd enough among them to huve stayed at home), who u it have lapsed y | course. Sut the church was weil tiled with AN AUDIENCE KFEN TO APPRECIATE the preacher's eloquent remarks, albett the fairer mot ike congregation were not unmindful of things of this world,’ which, in their case, ever siyniiy, at thts season, the newest and the choicest of spring toilets. The Kev, Dr. Armitage made the subject of his sermon “The Power of Prayer, nd took his text from James v., 6—"The effectual, fervent prayer of a rignteous man avaiieth much.” He satd:—God does nut require man to pray for the sake of praying, | irrespective of 1is results. When those of ancient suld, “What ts the Almighty that y"" Uley were etierly ignorant of asion Which prayer 18 designed to make sod ant mun. for, according to the text, 1s largely availng—how iargely we cannot | define, Wat ieutly so <0 Open and shut heaven— | so ihat\\s the ovean exseeds a drop. aa the globe | THE PLE OF PRAYER | exceed tne blessings 0: yerfulness. Therefore it } 13 useiess to attempt any description of that which surpasses the power of language. In this view of prayer it may be more proftaple at o.ce to allus- trate rather than expla the power of the “eitec+ tive, leevens prayer!’ upon God and man, — Ths the | inspired apostic proceeds to do with @ fearless Gigaity of words worily of a prophet. In the wis- | doin of age und ph ude vi inspiration he gives the keys of heay a Muto the hands of taithcul and earnest prayer. “ijan prayed earnestiy that it might not rain; and it raiued not on tae earih by ; tho space of three years und six months, And he ed again, and the fieavea gave rain, and the arch brought jorta her fruit.’ Chere is a marvel- j lous power that BINDS MEAVEN AND EARTHL together; that brings the haad of Jehovah and the haiid of man into sympathy, He inakes the grass the bills adore; He miiiog Helds with corn, ouce took her rh from her ia, With the proiilse that whenever he ail toto danger be should sead the ring back er aud she Would not only etn. Inte that rmx she had conilded all the tives of throne upou the honor of her word, aud wil tue powers of her monar VLEDGED TO THE EARL OF KSSEX. | Coulda the, x2 @ happier image of the potency Which has lodged tn tae breath of prayer? He has Le Siguet Of power on the fluger of every man 14 jorth Wis hands in fervent prayers as (ue piedge 15 ralsed before the eternal throne ery gem Is cioquent with boidness and radiant Witu mignt. Lis 1s the omulpotent plea ithe Lord, the Holy One of Israel; ask me of .ogs to come, and Cencerning tre Work of my citmand ef me? Thes ian accommodated t Aunan greacne. 80 (hal ove Of oUF poets were i truly sings the hand that moves the world. and “it shail come to pass B nswer, and whi imey are | yet speaking {will bears? T ness aud | helplessness of tne supplant | prayer which sry to immedi THE DEPTHS “OF OMNIPOTENCE t . Tae ianguiaiung sigh of a | crushed sp faster than a ray of light shoots | from the ey« buightest star; it soars where | the eagle never soured, and du lodges where an ange | never :odge Lhe first ouflling ory of exnauation | help througt the naked em of tic Godhead. heart; only her lps moved;” or a lisping Samuel, saylug, “Speak, Lord; thy servant heareth;” he may ve a bled bp ggar, GROPING FOR A SMILE from God’s eye, if haply he may fiad it; or it may be adying thief groaning tor one thought of remem. brance in the divine heart, that he may live in the heavenly kingdom forever. Martin Luther once saw the Gospel brougit into great stratis, and he seemed to be sealed up from at possible sourges of dollver- @uce. He rememharag thar the Viagdom of heaven Suitereth violence and tio voleat taketh it by forces 80 at ence he betook himself to the strong arm of God and took hold of it in fatth, determined never te cease his wrestling grasp Wil he prevaried. At length he rose, and cleeriaily coming forth from Lis closet be triumphantiy exciaim “VICINUS! VICIMUS! VICIM Immediately there came forth a ¢ V. prociaiming that no perso: for professing the Gospel. Black clouds frin, the dew of blood hung over the Churen, but th of Luther's prayers swept the vengeful gale of away. And from Charies with preatin ood The Genilies tre- | vi for men who had to work either with their jut thelr prisoners of war or their slaves. But a | vane: it church, West Forty-sixth street | terday, would lave iest an abie and interesting dis-* remember him but | and | nas | with | | froin the praying breast #ends a tirill of bounding | The | sappliant may be a simpie Hannah, speakiog “inher | and shows that the edifice | efera it, | liubuer, | sharp-eyed THE files open before the resistless eloquence of prazer. At avers Judgments, it removes defection, it miti- tes suffering, it sustains iufirmity, it vanquishes @ powers of darkness, perfects the Christ an graces nd opens the kingdom of heaven to all believers, nis 18 the power ol prayer as it acts on God, and no lesa powerful iy it as {t acta upon the fervent sup- pitant himself. It 1s said of ARCHIMEDES, THE FAMOUS MATHEMATICIAN OF SYRACUSE, that ho found a curious instrument for leverage, of which he sald that if he could find a place outulde ut of its foundutions. Such u lever is prayer, whiok, if you plant it upon the promises of God, lifts oll up to the skies, changes your earthly dosires ato heavenly conceptions and converts Earth mto heaven. ‘Thus prayer exerts a most beneficial reflex influance upon tae spirit and character of hum who ne of the most delightful exercises of the Christian heart is to trace this blessed mfluence upon those who pray. It adorns and beauties ose UPOR Whom it reflects its lignt, It keeps the uristian graces alive strong Within thom. It iltuminates the mind with the moat heavenly wis- $e and strengthens it to trimmph over the aplrit of wor! Atthe conclusion of Dr. Armitage’s discourse Mr. Dodge made some remarks relative to the need there was for money to carry on the work of thi Missionary Union. @ colleciion yesterday at this ohureh was devoted to tne ald of i society. A handsome collection was taken up. ST. JOSEPHS ROMAN CATHOLIC Defines His oHUROH, The fev. Father Farrell ” Position. At the conclusion of the gospel at the ordinary high mass yesterday at St, Joseph's, the pastor, the Rev, Father Farroll, ascended the pulpit, and, refer- ring to the reatriotions put upon the faithful for their observance during Lent, he said 1; was not ad hands or brains to live onone mealaday. Men down (own, whose minds are constantly engaged in devising opportunities to get their hands into other men’s pockets er to Keep other men's hands out of their own, could scarcely get on with SUCH MEAGRE WARE, ‘Tho pastor strongly urged his congregation to en- deavor rather to deprive themselves of the use of Mquors, which had a demoralizing and evil influ- ence, than allow their health to suiter from loss of customary food. In referring to a flerce attack made upos him by a religious journal in its columas, he said a short timo ago a tady ran arter him in the street and asked him tf he had become a Baptist minister. Unprincipled men, without a just concop- tion of the Injdry they may do, start these FOOLISK THINGS in the minds of the people, and no one ever knows where thoy may ead. These are the assumed leaders, and the most of us Know where their teach. ings lead. ‘Tae only black spot upon the record of the laboring classes in New York Was the buraing of an orphan asylum. After showing how ua- merited THB ONSLAUGHT UPON HIM had been, and trasting all his traduoers and enemies would everywhere meet tho fo ig ge he nugg | accorded them 10 a spirit of charity, he wenton. It is always very paintul fora man to be obliged to speak of himself, yet such is my wapleasant position now. Asrumers have been recently clroulated to the effect that 1 had been remeved from the pastor- ship of thig churoa, because of cortaim acts and ut- teruncos OF mine, specially of recent date, I feel it to be proper to inform you that Lam not removed and that am NOT TO BE REMOVED. At the same time I desire to say that tt would grieve me exceedingly, no matter What may be my Opinions in matters Where Catholic faith leaves us free, that any one should interpret aay word or act of mine iu a gense contradictory to the veacnings of whe Charch of God, which has had my love and allegiance from childhood, 1 have dedicated my whoie lite to the study of Oathoite truth, and it has been my happiness for many years Lo preach to you that trath, and now I desire to declare above all things that 1am 4 LOVING AND LOYAL 80N of the Church of Christ, and that in no one will you find @ more sincere adhesion to tne Goctrinai decisions of the Church, whether promul- gated through the goneral councils or by the Holy bee, Instead of being cast down by the unplea- santoess caused by these rumors, I desire, my dear people, to take occasion from it 10 dedicato myself With renewed energy to your splittuai welfare aud to impress more earnestly upon your minds and hearts the teacatny and practice of our holy religion. And vow, While SINCERELY THANKING THE PRESS of tho couniry for the Kind and respectini manner In which i has always spoken Of ime and in wich At has lately alludet to me, 1 must express to you, my people, und to my fellow citizens of ail denomi- nations, my profound esteem for the general wara ana substantial sympathy manifested toward me during these patniul rumors. In conclusion, f will say tuat I have loved religion betier thas my Ive, and I have also toved libert; with a very ardent devotion. Uur religion does not forvid, bat rather sanctifies it. ‘Tere is no incompaubuity between RELIGION AND TRUK LIBERTY any more than there is between reiigion and trae science, A man may adore devoutly before the altar of God and Worship enthusiastically betore the sarine of liveriy, While loving my religion more than lic, 1 wil ever, under its guidance, hate tyranny, @ppresston, injustice aud wrong, and give hiy syuppathy and assieiance to the oppressed and tiie alitcted the world over, fue ieverend gepuleman then read the letter Which he had written to the Archbishop, and de- sertbed the scene that took aged on their necting: la 80 touching a manner that he retired from toe pulpit, leaving his congregation tn tears, ‘Toe music at this churci 18 very fine, Gerutl's mass in © was seiected yesterday; but the cele- Drants' vestinents aid the altar covering beng pur ple tae Gioria was omitted, Aagame Anna Martiney, the soprano, sang a solo, duriug the interrapu.n caused by the moving of the pulpit, In magnificent style. The otuer jad. and gentlemen of the choir are Mrs, Kennedy, M Mr. Maumer, and Anioaio cveitariinez, organist, CHLRCH OF THe MuSSIAM, The Relations Between God and Man—Ser- mou by the Rev. Dr. Hepworth, As usual this handsome edifice was crowded yes- terday morning with the representatives of the ton who dwell on and near Murray Hill, Tho popular pastor, Rey. Dr. Hepworth, by his recent short ab- sence seemed to be made more popuiar, and when he ascended the pulpit a general and spontaneous smile of pleasure and thankiwness seemed to per- vade the entire congregzation—pleasure at sectng the beloved pastor again and thankfuiness because he had travelled so lar over Ue railways and bad re- turned uahurt. Mr. Hepworth took his text from St. John, ill, 16—“For God so loved the world that He gave Hts only begotten Son.’ He said:—These are golden words, and such {3 thelr miglty significance tat they Dave become the standpomt from which the Whole world looks at Deity. The Apostle touched a chord in the great human heart which will forever vibrate wiih gratitude. The words may be regarded | as indicating the pecullar character of the Curistian reilgion and 1is ciaims upon our allegiance, They lit the whoie Christian scheme above, very far above, all possible systems of philosophy, and make it an outgrowth and a proot of God's great love tor is. No Uaiuspired Mau could have uttered the text, LOGIC OF SCIENCR could have doduced it trom the known laws of mind orimutter, If 1s the aunuuctaton of a new poltey of the cuirance lato history of new spiritual forces, AS the wardor who leads @ pation to pave issues a proclamation tling What he proposes to do in Ue policy by Wich he is to be gatded, so thas Chiist | aud his Aposties preached certain plain, but before unknown, froths the foundations of the Kingdom of God. And se tratas tell a wouderiig and a geatetui word of the reiation in Watch God stands to a3, and Of tis possibie relation ta which we siand to Him. f thiak we shail never tie get used Lo the great truth which the text pro- jalins, I inarvel at it more and more. And as ene In these latter days discioses more and e of the majesty of Deity, discovering to Us the magnitude of fHls power and the depts of His Wisdom Tau aii the more LOST IN WONDER AND AWE, That He, the Creator of all worlds, should care for you and me enought to regard our litte lives as of any moment whatever, staggers the waderstandin, Bus chat He shoud take such deep interest tn us al the highest and the lowest a.tke, as to give Us the Lord's Prayer, wien ‘mits us tocall Mim Pata and to go to fim for strength whea all earthly bower fais us, aad should thea deciare that tor fear we shail iose our way He sends His only begotien Son to teli-us by example, a4 well as pre- cept, of the beauty ofa holy life, 13 something which no man can understand, but which rouses THE HOLIEST EMOTIONS Of the heart, Not one 14 forgotien. Md is your lather, whoever you ‘are. Poor, ill-treated py the world, sin-stricken and guilty one, feeling sure that no man cares for you, God is your Heavenly lather, and you take no step without His help, and you are always protected by [its power. And to save you from yourself, and to show you the way out of your despair, out of your remorse, out of your misery, the Clirist, the only Son of God that hes ever been begotten by the special aot 0 fhe Almighty, has come with Cheering words and holy proinises. NO MORE GUESSRS OF PHILOSOPHY, no more more Opinious of great mon, but a revela- tion, attended with miracies, 10 make you sure that your truest friend—the one who will heip you most willingly and judge you most charttabiy—is He Whom you have never seen, but who watches you With more than @ motier’s solicitude and care, as Now If we can maxe ourselves wd of that reve. lation, and aot according to tts spirit, how cnnob ed so tt ts with the priviloge of rizutvous | wit our suuls become and how pure aud beautiful YORK HERALD, MONDAY, ‘¥EBRUARY 20, 187.—WITH SUPPLEMENT, ‘our lives be! You can youth mi make jour ‘auties ve 2 deope tai Se tr Ao see ain you wu a ant 13 im and to heaven, borne upward by the who sing, ‘Our Father,”” (BURCH OF THE DIVINE PATERNITY. The Burdens we must Boar for Ourselves and Othcrs—Discourse by Rev. Dr. Chapin. As invariably is the case on every Sabbath morn- tug, there was yesterday morning a large congrega- ton at the Church of the Divine Paternity, or, as it {s now popularly known and designated, Dr. Chapin’s church, corner of Fifth avenue and Forty- Afth street, After the usual prefatory exercises, comprising ‘prayer, reading the Socripsures, some very excellent singing of select pieces by the very ex- cellent choir, and singing by the congregation of the atin e BS eo ‘He makes that house His own, Then followed THR SERMON, delivered by the Rev. Dr. Chapin, pastor of the church. His text was Galatians vi, 2-5:—‘Bear ye one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Obrist. Forifa man think himself to be something when he is nothing he deceiveth himself. But let every mau prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone and not in another; for every man shall bear bis own burden." His first point was the importance of regarding the whole oftruth aside from its distinctive features, Thore was not a doctrine under the Sun that cannot find support in the Bible by taking parts of pas- sages. 1t Was necessary io Keep view of the con- necting links to see tle beauty of the whole, Dwell- Ing on this point at considerabvie teagin, snowing ; THE DUTIES OF MINISTERS, in Be cdpclinrs and interpreiation of text, he pro- ceeded to speak directiy of the subject matter con- tained tn the text. Tae great argument, he insisted, Was that every man siould exdiaine himsoeit, Tis exainivation will show that ie ts Hable to the mis- takes and imperfections of otters. Every man has his burdens, Humanity ts loaded with burdens. Some of these inhere with ourselves aud must be borne by ourselves. Firat the toxt referred to the BURDENS OF FAULTS AND SINS, ‘The injunction of the text was to hip others bear them. Weare to cousider circumstances, Justice god charity are eynouynious, What was the tratu- ing ef the man? What was bi3 mora! cqguipmeut? How did he go forth into the worid ready to de its batties? We intist view all these points. By tie Organism of society we are bound to make laws. But little of charity enters into ear moaern human \ laws. What a duference is made between the poor man who has stolen ten cents and the MAGNIVIOBNT SWINDLER who gambles largely in stocks aid throws dice for the miilioas of others] very oue bas his burden— ; he who has fallen in shame in ond he whose sius are ; Secret. In every case where there 18 evident pent- tence they were pound to forgive. What a hypo- crite is he who will year after Year nurse & bitier hate and seek and vow revenge for some fanctod wrong, and yet stand up in church aud MUMBLE OVER THE LORD'S PRAYER. itis our Ly 4 to piuck Lhe brand from the burning. Rev. Mr. lished by the Archbishop, end explained at rent classes of persons to whom the ata extent to which they Jong ir performed Weber's mass, the Credo which was rendered excellently Mosers. and Band, Mme, Coletti and Mile. Te CHURCH OF ALL Souls, Sermon by the Rev. C. ©. 0: of Bee, ton—Jey the Mest Essential ofa Well Ordateed Seul—Did Oar Lord ned the Apostles Ever Indulge in Laughter? A large congregation attended divine service yes- terday at tnis fashionable temple of liberal Chris tlanity. In the absence of tne Rev. Dr. Bellows the Rev. Mr. C. C. Carpenter, of Boston, disooursed om I, Thessalonians, v., 16—‘Rejotoe evermore.” Hq eaid:—It te a curious proof or man’s want of falth Iq himself and in his Creator that THE BEST PEOPLE IN THE WORLD in the ages past have been unwilling to recognise as right and legitimate all the faculties which originally put into the human soul. No faculty, perhaps, has been more dishonored by the iow esteem in which it has been held, and by the sus- picion that some peeutiar depravity ts attached to it than the one to which appeal is made tu the text, Somehow it has been conceived that. gladness and goodness are patural enemies, and that the to be happy hereafter was to be as miserable as p: sible here.” but against this prevalent misconvep- thon it should be remembered al. true Iife means true joy; that they are one and inseparable, since God las ‘as-octated them towether, aud that we can not part with the joyous element of our experience without omittiug ao indispensable part of THH FURNITURE OF A WBLL-ORDERED SOUL, Our natural gladness ts & prophecy of a deeper and more spiritual joy—a prophecy waich has been and 1s ever being fulfilled, as the best men and women in all ages could certainly tes tury, Our Divine Master, amid His sorrows, was ever buoyed a and supported by an inward felicity, He speaks of His joy us it it were His it posses- ston, and uplifts the prayer that this His disciples. I am aware that the advoci austerity in religion have made much of the fact that there 1s no proof on record that jut be suMolent ata wer to say that To which it might be @ sul there 18 no evidence irom the narratives, to iy To: meuibrance, that either Matthew or Luke, or John or eter or Paul ever indulged in laughter. But we 5 FE} ES altos of barter, Whatever we do for others, thoy sttll mast bear the.r own burdens of sin and sorrow. It ts not the se- verity of punishment that is potent, but its surety. Punishment may check the man, punishment may stop him in his impious career, but it 1s mercy that must restore him. ‘fhe groat idoa was that they should be*just as considerate for others as they would have others considerate for them. There was in the community a HEMORSELESS HUNGER FOR SCANDAL. Instead of consideration there 1s growimg dis- trust and censoriousness. The cengorious man 18 self-glorious—tis like the Pharisce, who thanked God that he was not like the poor publican. 1t was their duty to probe deeply their inner lives. Having dweit eloquently on this branch of nis subject, he spoke of burdens as meaning gricfs, sorrows, neart- aches. Napoleon at St. Helona never said & better thing than when, a5 an overloaded porter came along, he told @ party of gentlemen and ladtes to respect the burden, poiting to the porier, He tola a beautiful incident connected with the siege of Metz, and from this pictured life among the lowly 1n our great city, aud how heroic bearers of the bur- dens of others are to be found here. Hv referred to THE LATE ACCIDENT on the Hudson River Railroad, a8 aliuded to in an editorial im some religious paper. ‘tuis ediior’s comments were subjected to @ Kcathing onaiysis. In conclusion he dweit upon the maniloid burdens of sin and sorrow and suffering ail have to bear. To- day came from poor, wiecked France, splendid ta are very sure they did, becaugo we know they were men. Is it possible to imagine ‘nal Jesus could ittle children in His arms and lead them in His cordial human way without hav- ing His heart, not Wis face, ov with @ smile? ‘Is it possible that He present at wedding fes‘ivitios and not share in thé general giadness? 18 it possibie taat He could have said Wo one of His discipies, “Thou art Peter, and om tats rock" — PLAYING THUS UPON TUS NAME— without having a joyful teeling inthe mina? Ni never man lived with so great @ joy as He, thougil oubtiess it was deeply hidden from human e; Certainly an essential pre-requisite of this true feit- city 1s right moral action. No bad man can ever know this joy, so long as he loves his badaess, He may be happy at times, and it is never to be asserted that wickeduess 1s not atiended with certain unhealthy forms of delight, but happiness ia amore superficial feeling than joy, And now, ta conclusion, continued the speaker, let me eave the impression that the life which God would have us live is not a dry and barren one, stripped of alll felt citl-s, bat one Which in the richness of tts hopes an@ loves and joys suall be the image and echo of Hig own, ‘ A CHRISTIAN LIFE means enlargement, compietencss, soundness tn ody and sout and spirlt—means every faculty in tte place an‘Ldoing its proper work. ils a mistaken hotion that Chrishiaully imposes any restratats, that it blinds our eyes, or Giogs our feet, or ties our her past history aud stuggering under her present Welgut of woe, appeals to heip bear her burdens. fic closed With a most surriag appeal for France, A collection in ad of Prince Was take up alter the close of the sernion, and thon with prayer, sing- lng and benediction the exerelses wi coucia ted, TEE CHURCH OF ST, JAMISS. Sermon by tho Rev. Father Allan, of Nova i Scotln—Tie Certainty 0 Roath, Though the church of St. James ts usually filled at the late service, on yesterday the large edifice was crowded tu excess With @ must respectable congre- gation. ‘This was no doubt attributable to the | beautiful weather which prevailed, and whicn in- duced many, who would otherwise have performea thelr devotions at an earlier hour, to wait until they could make their orisons aud enjoy the propitious season at the same time. After the first gospel the Rey, Father Allan, of Nova Scotia, who 1s noi altogether unknown to New Yorkers, ascended the altar and deitvered a most tupressive discourse on ine MUTABILITY OF NUMAN AFTAIRS and the certainty of deat. The reverend gentie- ; man first read the Gospel which was recited at the mass of the day, commencing at the eighteenth chapter and thirty-frsi verse of St. Luke, aiter which he took for luis text the words—“And ag it 1s appointed unto men once to die, but after this the Judgment,” Hebrews ix., 27. He said that as we aro about to enter on the holy season of Lont afew observations on these woras of the Apostle Paul would not be out of place. By wiom, ie asked, was this dread sentence of cer. tain death pronounced: By the Ruler of the Earth: by the Creator of all tings; by Lim who commands the winds to be caim and the disturbed Wa crs to he stil, All His creatures obey His com- inands aud carry out His will to the fuilé-t, but one. Yos, there 13 ae creature alone who does not obey His command, Who is it, he asked, that dares to dictate, as it were, to Godt Which being, sprung from His almighiy baad, dares to set up its own stubborn will agamst the decrees of its Creator? It is poor, Weak man! Chrisilans, for whom a God's blood Was Shed, the only creatures who retuse to obey God’s will! Man, the most favored of God's creatures, ALONE REFUSES TO BOW DOWN to His divine command. ‘The preacher then, tn elo- quent language, adverted to the eagerness with | which men pursued their worldly avocations and the tadifference which they display in that in which alone they should be serions, aud ‘to which all other pursuits are bit mouns to an end—namely, prepara- tion for the accomplishment oi their beIug—a Nappy death, Passing through tie crowded sireets oi our busy clty, he continued, what reflections suggest themselves to si We see men hurrying to and fro, thoroughly ubsorbed in that in which they are en- | Saged, aud with what end? To gala riches. Ask one of these did he reflect, whea he started in the morning from ms home, that be- fore he returned agam to it at might the gloomy portal of death may have closed upon Lim for ever. We will assurediy auswer “No.” The World seeks but vanity. Wit, he asked, are our { preparations tor that great end, the “uirima linea rerum?” With inany there is nO such thing os prayer. ‘The day commences as though there were | Ho Creator to be petitioned for favors, and closes as AC the: re no God to be hauked for Hts mercies in preserving us trom tho evils which surround us every hour of our lives. Our Ife is but @ routine, Accumulating Fin upon sin, Let us take the miser, r3 DOWN He loses his soul for Wretched ob; il perish with his own mistrable lite, imay be courted by the great of this world, and if he be not bound down hand and foot in dis hankering after wealti he may dispense 4 poruion of it to curry favor with them. But ask him to give to “God's own," the poor, to whom a | Cup of cold water, given in God’s name, Will not be | Without its reward, and with a shudder ot disgust | | | | before riches he wil relw Again, let us take tie sinner. he trembies With horror at the pronunciation of the Word death. And yet DEATH WILL CERTAINLY COME upon him, it wiil coine toa monarch to the peasant. All must retut iuarth and thea appear before the tribunal ot an offended God. How fares it, at that last terrible moment, With those who have sought only worldly objects 4nd pieasures? The sinner 1s suddenly taken sick. Allis done for him that human skill can do, He 1s Pronounced beyond hope of recovery. The physl- clans Will not aifurd a ray of comfort to his amicted eialives, R rt intg bis gar (hat he is about to go beiore his God, and that ie must relinquish for- | eyer the world and its pleasures, and what fear ‘8e1z08 upon him! fle would give all the gold in the = | tn all that took place. ands, Let m lore you, my dear friends, to ap- more and n 1d More Cts irue conception of Uhristlanity to your own life aua conduet. So will the dawn of Meaven bexzin to grect your eyes; 80 will you make life deav, and (he vast forever one graud, sweet song. fi HE FLOAT ATMEL. Confirmation Scivces by the Right Bishop LittleJoun—A ife.ers»cemoonsy bi tevestinz, Conzrozatioan. . The floating Church of Our Saviour for seamen, moored at the foot of Pike sireet East river, was yesterday afternoon flied to overflowing by a hetero- geneous multitude, drawn toxevier to witness the administration of the APOSTOLIC RIT. of confirmation by the Right Rey, Bishop Littio- john, of Long Island, It being knowa throughout the neighborhood for weeks pust that the ceremony would take place, the deaizens ‘of the district were present in iorce, aud together made up such # congregation as 1s seldom seen in the foattug church. There were the rough bearded seamen, who, in many instances, perhaps, for the first time hat visited a place of worship; ai companying him was his wile, who, for the occa- ston, was decked in all the @aery that Jack could buy her. There they were, 'longshoremen, whosa wondering glances betokenea the interest they felt Then came the rouzhs of the neighborhood, whose accustomed haunts are the corner rum shops, They were accompanied by their girls, who came to inspect the devotees and laugh at them; but, once laste the sacred structure, the solemnity of tne scene and the true devouon of those whose trienas were about to make & PROFESSION O¥ FAITIL dispelled any tendency to irreverence, and those Wie Came to scoif remained to pray. Mingied with this mass of bumanity wero many from other con- gregauous, whose incerest in te ise Of Chris- tianity led them thither, Their expensive raiment made a singular conirast with tae seedy, though weil brushed clothing of the others, but their pre- sence was hailed a3 a ray of sunshine by those who are too often considered outcasts. About i Bi Rew. Ins the door were thronged the little Arabs!" Who abound in such neighboraoeds, Thetr curiosity was awakened by the immense at vendance, and thougn they were ignorant of all that was going on they remuincd about the entrance and appeared to be interested. Altogether, the varl- ous elements being considered, the congregation Was & mos: devout one, and ene from which meny & more pretentious church could tuke a lesson. The regular afteravon services were conducted by the pastor, the Rey. Robert W. Lewis, at the conclu- sion of which he extended au invitation to all pre- sent 10 Cali at the mission rooms, in Pike street, and make use of thy hbrary, To alt who were not pos- sessed of a copy of the Holy Scriptures he offered to Prosent one, tuat they might aiways have the WORD OF GOD with them to refer to in thmes of danger, and thereby gain new strength and courage. He spoke of the many diniculites that were encountered tn the re- ligious work of that particular parish. The prefa- tory work of confirmation, which is usually the labor of a year, he said had to be done in a few months, Tor, on account Of the occupation of those Composing tie congregation, they are here to-day and gone to- morrow, At the conclusion of the pastor’s remarks the congregation stood up and united in A 30NG OV PRAISE, in which the deep bass of the mariner and tho lighter notes Of the womon were blended together in harmony, When the last notes had died away and tne people had resumed their seats Bishop Littlejohn arose and, in a voice tremutous with emo- tion, addressed the assemblage. He sald that not long ago God had led him to this beautifal sancti. ary, and it was his privilege then to address them with words of promise, which he trasted had not been forgotten. On that oceaston he had prepared & sermon, but he had not proceeded one-half way with jis delivery when his own — heart and the feeling exhibited by his hearers told him a sermon was oul Of pleco, stale and unproiitable, and iMadequate to do justice to the sentiments he wished toconvey, A lew moments ago he had thought to goto the desk and preach a sermon, bat now he would clatin the privilege of standing in front of hfs hearers, to look them face to face, and speak to thom the woris of his heart. ‘The present occasion 1g more than a persoa would at first suppose. THE SACRED RTE About to be administered is no modern innovation, ora ceremony of the nineteenth contury, but it 13 48 old as the Apostles, and 13 bended down to us as & ceremonial of the church from its most primitive eee The Bishop spoke of the joy that should be e universe to be reconciled with us Creator, Tuen all the sins of his life rise up . IN GHASTLY ARRAY before him. Then, for the first time, he appreciates all those lessons of virtue which had been poured into his ear while his life wags yet young, and ere Viee had laid a iirm hold on hun. 10 reverend gentleman then eloquentiy con- trasted the death of the sincere Christian, who has labored hard to prepare property for the dread hour, With the gad picture of a stiner's deathbed, With What cheerfutuess does he not obey the command of God! He commentes his day by offering hia heart to God that he may spend it tn couformity with Hts | there i8 @ wystery In everything. There ia m: world and their own homes and throw about this matter of personal religion such a degree of pystory that thoy keep others away, It is trie : ter; in the sunbeaiij 22 the ray OL light that shine! Tron heaven; in the stars in the dimament; there ts a great mystery hidden in the drop of water and the atom of earth; and who has ever solved the great mnystery Of God’s providence to man? The myster yetromains, but the Word of God is givea tu uc Clear, unmisiakable language, that gratitude, and thus irom day to day he Goes on, untti the last moment comes, Ue, le will, Again at night he vows down in too, must dic, ‘The mlnlster of religion Wb, THE POOR WAYFARER, even though he be a fool, must hear and understand (CONTINULD ON NINTH PAGE]